lightning network

Preston Pysh and Alexander Leishman talk about whether the Lightning Network has the scaling capacity to take on global transactions without centralizing forces compromising the Bitcoin mission. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - A Bitcoin ETF and what it means. 04:15 - Is the competition from other domains causing the SEC to approve an ETF? 05:23 - Is there concern with Bitcoins from ETFs being used to create yield inside the ETFs? 09:55 - Explain the Lightning API at River. 13:44 - Is Bitcoin scalable with just Lightning? 13:44 - Is the Bitcoin layer 2 Ark Proposal a viable solution for Layer 2? 27:19 - Is AI something that needs Bitcoin layer 2 to scale? 35:46 - Why did you found River - what was the value proposition? 41:47 - What was life like at River with all the "crypto crackdown" happening? 43:42 - What are the incentives for people to own their own rig and mine bitcoin versus just owning it? 49:40 - Rapid fire: get to know Alex. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Alex's Company, River Finanical. Alex's Twitter. Alex's Nostr.   NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.    SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preston Pysh chats with André Neves all about Bitcoin and its integration into gaming. André is the co-founder and CTO at Zebedee. Zebedee is a company that lets developers make turnkey financial transactions native to their apps and games. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:41 - What exactly is Zebedee and what makes it unique in the Bitcoin and gaming space? 06:01 - Could you describe, in layman's terms, the technology behind Zebedee's API for streaming Bitcoin sats? 06:01 - What are some use cases for Zebedee's API that game developers might find attractive? 19:33 - How could Zebedee change the landscape of the online gaming industry? 19:33 - How has Zebedee been received by the gaming community so far?  33:42 - Are there any new projects or product offers that you find exciting? 33:59 - How does Nostr potentially fit into all of this? 54:44 - What advice would you give to aspiring engineers who want to venture into this space? 01:02:20 - Where do you see Zebedee in the next 5-10 years? BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. André Neves Twitter. The Zebedee Website.   NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.    SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preston Pysh talks to Bitcoin layer two Lightning expert Jesse Shrader on the show about all the fascinating stuff they have going on with their Amboss website. Amboss is a website that analyzes all the Bitcoin full nodes and immediately settling channels that are open between the nodes on the network. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - How did Jesse get into Layer 2 Lightning Bitcoin? 03:07 - How Jesse's background in class action lawsuits against big banks impacted the way he views Bitcoin. 05:10 - How Jesse and his founder initially designed Amboss. 05:10 - What were they trying to optimize for when they built Amboss? 05:10 - What was Lightning like in the early days when opening channels? 11:59 - How has the business plan changed for Amboss? 14:43 - Is inbound liquidity an issue for Lighting adoption? 24:37 - Comparison between the legacy financial system and Lightning. 30:44 - What is Magma's liquidity market? 32:55 - How could Bitcoin even have a "risk free" rate? 34:19 - What is the LINER (Lightning Network Rate)? 34:19 - How could the LINER impact risk free rates? BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Jesse Shrader's Twitter. The Amboss Website. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two of Preston Pysh's discussion with Tuur Demeester, they go deep into Tuur's latest report on why right now in particular is a great time to be a Bitcoin bull. Tuur talks about numerous on-chain metrics, and circumstances happening in the macro backdrop that only contribute to the bullish narrative. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:59 - What do inscriptions actually mean for L1 and L2 bitcoin networks? 08:19 - Why do so many people have the urge to update the code base? 11:17 - Why are inscriptions potentially good for L2? 14:25 - Apps that are seamlessly working between L1 and L2. 15:36 - What will future fees look like on both layers in 10 years or more? 28:34 - Some of Tuur's previous writing and what he's focusing on now. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Tuur Demeester's Bitcoin Reformation Article. Tuur Demeester's Latest article: How To Position For the Bitcoin Boom. Tuur Demeester's article from 2015: How to Position For the Rally in Bitcoin. Tuur Demeester's articles from 2015. Tuur Demeester's articles from 2014 - 2021. Related episode: Listen to BTC130: Inscriptions & High Fees On Bitcoin L1 w/ Tuur Demeester, or watch the video. Related episode: Listen to BTC033: Important Bitcoin Consideration with Tuur Demeester, or watch the video. Related episode: Listen to WSB244: Bitcoin 101 w/ Expert Tuur Demeester, or watch the video. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lyn Alden and Alyse Killeen talk about all the emerging businesses and ideas currently happening in the Bitcoin Lightning Network and where they see the space moving in the coming 12 to 24 months. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:12 - What are most important things that Lyn and Alyse are tracking going into 2023? 03:59 - What is the current state of the Bitcoin Lightning Network? 15:36 - How do they see stable coins versus CBDCs progressing in the coming year? 15:36 - Thoughts on Taro and whether it's a distraction to Bitcoin. 38:52 - Lyn's thoughts on inflation in places like Egypt and Argentina. 43:55 - Lyn's thoughts on the dollar and Global M2. 01:05:51 - What's one of the most exciting things happening in the VC space? 01:05:51 - How do Lyn and Alyse think about intrinsic value in the VC space? 01:19:30 - Lyn's thoughts on the changes to how CPI is calculated. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Lyn's Macro Research Site. Lyn's Twitter. Alyse's Twitter. Alyse's Fund Stillmark Capital. Lyn's Fund Ego Death Capital. Related Episode: Listen to TIP491: Macro and the Energy Market w/ Lyn Alden, or watch the video. Related Episode: Listen to BTC042: Supply Chain Impacts & Bitcoin Discussion w/ Lyn Alden, or watch the video. Related Episode: Listen to BTC031: Investment in Bitcoin Tech w/ Alyse Killeen, or watch the video. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preston Pysh interviews Lyle Pratt, an entrepreneur of multiple successful businesses, and a telecommunications and spam expert. They talk about the intersection of the Bitcoin Lightning Network and how it offers a solution to the worsening spam and bots that litter our social media and phone calls. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - Lyle's background as an entrepreneur founding Better Voice. 06:22 - The history of VOIP and how it relates to Bitcoin today. 06:22 - The 402 payment required in the SIP protocol. 10:24 - Lyle's story about finding Bitcoin at the intersection of telecommunications. 12:09 - What was the top thing he took away from successfully building and selling his first company? 14:15 - Lyle's newest company, Vida. 14:22 - Lyle discusses the basics of spam and why it's so prevalent. 24:53 - Spam can become worse with more decentralization. 35:42 - What does the Lightning Network bring to this problem? 54:54 - What Jiu-Jitsu and Bitcoin have in common. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Lyle Pratt's Twitter Account. Lyle Pratt's Nostr Account. Lyle's Company, Vida. Related Episode: Listen to BTC111: Nostr - Decentralized Social Media & Bitcoin w/ William Casarin, or watch the video. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:54 - So what is Nostr? 03:50 - It seems like the protocol is optimized around simplicity, is that it? 06:30 - What does this look like 5 years from now? 10:38 - What other application might pop out of this? 16:19 - What are all these clients interfacing with the protocol? 26:11 - What concerns do you have about open speech on sexual, racial, or explicit things? 28:06 - How do you remove centralized servers with something like this? 33:45 - Can traditional social media companies benefit from using Nostr? 38:24 - What would someone's incentive be to run their own relay? 45:46 - How does this all tie into Bitcoin? Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. More information about Nostr. William Casarin's Nostr Account Pub Key: npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s. William's Damus App webpage. William's Twitter. Astral.Ninja (for creating a Nostr Account). Verifying your Nostr Account: NostrVerified.com. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:13 - Austin Mitchell's Background and research in the energy sector. 10:40 - What problems do energy companies currently deal with that Bitcoin can potentially solve? 31:08 - What does the potential future with Bitcoin look like with energy companies? 35:13 - How does the lightning network offer solutions in the energy sector? 36:35 - Use cases and specific problems around the world where Bitcoin is currently offering a solution. 48:02 - What is his company Synota currently working on to solve these problems? 51:24 - How does Austin's company currently try to tackle the issues at hand? Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Austin's Company: Synota. Austin Mitchell's Twitter. Austin's Article: Towards a Future of Energy Abundance. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:29 - What is time stamping? 11:24 - Is Bitcoin a decentralized clock? 24:50 - Why is time keeping so important to Bitcoin? 51:45 - What does Pierre think about the big SEC announcement about exchanges regulating coins? 59:31 - Why is Bitcoin not performing like an inflation hedge against CPI? 01:10:34 - Correlation to traditional markets. 01:22:47 - When will all retirement accounts start offering Bitcoin? 01:25:54 - Transaction fees. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Pierre's Twitter. Pierre's company Riot Blockchain. Pierre's podcast: Noded. Pierre's non-profit: Nakamoto Institute. Related Episode: Bitcoin Smart Contract w/ Discrete Log Contracts Featuring Pierre Rochard & Ben Carman - BTC018. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:05 - What is the Time Value of Lightning? 14:14 - Where Joe thinks rates go on the lightning network. 19:57 - What are Joe's thoughts on leverage w/ companies like Luna, 3AC and others? 42:11 - Is the bear market seeing signs of exhaustion? 37:19 - What Rates lead the dance? 57:01 - What actually drives the Bitcoin cycles? 57:01 - What is his fair value confluence model? *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Joe Consorti on Twitter. The Magma Market Place. Joe's newsletter. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:20 - How Pablo found Bitcoin after two decades as a software developer. 07:15 - Jack Dorsey's Web 5 announcement - what is it? 08:32 - A deep dive into decentralized identity and data storage over the lightning network. 28:36 - What his general thoughts are on the lightning network. 36:57 - What are some of the biggest misunderstandings in development? 41:22 - What are your thoughts on the decentralization of the lightning network? 49:34 - Do you see a world where most people are running their own full node via something like a router? 1:01:11 - How the world will be split between the producers and consumers. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Pablo Fernandez's Twitter. Pablo's website for his upcoming book: Bitcoin 201. Pablo's company Swan Bitcoin. New to the show? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Are you looking to start investing? Check out our article on How to Invest in Stocks: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners. Our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Check out our favorite Apps and Services. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, we cover the news of Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launching a Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z & Paradigm (02:05). Then, Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike joins (8:13) to discuss the lightning network & the history of payment networks (12:10), why companies use the Strike API (24:42), why he thinks Visa and Mastercard can't compete (31:24), Strike unlocking Bitcoin’s potential (34:40) and more!

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s show
(02:05) Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launches Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z & Paradigm
(08:13) Molly interviews Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike
(10:57) Vanta - Get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(12:10) The lightning network & the history of payment networks, how Strike disrupts them
(23:26) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist
(24:42) Use cases for Strike’s API
(30:070 Reforge - Apply for their next cohort at https://reforge.com/twist
(31:24) How do Strike fees compare to merchant fees from Visa, Mastercard, etc?
(34:40) Has Strike unlocked Bitcoin’s potential?
(41:12) What dominoes will fall before people get off dollars?

Check out Strike: https://www.strike.me
FOLLOW Jack: https://twitter.com/jackmallers
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 03:46 - How BTC Sessions first got introduced to Bitcoin. 07:09 - Why a person should run a full node. 07:09 - What does a full node enable? 14:03 - Twitter's Bitcoin tipping integration. 17:40 - What tools and applications exist on layer 2. 32:49 - What's the best way to think about opening channels on layer 2? 41:38 - What are the incentives for the regular person to use layer 2 Bitcoin? 49:25 - What is the purpose of lightning pool? 59:05 - What apps and hardware is BTC Sessions excited about? 01:01:02 - What it means to be streaming sats. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. BTC Sessions' Twitter Account (let him know if you set-up your own node). BTC Sessions' Youtube Channel. BTC Sessions' tutorial on setting up your own node. Read the 9 Key Steps to Effective Personal Financial Management. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:29 - What is the Blockstream Modular Mining Unit (MMU)? 11:29 - Why is Blockstream getting into the manufacturing of ASIC? 21:41 - How has the Blockstream Mining Note (BMN) performed to date? 17:23 - Blockstream Finance and getting into the mortgage space 38:35 - Lightning adoption and wallet integration 57:00 - Blockstream in El Salvador 59:12 - The Gaming space and how it will continue to evolve 01:08:43 - DeFi on Bitcoin via Stacks, Rootstock, or other methods *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Blockstream's Website John Pfeffer's article - An Institutional Investor's Take on Cryptoassets Follow Samson Mow on Twitter Follow Dr. Adam Back on Twitter Read the 9 Key Steps to Effective Personal Financial Management Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2nd Week of July 2021

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

2:50 MARKETS
3:00 BTC Price
Lightning: https://twitter.com/VetleLunde/status/1414935599321124864?s=20 

4:15 ETH Price
Settling $8T: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1415364147622170630?s=20 

6:20 ETH/BTC Ratio
7:08 DeFi Action
3M DeFi Users: https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414582943641657344?s=20 

11:15 Axie Price Action
12:55 Value / Volume
https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414950857586749449?s=21 

14:08 DAO Super-Users
https://deepdao.io/#/people 

17:00 RELEASES
18:45 Optimism!
Uniswap: https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1415118864698859524?s=20 

Synthetix: https://blog.synthetix.io/optimism-launch-announcement/ 

25:38 Scaling Frenzy
Hop Protocol: https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1414624873775878148 
Gnosis Safe: https://blog.gnosis.pm/gnosis-safe-is-live-on-layer-2-24adf83f0032 

Coinbase: https://twitter.com/SetProtocol/status/1415023551120355332 

Infura: https://twitter.com/infura_io/status/1414614102618656768 

28:18 Dow Jones Crypto Indices
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sp-dow-jones-indices-launches-sp-cryptocurrency-broad-digital-market-index-301332698.html 

30:10 Nifty Island
https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1414982521377411075 

31:25 Ultra Sound Money
https://ultrasound.money/ 

33:15 Ethereum Documentary
https://twitter.com/ethereumfilm/status/1415376113170141184?s=21
 
34:36 Raises
Superfluid: https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1414937101745983491?s=21 

Connext: https://twitter.com/theblock__/status/1414933542006624256?s=21 

Blocknative: https://twitter.com/blocknative/status/1415344313920200706?s=20 

Phantom: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/111249/defi-wallet-solana-phantom-9-million-series-a-a16z 

39:20 JOBS
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

40:15 NEWS
40:25 Uniswap DeFi Education Fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/111185/harvard-law-blockchain-initiative-uniswap-dao 

Cobie: https://gov.uniswap.org/t/proposal-removal-of-established-cranial-follicles-fund/13314/3 

46:23 Brazil ETH ETF
https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1415099592308400128?s=20 

47:44 New Aave
https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1415308052400594953?s=20 

48:04 ShapeShift DAO
https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1415325952272437249?s=21 
50:45 Amex NFTs

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/american-express-turns-nfts-into-a-credit-card-perk 

51:45 Space Jam NFTs
https://twitter.com/JordanLyall/status/1414658019275644931?s=20 

52:25 Jack Dorsey Hardware Wallets
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110916/jack-dorsey-square-bitcoin-hardware-wallet 

53:10 Bullish SPAC
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110950/former-nyse-president-to-take-crypto-exchange-bullish-public-via-spac 

55:02 Fidelity Hiring
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/111066/fidelity-digital-assets-hire-70-percent-more-employees-institutional-interest-crypto 

55:55 Inflation
https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1414948397233082372?s=20 

59:05 Banks vs Fintech
https://thefr.com/fintech-news-in-brief/regulation-and-compliance-fintech-news 

1:00:40 Quick News
Alchemix: https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi/status/1414647769470443521 

Binance: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/111482/italy-binance-consob-warning 

Bitcoin Miners: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/111462/bit-digital-14500-bitcoin-miners-us-china-crackdown 

Metamask: https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1415390962826850309?s=20 

1:04:00 TAKES
1:04:45 Jackson Palmer
https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/1415353984617914370?s=20 

1:17:30 FTX Acquiring the World
https://twitter.com/ft/status/1415075101205319689?s=21 

1:20:15 One Paycheck Away
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1415439010952925186?s=20 

1:20:35 What David’s Excited About
1:21:55 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:25:03 Meme of the Week
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1415476264840744960?s=20 

1:26:55 Moment of Zen
https://twitter.com/ben_chain/status/1414360342856011777?s=21 

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: What is Fold all about Will Reeves' background in tech How Will built Fold from the ground up How rewards programs work with vendors for discount gift cards How Fold is using the lightning network for processing some payments How Fold and Strike worked interoperably without any permissions How Fold will service all Bitcoin rewards for Visa customers moving forward BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Follow Will Reeves on Twitter Learn more about Fold Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: What is Bitcoin's second layer? Where does lightning labs fit into the second layer What is Lightning pool? How is liquidity managed on the second layer Why does a person have an incentive to run a node Why open channel with other nodes What are the nodes that will benefit the post from opening many channels What are the incentives for people to use lightning What will things like Sphinx chat enable in the future BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Follow Ryan Gentry on Twitter Follow Lightning Labs on Twitter The lightning labs website Sphinx Chat Run an umbrel full node Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: What is a Discrete Log Contract (DLC) How is this different than other smart contract platforms like Root Stock (RSK) What does this mean long term How does this apply to the Lightning Network What does this mean for Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) How do Oracles work with DLCs BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Pierre Rochard's Twitter Ben Carman's Twitter An article talking more about DLCs Examples of DLCs that are being tested on the Bitcoin blockchain Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: Dan's Thoughts on the Overall Macro Landscape Bitcoin's potential Super-cycle Kraken exchange data and Bank Charter Comparing Yield opportunities in lending and Lighting Pool His opinion on non-financial use cases for blockchains Where we are at in the technology adoption curve Bitcoin's security model once the block reward diminishes BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Follow Dan Held on Twitter Checkout Dan Held's Articles and website Checkout Dan Held's Youtube channel Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: Does China control all the Bitcoin mining? Bitcoin uses so much energy, isn't that an issue? How Bitcoin is increasing productivity by reducing methane flaring How Bitcoin is slowly changing the power grid (for the better) Is it better to invest in Bitcoin mining or just buy Bitcoin How likely is it until we start to see homes equipped with energy efficient tools to mine Bitcoin BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Follow Marty Bent on twitter Checkout Marty's podcast, Tales of the Crypt Checkout Marty's company Great American Mining Follow Harry Sudock on twitter Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices