#14 - Sina Iman - Restoring The Trust In Science
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What does it actually take to survive multiple crypto cycles without losing your conviction, your capital, or your sanity? In Episode 14 of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith sits down with Sina Iman, a long time crypto participant, trader, and builder known for his sharp takes on market psychology, cycle dynamics, and structural risk in digital assets. Sina brings a grounded perspective shaped by living through booms, crashes, narrative traps, and incentive failures. Together, the conversation explores why most participants misunderstand market structure, how social consensus and...
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#13 - Everybody's Talking About Quantum
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What happens when the technology curve stops being theoretical and starts colliding with systems that refuse to move? In Episode 13 of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith (founder of Quantus Network) and Joe Mattia close out the year with a wide-ranging, unsparing conversation about quantum computing, Bitcoin’s stalled evolution, and why “doing nothing” may be the most dangerous position of all. They unpack why quantum risk is no longer fringe speculation — tracing a rapid cascade of signals from Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, DARPA, NIST, and academic heavyweights like Scott Aaronson....
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#12 - Cezary - Inside Crypto’s Infrastructure
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In Episode 12 of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith and Joe Mattia sit down with Cezary, a veteran software architect and systems engineer with decades of experience across finance, telecom, and large-scale distributed systems. Cezary brings a rare perspective from deep inside traditional IT and financial infrastructure — from architecting insurance platforms and managing large engineering teams in Poland, to teaching Sun and Oracle systems, to eventually stepping into crypto after encountering IPFS, distributed storage, and the limits of centralized trust. Together, the conversation...
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#11 - Tom Howard - Banks Make Up New Rules
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In Episode 11 of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith and Joe Mattia sit down in Dubai with polymath builder, investor, and biohacker Tom Howard, joined by returning co-host Jangle, for a wild ride from TSA bomb scares to bank balance sheets to quantum-era Bitcoin risk. Tom opens with a hilarious (and slightly terrifying) story about getting the TSA bomb squad called on him over a homemade electrolyte mix — then unpacks what “biohacking” actually means, from saunas and mitochondria to fertility, longevity, and why most people should start with sleep, movement, and blood panels before...
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#10 – Bitcoin Is In Danger
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What happens when quantum computers stop being theory and start actively breaking the cryptography that runs Bitcoin and public blockchains? In this episode of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith (founder of Quantus Network), co-host Joe Mattia, and returning guest Jangle dive deep into “Q-Day” the moment quantum hardware can steal coins, fake signatures, and rewrite the trust assumptions of the entire crypto ecosystem. They unpack why timelines are compressing, how academic skeptics like Scott Aaronson and major voices like Vitalik are revising their estimates, and why Bitcoin may be...
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#9 - Brian Chau - What Next For AI
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In Episode 9 of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith sits down with machine-learning researcher and writer Brian Chau for a fast-moving exploration of how modern AI really works — from competitive programming and pure math, to transformers, quantization, and the hidden mechanics behind today’s large language models. Brian breaks down attention, zero-shot completion, training vs post-training, and how curated datasets transformed basic next-token predictors into conversational systems like ChatGPT. He also shares his path from Canadian and US programming Olympiads to random graph theory...
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#8 - Jangle - Crypto Freedom Power
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What happens when crypto, freedom, and the future of money collide? In this episode of The Quantus Podcast, Christopher Smith — founder of Quantus Network — sits down with Jangle, a DeFi builder, crypto philosopher, and outspoken digital-freedom advocate. Together, they unpack the deeper forces shaping crypto, capital markets, and the future of human coordination. From the origins of DeFi to prediction markets, metaverse culture, the Canadian trucker protests, and why cryptography has become a civilian weapon, this conversation cuts straight to the core of what’s at stake: a future of...
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#7 – Sujal Lethwani: Hacking the Instagram Algorithm & Building a 200K Brand
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In Episode 7, Christopher Smith sits down with creator and strategist Sujal Lethwani to unpack how he built a 200,000-follower personal brand and a network reaching over 4 million people — all beginning as a 15-year-old posting motivational content from his bedroom. Sujal shares the mindset, systems, failures, bans, rebuilds, and algorithmic insights that shaped his rise on Instagram, as well as the deeper story of going from a self-described “loser” in school to a leader with global reach. This episode explores his journey through content creation, Network School, mentorship,...
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#6 - Decrypting The Future Of Freedom
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What happens when quantum computing, AI surveillance, and open-source movements collide? In this episode of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith (founder of Quantus Network) and Joe Mattia explore how the next generation of cryptography, privacy tools, and open protocols will determine the balance between control and freedom in the digital world. From hidden vulnerabilities inside Bitcoin and stablecoin minting keys, to NSA secrecy, Signal’s post-quantum upgrade, and the philosophy behind open source — this is a deep, technical, yet very human discussion about power, transparency,...
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#5 - Quantum Security, Cryptography & the Future of Trust
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How do you build quantum-secure systems before quantum computers even exist? In this episode of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith (founder of Quantus Network) and Joe Mattia break down the misconceptions, mathematics, and market signals behind the global race toward post-quantum cryptography. They explore how cryptographic security is proven through mathematical guarantees rather than hardware tests, why Bitcoin’s elliptic-curve signatures are vulnerable to quantum attacks, and why lattice-based cryptography — including Dilithium, now standardized by NIST — represents the next...
info_outlineIn Episode 9 of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith sits down with machine-learning researcher and writer Brian Chau for a fast-moving exploration of how modern AI really works — from competitive programming and pure math, to transformers, quantization, and the hidden mechanics behind today’s large language models.
Brian breaks down attention, zero-shot completion, training vs post-training, and how curated datasets transformed basic next-token predictors into conversational systems like ChatGPT. He also shares his path from Canadian and US programming Olympiads to random graph theory at Waterloo, early AI startups, and building Alliance for the Future in response to US regulatory pressures.
The conversation expands into AI hype cycles, stagnation, and why the “Terminator model” of AGI misses the real story. Chris and Brian examine Peter Thiel’s warnings about technological slowdown, ideology as “frozen weights” in science, and what it would take for societies to regain their learning rate. They connect AI to cryptography, quantum threats, and governance — exploring whether decentralized networks can react as quickly as centralized systems, and why Network School may be a template for faster, more resilient social structures.
A dense and philosophical episode about AI, progress, and the future of human coordination.
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⏱ Chapters
00:00 — Competitive programming, math Olympiads & falling into ML
04:00 — Pure math, random graph theory & early AI startups
08:00 — Quantization, floats & efficiency in model design
12:00 — Transformers, attention & the 2017 breakthrough
18:00 — Zero-shot completion & how ChatGPT learned Q&A
24:00 — Post-training, RLHF & the “polite AI” persona
30:00 — AI winters, hype cycles & diminishing returns
36:00 — Peter Thiel, stagnation & the meaning of progress
42:00 — Ideology, “settled science” & frozen weights in institutions
48:00 — Centralization, blockchains & quantum-era security
52:00 — Network states & the learning rate of civilizations
🎥 The Quantus Podcast — Network School Series (Sept 2025)
Network School brings together remote workers, digital nomads, creators, personal trainers, self-improvers, event organizers, and engineers — all collaborating to build themselves up while building the next generation of startup societies. Founded by Balaji Srinivasan — https://x.com/balajis
📍 Recorded Sept 2025 in the Quantus popup studio at Network School, Forest City