CK and David are back from a long break to discuss BTC and ETH on the verge of another crazy bull market.  This is a recording of a conversation over Twitter spaces on the night of November 10th. 

CK and David are back from a long break to discuss BTC and ETH on the verge of another crazy bull market.  This is a recording of a conversation over Twitter spaces on the night of November 10th.

BTC VS ETH in a BULL on Twitter Spaces.

Join CK and David as they sync their nodes on a catch-up episode of PoV!

Join CK and David as they sync their nodes on a catch-up episode of PoV!

Regulation, NFTs, EIP1559, and the China CBDC

Join CK and David Hoffman as they meet for a rare in person POV Crypto. For this episode, we catch you up on the recent action that has happened in the Bitcoin and Crypto space. Topics: Physical vs Digital El Salvador MSTR bought more Price is down More Energy Fud BTC v ETH upgrading differences.

Join CK and David Hoffman as they meet for a rare in person POV Crypto. For this episode, we catch you up on the recent action that has happened in the Bitcoin and Crypto space. Topics: Physical vs Digital El Salvador MSTR bought more Price is down More Energy Fud BTC v ETH upgrading differences.

The Physical and The Digital Collide - POV Crypto

David and Christian catch up after Bitcoin 2021  Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

David and Christian catch up after Bitcoin 2021 Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

Miami Bitcoin 2021 Reflections

David and Christian catch up and discuss what it's like to be in crypto vs the outside world, and go back and forth on additional topics

David and Christian catch up and discuss what it's like to be in crypto vs the outside world, and go back and forth on additional topics

Understanding the World via Crypto: A Chill POV

CK and David discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum and what makes sound money Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

CK and David discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum and what makes sound money Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

What is Sound Money - Fight Night

This week CK confronts David about a recent episode of Bankless with Justin Drake and the Ultra Sound Money Meme. Follow David: @TrustlessState Follow CK: @ck_SNARKs

This week CK confronts David about a recent episode of Bankless with Justin Drake and the Ultra Sound Money Meme. Follow David: @TrustlessState Follow CK: @ck_SNARKs

Debating Bitcoin Security and Ultra Sound Money

Trading Strategies, Charging the Monetary Battery

CK and David discuss how BTC, NFTs, and DeFi are opening up to a more and more general audience. We discuss What a Bitcoin future will look like and Debate whether Ethereum can compete with bitcoin as de-facto future money. 

CK and David discuss how BTC, NFTs, and DeFi are opening up to a more and more general audience. We discuss What a Bitcoin future will look like and Debate whether Ethereum can compete with bitcoin as de-facto future money.

The World is Waking up to the Power of Crypto

David and Christian meet to discuss some of the recent social dynamics in the crypto-communities.  Christian offers the Bitcoiner take on NFTs.  David discusses how laser eyes are bullish.  David makes the claim that the people that make up a community are critically important.  Christian claims that Bitcoin just is, and is independent from people. 

David and Christian meet to discuss some of the recent social dynamics in the crypto-communities.  Christian offers the Bitcoiner take on NFTs.  David discusses how laser eyes are bullish.  David makes the claim that the people that make up a community are critically important.  Christian claims that Bitcoin just is, and is independent from people.

Laser-Eyes, NFTs, and Crypto-Religions

Industry insiders David Hoffman and Christian Keroles, explore the markets, news, and interesting topics in cryptocurrency. POV Crypto offers listeners a diverse range of perspective from their experience living this brave new blockchain world. Please follow the show on Twitter @POVCryptopod David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @trustless_stateChristian Keroles on Twitter @reallife_ck

“Responsible riot” is about as loser think as it comes. Responsible Protesters yes rioters are criminals and as bad as the cop that killed George.

Oxymoron by the morons

Bitcoin v Ethereum and it never gets old.

Most entertaining podcast in crypto

Industry insiders David Hoffman and Christian Keroles, explore the markets, news, and interesting topics in cryptocurrency. POV Crypto offers listeners a diverse range of perspective from their experience living this brave new blockchain world. Please follow the show on Twitter @POVCryptopod David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @trustless_state Christian Keroles on Twitter @reallife_ck

POV Crypto Podcast: Your Crypto Echo-Chamber Dies Here.

Vitalik shares his POV on various topics of contention in the crypto-space. - Competition to be internet money. Exists? - Fairness, Money, and Ether. Is ICO a big deal? - What are the values of Ethereum? - What is the long-term relationship between Ethereum and Hardforks? Do we ever calcify Ethereum? - EIP 1559 and its impact on Ether monetary policy. Better than austrian economics? - Does the growth of Blockchains come at the cost of Governments? You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  Quantstamp - Get your smart contract audited at expertaudits.com

Vitalik shares his POV on various topics of contention in the crypto-space. - Competition to be internet money. Exists? - Fairness, Money, and Ether. Is ICO a big deal? - What are the values of Ethereum? - What is the long-term relationship between Ethereum and Hardforks? Do we ever calcify Ethereum? - EIP 1559 and its impact on Ether monetary policy. Better than austrian economics? - Does the growth of Blockchains come at the cost of Governments? You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  <a href="https://quantstamp.com/audits?utm_source=expertaudits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quantstamp</a> - Get your smart contract audited at <a href="http://expertaudits.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">expertaudits.com</a>

133 - Internet Money, w/ Vitalik Buterin

Andreas Antonopoulos

Famously of neutral opinions in the Crypto-sphere, Andreas Antonopolous comes to give his POV about the Ethereum vs. Bitcoin debate David asks Andreas his opinion on if Bitcoin is expressive enough to host a financial system Christian asks Andreas what the Bitcoin and Ethereum communities get right and get wrong. We ask Andreas if he subscribes to a one-money world!

Famously of neutral opinions in the Crypto-sphere, Andreas Antonopolous comes to give his POV about the Ethereum vs. Bitcoin debate David asks Andreas his opinion on if Bitcoin is expressive enough to host a financial system Christian asks Andreas what the Bitcoin and Ethereum communities get right and get wrong. We ask Andreas if he subscribes to a one-money world!

120 - Bitcoin AND Ethereum, with Andreas Antonopoulos

This episode was recorded as a live-stream on 12/30, so it starts-off a little slow! Discussion: - Udi coming on POV - The mess of centralized tokens (Stellar, Hedera) - Christian on how his thesis has changed in 2019 - David on how Ethereum should be more like Bitcoin - Defining Bitcoin's social construct - Monetary Premium vs. Economic Activity Premium - Peak of Value for Monetary Premium vs Staking Premium - Ether = Equity - How hard money generates a minimal lifestyle - David and Christian agree that buying a house is dumb   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Quantstamp - The best place to get your code audited  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

This episode was recorded as a live-stream on 12/30, so it starts-off a little slow! Discussion: - Udi coming on POV - The mess of centralized tokens (Stellar, Hedera) - Christian on how his thesis has changed in 2019 - David on how Ethereum should be more like Bitcoin - Defining Bitcoin's social construct - Monetary Premium vs. Economic Activity Premium - Peak of Value for Monetary Premium vs Staking Premium - Ether = Equity - How hard money generates a minimal lifestyle - David and Christian agree that buying a house is dumb Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://quantstamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quantstamp</a> - The best place to get your code audited</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

107 - End of Year Narrative Round-up

Eric Conner

Sean Adams

David invites two other Ethereum evangelists to POV Crypto for a discussion on Ethereum as an alternative financial platform. We get a little of that, but mostly a Bitcoin vs Ethereum as money debate! TOPICS - Risk of Bitcoin security model - Chain security in relation to moneyness  - Commodity money vs pure money - the importance of scaling L1 to achieve mass adoption/moneyness   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  @RealTPlatform RealT is the first to tokenize U.S. real estate products! @celsiusnetwork  Lending/Borrowing application with enticing rates for both parties! @eToroUS  Follow CK and David’s investing strategy on b.tc/etoropov  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

David invites two other Ethereum evangelists to POV Crypto for a discussion on Ethereum as an alternative financial platform. We get a little of that, but mostly a Bitcoin vs Ethereum as money debate! TOPICS - Risk of Bitcoin security model - Chain security in relation to moneyness  - Commodity money vs pure money - the importance of scaling L1 to achieve mass adoption/moneyness Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  @RealTPlatform RealT is the first to tokenize U.S. real estate products! @celsiusnetwork Lending/Borrowing application with enticing rates for both parties! @eToroUS  Follow CK and David’s investing strategy on <a href="http://b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">b.tc/etoropov</a> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

93 - The Great Debate, With Eric Conner and Ryan Sean Adams

Michael Dunworth

Wyre is building the what crypto needs the most; quick, seamless value transfer from Fiat to Crypto. Michael Dunworth comes to POV to discuss his experiences working at Wyre and his opinions about crypto in general.

Wyre is building the what crypto needs the most; quick, seamless value transfer from Fiat to Crypto. Michael Dunworth comes to POV to discuss his experiences working at Wyre and his opinions about crypto in general.

116- Building the Portal to Crypto, With Wyre CEO Michael Dunworth

John Carvalho

John Carvalho the CCO of Bitrefill join CK and David to discuss his experiences building on Lightning. John dispels common misconceptions about lightning and discusses where he thinks the technology can go. The interview turned spicy at the end when John confronted David about the issues he sees in DeFi and MakerDAO in general. We cover the following topics.   How Bitrefill is offering Lightning Services  The current state of the Lightning Network  Addressing concerns about the Lightning Network  John's bullish case for the Lightning Network  John’s concerns over applications that depend on oracles  Debating the merits of MakerDAO.   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] John Carvalho @BitcoinErrorLog [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto  Celsius - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

John Carvalho the CCO of Bitrefill join CK and David to discuss his experiences building on Lightning. John dispels common misconceptions about lightning and discusses where he thinks the technology can go. The interview turned spicy at the end when John confronted David about the issues he sees in DeFi and MakerDAO in general. We cover the following topics.  <ul> <li>How Bitrefill is offering Lightning Services </li> <li>The current state of the Lightning Network </li> <li>Addressing concerns about the Lightning Network </li> <li>John's bullish case for the Lightning Network </li> <li>John’s concerns over applications that depend on oracles </li> <li>Debating the merits of MakerDAO. </li> </ul> Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] John Carvalho @BitcoinErrorLog [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/celsius.network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Celsius</a> - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

101 - Debating Lightning and Oracles with John Carvalho

Topics - ETH Denver - The bZX exploit - The components of the bZX attack, and the implications it illustrates for the future of Ethereum applications - Addressing the nuances of bZX being decentralized or not - The future of tokenized BTC on Ethereum; can it overcome its illiquidity? - Does BTC need to compete with ETH on Ethereum, or does ETH need to compete with BTC in the greater rest of the world? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Unchained Capital - Easy BTC cold storage and BTC backed loans.   Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Topics - ETH Denver - The bZX exploit - The components of the bZX attack, and the implications it illustrates for the future of Ethereum applications - Addressing the nuances of bZX being decentralized or not - The future of tokenized BTC on Ethereum; can it overcome its illiquidity? - Does BTC need to compete with ETH on Ethereum, or does ETH need to compete with BTC in the greater rest of the world? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a> - Easy BTC cold storage and BTC backed loans. </li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

118 - Fight Night XII: The Chicken Vs. Egg of Crypto-Money

Carlos Roldan

Carlos Roldan, CEO and cofounder of Satoshis Games joins POV Crypto for part 2 of our Crypto gaming series. In this part we explore how Carlos is utilizing the lightning network to create fair and fun video games. We discuss the following topics.   Testing out Satoshis.games as the proof of concept for lightning gaming Creating lightnite.io as a full featured battle royal game enabled by lightning  How Lightning will create a new wave of monetization in indie games.  Why Carlos is skeptical of NFTs on the blockchain  How to onboard new game developers onto lightning  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Carlos Roldan on Twitter @whiteyhat Satoshis Games on Twitter @SatoshisGames [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto  Quantstamp - Get your smart contract audited at expertaudits.com  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Carlos Roldan, CEO and cofounder of Satoshis Games joins POV Crypto for part 2 of our Crypto gaming series. In this part we explore how Carlos is utilizing the lightning network to create fair and fun video games. We discuss the following topics.  <ul> <li>Testing out Satoshis.games as the proof of concept for lightning gaming</li> <li>Creating <a href="https://lightnite.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lightnite.io</a> as a full featured battle royal game enabled by lightning </li> <li>How Lightning will create a new wave of monetization in indie games. </li> <li>Why Carlos is skeptical of NFTs on the blockchain </li> <li>How to onboard new game developers onto lightning</li> </ul> Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Carlos Roldan on Twitter @whiteyhat Satoshis Games on Twitter @SatoshisGames [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://quantstamp.com/audits?utm_source=expertaudits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Quantstamp</a> - Get your smart contract audited at <a href="http://expertaudits.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">expertaudits.com</a></li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

108 - Lightning Gaming with Carlos Roldan

Alex Connolly is the CTO of Immutable, the company behind the Gods Unchained trading card game, with cards represented as digital tokens on Ethereum.   Gods Unchained is similar to Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, Yugioh etc, except it has  - All the benefits of a computer-based TCG - While retaining paper-card based TCG's perks of tradability and ownership of the cards.  Join POV as we delve down into some of the nuances of digital cards on Ethereum!  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Checkmate @_Checkmatey_ [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Alex Connolly is the CTO of Immutable, the company behind the Gods Unchained trading card game, with cards represented as digital tokens on Ethereum. Gods Unchained is similar to Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, Yugioh etc, except it has  - All the benefits of a computer-based TCG - While retaining paper-card based TCG's perks of tradability and ownership of the cards.  Join POV as we delve down into some of the nuances of digital cards on Ethereum! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Checkmate @_Checkmatey_ [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

106 - Value in Gods Unchained, with CTO Alex Connolly

Parker Lewis

Head of Business Development and prolific writer, Parker Lewis comes on to POV Crypto to talk Bitcoin and debate with David! This a multifaceted interview that touches on many topics and addresses many misunderstandings about both Ethereum contracts and Bitcoin Multisig. We cover the following topics.   Bitcoin contracts and multisig Why Parker is opposed to Ethereum and DeFi  Bitcoin vs Stablecoin  Bitcoin native finance V Defi  Parker explains Austrian economics The trouble with the Fed   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Parker Lewis @parkeralewis [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Unchained Capital - Easy BTC cold storage and BTC backed loans.   Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Head of Business Development and prolific writer, Parker Lewis comes on to POV Crypto to talk Bitcoin and debate with David! This a multifaceted interview that touches on many topics and addresses many misunderstandings about both Ethereum contracts and Bitcoin Multisig. We cover the following topics.  <ul> <li>Bitcoin contracts and multisig</li> <li>Why Parker is opposed to Ethereum and DeFi </li> <li>Bitcoin vs Stablecoin </li> <li>Bitcoin native finance V Defi </li> <li>Parker explains Austrian economics</li> <li>The trouble with the Fed </li> </ul> Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Parker Lewis @parkeralewis [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a> - Easy BTC cold storage and BTC backed loans. </li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

117 - Bitcoin Native Finance with Parker Lewis

Bitcoin Sign Guy (Christian) comes onto the 99th episode of POV Crypto for a fascinating conversation about dissident tech and how he sees people leveraging it to gain more sovereignty. We discuss the following topics:   The moment behind the Buy Bitcoin Meme  What is dissident technology  How current tech disrespects users  What is Urbit and how does it work Bitcoin plus Urbit  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSORS]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto  Celsius - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Bitcoin Sign Guy (Christian) comes onto the 99th episode of POV Crypto for a fascinating conversation about dissident tech and how he sees people leveraging it to gain more sovereignty. We discuss the following topics:  <ul> <li>The moment behind the Buy Bitcoin Meme </li> <li>What is dissident technology </li> <li>How current tech disrespects users </li> <li>What is Urbit and how does it work</li> <li>Bitcoin plus Urbit</li> </ul> Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSORS]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/celsius.network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Celsius</a> - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

99 - Intro to Urbit with Bitcoin Sign Guy

David and Christian go through recent news and developments in the crypto-space! - Wyre releases new on-ramp vehicle that allows instant on-chain delivery of funds, via Apple or Google Pay. - Christian brings up his concerns about EIP 1559 and how it takes from the users and gives to the stakers - Eric Conner - New sharding spec design released by Vitalik. Does this delay Ethereum 2? - Christian's bet that Phase 0 will be delayed. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  @havenprivacy  Get 5 Dollars in Bitcoin when you visit gethaven.app/povcrypto @eToroUS  Follow CK and David’s investing strategy on b.tc/etoropov  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778

David and Christian go through recent news and developments in the crypto-space! - Wyre releases new on-ramp vehicle that allows instant on-chain delivery of funds, via Apple or Google Pay. - Christian brings up his concerns about EIP 1559 and how it takes from the users and gives to the stakers - Eric Conner - New sharding spec design released by Vitalik. Does this delay Ethereum 2? - Christian's bet that Phase 0 will be delayed. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  @havenprivacy  Get 5 Dollars in Bitcoin when you visit gethaven.app/povcrypto @eToroUS  Follow CK and David’s investing strategy on <a href="http://b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">b.tc/etoropov</a> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778

90 - Fight Night IX: Wyre & On-Ramps, EIP 1559, Ether Seigniorage, New Sharding Spec

Leighton Cusack

Leighton Cusack is the CEO of PoolTogether. David and Leighton have been collaborating on possible ways to tokenize the PoolTogether application with a value capture token. This episode is about that Topics - How PoolTogether works - The importance of the Dai reserve - The two token models to tokenize the Dai reserve. Pros and Cons of each.  - Building on Ethereum "I would rather fail on Ethereum than succeed on anything else" - Leighton - Compounding contract risk - How PoolTogether is a financial application, not a lottery or gambling application

Leighton Cusack is the CEO of PoolTogether. David and Leighton have been collaborating on possible ways to tokenize the PoolTogether application with a value capture token. This episode is about that Topics - How PoolTogether works - The importance of the Dai reserve - The two token models to tokenize the Dai reserve. Pros and Cons of each.  - Building on Ethereum "I would rather fail on Ethereum than succeed on anything else" - Leighton - Compounding contract risk - How PoolTogether is a financial application, not a lottery or gambling application

92 - Tokenizing PoolTogether, with Leighton Cusack

Mariano Conti

Mariano Conti, Head of Smart Contracts at the Maker Foundation, comes to POV Crypto to discuss his recent efforts in promoting and growing the Dai Stablecoin. Much-Cooler Dai was recently released by the Maker Foundation, which Mariano had a large role in. Mariano recently gave a 4x🔥talk at Devcon V in Osaka He also things that Devcon VI should be in Buenos Aires. Everyone agrees! He also turns everything into Ether, making him the King Midas of Ethereum.   We talk about all these things, and more! Blog about naming DAI: https://www.reddit.com/r/MakerDAO/comments/5q98b1/%E8%B2%B8_dai/ Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Celsius - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Mariano Conti, Head of Smart Contracts at the Maker Foundation, comes to POV Crypto to discuss his recent efforts in promoting and growing the Dai Stablecoin. Much-Cooler Dai was recently released by the Maker Foundation, which Mariano had a large role in. Mariano recently gave a 4x🔥talk at Devcon V in Osaka He also things that Devcon VI should be in Buenos Aires. Everyone agrees! He also turns everything into Ether, making him the King Midas of Ethereum.  We talk about all these things, and more! Blog about naming DAI: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MakerDAO/comments/5q98b1/%E8%B2%B8_dai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/MakerDAO/comments/5q98b1/%E8%B2%B8_dai/</a> Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/celsius.network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celsius</a> - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

97 - Launching Dai, With Mariano Conti

Dan Elitzer

Money is the Game, and the Game is Winning Money. Dan Elitzer comes to PoV Crypto to discuss an under-reported arena of Ethereum: Money Games Money games are player-vs-player economic games where some people lose, and some people win! What does this mean for Ethereum? Get your imagination going! - Dan Elitzer's background - PoolTogether, as a money-game - Proof-of-Weak-Hands - FOMO3d - Just.GAME - Dex Liquidity Game - All these "Money-Games" lockup ETH as a function of their operation. An explosion of "Money-Games" will lock up lots of ETH! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  @RealTPlatform RealT is the first to tokenize U.S. real estate products! @celsiusnetwork  Lending/Borrowing application with enticing rates for both parties! @eToroUS  Follow CK and David’s investing strategy on b.tc/etoropov  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Money is the Game, and the Game is Winning Money. Dan Elitzer comes to PoV Crypto to discuss an under-reported arena of Ethereum: Money Games Money games are player-vs-player economic games where some people lose, and some people win! What does this mean for Ethereum? Get your imagination going! - Dan Elitzer's background - PoolTogether, as a money-game - Proof-of-Weak-Hands - FOMO3d - Just.GAME - Dex Liquidity Game - All these "Money-Games" lockup ETH as a function of their operation. An explosion of "Money-Games" will lock up lots of ETH! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  @RealTPlatform RealT is the first to tokenize U.S. real estate products! @celsiusnetwork Lending/Borrowing application with enticing rates for both parties! @eToroUS  Follow CK and David’s investing strategy on <a href="http://b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">b.tc/etoropov</a> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

94 - Money Games, with Dan Elitzer

Nic Carter

 What’s Nic’s Deal? Why is Nic in the crypto space? What about it excites him?  What values does the crypto space hold; how does Bitcoin instantiate them?   Bitcoin vs Ethereum   How would you characterize the competition between Bitcoin and Ethereum?  Does Ethereum's ICO prevent it from being internet money? Eric Wall's "POS Is Less Wasteful" Article. Agree, disagree? POW is a wonderful thing   Nic has voiced bearishness about the 2020s decade. What about the macro landscape of the world makes Nic so bearish? Nic's Opinion on with DeFi?  Opportunity  Threats   What do Bitcoiners get wrong about Ethereum, visa versa Fast forward to 30-40 years from now, Bitcoin and crypto still exist, but the industry is for hobbiests. What happened that prevented global adoption of these systems?  --- Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Quantstamp - Get your smart contract audited at expertaudits.com 

<ul> <li>What’s Nic’s Deal? Why is Nic in the crypto space? What about it excites him? <ul> <li>What values does the crypto space hold; how does Bitcoin instantiate them?</li> </ul> </li> <li>Bitcoin vs Ethereum  <ul> <li>How would you characterize the competition between Bitcoin and Ethereum? </li> <li>Does Ethereum's ICO prevent it from being internet money?</li> <li>Eric Wall's "POS Is Less Wasteful" Article. Agree, disagree?</li> <li>POW is a wonderful thing</li> </ul> </li> <li>Nic has voiced bearishness about the 2020s decade. What about the macro landscape of the world makes Nic so bearish?</li> <li>Nic's Opinion on with DeFi? <ul> <li>Opportunity </li> <li>Threats</li> </ul> </li> <li>What do Bitcoiners get wrong about Ethereum, visa versa</li> <li>Fast forward to 30-40 years from now, Bitcoin and crypto still exist, but the industry is for hobbiests. What happened that prevented global adoption of these systems?</li> </ul> --- Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://quantstamp.com/audits?utm_source=expertaudits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quantstamp</a> - Get your smart contract audited at <a href="http://expertaudits.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">expertaudits.com</a></li> </ul>

129 - Human Values & Robot Protocols, with Nic Carter

Brantly Millegan is the Director of Operations of the Ethereum Name Service team, otherwise referred to as ENS! ENS is all about human-readable addresses in the Ethereum and greater crypto ecosystem! Brantly has a wealth of knowledge of both the new ENS system, as well as how it compares to the old DNS system.   Topics - Why we need ENS  - How ENS names are sold - Where does the money go? - How ENS disincentives squatting on domains - Subdomains! - Using ENS for Bitcoin - ENS vs Unstoppable Domains - Address re-use - Brantly on his early Bitcoin days - How information in the Blocksize wars was managed - Ethereum is a "do all of the above" approach community - Coordinating change, and disincentivizing it, or not

Brantly Millegan is the Director of Operations of the Ethereum Name Service team, otherwise referred to as ENS! ENS is all about human-readable addresses in the Ethereum and greater crypto ecosystem! Brantly has a wealth of knowledge of both the new ENS system, as well as how it compares to the old DNS system.  Topics - Why we need ENS  - How ENS names are sold - Where does the money go? - How ENS disincentives squatting on domains - Subdomains! - Using ENS for Bitcoin - ENS vs Unstoppable Domains - Address re-use - Brantly on his early Bitcoin days - How information in the Blocksize wars was managed - Ethereum is a "do all of the above" approach community - Coordinating change, and disincentivizing it, or not

98 - Ethereum Name Service, with Brantly.eth Millegan

Catherine Coley

Binance

Catherine Coley is the CEO of Binance USA! Catherine comes on to POV to discuss Binances venture in to the states, and how Binance fits with the other american exchanges! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Robert Allen @SatoshiSound [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Celsius - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Catherine Coley is the CEO of Binance USA! Catherine comes on to POV to discuss Binances venture in to the states, and how Binance fits with the other american exchanges! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Robert Allen @SatoshiSound [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/celsius.network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celsius</a> - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

104 - Exploring Binance USA, with Catherine Coley

Kain Warwick

Kain Warwick is the Founder of Synthetix Network, and synthetic asset facility on Ethereum!  Synthetix is known for their powerful community, and their SNX token. Both have grown very quickly in the last few months, and have captured a lot of attention.  Kain has been on a number of podcasts and interviews, but they all generally flow the same. This interview is different. We tackle some of the harder questions about Synthetix and explore the nuances and obstacles Synthetix has infront of it.   Kain: https://twitter.com/kaiynne Synthetix: https://twitter.com/synthetix_io  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] John Carvalho @BitcoinErrorLog [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Celsius - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Kain Warwick is the Founder of Synthetix Network, and synthetic asset facility on Ethereum! Synthetix is known for their powerful community, and their SNX token. Both have grown very quickly in the last few months, and have captured a lot of attention.  Kain has been on a number of podcasts and interviews, but they all generally flow the same. This interview is different. We tackle some of the harder questions about Synthetix and explore the nuances and obstacles Synthetix has infront of it.  Kain: <a href="https://twitter.com/kaiynne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/kaiynne</a> Synthetix: <a href="https://twitter.com/synthetix_io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/synthetix_io</a> Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] John Carvalho @BitcoinErrorLog [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/celsius.network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celsius</a> - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

102 - Behind the Scenes of Synthetix, with Kain Warwick

Zak Cole

The great Zak Cole returns to POV Crypto for his second interview. Per usual, Zak holds nothing back and provides us with unfiltered insights into both the Bitcoin and Ethereum world. We discuss the following.   Launching WhiteBlock Genesis  Changes to the Eth 2 shards and what that means  Why Zak works on Eth 2  Why Zak still believes in BTC and PoW What we need to do to actually bring crypto to the world.   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Zak Cole @0xZak, @Whiteblock [SPONSOR]   eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Celsius - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit RealT - RealT is the first to tokenize U.S. real estate products  Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

The great Zak Cole returns to POV Crypto for his second interview. Per usual, Zak holds nothing back and provides us with unfiltered insights into both the Bitcoin and Ethereum world. We discuss the following.  <ul> <li>Launching WhiteBlock Genesis </li> <li>Changes to the Eth 2 shards and what that means </li> <li>Why Zak works on Eth 2 </li> <li>Why Zak still believes in BTC and PoW</li> <li>What we need to do to actually bring crypto to the world. </li> </ul> Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Zak Cole @0xZak, @Whiteblock [SPONSOR]  <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/b.tc/etoropov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eToro</a> - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto</li> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/celsius.network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celsius</a> - Use promo code POV to get $10 in Bitcoin with a $200 deposit</li> <li><a href="https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/realt.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RealT</a> - RealT is the first to tokenize U.S. real estate products</li> </ul> Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

95 - No Reservations with Zak Cole

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