Best Matt Pouliot Podcasts (2025)

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13. Building Homes Like Cars: Why Modular Just Makes Sense 1:02:41

15d ago1:02:41

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Building Homes Like Cars: Why Modular Just Makes Sense Guest: Thatcher Butcher, President of KBS Builders In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot sits down with Thatcher Butcher, a seasoned construction industry leader and President of KBS Builders, to explore the transformative potential of modular housing in Maine and beyond. Togeth…

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12. Inside the Mind of a Maine Developer: Kevin Bunker on Policy, Projects & Purpose 1:01:24

29d ago1:01:24

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Building Community Through Development with Kevin Bunker | Housing Matters In this episode of Housing Matters, we sit down with Kevin Bunker, founding principal of Developers Collaborative, for a powerful conversation about what it really takes to create housing in Maine—and why it matters. From lobster boats to Harvard, from urban planning to real…

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11. Maine Entrepreneur Builds Modular Homes From Recycled Plastic 40:47

1M ago40:47

40:47

In this episode of Housing Matters, we dive into the fascinating journey of Ben Davis, a Maine-based entrepreneur revolutionizing modular construction and sustainability. Ben is the founder of Edura Building Systems, co-founder of The OpBox, and Portland Container Company—pioneering companies reimagining how we build homes, communities, and infrast…

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10. Revitalizing Freeport: Housing, Business & Community with Tawni Whitney 55:42

2M ago55:42

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In this episode of Housing Matters, we sit down with Tawni Whitney, a key figure in Freeport, Maine’s economic and community development. As the Executive Director of the Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce, Director of Business Development for Freeport Economic Development Corp., and Founder of Freeport Friends, Tawni is driving change to make Fr…

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9. The Evolution of Portland’s Housing Market with Ed Gardner 51:56

2M ago51:56

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In the latest episode of Housing Matters, we sit down with Ed Gardner, owner and broker of Gardner Real Estate Group, one of Portland’s most respected real estate firms. With over 35 years of experience, Ed has been at the forefront of Maine’s housing market, navigating everything from single-family home sales to large-scale development projects. E…

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8. Building Better Communities: The Role of Smart Zoning 1:04:17

3M ago1:04:17

1:04:17

Welcome to Housing Matters! In this episode, we dive into the world of urban planning, zoning, and smart development with Vanessa Farr, Regional Manager of Planning & Design at Haley Ward. With over 25 years of experience, Vanessa is a leading expert in planning, urban design, sprawl retrofit, and zoning policy in Maine. Join host Matt Pouliot as t…

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7. Creating Housing Opportunities: Max Ross on the Flip Side of Real Estate 52:41

4M ago52:41

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Welcome to the seventh episode of Housing Matters, the podcast where real estate meets education and inspiration! Hosted by Matt Pouliot of Pouliot Real Estate, this episode dives into the world of real estate with special guest Max Ross, a dedicated real estate agent and father of six, with an incredible background in hospitality and home flipping…

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6. Revolutionizing Housing: Insights from Industry Leader George Casey 1:10:49

6M ago1:10:49

1:10:49

Welcome to another episode of Housing Matters, hosted by Matt Pouliot and brought to you by Pouliot Real Estate. In this thought-provoking interview, Matt sits down with George Casey, a seasoned leader in housing development and the President and CEO of Stockbridge Associates, based in Freeport, Maine. George brings a wealth of experience, from ser…

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5. The Business of Housing: Portland Chamber CEO Quincy Hentzel on Growth and Policy 56:28

7M ago56:28

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In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot sits down with Quincy Hentzel, CEO of the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce. Quincy shares her journey from Chicago to Maine, her work in government affairs, and her role in advocating for Portland's business community. They dive into critical topics like the housing crisis, workforce develo…

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4. Innovative Solutions for Workforce Housing in Maine | Sarah Sturtevant 54:04

7M ago54:04

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In this episode of the Housing Matters Podcast, hosted by Matt Pouliot, we are joined by Sarah Sturtevant, a Shaw Innovation Fellow and a graduate student in public policy analysis at the Muskie School of Public Service. Sarah brings a wealth of experience and insight into addressing Maine's growing affordable workforce housing crisis. With a backg…

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3. Building a Better Future: Housing Policies in Maine with Ryan Fecteau 1:13:05

7M ago1:13:05

1:13:05

Join Matt Pouliot, host of the "Housing Matters" podcast and CEO of Pouliot Real Estate, in a compelling discussion with Ryan Fecteau, a Senior Officer of Policy and Planning at Avesta Housing. Ryan, with a distinguished career that includes serving as the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and working as a senior advisor for Governor Ja…

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2. Bridging the Gap: Workforce Housing and Community Growth with Paul Peck 54:08

7M ago54:08

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Welcome to another engaging episode of Housing Matters, the podcast that dives deep into the world of housing and development in our state. I'm your host, Matt Pouliot of Pouliot Real Estate, and today, we have a special guest joining us: Paul Peck, a distinguished real estate developer, attorney, and key figure in Maine's housing community. In thi…

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1. Unlocking Homeownership: Innovative Lending with Elizabeth Jean 1:05:34

7M ago1:05:34

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Exploring Housing Solutions: A Deep Dive with Maine State Credit Union's SVP of Lending Welcome to the first episode of "Housing Matters," a series where real estate insights meet community values. Join host Matt Pouliot from Pouliot Real Estate and special guest Elizabeth Jean from Maine State Credit Union as they dive deep into the nuances of the…

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#36 - Francis Pouliot: Bitcoin is a Life Raft 2:37:54

2+ y ago2:37:54

2:37:54

For our final episode of season three, we were excited to have Francis Pouliot join us for a discussion. Francis is the founder and CEO of Bull Bitcoin, a popular 'non-custodial' bitcoin exchange and payment service in Canada. He has been heavily involved in the bitcoin industry since 2013, helping people understand and use bitcoin from the earlies…

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#35 - Ray Youssef: Bitcoin is on the Right Side of History 1:50:01

2+ y ago1:50:01

1:50:01

In this episode of Closing The Loop, we’re honored to have Ray Youssef join us for a discussion. Ray is the founder and CEO of Paxful, a popular peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange, which offers users over 350 different payment methods to choose from. Paxful has placed a particular focus on what Ray refers to as the ‘Global South,’ where billions of unba…

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#34 - Patrick O'Sullivan: 'Bitcoin Makes Baseball Better' w/ The World's First Chief Bitcoin Officer 1:51:14

2+ y ago1:51:14

1:51:14

Our guest today is Patrick O’Sullivan, the world’s first 'Chief Bitcoin Officer', for the Australian Baseball League club, The Perth Heat. In late 2021, Patrick convinced the organization to shift to a full 'bitcoin standard', and since then, they’ve been experimenting with all the ways in which they can leverage the benefits of bitcoin, to bring a…

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#33 - Matt Hill: The Era of 'Sovereign Computing' is Here 2:13:33

2+ y ago2:13:33

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Today's guest is Matt Hill, co-founder and CEO of Start9 Labs, a leading pioneer in what he calls ‘Sovereign Computing.’ In today’s world, many have become accustomed to using third-party platforms to interact online, host their data, and much else, but as the saying goes, ‘the cloud is just someone else’s computer.’ As a result of this, there is n…

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#32 - Jeff Booth: Bitcoin is the Answer to a Broken System 2:05:56

2+ y ago2:05:56

2:05:56

Today’s guest is Jeff Booth, a serial technology entrepreneur, advisor and board member to multiple businesses and organizations, and the author of the very popular book, ‘The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future'. Jeff is also a prolific speaker and advocate for bitcoin, educating people in all parts of the world, abou…

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#31 - Jason Les: Surviving and Thriving as a Publicly Traded Bitcoin Mining Company 1:40:50

2+ y ago1:40:50

1:40:50

Our guest today is Jason Les, CEO of Riot Blockchain. Riot is one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin miners in the world, with a current hash rate capacity of 4.8EH/s, and an expected self-mining capacity of 12.6EH/s by Q1 2023. The bitcoin mining industry is notoriously competitive, and that is especially the case right now in the fall of 2022…

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#30 - Prince Filip of Serbia: The Merits of Monarchy, The Liberating Power of Bitcoin, and The History of the House of Karađorđević 1:52:30

2+ y ago1:52:30

1:52:30

Our guest today is Prince Filip Karađorđević, Hereditary Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia, and Chief Strategy Officer of Jan 3, a digital infrastructure company focused on expanding access to bitcoin technology, and accelerating hyperbitcoinization. We first met Prince Filip at the Miami Bitcoin Conference in 2022, and were struck by both his down-t…

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#29 - Abubakar Nur Khalil: Building, Investing, and Training the Next Generation of Bitcoin Developers in Africa 1:40:10

2+ y ago1:40:10

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This episode's guest is Abubakar Nur Khalil, a contributor to bitcoin core and co-founder of Qala, a non-profit focused on training the next generation of bitcoin and lightning developers in Africa. He is also the CEO of Recursive Capital, a venture capital fund focused on funding African bitcoin startups. Finally, Abubakar is a founding member of …

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#28 - Brent Whitehead: The Giga Energy Story and Bitcoin as the Ultimate Incentive for Revolutionizing the Energy Industry 2:30:38

2+ y ago2:30:38

2:30:38

Today’s guest is Brent Whitehead, co-founder of Giga Energy, a company that builds, operates, and sells equipment for off-grid bitcoin mining operations. The mobility, viability, and adaptability of bitcoin mining has in the last few years become recognized for the unique opportunities it represents, for capturing and monetizing stranded or 'waste'…

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#27 - Jean Amiouny: Bringing Canadians into the 'Bitcoin Golden Age' 1:49:15

2+ y ago1:49:15

1:49:15

This episode's guest is Jean Amiouny, co-founder and CEO of Canadian bitcoin exchange, Shakepay. Launched in 2015, Shakepay has become one of the most popular ways to buy bitcoin in Canada, with $7 billion in transaction volume and over one million Canadians signed up to the platform. As you'll hear in this discussion, while their current focus is …

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#26 - Lyn Alden: Bitcoin is the Technological Solution We Need 2:15:23

2+ y ago2:15:23

2:15:23

Today's guest is Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, board director of Swan Bitcoin, and advisor to ego death capital. Lyn is one of the most highly regarded voices in finance today, both for her excellent commentary on the macroeconomic landscape as well as for her sober, analytical approach to understanding bitcoin. Lyn's ability…

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#25 - Gigi: Bitcoin Offers Deep Stability 2:37:08

2+ y ago2:37:08

2:37:08

Welcome to Season 3 of Closing the Loop! As has become tradition, Gigi, our friend and colleague here at Seetee, software engineer, and prolific writer in the bitcoin space, has joined us once again, to get this season kicked off. In our conversation, we reflect on some of the guests and topics of Season 2, discuss our experiences at the Oslo Freed…

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#24 - Leopoldo López: A Life-Long Struggle for Freedom in Venezuela 1:58:33

3y ago1:58:33

1:58:33

Our guest today is Leopoldo López, a democracy activist, former political prisoner of the Maduro government, and national coordinator of the 'Voluntad Popular' political party in Venezuela. We recently met Leopoldo at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway and subsequently had the chance to spend some time with him and hear the harrowing story of his lif…

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#23 - Bernard Parah: All-In on the Mission to Bring More Freedom to Africa w/ Bitcoin 1:47:48

3y ago1:47:48

1:47:48

For this episode, our guest is Bernard Parah. He is the founder and CEO of Bitnob, a Nigerian bitcoin exchange & financial services platform. We met Bernard recently at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway, where we had the chance to hear his story firsthand. His unique perspective on bitcoin, the experience he has gathered when launching Bitnob, and t…

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#22 - Shaun Connell: Bitcoin Mining is the 'Holy Grail' for Power Grids 2:24:47

3y ago2:24:47

2:24:47

This episode's guest is Shaun Connell, Executive Vice President of Power at Lancium. Lancium develops technologies and builds infrastructure to improve the economic efficiency of power production, balance and stabilize the power grid, and improve the viability of renewable energy resources. Shaun has a wealth of experience in energy markets, in par…

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#21 - Farida Nabourema: Bitcoin and the Multi-Generational Struggle for Democracy & Human Rights in Togo 1:42:44

3y ago1:42:44

1:42:44

This episode's guest is Farida Nabourema, a social activist and writer, who since being a teenager, has been a fearless advocate for democracy and human rights in her native Togo. We met Farida recently at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway and were intrigued by her story, her work, and the ways in which she's been educating her followers and communi…

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#20 - Bob Burnett: 'Wild Mining' & Bringing the Market to the Molecule 2:16:44

3y ago2:16:44

2:16:44

This episode's guest is Bob Burnett, chairman and CEO at Barefoot mining. Barefoot focuses primarily on what they call 'wild mining,' or small-to-mid scale bitcoin mining operations, using independent or off-grid energy sources. Their approach is not only contributing to the monetization of remote or stranded energy resources, which otherwise likel…

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#19 - Alex Leishman: The Future of Bitcoin Financial Services 1:33:38

3y ago1:33:38

1:33:38

This episode's guest is Alex Leishman, founder & CEO of River Financial. River is a bitcoin-native financial services firm that offers bitcoin acquisition and management products for individuals, as well as a variety of institutions and high-net-worth investors, through their private client services division. They've also recently begun offering a …

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#18 - Grant Gilliam: Venture Investing in the Bitcoin-Native Ecosystem w/ Ten31 1:41:45

3y ago1:41:45

1:41:45

This episode's guest is Grant Gilliam, co-founder and managing partner of Ten 31. Ten31 is a venture capital firm that invests in leading bitcoin-native companies. In addition to that, Ten31 supports and invests in various free and open-source software projects in the Bitcoin ecosystem to help build out the infrastructure necessary for a hyperbitco…

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#17 - Alex Gladstein: Why 'The Money' is the Biggest Missing Piece in the Fight for Human Rights 1:29:34

3y ago1:29:34

1:29:34

Our guest today is Alex Gladstein. Alex is the Vice President of Strategy for the Oslo Freedom Forum, and the Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally. In recent years, Alex has placed particular focus and emphasis on speaking, writing, and educat…

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#16 - Keyan Kousha: Using Bitcoin to Foster 'Natural Communities' Online w/ Stacker News 1:23:59

3y ago1:23:59

1:23:59

This episode's guest is Keyan Kousha, founder of Stacker News. Stacker News is a user-generated, feed-style news platform, modeled after Hacker News, but with the important distinction of having natively-integrated bitcoin lightning payments, as a means of fostering more natural communities (think less spam and antisocial behavior), cultivating hig…

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#15 - Oscar Merry: Building the Value4Value Infrastructure 1:17:13

3y ago1:17:13

1:17:13

This episode's guest is Oscar Merry, co-founder of Fountain, a popular Podcasting 2.0 app for sharing clips of your favorite podcast segments. The app is also value4value enabled, which means that it allows you to support your favorite show directly, by streaming and boosting sats. As you may have noticed, we at Seetee are big advocates of the emer…

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#14 - Rodolfo Novak: A Decade of Bitcoin Entrepreneurship 1:53:16

3+ y ago1:53:16

1:53:16

This episode's guest is Rodolfo Novak, co-founder and CEO of Coinkite, a popular bitcoin hardware manufacturing business, which has produced such classic products as the COLDCARD hardware wallet, the OPENDIME, and the BLOCKCLOCK MINI (to ensure one never loses track of Moscow time :p). Rodolfo has been an entrepreneur in the bitcoin space for over …

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#13 - Gigi: The Future of Value 1:38:04

3+ y ago1:38:04

1:38:04

For our first episode of the year and season, we thought it would be fun to bring Gigi back on for a discussion about what the team has been working on, highlights and developments from Season 1, some thoughts around the evolution of the value4value model, and our focus for the upcoming year. Thanks to everyone involved, the incredible guests we ha…

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#12 - Cory Klippsten: Building a Bitcoin Company for Bitcoiners, by Bitcoiners 1:44:38

3+ y ago1:44:38

1:44:38

This episode's guest is Cory Klippsten, founder and CEO of Swan Bitcoin, a popular US-based service for buying bitcoin. Swan began as a way to make it easy for people to dollar cost average their bitcoin buys, automating them on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Only bitcoin, and only buying. There is no option to sell with Swan — a not-so-subtle …

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#11 - Steve Barbour: The Solution Is to Plug in More ASICs 1:45:23

3+ y ago1:45:23

1:45:23

For this episode, our guest is Steve Barbour, founder and CEO of Upstream Data. Since 2017, Upstream Data has been pioneering solutions to capture methane emissions in the upstream oil and gas industry. Steve and his team monetize the energy at the source with mobile bitcoin-mining rigs. Steve's ingenuity and success have caused many to begin think…

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#10 - David Bailey: Celebrating Bitcoin Culture 2:09:05

3+ y ago2:09:05

2:09:05

This episode's guest is David Bailey, CEO of BTC Inc., the company behind Bitcoin Magazine, The Bitcoin Conference, and several other brands in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Due to his involvement in Bitcoin since 2013, David has a ton of interesting insights and anecdotes to tell. Not only about the early days of Bitcoin and how things have evolved and p…

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#09 - Adam Curry: Can't Stop the Signal 2:26:24

3+ y ago2:26:24

2:26:24

Today's guest is legendary broadcaster turned podcaster Adam Curry. Adam has had an extremely rich, unique, and interesting career in media. What began as pirate radio in Europe during his teens led to becoming a popular MTV VJ as well as several entrepreneurial ventures in the early days of the internet. Later on, he was one of the first to use an…

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#08 - Preston Pysh: A Once in a Millennium Opportunity 1:38:34

3+ y ago1:38:34

1:38:34

Today's guest is Preston Pysh, co-creator of The Investor's Podcast Network, one of the top global podcast brands for financial education. While his podcast network covers the goings-on in finance, investing, and economics broadly, Preston has more recently focused exclusively on Bitcoin. He is now hosting a weekly discussion with the top entrepren…

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#07 - Dhruv Bansal: Bitcoin-Native Financial Services w/ Unchained Capital 1:50:18

3+ y ago1:50:18

1:50:18

Today's guest is Dhruv Bansal, co-founder and CSO at Unchained Capital. Unchained is a bitcoin-native financial services company that builds products to help individuals and organizations to better custody and hodl their bitcoin. Crucial to this is their focus on collaborative custody using multisig, which allows them to offer robust key management…

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#06 - Whit Gibbs: Now Everyone Can Mine Bitcoin 1:25:20

3+ y ago1:25:20

1:25:20

Today's guest is Whit Gibbs, co-founder, and CEO of Compass Mining. According to their website, "Compass is a Bitcoin-first company, on a mission to support the decentralized growth of hashrate and strengthen network security, by helping more people learn, explore and mine Bitcoin." In the last couple of years, interest in bitcoin mining has seemin…

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#05 - Roy Sheinfeld: The Interface of the Peer to Peer Lightning Economy w/ Breez 1:28:39

3+ y ago1:28:39

1:28:39

Today's guest on Closing the Loop is Roy Sheinfeld. Roy is the CEO and Co-Founder of Breez, a mobile app that aspires to be 'The interface of the peer to peer lightning economy.' Roy and his team have taken a nascent, though still largely intimidating technology and abstracted away much of the complexity so that the average user can begin to intera…

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#04 - Daniel Buchner: Decentralized Identity on Bitcoin w/ Microsoft's ION 1:35:02

3+ y ago1:35:02

1:35:02

Today's guest on Closing the Loop is Daniel Buchner. Daniel is the Senior Product Manager for Decentralized Identity at Microsoft, which in March of 2021 culminated in the launch of ION. ION is an open, public, permissionless Layer 2 Decentralized Identifier network that runs atop the Bitcoin timechain. As life becomes increasingly digital and conc…

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#03 - Harry Sudock: Bitcoin Mining at GRIID, the Evolution of Energy Production, and Human Flourishing 1:32:38

3+ y ago1:32:38

1:32:38

Today's guest is Harry Sudock, VP of Strategy at GRIID, a company that procures low-cost, renewable energy to build, manage, and operate a growing portfolio of vertically-integrated bitcoin mining facilities. Harry is incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about the bitcoin mining industry and extremely dedicated to the cause of Bitcoin generally.…

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#02 - Paul Itoi: Stakwork, Sphinx Chat, and the Bitcoin Lightning Economy 1:20:41

4y ago1:20:41

1:20:41

Paul Itoi is the founder and CEO of Stakwork and has been a tech entrepreneur since the mid-nineties. In his spare time, Paul is also one of the driving forces behind the open-source, lightning-powered chat-app, called Sphinx. As Paul puts it, Stakwork pays the bills, but Sphinx just needed to exist, so they built it. Unlike most people, Paul's ent…

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#01 - Gigi: Introduction to Closing the Loop 1:20:56

4y ago1:20:56

1:20:56

For the inaugural episode of Closing the Loop, it is a genuine honor to introduce you to a highly respected bitcoiner and dear friend of mine, who goes by the name of Gigi. Gigi is a father, educator, meme artist, author, philosopher, and someone who is fully committed to serving the bitcoin project and seeing it succeed. He curates the website bit…

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