The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

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  337. ColdCard Hack & Seedsigner with Seed 04.08.2026 1u 29min

  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: @seedsigner Twitter profile of Seed: @sesi_the_man Twitter profiles of other key contributors: @KeithMukai @newtonick @easyuxd
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  IMPORTANT ColdCard SECURITY UPDATE 02.08.2026 4min

  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 bitcoin. First, an important reassurance: if you followed best practices and generated your own s...
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  336. Rothbard at 100 Conference: Talks by Ammous, Hoppe, Kinsella & de Mombynes 28.07.2026 1u 55min

  Description: Four talks from Rothbard's centenary celebration last month in Porto: Ammous: Rothbard on Palestine Hoppe: Hurdles, Obstacles, and Surprises on the Road to Rothbardianism Kinsella: Rothbard's Greatest Hits De Mombynes: Rothbard & Bitcoin The accompanying book, Rothbard at 100, is available from TheSaifHouse.com
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  335. Bitcoin & the Surveillance State with Cory Klippsten 21.07.2026 1u 12min

  Cory Klippsten, founder and CEO of Swan, joins us to discuss the accelerating surveillance state, why bitcoin is the alternative to the left and right, and why stablecoins, gold, and CBDCs don't threaten Bitcoin. Swan - Your Partner for Generational Wealth - https://swan.com/saif
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  334. Principles of Economics Lecture 18: Civilization 14.07.2026 1u 5min

  The final lecture of Principles of Economics makes the case for civilization, how it emerges when reason restrains instinct & lowers time preference, enabling capital accumulation & division of labor, increasing peace & prosperity over generations, & how it can collapse. Get all course notes and slides on https://saifedean.com/poecourse
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  333. The Fiat Trap with Nicolas Cary 07.07.2026 53min

  Saifedean joins Nick Carey to discuss money as a civilizational force: why mainstream economics has an inflation blind spot, how banks "mine" fiat through credit creation, why the rich hold negative fiat balances to acquire hard assets, and how inflation funds war, corrodes morality, and raises time preference.
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  332. Principles of Economics Lecture 17: Defense 30.06.2026 1u 37min

  Lecture 17 of Principles of Economics explores the economics of defense as a market good rather than a uniquely governmental function, how law and order emerge through voluntary provision, the failure modes inherent of the state's monopoly over defense & law, and what a free market in defense would look like. Get all course notes and slides on https://saifedean.com/poecourse
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  331. Palestine, Israel & Property Rights - Interview with Mario Nawfal 23.06.2026 34min

  In this interview with Mario Nawfal, Saifedean presents the Misesian case against Israel, and argues the only way to understand the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is that it is the result of the denial of property rights for Palestinians based purely on their not belonging to the ruling ethnoreligious group. Join Crowdhealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/
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  330. Rothbard At 100 - A Tribute And Assessment 16.06.2026 1u 39min

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Stephan Kinsella read the preface, introduction, and first chapter of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, published by The Saif House, July 2026. Preorder your copy now, and join us for the Rothbard At 100 conference in Porto on June 27. Details are on rothbard100.pt
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  329. Principles of Economics Lecture 16: Violence 09.06.2026 1u 22min

  16th lecture of Principles of Economics explores the economics of violence in both its private and governmental forms, the non-aggression principle as the foundation of peaceful cooperation, how government coercion differs from market exchange, and the rationales offered to justify state violence. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse Crowdhealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/
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  328. Property Rights: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 02.06.2026 50min

  Saifedean presents the Misesian case against Israel, and argues the only way to understand the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is that it is the result of the denial of property rights for Palestinians based purely on their not belonging to the ruling ethnoreligious group. Full Article: https://saifedean.substack.com/p/property-rights-the-root-cause-of Article on X: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1987845360484520258
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  327. Principles of Economics Lecture 15: Monetary Expansion 26.05.2026 1u 33min

  15th lecture of Principles of Economics explores monetary expansion as the issuance of credit unbacked by savings, how it distorts interest rates and misallocates capital, why this generates the business cycle, Mises' money typology & how central banks are central planners of capital markets. Get all course notes and slides on https://saifedean.com/poecourse
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  326. On Milei and Rothbard 19.05.2026 50min

  Saifedean reads the text of his new article on Argentina's Javier Milei experiment, and also reads the text of his tribute to Murray Rothbard, to be published in Rothbard At 100: A Tribute and Assessment, a collection of essays edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Stephan Kinsella celebrating Rothbard's centenary, available for preorder now from The Saif House Rothbard at 100: Hardcover – Preorder: https://academy.saifedean.com/product/rothbard-at-100-hardcover/
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  325. Principles of Economics Lecture 14: Credit and Banking 12.05.2026 1u 16min

  Fourteenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores credit and banking as the institutions that channel savings into investment, how commodity credit emerges from real savings, while circulation credit comes from money creation, why interest rates reflect time preference, and whether interest can be eliminated with hard money. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
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  324. Apolar Money: Lecture at the Global Economy & Finance Conference in Seoul 05.05.2026 1u 23min

  Saifedean makes the case for bitcoin as apolar money, the only workable alternative to a government global reserve currency and a unipolar world order, and how geopolitical developments underscore this role.
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  323. Principles of Economics Lecture 13: Time Preference 28.04.2026 41min

  Thirteenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores time preference as the rate at which individuals discount the future, how property rights and hard money reduce uncertainty and lower time preference, enabling saving and investment, and why the progressive lowering of time preference is the driving force behind capital accumulation and the process of civilization. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
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  322. Principles of Economics Lecture 12: Capitalism 21.04.2026 58min

  Twelfth lecture of Principles of Economics explores capitalism as the system of private ownership of capital goods, how free capital markets allocate resources to their most productive uses through profit and loss, why economic calculation requires private property, and why socialism fails without it. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse Sponsors: Crowdhealth - https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ Daylight - The computer, de-invented - https://daylightcomputer.com/ CoinKite ...
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  321. Principles of Economics Lecture 11: Markets 14.04.2026 1u 5min

  Eleventh lecture of Principles of Economics explains how individual preferences coordinate production and consumption decisions through economic calculation based on property rights, and why consumer sovereignty drives entrepreneurial decisions in the market order. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
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  320. Principles of Economics Lecture 10: Money 07.04.2026 1u 34min

  Tenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores money as the most salable good, how it emerges from trade, solves the coincidence-of-wants problem, enables calculation and specialization, preserves value across time, and why hardness matters more than quantity. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
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  319. Escalating from Suez to Waterloo 31.03.2026 52min

  Trump’s Three-Card-Monte Takes on the Chess Grandmasters This is a full reading of Saifedean's article analyzing one month of the Iran War and its likely political and economic consequences. https://x.com/saifedean/status/2038250120890769859 https://saifedean.substack.com/p/escalating-from-suez-to-waterloo