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.
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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
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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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