Bitcoin vs The Banks with Simon Dixon & Bill Barhydt

In this video, Peter McCormack, host of What Bitcoin Did podcast, interviews Simon Dixon, the Co-Founder of BankToTheFuture and Abra CEO Bill Barhydt. They discuss the legacy banking system, the fight for privacy, and the future of banking in a bitcoin world.

Episode timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
0:21 Peter's Closed Accounts
1:54 Simon Dixon's Intro
5:34 Bill Barhydt's Vision
12:13 UK Banks
17:06 Operation Chokepoint
20:24 Fractional Reserve Banking
25:44 Suspicious Activity Reports
28:43 Fungibility
30:34 Altcoins as Testbeds
34:56 Layer One Privacy?
42:42 Money is Evolving
47:08 Crypto Banking Tech Stack
55:12 Debt vs. Collateralized Banking
1:01:39 All Fiat Monies Die
1:07:49 Your Personal Bitcoin Standard

“I’m truly blessed to be able to be involved in the disruption of the entire financial system one product at a time, until eventually Peter can just say Fuck the Banks.” — Simon Dixon

Recored on Tuesday 13th April, 2021.