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Following Bitcoin (Cash - BCH) on its rise to global reserve currency. Start with Episode 85. https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

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#129: Listener Survey 2024

10/6/2024
Jett and I take a look into the reported community sentiment from this year and catch up on some drama and gossip that haven't fit into recent episodes. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Listener survey: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fTib647Esja-1VFbdN02lboD0hF1pfcR/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qpu8ys9emch9z3ezqcw9y36dx079utmzfcyxa6htd2 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash campaign contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7 General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com More on website Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 03:49 FundMe.Cash 14:16 Market update: price improves 21:05 Bitcoin hijacking continues 28:28 Community comment of the week 30:07 Fractal Bitcoin 38:48 ETH community discombobulated 52:48 Iggy Azalea vs. Eric Wall 1:00:18 Listener survey 2024 1:02:27 Listener demographics, crypto background 1:13:17 BCH community & progress, CHIPs 1:23:27 BCH apps and wallets used 1:35:56 BCH BLISS 1:40:39 #1 priority for community resources 1:45:47 Predictions for next year 1:51:10 BCH Podcast segments 1:56:09 Listener survey comments 2:06:18 Meme of the week 2:15:19 Message to the community 2:25:01 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:26:15 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:02:29:25

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#128: BCH & XEC feat. Amaury Séchet

9/27/2024
Amaury Séchet: engineer, former BCH “benevolent dictator” and XEC lead developer, discusses history of Bitcoin splits, how BCH is doing these days, the battle for global reserve currency, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Amaury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadalnix If interested in XEC: https://e.cash/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vpA8JiUtyaGMX1ILTNX9s3snhU2ip6U/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qpxxc3etrqyxfe66z7s8369ue25wtlhl4y53zdnkaw Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7 General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Others linked from website Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro, FundMe.Cash & listener survey 01:42 Amaury’s intro & Bitcoin backstory 07:51 Big blockers 15:22 Market update 16:30 Tech, branding & price 34:30 Benevolent dictator 37:56 BTC/BCH split history 53:51 BSV split, hash war 59:43 BCH 2019-2021 1:03:34 Bitcoin ABC funding 1:11:59 Cost of split 1:18:26 Amaury’s thoughts on BCH today 1:22:39 Avalanche vs. POW consensus on XEC 1:35:21 What would convince Amaury BCH has won? 1:46:00 CashTokens 1:49:22 BCH: phase shift or feature creep? 1:59:15 On ABLA 2:04:07 XEC roadmap 2:11:18 Where does he look for technical inspiration? 2:14:34 How does he feel about XEC? 2:22:42 Amaury’s message to the BCH community 2:24:32 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:25:37 Vlad Costea 2:27:55 Amaury's shoutouts / Devon Eriksen 2:30:15 Jett and Jeremy's shoutouts 2:32:12 Outro

Duration:02:34:10

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#127: Theft of Fire & Political Media feat. Devon Eriksen

9/17/2024
Devon Eriksen, author of SciFi novel: "Theft of Fire", political writer and engineer, joins the show to discuss intellectual property & crypto, political writing & libertarianism, and many other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Devon Eriksen on Twitter: https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_ Devon’s Substack: https://devoneriksen.substack.com Devon’s website: https://devoneriksen.com/ "Theft of Fire" NFT on tapswap.cash: https://tapswap.cash/trade/798666058f90dd5088009dc44c4eb9f20da65382ab37da50f4983eb9c792ea62 Listener survey 2024: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yBUPrb8dtOejZmlzMW0mXEQW4hyK7bj3/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qzvpnv6yh64n5adgf38p8stwppdtd0x8rcslck36as Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7 General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:37 Intro, fundme.cash, listener survey 02:14 Devon's intro & Bitcoin backstory 06:40 Theft of Fire 25:54 Building a relationship with an audience 33:27 Shoutout to bitcoincashautist 35:10 Intellectual property + crypto 49:26 "Winning" strategy in crypto 1:01:26 Medium of exchange, volatility & adoption 1:07:16 Hijacking Bitcoin 1:18:52 Asteroid mining 1:23:41 References in "Theft of Fire" 1:27:54 Devon’s message to the community 1:29:35 Podcast supporter appreciation 1:30:24 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:01:34:31

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#126: Zapit feat. Romit

9/7/2024
Romit, CEO & Founder of Zapit, discusses the latest Zapit updates, building on Bitcoin Cash, adoption in India, ongoing SEC lawfare, collapsing BTC hoax, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Romit on Twitter: https://x.com/RadicalRomit Zapit wallet on Twitter: https://x.com/Zapit_io Zapit website: https://zapit.io/ Pantera on Twitter: https://x.com/Pantera_BCH Listener survey 2024: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qjff5m-OXTB65LlxJrL7qGGVfRiFc6oE/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qpdu2yz8vx0z8lsshmas2t8r7qlljy4v85yfn8ksc0 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7 General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Video starts 00:39 Intro 01:16 FundMe.Cash for the podcast 02:39 Listener survey 2024 03:35 Romit's intro 05:21 Market update: bad week 10:23 Zapit updates 16:43 P2P exchange, regulations, KYC, and Apple 26:12 Web3 gaming: Zappy Bird 30:42 ZRP token 44:08 Building on Bitcoin Cash 49:28 Thoughts on ABLA, VM limits & BigInt 56:50 BCH developers solving real world problems 1:04:14 CashFusion in Zapit wallet 1:09:28 Wallet Connect 1:15:18 Community comment of the week 1:23:28 Where does the yield come from? 1:38:13 Lawfare & free speech under attack 1:54:10 BTC hoax 2:02:53 Meme of the week 2:07:10 Romit’s message to the community 2:08:32 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:10:03 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:02:12:21

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#125: Journal of Global Surgery feat. Saqib Noor

8/30/2024
We talk to Saqib Noor, an Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon committed to medicine and surgery in the developing world. He is the founder of One.Surgery, an organization dedicated to empowering the progression of global surgery. Saqib is also Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Global Surgery, the first community-funded, peer-review, open-access, equitable scientific journal, fully powered by Bitcoin Cash. This was a very enjoyable conversation. Please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Saqib on Twitter: https://x.com/saqibnoorcom The Journal Of Global Surgery (ONE) on Twitter: https://x.com/jogs_one The Journal Of Global Surgery website: https://jogs.one/ One.Surgery: https://one.surgery/ Saqib’s website: https://www.saqibnoor.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yixRV9YvGlkO8UolzFXMJ4g42d9g-Ib3/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qrfly360lmsdeym4w2khnadsp6t0vts3wy55kc79e6 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Video starts 00:38 Intro, Saqib’s crypto backstory 10:25 Saqib’s medical backstory 12:20 Haiti, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Gaza 18:58 Global Surgery initiative 22:07 Global Surgery & BCH: similarities & differences 33:13 Scientific publishing and peer-review 38:16 Current problems in scientific publishing 44:26 Solutions: Sci-Hub, etc. 50:48 Journal of Global Surgery's solution: 4 innovations 57:37 BCH powering a global scientific economy 1:01:09 Saqib's side gig or full time? 1:04:16 BCH as the currency of science 1:06:41 Accepting Bitcoin Cash payments 1:09:30 Getting indexed at PubMed 1:12:53 Getting to a sustainable model 1:22:18 Next: 1st issue, ISSN #, special print edition 1:31:34 Saqib’s relationship with General Protocols 1:36:58 General Protocols vision 1:49:48 Other news 1:53:27 BCH Bull-ish? 1:55:02 Saqib’s message to the community 1:56:19 Podcast supporter appreciation 1:57:13 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:01:59:28

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#124: Properties of Bitcoin & BTC in El Salvador feat. NoPara

8/24/2024
NoPara, a BTC C# developer, and a “rejuvenator”, discusses Bitcoin properties, what makes the best kind of money, and how BTC & BCH compare on these metrics. We also talk about BTC in El Salvador, Wasabi wallet, John Carvalho capitulating, and other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: NoPara on Twitter: https://x.com/nopara73 NoPara on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nopara73/featured BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space by Kallisti: https://x.com/kzKallisti/status/1824521374175531478 BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T1tYtWTjE4 Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16oYp6MHM2aLM8WBX8rFQ6nkCyk1c4kpC/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100290143879929950045&rtpof=true&sd=true Donations: bitcoincash:qpsest28ghjz8030dqfe4ustqg2a5n0gh5afmnp960 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 01:02 NoPara intro: Rejuvenation, Fitcoiners 04:00 Wasabi wallet 12:00 Blocksize war 14:00 Chain split & privacy 15:00 Rising fees and Wasabi wallet 22:50 Market update: downwards volatility 24:21 Bitcoin properties 32:14 Maximalism & network effect 36:31 BCH surviving 3 chain splits 42:13 NGU formula 49:00 BTC vs. BCH 56:51 Medium of exchange, programmability 1:01:12 Cognizability, acceptability 1:12:26 BCH edge: circular economy and fungibility 1:16:32 On blocksize 1:33:27 No such thing as intrinsic value 1:40:42 BTC in El Salvador 1:41:00 BTC is missing portability 1:45:00 Lightning network 2:01:23 John Carvalho capitulates 2:06:00 On Replace-by-fee (RBF) 2:13:40 Community comment of the week 2:19:47 Rearden / Shinobi takes on BTC 2:27:07 Confession time: NoPara, Shinobi & Roger Ver 2:31:52 Question time 2:32:23 Meme of the week 2:34:36 Other news 2:36:04 UK riots 2:40:02 NoPara’s message to the community 2:40:55 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:42:00 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:02:44:31

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#123: BTC Conference & BCH Vibes feat. Kallisti & Steve Thurmond

8/14/2024
Kallisti and Steve Thurmond talk about their experience at BTC 2024 Nashville Conference. We also discuss VM Limits & Big Ints upgrades for BCH, latest adoption groundwork, and more. Kallisti is Selene wallet's cypherpunk lead developer; and Steve Thurmond is a financial educator (Forward Financial) and a BTC to BCH convert. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Kallisti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kzKallisti Steve Thurmond on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevethurmond BTC Conference 2024 Roundtable (Selene Wallet, THORChain, DASH, ZKALYX): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaZFwDDtBiE Kallisti Bitcoin 2024 Nashville Fox News Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qOFAe1hwA Cash stamps: https://stamps.cash Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kLdEUjCjipbSHK0h2RGv4gXU6k5J6stK/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qrkc2yvrxqy0w3eetxhcdc8teqlymxklsspkwv0eww Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 02:49 BCH outperforms 06:52 BTC community defers 22:56 BTC Conference: on the ground report 31:30 Wavlake board 38:55 Steve's BTC Conference experience 48:07 Beef jerky for BCH 51:07 Kallisti on Fox news! 59:19 Steve's 7 seconds of fame & other stories 1:10:06 Cash stamps 1:22:19 Integration into Selene wallet 1:31:49 BTC Conference vibe, final thoughts 1:41:05 Selene stats 1:52:02 VM limits & Big Ints 2:04:30 NanoGPT integration 2:09:27 ETH inflation 2:19:27 Community comment of the week 2:24:49 Meme of the week 2:31:57 Kallisti's message to the community 2:33:44 Steve's message to the community 2:39:00 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:39:53 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:02:46:16

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#122: VM Limits feat. Jason Dreyzehner

8/3/2024
Discussion of proposed BCH '25 "Targeted VM Limits" upgrade, with prominent BCH developer & CHIP author Jason Dreyzehner. We get into the historical context, rationale, and details of VM Limits. We also discuss BigInts, CashTokens retrospect, LibAuth, ZCEs, Looping and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Jason Dreyzehner on Twitter: https://x.com/bitjson bitjson's blog: https://bitjson.com/ CHIP 2021-05 Targeted Virtual Machine Limits: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2021-05-targeted-virtual-machine-limits/437 CHIP 2024-07 BigInt: High-Precision Arithmetic for Bitcoin Cash: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2024-07-bigint-high-precision-arithmetic-for-bitcoin-cash/1356 Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wLaTFfq4PQ1dfTs2EMsNxGMQOZKZMIpW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100290143879929950045&rtpof=true&sd=true Donations: bitcoincash:qzm59xkz4pkqgpakkpvjcrsffu4gtjxdju7hq6q30h Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 01:50 Jason’s intro 06:34 Thoughts on ABLA upgrade 10:20 VM Limits: overview 13:40 VM Limits: rationale 17:31 VM Limits: Satoshi’s work 32:15 Differences among implementations 39:26 BTC overflow bug 45:00 CHIP: Targeted VM Limits 49:35 VM Limits + Big Integers 52:28 Big Ints CHIP relation to VM Limits CHIP 1:00:18 Benchmarking worst case contracts with LibAuth 1:02:24 Timing: 2025 vs 2026 1:10:35 Testing process 1:16:55 Zero-Confirmation Escrows (ZCE) and Looping 1:20:35 0-confirmations, miner incentives, and finality 1:25:10 Loops and UTXO commitments 1:34:32 CashTokens 1:39:17 Mathieu’s Q: Zero knowledge proof verifier? 1:42:33 Sidechain necessary for prediction market apps? 1:49:29 Jason’s message to the community 1:51:00 Podcast supporter appreciation 1:52:03 Shoutouts and outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

Duration:01:56:06

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#121: BCH Argentina Conference & Hoax Collapse feat. Marcelo

7/26/2024
Marcelo Fleischer, a Bitcoin OG from 2010, is back after more than 100 episodes! We discuss BCH Argentina Conference, dictating the free market in El Salvador, the crumbling BTC narrative, and BTC camp trying to reinvent BCH. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Marcelo’s previous appearance on the Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk6GvmByv2U No Hay Almuerzo Gratis YouTube channel (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/@AlmuerzoNo/ BCH Argentina Conference: https://2024.bcharg.com/ “A Fifth of Gaming”: https://afifthofgaming.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e7FWRAo0pqXY2Bmaif3nH8X81nsAe58a/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qr95ggj2ums64p2fge54yc8a0p9gqz5g5ux5t55suv Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrDsJnHFnkMnJhEslofyPQ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:09 Flipstarter update 01:34 Marcelo 04:38 Reflections on BCH Podcast by Marcelo 17:56 Splits, governance, and incentives 33:06 Demurrage on BTC? 38:07 Reflections on BCH St. Kitts '22 conference 43:25 BCH is getting vindicated 48:44 Javier Milei and Argentina politics 1:00:12 ABLA, CHIP & consensus building 1:03:46 Shoutout to bitcoincashautist 1:07:35 Upcoming BCH upgrades 1:13:44 Market update: recovery time 1:19:18 BCH Argentina Conference 1:27:23 Expected attendance, interpreters, livestream 1:33:27 BCH business solutions in Argentina 1:41:50 Conference speakers and topics 1:51:16 Dictating the free market in El Salvador 2:02:07 Other news 2:04:02 BCH improving scalability, programmability, speed 2:10:50 Hoax collapsing 2:18:08 Trump at BTC conference 2:25:46 Reinventing BCH, and the "revolving door" cycle 2:33:01 Community comment: @Dunconomics 2:38:10 Meme of the week: Peter Schiff nightmare 2:40:51 Marcelo’s message to the community 2:42:56 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:44:03 Shoutouts and outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc

Duration:02:49:38

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#120: Phoenix Mining & Polkadot Paid Shills feat Paul

7/18/2024
Crypto YouTuber Paul, fresh from BLISS, joins us to discuss Phoenix mining strange move, Polkadot paid propaganda, Mt. Gox coins release, and the heated responses to our Episode 119 on BTC narrative collapse. Enjoy the chat! Links: Paul on Twitter: https://x.com/Rspl382 Paul’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rspl2024 The BTC Hoax - Full Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYcTqHrYKFc "A Fifth of Gaming": https://afifthofgaming.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PD50i2qP6ttzWX5ISXZWnCeW0WKMb5ml/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qz48xc0g57e3kt2j85f6e8h44240tuh4zusm9rv24s Sponsors: Thank you very much to our previous flipstarter contributors. New flipstarter is LIVE: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 01:03 Flipstarter update 01:36 Paul's intro 10:19 Reflections on BLISS 12:54 Crypto market update 14:44 Phoenix mining 24:12 A sign that is BCH is resilient 29:31 Mt. Gox coins released 44:33 Polkadot paid propaganda 58:32 Meme of the week 1:01:54 Other news 1:10:08 Community comment of the week 1 1:13:13 Community comment of the week 2 1:18:52 119 response: Nopara73 1:28:12 119 response: Mechanic 1:32:59 119 response: Peter McCormack 1:41:51 119 response: David Hoffman 1:50:45 Message to the community 1:57:02 "A Fifth of Gaming" 1:58:22 Supporter appreciation 1:59:28 Shoutouts and outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

Duration:02:01:40

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#119: Narrative Collapse Clip Collection

7/3/2024
No guest, just discussion of leading innovations from Selene Wallet & Emergent Coding, Julian Assange, then a huge exposé of abysmal BTC disintegration. Enjoy the chat! Links: Presentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10AKrgyT3Mf9Fi6-ywWt7N8DjVuk19Njw/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qz2eufwztg7t8x45tkqf60vmqe3734cpus0ys4hupu Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. New flipstarter is LIVE: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:37 Intro 03:26 Flipstarter update 04:36 Market update 11:36 Selene update 19:47 Emergent Coding update 27:27 Community comment of the week 30:19 Julian Assange freed 38:08 Other news 46:27 BTC narrative collapse 1:08:34 BTC is failing - Part I 1:17:33 BTC is failing - Part II 1:33:02 BTC is failing - Part III 1:50:02 BTC is failing - Part IV 2:01:48 BCH on Bankless 2:14:36 Meme of the week 2:18:27 Message to the community 2:20:02 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:02:22:58

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#118: Fiat Food & BCH Conversion feat. Steve Thurmond

6/28/2024
Steve Thurmond (a financial educator, cryptocurrency enthusiast, and a BTC to BCH convert) discusses Bitcoin + diet, going from BTC into the BCH rabbit hole, BLISS, Sayoshi Nakamario's CashStarter, and more. Enjoy the chat! Links: Steve Thurmond on X: https://twitter.com/stevethurmond Presentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ub7NHvhe51kYRZPxjIRGNqqUzx4nl-bs/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qpkp3zqalq7f6tyjczyk8zx3s7vpfqj4n5pph2uqtn Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. New flipstarter is LIVE: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:37 Intro 01:58 Steve Thurmond's crypto journey 12:20 From BTC to BCH 20:00 Going to BLISS 27:15 Financial planning at Forward Financial 42:09 BCH cloak of invisibility: active 46:09 BLISS retrospective 56:35 Fiat food: the book 1:01:30 Obfuscating inflation via fake food 1:10:00 Steve's health choices 1:24:30 Enjoying going to the gym 1:32:34 Fundme.cash 1:42:21 Roger Ver released (sort of) 1:48:05 Iggy Azalea vs. Vitalik?? 2:00:21 Other news: Cauldron, Craig, and Lorenzo 2:04:52 Question of the week: defeating Tether? 2:09:30 Steve’s questions 2:12:35 The blocksize war 2:27:52 BCH: one coin to rule them all? 2:39:32 Hitting the blocksize limit 2:43:26 BTC's technical debt 2:53:29 Community comment of the week 2:58:00 Meme of the week 3:01:09 Message to the community 3:05:00 Shoutouts and outro

Duration:03:11:05

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#117: Gen Z & Political Event Horizon feat. Jager

6/20/2024
Jager, representing Generation Z, joins the show to discuss how BCH can reach those younger audiences, if cryptocurrency has passed the political event horizon, recent BCH thoughts from Vitalik Buterin, the latest misadventures of Eric Wall with OP_CAT & more. Donations: qqpwtsd9e80ujttfqj2qxsqjfpthxvey8u7yxe5ztu SOCIALS: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrDsJnHFnkMnJhEslofyPQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBCHPodcast Noise.app: https://noise.app/TheBitcoinCashPodcast Read.cash: https://read.cash/@BitcoinCashPodcast Telegram (Announcements): https://t.me/thebitcoincashpodcast Telegram (Discussion): https://t.me/thebitcoincashpodcast_discussion Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thebitcoincashpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bitcoincashpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebitcoincashpodcast Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BitcoinCashPodcast:2 Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/BitcoinCashPodcast Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/u4kmVqYxmyU2 -timestamps- #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency

Duration:01:58:03

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BLISS Presentation: Making the Impossible a Reality with Elliot Price

6/14/2024
In this gripping presentation, Elliot Price (Fiendish Crypto) shares his “Fiendish Dream” and how Bitcoin Cash makes that dream possible, counting all the reasons why we love BCH. He then talks about the "someone" the world needs, how that someone is YOU, and what you can do to help make that fiendish dream a reality. Enjoy! Links: Fiendish Crypto on Twitter: https://x.com/FiendishCrypto Presentation slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bIP4piJlC-P1LqQrS5GV4jrzcGblmf5g93ZHlWA_Pzk/edit#slide=id.g2d07ad224db_3_43 Donations: bitcoincash:qzx4as947wpln2a702058j76hgv9u2yn9590rvg3vr Sponsors: The BLISS Conference is proudly sponsored by: General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com The Bitcoin Cash Podcast: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/ "Ravish Off Ocean" restaurant: https://www.ravishkitchen.com/ Commercial Kitchen Stop: https://commercialkitchenstop.com/ Also by: Mike Komaransky, Molecular, Toorik, Mini-Satoshi Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:59 s/o to Jonathan Silverblood 01:53 A Fiendish Dream 02:30 How Bitcoin Cash makes the dream possible 06:33 Decentralization vs. monopoly 08:13 Price as a signal for resource allocation 09:22 Was Thomas Jefferson a bcasher? 10:28 An alternate future with CBDC 15:06 Building a better future with BCH 16:13 How do we get there? 18:06 /someone is needed 19:44 Merchant onboarding 23:38 Think globally, act locally 27:25 Networking 30:41 Building products that serve a need 31:29 ABLA and the blocksize debate 33:24 Build products that generate revenue 36:48 "Build it and they will come" ? 37:54 Marketing 39:47 Content creation 40:31 Announcement: ABLA upgrade is now live! 42:32 Ray and Ryan 43:37 AI and content creation 45:13 Winning memes 47:30 BCH culture: "Be awesome" 49:52 Outro

Duration:00:50:32

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BLISS Open House: David Shattuck With A Fifth Of Gaming

6/7/2024
Got a chance to catch up with David Shattuck from A Fifth Of Gaming & hear about the latest & greatest with his automated Bitcoin Cash tournament software. Links: Check out "A Fifth Of Gaming" and battle it out online for some BCH!! https://afifthofgaming.com/ AFoG on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a5thofgaming David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidshattuck8 Reddit with excellent dev blogs: https://www.reddit.com/r/afog/ Donations: bitcoincash:qqmlcf4d7c9t6q7qfvrl863jxwz0f3l9wq8m4c65nv Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Demo of "A Fifth Of Gaming" 02:06 BCH Bliss tournaments 04:16 How it helps onboard new users to BCH 05:36 Building partnerships with gaming communities 08:38 How to support the #MTGA guild and BCH adoption 10:17 David's vision for the "A Fifth Of Gaming" platform 12:17 Which games are supported? Which guilds will thrive? 15:20 Distribution of guild funds and prize pools 18:21 David at BCH Bliss #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency

Duration:00:20:30

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BLISS Open House: Emergent Reasons of General Protocols & BCH Bull

6/7/2024
Chatting with Emergent Reasons (The General) of General Protocols & BCH Bull. Emergent Reasons is a prominent Bitcoin Cash developer and innovator; and General Protocols is an industry leader in building financial tools and services on the BCH blockchain. Enjoy! Links: EmergentReasons on Twitter: https://x.com/EmergentReasons General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com BCH Bull: https://bchbull.com/ Donations: bitcoincash:qzyunstgeg6tkyeyykjnyykkpwl2egzs655c2rzvpr Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:46 How is BCH Bull growing and coming on the radar? 04:00 Laying the groundwork for other innovators 06:53 BCH protocol upgrades 10:12 Getting all the basic changes done right first 11:12 Tooling and library building 12:22 What is next for BCH Bull? 13:20 Native wallet apps 14:26 What would ER love to see in the BCH space? 17:03 On Bliss 18:49 Final thoughts and outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency

Duration:00:20:33

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BLISS Presentation: What's New in CashScript with Rosco Kalis

6/7/2024
Rosco Kalis, a prominent Crypto Software Engineer, talks about CashScript as a tool for writing Bitcoin Cash smart contracts. He goes over all the major improvements since 2021, gives some hints as to what we can expect for 2024, and invites everyone to get started with CashScript. Links: Rosco Kalis on Twitter: https://x.com/RoscoKalis CashScript Playground: https://playground.cashscript.org SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iNvrOoptgVrF3ED8RToZ4UQc4DOpwtJZcftf1P-9B-Y/edit?usp=sharing Donations: bitcoincash:qr6jfkzlnd0s9ud0k4kdy53299pk9fp85vtkxd6fpt Sponsors: The Bliss Conference is proudly sponsored by: General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com The Bitcoin Cash Podcast: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/ "Ravish Off Ocean" restaurant: https://www.ravishkitchen.com/ Commercial Kitchen Stop: https://commercialkitchenstop.com/ Also by: Mike Komaransky, Molecular, Toorik, Mini-Satoshi Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:29 What is CashScript 02:25 Early development 04:32 Old introspection 05:30 Native introspection 06:45 CashTokens 08:54 CashTokens showcase 09:24 Advanced TX builder 10:50 Other smaller updates 13:03 Bitauth IDE 15:00 Upcoming: libraries 17:03 Getting started: CashScript Playground 18:06 Q : Rosco's vision for CashScript compilers 19:41 Q : Deployment 21:22 Q : Difference between ETH and BCH ecosystems 23:24 Outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

Duration:00:23:35

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BLISS Presentation: Chain Reactions with Jack

6/7/2024
In this thought provoking presentation, Jack talks about the future of Bitcoin Cash; describing the more complex and smarter things now possible with BCH, utilizing CashTokens and other powerful script tools. He describes multiple potential paths forward (EVM vs. Bitcoin model), and different ways to balance “backing” and “trust”. Jack ends by saying we are in a new era in BCH and we can do weird things and blaze new paths. SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fgVhBpay6ALQ6zY6Wnr5WPt4ny4fq8sAB9-_Y6WRlv4/edit?usp=sharing Donations: bitcoincash:qq7xsgpxxmw2st7sx5d470vzdvxydz6a3v47qfuymp Sponsors: The Bliss Conference is proudly sponsored by: General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com The Bitcoin Cash Podcast: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/ "Ravish Off Ocean" restaurant: https://www.ravishkitchen.com/ Commercial Kitchen Stop: https://commercialkitchenstop.com/ Also by: Mike Komaransky, Molecular, Toorik, Mini-Satoshi Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:19 BCH has CashTokens and powerful script, now what? 02:44 What do EVM-like contracts look like? 03:56 What do Bitcoin-like contracts look like? 05:25 Nature of composability 06:16 Out of many, chained 07:28 Uniform chains 08:49 Subjective chains 09:47 Backing vs. trust 12:11 Example 1: Investment network 14:12 Example 2: Credit network 16:52 Do weird things! 18:04 Q : What do we need to get there? 18:52 Q : Trust network #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

Duration:00:21:58

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BLISS Presentation: Protect Ya Stack with Emergent Reasons

6/7/2024
Emergent Reasons (The General, John Nieri) talks about programming smart contracts safely. He believes that people that are making apps or smart contracts need to prioritize safety when dealing with other people's money. The goal is contracts that CAN’T fail. John says that he is not telling others the RIGHT way to do things, just a good way to do things. He hopes others will do better. Links: Emergent_Reasons on Twitter: https://x.com/EmergentReasons Bitcoin Cash Research discussion forum: https://bitcoincashresearch.org BLISS: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GW0XLC8IMf5uxZsORZ9Kgbewp5JuKp0XhdJu9Q8s3zA/edit?usp=sharing Donations: bitcoincash:qztj80725lm9j6gmlupl9yevyek8kyskjcvz97uz0s Sponsors: The Bliss Conference is proudly sponsored by: General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com The Bitcoin Cash Podcast: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/ "Ravish Off Ocean" restaurant: https://www.ravishkitchen.com/ Commercial Kitchen Stop: https://commercialkitchenstop.com/ Also by: Mike Komaransky, Molecular, Toorik, Mini-Satoshi Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:30 Overview 03:34 Why listen to this? 05:26 Do better than this 05:57 Move fast and break things 08:06 Goal: contract can't fail 08:53 Describe contract execution 09:40 Describe safety 12:31 Describe input guarantees 13:52 Confirm guarantees lead to safety 15:53 Put results into a spec 16:36 Be ambitious, be humble 17:56 Q : CashScript 19:35 Q : CashTokens and safety 22:06 Q : This is just a starting point 23:46 Q : Practical aspects of doing things carefully 25:08 Q : Input guarantees analysis 27:11 Q : Ensuring long-term support from wallet side 28:49 Outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

Duration:00:29:16

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BLISS Presentation: Casting Spells on BCH with Dagur

6/7/2024
Dagur of Cauldron DEX talks about bringing DeFi to Bitcoin Cash. He takes us a journey through the tale of how Cauldron came to be, and describes his vision for its future. He talks about architecture for DeFi contracts, quotes the Unix Philosophy, and applies it to BCH DeFi. Dagur is a BCH developer who has a long history in Bitcoin including working on BCHN, Flipstarter, BU and going all the way back to OG big block node BitcoinXT. Enjoy the talk! Links: Dagur Valberg on Twitter: https://x.com/dagur Cauldron DEX: https://www.cauldron.quest/ SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YQfP9P10tO4HgPn2ikmkOXug7asCR4Lt2HpcctFHzm0/edit?usp=sharing Donations: bitcoincash:qzqkmtgekndmcjtctunt7duegfr5v6xmdggqch0mn0 Sponsors: The Bliss Conference is proudly sponsored by: General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com The Bitcoin Cash Podcast: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/ "Ravish Off Ocean" restaurant: https://www.ravishkitchen.com/ Commercial Kitchen Stop: https://commercialkitchenstop.com/ Also by: Mike Komaransky, Molecular, Toorik, Mini-Satoshi Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 01:40 Time to brew 03:17 K = X * Y 05:30 L1 DeFi and Cauldron journey 07:42 The prototype and the alpha 09:05 But why? 09:15 When TX order matters 10:21 Strength in UTXO 10:50 Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) gives Cauldron 12:15 The Unix philosophy 12:37 The Unix Utils 13:07 BCH DeFi Utils 13:50 BCH DeFi Util example 14:49 The BCH DeFi philosophy 15:18 Cauldron stats 17:04 In the making: Defi loans 18:24 Q : Zero percent interest loans 18:50 Q : Recommendations for new BCH developers 19:38 Q : BCH DeFi philosophy 20:41 Q : Where does LP yield go? 21:30 Q : Cauldron business model 22:33 Q : Building user base 23:50 Q : Promoting BCH as smart transaction chain 25:02 Outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

Duration:00:25:17