POV Crypto Podcast: Your Crypto Echo-Chamber Dies Here.

CK and David are back from a long break to discuss BTC and ETH on the verge of another crazy bull market.  This is a recording of a conversation over Twitter spaces on the night of November 10th. 

Join CK and David as they sync their nodes on a catch-up episode of PoV!

Join CK and David Hoffman as they meet for a rare in person POV Crypto. For this episode, we catch you up on the recent action that has happened in the Bitcoin and Crypto space. Topics: Physical vs Digital El Salvador MSTR bought more Price is down More Energy Fud BTC v ETH upgrading differences.

David and Christian catch up after Bitcoin 2021 Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

David and Christian catch up and discuss what it's like to be in crypto vs the outside world, and go back and forth on additional topics

CK and David discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum and what makes sound money Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

This week CK confronts David about a recent episode of Bankless with Justin Drake and the Ultra Sound Money Meme. Follow David: @TrustlessState Follow CK: @ck_SNARKs

CK and David discuss how BTC, NFTs, and DeFi are opening up to a more and more general audience. We discuss What a Bitcoin future will look like and Debate whether Ethereum can compete with bitcoin as de-facto future money. 

David and Christian meet to discuss some of the recent social dynamics in the crypto-communities.  Christian offers the Bitcoiner take on NFTs.  David discusses how laser eyes are bullish.  David makes the claim that the people that make up a community are critically important.  Christian claims that Bitcoin just is, and is independent from people. 

This week for POV Crypto Ck and David discuss last week's crazy markets around GME and the fall out. We discuss Where bitcoin Ethereum and other open source tools fit into the new paradigm. David closes out with giving his DeFi token moonshots. Enjoy this deep and nuanced conversation of POV Crypto. Follow POV on Tiwtter @POVCryptoPod Follow David Hoffman @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

David and ck discuss how to think and approach the bull market, Debate energy usage and PoW, Debate Pos, Discuss defi tokens.

Join ck and David Hoffman as they discuss the latest musings in the crypto markets and debate the core fundamentals of the crypto ecosystem. Topics: Blockchains make for a new kind of history DeFi Season not Alt (chain) Season. $Uni is the open source story next to Coinbase IPO Debating Ethereum's dependance to Bitcoin. Follow David @trustlessstate  Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

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Join Christian and David as they talk about the relationship between the state, the people, and the money

David and Christian discuss Microstrategy and whats going on behind the scenes there, as well as other topics in the news such as the STABLE Act.  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

CK and David discuss the launch of Eth 2 and BTC pushing up against all time highs.   

David and CK have a conversation about the state of the industry, and express their excitement about what's to come in the months ahead.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Join ck and David as they host high powered traders Kyle Davis of Three Arrows back on to the show. We discuss what he sees in the crypto market and why he and his firm have changed their tune about Ethereum Defi and Bitcoin.

Brandon Quittem, friend of the pod, recently wrote a piece called 'Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History'.  In this piece, he discusses the concept of a 'saeculum', or a period of time that represents a 'very long lifespan'.... 90 years in which 4 generations of humans come and go, and the same four patterns of history are repeated in the way that society tumbles forward into the future.  He then connects how we are making yet another 'turning' of the 4-part revolution of a saeculum, and what Bitcoin represents as a character of the story of our place in history.  https://www.brandonquittem.com/bitcoin-rhythms-of-history/   Brandon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bquittem Read the article on Brandon's Website! https://www.brandonquittem.com/   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Jon ck and David as the debate this weeks hottest topics and well dive deep into the Bitcoin and Ethereum debate. David is disappointed with eth price while ck is impressed. Learn about what David considers to be an attack on DeFi from SBF of FTX.com.    Follow ck @ck_SNARKs Follow David @TrustlessState 

David and Christian discuss how some long-time Bitcoiner thesis have manifest into reality from the COVID pandemic.  A lot of Bitcoiners have described a financial world that crumbles from a fragile system LONG before COVID. Then COVID happened, and a lot of narratives that Bitcoiners illustrated have manifested into reality.  David and Christian discuss some of topics that surround the discussion of crypto in the broader macro environment.  And then David gives an ETH 2.0 update.  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Are you ready for another POV Crypto Fight Night? This week, CK and David discuss hot stories in Bitcoin, Ethereum and DeFi. We cover the following:  Topics:  Square buys Bitcoin  Bitcoin Vs the Dollar  Ethereum as a Money  BTC Vs Ethereum  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Uncle Sam goes after BitMex. The US Government vs Bitcoin.  8 Year aniversary of US vs Ross Ulbricht.  KuCoin gets hacked; loses lots of DeFi tokens. Many tokens illustrate their centralized nature.  Trump got covid; the uncertainty of the future grows!

This week CK and David host Matthew Black and Tony Cai of Atomic Finance to discuss their move from building on BTC and ETH to focusing on BTC only. They give their critics of Ethereum infrastructure and tease the nascent but exciting tech being built for Bitcoin. David does a good job of asking questions and defending Ethereum’s current moat. Please enjoy this conversation exploring the cutting edge of trustless P2P finance.  Find Atomic Finance:  Atomic.Finance @AtomicFinance Find Matt and Tony:  @TonyCai_ @matthewjablack Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Are you ready for another POV Crypto Fight Night? This week, CK and DAvid discuss hot stories in Bitcoin, Ethereum and DeFi. WE cover the following:  Topics:  Global Market Sentiment  Crypto Prices dumping  Microstrategy  tBTC launching.  The $UNI air drop and the implications of a Uniswap with governance.  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

David and CK begin with an unexpected journey exploring the current state of the world, and viewing it from an authoritarian vs individual perspective then, we take a slight detour to conspiracy theories around Netflix and soft-core pedophilia (?) Then, into the meat debating the merits of DeFi tokens with treasuries CK: DeFi tokens will trend towards 0 vs BTC David: They wont go to 0, because they're designed to accrue money, in whatever form money comes in. They're a hard money multiplier  Then we get into the subject of contracts... custodians vs not custodians... hint: it depends!

CK and David discuss the most recent DeFi mania, $SUSHI token exit scam, FTX.com, Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi and much more in this jam packed and Dense episode of POV Crypto.

Gigi, Author of 21 Lessons, returns to POV Crypto to discuss the concept of Bitcoin as a self-fulfilling religion, a life-seeking organism.  Gigi previously came to POV Crypto and had a very heated debate with David. This time, Gigi returns and David and him discuss the ways that Bitcoin (and Ethereum) represent new forms of Religion, Nation State, and Organism all in one! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Prices are cooling down How long tho Could just 2x in the next two weeks  Bitcoin mining hash rate being affected by flooding in szechuan region Costs of being a tangible thing Staking as intangible; costs and benefits Stocks keep going up ‘Free market’  David is extremely bullish on $YFI  Convince me why YFI?  What does it mean that Aave passed makerDAO? How to play the Bull Market Right?  CK and David each give their take.   The next 18 months are going to be defined by  Capital inflows to Ethereum in order to access money-game DeFi yields Capital inflows into BTC to escape from inflation Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Su Zhu of Three Arrows Capital discusses his DeFi strategies, and how things about playing the current DeFi field! We discuss: - The grand Three Arrows Capital investment theses - Denominating in ETH, BTC, or USD - Leveraging DeFi for returns - YAMs: Good experiment or abject failure - Liquidity mining, yield farming and viewing these as games - Bearish VC DeFi tokens, Bullish 0-premine experiments  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

CK and David gear up for a classic Bitcoin VS Ethereum Fight Night. We celebrate soaring prices by arguing whats behind them, future development, and where we go next.  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

The CFO of Luxor Mining Ethan Vera joins POV Crypto to discuss all things Mining and Blockchain security. Ethan is an expert in BTC and Altcoin mining and has very interesting opinions about staking.  Topics:  BTC mining  Hashrate Markets Hashrate derivatives Attacking Bitcoin  The rise of the US mining scene PoS Altcoin Mining Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Ethan Vera on Twitter @ethan_vera

Loong Wang the CTO of Ren VM comes on to POV Crypto to discuss their technology and how they are pushing trust minimized Bitcoin onto Ethereum.  Topics:  The history of Ren VM  Why interoperability is important Ren’s mission  Interoperability will allow few coins to dominate many chains Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Loong Wang on Twitter @bzlwang

Ansel Lindner, macro markets guru and host of the Bitcoin and Markets podcast comes to POV Crypto to discuss his bleak outlook to the future of the global economy. We discuss: - How the Fed activity resembles 90's era Japan - People are saving more than they're spending - The economic contraction ahead of us - The role of crypto-dollar stablecoins in a deflationary environment - Altcoin, DeFi token outlook  Follow Ansel on Twitter: @AnselLindner You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Bitcoin Mushroom Man Brandon Quittem comes to POV Crypto to continue the conversation about how the cryptocurrency world is synonymous with nature and organic systems.  David, Brandon, and CK discuss how the free market and price discovery are organically derived phenomenons.  We discuss how top-down influence and price controls are blasphemous, as they are an attack on nature! We discuss how Bitcoin and Ethereum are organically emergent phenomenons, and they should be viewed as natural organisms! Finally, we move to compare Bitcoin and Ethereum and how they relate to nature! We finish with a short debate on Proof of Stake and the outcomes of the BTC vs ETH fight Follow Brandon on Twitter: @bquittem You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

A recent ETH 2 AMA on r/ethereum sparks rabbling, due to an extended estimation of Phase 0 launch timeline. We bring Preston from the Prysmatic client team to POV Crypto to get his take about where ETH 2 is in development. We talk: - How Prysmatic came to be - Funding environment for client teams - Phase 0 timeline and the r/Ethereum AMA - Client differentiators - Hardware requirements - EVM & EWASM Follow Preston on Twitter: @preston_vanloon Prysmatic Labs: https://prysmaticlabs.com/ You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

David and CK review some of the current discussions happening in their circles about: - The state of crypto in the macro, vs Legacy markets - What liquidity actually is - ETH 2 delays - Does AMPL deserve a fair shot? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Cami Russo, author of the soon-to-be-released book The Infinite Machine, comes to POV Crypto to discuss her experience researching and interviewing about Early Ethereum to write her book! Cami discusses  - The evolution of Ethereum Culture - The early decisions made at Ethereum and the EF that would impact the future of Ethereum - What it was like interviewing a wide cast of characters - Dissecting the DAO and the drama surrounding it - The scope of the book! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Cami Russo on Twitter @CamiRusso [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Colin Harper of Forbes Crypto and Decrypt Media, joins the podcast to hash out Bitcoin Versus Defi on Ethereum.  Topics:  Whats up with Defi.  Will Bitcoiners ever use Defi.  The different ways Bitcoin and Ether accrue value.  David argues that Ether is more like Equity than money  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Matt Finestone runs BD at Loopring, and comes to POV to get into the nuances and details of the Loopring Protocol. Topics - Is Loopring a network, a protocol, an app? - What are the attack vectors of Loopring? - What are the strengths and weaknesses of Loopring? - How does Loopring compare to Lightning? - Future plans of the Loopring    Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Matt Luongo on Twitter @mhluongo [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Matt Luongo is the architect behind the tBTC project, brining BTC to Ethereum, and has strong convictions about the roles that Bitcoin and Ethereum have.  Matt considers Bitcoin as the monetary standard, and Ethereum as purely a place for technical innovation and experimentation, and draws a pretty clear line for these things.  He is a lead of the tBTC project, in order to get tBTC onto Ethereum, and allow Bitcoin the Money, to leverage Ethereum the Technology.  We also touch on the topic of tBTC governance, and the experiment that tBTC has (successfully?) run with a form of 'minimal viable governance' over the system.  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Matt Luongo on Twitter @mhluongo [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

David and CK deliberate some of the recent trends in the DeFi space, and discuss their nuances, merits, and legitimacy! Topics - COMP token, and what it represents - COMP distribution  - KYC & Governance tokens - Liquidity Mining / Yield Farming - The hidden/present risk in these systems Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Pierre Rochard on Twitter @pierre_rochard [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Matt Odell of TFTC returns to POV Crypto to discuss what listeners can do to improve their security and privacy. We also get into BTC v ETH at the end! This is a must listen.  Topics:  The global nature of the anti government protests Why privacy is important How big tech is part of government surveillance  Practical advice to improve privacy  Is PoS inherently centralizing?  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Matt Odell on Twitter @matt_odell [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Pierre Rochard joins David and ck for a wide ranging conversation about money, policing, and society. We cover the following topics.  Topics:  The purpose of money/cash The difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum’s monetary policy  Why we need to exit fiat  The institutionalized racism in the USD system How a private police force could work Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Pierre Rochard on Twitter @pierre_rochard [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Robert Breedlove comes to POV crypto to discuss his analogy of "Bitcoin is the number 0". Robert claims that, before humans understood the concept of '0', their lives were limited and dull, but after understanding 0, a new world of possibility opened up. Does Bitcoin offer the same? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Robert on Twitter: @breedlove22 [SPONSOR] @alto_ira - The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings. Visit http://altoira.com/povcrypto for more information!

Kyle Davies, co-founder and partner of Three Arrows Capital returns to POV Crypto to discuss the current state of the cryptocurrency marketplace and to explain why Three Arrows is bullish on both Bitcoin and Ethereum.  Topics:  The Bitcoin market post halving Three Arrows strategic investments in Deribit and BlockFi  Why Staking and EIP 1559 are extremely bullish for Ethereum  Why traders must denominate in BTC  Comparing the CeFi ecosystem to the DeFi ecosystem Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Kyle Davies on Twitter @kyled116 [SPONSOR]  Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information.

Guy Swann joins the show to discuss, Bitcoin Audible Austrian economics, and whether stability and stablecoins are even possible. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Guy Swann on Twitter @theCryptoconomy

After a weekend of peaceful protests interrupted by rioting police offers, David and Christian reflect on the stance that Bitcoin and Ethereum have towards the State.  We also discuss the inherent stance that the State has towards its people, and the equal-and-opposite stance that the people must then have towards the state.  David's Instagram video of the Seattle Protests and the Police Pepper Spaying people: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA1LNjIBo70/?igshid=c601b6hj8ob5 Topics - Creeping Tyranny - Importance of Privacy and Privacy Tech - Was Hong Kong a Signal of Things to Come? - Militarization of the Police - Bitcoin does and does not fix this

You can watch the livestream on YouTube here:  https://twitter.com/POVCryptoPod/status/1266755656024944640?s=20   - Why did the riots immediately spark across the whole nation? - The police are a tool of the state - End of the authority of the nation-state - Trust in institutions is the same as trust in Money - The police are only legitimate because people believe in it

Seth Simmons is an avid member of the Monero Community and a strong proponent of cypherpunk values. Seth comes on to the podcast to discuss the XMR Crypto currency and why he believes it is an important tool for individual rights and privacy. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs  [Guest] Seth Simmons on Twitter @sethisimmons