Podcast

Episode 1·Sep 14, 2026

What a blockchain actually is, in plain terms: a shared record with no owner, why blocks chain together, and what a wallet really holds. Companion to the chapter "What is a Blockchain?".

Episode 2·Sep 14, 2026

Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, and why decentralization is something you measure rather than something a project claims. Companion to the chapter "How Consensus Works".

Episode 3·Sep 14, 2026

Why almost nothing runs directly on Ethereum any more, what a rollup trades away, and the two fees that quietly decide whether a trade was worth making. Companion to the chapter "Layers, Rollups, and Fees".

Episode 4·Sep 14, 2026

What a smart contract is, why "code is law" is a warning rather than a slogan, and what "verified contract" really tells you. Companion to the chapter "Programmable Agreements".

Episode 5·Sep 14, 2026

An ERC-20 token is a spreadsheet in a contract. Liquidity pools set the price. And there is a short list of checks worth running before you trust either. Companion to the chapter "Tokens and Liquidity".

Episode 6·Sep 14, 2026

From forum jokes to meme stocks to a token launched every few seconds: where meme coins came from, and what is actually being priced when nothing has a cash flow. Companion to the chapter "Where Meme Coins Came From".

Episode 7·Sep 14, 2026

Bonding curves, graduation, permanently locked liquidity, and the fee stack: who actually gets paid on every trade, and what that makes them want. Companion to the chapter "The Machinery".

Episode 8·Sep 14, 2026

The standard repertoire of ways a launch takes your money, how to recognize each one, and the distribution nobody prints on the poster. Companion to the chapter "The Failure Modes".

Episode 9·Sep 14, 2026

The questions to answer before you touch a launchpad, what a launch actually involves step by step, and what creator fees oblige you to do. Companion to the chapter "Hosting a Launch".

Episode 10·Sep 14, 2026

How to evaluate a meme launch on a Robinhood Chain launchpad before taking part, the checklist worth running every time, and the position sizing and exit discipline that decide the outcome. Companion to the chapter "Taking Part in a Launch".

Episode 11·Sep 14, 2026

Disclosure and promotion rules, the trademark trap, and the scams aimed at creators rather than buyers. Companion to the chapter "Staying Legal and Staying Decent".

Episode 12·Sep 18, 2026

Season two opens with the building blocks: what a hash function guarantees, how a private key becomes an address, and why a key is only as safe as its secrecy. Companion to the chapter "Fingerprints and Keys".

Episode 13·Sep 18, 2026

What a signature proves and what it cannot, why a public blockchain is readable by everyone, and how weak randomness has emptied real wallets. Companion to the chapter "Signatures, Encryption, and Randomness".

Episode 14·Sep 18, 2026

How a seed phrase becomes every key in a wallet, where the words leak, and how to back them up so they survive theft, fire and your own absence. Companion to the chapter "Seed Phrases and Backups".

Episode 15·Sep 18, 2026

What hardware wallets and multisig protect against, and the approvals, permits and drainer sites that take funds without stealing a key. Companion to the chapter "Signing Safely".

Episode 16·Sep 18, 2026

Planning for loss and inheritance, and a sober look at what quantum computers could and could not break. Companion to the chapter "Recovery, Inheritance, and the Quantum Question".

Episode 17·Sep 18, 2026

Season three opens with the places people trade: who holds your keys on a centralized exchange, what happened at FTX, and why anyone can list a token on a decentralized one. Companion to the chapter "Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges".

Episode 18·Sep 18, 2026

Every step between pressing swap and receiving tokens, the difference between price impact and slippage, and how sandwich bots profit from the order of transactions. Companion to the chapter "How a Swap Works".

Episode 19·Sep 18, 2026

Candles, volume and scale, and the token page numbers that matter more: market cap, fully diluted value, liquidity and holders, plus the red flags. Companion to the chapter "Reading a Chart and a Token Page".

Episode 20·Sep 18, 2026

Installing and using MetaMask safely, what its password and recovery phrase each do, adding networks and tokens, and how to choose between popular wallets. Companion to the chapter "Wallets in Practice".

Episode 21·Sep 18, 2026

How the major blockchains differ and which coin each needs for fees, how bridges work and have failed, and what happens when funds go to the wrong network. Companion to the chapter "Chains and Bridges".

Episode 22·Oct 6, 2026

What keeps a stablecoin at a dollar, the times that broke, who can freeze a balance, and the difference between an account in an app and a wallet you control. Companion to the chapter "Stablecoins and Who Holds Your Money".

Episode 23·Oct 6, 2026

What happens in the second you pay with a crypto card, where an advertised yield really comes from and how those products failed in 2022, and what you hold when you buy a tokenized stock. Companion to the chapter "Spending, Earning, and Owning".

Episode 24·Oct 7, 2026

How a contract can be asked for the same money twice, how a price can be bought for one transaction, and the incidents that made both famous. Companion to the chapter "Breaking the Code".

Episode 25·Oct 7, 2026

Why the largest losses come from stolen keys and signatures nobody could read, and what upgrade keys and governance can do on a bad day. Companion to the chapter "Breaking the Keys and the People".

Episode 26·Oct 7, 2026

How bridges verify messages and how that verification has failed, what monitoring really watches, and what a response can do once funds are moving. Companion to the chapter "Bridges, Detection and Response".

Episode 27·Oct 7, 2026

Where the picture actually lives, what a token linked to a card in a vault really gives you, and what a provable draw proves and does not prove. Companion to the chapter "Collectibles and NFTs".