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With What Bitcoin Did, host Peter McCormack talks to experts in the world of Bitcoin, economics and politics. From developers to investors, journalists to authors, you will learn about everything in the world of Bitcoin.

What Bitcoin Did with Peter McCormack Peter McCormack

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    • 4.8 • 266 Ratings

With What Bitcoin Did, host Peter McCormack talks to experts in the world of Bitcoin, economics and politics. From developers to investors, journalists to authors, you will learn about everything in the world of Bitcoin.

    Bitcoin Mining: A Paradigm Shift in Energy with Harry Sudock, Will Roberts, Erik Hersman, Thomas Pacchia, & Dennis Porter

    Bitcoin Mining: A Paradigm Shift in Energy with Harry Sudock, Will Roberts, Erik Hersman, Thomas Pacchia, & Dennis Porter

    “We have a horrifying shortage of demand for energy, not a shortage of supply whatsoever; we need to have more productive uses for those electrons in a flexible way so that all those revenues can flow back and continue to be reinvested in the broader economy or in the electric system itself.”— Harry Sudock
    Harry Sudock is the Chief Strategy Officer at Griid, Will Roberts is the Co-CEO at IREN, Erik Hersman is the CEO of Gridless, Thomas Pacchia is a Board Member of Stronghold, & Dennis Porter is the CEO of Satoshi Action Fund. In this interview, they discuss bitcoin mining sustainability, accessing stranded energy and the halving.
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    WBD808 - Show Notes
    -----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

    • 44 min
    First They Came for Samourai with Seth for Privacy & Bitcoin Q+A

    First They Came for Samourai with Seth for Privacy & Bitcoin Q+A

    “These are not two hardened criminals who have been just plotting in secret to launder billions of dollars; these are people who’ve built a powerful privacy tool that never took custody, that fit every regulation and legal framework that we had, and now are facing 25 years of jail time and a life that’s ruined because of drastic and tyrannical overreach by the government.”— Seth for Privacy
    Seth for Privacy is a privacy advocate and Head of Strategy and Marketing at Foundation and Bitcoin Q+A is a Bitcoin educator and Head of Customer Experience at Foundation. In this interview, we discuss the recent indictment against the founders of Samourai Wallet.
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    This episode’s sponsors:IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with SwanBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletCasa - Take control of your digital wealthConsensus - Use code WBD20 to get 20% off your pass-----
    WBD807 - Show Notes
    -----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Bitcoin is Resistance Money with Andrew Bailey, Bradley Rettler, Craig Warmke, & Allen Farrington

    Bitcoin is Resistance Money with Andrew Bailey, Bradley Rettler, Craig Warmke, & Allen Farrington

    “When people try to bring their own views to Bitcoin and say that Bitcoin is an expression of those views, I would just say Bitcoin is an expression of lots of different views, and there’s no one thing that Bitcoin is.”— Bradley Rettler
    Andrew Bailey, Bradley Rettler and Craig Warmke are all professors of Philosophy, Allen Farrington is an investor and author of Bitcoin is Venice. In this interview, they discuss Bitcoin in academia, the Resistance Money thesis and the philosophy of money and Bitcoin.
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    This episode’s sponsors:IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with SwanBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletCasa - Take control of your digital wealthConsensus - Use code WBD20 to get 20% off your pass-----
    WBD806 - Show Notes
    -----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

    • 45 min
    How Bitcoin Wins with Lyn Alden, Natalie Brunell, Alex Thorn, Thomas Pacchia, & Christopher Gordon

    How Bitcoin Wins with Lyn Alden, Natalie Brunell, Alex Thorn, Thomas Pacchia, & Christopher Gordon

    “It’s not a one decade adoption story, it’s a multi-decade, massive trend change in how money works.”— Lyn Alden
    Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist, Natalie Brunell is the host of the Coin Stories Podcast, Alex Thorn is the Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy, Thomas Pacchia is co-owner of Pubkey, and Christopher Gordon from Bridge2Bitcoin. In this interview, they discuss how Bitcoin wins, and the CheatCode for business.
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    This episode’s sponsors:IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with SwanBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletCasa - Take control of your digital wealthConsensus - Use code WBD20 to get 20% off your pass-----
    WBD805 - Show Notes
    -----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Bitcoin & Human Rights with Alex Gladstein & Natalie Smolenski

    Bitcoin & Human Rights with Alex Gladstein & Natalie Smolenski

    “If we stick with the financial system as it is, it leads inexorably towards total control of your life…the state having total control over what people spend, how they can spend it, how much they can spend, and what you can buy.”— Alex Gladstein
    Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and Natalie Smolenski founded and leads the Texas Bitcoin Foundation. In this interview, they discuss how Bitcoin is a cheat code for human rights, privacy, sovereignty and the reciprocal loss of trust.
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    This episode’s sponsors:IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with SwanBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletCasa - Take control of your digital wealth-----
    WBD804 - Show Notes
    -----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    The Economics of Bitcoin with Lyn Alden, Preston Pysh, Allen Farrington, Max Hillebrand

    The Economics of Bitcoin with Lyn Alden, Preston Pysh, Allen Farrington, Max Hillebrand

    “Bitcoin is how life should always have been, the cheatcode is fiat money printing…if you print money you get wealthier while other the others who use the money get poorer; but with Bitcoin nobody can print money anymore, and that means the cheatcode is finally gone, and what feels like a cheatcode right now is actually just human life.”— Max Hillebrand
    Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist, Preston Pysh is a founder of The Investor Podcast Network, Allen Farrington is the author of Bitcoin Is Venice & Max Hillebrand is an economist & entrepreneur. In this interview, they discuss Bitcoin vs fiat, inflation and why Bitcoin is the best money.
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    This episode’s sponsors:IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with SwanBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletCasa - Take control of your digital wealth-----
    WBD803 - Show Notes
    -----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

    • 46 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
266 Ratings

266 Ratings

Water Operetor ,

A voice you can trust in the noise.

As a new bitcoiner, it is easy to get lost in the hype, fear, and excitement by all the podcasts with all of their opinions. I have come to trust Peters voice in this space because of his honesty, humility, and his willingness to challenge ideas and tackle new concepts.

Montréal Dave ,

Bumbling scammer of a host

Rolls out your standard right wing Bitcoin influencers week after week. The occasional interesting guest. Recent interview with Caitlyn Long rapidly devolved into conspiracy theories galore. She sounds like she’s doing industrial amounts of cocaine.

Sommm29 ,

One of the best macro podcasts out there!

Peter finds a way to hear both sides of the story and asks the tough questions. Highly recommend to anyone looking to learn about bitcoin and macro!

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