NVK (Twitter: @nvk) is CEO and Co-Founder of Coinkite (website: www.coinkite.com). The company created COLDCARD Wallet (website: www.coldcard.com), an air-gapped hardware wallet to securely store Bitcoin. It also created OPENDIME (website: www.opendime.com), the first physical bearer instrument to allow you to hold and transfer Bitcoin. Coinkite released the original limited-edition BLOCKCLOCK for Bitcoin's 10-year anniversary, and now offers BLOCKCLOCK mini (www.blockclockmini.com) for sale.
NVK is Changing the Tide by building secure storage and transactional devices for users worldwide. And doing so in the spirit of Bitcoin: transparently, in the open, and making the process of learning about Bitcoin into fun games.
We talk about:
*his early days learning about Bitcoin
*starting Coinkite, including a block explorer and an early version of a Bitcoin bank
*the murky early days: "am I legally allowed to build on this technology?"
*why Mark Cuban and other Cantillionaires don't get it
*Coinkite's design aesthetic and principles, including for OPENDIME and COLDCARD
*launching products into the market as the perfect testing environment
*NVK's sauna maximalism
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Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo Renthlei
Graphics: Kal Kassa
Host: Jon Crabtree
Producer: Jon Crabtree