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Lightning Scaling, Routing Yields, and Bitcoin’s Governance Challenges

Lightning Scaling, Routing Yields, and Bitcoin’s Governance Challenges

The September 05, 2025 episode of What is Money features Graham Krizek explaining how Lightning extends Bitcoin’s capacity through peer-to-peer payment channels, routing economics, and stablecoin integration.

Bitcoin Mining as an Energy Market Solution

Bitcoin Mining as an Energy Market Solution

The August 16, 2025 episode of the What is Money podcast features David Branscum explaining how Bitcoin mining stabilizes energy grids and monetizes wasted resources.

Bitcoin’s Deflationary Discipline

Bitcoin’s Deflationary Discipline

The April 23 2025 episode of What Is Money? pairs host Robert Breedlove with Jeff Booth to dissect why technological deflation cannot coexist with fiat’s inflationary debt spiral.

Historical Insights and Bitcoin's Digital Transformation

Historical Insights and Bitcoin's Digital Transformation

The February 07, 2023 episode of The Bitcoin Standard featured Sir Niall Ferguson delving into the contingencies of World War One, war finance mechanisms, and the evolution from the gold standard to modern digital money.

Bitcoin’s Engineered Evolution: From Gold to Reserve

Bitcoin’s Engineered Evolution: From Gold to Reserve

The April 11, 2025 episode of What is Money Show features CJ Konstantinos discussing Bitcoin’s engineered design as a transformative monetary tool. The conversation explains how rising production costs, decentralization, and strategic reserves could redefine fiscal policies and economic stability.

Macroeconomic Policy & Bitcoin Valuation Dynamics

Macroeconomic Policy & Bitcoin Valuation Dynamics

The March 28, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did with Nik Bhatia examines the FED’s shift from aggressive quantitative tightening to a moderated approach that may lead to quantitative easing, affecting liquidity and asset prices—especially Bitcoin.

AI Decentralization & Bitcoin’s Future

AI Decentralization & Bitcoin’s Future

On March 28, 2025, the What is Money Show with Matt McDonagh examined how advanced AI - from deep and reinforcement learning to decentralized architectures - can transform healthcare, finance, and Bitcoin’s protocol.