Shitcoin Insider

Guy Swann
  • 4.9 (11)
  • TECHNOLOGY

A Bitcoin Maximalist take on the scams, ponzis, & bad ideas in the world of crypto. Doing the dirty work so that you don't have to.

Episodes

  1. 01/18/2023

    #009 - Craig Wrong

    Bad forgeries, fake signatures, backdated emails, more money than your country, & a lawsuit for everyone! This is the story of Faketoshi, explored through the extensive investigations of Arthur Van Pelt on the Craig Wrong debacle. He will have the biggest footnote in the Bitcoin history books under "people who pretended to be Satoshi." An achievement to be celebrated! Follow Arthur Van Pelt on twitter to stay in the Faketoshi loop & explore his many great articles and breakdowns of the entire debacle at the links below: • Craig Wright is Not Satoshi • My Top 5 Craig Wright Forgeries • Arthur's Blog Check out our amazing sponsors and the products that Guy uses most in the space: • The best place to onboard a true Bitcoiner - Stack sats automatically, withdraw automatically, and learn or get help from the best team of Bitcoiners out there with Swan Bitcoin. (swanbitcoin.com/guy) • Gets sats back every time you dump fiat at a store, to pay your bills, everything in your fiat life pays you sats with the Fold Debit Card and FoldApp. 20% OFF with code BITCOINAUDIBLE (guyswann.com/fold) • Dive into the Bitcoin only wallet, the cypherpunk calculator, and a company that has built secure Bitcoin products for nearly a decade. Code BITCOINAUDIBLE gets 5% off everything in the store! (guyswann.com/coldcard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 59m

  2. 08/31/2022

    #008 - Maximum Maximalism with the Shitcoin Insider

    We have got a great episode of Shitcoin Insider today, we bring the Insider himself back to the show today to discuss what Bitcoin maximalism even means, is it a "dying breed?" Is it just a bunch of meanies on Twitter? Or have we found ourselves fighting over a caricature that's equated to the lowest common denominator of the Twitterverse, while ignoring the actual set of principles behind the Bitcoin-only philosophy and what it truly means?  You don't want to miss today's excellent conversation with the Shitcoin Insider. Check out our amazing sponsors and the products that Guy uses most in the space: • The best place to onboard a true Bitcoiner - Stack sats automatically, withdraw automatically, and learn or get help from the best team of Bitcoiners out there with Swan Bitcoin. (swanbitcoin.com/guy) • Gets sats back every time you dump fiat at a store, to pay your bills, everything in your fiat life pays you sats with the Fold Debit Card and FoldApp. 20% OFF with code BITCOINAUDIBLE (guyswann.com/fold) • Dive into the Bitcoin only wallet, the cypherpunk calculator, and a company that has built secure Bitcoin products for nearly a decade. Code BITCOINAUDIBLE gets 5% off everything in the store! (guyswann.com/coldcard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 45m

  3. 08/15/2022

    #007 - How Many Degrees Celsius is a Lunatic? with Cory Klippsten

    WE ARE BACK! Were you wondering about everything that happened in the collapse of TerraUSD, the algorithmic stablecoin that got algonniahilated? And how exactly did one project's failure create such a cascading shitstorm of Defi defaulting? Cory Klippsten, CEO of SwanBitcoin, and outspoken critic who warned everyone of these projects long before they collapsed, breaks down what he saw in these [rojects and companies that brought them to their inevitable conclusion. Dont miss the return, of Shitcoin Insider! Check out our amazing sponsors and the products that Guy uses most in the space: • The best place to onboard a true Bitcoiner - Stack sats automatically, withdraw automatically, and learn or get help from the best team of Bitcoiners out there with Swan Bitcoin. (swanbitcoin.com/guy) • Gets sats back every time you dump fiat at a store, to pay your bills, everything in your fiat life pays you sats with the Fold Debit Card and FoldApp. 20% OFF with code BITCOINAUDIBLE (guyswann.com/fold) • Dive into the Bitcoin only wallet, the cypherpunk calculator, and a company that has built secure Bitcoin products for nearly a decade. Code BITCOINAUDIBLE gets 5% off everything in the store! Coinkite.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 2m

  4. 09/07/2021

    #006 - Proof of What?

    Proof of stake, versus proof of work. Isn’t POW super wasteful, while POS is the cost free alternative that obviously is as equally secure? Are we throwing hashes into the wind for no reason, or is there something fundamentally wrong with this comparison? Find out in Episode #6 of Shitcoin Insider Subscribe to the show, don't forget to check out Bitcoin Audible for tons of other deep dives into the nature of Bitcoin and Proof of work vs Proof of Stake, and check us out on Twitter at twitter.com/shitcoininsider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 50m
  5. #005 - Why Your Altcoin is Worthless - The Clubhouse Debate

    05/18/2021

    #005 - Why Your Altcoin is Worthless - The Clubhouse Debate

    Back from the dead! Shitcoin Insider returns with a lengthy discussion of money, networks, altcoins, their merits, the lack of, & everything else in a marathon discussion on Clubhouse. Don't forget to subscribe, drop your criticisms, questions, & insults to the @ShitcoinInsider Twitter handle. And in the meantime, enjoy Episode #005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    2h 16m
  6. #004 - The Ripple Effect

    12/30/2020

    #004 - The Ripple Effect

    Just after the announcement of the SEC lawsuit, a filing that is just full of scammy goodness, the ongoing delistings of XRP, & a massive crash in the price... what better time is there to dedicate a full episode of Shitcoin Insider to the glorious XRP? Is Ripple a security? Is it a scam? Can it do anything it claims to do? Does anyone even use their product? Find out all this and more with Guy and his co-host, THE Shitcoin Insider returning for our conversation. The duo are joined today with yet another Insider, this one working in the industry and with a trove of Ripple knowledge. Find out everything you never knew you needed to know about Ripple, in today's Shitcoin Insider! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 51m
  7. #003 - Move Fast & Break Ethereum with Udi Wertheimer

    11/20/2020

    #003 - Move Fast & Break Ethereum with Udi Wertheimer

    Just in time for one of the various ETH hard forks, both intentional and unintentional, we dig into the dirty details with Udi Wertheimer in this episode of Shitcoin Insider. What even is ETH, what is the perspective of the developers and community around these sorts of problems, and what future does it have? Don't miss a fun conversation. And follow Udi and his escapades at the link below: www.havefunstayingpoor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 5m
  8. #002 - The Pungent Smells of a Bitcoin Fork

    11/09/2020

    #002 - The Pungent Smells of a Bitcoin Fork

    Back with another episode! In #2 we dive into the increasingly irrelevant fork of Bitcoin. What are they, where did they come from, and what exactly is going on in the delusional world of those who who forked consensus, and created a centralized political mess in a backwards attempt to chase the ghost of Satoshi's vision. More hard forks on the horizon, bugs abound, no transactions, and the conclusion of the large block experiment. All this and more in Episode 2 of Shitcoin Insider! To check out the thread and Reddit convo detailing the incredibly timely bug in the BSV multisig, find it at the link below: https://www.reddit.com/r/bsv/comments/jq9jv3/and_its_gone_popular_bsv_multisig_provides_no/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 36m
  9. #001 - DeFi & Ponzinomics

    10/01/2020

    #001 - DeFi & Ponzinomics

    Were you ever just deathly curious about what Defi really is? What is going on behind the scenes of the token wrapped token printing yield machines? Or what the mindset of the shitcoiner really is, and what they think they are building? Don't miss the flagship episode of our new show SHITCOIN INSIDER! Don't forget to subscribe to Shitcoin Insider if you want more and let me know on Twitter is you enjoyed it and want us to dig further. And to support my work and learn all about the history and economics that you couldn't learn in school, check out the amazing Liberty Classroom! Find it at GuySwann.com/liberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 38m
  • 9 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

4.9
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About

A Bitcoin Maximalist take on the scams, ponzis, & bad ideas in the world of crypto. Doing the dirty work so that you don't have to.

Information

  • Creator
    Guy Swann
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Guy Swann