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We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

BTC180: The Current Challenges Bitcoin Faces w/ Max Hillebrand (Bitcoin Podcast)

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dive deep into Bitcoin's evolution with expert Max Hillebrand. We unravel Mises' action axiom, Hoppe's private property origins, and Rothbard's economic theories. Discover Wasabi Wallet's role in privacy, the potential of Ocean mining, and strategies for Bitcoiners to enhance anonymity. Max also shares his take on Bitcoin's path to ossification and how institutions can shield assets against regulatory overreach. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 04:54 - The principles of Ludwig von Mises' economic dualism and the axiom of action. 06:23 - Hermann Hoppe's theory on private property as a natural emergence. 10:11 - The significance of Murray Rothbard's "Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Markets." 12:59 - An inside look at Bisq and the passion driving decentralized finance platforms. 27:29 - The role of covenants in Bitcoin and their potential to enhance transaction privacy. 34:26 - Innovations in Bitcoin mining pools and the impact of Ocean Bitcoin mining. 38:59 - Strategies beyond CoinJoin for improving privacy for Bitcoin transactions. 01:00:46 - How institutions can use Bitcoin technology to protect their financial sovereignty and self-custody assets. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Max Hillebrand on X (Twitter). Max's website with links to his projects. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Bitcoin Fundamentals Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota CI Financial AT&T Yahoo! Finance Long Angle iFlex Stretch Studios Public American Express USPS NerdWallet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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0:00.0

You're listening to TIP.

0:02.0

Hey everyone, welcome to this Wednesday's release of the Bitcoin Fundamentals Podcast.

0:07.0

This episode is brought to you by River, the place that I personally go to securely invest in Bitcoin with confidence and with zero fees.

0:14.4

All right, so one of the really fun things about this job is all the amazing people

0:19.6

that I get to interview and interact with, but on, you come across the guests and you finish

0:24.9

recording and you're just like, my lord, that person is absurdly intelligent. And that was

0:31.0

this week's guest, Mr Max Hillbrand.

0:33.4

As you'll quickly see in this interview, Max is an extremely gifted

0:37.6

Bitcoin contributor that has a deep understanding of the technology,

0:40.9

particularly in privacy, and what is the most important things that still

0:44.8

need to be built in order to make Bitcoin the freedom-inducing private property money that

0:49.8

the world has ever seen.

0:51.7

It gives me great pleasure to share this recording with you. So without

0:54.7

further delay, here's my chat with Max.

0:57.0

Celebrating 10 years.

1:02.0

You are listening to Bitcoin Fundamentals by the Investors Podcast Network.

1:07.0

Now for your host, Preston Pish. Hey everyone. Welcome to the show. I'm here with Max Hillo Brand and boy this is going to be an interesting conversation I can already tell

1:26.4

Max we didn't really know each other too well we met each other in the UK over at Peter's event and

1:31.7

just thrilled to be able to record with you and have a deeper

1:34.9

conversation one-on-one after our conversation over there.

1:38.0

So welcome to the show.

1:39.0

Yeah, likewise, Preston, I'm really excited for this one.

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