The "What is Money?" Show

How Bitcoin and AI are Reshaping the World w/ Dave Birnbaum (WiM568)

Episode Summary

Dave Birnbaum joins me to discuss why privacy is the most important technical problem in Bitcoin, the tradeoffs between auditability and anonymity, how CoinJoin protects users in a surveillance economy, whether cyberspace is the new frontier, the role of Bitcoin in enabling interplanetary civilization, and how AI and Bitcoin will coordinate to increase human productivity. David Birnbaum is a technology innovator and current VP of Product at Coinbits.app.

Episode Notes

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0:00 - WiM Trailer

1:37 - Privacy: The Most Important Technical Problem for Bitcoin

6:49 - Tradeoffs in Privacy and Auditability

8:33 - L1 vs L2 Bitcoin Payments

15:24 - The Absurdity of Fiat

19:59 - The Farm at Okefenokee

21:18 - iCoin Technology

22:47 - Coinjoin and Bitcoin Privacy

29:57 - Tradeoffs in Speed and Finality

34:53 - You are the Product on the Internet

39:15 - LLM, Coordination, Bitcoin

46:37 - Heart and Soil Supplements

47:37 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing

48:29 - Encrypted LLM Communication, Defining Intelligence

50:48 - Bitcoin and Joint Stock

57:38 - Bitcoin is Physical Bits and Bites

1:04:41 - Michael Saylor: Is Bitcoin Energy?

1:07:52 - Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions

1:09:14 - OnRamp Bitcoin Custody

1:11:11 - Money: Trust and Coordination in Trade

1:14:49 - The Subjectivity of Value and Time Preference

1:22:01 - Covid: How the States Abuses Your Compassion

1:41:02 - Bitcoin and The Sovereign Individual Thesis

1:46:39 - Mind Lab Pro Supplements

1:47:49 - Buy Bitcoin with Coinbits

1:49:15 - Bitcoin and Human/AI Action

1:51:04 - Bitcoin and AI Coordination

2:01:45 - Will We Become Interplanetary?

2:04:41 - Is Cyberspace the New Frontier?

2:09:10 - What is Constructed Value?

2:18:14 - What will Drive Bitcoin’s Adoption?

2:24:35 - Coinbits Roundups

2:31:47 - Closing Thoughts

2:35:25 - How to Connect with Dave Birnbaum

 

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