Brandon Bucher is an engineer and the co-founder of LightningPay.nz. Brandon and I talk about the recent indictments against the Samourai founders whose wallet was operating a bitcoin mixing service. They are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmission business which echo with the privacy battles in the 90s over encryption. We get into lightning network adoption, privacy, and the future outlook of your UTXO. Timestamps: 00:00 Samourai indictment08:22 moving the goal posts16:26 privacy as choice21:37 privacy long game26:11 cypherpunks and the battle  32:26 lightning network 38:04 public info on lightning41:09 adoption in lighting49:12 UTXO scarcity54:25 LightningPay.nz1:02:25 rapid fire1:05:24 fin Some notes from the show: Samourai indictment  coin-join/whirlpool  Bitcoin fog  Tornado Cash founder sentenced to prison   Coin Centre post by Peter Van Valkenburgh  unannounced lightning channels  Lighting charts  River Reports  eCash  Lightning Pay  Contact Brandon: X LinkedIn Find Jeff: X LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 842607. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Ian Woolford has made a career working at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and presently he's the director of money and cash which is overseeing the CBDC or Digital Cash program. The RBNZ is partway through a series of consultations to get public feedback and opinion on a Reserve Bank issued digital currency.  In this conversation Ian makes it very clear that the Reserve Bank wants cash to remain as close to regular cash as possible meaning that anonymity is preserved, and activity is not tracked. Ian also highlights that innovation in banking by banks has been woeful and they hope to encourage non-bank players to innovate here to provide more options for Kiwis. Timestamps: 00:00 intro03:05 rural access to cash & services08:24 balancing physical and digital cash10:56 is this a CBDC?12:21 blockchain?15:14 benefits of digital cash19:36 innovation in cash 24:54 privacy28:40 banking access for startups30:22 rapidfire33:02 fin Some notes from the show: rural cash trial program  cyclone Gabrielle cash shortage  ESAS settlement  Northern Rock's trouble  Nigeria's CBDC failure  Sweden's e-krona  Ecuador's Dinero Electronico   RBNZ privacy support paper  RBNZ Digital Cash Feedback  Contact Ian: LinkedIn RBNZ Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 842510. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Brooke Howard-Smith is the founder of Otterfish that is at the heart of the creator economy and influencer marketing. He's also a cofounder of Non-Fungible Labs which is now a part of Futureverse. Brooke and I broadly cover what's happening with AI and how its affecting everything digital and where Web3 fits in. We jump right in Brooke is talking about everyone leveraging what they love, being commercial and non commercial at the same time in the creator economy. Timestamps: 00:00 intro 00:56 monetizing & creator economy05:15 web312:26 spotify, superapps, & AI18:15 instagram & influence marketing23:08 client AI tools in the creator economy 28:40 personal AI use 38:46 non fungible labs41:55 fluf launch & futureverse46:22 gemini's mis-launch51:58 rapidfire1:02:31 fin Some notes from the show: Gino the Ghost on music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb2NG6NWyhjisymBWg8aSXQ  Kurzweil's singularity https://www.singularity.com/  Otterfish https://otterfish.com/  Brian Armstrong AI use https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1779946210226577913  Futureverse https://www.futureverse.com/  unstoppable art machine https://www.instagram.com/unstoppableartmachine/?hl=en  fluf launch https://nfts.wtf/what-the-fluf-3d-bunnies-break-the-blockchain/  Gemini's mis-launch https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-woke-ai-image-generation/  Asian shopping https://youtu.be/p3RhRB3YJks?si=M-y5cZab34sQ3Q5G  Ready Player One announcement https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/ready-player-one-metaverse-warner-bros-discovery-1235862190/  Golden https://heresgolden.com/  Contact Brooke: X/Twitter LinkedIn Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 839555. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Leo Clark is a documentary filmmaker that is presently working with the Nouns DAO community. His latest film, NON-FUNGIBLE AOTEAROA, is debuting at the American Documentary and Animation Film Festival in Palm Springs with the tagline: See how NFTs and Nouns DAO are transforming people’s lives in New Zealand. In this conversation Leo and I talk about the Nouns project and what the community is doing with NFTs and funding artists, we get into Farcaster and decentralised social media and touch on CC-zero (CC0) licensing and how it aligns with web3. Timestamps: 00:00 intro & doco12:13 NFT art14:46 Nouns20:58 community funding26:06 Farcaster31:46 Warpcast35:50 incentives39:59 mint everything42:41 nouns cafe46:42 CC0 no copyright50:43 rapid-fire52:13 fin Some notes from the show: The Doco  The Festival Nouns  Prophouse  Nouns names a new species of frog  Farcaster  Warpcast  Frames  CC0 No Copyright Contact Leo: X/Twitter Warpcast Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 834418. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Sam Kamani has lots of experience in tech, from being a founder to a VC, an advisor, and an author. We talk about 3 important aspects to entrepreneurship: talent, ability to raise capital, and access to market. In the back third we get into trends in Web 3 including decentralised physical infrastructure (DePIn) and ETFs. Timestamps: 00:00 intro01:12 realestate/density/Dubai 05:22 web3 in Dubai09:29 capital & market access15:57 New Zealand's rating17:18 Sam's background22:47 Kiwi access to capital27:28 no-code tools31:52 the 30 day startup 37:22 post covid 37:40 trends in web3 - stablecoins46:52 DePIn50:13 ETFs56:45 rapid fire1:00:20 fin Some notes from the show: Norway's Oil Fund  autowhale  Cookbook.dev  Remix IDE  The 30 Day Startup  PayPal stablecoin  Chris Rothfuss in Wyoming  Contact Sam: X/Twitter LinkedIn Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 832462. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Will Remor is a former quantitative risk analysist from traditional banking that got into stablecoins via the maker DAI project. He's consulted on a number of finance, stablecoin, and defi protocols, including New Zealand's newest stablecoin the NZDD, and has been involved with asset tokenization (or RWAs) from the early days. In this conversation Will takes us through some of the key differences between USDC, Tether, and DAI. We talk about some of the prominent depegging events affecting USDC when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed and who remembers 20% yield in Anchor and the Terra-Luna death spiral. Timestamps: 00:00 intro01:15 background in finance03:19 open banking06:00 2017-era crypto  11:49 what's a stablecoin?16:55 circle19:07 tether 21:50 DAI & maker27:30 NZDD35:36 mechanics39:49 stay pegged44:11 USDC depegs53:23 UST Terra/Luna58:46 tokenizing real world assets1:14:10 opening markets1:17:20 rapid fire1:26:20 finSome notes from the show: tZero ETHLend history Paul Salisbury from Everlasting Janine Grainger from EasyCrypto Stables by marketcap  Circle winds down consortium  USDC SVB depeg  TrueUSD arbitrage  Contact Will: LinkedIn Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 828304. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Aditya Das is a crypto analyst and writer with a background in applied economics working with Brave New Coin and the Techemy Group analysing macro trends in the crypto and wider markets. In this conversation Aditya and I cover the Bitcoin ETF and it acting as a gateway for an Ethereum ETF, broader Ethereum scaling solutions such as proto danksharding and layer 2 mechanisms. We touch on the halving, US elections, and the tokenisation of real world assets including stablecoins. ----------------Timestamps: 00:00 intro01:07 background & Silk Road06:40 applied economics09:03 Bitcoin ETF16:16 GBTC outflows19:41 Ethereum ETF24:31 scaling Ethereum33:33 halving40:37 US election44:20 new projects 47:41 stabull.finance51:51 tokenised realworld assets56:00 rapidfire59:03 fin----------------Some notes from the show: Brave New Coin https://bravenewcoin.com/ American Kingpin by Nick Bolton https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31920777-american-kingpin Ross Ulbricht https://freeross.org/ Aaron Schwartz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz Bitcoin ETF tracker https://www.tradingview.com/markets/etfs/funds-bitcoin/ Grayscale GBTC https://decrypt.co/resources/gbtc-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-grayscale-bitcoin-trust XRP not a security https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-says-sec-lawsuit-vs-ripple-labs-can-proceed-trial-some-claims-2023-07-13/ ETH ETF tracker https://blockworks.co/ethereum-etf BTC-ETH correlation https://www.blockchaincenter.net/en/crypto-correlation-tool/ Danksharding https://cointelegraph.com/explained/danksharding-and-proto-danksharding-explained halving countdown https://www.nicehash.com/countdown/btc-halving-2024-05-10-12-00 Powell on 60 Minutes https://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-transcript-fed-chair-jerome-powell-60-minutes-interview-economy/ Ramblocks https://www.ramblocks.com/ Stabull Stablecoin AMM https://stabull.finance/ Contact Aditya: X/Twitter  LinkedIn  Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 829267. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Darcy Ungaro is the host of the Everyday Investor podcast, and he advises clients in a range of financial matters from mortgages all the way to Bitcoin. In this conversation Darcy and I broadly cover financial advice in the age of digital assets such as the Bitcoin ETF and strategies to modernize that dusty portfolio.  ----------------Timestamps: 00:00 intro01:00 finite supply & property07:37 trad-fi advice13:08 responsibility for other's money15:38 not financial advice20:26 60/40 portfolio 27:00 update your models30:00 zombie apocalypse 32:15 bitcoin curious35:46 crypto portfolio43:18 bitcoin ETF50:52 diversification  54:32 property 59:29 rapid fire1:05:50 fin----------------Some notes from the show: Bitcoin ETF news BITO Fred Kruger record NZ immigration Peter Schiff on The Everyday Investor Contact Darcy: X/Twitter LinkedIn Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 828315. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Janine Grainger is the cofounder and CEO of Easy Crypto which is coming up on their 6th anniversary and very well known in New Zealand. In this conversation we talk about growing a crypto company, competition in the New Zealand market, building a wallet and some of the security issues that come with it, and deploying an NZ dollar stablecoin on the main chains.  ----------------Timestamps: 00:00 intro01:17 hi-tech awards  05:35 WTF is crypto documentary08:20 long term goals 11:46 competition in the NZ market15:00 exchange vs swaps  18:43 building a wallet22:50 seed phrases & security30:07 NZDD stablecoin42:00 rapidfire45:25 fin----------------Some notes from the show: NZ Hi-Tech awards  WTF is Crypto  MPC for crypto wallets  account abstraction  social recovery  DFX exploit (affected NZDS)  AUDD  Contact Janine: LinkedIn Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 817074. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Simon Collins is the founder of Stackr.co.nz, a Bitcoin mining company that uses sustainable and renewable energy sources. Simon is also the lead on the fundraising campaign to Orange Pill New Zealand parliament, and that is what we're talking about today. As we lead up to an election here in New Zealand we're listening to a lot of promises from the parties, many of them economic, but none of them are talking of potential alternative financial paths. The plan is simple: raise money to buy copies of The Bitcoin Standard to send to all 120 MPs in New Zealand's next, 54th parliament. ----------------Timestamps: 02:06 orange pilling09:44 Plato's cave15:45 sound money as a threat to Bitcoin  19:23 convincing politicians 23:00 remittances30:50 breaking the spending addiction38:02 Sov & MoE40:04 inflation/deflation58:28 The Bitcoin Standard 56:00 rapidfire58:31 fin----------------Some notes from the show: NZ Parliament Fundraiser  The Bitcoin Standard  Plato's cave  Cantillon effect  Why the Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin   Javier Milei to Abolish Argentinian Central Bank  The Price of Tomorrow  A Progressive's Case For Bitcoin  Simon on The Everday Investor  Contact Simon: X/Twitter:  LinkedIn:  Find Jeff: X/Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 807695. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Joerg Buss is the Cofounder of Timpi, a decentralised search engine. Joerg is a long time cyber security professional that is now playing in the blockchain space. In this conversation we talk about taking on google by incentivising others to index the web, returning unbiased information, as well as some of the ethical issues around AI and ads in search. ----------------Timestamps: 01:40 darkscope05:35 cybersecurity 10:33 decentralised search 13:12 indexing20:25 results speed24:28 bias 31:52 access to information33:31 ethical ads35:50 tokens37:27 building on cosmos38:38 AI ethics 43:52 rapidfire45:11 fin----------------Some notes from the show: Darkscope https://www.darkscope.com/ DHB ransomware attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikato_District_Health_Board_ransomware_attack  Timpi https://timpi.io/ DuckDuckGo results https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ Cosmos IBC https://cosmos.network/ibc/ Neutaro https://neutaro.com/ Contact Joerg: Web https://timpi.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/beawarenz/ Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 801258. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

David Ding is a futurist, founder, and tech advisor, and I haven't yet decided if he's a bit mad, or a bit genius. I think its likely he's a bit of both. By day David is an innovation advisor at Callaghan Innovation, he's deep in the start up and founder mindset, and loves the potential that immutable distributed systems have for reformation. In this conversation we get into the idea of trinity systems - infinity + binary; over-unity thinking, self sovereignty, authority deferral, and what's on the horizon beyond blockchain. ----------------Timestamps: 01:23 - ternary thinking 10:12 - data sovereignty & OpenAI 15:36 - deferred authority 22:21 - AI applications 30:40 - tech advisement 36:35 - product market fit 40:34 - beyond blockchain 45:57 - singularity 48:08 - 11.5625% surplus 54:43 - rapid fire 57:56 - fin----------------Some notes from the show: Callaghan Innovation https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/ Kirsten Patterson re:DAOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x4l2HngITA&t=1945s  OpenAI data lawsuit https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/28/openai-chatgpt-lawsuit-class-action/   Contact David: Web https://davidding.xyz/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddingnz/ Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 796070. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Mike Bacina is a former software engineer turned lawyer that chairs the blockchain Australia organization. In this conversation we talk about de-banking and the regulatory environment in crypto. We touch on CBDCs, Blackrock, and Coinbase. Mike tells us what a blockchain lawyer does, And he plugs some of the speakers and events lined up for next week's Blockchain Week such as Caitlin Long. You can find the lineup at blockchainweek.com.au  ----------------Timestamps:01:35 debanking in crypto05:55 operation chokepoint09:05 bank digital currencies18:16 technical complexity and UX22:42 AML & CFT costs32:14 blackrock ETF38:00 coinbase42:02 blockchain week Australia44:55 what does a blockchain lawyer do?51:25 rapid fire54:05 fin----------------Some notes from the show: French influencer crackdown (bits of blocks) https://www.bitsofblocks.io/post/oui-s-il-te-pla%C3%AEt-france-tackling-scams-at-the-on-ramp-with-new-influencer-laws ChokePoint 2.0 (Cooper & Kirk) https://www.cooperkirk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Operation-Choke-Point-2.0.pdf Sports Illustrated NFT tickets https://decrypt.co/138532/sports-illustrated-box-office-nft-tickets RFK's speech at Bitcoin 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz7FPl065II tornado cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oain31005Go&t=106s  Blackrock Bitcoin ETF https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/blackrock-close-filing-bitcoin-etf-coindesk-2023-06-15/ Grayscale Bticoin trust https://grayscale.com/products/grayscale-bitcoin-trust/ Coinbase SEC case https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-102 Binance SEC case https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-101 MiCA in Europe https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/20/eu-parliament-approves-crypto-licensing-funds-transfer-rules/ Blockchain Week Australia https://www.blockchainweek.com.au/ Custodia bank https://custodiabank.com/roughstock/ Fed master account holders list https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1669788541470244865 Contact Mike: Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeBacina LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebacina/ Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 794976. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Kirsten 'KP' Patterson is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors (IoD) New Zealand that has over 10,500 members. In this conversation we talk about all things governance, corporate and not for profit, climate, some trends in the tech industry including AI and DAOs, and a favourite topic of mine - responsibility - where is the parental supervision? ----------------Timestamps:01:31 IoD; for-profits & NFP08:00 climate 14:35 why do we need boards?   18:00 tech trends at board-level24:03 AI thoughts29:22 copyright & data33:21 DAOs 40:06 who's responsible?44:14 FTX had no board50:54 an NZ rugby story52:46 rapid fire55:57 fin ----------------Some notes from the show: Institue of Directors https://www.iod.org.nz/ Air New Zealand Hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft https://archive.ph/3GXLz Global Network of Director Institutes http://gndi.org/ chatGPT & data privacy https://theconversation.com/chatgpt-is-a-data-privacy-nightmare-if-youve-ever-posted-online-you-ought-to-be-concerned-199283  National Party uses AI  in ads https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/new-zealand-national-party-admits-using-ai-generated-people-in-ads?ref=dl-staging-website.ghost.io AI in the boardroom (VITAL) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4339413  FTX's woes (Harvard Business Review) https://hbr.org/2022/12/ftx-and-the-problem-of-unchecked-founder-power Elizabeth Holmes 11-year prison sentence https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/what-elizabeth-holmes-did-theranos-prison-b2348733.html  Wellington Homeless Women's Trust https://www.whwt.org.nz/ Across the board podcast https://www.iod.org.nz/news/articles/across-the-board-podcast/#  Contact KP: Twitter https://twitter.com/iodnz LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattersonkirsten/ Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 794099. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Steve Vallas is the managing director of Blockchain APAC, previous CEO of Blockchain Australia, and an all around Linkedin Wizard. Steve came to Auckland to meet with industry discussing aligning incentives and shared interests between Australia and New Zealand. In this conversation we touch on the scam narrative within crypto, how it has affected the nft space, and crytpo marketing, and of course regulation and where we're at in Asia Pacific.----------------Timestamps:01:30 Southern Hemisphere Perspectives10:26 ICO hangover & NFTs20:35 supply chains24:40 nftFestAus29:39 crypto marketing bros34:41 regulation41:14 lessons from Singapore48:41 stablecoins52:57 blockchain orgs55:52 fin----------------Some notes from the show: doodles pivot https://www.fastcompany.com/90783396/doodles-domination-how-a-1-year-old-nft-project-turned-into-the-next-big-thing opensea https://opensea.io/ magiceden https://magiceden.io/ blur https://blur.io/ starkware https://starkware.co/ nftfest aus https://nftfest.com.au/ MiCA European Crypto Assets https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-mica-crypto-regulation-is-a-balancing-act-paris-blockchain-week-2023  BIS's Carstens says fiat has lost https://insidebitcoins.com/news/bis-head-crypto-has-lost-the-battle-against-fiat-currencies  Singapore crypto ad restrictions https://archive.ph/FKD5Y Singapore's Regulatory Sandbox https://www.mas.gov.sg/development/fintech/regulatory-sandbox  Contact Steve: Twitter https://twitter.com/stevevallas LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevevallas/ Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 781595. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Paul Salisbury has been around the crypto scene in New Zealand for over a decade. He's been a founding member of BlockchainNZ and BlockchainLabs, and now has a new venture into crypto estate planning with Everlasting to help folks manage their crypto because one day you're not going to be around to sign a message with your private key.  Paul and I talk about auditing smart contracts, layer 2s & privacy, multi-sig and key recovery methods and one of my favourite topics - long term plans and low time preference. Timestamps:01:58 early days in Bitcoin04:11 Ethereum ICO07:33 BlockchainLabs NZ10:58 auditing smart contracts16:52 layer 2s19:38 anonymity & privacy 22:35 crypto estate planning32:32 multisig37:20 social recovery43:56 nunchuck & casa46:46 local jurisdictions52:02 long term plans57:31 staking & DVT1:01:12 BCNZ1:04:40 rapid fire1:08:57 fin Some notes from the show: coming soon Contact Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsalisbury https://twitter.com/paulsalis Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 776561. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Sorel Carr is the Head of FinTech Business at BNZ (Bank of New Zealand). Sorel comes from a decade in corporate banking and has been down the blockchain rabbit hole looking to inject new emerging tech such as defi into the more traditional banking world.  In this conversation we discuss the centralised networks banks are part of such as SWIFT & CBDCs, and the decentralised competitors that can run stablecoins, and defi protocols like Uniswap. Timestamps:01:27 how do you define fintech?06:09 is a bank a fintech?09:22 future of money RBNZ & CBDCs17:49 future of cash21:58 SWIFT28:24 stablecoins33:11 defi41:12 pancake swap & uniswap48:05 UST & FTX50:21 tokenisation52:52 bcnz54:29 rapidfire: chatGPT, future outlook1:02:17 end Some notes from the show: software is eating the world https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/ RBNZ future of money https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/money-and-cash/future-of-money  CBDC tracker https://cbdctracker.org/ NZ helicopter money https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/114413517/give-kiwis-helicopter-money-cash-payouts-if-economy-crashes--treasury China CBDC status https://cbdctracker.org/currency/china-e-cny UK CBDC pilot https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/consumers-face-20000-pound-limit-digital-pound-bank-england-says-2023-02-07/ Russian SWIFT sanctions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWIFT_ban_against_Russian_banks China/Saudi oil priced in Yuan https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Saudi-Arabia-Considers-Ditching-The-Dollar-For-Chinese-Oil-Sales.html alternatives to SWIFT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWIFT#Competitors NAB to launch stablecoin https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/19/national-australia-bank-becomes-second-australian-bank-to-build-stablecoin/  NZ corruption index https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/new-zealand JPMorgan defi trade https://www.benzinga.com/markets/asia/22/11/29552324/jpmorgan-executes-first-defi-transaction-for-singapores-project-guardian  Aave https://aave.com/ NZDs(table) https://www.techemynt.com/ BSC validators https://bscscan.com/validators#  SushiSwap zombie attack https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/sushiswap-uniswap-vampire-attack pancake swap tokenomics https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/tokenomics/cake/cake-tokenomics Matt Damon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEjjufPd3Is no crypto at the Superbowl https://cryptonews.com/news/there-will-no-crypto-advertisements-during-super-bowl-year-heres-why.htm Roofstock sells house as NFT https://www.forbes.com/sites/amydobson/2022/10/26/blockchain-makes-deeper-inroads-into-real-estate-as-roofstock-announces-its-first-nft-home-sale/ chatGPT https://chat.openai.com/chat NFTs on Bitcoin https://decrypt.co/resources/what-are-ordinals-a-beginners-guide-to-bitcoin-nfts Contact Sorel: LinkedIn https://nz.linkedin.com/in/sorel-carr Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 775626. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Our Year in Review 2022 show brings together Bryan Ventura, Stephen Macaskill, and Paul Quickenden for a panel discussion of the years key events. We starts with the SBF FTX debacle that is still unwinding, then we discuss the fallout from all the links that led to FTXs collapse. 2022 has been a record year for hacks as well, mostly bridging hacks, and we discuss security and the perception of crypto to the broader community. We finish with our picks for winners & losers in 2022, and trends for 2023.Timestamps:00:00 intro01:48 FTX collapse06:00 FTX reactions17:14 CeFi dominoes fall back to UST/Luna24:24 record bridge hacks33:00 losers of 202239:36 winners of 202244:44 trends for 202355:47 finPanel Guests (Podcast):Bryan Ventura https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/e/e07-tornado-cash-and-the-merge-bryan-and-jeff-roundtable-1/ Stephen Macaskill https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/e/e06-stephen-macaskill-on-economics-money-and-bitcoin/ Paul Quickenden https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/e/e02-paul-quickenden-on-navigating-crypto-markets-growing-a-business/ Panel Guests (YouTube):Bryan Ventura https://youtu.be/Oain31005Go Stephen Macaskill https://youtu.be/luJSgA9vkIc Paul Quickenden https://youtu.be/boAGDM-urWY Some notes from the show:Sam Bankman-fried interview (by George Stephanopolous on GMA) https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1598296985010073600 List of hacks in 2022 https://chainbulletin.com/the-7-biggest-crypto-hacks-of-2022-so-far Alexey Pertsev of Tornado Cash https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-123423038.html  Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 766048. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

James Bayly is the COO of SubQuery and onfinality which are basically data service providers focussing on non-EVM chains such as Polkadot and Cosmos. In this conversation we talk about indexing blockchain data and making it available for users and apps to query in a manner that’s cost efficient, quick, and reliable. We also touch on the modern evolution of blockchains, the blockchain trilemma, and creating a Web3 data marketplace. Timestamps:00:00 intro01:45 indexing blockchain data11:24 opensourcing code14:13 FTX debacle & boom bust cycles20:37 SubQuery decentralising data25:00 tokenised incentives28:22 reliability & uptime29:47 onfinality infrastructure31:30 building in New Zealand35:24 Polkadot as a 3rd gen blockchain44:30 blockchain trilemma48:22 industry groups & legislation52:23 rapid fire55:59 fin Some notes from the show: SubQuery  onfinality  Etherscan  Consensys/MetaMask/Infura  Coinbase holds 2m bitcoin  FTX leaked balance sheet  Kimchi premium   Mt. Gox  Centrality  blockchain trilemma with sharding  bridge hacks in 2022  Contact James: Twitter https://twitter.com/JamesABayly  LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bayly/  Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 765227. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

Ben Rose is the GM of Binance New Zealand. He has a long history of sales, marketing, and growth with New Zealand businesses from start ups to banks like ASB and NIB.  Last month Binance launched here in the New Zealand market and Ben is tasked with growing the crypto market and *maybe* bringing back our futures trading once Binance is properly licenced.  In this conversation we touch on marketing, regulation, education and some self sovereign topics like custody and  ownership. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Ben Rose.Timestamps:00:00 intro01:46 sales and marketing09:10 the NZ customer12:53 Binance in NZ15:10 licensing in NZ20:00 customer protection23:40 education in crypto26:00 but crypto isn't backed29:54 self custody35:02 near term outlook 36:24 on podcasting38:09 rapid fire 40:46 finSome notes from the show: Tesla's no spend marketing  Binance registers in NZ  1-in-10 Kiwi's hold crypto  NTSB retrospective   SAFU  Robett Hollis busting myths  Federal Reserve Building (NYC)  Is there any gold in Fort Knox (Kentucky)? Blackrock's long journey toward crypto adoption  Koura's crypto Kiwisaver fund  NZ Sales & Marketing Insider podcast  Contact Ben: LinkedIn  Find Jeff: Twitter LinkedIn  The BCNZ Pod: Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/ YouTube  Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio  Sponsor: The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto Media & Sponsorship Enquires: team@blockchain.org.nz  Recorded at blockheight 762353. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.