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🎙️Decentralizing Digital Identity & Encrypted Messaging Ep. 107 with JeffG My guest today is Jeff G, privacy advocate and builder of censorship-resistant communication systems using Nostr and open cryptographic infrastructure. Jeff works on White Noise, a decentralized encrypted messaging project designed to remove single points of failure from private...

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Cointelegraph

120,257 次观看 • 6 个月前

Whitney Webb breaks down the coordinated global push for a new, dystopian system of control, marrying digital ID with CBDCs. This isn't conspiracy; it's all in their own documentation. They are building a full-spectrum digital cage, and its two locked doors are Digital Identity and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). You cannot have one without the other. The plan is to replace your government-issued ID with a Digital ID, but it's not just a card in your phone. It is fundamentally built upon your immutable biometrics: your fingerprints, the precise structure of your face, the unique pattern of your iris. This biometric data is the key. It is the hard link that ties your physical body directly to your digital identity credential. Your very body becomes your password. The reason this is so critical for them is the financial system. UN & Bank for International Settlements docs overtly state that Digital ID and CBDCs are designed to be integrated. The system cannot exist without this biometric digital ID. Why? Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols. For this new digital financial system to function, they must absolutely "know" every single participant. Your digital wallet will be tied to your digital ID, which is mapped to your biometrics. Total financial-biological linkage. We see the prototypes being rolled out now: • Sam Altman's WorldCoin lures people to scan their irises for a "unique identifier" and a digital wallet. This is the exact model. • The UN's "Building Blocks" program forces refugees to scan their iris at checkout to receive food rations. The value is deducted from a wallet tied to that biometric ID. They justify this total surveillance under the guise of closing the "identity gap," claiming the world's poor need digital IDs to access essential services like banking and healthcare. The reality? This is the ultimate onboarding mechanism into a system of programmable control, where your access to society and your own money is permissioned and revocable based on your compliance. This is the bedrock of the new global financial system. It is not about convenience. It is about control. Your body is the new currency, and they are forcing you to hand over the keys.
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Whitney Webb breaks down the coordinated global push for a new, dystopian system of control, marrying digital ID with CBDCs. This isn't conspiracy; it's all in their own documentation. They are building a full-spectrum digital cage, and its two locked doors are Digital Identity and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). You cannot have one without the other. The plan is to replace your government-issued ID with a Digital ID, but it's not just a card in your phone. It is fundamentally built upon your immutable biometrics: your fingerprints, the precise structure of your face, the unique pattern of your iris. This biometric data is the key. It is the hard link that ties your physical body directly to your digital identity credential. Your very body becomes your password. The reason this is so critical for them is the financial system. UN & Bank for International Settlements docs overtly state that Digital ID and CBDCs are designed to be integrated. The system cannot exist without this biometric digital ID. Why? Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols. For this new digital financial system to function, they must absolutely "know" every single participant. Your digital wallet will be tied to your digital ID, which is mapped to your biometrics. Total financial-biological linkage. We see the prototypes being rolled out now: • Sam Altman's WorldCoin lures people to scan their irises for a "unique identifier" and a digital wallet. This is the exact model. • The UN's "Building Blocks" program forces refugees to scan their iris at checkout to receive food rations. The value is deducted from a wallet tied to that biometric ID. They justify this total surveillance under the guise of closing the "identity gap," claiming the world's poor need digital IDs to access essential services like banking and healthcare. The reality? This is the ultimate onboarding mechanism into a system of programmable control, where your access to society and your own money is permissioned and revocable based on your compliance. This is the bedrock of the new global financial system. It is not about convenience. It is about control. Your body is the new currency, and they are forcing you to hand over the keys.

Camus

312,314 次观看 • 10 个月前

Ep. 10 Free The Money | As Cash Disappears: Why Monero Succeeds Where Bitcoin Fails In this episode I’m joined by Douglas Tuman, founder of MoneroTopia and host of Monero Talk Live, to explore why Monero is not only the ultimate privacy coin, but a foundational tool for freedom in the digital age. Doug explains how Monero was built to fix Bitcoin’s core flaws. Bitcoin’s public ledger allows for the tracking of transactions and balances, while Monero encrypts the sender, receiver, and amount by default. Monero’s privacy makes Monero fully fungible, meaning every coin is identical, untraceable, and cannot be tainted or blacklisted, something Bitcoin can never achieve. Doug breaks down why Monero is more decentralized at the mining level, using ASIC-resistant proof-of-work that allows everyday CPUs to secure the network, preventing control by large industrial mining operations and state pressure unlike Bitcoin. This makes Monero harder to censor and more resilient long-term. This episode tackles the controversial topic head-on: Monero’s use on dark markets. Rather than being a weakness, it’s evidence that Monero is the most private and effective digital cash available, just as cash and encryption have always been neutral tools used by both good and bad actors. At a deeper level, this conversation is about freedom. Cash is being eliminated. Privacy is necessary to prevent governments from wielding excessive power over individuals. Sign up for ITrustCapital with this link for $100 funding bonus. See why people are opening a tax-advantaged Crypto, Gold & Silver IRA for their future: 0:54 From Bitcoin Maxi to Monero Advocate: Doug’s personal journey into crypto (and the Dogecoin hack that changed everything) 8:18 Why Monero Is Truly Private: How Monero hides the sender, receiver, and amount by default 9:45 Beyond Privacy: Monero’s dynamic block size & why it actually scales on-chain (unlike Bitcoin) 13:30 Why Monero Is More Decentralized: ASIC-resistant mining, RandomX, and “one CPU, one vote” 17:30 Bitcoin’s Fatal Flaw: Why Bitcoin is no longer digital cash—or even digital gold 19:55 Why Privacy Coins Are Rising: Surveillance, debanking, and people waking up 24:05 How to Secure Your Crypto: Wallet safety, seed phrases, and avoiding catastrophic mistakes 28:00 MoneroTopia: Building real-world adoption and living on Monero 32:05 Running for Congress: Why Doug stepped into politics to defend Monero and financial privacy 38:00 The Realization: Why building a parallel crypto economy beats fighting the system from within 44:00 The Clarity Act & Aaron Day: How new legislation threatens self-custody—and who’s exposing it 45:55 Monero vs Zcash: The real differences in privacy, governance, and philosophy 51:40 The Next Monero Upgrade: Full-chain membership proofs explained 53:25 Private by Default = Fungible 59:05 Dark Markets & the Truth About Privacy: Why Monero’s use proves it’s the best digital cash 1:03:10 XMR Bazaar: Peer-to-peer markets, no middlemen, and a parallel economy built on Monero
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Ep. 10 Free The Money | As Cash Disappears: Why Monero Succeeds Where Bitcoin Fails In this episode I’m joined by Douglas Tuman, founder of MoneroTopia and host of Monero Talk Live, to explore why Monero is not only the ultimate privacy coin, but a foundational tool for freedom in the digital age. Doug explains how Monero was built to fix Bitcoin’s core flaws. Bitcoin’s public ledger allows for the tracking of transactions and balances, while Monero encrypts the sender, receiver, and amount by default. Monero’s privacy makes Monero fully fungible, meaning every coin is identical, untraceable, and cannot be tainted or blacklisted, something Bitcoin can never achieve. Doug breaks down why Monero is more decentralized at the mining level, using ASIC-resistant proof-of-work that allows everyday CPUs to secure the network, preventing control by large industrial mining operations and state pressure unlike Bitcoin. This makes Monero harder to censor and more resilient long-term. This episode tackles the controversial topic head-on: Monero’s use on dark markets. Rather than being a weakness, it’s evidence that Monero is the most private and effective digital cash available, just as cash and encryption have always been neutral tools used by both good and bad actors. At a deeper level, this conversation is about freedom. Cash is being eliminated. Privacy is necessary to prevent governments from wielding excessive power over individuals. Sign up for ITrustCapital with this link for $100 funding bonus. See why people are opening a tax-advantaged Crypto, Gold & Silver IRA for their future: 0:54 From Bitcoin Maxi to Monero Advocate: Doug’s personal journey into crypto (and the Dogecoin hack that changed everything) 8:18 Why Monero Is Truly Private: How Monero hides the sender, receiver, and amount by default 9:45 Beyond Privacy: Monero’s dynamic block size & why it actually scales on-chain (unlike Bitcoin) 13:30 Why Monero Is More Decentralized: ASIC-resistant mining, RandomX, and “one CPU, one vote” 17:30 Bitcoin’s Fatal Flaw: Why Bitcoin is no longer digital cash—or even digital gold 19:55 Why Privacy Coins Are Rising: Surveillance, debanking, and people waking up 24:05 How to Secure Your Crypto: Wallet safety, seed phrases, and avoiding catastrophic mistakes 28:00 MoneroTopia: Building real-world adoption and living on Monero 32:05 Running for Congress: Why Doug stepped into politics to defend Monero and financial privacy 38:00 The Realization: Why building a parallel crypto economy beats fighting the system from within 44:00 The Clarity Act & Aaron Day: How new legislation threatens self-custody—and who’s exposing it 45:55 Monero vs Zcash: The real differences in privacy, governance, and philosophy 51:40 The Next Monero Upgrade: Full-chain membership proofs explained 53:25 Private by Default = Fungible 59:05 Dark Markets & the Truth About Privacy: Why Monero’s use proves it’s the best digital cash 1:03:10 XMR Bazaar: Peer-to-peer markets, no middlemen, and a parallel economy built on Monero

Bri Teresi

37,288 次观看 • 5 个月前

New Professionally Curious w/ Joanna Zeng @ SOON (🔴,💊)📍🇺🇸🗽 (100x Arc) + @valardragon Co-Founder of Osmosis Zone From cryptography to Cosmos, Dev shares how Osmosis is tackling MEV, privacy, and cross-chain UX to shape the next era of DeFi. A deep dive into decentralization, performance, and why privacy-first infrastructure will define the future of crypto. SOON takeaway: The next wave of DeFi belongs to systems that balance speed, privacy, and trust. Like Osmosis, SOON is building high-performance infrastructure where transparency and user control coexist — powering a more private, scalable on-chain future. Key Highlights: • From cryptography to founding Osmosis • Privacy and anonymity as DeFi’s next frontier • Tackling MEV and fairness in decentralized systems • Cross-chain UX as the key to mainstream adoption • Institutional influence on DeFi infrastructure • Balancing decentralization, performance, and scale • Why privacy is essential in the age of AI ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 Founding Osmosis & Dev's early crypto journey 04:12 Cryptography, privacy, and anonymity 07:40 Solving MEV and improving fairness in DeFi 10:35 The importance of cross-chain UX 13:55 How institutions are reshaping DeFi 17:10 Decentralization vs. performance 20:45 Why privacy matters in the AI era 23:30 The future of DeFi and Osmosis’ long-term vision Listen to the full episode below👇
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New Professionally Curious w/ Joanna Zeng @ SOON (🔴,💊)📍🇺🇸🗽 (100x Arc) + @valardragon Co-Founder of Osmosis Zone From cryptography to Cosmos, Dev shares how Osmosis is tackling MEV, privacy, and cross-chain UX to shape the next era of DeFi. A deep dive into decentralization, performance, and why privacy-first infrastructure will define the future of crypto. SOON takeaway: The next wave of DeFi belongs to systems that balance speed, privacy, and trust. Like Osmosis, SOON is building high-performance infrastructure where transparency and user control coexist — powering a more private, scalable on-chain future. Key Highlights: • From cryptography to founding Osmosis • Privacy and anonymity as DeFi’s next frontier • Tackling MEV and fairness in decentralized systems • Cross-chain UX as the key to mainstream adoption • Institutional influence on DeFi infrastructure • Balancing decentralization, performance, and scale • Why privacy is essential in the age of AI ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 Founding Osmosis & Dev's early crypto journey 04:12 Cryptography, privacy, and anonymity 07:40 Solving MEV and improving fairness in DeFi 10:35 The importance of cross-chain UX 13:55 How institutions are reshaping DeFi 17:10 Decentralization vs. performance 20:45 Why privacy matters in the AI era 23:30 The future of DeFi and Osmosis’ long-term vision Listen to the full episode below👇

SOON - Solana Optimistic Network (Mainnet Arc)

42,556 次观看 • 8 个月前

The man, the myth, the legend... Jameson Lopp. Live on X, the new episode of the CitizenX Podcast ↓ Enjoy Jameson Lopp talking about privacy, security, freedom, censorship, corporate surveillance, transhumanism, and #Bitcoin with Alex Recouso TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Highlights and introduction (2:15) Best tips for privacy and cybersecurity (5:05) Most privacy-friendly countries for business incorporations (6:58) Best states to incorporate in the US (8:05) Why using cash and Bitcoin (10:25) Lopp's favorite tools and companies (11:11) Ad blockers (11:28) Privacy credit card from Privacy (12:00) Private mailbox and Earth Class Mail (13:38) VPNs and Mullvad.net (14:07) Citizenship-based censorship (15:10) Censorship-resistant protocols and freedom of speech (16:10) Privacy tips when traveling abroad (20:45) The future of biometrics (23:10) The Sovereign Individual (25:10) Citizenship-based taxation (26:00) Safety tips for Bitcoin holders (29:30) Nation-state Bitcoin adoption, El Salvador, and Nayib Bukele (30:45) How Casa Casa helps you secure your Bitcoin (34:27) Self-custody, government seizures, and Michael Saylor (38:53) Best way to set up your Bitcoin Inheritance plan (46:00) Bitcoin inheritance taxes (47:22) - How will Jameson leave his Bitcoin to his heirs? (48:48) - On transhumanism and cryonics
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The man, the myth, the legend... Jameson Lopp. Live on X, the new episode of the CitizenX Podcast ↓ Enjoy Jameson Lopp talking about privacy, security, freedom, censorship, corporate surveillance, transhumanism, and #Bitcoin with Alex Recouso TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Highlights and introduction (2:15) Best tips for privacy and cybersecurity (5:05) Most privacy-friendly countries for business incorporations (6:58) Best states to incorporate in the US (8:05) Why using cash and Bitcoin (10:25) Lopp's favorite tools and companies (11:11) Ad blockers (11:28) Privacy credit card from Privacy (12:00) Private mailbox and Earth Class Mail (13:38) VPNs and Mullvad.net (14:07) Citizenship-based censorship (15:10) Censorship-resistant protocols and freedom of speech (16:10) Privacy tips when traveling abroad (20:45) The future of biometrics (23:10) The Sovereign Individual (25:10) Citizenship-based taxation (26:00) Safety tips for Bitcoin holders (29:30) Nation-state Bitcoin adoption, El Salvador, and Nayib Bukele (30:45) How Casa Casa helps you secure your Bitcoin (34:27) Self-custody, government seizures, and Michael Saylor (38:53) Best way to set up your Bitcoin Inheritance plan (46:00) Bitcoin inheritance taxes (47:22) - How will Jameson leave his Bitcoin to his heirs? (48:48) - On transhumanism and cryonics

CitizenX

29,418 次观看 • 1 年前

🚨🤖 PARTNERSHIP INTERVIEW: 51% OF THE INTERNET IS BOTS, CAN HUMANITY STILL WIN? More than half of online traffic today is not human. It is bots, and a third of them are malicious. AI is generating fake profiles, fake comments, even fake people. And if Big Tech owns your identity, one hack could erase you from the internet entirely. , founder of our portfolio company, Humanity Protocol, is building a system to change that, giving people control of their digital identities through blockchain verification. We talk about: •⁠ ⁠What happens when bots outnumber humans online •⁠ ⁠How Apple, Google, and Facebook control who we are •⁠ ⁠Why digital ID could be the most important tech of the decade •⁠ ⁠How the Mastercard partnership could redefine online identity •⁠ ⁠And why the next big war might be between real humans and fake ones Terence Kwok says the future of the internet depends on one thing. Knowing who is real and who is not. 00:00 – Over half of all web traffic is now bots 01:00 – Why identity matters in an AI-driven world 01:45 – Terence Kwok on losing trust in digital life 03:59 – When social media can’t tell what’s real 04:20 – Big Tech controls your existence 05:26 – The Humanity Protocol solution 08:02 – The “dead internet” is already here 08:45 – Bot traffic and the $100B fraud economy 10:15 – AI-generated content is replacing humans 12:00 – AI dependence erodes human skill 13:10 – Verifying truth through credentials 14:01 – What it means to be human online 15:17 – When AI agents need identities too 17:56 – Can AI resist shutdown or blackmail 19:19 – Why every AI needs a human “owner” 21:23 – Self-driving cars as potential weapons 22:09 – Infrastructure under AI control 23:30 – Artificial muscles stronger than humans 24:26 – Teaching AI values like a child 25:40 – Training on humanity’s worst data 26:44 – Does intelligence lead to compassion 26:46 – Who’s winning the AI race: U.S. or China 28:42 – China’s real-world AI advantage 29:31 – Everyday life inside China’s AI economy 31:46 – U.S. regulation vs. China’s speed 32:21 – Different strengths, different outcomes 32:50 – Bringing AI ethics back to Humanity 33:02 – Building Humanity with blockchain partners 35:21 – Mastercard and on-chain verification 36:26 – Control and monetize your own data 37:38 – Real-world utility over hype tokens 39:50 – Decentralized identity for a human-led web 39:59 – “Digital identity is the foundation of the next internet” Disclaimer: We are investors in this project and receive benefits from our involvement. This content is for promotional purposes only and is not financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency carries significant risk, and you should always do your own due diligence before making any decision.
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🚨🤖 PARTNERSHIP INTERVIEW: 51% OF THE INTERNET IS BOTS, CAN HUMANITY STILL WIN? More than half of online traffic today is not human. It is bots, and a third of them are malicious. AI is generating fake profiles, fake comments, even fake people. And if Big Tech owns your identity, one hack could erase you from the internet entirely. , founder of our portfolio company, Humanity Protocol, is building a system to change that, giving people control of their digital identities through blockchain verification. We talk about: •⁠ ⁠What happens when bots outnumber humans online •⁠ ⁠How Apple, Google, and Facebook control who we are •⁠ ⁠Why digital ID could be the most important tech of the decade •⁠ ⁠How the Mastercard partnership could redefine online identity •⁠ ⁠And why the next big war might be between real humans and fake ones Terence Kwok says the future of the internet depends on one thing. Knowing who is real and who is not. 00:00 – Over half of all web traffic is now bots 01:00 – Why identity matters in an AI-driven world 01:45 – Terence Kwok on losing trust in digital life 03:59 – When social media can’t tell what’s real 04:20 – Big Tech controls your existence 05:26 – The Humanity Protocol solution 08:02 – The “dead internet” is already here 08:45 – Bot traffic and the $100B fraud economy 10:15 – AI-generated content is replacing humans 12:00 – AI dependence erodes human skill 13:10 – Verifying truth through credentials 14:01 – What it means to be human online 15:17 – When AI agents need identities too 17:56 – Can AI resist shutdown or blackmail 19:19 – Why every AI needs a human “owner” 21:23 – Self-driving cars as potential weapons 22:09 – Infrastructure under AI control 23:30 – Artificial muscles stronger than humans 24:26 – Teaching AI values like a child 25:40 – Training on humanity’s worst data 26:44 – Does intelligence lead to compassion 26:46 – Who’s winning the AI race: U.S. or China 28:42 – China’s real-world AI advantage 29:31 – Everyday life inside China’s AI economy 31:46 – U.S. regulation vs. China’s speed 32:21 – Different strengths, different outcomes 32:50 – Bringing AI ethics back to Humanity 33:02 – Building Humanity with blockchain partners 35:21 – Mastercard and on-chain verification 36:26 – Control and monetize your own data 37:38 – Real-world utility over hype tokens 39:50 – Decentralized identity for a human-led web 39:59 – “Digital identity is the foundation of the next internet” Disclaimer: We are investors in this project and receive benefits from our involvement. This content is for promotional purposes only and is not financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency carries significant risk, and you should always do your own due diligence before making any decision.

Mario Nawfal

192,143 次观看 • 8 个月前

🎙️ Assange & Fighting for Freedom Ep. 75 with Gabriel Shipton on You’re The Voice | Podcast by Efrat Fenigson My guest today is Gabriel Shipton, an Australian filmmaker and the half-brother of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks. Gabriel has been a tireless advocate for his brother's release and a powerful voice for press freedom, free speech, and the right to dissent. From the Ecuadorian embassy to a maximum-security prison, Julian's 14-year ordeal became a global symbol for the criminalization of truth-telling. While his release was a major milestone, Gabriel warns that the fight is far from over, while reflecting on the emotional toll of Julian’s imprisonment and the bittersweet terms of his release, which involved pleading guilty to the very act of journalism. We explore the dangerous precedent this sets for free press worldwide and the need to secure a full pardon. We also dive into Gabriel’s connection to the Bitcoin community, a movement that stood firmly behind Julian, both financially and ideologically, and stress decentralized platforms such as Bitcoin & Nostr as freedom enablers. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 0:00 Coming Up… 1:05 Intro to Gabriel Shipton 2:20 Stella Assange & Westminster Declaration [& Censorship] 5:00 Julian Assange’s Release and Ongoing Legal Battle 7:30 The Fight for a Pardon, Trump’s Role & Political Shifts in Julian’s Case 12:20 USAID Exposé, Deep State, NGOs Funding & Journalistic Integrity 16:17 When Was Gabriel’s Introduction to Bitcoin? 18:00 Political Power of Bitcoiners and Their Ethos 20:30 Navigating Between Political Engagement and Technological Freedom 22:30 Gabriel’s Mission and Projects of Media and Speech 24:30 Freedom of Speech as a Human Right 28:00 The Power of Decentralized Protocols, inc. Nostr 30:30 Julian’s Homecoming & Public Support 32:45 Gabriel’s Words of Hope >>
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🎙️ Assange & Fighting for Freedom Ep. 75 with Gabriel Shipton on You’re The Voice | Podcast by Efrat Fenigson My guest today is Gabriel Shipton, an Australian filmmaker and the half-brother of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks. Gabriel has been a tireless advocate for his brother's release and a powerful voice for press freedom, free speech, and the right to dissent. From the Ecuadorian embassy to a maximum-security prison, Julian's 14-year ordeal became a global symbol for the criminalization of truth-telling. While his release was a major milestone, Gabriel warns that the fight is far from over, while reflecting on the emotional toll of Julian’s imprisonment and the bittersweet terms of his release, which involved pleading guilty to the very act of journalism. We explore the dangerous precedent this sets for free press worldwide and the need to secure a full pardon. We also dive into Gabriel’s connection to the Bitcoin community, a movement that stood firmly behind Julian, both financially and ideologically, and stress decentralized platforms such as Bitcoin & Nostr as freedom enablers. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 0:00 Coming Up… 1:05 Intro to Gabriel Shipton 2:20 Stella Assange & Westminster Declaration [& Censorship] 5:00 Julian Assange’s Release and Ongoing Legal Battle 7:30 The Fight for a Pardon, Trump’s Role & Political Shifts in Julian’s Case 12:20 USAID Exposé, Deep State, NGOs Funding & Journalistic Integrity 16:17 When Was Gabriel’s Introduction to Bitcoin? 18:00 Political Power of Bitcoiners and Their Ethos 20:30 Navigating Between Political Engagement and Technological Freedom 22:30 Gabriel’s Mission and Projects of Media and Speech 24:30 Freedom of Speech as a Human Right 28:00 The Power of Decentralized Protocols, inc. Nostr 30:30 Julian’s Homecoming & Public Support 32:45 Gabriel’s Words of Hope >>

Efrat Fenigson

25,351 次观看 • 1 年前

🎙️Architecting the Monetary Endgame Ep. 97 with allen farrington My guest today is Allen Farrington, writer, investor, and co-founder of Axiom, a Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm backing companies that use Bitcoin as real infrastructure rather than speculation. Allen co-authored “Bitcoin is Venice” and “Only the Strong Survive” and draws on a background in math, philosophy, Austrian economics, and long-term equity investing to explain why Bitcoin is both a technological breakthrough and a venture opportunity hiding in plain sight. In this episode, he shares why he believes the most valuable startups will use Bitcoin as invisible plumbing for payments, energy, and financial services rather than marketing themselves as “Bitcoin companies.” We explore why current stablecoin systems break under real demand, how Lightning and Taproot Assets enable issuer competition and scalable payments, and why the long arc ends with e-cash and Bitcoin-native money. Allen frames Axiom’s edge as “temporal arbitrage”: investing early where technical understanding and adoption are low, anticipating that in a decade the market will recognize the value created by Bitcoin-based infrastructure. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 00:00 - Coming Up 01:12 - Introduction to Allen 03:20 - Discovering Bitcoin & Career Trajectory 12:03 - Ad Break - Trezor & BitVault 15:22 - Investment Philosophy & Lightning as Inspiration 17:52 - Company and Investment Selection for Axiom VC 30:12 - Stablecoins & Regulations 37:32 - Why Most Stablecoin Systems Fail At Scale? 44:50 - The Importance of Stablecoin Issuers 51:16 - Stablecoins on Lightning & Taproot Assets: A New Approach 1:01:23 - The Future of Digital Money: E-Cash 1:05:47 - Steps to Migrate From Fiat To Bitcoin 1:10:28 - Companies to Watch in the Bitcoin & Lightning Space 1:16:43 - Allen Loves What He Does & Why He Does It >>
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🎙️Architecting the Monetary Endgame Ep. 97 with allen farrington My guest today is Allen Farrington, writer, investor, and co-founder of Axiom, a Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm backing companies that use Bitcoin as real infrastructure rather than speculation. Allen co-authored “Bitcoin is Venice” and “Only the Strong Survive” and draws on a background in math, philosophy, Austrian economics, and long-term equity investing to explain why Bitcoin is both a technological breakthrough and a venture opportunity hiding in plain sight. In this episode, he shares why he believes the most valuable startups will use Bitcoin as invisible plumbing for payments, energy, and financial services rather than marketing themselves as “Bitcoin companies.” We explore why current stablecoin systems break under real demand, how Lightning and Taproot Assets enable issuer competition and scalable payments, and why the long arc ends with e-cash and Bitcoin-native money. Allen frames Axiom’s edge as “temporal arbitrage”: investing early where technical understanding and adoption are low, anticipating that in a decade the market will recognize the value created by Bitcoin-based infrastructure. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 00:00 - Coming Up 01:12 - Introduction to Allen 03:20 - Discovering Bitcoin & Career Trajectory 12:03 - Ad Break - Trezor & BitVault 15:22 - Investment Philosophy & Lightning as Inspiration 17:52 - Company and Investment Selection for Axiom VC 30:12 - Stablecoins & Regulations 37:32 - Why Most Stablecoin Systems Fail At Scale? 44:50 - The Importance of Stablecoin Issuers 51:16 - Stablecoins on Lightning & Taproot Assets: A New Approach 1:01:23 - The Future of Digital Money: E-Cash 1:05:47 - Steps to Migrate From Fiat To Bitcoin 1:10:28 - Companies to Watch in the Bitcoin & Lightning Space 1:16:43 - Allen Loves What He Does & Why He Does It >>

Efrat Fenigson

75,862 次观看 • 9 个月前

The hardest thing in business is not seeing the future. It is surviving long enough to build it. My fireside chat with Julian Liniger at BTC Prague on focus, endurance, corporate transformation, and how entrepreneurs can use Bitcoin, AI, and digital finance to create the next generation of products. Full interview below. 00:00 - Bitcoin as the dominant global Digital Capital network: 17 years, hundreds of billions invested, and a potential $100T opportunity 00:51 - Bitcoin near the 200-week moving average: why $BTC is more compelling after a 50% drawdown 01:52 - Strategy’s scale and the media narrative: from ~$600M enterprise value to as high as ~$120B 10:29 - Bitcoin fundamentals: economic empowerment, sovereign property rights, and the dominant digital monetary network 12:16 - Why there is no second best: Bitcoin as Digital Capital, Digital Money, and a potential $100T network 16:09 - Entrepreneur advice: build a simple product using new technology to solve a real problem 20:30 - Focus, endurance, and the danger of dilutive distractions 32:25 - What I would build today: AI plus Digital Assets, especially Digital Money and Digital Yield 33:27 - Digital Credit: taking a 40 vol asset, stripping it to ~4 vol, and creating new yield products 34:57 - Digital Money: 6–8% yield in major currencies with no volatility 38:05 - $STRC, $SATA, and the next layer of bitcoin-backed financial products 48:52 - Q&A: why Strategy sold 32 BTC and why bitcoin-backed capital must support credit and equity 59:29 - Q&A: Strategy as a shock absorber: selling 32 BTC while buying net ~250,000 BTC during the bear market 01:02:39 - Why public companies protect Bitcoin through accounting, tax, legal, political, and economic advocacy 01:07:58 - Strategy as the extension of the Bitcoin network into the free market system
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The hardest thing in business is not seeing the future. It is surviving long enough to build it. My fireside chat with Julian Liniger at BTC Prague on focus, endurance, corporate transformation, and how entrepreneurs can use Bitcoin, AI, and digital finance to create the next generation of products. Full interview below. 00:00 - Bitcoin as the dominant global Digital Capital network: 17 years, hundreds of billions invested, and a potential $100T opportunity 00:51 - Bitcoin near the 200-week moving average: why $BTC is more compelling after a 50% drawdown 01:52 - Strategy’s scale and the media narrative: from ~$600M enterprise value to as high as ~$120B 10:29 - Bitcoin fundamentals: economic empowerment, sovereign property rights, and the dominant digital monetary network 12:16 - Why there is no second best: Bitcoin as Digital Capital, Digital Money, and a potential $100T network 16:09 - Entrepreneur advice: build a simple product using new technology to solve a real problem 20:30 - Focus, endurance, and the danger of dilutive distractions 32:25 - What I would build today: AI plus Digital Assets, especially Digital Money and Digital Yield 33:27 - Digital Credit: taking a 40 vol asset, stripping it to ~4 vol, and creating new yield products 34:57 - Digital Money: 6–8% yield in major currencies with no volatility 38:05 - $STRC, $SATA, and the next layer of bitcoin-backed financial products 48:52 - Q&A: why Strategy sold 32 BTC and why bitcoin-backed capital must support credit and equity 59:29 - Q&A: Strategy as a shock absorber: selling 32 BTC while buying net ~250,000 BTC during the bear market 01:02:39 - Why public companies protect Bitcoin through accounting, tax, legal, political, and economic advocacy 01:07:58 - Strategy as the extension of the Bitcoin network into the free market system

Michael Saylor

332,874 次观看 • 27 天前