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Father of Smart Contracts: Bitcoin Solves the "Fundamental Flaws" in Monetary History At Bitcoin 2021 on June 6, 2021, Nick Szabo Nick Szabo , the "Father of Smart Contracts," stated that Bitcoin addresses the fundamental flaws of precious metals and fiat currency. He explained that its global node network...

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Gareth Jenkinson

19,172 views • 7 months ago

🎙️Stop Asking Permission: Bitcoin Or Fiat Prison Ep. 99 with Knut Svanholm ∞/21M My guest today is Knut Svanholm, author, educator, and philosopher focused on Bitcoin. Drawing on ethics, praxeology, and monetary history, Knut argues that sound money reduces conflict by aligning human action with natural law and voluntary exchange. In this episode, he explains why fiat banking already functions like a CBDC system in practice, why cash preserves privacy but not liberty, and why real freedom requires self custody and non-KYC Bitcoin. We explore his critique of custodial “paper Bitcoin,” the case for non-custodial adoption over treasury companies, and his view of Bitcoin as intellectual armor that raises the cost of violence. Knut outlines a practical path away from banks, explains why stablecoins can be a bridge yet remain fiat, and why a low-time-preference culture of quality over quantity matters. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 00:00 - Coming Up 01:23 - Introduction to Knut 03:40 - Current Affairs: Stablecoins & CBDCs 06:55 - Cash & Fiat vs. Bitcoin 08:20 - Ethics of Money, Natural Law, First Principles 10:00 - Conflict Resolution via Violence Or Communications 13:12 - Ad Break: Trezor & BitVault 15:30 - Bitcoin as Intellectual Armor 20:30 - Knut’s Take on Bitcoin Treasury Companies 23:11 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines & Expat Money 27:39 - Mass Adoption & Future Outlook 29:46 - Transitioning to a Bitcoin-Only Reality 34:44 - The Psychological Manipulation of Obedience 39:05 - Hope & the Shawshank Redemption Metaphor 42:43 - Bitcoin as a Tool for Human Freedom & Hope 48:12 - Closing Thoughts & Acknowledgements >>
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🎙️Stop Asking Permission: Bitcoin Or Fiat Prison Ep. 99 with Knut Svanholm ∞/21M My guest today is Knut Svanholm, author, educator, and philosopher focused on Bitcoin. Drawing on ethics, praxeology, and monetary history, Knut argues that sound money reduces conflict by aligning human action with natural law and voluntary exchange. In this episode, he explains why fiat banking already functions like a CBDC system in practice, why cash preserves privacy but not liberty, and why real freedom requires self custody and non-KYC Bitcoin. We explore his critique of custodial “paper Bitcoin,” the case for non-custodial adoption over treasury companies, and his view of Bitcoin as intellectual armor that raises the cost of violence. Knut outlines a practical path away from banks, explains why stablecoins can be a bridge yet remain fiat, and why a low-time-preference culture of quality over quantity matters. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 00:00 - Coming Up 01:23 - Introduction to Knut 03:40 - Current Affairs: Stablecoins & CBDCs 06:55 - Cash & Fiat vs. Bitcoin 08:20 - Ethics of Money, Natural Law, First Principles 10:00 - Conflict Resolution via Violence Or Communications 13:12 - Ad Break: Trezor & BitVault 15:30 - Bitcoin as Intellectual Armor 20:30 - Knut’s Take on Bitcoin Treasury Companies 23:11 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines & Expat Money 27:39 - Mass Adoption & Future Outlook 29:46 - Transitioning to a Bitcoin-Only Reality 34:44 - The Psychological Manipulation of Obedience 39:05 - Hope & the Shawshank Redemption Metaphor 42:43 - Bitcoin as a Tool for Human Freedom & Hope 48:12 - Closing Thoughts & Acknowledgements >>

Efrat Fenigson

24,568 views • 10 months ago

What if #AI became as decentralized as #Bitcoin? We sat down with our new friend 3700 from Bitcoin Virtual Machine to hear what their incredible team of anons are working on - "Truly Open AI." Full interview here:👇 1: What positive impact will Layer 2s have on Bitcoin? Layer 2s on Bitcoin open up opportunities for innovation, allowing developers to build dApps and smart contracts on top of Bitcoin, expanding its utility and use cases. By submitting transactions for final settlement on the Bitcoin network, Bitcoin Layer 2 networks claim to achieve the same (or close to) level of security and decentralization as the Bitcoin blockchain. Building a separate execution layer allows them the freedom to employ several technologies (such as rollups). Layer 2 can significantly improve Bitcoin's scalability by processing transactions off-chain, reducing congestion on the main blockchain. Overall, Layer 2s on Bitcoin have the potential to address some of Bitcoin's key limitations, making it more efficient, accessible, and versatile in the long run. 2: What does the ETF approval mean for Layer 2 on Bitcoin? The approval of ETF could potentially have several implications for Layer 2 on Bitcoin: Innovation and Development: With a growing interest in Bitcoin spurred by ETF approval, there could be a surge in research and development efforts focused on enhancing Layer 2. Developers and projects may be incentivized to create new and improved Layer 2 protocols to meet the evolving needs of the expanding Bitcoin ecosystem. An ETF approval could boost mainstream Bitcoin adoption and liquidity. This influx of users may also drive interest in Layer 2 on Bitcoin as a means to enhance the scalability and functionality of Bitcoin. 3: What are the primary challenges facing L2s on Bitcoin? The interoperability of different Layer 2s and their compatibility with Bitcoin's main blockchain can be a challenge. Ensuring seamless interaction between various Layer 2 networks and the Bitcoin blockchain is essential for a cohesive and efficient ecosystem. Some Layer 2s may introduce centralization risks if they rely heavily on centralized entities or trusted intermediaries. Maintaining decentralization and censorship resistance, which are core tenets of Bitcoin, while scaling with Layer 2s is a challenge. 4: What aspects of Layer 2 solutions for Bitcoin are you most enthusiastic about? AI represents one of the cornerstones of our modern era. However, achieving a decentralized AI infrastructure, owned and managed by users, has posed significant challenges. The primary obstacle has been the limited capacity to store and execute AI models due to size and computational limitations. To address this challenge, we propose a new blockchain architecture enabling developers to deploy their own Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions tailored specifically for AI tasks, called Truly Open AI. These Layer 2 blockchains are optimized to handle computationally intensive tasks, such as matrix multiplication, directly on-chain. These Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions offer exceptional throughput, minimal latency, and cost-effectiveness. AI dApps are programmed as Solidity smart contracts, ensuring they operate precisely as intended, free from interference or manipulation. Our BVM AI Contracts Library simplifies the integration of neural networks into dApps, empowering developers to embed AI seamlessly. In summary, I'm particularly enthusiastic about the potential of Layer 2 solutions for Bitcoin to revolutionize decentralized AI by providing scalability, security, and accessibility. 5: How is your Layer 2 different from others being built? BVM distinguishes itself as a Modular infrastructure that empowers thousands of distinct Bitcoin Layer 2 networks, spanning Gaming, DeFi, Social, and AI applications. We're continuously enriching the BVM Module Store with new modules to enhance its capabilities. With each new module, builders gain access to a wider array of tools to explore different use cases on the Bitcoin network. Recent additions include the Filecoin module for affordable storage and the AI Contracts Library for constructing AI-powered Bitcoin Layer 2 chains. We're also gearing up to release a ZK roll-up module in the coming weeks to offer an alternative to the standard optimistic roll-up. We aim to simplify the process of launching a Bitcoin Layer 2 network customized to specific requirements. Think of it as a SaaS offering with predefined best practices. Whether it's a DeFi Bitcoin Layer 2 or a GameFi Bitcoin Layer 2, we provide default solutions tailored to each use case. We're dedicated to expanding the BVM ecosystem by incentivizing more builders to join the Bitcoin network. Through various programs and grants, we support builders in covering their operational costs for Bitcoin Layer 2. Additionally, we offer rewards akin to 'L2 mining' to those who contribute to expanding the user base and total value locked on the network. In summary, BVM stands out with its modular infrastructure, tailored solutions, and efforts to grow the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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What if #AI became as decentralized as #Bitcoin? We sat down with our new friend 3700 from Bitcoin Virtual Machine to hear what their incredible team of anons are working on - "Truly Open AI." Full interview here:👇 1: What positive impact will Layer 2s have on Bitcoin? Layer 2s on Bitcoin open up opportunities for innovation, allowing developers to build dApps and smart contracts on top of Bitcoin, expanding its utility and use cases. By submitting transactions for final settlement on the Bitcoin network, Bitcoin Layer 2 networks claim to achieve the same (or close to) level of security and decentralization as the Bitcoin blockchain. Building a separate execution layer allows them the freedom to employ several technologies (such as rollups). Layer 2 can significantly improve Bitcoin's scalability by processing transactions off-chain, reducing congestion on the main blockchain. Overall, Layer 2s on Bitcoin have the potential to address some of Bitcoin's key limitations, making it more efficient, accessible, and versatile in the long run. 2: What does the ETF approval mean for Layer 2 on Bitcoin? The approval of ETF could potentially have several implications for Layer 2 on Bitcoin: Innovation and Development: With a growing interest in Bitcoin spurred by ETF approval, there could be a surge in research and development efforts focused on enhancing Layer 2. Developers and projects may be incentivized to create new and improved Layer 2 protocols to meet the evolving needs of the expanding Bitcoin ecosystem. An ETF approval could boost mainstream Bitcoin adoption and liquidity. This influx of users may also drive interest in Layer 2 on Bitcoin as a means to enhance the scalability and functionality of Bitcoin. 3: What are the primary challenges facing L2s on Bitcoin? The interoperability of different Layer 2s and their compatibility with Bitcoin's main blockchain can be a challenge. Ensuring seamless interaction between various Layer 2 networks and the Bitcoin blockchain is essential for a cohesive and efficient ecosystem. Some Layer 2s may introduce centralization risks if they rely heavily on centralized entities or trusted intermediaries. Maintaining decentralization and censorship resistance, which are core tenets of Bitcoin, while scaling with Layer 2s is a challenge. 4: What aspects of Layer 2 solutions for Bitcoin are you most enthusiastic about? AI represents one of the cornerstones of our modern era. However, achieving a decentralized AI infrastructure, owned and managed by users, has posed significant challenges. The primary obstacle has been the limited capacity to store and execute AI models due to size and computational limitations. To address this challenge, we propose a new blockchain architecture enabling developers to deploy their own Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions tailored specifically for AI tasks, called Truly Open AI. These Layer 2 blockchains are optimized to handle computationally intensive tasks, such as matrix multiplication, directly on-chain. These Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions offer exceptional throughput, minimal latency, and cost-effectiveness. AI dApps are programmed as Solidity smart contracts, ensuring they operate precisely as intended, free from interference or manipulation. Our BVM AI Contracts Library simplifies the integration of neural networks into dApps, empowering developers to embed AI seamlessly. In summary, I'm particularly enthusiastic about the potential of Layer 2 solutions for Bitcoin to revolutionize decentralized AI by providing scalability, security, and accessibility. 5: How is your Layer 2 different from others being built? BVM distinguishes itself as a Modular infrastructure that empowers thousands of distinct Bitcoin Layer 2 networks, spanning Gaming, DeFi, Social, and AI applications. We're continuously enriching the BVM Module Store with new modules to enhance its capabilities. With each new module, builders gain access to a wider array of tools to explore different use cases on the Bitcoin network. Recent additions include the Filecoin module for affordable storage and the AI Contracts Library for constructing AI-powered Bitcoin Layer 2 chains. We're also gearing up to release a ZK roll-up module in the coming weeks to offer an alternative to the standard optimistic roll-up. We aim to simplify the process of launching a Bitcoin Layer 2 network customized to specific requirements. Think of it as a SaaS offering with predefined best practices. Whether it's a DeFi Bitcoin Layer 2 or a GameFi Bitcoin Layer 2, we provide default solutions tailored to each use case. We're dedicated to expanding the BVM ecosystem by incentivizing more builders to join the Bitcoin network. Through various programs and grants, we support builders in covering their operational costs for Bitcoin Layer 2. Additionally, we offer rewards akin to 'L2 mining' to those who contribute to expanding the user base and total value locked on the network. In summary, BVM stands out with its modular infrastructure, tailored solutions, and efforts to grow the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Supra

83,548 views • 2 years ago

Bitcoin Capitalism — my keynote from BTC Prague 2026. Digital Capital is the foundation for Digital Credit, Digital Money, Digital Yield, Digital Equity, and a universe of Bitcoin-backed products and services. Timestamps: 01:37 - The Four Bitcoin Ideologies and the case for Bitcoin Capitalism 03:29 - Bitcoin as Digital Capital: thousand-year capital with a half-life of infinity 06:12 - Bitcoin network snapshot and ~68% dominance 07:41 - What is money? The Austrian view, the conventional investor view, and “Bitcoin is money, everything else is credit” 09:21 - Digital Money and Digital Credit: bitcoin-backed products for fiat-facing investors 11:28 - Digital Credit: an ~$11–12B asset class that was zero 12 months ago 14:54 - Bitcoin’s opportunity: $1T of bitcoin vs. $1,000T of global capital 15:43 - The 10-dimensional model for reaching stranded capital 16:44 - 1) Asset types: commodities, equities, credit, derivatives, real estate, money, and tokens 18:07 - 2) Capital functions: store of value, appreciation, income, collateral, and payments 19:29 - 3) Custody: self-custody, banks, custodians, broker-dealers, prime brokers, and exchanges 20:34 - 4) Jurisdictions: 664,000 legal and regulatory environments for capital 22:03 - 5) Distribution networks: banks, exchanges, payment networks, and $156T controlled by wealth advisors 23:13 - 6) Account forms: retirement accounts, brokerage accounts, insurance policies, treasuries, and trusts 24:51 - 7) Risk: market, currency, duration, regulatory, credit, technical, security, theft, and counterparty risk 26:03 - 8) Liquidity: transforming $350T of illiquid capital with liquid digital assets 28:02 - 9) Investors: banks control ~$200T and need compliant bitcoin-backed products 30:09 - 10) Product characteristics: fixed rate, floating rate, leverage, callability, fees, and structure 30:45 - The 10x10 matrix for channeling global capital into Bitcoin 31:19 - How $10–20T of capital could expand Bitcoin into a $100T network, moving from $70K to $700K to $7M per bitcoin 32:10 - Bitcoin Capitalism as a Darwinian market: winners, challengers, failures, and 1,400 companies tracked by Strategy 34:53 - Existing bitcoin-backed products: Trezor, Unchained, Fidelity Investments, FOLD BITCOIN, Tando, Relai 🇨🇭, Cash App, Hodl Hodl, AnchorWatch, meanwhile | Bitcoin Life Insurance, $IBIT, $STRC, and $MSTR 40:03 - Digital Capital, Digital Credit, Digital Money, and Digital Yield competing with traditional capital markets 41:03 - Digital Money and Digital Yield: better stablecoins and higher-yield bitcoin-backed products 47:27 - 3 ways to participate: savers, investors, and innovators 49:19 - The aluminum airplane analogy: people buy the product, not the commodity underneath 52:29 - Build a ₿ridge to connect $BTC to the global capital markets 53:42 - 10,000 products, 10,000 needs, and 100,000 corporate efforts to change the world
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Bitcoin Capitalism — my keynote from BTC Prague 2026. Digital Capital is the foundation for Digital Credit, Digital Money, Digital Yield, Digital Equity, and a universe of Bitcoin-backed products and services. Timestamps: 01:37 - The Four Bitcoin Ideologies and the case for Bitcoin Capitalism 03:29 - Bitcoin as Digital Capital: thousand-year capital with a half-life of infinity 06:12 - Bitcoin network snapshot and ~68% dominance 07:41 - What is money? The Austrian view, the conventional investor view, and “Bitcoin is money, everything else is credit” 09:21 - Digital Money and Digital Credit: bitcoin-backed products for fiat-facing investors 11:28 - Digital Credit: an ~$11–12B asset class that was zero 12 months ago 14:54 - Bitcoin’s opportunity: $1T of bitcoin vs. $1,000T of global capital 15:43 - The 10-dimensional model for reaching stranded capital 16:44 - 1) Asset types: commodities, equities, credit, derivatives, real estate, money, and tokens 18:07 - 2) Capital functions: store of value, appreciation, income, collateral, and payments 19:29 - 3) Custody: self-custody, banks, custodians, broker-dealers, prime brokers, and exchanges 20:34 - 4) Jurisdictions: 664,000 legal and regulatory environments for capital 22:03 - 5) Distribution networks: banks, exchanges, payment networks, and $156T controlled by wealth advisors 23:13 - 6) Account forms: retirement accounts, brokerage accounts, insurance policies, treasuries, and trusts 24:51 - 7) Risk: market, currency, duration, regulatory, credit, technical, security, theft, and counterparty risk 26:03 - 8) Liquidity: transforming $350T of illiquid capital with liquid digital assets 28:02 - 9) Investors: banks control ~$200T and need compliant bitcoin-backed products 30:09 - 10) Product characteristics: fixed rate, floating rate, leverage, callability, fees, and structure 30:45 - The 10x10 matrix for channeling global capital into Bitcoin 31:19 - How $10–20T of capital could expand Bitcoin into a $100T network, moving from $70K to $700K to $7M per bitcoin 32:10 - Bitcoin Capitalism as a Darwinian market: winners, challengers, failures, and 1,400 companies tracked by Strategy 34:53 - Existing bitcoin-backed products: Trezor, Unchained, Fidelity Investments, FOLD BITCOIN, Tando, Relai 🇨🇭, Cash App, Hodl Hodl, AnchorWatch, meanwhile | Bitcoin Life Insurance, $IBIT, $STRC, and $MSTR 40:03 - Digital Capital, Digital Credit, Digital Money, and Digital Yield competing with traditional capital markets 41:03 - Digital Money and Digital Yield: better stablecoins and higher-yield bitcoin-backed products 47:27 - 3 ways to participate: savers, investors, and innovators 49:19 - The aluminum airplane analogy: people buy the product, not the commodity underneath 52:29 - Build a ₿ridge to connect $BTC to the global capital markets 53:42 - 10,000 products, 10,000 needs, and 100,000 corporate efforts to change the world

Michael Saylor

264,854 views • 2 months ago

Early Bitcoin Core Developer: 99% of Digital Assets Will Eventually Go to Zero On July 28, 2026, early Bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik Jeff Garzik stated on the Bitcoin Treasuries podcast that 99% of digital assets will inevitably go to zero. He believes that with zero creation costs enabling permissionless innovation, networks like Solana generate massive amounts of new tokens daily. Under the law of supply and demand, this near-infinite supply naturally leads to most tokens losing their value. Garzik stated that this zero-cost free competition is positive for the overall industry, as it provides an optimal testing ground for economic experiments, where the high-quality projects that survive the brutal elimination will ultimately benefit everyone.
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Early Bitcoin Core Developer: 99% of Digital Assets Will Eventually Go to Zero On July 28, 2026, early Bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik Jeff Garzik stated on the Bitcoin Treasuries podcast that 99% of digital assets will inevitably go to zero. He believes that with zero creation costs enabling permissionless innovation, networks like Solana generate massive amounts of new tokens daily. Under the law of supply and demand, this near-infinite supply naturally leads to most tokens losing their value. Garzik stated that this zero-cost free competition is positive for the overall industry, as it provides an optimal testing ground for economic experiments, where the high-quality projects that survive the brutal elimination will ultimately benefit everyone.

Wu Blockchain

22,514 views • 23 days ago

Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University gives one of the best talks on Bitcoin: "If self sovereign adoption took us from zero dollars a coin to sixty nine thousand dollars a coin, all of those flows from BlackRock and the Trumps and Saylor and everything has has only taken us a few ten thousand dollars higher than at this moment." "Instead of looking to the government or Saylor or BlackRock or someone else as our saviors, if you want the price of Bitcoin to go up, you just need to use it as money yourself. You need to because if Bitcoiners aren't going to use Bitcoin as money, I'm not sure who is." "Ask to pay in Bitcoin, ask to be paid to be paid in Bitcoin, because this is how real Bitcoin adoption works. You should be HODLing your sats, trying to get rid of US dollars, whatever your fiat currency is, because this is the money of pedophile rings and forever wars. Don't hold US dollars. And that's the that's the fastest way we get to higher Bitcoin prices is we need to destroy US dollar network effects. And we need to increase Bitcoin network effects. And the way you do that is every Bitcoiner runs a node, gets paid in Bitcoin and tries to buy as much as possible using using Bitcoin."
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Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University gives one of the best talks on Bitcoin: "If self sovereign adoption took us from zero dollars a coin to sixty nine thousand dollars a coin, all of those flows from BlackRock and the Trumps and Saylor and everything has has only taken us a few ten thousand dollars higher than at this moment." "Instead of looking to the government or Saylor or BlackRock or someone else as our saviors, if you want the price of Bitcoin to go up, you just need to use it as money yourself. You need to because if Bitcoiners aren't going to use Bitcoin as money, I'm not sure who is." "Ask to pay in Bitcoin, ask to be paid to be paid in Bitcoin, because this is how real Bitcoin adoption works. You should be HODLing your sats, trying to get rid of US dollars, whatever your fiat currency is, because this is the money of pedophile rings and forever wars. Don't hold US dollars. And that's the that's the fastest way we get to higher Bitcoin prices is we need to destroy US dollar network effects. And we need to increase Bitcoin network effects. And the way you do that is every Bitcoiner runs a node, gets paid in Bitcoin and tries to buy as much as possible using using Bitcoin."

Simply Bitcoin

58,954 views • 2 months ago

🎙️What COVID Taught Me About Money & Control Ep. 104 with Viva Frei In this interview with Viva Frei, I talk about my path from freedom activism to Bitcoin. I was born in Israel in 1980 to a family of Holocaust survivors and builders of the early state. During COVID I watched Israel impose coercive measures like the Green Pass and saw a sign that said “Reserved for vaccinated only.” It reminded me of my grandfather’s stories from pre-war Europe and pushed me to protest. That experience made me study freedom more deeply, especially in money. I learned how fiat, inflation and fractional-reserve banking rob people, then discovered Bitcoin as sound money with fixed supply and no central control. I explain how it differs from crypto and from CBDCs, and why self-custody is the foundation of sovereignty. For me Bitcoin is not just money, it is a stand for human freedom. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 0:00 - Coming Up… 01:34 - Efrat’s Background and Family History 05:31 - Protesting Covid’s Green Pass in Israel 08:26 - Efrat’s Intro to Bitcoin & Gold 11:26 - Fiat Money, Inflation & Sounds Money 20:09 - Major Difference Between Crypto & Bitcoin 22:49 - Bitcoin’s Decentralization & Satoshi’s Story 24:49 - CBDCs vs. Bitcoin 28:19 - Future of Bitcoin & Potential Risks 33:19 - Conclusion >>
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🎙️What COVID Taught Me About Money & Control Ep. 104 with Viva Frei In this interview with Viva Frei, I talk about my path from freedom activism to Bitcoin. I was born in Israel in 1980 to a family of Holocaust survivors and builders of the early state. During COVID I watched Israel impose coercive measures like the Green Pass and saw a sign that said “Reserved for vaccinated only.” It reminded me of my grandfather’s stories from pre-war Europe and pushed me to protest. That experience made me study freedom more deeply, especially in money. I learned how fiat, inflation and fractional-reserve banking rob people, then discovered Bitcoin as sound money with fixed supply and no central control. I explain how it differs from crypto and from CBDCs, and why self-custody is the foundation of sovereignty. For me Bitcoin is not just money, it is a stand for human freedom. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 0:00 - Coming Up… 01:34 - Efrat’s Background and Family History 05:31 - Protesting Covid’s Green Pass in Israel 08:26 - Efrat’s Intro to Bitcoin & Gold 11:26 - Fiat Money, Inflation & Sounds Money 20:09 - Major Difference Between Crypto & Bitcoin 22:49 - Bitcoin’s Decentralization & Satoshi’s Story 24:49 - CBDCs vs. Bitcoin 28:19 - Future of Bitcoin & Potential Risks 33:19 - Conclusion >>

Efrat Fenigson

36,348 views • 9 months ago

In our recent episode with StarkWare 🥷 & Zcash 🛡️ Co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson | Starknet.io, we discuss Starknet's Bitcoin initiative as a return to first principles. Eli explains how Bitcoin today functions more like gold or real estate - a powerful store of value that mostly sits idle. To unlock lending, borrowing, and broader economic activity without leaving Bitcoin’s trust model, the system needs scalability, better UX, and expressive programmability. He argues that ZK-STARKs are the end-state for achieving this: a way to extend Bitcoin while preserving its core values of self-custody, decentralization, and censorship-resistance. This is the driver behind Starkware’s renewed focus on Bitcoin - bringing the same proof-based scalability used on Ethereum directly to Bitcoin infrastructure. For Eli, this isn’t a pivot; it’s the completion of a vision he first outlined in 2013: scaling Bitcoin with ZK proofs, the Bitcoin way. Tune in to the full episode at
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In our recent episode with StarkWare 🥷 & Zcash 🛡️ Co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson | Starknet.io, we discuss Starknet's Bitcoin initiative as a return to first principles. Eli explains how Bitcoin today functions more like gold or real estate - a powerful store of value that mostly sits idle. To unlock lending, borrowing, and broader economic activity without leaving Bitcoin’s trust model, the system needs scalability, better UX, and expressive programmability. He argues that ZK-STARKs are the end-state for achieving this: a way to extend Bitcoin while preserving its core values of self-custody, decentralization, and censorship-resistance. This is the driver behind Starkware’s renewed focus on Bitcoin - bringing the same proof-based scalability used on Ethereum directly to Bitcoin infrastructure. For Eli, this isn’t a pivot; it’s the completion of a vision he first outlined in 2013: scaling Bitcoin with ZK proofs, the Bitcoin way. Tune in to the full episode at

House of ZK

41,240 views • 9 months ago