Old Man Yells!
by OLD MAN YELLS!
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OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 21 - A CONVERSATION WITH JON ATACK
OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 21 - A CONVERSATION WITH JON ATACK
About this podcast
Old Man Yells! features Bob Burnett, the CEO of Barefoot Mining CEO and the former Chief Technical Officer at Gateway. Bob is an old man with 40 years of experience in technology business. On this channel he offers his perspective on Bitcoin, technology, business and the economy.
Episodes
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 21 - A CONVERSATION WITH JON ATACK · 2 h 27 min · Season 1 Episode 21Please take a moment to like this video and subscribe to this channel.Jon Atack is a long-time Bitcoin Core developer. In this episode Bob Burnett and Jon discuss topics such…
- OLD MAN YELLS - EPISODE 20 - MARS MONEY · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 20President Trump has declared a goal of colonizing Mars. Elon Musk has been a big advocate of this and it is obvious that he is pushing President Trump. Colonizing Mars is…
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 19 - COLLECTIVE DENIAL · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 19In this episode the story of Lt. Hiroo Onoda is told to exemplify the power of collective denial. This episode also explores how many cases of collective denial exist in society…
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 18 - THEN THEY FIGHT YOU · 31 minTwo recent papers authored by members of the US Federal Reserve and The European Central Bank are direct attacks on Bitcoin and evidence that Bitcoin's adversaries are entering a…
- Defending Bitcoin · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 17Bill Maher created a video about Bitcoin and mining that used several incorrect figures and he then mocked "crypto" and essentially called it a bane on society. This video rebuts…
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 16 - THE VALUE OF A BLOCK · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 16Bitcoin's blocks have been valued in an incomplete way and many new factors will become apparent over the next few years. This changing value will also change who is motivated to…
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 14 - DIRTY POOL · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 14This episode explains some the basics of how Bitcoin blocks are created and pools interact with miners. It then explores the recent revelation of a major Bitcoin mining pool…
- ROOTS OF POOLS · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 13Today I am releasing the first in a series of shows on mining pools. This one focuses on why they exist (versus solo mining) and the crucial role they have played in the growth…
- EPISODE 12 - OLD MAN YELLS! - THE TENTH MAN · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 12In this episode the background of the Tenth Man concept is explained and then Bob explores why this is so important in society and in the Bitcoin world.
- Old Man Yells! Episode 1 - The Purpose of Bitcoin · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 1Bob Burnett, CEO of Barefoot Mining discusses The Purpose of Bitcoin from a first principles perspective. In it he discloses that it was created for two reasons, to remove…
- Old Man Yells! Episode 2 - Biden Excise Tax · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 2In this episode Bob discusses the impact of the Biden Excise Tax proposal called DAME. With it, the Biden Administration is budgeting a 30% tax on Bitcoin mining electricity…
- Old Man Yells! Episode 3 - Fee and Transaction Explosion · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 3In this episode Bob explores the recent explosion in Bitcoin fees. This includes a discussion of what these means for Bitcoin Mining revenue and the lessons that we can learn…
- Old Man Yells! Episode 4 - Price of Truth · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this episode Bob expands more on the value of Bitcoin and the blockchain itself. Bitcoin is much more than a monetary network, it is a point of truth, maybe the only point of…
- Old Man Yells! - Episode 5 - Reflections on Miami · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 5Bob reflects on Miami and the maturity of the conference and the Bitcoin industry. He also shares some history of conferences in the Personal Computer industry. And, last but not…
- Old Man Yells! - Episode 6 - Blockspace Scarcity · 14 minThe spike in blockspace usage and the associated fees gave us a glimpse of the future. Not only will this get expensive but it will be a catalyst to big changes in the Bitcoin…
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 8 - FORKS AND OSSIFICATION · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 8While the desire to ossify Bitcoin and provide stability and assurance, there is also a need to make sure the needs of Layer 2 and 3 solutions are met first. Without the scaling…
- EPISODE 11 - OLD MAN YELLS! - GOING PUBLIC · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 11Third and final installment of a series on publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies. In this episode Bob discusses some of the dark side of being a public company and…
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 10 - STATE OF PUBLIC MINING · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 10This episode is an examination of the state of the public mining sector and its less than rosy recent performance and it prospects going forward in the post-halving world.
- OLD MAN YELLS! - EPISODE 9 - CORE SCIENTIFIC · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 9Core Scientific's implosion is a classic example of what happens when the ethos of Wall Street takes over a company - especially a Bitcoin company. In this show, Bob reviews the…
- OLD MAN YELLS - EPISODE 7 - SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND BITCOIN · 18 minOn this episode of OLD MAN YELLS Bob reviews the announcement made by South Korean researchers about LK99 Superconductor.
