Fundamentals of Fundamentals

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In this episode, I sit down with Keith Gardner, founder and CEO of Branta, to unpack a deceptively simple but critical missing piece in Bitcoin: pre‑payment verification. Fresh off the Vegas conference energy, we talk about how real‑world spending still feels nerve‑wracking—from my early Ledger Live panic to sending tuition via an Unchained vault—and why man‑in‑the‑middle risks and fat‑finger...

I sit down with Jordan Bush to trace an unlikely arc—from a chance connection at PubKey’s Danish Christmas lunch to a candid deep-dive on faith, Bitcoin, and personal transformation. We swap stories from Nashville beefsteaks and Austin meetups, then get honest about career upheaval, trusting God without a safety net, and how money metaphors run through Scripture. We explore “Thank God for...

http://www.magicinternetmath.comhttps://zeuspay.com/btc-for-institutionsX: @Fundamentals21mIn this long-overdue episode, I take a hard, first-principles look at so‑called “digital credit” — issuing liabilities against Bitcoin — with MicroStrategy/Strategy’s preferreds as the prime case study. I lay out what works (clear dividends, accrual features, and board accountability mechanisms) and what...

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First-ever guest episode! I’m joined by novelist and Bitcoiner Avi Burra for a soul-to-soul conversation about art, risk, and what Bitcoin does to our lives and relationships. We unpack his fiction 24 and the sequel July 18 without spoilers—touching on grief, double lives, treasure hunts, OP_RETURN breadcrumbs, and a dash of magic realism inspired by hypnotherapy and Rudolf Steiner. Avi shares...

In this episode, I sit down with Seth, the builder behind Zap Cooking, to unpack how a simple idea—sharing recipes on Nostr—grew into a full-stack, food-first social experience with zaps, a built-in self-custody wallet, social feeds, AI cooking tools, and a peer‑to‑peer marketplace. We trace the project’s roots from early “Nostr Cooking” experiments to today’s Zap Cooking at zap.cooking, talk...

https://www.magicinternetmath.comIn this solo episode, I press on an uncomfortable but important gap in Bitcoin’s “don’t trust, verify” culture: the moment you actually buy. We obsess over self-custody, nodes, air‑gapped cold storage, Tor, and Lightning—but almost nobody verifies the asset at point of purchase. I explore why that blind spot exists, how escrow and multisig workflows could mitigate...

In this solo “special” for Episode 5, I step back from our usual co-hosted format with Rob to share the why and how behind Magic Internet Math. I walk through what’s live today—100+ free courses, skill-building games, and several proof‑of‑concept video series—and explain the core idea driving it all: teaching math as a liberal art. I trace the project’s roots through my own journey from actuarial...

https://www.magicinternetmath.comIn this solo “Fundamentals of Fundamentals” episode, I dig into the real economics of guarantees—what they are, why they always cost something, and how misunderstanding their boundaries breeds bad decisions. I walk through intuitive examples (from a 3 PM pickup promise to banks and letters of credit) and the institutional mechanics I used to run—hedging market...