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Alby as a Freedom Technology – Epi-54

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We are joined in this episode by Moritz Kaminski of Get Alby to discuss how Alby empowers freedom technology as a lightning wallet and more. Allowing you to manage applications, interact with Nostr technology, take full custody of your LN bitcoin and a ton more. Moritz Kaminski is the co-founder of Alby, where he leads community and business development alongside a talented team. Before Alby, he held key roles as an investment manager at various venture capital funds, focusing on early-stage software investments. His notable experience includes working at Fulgur Ventures, a fund dedicated to Bitcoin and Lightning startups. Moritz … Continue reading →

Lightning for the Web with Alby – Epi-47

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Today I am joined by Tomek K of the GetAlby project.  We discuss how Alby is build lightning based bitcoin solutions for the web.  We also talk about bitcoin philosophy, bitcoin culture and guerrilla activism. Tomek is a libertarian activist from Poland, multiorganizer, orangepilled since few years, now building Bitcoin Cinema world with Bitcoin FilmFest and spreading lightning adoption with Alby. Resources for today’s show… Find Me on Nostr Article Explaining the GrowNostr Initiative Join the Members Brigade TspAz.com TSPC on Discord TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat) TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me) Jack on MeWe Join Me … Continue reading →

Announcing the GrowNostr Initiative – Epi-39

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Having been on Nostr now for about a month and having banked a nice stack of satoshis in that time I have come to really appreciate what Nostr is all about.  In other words by using it, I get it.  There are some hiccups, this thing is brand new and not everything works all the time.  But Nostr is really not even a beta product yet, more like pre alpha.  So that will correct in time. The one legitamate complaint by members of my audience is that the conversation is dominated by Bitcoin talk.  This makes sense as Nostr’s first … Continue reading →

The State of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network – Epi-19

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Today I wanted to go solo on a variety of bitcoin and lightning network topics I see popping up a lot in listener emails, youtube live chat and especially on Bitcoin Twitter.  There is a lot going on, good news, FUD and some actual misinformation.  You know real “misinformation” not the MSM version of the word. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why do I prefer the Fold Card over something like “BlockFi” – Get Fold How do I use bitcoin to pay for gas or buy groceries Why do so many shitcoin projects fail so miserably What would be a … 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 →

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 →

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 →

Guy Swann on Bitcoin and Freedom – Bitcoin Breakout – Epi-5

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Guy Swann is literally ,“The Guy who has read more about Bitcoin than anyone else you know.” Guy is a speaker, Podcast Host, Educator, Narrator, Filmmaker, & Entrepreneur who went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole in 2011 & has never been able to find his way back out. At 1,000s of hours reading, exploring, & engaging with works on the topics, Guy is well versed in the Economics, Philosophy, Cryptography, History, Game Theory, Energy dynamics, Politics, & Revolutionary nature of the Bitcoin Monetary System. He joins us today to discuss how bitcoin and freedom go together and some of the … Continue reading →

The Basics of Understanding and Using Lightning – Epi-4

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Today we are going to talk about the Lightning Network which is a “Layer 2” solution for bitcoin transactions.  If that sounds complicated, don’t worry I will help you make sense of it all today.  There is a lot of Fud about Lightning, generally this comes from shitcoiners in general but mostly from Bitcoin Cash holdouts who chant nonsense such as, “Bitcoin Cash is the Real Bitcoin”. The reality is Lightning is exactly the type of solution bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned for bitcoin and its perceived shortcomings. Nakamoto wrote the following in 2010… “The nature of #Bitcoin is such … Continue reading →