Consensus Conversations 2022: Bitcoin Professor Phil Snyder

Self-proclaimed bitcoin maximalist Phil Snyder drops by the CoinDesk Studio in the Austin Convention Center.

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ABOUT

University of Houston Professor Phil Snyder teaches a class about bitcoin. Of note, the title of the course doesn’t have the word “bitcoin” in it. CoinDesk podcast producer Rob Mitchell talks to Phil about the class and bitcoin maximalism, but not without interruption from some unexpected guests.

Consensus 2022 ignited hard-hitting conversations about how crypto technologies and communities are remaking the worlds of finance, investing, culture, entertainment, marketing, governance and more.

Check back on CoinDesk Podcasts to hear live shows like “Money Reimagined,” “The Breakdown,” “Opinionated” and more recorded at the event, plus bonus episodes from the most exciting panels over the weekend. This episode was edited by Jonas Huck and Rob Mitchell, and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Photo: Frank Stevens.

HOST

Rob Mitchell

Rob launched “The Bitcoin Game” in 2014, a long-form podcast that ran for six years and featured guests such as Adam Back, Jeremy Allaire, Peter Todd, Riccardo Spagni, Leigh Cuen and Samson Mow. That year Rob also created one of the first blockchain tokens that could be redeemed for a physical item (a bitcoin keychain), long before the first recognized NFTs. Rob originally became interested in bitcoin in early 2013, and quickly started a business selling bitcoin keychains that he also designed, as a way to participate in the bitcoin community. Rob’s bitcoin-centric photos have appeared on hundreds of sites including The Guardian, PBS News Hour, Vice, Engadget, Gizmodo and CoinDesk, as the featured image accompanying articles on bitcoin. Rob was hired by CoinDesk in 2020 as Deputy Editor, Podcasts.