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It seems that the future of blockchain industry can go down very different paths, and each path has its group of hard core believers. They can’t all be right. Perhaps by hearing the experts debate, the rest of us can compare their reasoning and see the future a bit more clearly. Whether you’re a builder or investor, whether you consider yourself blockchain-savvy or blockchain-curious, if you want to hear all arguments before predicting the future of blockchain, this podcast is for you. Follow our twitter at @blockdebate. Host: Richard Yan (@gentso09). See you soon! Consensus optional, proof of thought required.
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Guests:
Qiao Wang (@qwqiao)
Jimmy Song (@jimmysong)
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)

We all know the dominant crypto-native perspective on corporate/Wall Street bailouts — as generally anti-intervention, both fiscally and monetarily. But it’s important to hear the other side, if only to kick the tires of your own beliefs. After all, many smart people embrace a statist, big government view, in how to run an economy.

In this debate, we covered many topics, including the following:

  • A way to think about corporate bailouts as claims on a social insurance policy, with an analogy in social security and Medicare
  • How the monetary policies are worsening the wealth gap by giving a disproportionate advantage to the rich not enjoyed by the poor
  • Whether FDR’s intervention policies were instrumental in lifting the nation out of the Great Depression, or this was just revisionist economic history, with these policies accomplishing the opposite or having tepid effects at best

Our two knowledgeable guests are both in the crypto circle, but come from very different backgrounds. One used to be a Wall Street trader and is a finance buff. The other is a bitcoin maximalist and an unapologetic libertarian.

Be sure to also check out our previous episodes too. We’ve featured some of the best known thinkers in the crypto space. And it was great to have a few no-coiners on. I always appreciate their agreeing to do the show, and adding perspectives to what sometimes seem like an echo chamber.

If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.

Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.

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05/05/20 • 106 min

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Guests:
Mike Kelly (@mikekelly85)
Hasu (@hasufl)
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)

Today’s motion is “Nation-state attack on the bitcoin network is an unresolved ticking time bomb.”
In this thorough and fascinating debate, we covered these topics:

  • The motivations of nationstate attacks
  • The mechanisms of nationstate attacks
  • The aftermath of nationstate attacks
  • The preventive mechanism of nationstate attacks

The idea for this debate was born out of a twitter discussion, where someone posted a video of Andreas Antonopoulos dismissing the threat on bitcoin from nationstates.
Now, while you’re here, be sure to also check out our previous episodes too. We’ve featured some of the best known thinkers in the crypto space. And it was great to have a few no-coiners on. I always appreciate their agreeing to do the show, and adding perspectives to what sometimes seem like an echo chamber.
If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.
Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.

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06/29/20 • 91 min

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Guests:
Jonathan "JP" Padilla (@JPadillaCA)
Nick White (@nickwh8te)
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)

Today’s motion is “I largely approve the US government’s fiscal and monetary response to the ongoing economic crisis.”

We recently had another debate on a similar topic, between Qiao Wang and Jimmy Song.

While Qiao argued for the pro-establishment view, he still saw lots of issues with the government’s intervention in the markets. In the debate, Qiao was playing the role of a devil’s advocate, to help the crypto community understand the pro-intervention perspective.

In today’s debate, however, the pro-intervention guest (Jonathan "JP" Padilla) is a Kenseyan, has worked for the Whitehouse, and is very supportive of the government actions during the ongoing crisis.

The anti-intervention guest (Nick White) today is also not a hard-core libertarian like Jimmy from the previous debate. So today’s debate is more consensus-building than that previous debate.

Be sure to also check out our previous episodes too. We’ve featured some of the best known thinkers in the crypto space.

If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.

If you like the show, please give us five stars on iTunes or wherever you listen to this.

Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.

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06/03/20 • 74 min

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Guests:
Jason Williams (@JWilliamsFstmed) - debating FOR the motion
Christian Keroles (@ck_SNARKs) - debating AGAINST the motion
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)
Today’s motion is “Bitcoin halvening is priced in.” Halvening, or halving, refers to the regularly scheduled reduction in the supply of new bitcoins to reward miners. This happens roughly every four years, and the supply is reduced by 50% each time. Halvening is built into the protocol and not a contentious topic. What is contentious, is whether the market for bitcoin has incorporated the effects of this upcoming activity.
The guests we have for this episode are two bitcoiners. One works in bitcoin investment, and the other in bitcoin education and marketing. Turns out there are more areas where the two debaters agree, than disagree. And our listeners can trace the convergence in their arguments. For better or worse, I get involved in the discussion a bit more than usual in this episode. As a sample of topics, we discussed miner response to the halvening, the stock-to-flow model, institutional interests in BTC, and many more.
If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM @blockdebate.
Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.
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02/24/20 • 73 min

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Guests:
John Wolpert (@jwolpert)
Richard Brown (@gendal)
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)
Today’s session is about enterprise blockchain and features a co-founder of Baseline protocol and CTO of R3. The former is building an enterprise solution on a public blockchain, whereas the latter is doing so on a private blockchain. So you will learn about the two approaches as the two guests compare notes on their respective products. And today’s format is more of a discussion rather than a debate. It is an update to a debate that took place between them a year ago.

To derive the most value from today’s discussion, some familiarity with the state of enterprise blockchains is necessary. If you’re new to enterprise blockchain, it’s probably best to check out that previous debate first. It was hosted on another podcast called Insureblocks. Just google “insureblocks enterprise blockchain debate” and you will find that episode. The relevant link will also be in the show notes.
Note that this episode's format will be a little bit different than usual. This will be a follow-up conversation to the previous debate, even though you will still hear plenty of disagreement from our guests.

Also, be sure to check out our previous episodes too, on Bitcoin’s store of value status, tokenization and smart contracts, DeFi, bitcoin halvening, China’s future in blockchain, POW vs POS, and oligopoly vs multiplicity of public blockchains.

If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.

Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.

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04/20/20 • 62 min

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Guests:
Illia Polosukhin (@ilblackdragon) - debating FOR the motion
Zaki Manian (@zmanian) - debating AGAINST the motion
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)
In a world where decentralized applications proliferate, will these applications be built on top of a few or many public blockchains? Exploration of this topic would help us understand the merits of the coexistence of many protocols. On the extreme, each dapp can have its own chain, so that the developers/community for each app can have maximal control over the full stack of their product.
The guests we have for this episode have essentially voted on their position with their feet. The oligopoly advocate is cofounder of a layer-1 protocol, and the multiplicity supporter is a major contributor to one of the earliest, if not the earliest, blockchains designed with interoperability in mind.
Be sure to also check out our previous episodes too, on Bitcoin’s store of value status, tokenization and smart contracts, DeFi, bitcoin halvening, China’s future in blockchain, and POW vs POS.
If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.
Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.
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04/15/20 • 62 min

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Guests:
Matthew Graham (@mattysino) - debating FOR the motion
Avichal Garg (@avichal) - debating AGAINST the motion
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)
Today’s motion is “China will lead the world in blockchain innovation.”
With a huge market, vast amount of capital, loose regulations (in a de facto sense anyway), deep bench of talent and prowess for imitation, China is a powerful incubator of tech and product, both in blockchain and other tech industries. China is the place for concentration of mining power, top exchanges and now potentially a pioneer for national digital currency. Global crypto investors may be interested in knowing, will true innovation come out of China? And for western entrepreneurs and operators, what can they learn from their Chinese friends? Today’s debate will help address these questions.
The guests we have for this episode are founders of two crypto funds: One is a US transplant into Beijing who now considers it home. While the other has been a Silicon Valley lifer since college.
If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.
Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.
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03/09/20 • 78 min

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03/25/20 • 101 min

Guests:
Kevin Sekniqi (@kevinsekniqi) - debating FOR the motion
Tarun Chitra (@tarunchitra) - debating AGAINST the motion
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)
Today’s motion is “POS will overtake POW.”
This is an important topic for a few reasons. First, from an investor’s perspective, this is another angle of evaluating BTC vs its challengers, which by and large are POS, or moving to POS. Second, this provides guidance to architects of new protocols in making design decisions.
If we were to measure the dominance of POW via market cap, of the top 20 coins on CMC, coins with a POW mechanism (with no serious plans to migrate to something else), take up 74% of the share of market cap.
The two guests we have for this episode are: a builder of a highly anticipated POS-based protocol; and a creator of an extremely interesting business that simulates protocol behavior, to help protocol designers make more sound decisions.
I want to note that, about 70 minutes into the debate, the discussion shifted to a general conversation about money characteristics of bitcoin, and this goes on for about 25 minutes. This was not directly relevant to the motion, but I kept it in nonetheless, for the insights it shed.
Make sure to check out our previous episodes too, on Bitcoin’s store of value status, tokenization and smart contracts, DeFi, bitcoin halvening, and China’s future in blockchain.
If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate.
Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.
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03/25/20 • 101 min

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04/30/20 • 91 min

Guests:
Uri Klarman (@uriklarman)
Mrinal Manohar (casperlabs.io)
Host:
Richard Yan (@gentso09)

The guests we have today have close ties to Ethereum. One is actively working on a solution to scale the 1.0 version. The other was an early investor in Ethereum.
In this episode, I learned about:

  • An interesting layer-0 approach to improve the performance of Ethereum 1.0 as well as any layer-1 protocol;
  • Disadvantages in layer-2 solutions with similar value proposition in scaling;
  • Main benefits of upgrading from Ethereum 1.0 to Ethereum 2.0, besides the change from POW to POS;
  • And other non-scaling goodies such as perspectives on M&A of public blockchains in a crowded space.

Be sure to also check out our previous episodes too, on Bitcoin’s store of value status, tokenization and smart contracts, DeFi, bitcoin halvening, China’s future in blockchain, POW vs POS, oligopoly vs multiplicity of public blockchains, and permissioned vs permissionless blockchain for enterprise usage.
If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.
Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.
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04/30/20 • 91 min

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How many episodes does The Blockchain Debate Podcast have?

The Blockchain Debate Podcast currently has 39 episodes available.

What topics does The Blockchain Debate Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Investing, Ethereum, Crypto, Podcasts, Technology, Debate and Business.

What is the most popular episode on The Blockchain Debate Podcast?

The episode title 'Motion: Corporate bailouts and capital market rescues make sense (Qiao Wang vs. Jimmy Song)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Blockchain Debate Podcast?

The average episode length on The Blockchain Debate Podcast is 79 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Blockchain Debate Podcast released?

Episodes of The Blockchain Debate Podcast are typically released every 19 days, 15 hours.

When was the first episode of The Blockchain Debate Podcast?

The first episode of The Blockchain Debate Podcast was released on Dec 16, 2019.

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