Successful Bond Trader, Didier Borel - The Swiss Road to Crypto

Former bond trader and Bitcoin enthusiast since 2016, Didier Borel sits down to answer 21 questions. Where to Find "Ask a Bitcoiner 21 Questions": 👉 YouTube: @askabitcoiner21questions 👉 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ask-a-bitcoiner-21 👉 Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/askabitcoiner21 👉 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@askabitcoiner21questions 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askabitcoiner21questions 👉 Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/askabitcoiner21 👉 Substack: https://substack.com/@askabitcoiner21questions Where to find Didier Borel: 👉 LinkedIn: https://ch.linkedin.com/in/didier-borel 👉 Substack: https://www.theswissroadtocrypto.com/ References: 👉 The Genesis Book: The Story of the People and Projects That Inspired Bitcoin, by Aaron van Wirdum: https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Book-Projects-Inspired-Bitcoin/dp/B0CQLMQRH7 👉 The Price of Peace - Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Peace-Democracy-Maynard-Keynes/dp/B082QSLGG5/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1N13W4LV7V1U0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FCvLZVNPvjVKFu1qSCULz5T6NjvfsY0iUbrg5c2hPjzGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.1DpTu6nDBUUqnXGjL_k4b9_O_46YJDRC8yyuhzCW8Ic&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+price+of+peach+money%2C+democray+and+the+life+of+john+maynard+keynes&qid=1716539521&sprefix=the+price+of+peach+money%2C+democray+and+the+life+of+john+maynard+keyne%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-2 👉 The Bitcoin Lightning Network White Paper: https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf 👉 "Get him off me. That's disrespectful": Larry Bird - The Ultimate Trash Talker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Id88T5DPs Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:40 - After living in Switzerland for many years, could you see yourself returning to the US to live? 04:14 - How can money grow on trees? 05:34 - How do we scale Bitcoin? 06:00 - How would you explain a "UTXO" to a person new to Bitcoin? 08:42 - Where were you in 2009 when the Genesis Block was created? 09:41 - Who is the greatest athlete to come out of Boston? 10:18 - The Bitcoin ecosystem is all about FOSS. What's one project that isn't FOSS but still respectable? 11:10 - If, by some miracle, Nixon and subsequent presidents had maintained the gold window, would Bitcoin exist today? 12:13 - When did you first understand that you wanted to pursue understanding Bitcoin on a deeper level? 14:19 - What is something you do every day? 15:08 - What are the top three things you’ve learned after 100 podcast episodes? 17:22 - Keynesian or Austrian School of economics? 18:55 - How do you measure decentralisation? 19:47 - Which podcast guest has challenged your understanding of Bitcoin the most? 20:19 - Is lightning broken? 22:16 - What’s your all-time favorite movie? 24:35 - What was it like to use Bitcoin before BIP 39 was implemented? 25:10 - How has Bitcoin influenced other areas of your life? 27:06 - Does the Howey test need to be updated to adapt to the “Crypto” industry? 28:55 - How does one achieve mastery? 29:50 - Is Ethereum a security? 30:15 - Outro