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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

Dr. Saifedean Ammous 366 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

Saifedean's The Bitcoin Standard Podcast is the place to discuss Bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school's perspective. Listen to the weekly saifedean.com discussion seminar, where a group of learners from all over the world discuss the website's online courses, as well as a wide variety of economic, political, and social issues, and occasionally host special guests for the discussion. The podcast also includes the most interesting interviews conducted with Saifedean on other shows.

Episodes

347. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Launch Lecture
347. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Launch Lecture Oct 13, 2026 2027 Starting this week, Saifedean will be sharing a new online course on The Bitcoin Standard, revisiting the book almost 10 years on. This first lecture covers the prologue: how Bitcoin started, how it gained value, and why it is digital cash and digital hard money.BitGo: Institutional custody, now available to every Bitcoiner. Sign up on https://bitgo.com/CrowdHealth: The Bitcoiner’s answer to fiat
346. The Bitcoin Standard 2018 Launch
346. The Bitcoin Standard 2018 Launch Oct 6, 2026 5857 Throwback to Saifedean's 2018 launch of The Bitcoin Standard with his first book talk, held in Vienna, fittingly enough!BitGo: Institutional custody, now available to every Bitcoiner. Sign up on BitGo.com
345. Bitcoin, Mining, and Stablecoins
345. Bitcoin, Mining, and Stablecoins Sep 29, 2026 1972 Saifedean is hosted by Bitcoin Magazine TV to discuss his recent work on Bitcoin mining and stablecoins, as well as the US fiscal outlook.🔗👇🏼 SponsorsSwan - Your Partner for Generational Wealth - https://swan.com/saifThe Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off for paying in bitcoin - https://TheSaifHouse.com
344. Can Stablecoins Save the Dollar?
344. Can Stablecoins Save the Dollar? Sep 22, 2026 3701 Saifedean examines whether growing stablecoin demand can reduce price inflation & help US fiscal solvency. He focuses on often-overlooked trade-offs: lost seigniorage, displaced long-term Treasury demand & bank credit, & more fragile short-term funding & rollover risk.Marina Azzimonti and Vincenzo Quadrini — Digital Assets and the Exorbitant Dollar Privilege Marina Azzimonti and Vi
343. Bitcoin Electricity Consumption May Have Peaked
343. Bitcoin Electricity Consumption May Have Peaked Sep 15, 2026 1765 Saifedean argues bitcoin mining electricity consumption and capital expenditure may have peaked, and presents the argument as a testable hypothesis, and discusses the long-term implications for bitcoin, mining, and AI.Full Article: https://saifedean.substack.com/p/bitcoin-electricity-consumption-mayhttps://x.com/saifedean/status/2099782818138128866 Sponsors:Swan - Your Partner for Generational Wea
342. Hardware Wallets: Security or Liability
342. Hardware Wallets: Security or Liability Sep 8, 2026 8695 Saifedean hosts a debate between JW Weatherman and Giacomo Zucco on whether hardware wallets are a security liability. They discuss the Cold Card entropy backdoor, multi-vendor multisig, the code review process in Bitcoin Core, using generic laptops, and how to think about your threat model.Sponsors: Swan: Buy your bitcoin and get concierge service from https://bit.ly/3KeR1Li The Saif House: Get
341. Bitcoin Custody with Ben Westgate & BTC Pavao
341. Bitcoin Custody with Ben Westgate & BTC Pavao Sep 1, 2026 6191 Saifedean talks to Ben Westgate and @BtCPavao about how to store bitcoin safely with Bitcoin Core and an old laptop, generating and backing up keys, the problems with BIP39 seed phrases, when multisig makes sense, custodians, and why gambling and lending destroy stacks.
340. Fiat, gold & bitcoin: Interview with Mark Moss.
340. Fiat, gold & bitcoin: Interview with Mark Moss. Aug 25, 2026 3982 Saifedean joins Mark Moss to discuss how fiat money and central banking are destroying people's ability to build wealth, why Bitcoin beats gold as a store of value, the recent Cold Card hack, self-custody, and whether borrowing to buy Bitcoin is a smart strategy.
339. DIY Bitcoin with HAC
339. DIY Bitcoin with HAC Aug 18, 2026 4169 Bitcoiner HAC invites us to rethink Bitcoin hardware from scratch. What does a signing device actually do and can you do it yourself? He makes the case for why DIY Bitcoin with generic hardware is better than specialized Bitcoin hardware.Twitter: https://x.com/heavilyarmedcYeticold: https://yeticold.com/Mentioned GitHub: https://github.com/bowlarbear/yeti-2.0WTF Happened in 1971: https://wtfhappen
338. How Gold Could Have Gone Global - The Gold Standard Audiobook, Chapter 9
338. How Gold Could Have Gone Global - The Gold Standard Audiobook, Chapter 9 Aug 11, 2026 2626 Saifedean reads Chapter 9 of his latest book, The Gold Standard, in which the world gets a decentralized and censorship-resistant international gold clearance system that changes the course of history! You can buy the full audiobook on Audible or saifedean.com, and get your physical copies from Amazon or saifedean.com
337. ColdCard Hack & Seedsigner with Seed
337. ColdCard Hack & Seedsigner with Seed Aug 4, 2026 5259 Founder of the Seedsigner open source project joins us to discuss the Coldcard hack, how the Seedsigner works, and the advantages of open source solutions.Seedsigner website: https://seedsigner.com/Twitter profile of Seed Signer: @seedsignerTwitter profile of Seed: @sesi_the_manTwitter profiles of other key contributors: @KeithMukai @newtonick @easyuxd
IMPORTANT ColdCard SECURITY UPDATE
IMPORTANT ColdCard SECURITY UPDATE Aug 2, 2026 310 Important security update for anyone using a COLDCARD.There has been a serious vulnerability disclosed involving the randomness used by some COLDCARD devices when generating Bitcoin seeds.If you use a COLDCARD, I recommend moving your bitcoin to a completely new seed generated somewhere else. If you use another wallet today but you generated the seeds on a coldcard, you should also move your bitco

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