#239: Sphinx Chat, encrypted chat over LN, ba...

Marty sits down with Dr. John Lott to discuss why gun registries fail to solve crimes, how media misrepresents gun violence data, the ineffectiveness of assault weapons bans, and the massive funding disparity between gun control research and gun rights advocacy. John on Twitter: ...  Show more

Marty sits down with Andy Schoonover, founder of CrowdHealth, to discuss the ACA health insurance death spiral, skyrocketing premiums forcing families to pay over $3,000 monthly, and how CrowdHealth offers a cash-pay alternative that empowers individuals to opt out of the broken ...  Show more

Discover the philosophical and technical rationale behind "Bitcoinizing the dollar," how Lightning Network's architecture enables seamless asset conversion without trusted intermediaries, and the emergence of Bitcoin yield through liquidity provision. The speakers explain how thi ...  Show more

Adam O (DenverBitcoin) of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about the Bitcoin advocate community’s response to the ESG Mafia. Are there better ways to respond?

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Jan Čapek, co-CEO of Braiins and working at Slush Pool joins me to talk about this an upgrade to a Bitcoin Mining protocol, Stratum. Stratum V2 is the next generation protocol for pooled mining. It focuses on making data transfers more efficient, reducing physical infrastructu ...

Wiz and Simon of the mempool.space project join me to talk about how Bitcoin is evolving over time into a multi layered system. Mempool.space is a block visualizer and explorer that helps users target their fee levels and more. We chat: