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 DjokovicBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Cody Ellingham (The Transformation of Value podcast) on the ground insights into the Japanese economy, society & Bitcoin adoptionBy BitcoinBasics.Help

What's Proof of Work (PoW)? Proof of Stake (PoS)? Why does Bitcoin use PoW? Advantages & disadvantages over PoS? Consensus? Staking? Key differences?By BitcoinBasics.Help

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?By BitcoinBasics.Help

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?By BitcoinBasics.Help

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!…

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.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Lastpass password manager was hacked but what does this mean for Bitcoin holders? What happened? Are your coins safe? Should you be worried?By BitcoinBasics.Help

Ryal Harris (Queenslander) joins us to chat about his successful SuperUte racing career, living & working in Australia's Gold Coast, supporting local charities & communities, entrepreneurship & of course The ShoeyBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Seth and Q&A from Foundation join us to discuss if the Passport is the most private Bitcoin wallet?By BitcoinBasics.Help

Rob Clarkson (Bitcoin Lightning Bolt Cards) joins us to talk about BTC merchant adoption, how to pay with Bitcoin, Bitcoin in New Zealand & Laser Eyes.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Jimmy Song explains Bitcoin Nostr, Bitcoin ordinals (NFTs) & upcoming Bitcoin development projects built upon Bitcoin Lightning & Layer 2 protocols.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Steph (Peach Bitcoin): centralised vs decentralised vs peer-to-peer (p2p) exchanges; how to buy bitcoin privately & security with Peach Bitcoin; privacy; escrow; solving lack of liquidity; solving high premium prices; reputation score; & exciting upcoming features.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Daniel Leslie from Australian Fintech Infrastructure (AFI) joins us to discuss bitcoin mining, why mine bitcoin, where to mine bitcoin, energy, sustainability, transparency of mining platforms, proof of miner & disrupting the bitcoin mining space.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Jesse Shrader (co-founder of Amboss) joins us to discuss the Magma marketplace, Amboss, instant settlement, how to get started, Bitcoin Lightning & the importance of financial sovereignty.By BitcoinBasics.Help

We chat with Christopher Pavlesic (Bitcoin Alive & Alpha Hashrate) about the first Bitcoin only conference in Australia, Bitcoin mining, financial & digital sovereignty.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Gilbert Corbella (Co-Founder & Chairman of The Mining Future) joins us to talk about how Bitcoin mining can be for everyone using the cleanest & cheapest energy. Start with a single miner today!By BitcoinBasics.Help

Steven Lubka (Swan Bitcoin): Pacific Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin self-custody, plan B, maximalism & bitcoin-onlyism, financialisation of everything, what can't Bitcoin fix, Bitcoin outcomes & the Bitcoin Policy Institute.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Launching BLIP, Bitcoin lightning privacy messaging app & wallet, with Alejandro & Rick in El Salvador.By BitcoinBasics.Help

A look at the Bitcoin & macro markets for Nov 2022. Where's BTC going from here?By BitcoinBasics.Help

Sam from Swan Bitcoin joins us to discuss: the global crypto adoption index; USD vs BTC vs stablecoins; CBDC's; why DCA; regulation; self-custody; and Bitcoin's future economicsBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Faris reviews Shift Crypto's BitBox02, a Bitcoin-only hardware wallet, including the pros & cons in terms of price, usability, security & featuresBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Bam & Sooly join us to discuss: does culture & religion have an impact on Bitcoin? What about inflation & currency devaluation in countries such as Turkey, Egypt & the UAEBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Will from Sazmining joins us to discuss Sazmining, Bitcoin mining, Bitcoin as carbon negative, fallacy of Proof of Stake & why Bitcoin using Proof of Work using green energy enhances our civilization.By BitcoinBasics.Help

In part 2 we discuss Bitcoin as web 3, the need for decentralisation, no need for tokenization, IPFS, blockchain bullshit & Bitcoin's web 5 destroying the use case for every single shitcoin.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Bitcoin & macro market update for September 2022: a look at bitcoin, equities, USD, Euro, gold, silver & oil chartsBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Francesco joins us to discuss why he moved to El Salvador, current projects & education, WW3, Bitcoin's importance to the developing world, saving vs surviving, adopting bitcoin conference & not resting on your laurels.By BitcoinBasics.Help

In part 1 of our Bitcoin & Web3 series we discuss the history of The Internet & the world wide web right up until the current dayBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Stadicus from Shift Crypto: BitBox02, open source, Bitcoin-only firmware, security theater, Bitcoin nodes, RaspiBolt & a pragmatic approach to hardware walletsBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Jaime Garcia: Bitcoin in Canada vs El Salvador, adoption, ugly truth, game theory, Nayib Bukele, remittances, legal tender, safety, Global Bitcoin fest & visiting El Salvador all from a candid perspective.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Faris on Fresh FM (NZ) talking about Bitcoin fundamentals, how to get started, being your own bank, hedging against inflation, best way to buy bitcoin BTC, being your own bank & other newbie-friendly advice.By BitcoinBasics.Help

We explore the idea of Bitcoin debit cards. How do they work? Why you might & might not want to use them?By BitcoinBasics.Help

We answer more great audience questions. Is Bitcoin staking even possible? Difference in terms of risk between staking vs just leaving coins on exchanges?By BitcoinBasics.Help

Nicki & James join us to talk about Bitcoin (Lightning) in El Salvador, why the move from NZ, experiences on the frontier, reality of Bitcoin adoption, poisonous critters, Bitcoin education, costs, taxes, coffee, Bitcoin Beach & everything in between.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Lord Fusitu'a joins us to talk about Bitcoin (and Lightning) in Tonga & his personal journey down the rabbit hole including: remittances; legal tender; bitcoin geothermal mining; dying 3 times; Tonga's US & China relations; roadmap for economic recovery; and Bitcoin fixing almost everything in TongaBy BitcoinBasics.Help

What's the safest & most secure way to buy bitcoin btc privately? What payment methods do we recommend? How about KYC & OpSec best practices?By BitcoinBasics.Help

How does a bitcoin hardware wallet work behind the scenes? What is bitcoin private key management? What are the InfoSec (cybersecurity) & OpSec (privacy) best practices?By BitcoinBasics.Help

What is a VPN? Why should or shouldn't you use one? What is TOR? If you have bitcoin, should you use a VPN or TOR or both? Can you self-host?By BitcoinBasics.Help

To HODL #bitcoin is great but how to get #yield? How safe is exchange/third-party staking? #Tax? Can btc be used for collateral to buy other assets? What about plausible deniability for custody of my bitcoins? We answer more great questions from our amazing audience.By BitcoinBasics.Help

Andrew Howard joins us again to go beyond the financial freedom of bitcoin btc to achieving individual freedom in today's world.By BitcoinBasics.Help

With frozen bank accounts, confiscated funding campaigns, impending hyperinflation via CBDCs & requests to Bitcoin wallet providers, governments are highlighting problems with their own fiat currencies & the need for bitcoin btc as the only solution.By BitcoinBasics.Help

What is hashrate? How about proof work? Why is it so important to the Bitcoin network? We discuss the basics of bitcoin btc miningBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Bitcoin & Markets update for 18 Feb, 2022. Canadian bank accounts frozen & a digital run on the banks? Creation of a cryptocurrency unit in the FBI? Everything is bullish!By BitcoinBasics.Help

Will Canada's Emergencies Act be the perfect 'crisis' to launch a central bank digital currency? How could a CDBC be launched? How do you wipe out debt? How does all this relate to Bitcoin BTC?By BitcoinBasics.Help

Bitcoin & Macro Markets for 24 Jan 2022. Welcome to Crypto Winter. Will indices follow & what to do next? $BTC targets? Also a look at the traditional marketsBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Why is Bitcoin so secure? What is proof of work? Do decentralization & open-source development help or hinder Bitcoin's security?By BitcoinBasics.Help

"What are Bitcoin fees and why are they needed? What's the cheapest way to withdraw BTC from an exchange? How to minimise transaction fees?"By BitcoinBasics.Help

Shone Anstey from LQwD: Bitcoin Lightning Network; LQwD as a Lightning (Liquidity) Service Provider; Bitcoin & Lightning adoption; FinTech ecosystem; fiat wars; and Breez #Bitcoin #Lightning #FinTechBy BitcoinBasics.Help

Hermann Vivier from Bitcoin Ekasi shares his experiences working with marginalised youths in South Africa: surfing, empowering life skills, Bitcoin education, Bitcoin Lightning Network payments & becoming the next Bitcoin BeachBy BitcoinBasics.Help

What is Tether (USDT) and why use it instead of USD? Is this cryptocurrency safe to use? Is the parent company Bitfinex actually solvent? What to use when not in Bitcoin BTC?By BitcoinBasics.Help