The Blockchain Debate Podcast

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.

Episodes

Motion: Bitcoin mining is good for the grid (Lee Bratcher vs. Ben Hertz-Shargel)

Guests:Lee Bratcher (twitter.com/lee_bratcher)Ben Hertz-Shargel (twitter.com/benhertzshargel)...

May 12, 2022 • Episode 36 • 1:15:39

Motion: We should always reduce MEV on blockchains (Ed Felten vs. Tushar Jain)

Guests:Ed Felten (twitter.com/edfelten)Tushar Jain (twitter.com/TusharJain_)Host:

May 05, 2022 • Episode 35 • 1:09:38

Motion: Web3 is worse than Web2 (Liron Shapira vs. Kyle Samani)

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December 24, 2021 • Episode 34 • 1:22:40

Motion: The industry is growing out of the Fat Protocol Thesis (Jeff Dorman vs. Joel Monegro)

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December 10, 2021 • Episode 33 • 1:36:55

Motion: DAOs are better than corporations (Kain Warwick vs. Edmund Schuster)

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October 13, 2021 • Episode 32 • 1:17:04

Motion: Toxic maximalism is great for Bitcoin (Giacomo Zucco vs. Paul Sztorc)

Guests:Giacomo Zucco: twitter.com/giacomozuccoPaul Sztorc: twitter.com/truthcoinHost:Richard Y...

August 12, 2021 • Episode 31 • 1:34:31

Motion: It's a bad idea to make Bitcoin compulsory tender (George Selgin vs. Yves Bennaïm)

Guests:Yves Bennaïm: twitter.com/ZLOKGeorge Selgin: twitter.com/georgeselginHost:Richard...

August 06, 2021 • Episode 30 • 1:43:06

Motion: Algo and fractional stablecoins are flawed (Bennett Tomlin vs. Sam Kazemian)

Guests:Bennett Tomlin (twitter.com/bennetttomlin)Sam Kazemian (twitter.com/samkazemian)H...

July 27, 2021 • Episode 29 • 1:16:41

Motion: Security is about maximizing the minimum set of colluding miners (Anatoly Yakovenko vs. Dankrad Feist)

Guests:Anatoly Yakovenko (twitter.com/aeyakovenko)Dankrad Feist (twitter.com/dankrad)Host:Ric...

July 12, 2021 • Episode 28 • 1:26:22

Motion: The US urgently needs to catch up on Central Bank Digital Currency (Robert Hockett vs. Lawrence White)

Guests:Bob Hockett (twitter.com/rch371) Larry White (twitter.com/lawrencehwhite1)Host:R...

June 18, 2021 • Episode 27 • 1:34:43

Motion: Trustless smart contracts for Bitcoin is impossible without forking (Ruben Somsen vs. Muneeb Ali)

Guests:Ruben Somsen (twitter.com/SomsenRuben) Muneeb Ali (twitter.com/muneeb) Host:R...

May 28, 2021 • Episode 26 • 1:47:12

Motion: NFTs are dumb (Edmund Schuster vs. Andrew Steinwold, co-host: Maria Shen)

Guests:Edmund Schuster (twitter.com/edmund_schuster)Andrew Steinwold (twitter.com/andrewsteinwold)

March 25, 2021 • Episode 25 • 1:14:38

Motion: Ethereum is too early for institutional money (Lyn Alden vs. Qiao Wang)

Guests:Lyn Alden (twitter.com/lynaldencontact)Qiao Wang (twitter.com/qwqiao)Host:R...

February 24, 2021 • Episode 24 • 1:05:42

Motion: Diem is a glorified Paypal (David Gerard vs. Bryce Weiner)

Guests:David Gerard (twitter.com/davidgerard)Bryce Weiner (twitter.com/bryceweiner)Host:...

January 26, 2021 • Episode 23 • 57:54

Motion: Tether has always been acting in bad faith (Bennett Tomlin vs. Larry Cermak, co-host: Patrick McKenzie)

Guests:Bennett Tomlin (@bennetttomlin)Larry Cermak (@lawmaster)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Patrick McKenzie (@patio11, special co-host)Today’s motion is “Tether has always been ac...

January 12, 2021 • Episode 22 • 1:15:51

Motion: Bitcoin is a scam (Jorge Stolfi vs. Lyn Alden)

Guests:Jorge Stolfi (@jorgestolfi)Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Today’s motion is “Bitcoin is a scam.”At the time of recording and release, Bitcoin reach...

January 01, 2021 • Episode 21 • 1:25:57

Motion: Legally speaking, tokens are more like commodities than like securities (Lewis Cohen vs. Gabriel Shapiro)

Guests:Lewis Cohen (@NYcryptolawyer)Gabriel Shapiro (@lex_node)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Today’s motion is “Legally speaking, tokens are more like commodities than like securities.”...

December 24, 2020 • Episode 20 • 1:15:00

Motion: Today’s blockchains can’t increase TPS without taking a hit on decentralization, II (Evan Shapiro vs. Anatoly Yakovenko)

Guests:Evan Shapiro (@evanashapiro)Anatoly Yakovenko (@aeyakovenko)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Today’s motion is “Today’s blockchains can’t increase TPS without taking a hit on decentrali...

December 24, 2020 • Episode 19 • 46:24

Motion: Tether will likely get crushed by authorities in the next two years, thanks to its shady practices and defiance against regulators (CasPiancey vs. Matthew Graham)

Guests:CasPiancey (@caspiancey)Matthew Graham (@mattysino)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Today’s motion is “Tether will likely get crushed by authorities in the next two years, thanks to its...

December 03, 2020 • Episode 18 • 54:57

Motion: ZK rollup has a better set of security/scalability tradeoff than optimistic rollup (Alex Gluchowski vs. John Adler, co-host: James Prestwich)

Guests:Alex Gluchowski (@gluk64)John Adler (@jadler0)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)James Prestwich (@_prestwich, special co-host)Today’s motion is “ZK rollup has a better set of securit...

November 04, 2020 • Episode 17 • 1:26:30

Motion: Yield Farming is an innovation (Haseeb Qureshi vs. Meltem Demirors, co-host: Tarun Chitra)

Guests:Haseeb Qureshi (@hosseeb)Meltem Demirors (@melt_dem)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Tarun Chitra (@tarunchitra, special co-host)Today’s motion is “Yield farming is an innovation.”<...

September 18, 2020 • Episode 16 • 58:07

Motion: Blockchain analysis companies are bad for bitcoin (Alex Gladstein vs. Dave Jevans)

Guests:Alex Gladstein (@gladstein)Dave Jevans (@davejevans)Host:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Today’s motion is “Blockchain analysis companies are bad for bitcoin.”Blockchain analysis co...

August 27, 2020 • Episode 15 • 1:14:48

Motion: Today's blockchains can't increase TPS without taking a hit on decentralization (Emre Tekişalp vs. Anatoly Yakovenko, cohost: Uri Klarman)

Guests:Emre Tekişalp (@etekis)Anatoly Yakovenko (@aeyakovenko)Hosts:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Uri Klarman (@uriklarman, special co-host)Today’s motion is “Today’s blockchains can’t incre...

August 10, 2020 • Episode 14 • 1:16:38

Motion: Scalability is impossible without sharding and layer-2 solutions (Georgios Konstantopoulos vs. Anatoly Yakovenko, cohost: Tarun Chitra)

Guests:Georgios Konstantopoulos (@gakonst)Anatoly Yakovenko (@aeyakovenko)Hosts:Richard Yan (@gentso09)Tarun Chitra (@tarunchitra, special co-host)Today’s motion is “Scalability is im...

July 20, 2020 • Episode 13 • 1:42:57

Motion: Nation-state attack on Bitcoin is an unresolved ticking time-bomb (Mike Kelly vs. Hasu)

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 ...

June 29, 2020 • Episode 12 • 1:31:37