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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

Dr. Saifedean Ammous

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...

Episodes

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348. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Lecture 2: Money

Lecture 2 in The Bitcoin Standard explains the problem money solves, how the solution shapes the desirable properties of money: salability a...

41:49Oct 20, 2026

347. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Launch Lecture

Starting this week, Saifedean will be sharing a new online course on The Bitcoin Standard, revisiting the book almost 10 years on. This firs...

34:53Oct 13, 2026

346. The Bitcoin Standard 2018 Launch

Throwback to Saifedean's 2018 launch of The Bitcoin Standard with his first book talk, held in Vienna, fittingly enough! BitGo: Institutiona...

98:43Oct 6, 2026

345. Bitcoin, Mining, and Stablecoins

Saifedean is hosted by Bitcoin Magazine TV to discuss his recent work on Bitcoin mining and stablecoins, as well as the US fiscal outlook. �...

33:58Sep 29, 2026

344. Can Stablecoins Save the Dollar?

Saifedean examines whether growing stablecoin demand can reduce price inflation & help US fiscal solvency. He focuses on often-overlooked tr...

62:44Sep 22, 2026

343. Bitcoin Electricity Consumption May Have Peaked

Saifedean argues bitcoin mining electricity consumption and capital expenditure may have peaked, and presents the argument as a testable hyp...

29:08Sep 15, 2026

342. Hardware Wallets: Security or Liability

Saifedean hosts a debate between JW Weatherman and Giacomo Zucco on whether hardware wallets are a security liability. They discuss the Cold...

145:58Sep 8, 2026

341. Bitcoin Custody with Ben Westgate & BTC Pavao

Saifedean talks to Ben Westgate and @BtCPavao about how to store bitcoin safely with Bitcoin Core and an old laptop, generating and backing...

104:15Sep 1, 2026

340. Fiat, gold & bitcoin: Interview with Mark Moss.

Saifedean joins Mark Moss to discuss how fiat money and central banking are destroying people's ability to build wealth, why Bitcoin beats g...

67:25Aug 25, 2026

339. DIY Bitcoin with HAC

Bitcoiner HAC invites us to rethink Bitcoin hardware from scratch. What does a signing device actually do and can you do it yourself? He mak...

71:15Aug 18, 2026

338. How Gold Could Have Gone Global - The Gold Standard Audiobook, Chapter 9

Saifedean reads Chapter 9 of his latest book, The Gold Standard, in which the world gets a decentralized and censorship-resistant internatio...

45:32Aug 11, 2026

337. ColdCard Hack & Seedsigner with Seed

Founder of the Seedsigner open source project joins us to discuss the Coldcard hack, how the Seedsigner works, and the advantages of open so...

89:25Aug 4, 2026

IMPORTANT ColdCard SECURITY UPDATE

Important security update for anyone using a COLDCARD. There has been a serious vulnerability disclosed involving the randomness used by som...

4:53Aug 2, 2026

336. Rothbard at 100 Conference: Talks by Ammous, Hoppe, Kinsella & de Mombynes

Description: Four talks from Rothbard's centenary celebration last month in Porto: Ammous: Rothbard on Palestine Hoppe: Hurdles, Obstacles,...

115:03Jul 28, 2026

335. Bitcoin & the Surveillance State with Cory Klippsten

Cory Klippsten, founder and CEO of Swan, joins us to discuss the accelerating surveillance state, why bitcoin is the alternative to the left...

72:20Jul 21, 2026

334. Principles of Economics Lecture 18: Civilization

The final lecture of Principles of Economics makes the case for civilization, how it emerges when reason restrains instinct & lowers time pr...

65:49Jul 14, 2026

333. The Fiat Trap with Nicolas Cary

Saifedean joins Nick Carey to discuss money as a civilizational force: why mainstream economics has an inflation blind spot, how banks "mine...

54:39Jul 7, 2026

332. Principles of Economics Lecture 17: Defense

Lecture 17 of Principles of Economics explores the economics of defense as a market good rather than a uniquely governmental function, how l...

98:36Jun 30, 2026

331. Palestine, Israel & Property Rights - Interview with Mario Nawfal

In this interview with Mario Nawfal, Saifedean presents the Misesian case against Israel, and argues the only way to understand the Palestin...

35:35Jun 23, 2026

330. Rothbard At 100 - A Tribute And Assessment

Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Stephan Kinsella read the preface, introduction, and first chapter of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, publ...

100:17Jun 16, 2026