Option Plus Podcast with Juraj Bednar
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Option Plus podcast is your tool to growing freedom, biohacking, life improvement and cryptocurrencies. Hosted by Juraj Bednar.
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Episodes
Cypherpunk: Past, present and future
June 10, 2024 10:19 - 23.5 MBA look into cypherpunk’s history, goals, current status, and possible futures. Cypherpunks are individuals who build the technologies for the strategy of cryptoanarchy. This strategy involves using cryptographic tools to enhance personal liberty in everyday life, without waiting for systemic changes. I explain how cypherpunks have worked on cryptographic primitives to enable private communication, censorship […]
Bitcoin Finance with 10101, Firefish – How to harness the value of Bitcoin without having to sell it
April 20, 2024 08:44 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBWe are Bitcoiners. We HODL. But what then? Do well sell our Bitcoin? Hell no! This is a podcast about Bitcoin-backed finance and our options after the proverbial moon. This podcast is a recording of a Twitter Space on the topic of Bitcoin finance. I explain my book and course How to harness the value […]
Nutband – a post fiat apocalypse Cashu client working over Reticulum
January 19, 2024 23:17 - 16 minutes - 13.4 MBA demo of Reticulum, Cashu and my project Nutband that combines them, in order to use a Cashu mint over Reticulum mesh network – in this case over long range radio, and without internet. I recommend watching video this time, but audio explanation should be ok too. Nutband project Learn more about cypherpunk stuff, tech […]
Welcome to the Dark Forest – a pathway to resistance
December 06, 2023 03:58 - 43 minutes - 50.2 MBIn this episode, I want to show you where are we going – what is the alternative, or rather parallel system. Does it already exist, or is it a hallucination of dreamers? How do we enter it – do we wish it into existence or is there another pathway? How big is it? It is […]
Cypherpunk visions and trends 2023-2025 at Pizza Day
November 22, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 56.6 MBIn this episode, I introduce my short ebook titled “Cypherpunk Visions and Trends 2023 to 2025.”. A lot of people talk about cypherpunk history. But what is our future? What technologies matter? Does Bitcoin need technological upgrades and if yes, on which level? What about related technologies? Nostr as a bitcoin-friendly social network, open-source AI […]
How peer to peer over-the-counter dealers return crypto to its cypherpunk roots
November 08, 2023 06:40 - 35 minutes - 41.1 MBIn this episode, I take listeners on a deep dive into the world of peer-to-peer over-the-counter trading, referencing the historical veksláks of former Czechoslovakia. Delving into the mounting regulatory pressures faced by cryptocurrency users, I shed light on politically sensitive questions popping up even in ordinary transactions. Instead of lobbying, I put forward a peer-to-peer […]
How privacy, electronic cash and cypherpunk tech increase our freedom?
October 25, 2023 06:56 - 26 minutes - 30.7 MBThere is a lot of talk about using technologies to increase our freedom. But how does this work? How does some encryption software or anonymous cryptocurrency actually increase my freedom. In this episode of the Option Plus podcast, I delve into the world of cypherpunk technologies and cryptoanarchy. Using insights from my book “Cryptocurrencies: Hack […]
The future of lightning-powered trustless finance with Philipp from 10101
October 12, 2023 14:27 - 1 hour - 90 MBIn this episode of the Option Plus podcast, I chat with Philipp from 10101 about trustless financial derivatives built on Bitcoin Lightning. Together, we tackle the misconceptions surrounding derivatives, highlighting their importance for risk-averse individuals – not speculation, but lowering risk. Philipp delves into the workings of 10101’s synthetic stablecoin and its distinction from others […]
Financial surveillance and utopian Bitcoin future
October 11, 2023 06:59 - 50 minutes - 41 MBIn this episode of OptionPlus podcast, I will take you on a ride from tax havens through financial surveillance to crypto-utopistic new order. As a kid, I have read books about off-shore tax havens as one would read an adventure novel. This world is almost gone thanks to FATCA and other means of financial surveillance. […]
Optionality, navigating uncertainty, harnessing volatility and freedom
September 27, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this episode of Option Plus podcast, I delve into the world of uncertainty, volatility, optionality, and freedom, navigating these complex themes far beyond the confines of the COVID pandemic, war and other sources of uncertainty. Reflecting on the unique challenges of 2020 (when this was recorded), this episode underscores the importance of choices that […]
Contrarian thinking, entrepreneurship and Bitcoin
September 13, 2023 10:47 - 33 minutes - 44.8 MBIn this episode of the Option Plus podcast, I am discussing the power of contrarian thinking and its relationship to Bitcoin. I recently gave a speech to participants in an economics Olympiad, urging them to think outside the box and embrace alternative options. It surprised me to find that many young people I spoke to […]
Strategies for liberation here and now (with Max Hillebrand pt2)
September 28, 2020 07:32 - 2 hours - 191 MBPack your revolutionary banners and hide your “civic disobedience” weapons. And definitely don’t join a political party. Reformation and revolution are both obsolete and very slow ways towards more freedom. So what shall we do instead? With Max Hillebrand, we continue our last conversation about first principles of liberty and in this conversation, we talk […]
First principles of self-liberation strategies with Max Hillebrand
September 19, 2020 13:53 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBIt all started with a Twitter thread and my conversation with Max about one of the strategies for self-liberation. Many people don’t know that they are out there. People don’t usually talk about how they hide from coercion (and not only state coercion) or avoid it. But that does not mean that everyone has to […]
The rise of artificial intelligence
September 12, 2020 15:58 - 27 minutes - 17 MBAbout the current state of AI. I have a conversation with OpenAI’s GPT-3 neural network about freedom, optionality, temporary autonomous zones and Bitcoin. Then I talk about what it means and where to go from here. Is AI helping us, or is it a problem? Where do we use AI currently? Links: My online courses: […]
Option+ Manifesto: Being free here and now
August 29, 2020 09:40 - 14 minutes - 12 MBIn this podcast episode, I explain my personal manifesto, in which I describe how to attain freedom here and now, without waiting for larger socio-political changes. You can also read the manifesto itself.
Optionality and liberty
August 24, 2020 11:48 - 35 minutes - 29 MBWhat are the definitions of freedom / liberty? Can we find a useful one that will tell us about it’s costs and properties. When it is useful to have more options? What are negative and positive rights, what is “freedom from” and “freedom to”? And why is freedom especially important in volatile times? Dive into […]