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The Pomp Podcast

292: Jameson Lopp on Bitcoin Privacy & Sovereignty

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Jameson Lopp, a co-founder at Casa. He is one of the most well known technical minds in Bitcoin and has quickly become an expert on personal privacy. In this conversation, Jameson and Anthony discuss the Bitcoin halving, personal privacy, individual sovereignty, risks to Bitcoin's adoption, hash rate in China, and what would change Jameson's mind about Bitcoin. ===============================  BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10,000,000, and they're perfect for helping you reach your financial goals of all sizes. Visit BlockFi.com/Pomp to learn more about putting your crypto to work without having to sell it. www.blockfi.com/pomp =============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 45,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at www.pompletter.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp podcast. Simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off.

0:11.1

Jameson Lopp is a co-founder of Kasa. He's one of the most well-known technical minds in Bitcoin and has quickly become an expert on personal privacy.

0:19.7

In this conversation, Jameson and I discussed the Bitcoin having, personal privacy,

0:24.6

individual sovereignty, risk to Bitcoin's adoption, hash rate in China, and what would

0:29.8

change Jameson's mind about Bitcoin.

0:32.4

I really enjoyed this conversation, and it was extra special to talk to Jameson on the

0:36.3

day of the third Bitcoin having.

0:38.5

Before we get into the episode, though, I want to quickly talk about our sponsors.

0:41.9

The first is BlockFi.

0:43.6

BlockFi basically has three products.

0:45.5

You can deposit crypto and get a U.S. dollar loan.

0:48.5

You can take out an interest-bearing account for your crypto deposits, or you can buy and sell cryptocurrencies

0:56.3

on their crypto exchange.

0:58.1

What's really interesting about them is they've got this interest-bearing account where

1:01.5

you can earn up to 8.6% APY on crypto deposits.

1:06.6

Today you can earn 6% on Bitcoin and 8.6% on a stable coin like GUSD or USDC. I'm a huge fan of BlockFi. I've got money deposited there. I'm a user, an investor, and they're obviously a sponsor of the podcast. I think what they're building is a ton of wealth services for people who want to operate in the alternative financial system. Go check them out at blockfi.com slash pomp.

1:30.3

Again, blockfi.com slash pomp.

1:32.5

I think companies like blockfi that are building all of the infrastructure around these assets

1:37.0

are incredibly important and blockfi is leading the charge.

1:40.2

Go check them out, blockfi.com slash pomp.

1:43.4

Also, don't forget, I read a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business technology

1:48.3

and finance.

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