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Episode 300 – Reflecting on 12 Years of Payments on Fire

2026 is a milestone year for Glenbrook as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the firm. We also find ourselves airing the 300th episode of our Payments on Fire podcast – founded by George Peabody in 2014, nurtured by Yvette Bohanan, and now continued on through the hosting efforts of most of the team.

We thought there would be no better way to mark the 12 year achievement – and pay respect to what George and Yvette built – than to revisit the journey with clips from the first 299 episodes. From early episodes on digital currency and AI, to fast payments evolution and financial inclusion efforts (and how could we leave out tokenization), listen in as Bryan Derman and Jill Wurst guide you through significant moments in the podcast’s history.

Episode 210 – From the Vault: Bitcoin Discussion with Scott Loftesness (Episode 1)

Innovation in the payments industry is a funny thing. Sometimes payments lead. Sometimes technology leads. Increasingly around the world, regulators lead.

In preparing for an upcoming podcast on AI, Yvette thought about Glenbrook’s first Payments on Fire podcast episode – in 2014 – on Bitcoin. So we’re pulling it from the vault to share.

If you have ever wanted to be a fly on the wall while industry thought leaders contemplated the implications of something new, here’s your chance. This is eavesdropping at its best – and a great reminder that innovation and disruption are not just about technical feasibility.

Episode 174 – Fanning the Flames: Proof of Work Consensus Algorithm

Glenbrook’s Neel Saunshi and Yvette Bohanan return to explain the Proof of Work consensus algorithm. Listen in as they discuss what it is, how it works, and the environmental impact from the associated energy consumption.

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Marwan Forzley, Align Commerce, and the Evolution of Blockchain Business

Bitcoin’s reliability and transaction-level security has inspired today’s explosion of blockchain pilots, companies, and consortia. But the bitcoin rails already have solid commercial applications. Circle Internet Finance has focused on person to person payments. Align Commerce has focused on international B2B payments for smaller businesses. With growth, both have blended bitcoin rails with more traditional methods to accomplish fast, cost effective transfers.

On Internet Money – Talking Circle.com with Jeremy Allaire

The world of moving money is changing. And faster is the theme. Domestic real time payment systems are showing up across the planet. Today’s discussion is full of bitcoin, open and permissioned blockchain approaches to speed asset exchange. But the competitive balance between proprietary and open systems is in flux.

Bitcoin 3.0 – Permissioned Blockchains

Blockchain. Is it the most revolutionary technology in value exchange ever or just the latest fintech buzzword enjoying its peak on the hype cycle? Or both? These young techniques are undergoing swift evolution, going from bitcoin and money transfer into new use cases such as identity management.

PoF 25 – Directory Service for Virtual Currencies

The Internet’s designers quickly realized that no one’s very good at remembering IP address numbers. Unless you type the same number over and over again (and I did when I ran an ISP) a human readable version is a lot easier. That’s what the domain name system or DNS is all about, connecting human readable names to specific IP addresses.

PoF 17 – Aligning Bitcoin with B2B Remittances

Paying invoices and moving funds aross borders for small and medium business (SMB) is expensive and full of uncertainties. How much does the recipient actually get once the transaction is finished? (Hint: it’s not always what was sent.) How long does it take a San Francisco firm to pay an invoice to a contractor in Berlin or Hyderabad? (Hint: it’s hard to know exactly when it gets there).

PoF 10 – On Faster Payments in the US

In this interview with Glenbrook’s founding partner Carol Coye Benson, we discuss the prospects for a faster payments system in the US. Responding to the October 22 announcement by The Clearing House, Carol expresses her caution and hope for ways to accelerate replacement of today’s system for credit push payments.

PoF 1 – Payments on Fire Bitcoin Discussion with Scott Loftesness

This conversation between Glenbrook’s founding partner Scott Loftesness, Terence Spies, CTO of Voltage Security, and Glenbrook’s George Peabody is about virtual currencies. It’s a discussion about Bitcoin, other math-based currencies and approaches like Ethereum, Nxt, and more.

Episode 300 – Reflecting on 12 Years of Payments on Fire

Episode 210 – From the Vault: Bitcoin Discussion with Scott Loftesness (Episode 1)

Episode 174 – Fanning the Flames: Proof of Work Consensus Algorithm

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Marwan Forzley, Align Commerce, and the Evolution of Blockchain Business

Bitcoin 3.0 – Permissioned Blockchains

PoF 25 – Directory Service for Virtual Currencies

PoF 17 – Aligning Bitcoin with B2B Remittances

PoF 10 – On Faster Payments in the US

PoF 1 – Payments on Fire Bitcoin Discussion with Scott Loftesness

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