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Jesse Markowitz on the Start9 User Experience – Epi-18

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Today I am joined by Jesse Markowitz to discuss the Start9 Embassy server from a customer’s perspective.  I have had Matt Hill on twice about digital sovereignty via Start9’s technology.  But I thought the perspective of an end user might really bring value to our audience. Jesse is a Computer Enthusiast and programmer for over 35 years. He has an engineering Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He started looking at Bitcoin in 2012 – but not seriously (didn’t keep any). He got back into crypto in 2017, … Continue reading →

Flare Gas Mining with Blake Greiner of Musk Miners – Epi-17

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Blake Greiner is the founder of Muskminers who have bitcoin miners hosting sales and operations at Texas and Louisiana. They mine and host on wasted flare gas based energy. The flare gas is otherwise burned off without generating a usable asset. Essentially, muskminers take stranded energy and creates a usable asset known as bitcoin. Right now there are massive amounts of wasted and stranded energy all over the world.  Not just oil well gas flares either.  For instance ever large landfill in the US is flaring waste gas.  Join us to learn how this energy can be harnessed and how … Continue reading →

Instant Lightning Node Deployment with Voltage – Bitcoin Breakout Epi-16

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Today Nate from Voltage joins me to discuss the lightning network, advances in bitcoin and how Voltage cloud services can allow you to deploy powerful lightning nodes in under 5 minutes. The typical Voltage customer is developing apps and wallets on the lightning network, but the service is very affordable and I have been personally running a Voltage node to learn about the technology for about two months now. Nate is the current head of Support and Education at Voltage. He has been with the company since September 2021. Nate has been a long-time bitcoiner and Lightning Network user since … Continue reading →

Jeremy Hall on Sats Back on Everything with the Fold Card – Epi-15

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As an early(ish) adopter, Jeremy has had his finger on the pulse of the Bitcoin world since 2016. He has helped shape the industry by being a part of several crypto related start-ups, such as Obelisk Inc., Foundation Devices, and most recently as the Customer Service Manager for Fold Inc. Being well versed in a wide variety of topics and best practices, Jeremy has led multiple workshops, both domestically and abroad. His passion for helping others become self sovereign and financially secure perfectly aligns with the Bitcoin ethos. Finally, having learned his lesson from previous bull (and bear) markets, he … Continue reading →

Censor Proof Fund Raising on the Lightning Network – Epi-14

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Mick Morucci is the co-founder of Geyser, a reward-based crowdfunding platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning network. He built Geyser to help creatives, developers, educators launch their initiatives through the support of their community. By building on Bitcoin’s lightning network Geyser enables what Mick calls “borderless crowdfunding”: crowdfunding that can happen regardless of geographical barriers, is fully interoperable with other platforms on the lightning network without any platform barriers and without censorship. Mick has a background in Anthropology and Economics and has been studying and working in the Bitcoin ecosystem for over 6 years. He’s here to talk about Geyser, the … Continue reading →

Guy Swann, Brian Harrington & Jack Spirko on the Layer 3 Revolution – Epi-13

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The lightning network took a long time to really develop into what we were waiting for.  In fact it is still maturing but it is now to the point where we are building layer three apps on top of Lightning’s layer two.  That is a fancy way of saying, we are using bitcoin to monetize what we commonly call “smart phone apps”. Consider apps like Fountain.fm, Breez, etc that monetize podcasting.  Users earn sats, send sats and communicate with hosts.  But this is just the beginning there are already apps like Geyser for example that are creating ways to do … Continue reading →

Texas Slim on Bitcoin & The Beef Initiative – Epi-12

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Texas Slim is a 7th generational Texan on a mission to improve the health and security of our local communities. To do so he is expanding market access to quality animal protein by building decentralized networks of value-aligned ranchers, processors, distributors, butchers, grocers, restaurants, and consumers. Slim is focused on providing tools and access to the tools necessary, including bitcoin, to form more secure localized food supply chains. Slim has been traveling around the country for 3 years engaged in performing boots on the ground relationship building. In doing so he is building networks with like minded individuals and communities … Continue reading →

Sovereign Retirement with Bitcoin – Epi-11

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Jeff Vandrew Jr is a licensed attorney and a certified public accountant and financial planner. Jeff is a leading voice in the bitcoin industry on IRAs and tax planning and has featured in Bloomberg Law, CoinDesk, and Bitcoin Magazine. At Unchained Capital, Jeff leads the development of retirement and inheritance services to support Unchained’s clients with their long-term bitcoin savings. Jeff also develops open-source software on the side. Jeff joins us today to discuss sovereign retirement with bitcoin.  Typically, retirement accounts are dependent on custodial assets, putting the financial future of savers into the hands of trusted third parties.  By … Continue reading →

Bitcoin as Base Money with Brian Harrington – Epi-10

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On Episode 10 we are Joined by Brian Harrington of BrianHarrinton.org and ChoiceApp.io to discuss using bitcoin as base money.  We will also discuss funding your retirement with bitcoin, bitcoin vs. fiat, can btc be used without the internet, how to use BTC for community building, localism and a ton more.  If Bitcoin is not usually your topic of choice, trust me you don’t want to miss this one anyway.  The world is changing and survival means adaptation. Honestly this may be one of the best shows on Bitcoin I have ever done.  Not only was Brian a fantastic guest … Continue reading →

Jesse Markowitz on Lightning Nodes for Beginners – Epi-9

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Jesse is a Computer Enthusiast and programmer for over 35 years. He has an engineering Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He started looking at Bitcoin in 2012 – but not seriously (didn’t keep any). He got back into crypto in 2017, purchasing books online for crypto and learning how it works. In 2019 he was answering questions for family and friends and even giving talks for small groups. By 2020 and throughout 2021 he traded Bitcoin and Alt Coins actively (and did staking, mining, liquidity pools, DeFi) … Continue reading →