PubKey Spaces

Dan O’Prey and Mas Nakachi join Daniel Modell for a live-streamed chat in the PubKey Parlor, where they discuss ​1A1z's recent reports covering both the organizations that fund Bitcoin core devs and VC firms focused on Bitcoin companies. They dive into:

• Why are there only 41 people maintaining a trillion-dollar network—and who’s paying them?

• What happens when the most important software in the world runs on a shoestring budget?

• The quiet role of Jack Dorsey and a handful of anonymous benefactors... and how normal people can be even more impactful

• Why Bitcoin’s biggest security risk might be a spreadsheet no one’s looking at

• The bizarre funding gap between flashy altcoin projects and Bitcoin companies

• What the VC world still doesn’t get about Bitcoin and everyday users—and how that might be changing

  
  

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  Recorded on March 20th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

Thomas Pacchia sits down for a livestreamed chat with Trace Mayer, one of Bitcoin's earliest advocates. They discuss:

• How Trace discovered Bitcoin during a law school research rabbit hole

• Why gold bugs rejected Bitcoin early (and what they failed to see)

• The moment Trace knew he was being censored

• Why triple-entry bookkeeping is a bigger deal than most people realize

• How inflation, surveillance, and financial repression are all part of the same modern war

• The mindset one needs to achieve the most good in the world
• ...and more!

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Recorded on March 19th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

Personal attacks against bitcoin and crypto holders are on the rise around the world. Some are sophisticated phishing and social engineering schemes, but we've also seen more shocking physical security incidents, commonly referred to as "$5 wrench attacks."

Join our livestreamed chat with Nick Neuman (CEO of Casa) and Frank Corva (political correspondent at Bitcoin Magazine) to learn what's to be done about all this—and more.

Hosted by PubKey's Thomas Pacchia.

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Recorded on March 13th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

A livestreamed chat on the progressive's case for Bitcoin with author Jason Maier and Human Rights Foundation Research Associate Zac Guignard⁠. Hosted by PubKey's Daniel Modell.

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Recorded on March 6th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

A livestreamed discussion on Bitcoin loans and institutional adoption with Max Kei (CEO Debifi), Sean Bill (CIO Blockstream), and Adam Back (CEO Blockstream).

Debifi⁠ is building bitcoin-backed lending with their "Never sell. Borrow." mindset—helping you access liquidity without letting go of your sats.

⁠Blockstream⁠ is building the backbone of a bitcoin-powered future, from the Liquid Network to Lightning and beyond.

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Recorded on February 26th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

Bitcoin mining is changing the way the world produces and uses electricity. Once considered a wasteful expenditure of compute power, it is rapidly becoming a transformational force in rural, remote areas with untapped renewable energy sources.

Join PubKey's Thomas Pacchia, the inimitable Drew Armstrong of Cathedra, and this month's special guest Erik Hersman of Gridless as they discuss this topic and much more.

Recorded on February 6th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

Possibly the most Dans we've ever had in the Parlor at one time.

Danny Stagg (Breez) and Dan O'Prey (1A1z) are be joined by Umi Miyahara (Breez) to discuss why Bitcoin is more than "just" digital gold and why the time has arrived for bitcoin payments. They'll be sharing the stories of apps and merchants leading the growing trend around the world.

Hosted by PubKey's Daniel Modell with Mike Germano.

Recorded on January 30th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

Arbedout, MrHodl, David Zell, Shinobi, and Thomas chat live from the parlor at PubKey.

Recorded on January 16th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.

You’ve heard Peter Todd’s take on Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity. (If not, you can watch it here!)

Cullen Hoback is the documentary filmmaker and creator of Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, released in October. He'll be joined by PubKey cofounder Thomas Pacchia, for an interview about the film, the result of several years of investigative journalism that began with a thread Cullen pulled after discovering a link between El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption and early bitcoin developer Adam Back.

We'll discuss the clues he found, how the evidence led to his theory, and why he thinks the identity of bitcoin's creator still matters.

Arbedout, Thomas, MrHodl, David Zell and Shinobi chat live from the parlor at PubKey.

Recorded on December 16th, 2024 at PubKey NYC.

Joining us live above PubKey:

• Jameson Lopp — Cypherpunk, Co-founder & Chief Security Officer of Casa
• Patrick Murck — Founder and CEO of Surus, co-founder and General Counsel of the Bitcoin Foundation
• Tuur
• Thomas
• Rizzo

Recorded on November 21st, 2024 at PubKey NYC.

• Mason Lynaugh, Community Director of Stand With Crypto
• Jason Brett, Bitcoin and Blockchain Policy Advisor, Bitcoin Policy Institute
• Frank Corva, Business and Political Correspondent at Bitcoin Magazine
• Zack Shapiro, Managing Partner Rains LLC, Legal Fellow, Bitcoin Policy Institute
• Thomas Pacchia, PubKey Founder

Recorded on October 29th, 2024 at PubKey NYC.

Charlie Shrem, Courtney Warner, Aubrey Strobel, Christian Langalis & Thomas Pacchia live from PubKey NYC.

Recorded on October 24th, 2024, at PubKey NYC.

Troy Cross is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he specializes in contemporary metaphysics and epistemology. He has formerly taught at Oxford University and Yale University. 

Cross is also a long-time bitcoiner, and has been thinking about bitcoin's environmental impact and energy profile since 2011. He now writes on these issues as a Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute and consults with media, policymakers, and industry.

Recorded on October 10th, 2024, at PubKey NYC.

Roger is the author of Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?, a book on Bitcoin and China, with the foreword written by Alex Gladstein. Roger was one of the first writers in 2014 to write about the intersection of Bitcoin in remittance payments and drug policy with VentureBeat and TechCrunch.

Learn more at: chinabitcoinbook.com.

Recorded on September 12th, 2024 at PubKey NYC.

Recorded on September 18th, 2024, at PubKey NYC.

How will we preserve the history of bitcoin for future generations, so that they will understand the origins, the whys, and what it meant to be a bitcoiner back in the early years of the 21st century?

Join us as we dive deep into THE ARCHIVES and uncover stories and hidden bits of knowledge from two of the most revered historians in bitcoin.

Aaron van Wirdum is the author of The Genesis Book and the host of the podcast Bitcoin, Explained. Aaron is a freelance journalist and technical editor for Bitcoin Magazine, and has been researching and writing about bitcoin for over a decade.

Pete Rizzo is widely considered to be the definitive writer on bitcoin, and conducts archival research on bitcoin’s history, working to identify the people, events, and philosophies that have most impacted its development. Pete was the founding editor-in-chief at CoinDesk.

Recorded on August 8th, 2024 at PubKey NYC.

A discussion on how bitcoin was used to fund underground schools for girls in Afghanistan, with Arsh Molu of HRF and Roya Mahboob, Afghan entrepreneur and founder of Digital Citizen Fund.

Recorded on March 28th, 2024, at PubKey NYC.

Recorded on April 4th, 2024, at PubKey NYC.

Recorded on June 27th, 2024, at PubKey NYC.

We explore the ins and outs of how bitcoin takes root on Wall Street, discuss the implications and opportunities of institutional adoption, and learn from the people who were there from the start.

Joining us live above PubKey:

• Kelly Greer, Head of Americas Sales (Trading) at Galaxy
• Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer at CoinShares

Recorded on March 27th, 2024 at PubKey NYC.