Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)
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Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)
Featuring analysis and discourse by hosts Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Dr. Stephanie Murphy, Adam B. Levine, and Jonathan Mohan, episodes feature friendly, in-depth discussions and even-handed interviews. Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly known as Let's Talk Bitcoin!) is the longest-running English languag...
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126 episoderA Final Discussion
In this final discussion with Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine, the hosts discuss the present moment and l...
SOB #502 When the Referees Play Favorites (Part 1)
Join "Speaking of Bitcoin" hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy for a look at a recent move by the Securities and Exchan...
SOB #501 When More Is Less
Sometimes, more is less, better is worse, and blatantly superior products fail to overcome their competitors. On this episode of “Dare to Be Stupid,”...
SOB #500 Three Rules to Remember After Mailchimp Breach
As crypto holdings grow in value, criminals are becoming ever-more creative and audacious in their attempts to steal coins.
Join "Speaking of Bi...
SOB #503 The Check Engine Light and the Space Shuttle
The most shocking and surprising tragedies of the modern era were actually the predictable consequences of obviously bad decisions. There are far fewe...
SOB #499 New Lessons From the Island of Stone Bitcoins
In examining one of the earliest pre-bitcoin examples of a very bitcoin-like technology, "Speaking of Bitcoin" correspondent George Frankly learns som...
SOB #498 Rights Versus Privileges in a Global Financial System
This episode was recorded earlier in 2022...
Two critical questions about financial freedom and responsibility
As the second week of Russi...
Quick SOB Update (More frequent episodes coming... now)
Hey folks,
Adam B Levine here,
sorry for the lack of recent updates, we've got a backlog of episodes to bring you which we'll be releasing...
SOB #496 The Ups and Downs of Crypto Loans
On this episode of "Speaking of Bitcoin", join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion abo...
SOB #497 A Brief Look at Bitcoin Maximalism
On this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion about...
SOB # 495 First Practices Aren’t Best Practices
On this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion about...
SOB #494 Bitcoin Security and a Rogue Power Plant
Bitcoin's energy usage has long been controversial but this time it's not what you'd expect, a story about a rogue power plant kicks off a wide rangin...
SOB #493 The Endowment Effect, HODLing and the Impossible Self-Appraisal
This time on Speaking of Bitcoin, correspondent George Frankly shares another surprising look at glitches in human behavior and what we can learn from...
SOB #492 Can Stablecoins Survive?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine and Stephanie Murphy along with special guest Josh Scigala, CEO of Vaultoro, for a wide-ranging exploration of the growing a...
SOB #491 The Jokes Wear Thin as Inflation Becomes Normal
“We’re in the upside-down world. The time value of money is negative. Debts are assets and revenue streams are liabilities.”
Join hosts Adam B....
SOB #490 Checking in on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
The Lightning Network is arguably the most anticipated scaling solution for Bitcoin to date. Why isn’t everyone using it?
“Speaking of Bitcoin”...
SOB #489 Big Gaming Signals NFTS Are Closer to Mainstream
With NFTs continuing their rapid advance into mainstream cultural awareness, how much is FOMO (fear of missing out) and how much is real? This time An...
SOB #488 How Far We've Come (And How Much Stayed the Same)
Today’s show is from a time before the trillion (or even billion) dollar market cap; Before Vitalik had ever spoken the word Ethereum; Before taproot,...
SOB #487 If Facebook Can't Run A Global Currency, Who Could?
A recent letter addressed to the social media giant from five democratic senators laid it out clearly; There's simply no way Meta (formerly Facebook)...
SOB #486.5 Why Cryptoization Scares the IMF (Part II)
This is part two (a bonus episode) of last weeks discussion of "cryptoization" and why the IMF is utterly terrified of it going mainstream.
SOB #486 Why Is the IMF Afraid of Cryptozation?
The IMF has outlined yet another set of concerns it holds about crypto. Is crypto really the problem, or is the IMF just afraid of the things it canno...
SOB #485 The Sure Thing, the Force Multiplier, and the Underdoge
Why did a joke cryptocurrency with zero ambition find massive success, yet a calculated military campaign with plenty of ambition turned into a massiv...
SOB #484 A Brief History of Bitcoin Tipping (and Where Twitter Fits in it)
This time on Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for a look at bitcoin tipping through the ages. From...
SOB #483 Exit, Voice & Bitcoin
Blockchain technology presents opportunities for dissonant opinions, fractionalization and internal reform unmatched in the fiat world.
Join hos...
SOB #482 Life on Bitcoin (2021 Edition)
In the early days of Bitcoin, a few idealistic individuals attempted to live entirely on the bitcoin currency. Nine years and an abundance of technolo...
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SOB #481 On National Adoption of Bitcoin
El Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin legal tender shocked the world. Earlier this week the rapidly-developed and adopted bitcoin law went live, kick...
SOB #480 Is Axie Infinity's Play-to-Earn Economic Empowerment or Exploitation?
Has decentralized gaming just created virtual menial labor?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Andreas M. Antonopoulos as they dive i...
No Episode Today, Sorry!
Next week we'll share with you our preliminary exploration and implications of the growing Play-to-Earn movement. But no episode today, enjoy your we...
SOB #479 Ethereum, Bitcoin; Hard Fork, Soft Fork: How Decentralized Change Is Made
Ethereum’s London hard fork, also known as EIP 1559, took place on Aug. 5. The backwards-incompatible upgrade reignited community debate over hard for...
SOB #478 The Expert Incentive, or ‘God Save the King of Kong'
On today's episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, correspondent George Frankly explores the expertise paradox through the lens of two very different historic...
SOB #477 Stoner Cats Chaos and the Mainstreaming of NFTs
NFTs are emerging as the path from insular crypto community to a breakthrough in mainstream culture. Blockchain technology and pop culture collide to...
SOB #476 - Digging Into El Salvador's Bitcoin Bill
El Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin legal tender shocked the world. Soon, the dust will settle and catchy headlines will become real, lived experie...
SOB #475 Emergent Complexity and Building Systems We Don’t Understand
If you landed in medieval times, could you build a phone? Or something even simpler, a pencil?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoul...
SOB #474 - Bitcoin Neutrality
On this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, we're zipping back even further to the Spring of 2013, where Andreas M. Antonopoulos, fresh off his Let's Talk...
SOB #473 - The New Renaissance
Six years ago Adam B. Levine and Arthur S. Falls started a discussion on what they called The New Renaissance. It's a conversation about disruption, o...
SOB #472 Wisdom of Crowds and the Information Disease
This time on Speaking of Bitcoin, George Frankly is back with the fifth installment in his Dare To Be Stupid series with a look at UFO sightings, jell...
SOB #471 How and Why Governments Lie About Inflation
This time on Speaking of Bitcoin, the hosts are joined by John Williams, rogue economist and long-time Editor of ShadowStats.com, a data source that t...
SOB #470 Challenges Towards a Post-Scarcity World (and the Bullshit Economics of Star Trek)
This time on Speaking of Bitcoin: George Frankly is back for the fourth installment of his Dare To Be Stupid Series.