He's Solving Bitcoin's Biggest Problem (And Nobody's Talking About It) | Harsha Goli
Show Notes
Harsha Goli has spent over a decade building Bitcoin infrastructure, from spinning up the SegWit2x testnet to shipping Lightning at Fold. Now he's launching Magnolia, a full banking API that lets any Bitcoin app convert fiat to Bitcoin across all 50 US states. Marty and Harsha discuss the lessons learned from Prime Trust's collapse, how to build secure custody systems, the stablecoin landscape beyond trading, and why Bitcoin-backed lending is quietly exploding. They also dig into AI tools for lean startup teams, whether AI will kill jobs or create them, and the current state of Bitcoin at the enterprise, legal, and technical levels. STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/ Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/ TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/ Discord: https://discord.gg/VJ2dABShBz Opportunity Cost Extension: https://www.opportunitycost.app/ Harsha on X: https://x.com/arshbot Magnolia: https://magnolia.financial/ Bitkey Promo code: TFTC99 https://bit.ly/4apTDkq Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ SLNT https://slnt.com/tftc Lygos: https://bit.ly/4koiJmB Salt of the Earth: https://drinksote.com/tftc 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - The problem Magnolia solves 7:32 - Harsha's decade in Bitcoin 10:54 - Technical and compliance architecture 13:31 - Ideal customer 17:34 - Stablecoins beyond trading 23:08 - Lessons from Prime Trust's collapse 29:31 - Key security and custody 31:48 - The big announcement 24:32 - Licensing across 50 states 36:02 - AI tools for Bitcoin builders 39:31 - Lean teams and agentic founders 41:28 - AI agents and security concerns 46:38 - Will AI kill jobs or create them? 1:00:54 - State of Bitcoin in 2026 Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://primal.net/tftc Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/ 15#46 - Bitkey & SLNT 26#55 - Unchained & SOTE
