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Bitcoin is a journey. Hosts Faris (economist) & Gordon (technologist) make the complex world of Bitcoin simple by interviewing experts & translating key concepts for the Bitcoin beginner. Need help? bitcoinbasics.help

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United States

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Bitcoin is a journey. Hosts Faris (economist) & Gordon (technologist) make the complex world of Bitcoin simple by interviewing experts & translating key concepts for the Bitcoin beginner. Need help? bitcoinbasics.help

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English


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Custody, Cybersecurity & Casa w/ Jameson Lopp | Bitcoin Basics (203)

9/26/2024
Jameson Lopp (Cypherpunk, co-founder & CSO @ Casa) joins us to discuss: the importance of self-custody, duress wallets, physical bitcoin attacks, multisig best practices, InfoSec, OpSec, the state of Bitcoin privacy & buttcoin.

Duration:01:11:30

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The Bushido of Bitcoin: Aleks Svetski | Bitcoin Basics (202)

7/24/2024
Aleks Svetski: his new book The Bushido of Bitcoin; Satlantis travel app; social as a service using Nostr; The UNCommunist Manifesto; AI & the Spirit of Satoshi; bulding a new civilization on Bitcoin; The Bitcoin Times & what's next for Aleks?

Duration:00:59:07

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: Economies of War | Faris on FreshFM (10)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:20:01

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: Economies of EVs | Faris on FreshFM (09)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:27:02

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: Keynes vs Hayek | Faris on FreshFM (08)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:26:19

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: CBDCs #2 | Faris on FreshFM (07)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:24:00

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: CBDCs #1 | Faris on FreshFM (06)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:26:00

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: Cybersecurity | Faris on FreshFM (05)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:23:19

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: Can’t Stop Oil | Faris on FreshFM (04)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:27:30

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: Bank Bailouts | Faris on FreshFM (03)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:21:38

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: The US Dollar | Faris on FreshFM (02)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:24:35

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Fix the Money, Fix the World: Economics 101 | Faris on FreshFM (01)

7/10/2024
What's wrong with the economy & why is it getting harder for average people to make ends meet? Every day we receive news & statistics about the economy, but what does it all mean? Join Faris Mali as he goes behind the headlines & figures out how decisions by governments, central banks, & other organisations impact us in our daily lives.

Duration:00:26:24

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Sebastian Vollm (Digtal Orion): Bitcoin Mining in Paraguay | Bitcoin Basics (201)

6/25/2024
Sebastian Vollm (Digtal Orion) joins us to talk about Bitcoin mining in Paraguay as well as electricity, energy, politics, economics & everyday life. Paraguay isn't the next El Salvador it's already ahead.

Duration:00:50:57

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Orange pilling nation states w/ Prince Filip Karađorđević of Serbia | Bitcoin Basics (200)

6/6/2024
Our 200th episode is celebrated w/ Prince Filip Karađorđević of Serbia: orange-pilling nation states, JAN3, hyperbitcoinization, Bitcoin adoption in Serbia, fiat food, money printing & the debt spiral, his current rabbit hole & Novak Djokovic

Duration:01:10:41

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Bitcoin turning Japanese w/ Cody Ellingham | Bitcoin Basics (199)

5/8/2024
Cody Ellingham (The Transformation of Value podcast) on the ground insights into the Japanese economy, society & Bitcoin adoption

Duration:01:09:22

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Proof of Work (PoW) vs Proof of Stake (PoS) | Bitcoin Basics (198)

5/3/2024
What's Proof of Work (PoW)? Proof of Stake (PoS)? Why does Bitcoin use PoW? Advantages & disadvantages over PoS? Consensus? Staking? Key differences?

Duration:00:42:27

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Why running a Bitcoin full node isn’t enough privacy | Bitcoin Basics (197)

2/12/2024
What's a Bitcoin full node? What privacy does & doesn't it offer? How can you easily & cheaply get started? Initial Block Download (IBD)? Security best practices? Are there any alternatives?

Duration:00:20:12

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Q45: How do Bitcoin wallets manage addresses? | Bitcoin Basics (196)

2/8/2024
We answer another great community question: How do I manage my private keys? How do I send them? Who controls my private keys? Offline vs hardware wallets? Seed phrase security best practices?

Duration:00:17:42

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Q44: How best to protect your Bitcoin seed/recovery phrase? | Bitcoin Basics (195)

12/11/2023
We answer another great community question: How do I best protect my Bitcoin? What's the best wallet? How to secure my Bitcoin seed/recovery phrase? Why are open-source wallets our only recommendation? Multisig? Plausible deniability? Hidden wallet? 25th seed? Create your Bitcoin risk mitigation strategy today!

Duration:00:20:31

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The LastPass Lunacy #2 | Bitcoin Basics (194)

12/1/2023
The 2022 LastPass hack has only recently revealed many Bitcoiners have lost their funds Why? How? What should you do as a LastPass user? Bitcoin risk mitigations & storing your seed phrase best practices.

Duration:00:16:18