The Bitcoin Podcast

Demetrick Ferguson & Corey Petty

The Bitcoin Podcast Network is a collection of long form conversation format podcasts on Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum and everything in between. Shows include The Bitcoin Podcast.

  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Robert Gehl: The Dark Web & the Fediverse | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

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    Robert Gehl: https://www.robertwgehl.org/

    Move Slowly and Building Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media: https://fossacademic.tech/2023/08/17/OxfordUP.html

    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00 Misconceptions and Nature of the Dark Web

    00:26 Explorations of Digital Anonymity and Legitimacy

    01:40 The Journey from Criticism to Constructive Alternatives

    06:13 Unpacking Political Economy and Governance in Digital Spaces

    07:49 Codes of Conduct and Ethics in Online Communities

    19:35 The Sustainable and Ethical Challenges of the Fediverse

    27:08 Identity, Authenticity, and Social Transformation Through Digital Participation

    31:13 The Future and Legitimacy of Decentralized Networks

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    24 April 2024, 2:39 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Prof. Tom W. Bell: Special jurisdictions, Copyrights & Internet law | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

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    RESOURCES:

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    Tom W. Bell - http://www.tomwbell.com/

    READING:

    The Forecast for Anarchy, in Routledge Handbook of Anarchy 309-34 (Gary Chartier & Chad Van Schoelandt, eds.; Routledge: 2021), available at https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Anarchy-and-Anarchist-Thought/Chartier-Schoelandt/p/book/9780367645786

    Distributed Self-Government in Protocol Communities: An Introduction and Index of Examples, 25:2 Independent Review 293 (Fall 2020), available at https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1529

    Ulex:  Open Source Law for Non-Territorial Governance, 1 J. of Special Jurisdictions 1 (2020), available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3605807 on SSRN or from the source: https://journalofspecialjurisdictions.com/index.php/jsj/article/view/12/9.

    "Intellectual Privilege: Copyright, Common Law, and the Common Good" (Mercatus Center 2014): https://www.mercatus..org/research/books/intellectual-privilege. 

    TIMESTAMPS: 

    00:17 Introduction and Background 

    02:25 Motivations and the Journey to Law and Special Jurisdictions 

    05:16 Ideals of Libertarianism and the Importance of Consent 

    07:47 Polycentric Law, Special Jurisdictions, and the Future of Governance 

    15:34 The Political Systems Project and the Infeasibility of Total Anonymity in Communities 

    25:03 Copyright Issues and Implementing Legal Systems in Special Jurisdictions 

    37:04 Legal Systems, Copyright, and the Future of Ulex

     50:50 Nation States’ Shortcomings and the Forecast for Anarchy 

    01:02:04 Final Thoughts

     

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    10 April 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    P2P & Commons Strategy | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

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    RESOURCES: 

    Jarrad Hope X - https://twitter.com/jarradhope_ 

    Michel Bauwens X - https://twitter.com/mbauwens

    P2P Foundation - https://p2pfoundation.net/

    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00 Introduction

    00:26 Transformational Impact of Peer-to-Peer Foundation

    01:41 Introduction and Personal Background

    03:31 Societal Transformations and Civilizational Patterns

    07:48 Historical Cycles and the Future of Civilization

    14:03 Civilizational Shifts and Potential for a Mature Technosphere

    21:27 Cycles of Change and the Role of Trust in Evolving Societies

    29:48 The Dynamics of Network Societies and Digital Nomads

    37:15 Crypto, Commons, and Power Dynamics in Societal Change

    47:33 Ideological Motivations and the Preservation of Free Speech

    57:19 Exploring Different Scenarios for Future Civilizations

    01:08:52 Final Thoughts and Recommendations

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    27 March 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 45 seconds
    Tech is neutral: How you use it is not | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

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    RESOURCES: 

    Jarrad Hope X - https://twitter.com/jarradhope_ 

    Corey Petty X - https://twitter.com/Corpetty 

    TIMESTAMPS: 

    00:00 Introduction and Political Motivation Behind Logos 

    00:54 The Political Importance of Technology Post-9/11 

    02:44 Reaction to Surveillance and Economic Protest Through Bitcoin 

    04:27 The Role of Tech in Political Influence and Censorship 

    06:19 The Ethics and Neutrality of Technology 

    07:26 Upholding Civil Liberties and Creating Credibly Neutral Systems 

    09:12 The Difficulties of Implementing Privacy in Blockchain Technology 

    11:23 Technological Sovereignty and Political Neutrality in Systems 

    13:51 The Ethics of Building and Using Technology 

    19:46 The Impacts of Building with Certain Politics and Ethics 

    27:52 The Structure and Motives Behind Logos 

    50:58 Goodbye

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    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    14 March 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Patri Friedman: Creating politically autonomous communities | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

    00:00 Introductions[1][2]

    02:40 Values in governance systems

    17:33 Seasteading[3]

    23:35 Zone for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDE)[4]

    27:55 Physical territory requirement 

    34:45 Open source law

    40:14 Charter Cities & Pronomos[5]

    54:31 Reading list[6]

    58:04 Criticism

    01:02:53 Goodbye

    Patri Friedman: https://twitter.com/patrissimo https://patrifriedman.com/

    Jarrad Hope: https://twitter.com/jarradhope_

    https://www.seasteading.org/

    https://www.lawg.org/the-zedes-law-in-honduras-sanctuary-for-exploitation-corruption-and-organized-crime/

    https://www.pronomos.vc/

    https://chartercitiesinstitute.org/reading/

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    28 February 2024, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    Ben Wizner: Speech, Privacy, and Technology | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

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     RESOURCES: 

    Jarrad Hope X - https://twitter.com/jarradhope_ 

    Ben Wizner X: https://twitter.com/benwizner 

    ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project - https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology 

    This Machine Kills Secrets: Julian Assange -https://perpus.univpancasila.ac.id/repository/EBUPT200367.pdf 

    TIMESTAMPS: 

    00:00 Introductions 

    02:45 Why human rights law? 

    04:52 ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project 

    09:28 Why do civil liberties matter? 

    11:35 Technology and civil liberties 

    21:24 Communicating the dangers of mass surveillance 

    25:47 US legal response to Edward Snowden revelation 

    40:15 Privacy and Terrorism 

    43:29 Jarrad Hope and Edward Snowden conversation reflections 

    45:42 Negative effects for US journalists because of Julian Assange case 

    50:11 This Machine Kills Secrets: Julian Assange 

    59:37 Making the argument for the right to privacy 

    01:01:19 Blockchain technology for finance or privacy 

    01:07:40 Are Western States turning into China? 

    01:10:29 Saving free society by fairly sharing resources 

    01:15:04 Making technology relatable 

    01:19:21 Central Bank Digital Currency 

    01:30:38 Are you optimistic about the future? 

    01:33:43 Thank you and goodbye 
     

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    15 February 2024, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Jonny Rhea, Joe Delong & Zak Cole | The Current State of P2P

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    Joe Delong X- https://twitter.com/josephdelong 

    Zak Cole X- https://twitter.com/0xzak 

    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00 Introductions

    01:58 State of P2P

    08:26 HIO blockchain infrastructure series

    09:42 Peer to Peer incentives

    27:40 What do you optimize for?

    48:44 Net neutrality

    50:12 Storage

    54:02 Decentralising everything

    58:59 Capitalism and resources

    01:04:34 Final thoughts

    01:06:38 Goodbye

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    8 February 2024, 2:26 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Peter Ludlow: Crypto Anarchy & Cyberstates | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

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    RESOURCES: 

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    Peter Ludlow: https://sites.google.com/site/peterjludlow/

    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00 - Introductions

    02:40: - Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias

    10:58 - Peter Ludlow early interest in crypto anarchy

    16:49 - Satoshi's whitepaper

    20:06 - DAO: decentralized autonomous organization  

    27:49 - Code is law

    35:57 - Ramifications of possible Ethereum crisis

    44:16 - Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias influence on Jarrad

    47:03 - Peter Ludlow inspiration and collaboration

    53:17 - Conflict resolution in virtual communities

    58:12 - What makes you optimistic about the future of cyber states?

    01:03:51 - Goodbye

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    31 January 2024, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    Paul Sztorc of LayerTwo Labs | Drivechains, Scaling Bitcoin without Compromise

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    RESOURCES: 

    LayerTwo Labs: https://layertwolabs.com/ 

    Drivechain: https://www.drivechain.info/ 

    TIMESTAMPS 

    00:00 Intro 

    02:40 Setup to Interview…BTC is in a Time Capsule 

    04:58 Bitcoin is Attempting to be the L1 Hub for Business Capture 

    05:40 Where do the Incentives Pool? 

    08:54 Interview with Paul Sztorc Begins

     11:08 What are Drivechains? 

    14:45 What is the Difference Between BitVM and Drivechains? 

    22:55 What’s the Driving Force Behind Drivechains? 

    35:56 How do we Permissionlessly Innovate with Drivechains? 

    55:30 Why not try Drivechains on Ethereum? 

    1:02:17 The Difference Between a Hard Fork and Soft Fork 

    1:06:15 What Types of Interesting Applications Need to Exist on Drivechains? 

    1:20:15 Post Interview Roundtable 1:13:35 Privacy Pools Plug

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    25 January 2024, 8:52 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Robin Linus of ZeroSync & BITVM.ORG | Pioneering Proof Systems, Adoption in Bitcoin

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    RESOURCES: 

    ZeroSync: https://zerosync.org/ 

    BitVM white paper: https://bitvm.org/bitvm.pdf 

    TIMESTAMPS

    0:00 Intros – Robin Linus of ZeroSync 

    5:45 Introducing the Paper: BitVM Compute Anything on Bitcoin – first steps to implementation 

    8:48 How do you get zero knowledge proof validations on Bitcoin and security assumptions 

    14:00 How do you differentiate from drive chains? 

    16:45 Difference in resource costs - comparing BIP-300 and snark based rollouts on Bitcoin 

    18:55 Matching instructions with Bitcoin for computation 

    23:15 Designing for Bitcoin stateless script 

    24:30 The mission of ZeroSync – Creating a proof system to sync Bitcoin's chain state instantly 

    29:27 Pushing zero knowledge ideals on Bitcoin – positive and negative responses 

    34:00 A hard fork of Bitcoins consensus rules? 

    35:42 Is Ethereum a shitcoin to you? Money needs to be designed on mathematics not trust 

    37:15 Data availability problems and solutions 

    40:50 Tradeoffs of any chain as its scales. Bitcoin is and always will be proof of work 

    44:35 ZK Coins 

    46:40 Why do L2s in Ethereum ecosystem need data availability? 

    50:40 Long term data persistence and solutions – sampling, bridge nodes, and more 

    52:45 ZeroSync developer toolkit and the stack chosen 

    58:05 What is your shitcoin of choice? Gisele Bündchen birthday cake 

    1:03:05 Is what you do actually difficult?

     1:04:00 10 words or less Can you describe Bitcoin

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    11 January 2024, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Stella Assange: Human Rights & Alternative Modes of Organising | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope

    Stella talks about her experience working on Julian Assange's legal team, her introduction to new technologies including Bitcoin, and the current surveillance state that has emerged since the rise of the open internet. 

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    RESOURCES: 

    Stella Assange X (Formerly Twitter)

    Free Assange Emergency Toolkit  

    Jarrad Hope X (Formerly Twitter)  

    TIMESTAMPS 

    0:00 Introductions - Stella’s background, Apartheid, politics, the arts, Julian Assange legal team 

    6:35 Motivations of joining and studying law and politics – Idealism, justice, society 

    10:35 Growing up in the coming of age of the internet – Wikileaks, Iraq War Logs, new journalism 

    12:30 Jarrad’s inspirations – International Subversives Magazine, Cypherpunk Mailing lists, more 

    14:00 The US prosecution against Julian Assange – a political test, and failure of the justice system

     18:20 Information asymmetry, Edward Snowden, and the movement towards open information 

    20:15 Wikileaks grew out of a culture in which the government should be open 

    25:50 Jarrad’s journey into civil libertarianism and building Logos 

    29:00 Carrying on the torch of Ethereum – building censorship resistant cyber states

    31:20 Stella’s introduction to crypto by Julian – 2011 meeting with Google about Bitcoin 

    34:35 Bitcoin is the real Occupy Wall Street – How cryptography can make a real world impact 

    37:00 Preserving reality as the tools to manipulate it become more powerful 

    39:55 Social media censorship and Wikileaks adoption of BTC 

    42:00 Arab Spring, Wikileaks utility in Tunisia, Egypt and around the world

     45:15 Crypto and the need for alternative system, communities, and modes of organising 

    50:30 A dangerous, post-state system and surveillance capitalism

     54:50 Underlying causes for a shift in behavior and the “War on Terror” 

    59:00 What does Julian Assange case mean for journalism, activism, liberties, and human rights 

    1:12:40 An update on Julian Assange’s precarious legal situation 

    1:20:10 Free Speech, activism, and the course the world has taken since Julian's imprisonment.

    Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

    13 December 2023, 3:00 pm
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