The What Bitcoin Did Podcast is a tri-weekly show where Peter McCormack interviews experts in the world of Bitcoin development, privacy, investment and adoption. Rated 4.8/5 on Apple Podcasts.
Back to my normal schedule and this week I talk with Adam Ficsor, Co-Founder and CTO Wasabi Wallet about how Wasabi helps users reclaim their privacy with Bitcoin. We discuss user experience, fungibility, anonymity v unobservability and CoinJoin.
Read MoreIn this episode for Lightning Month, I talk again with Christian Decker from Blockstream. We dig deeper on the tech coming to lightning including Splicing, Neutrino, Eltoo, Watchtowers, Channel factories and Submarine Swaps.
Read MoreIn this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Max and Roman from Hodl Hodl, where they have an announcement to make regarding Lightning and their exchange. We also discuss their new prediction market and the Honebadger conference.
Read MoreIn this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Tadge Dryja, the co-author of the Lightning Network whitepaper. We discuss the limitations of the lightning network, why Bitcoin might not be for everyone, alternative scaling ideas the fee network and inflation.
Read MoreIn this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Dan Robinson from Paradigm. We discuss his criticism of HTLCs, why they are harmful and why packetised payments would be a better design for the Lightning Network.
Read MoreIn this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Peter Rizun from Bitcoin Unlimited. We discuss why Peter supports on-chain scaling and his Five Fundamental Flaws of The Lightning Network, including issues such as how small payments are not trustless and how high layer 1 fees impact layer 2.
Read MoreIn this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Peter Van Valkenburgh from Coin Center. We discuss how regulations might apply to node operators and custodial wallets within the Lightning Network, including money transmission licenses and KYC/AML requirements.
Read MoreIn this interview, I follow up with Andy Pag, who was part of my Mt. Gox series, following the news that he has stepped down as a coordinator for the creditors and sold his claim. Andy updates me on everything which has happened since we last spoke.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Chris Burniske, a partner at Placeholder and the author of Cryptoassets. We discuss why Chris believes in a market for tokens, the ethics value extraction, the evolution of equity deals and the pressure from maximalists.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Angela Walch, a law professor at St. Mary's University. We critique Bitcoin, discussing the value of the term decentralisation, the risks of integration with legacy financial systems and conflicts of interest.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Matthew Hougan, Global Head of Research at Bitwise Asset Management. We discuss their recent report, submitted to The SEC as part of their ETF application, highlighting that 95% of Bitcoin exchange volume is fake.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Erik Voorhees, the CEO of Shapeshift. We discuss why Erik believes in a multi-coin world, the pressures of KYC/AML on his business, the flaws in the Wall Street Journal hit piece and the future for Shapeshift.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Marc Weinstein, who was contracted to help with the Fyre Festival. We talk about what happened on the island, the key people involved, Marc’s views on crypto and the pressures that life can throw at you.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Andrew Poelstrsa, Director of Research at Blockstream. We talk about math, signature technology, Bitcoin fungibility and his role researching Bitcoin.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Amber Baldet from Clovyr. We talk about surveillance capitalism and the increasing hunger for data by Silicon Valley behemoths, the impact on society as well as question recent Coinbase decisions and Web 3.0.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, founder & partner at Morgan Creek Digital. This episode was just a bit of fun where we share our experience and lessons in creating a podcast. We discuss our favourite episodes, guests we would like to get, marketing and a whole range of things.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with the man the legend Mr Andreas M. Antonopoulos. We talk about his influences, how the aggregate decisions of humans lead to adverse outcomes, Bitcoin use cases and ah-ha moments and what maximalists miss with Ethereum.
Read MoreIn the final part of my series of interviews relating to Mt. Gox, I talk with Andy Pag, creator and elected administrator of Mt. Gox Legal. We reflect on my conversations, the history of what happened between Jed and Mark, CoinLab and Brock Pierce.
Read MoreIn the fifth part of my series of interviews relating to Mt. Gox, I talk with Brock Pierce, the architect of Gox Rising, a mission to support creditors, maximise revenues and relaunch the exchange.
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