Bitcoin Builders
Development, entrepreneurship and creation around Bitcoin, the Lightning Network and other freedom tech is exploding. This show digs into the Bitcoin ecosystem through the lens of the Cambrian explosion of creativity around it. This podcast is part of Blockworks.
Episodes
September 30, 2023 • 48 mins
Max Hillebrand is the CEO of ckSNACKs - the company that sponsors the development of the Wasabi Wallet. He describes himself as a "free software entrepreneur building Bitcoin weapons." On this episode we explore exactly what that means; where philosophy and ethics meet entrepreneurship; the state of bitcoin privacy; and what's left to build on Bitcoin.
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September 25, 2023 • 25 mins
NLW covers the major stories in Bitcoin over the past couple weeks, including:
Nomura Bitcoin Adoption Fund
Block Saturation
New Miner policy group
Mt. Gox delay
Coinbase to implement Lightning
Swan launching Bitcoin custody
Deutsche custody offering
Paxos fat finger
Hal Finney's ZK talk
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September 16, 2023 • 27 mins
Jesse Shrader is the cofounder of Amboss, a Lightning Network analytics platforms and decentralized liquidity marketplace. This week the company released its new Hydro product for automated liquidity provisioning for companies that want to use Bitcoin without having to get deep into node management.
Check out our guest online: https://twitter.com/Jestopher_BTC
Amboss: https://amboss.space/
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September 7, 2023 • 41 mins
On today's episode of Bitcoin Builders, NLW speaks with 21.co co-founder and CEO Hany Amin. 21.co was the earliest company to offer a crypto exchange traded product all the way back in 2018, and has spent the last five years observing and serving institutional and traditional market actors in the space. In this interview, he and NLW discuss the ways in which this bear market has (or hasn't) changed institutional attitudes towards t...
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September 2, 2023 • 17 mins
Another week another righteous debate within Bitcoin. This time though, it's more than just some Twitter squabbling. On this episode of Bitcoin Builders, NLW provides a primer on the debate around BIP300 and drivechains, which in many ways is a debate around the boundaries of bitcoin use itself.
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August 26, 2023 • 20 mins
On this edition of Bitcoin Builders Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the debate around Ordinals. Are they dead, or have rumors of their demise been greatly exaggerated? Also an update on a mysterious Bitcoin whale.
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August 8, 2023 • 60 mins
Lisa Neigut (aka @NiftyNei) is a Lightning Protocol Engineer at Blockstream and co-founder at Base58, the Bitcoin protocol academy. https://twitter.com/niftynei
George Kaloudis is a writer, columnist and host of CoinDesk's Markets Daily. https://twitter.com/gckaloudis
In this conversation, NLW, George and Nifty discuss Base58, Lightning development, Bitcoin education, and much much more.
More links for our guests:
Base58 website: h...
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August 5, 2023 • 15 mins
A reading of three pieces:
Bitcoiners Must Appeal to America's Increasingly Independent Voters - Robert Hall
Bitcoin Venture Capital is Anything But Boring - Christopher Calicott
Bitcoin and AI - Swan Signal
Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com
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July 29, 2023 • 16 mins
On this edition of Bitcoin Builders weekly breakdown:
Gensler ETF comments
Grayscale sabotaging ETF applications?
Blackrock portfolio construction paper
Binance turns on Lightning
Mining hardware costs coming down
Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com
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July 22, 2023 • 54 mins
Glassnode's James Check returns for an extensive on-chain analysis of the Bitcoin cycle. He and NLW talk shrimp accumulation, miner distribution, s2f and more!
Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com
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July 18, 2023 • 32 mins
Today NLW is joined by Sazmining President and COO Kent Halliburton. NLW and Kent talk about his journey from rooftop solar to Bitcoin, Sazmining's goals to create a bitcoin native way to stack sats, and the process of opening a mining facility in Paraguay.
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July 13, 2023 • 17 mins
NLW provides an overview of the last couple weeks of Bitcoin news, including institutional and ETF announcements, mining revenue trends and more. The big discussion of the episode surrounds the BlackRock BTC spot ETF proposal, and whether it's good, bad, or neutral for Bitcoin.
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June 29, 2023 • 24 mins
This week, Bitcoin Builders presents its Summer Startup Series, profiling companies from the first accelerator cohort from In Wolf's Clothing https://wolfnyc.com/
On the third episode, NLW talks with Evan Kaloudis of Zeus, an open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet. They discuss Evan and Zeus' journey and where Bitcoin UI and infrastructure need to go from here.
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This week, Bitcoin Builders presents its Summer Startup Series, profiling companies from the first accelerator cohort from In Wolf's Clothing https://wolfnyc.com/
Today on the second episode of the Summer Startup Series, NLW interviews Philipp Hoenisch from 10101, an app that promises bitcoin trading without counterparty risk. 10101 was part of In Wolf's Clothing's first startup cohort.
Check out 10101: https://10101.finance/
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June 27, 2023 • 31 mins
This week, Bitcoin Builders presents its Summer Startup Series, profiling companies from the first accelerator cohort from In Wolf's Clothing https://wolfnyc.com/
Today we're talking with Neil Woodfine, CEO of Dustup, a new Bitcoin-powered platform that helps battle royale tournament organizers. We talk about what Neil has learned over more than a half decade building Bitcoin startups and why Bitcoin is the perfect currency for gl...
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June 20, 2023 • 13 mins
A reading of Bitcoin Graffiti's "The Secrets of the S Curve: Why Bitcoin Adoption Takes Longer Than You Think"
Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com
Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme musi...
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June 15, 2023 • 46 mins
Harry Sudock is the CSO at GRIID and a partner at Bitcoin Park. In this episode of Bitcoin Builders, he and NLW discuss how the mining industry evolved over the last bullmarket, and how the business side of the sector has adapted during the bear market. They also discuss Bitcoin community.
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June 10, 2023 • 14 mins
On Bitcoin Builders Weekly Recap, NLW tries to cut through the noise to ask what the real implications of this week's spate of SEC lawsuits against crypto exchanges means for Bitcoin and the people who build on it.
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June 6, 2023 • 42 mins
For the last few months, Bitcoiners have been one of the most active communities on Nostr, a new decentralized protocol that can be used to build applications like social media alternatives. On this episode, Ego Death Capital investor Andi Pitt provides a primer and overview on Nostr, as well as a clear-eyed discussion about its potential to displace centralized apps like Twitter. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf ...
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June 2, 2023 • 28 mins
River CEO Alex Leishman joins NLW to discuss starting a Bitcoin company in 2019, what the last bull market taught us in terms of who is interested in Bitcoin, and who has stuck around to continue investing in Bitcoin during the downturn.
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