Vitalik Buterin: "To me, the tribe should be first and foremost not about a particular asset, but about the underlying ideals."
🎙 S16 E24 at 2:49:53:
#Bitcoin #Ethereum
He wanted to change the world. Not through politics. Through money.
"I wanted to change the world through technology rather than politics, and I figured money would be the most impactful thing to change because everything runs on money."
Martti Malmi went looking for an alternative.
He found Bitcoin. bitcoin:native
Martti Malmi in the full episode. S16 E12
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> Today's featured episode is S16E12
> VLAD HOSTS THE BEST PODCAST IN BITCOIN chats to Martti Malmi, genesis Bitcoin Developer and a man looking to change the world with decentralized money.
> In this interview, Martti Malmi (aka Sirius) brings back the spirit of the early days of Bitcoin. And for those of you who are trying to figure out who Satoshi Nakamoto might be, he also offers his perception of the person behind the pseudonym.
> https://www.youtube.com/live/Xld93NQH-lI?si=1T9JCOc4L5KTUnc3
On S17 E32 of Bitcoin Takeover I talked with Perry E. Metzger. In October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper on the Metzdowd cryptography mailing list: where the founder and moderator is Perry E. Metzger! In this episode, we talk about cypherpunk culture, Bitcoin memories & AI optimism.
.@TheDesertLynx started from principles and let one thing lead to another:
˃ Interest in sound money and economic freedom
˃ Using Bitcoin then running into limits
˃ Finding something that worked better for daily life followed from that
What he kept using came down to the use
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Before Bitcoin had an industry, he was helping Satoshi build it.
@marttimalmi , aka Sirius, is returning to Bitcoin Takeover for a new episode.
From Bitcoin's earliest days to Nostr, his work has been about building alternatives.
Building decentralized, permissionless
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New episode: S15 E63 with David Bailey. David Bailey on Trump at Bitcoin Nashville, Casascius coins, Elon Musk no-shows, the transition team, Ross Ulbricht, self-custody and a strategic Bitcoin reserve, recorded four days before the 2024 election. S15 E63.
The fiat system hasn't blown up. Yet.
Tuur Demeester: "They're kicking the can down the road. People who want to get off the Titanic… they can still do it."
The lifeboats are still there.
@TuurDemeester in the full episode. S15 E10 https://t.co/9Vc5m8lvnt
The creator of PGP on Satoshi:
"I think Bitcoin is a very clever protocol, and I have enormous respect for the guy who invented it." — Phil Zimmermann
🎙️ S14 E15 at 27:43:
#Bitcoin #BitcoinTakeover
Tuur Demeester thinks the Bitcoin Renaissance has already started.
"I think this is the beginning of a new Renaissance… The Bitcoin culture is different. We have a lot more fun in Bitcoin."
Long-term thinking is contagious.
@TuurDemeester in the full episode. S15 E10
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Giving the money back doesn’t mean you’ll win back their trust.
In 2016 after someone drained Joel’s bank account, the bank returned the money, closed the account, and offered to open a new one.
But he decided to never go back, and he has not used a bank since that day.
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Was Bitcoin invented or discovered?
Tuur Demeester: "A carpenter created a chair with four legs… the concept of the chair was going to eventually emerge anyway."
Satoshi gets credit for the specifics. The idea was waiting.
@TuurDemeester in the full episode. S15 E10