Midwest Bitcoin Summit 2026 — Columbus, OH · Sept 23–24, 2026 · Up to 10,000 Bitcoiners expected
Columbus, OH · Sept 23–24, 2026
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PBJ: Reflections from Vegas, Generating 10% Lightning yield, Circle IPO
Show Notes
0:00 What happened in Vegas, and our favorite takeaways 3:05 Thoughts on seedless private keys 9:00 Record breaking payments volume on bitcoin! 12:34 Apple stopping bitcoin NFC payments? 15:55 Bitcoin symbol on a keyboard? 20:51 Getting bitcoin advocates into big-tech with product focused meetups? 24:30 The importance of the SaveOurWallets.org initiative 35:29 How Block is getting 10% yield off ~100 BTC on Lightning 45:00 What's the best strategy to generate bitcoin returns and who can do it? 58:10 The value creators in the Lightning network 1:15:17 Could messaging apps could make a killing by integrating bitcoin? 1:19:40 Circle IPO, the stablecoin market, and transactions coming back to bitcoin