#14 - Sina Iman - Restoring The Trust In Science
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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
Quantus Podcast
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...
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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 in the most fragile position of all.
They walk through the three enormous coordination problems the industry must solve: convincing builders and leaders to care, reaching social consensus on which post-quantum standards to adopt, and then actually migrating billions in value, including Satoshi’s coins, centralized exchange cold wallets, and DeFi protocols before attackers do. Along the way they explore HD wallets, lattice cryptography, Falcon vs Dilithium, quantum game theory between nation-states, and how stablecoins, ETFs, and Wall Street custody change who really decides what “real Bitcoin” is.
The conversation then turns to Quantus: why starting from a fresh, quantum-secure, ZK-friendly L1 solves problems legacy chains can’t, and how native reversible transactions can eliminate blind signing horror stories, Bybit-style hacks, and endless test transactions. From escrow-less real-estate deals to proof-of-funds flows, Chris, Joe, and Jangle sketch a future where quantum-secure money and humane UX actually coexist, if the industry is willing to move before the asteroid hits.
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⏱️ Chapters
00:00 — Q-Day, compressed timelines & the three milestones of migration
02:00 — Scott Aaronson, shifting quantum timelines & 2028 key-cracking fears
04:00 — Why Bitcoin may be in the worst position of all
06:00 — HD wallets, seed phrases & how post-quantum breaks old assumptions
08:00 — Lattice cryptography, Falcon vs Dilithium & choosing a standard
10:00 — Expected value, tail risk & responsible leadership in crypto
12:00 — Satoshi’s coins, rich lists & mega-targets like Binance cold wallets
14:00 — Nation-states, first-mover advantage & brutal quantum game theory
16:00 — Quantum attacks, stablecoins & ETF custodians under stress
18:00 — BlackRock, Bitcoin ETFs & who really chooses the “real” fork
20:00 — Stablecoin issuers, protocol capture & fork-choice power
22:00 — BIP-444, illegal content & retroactive editing of the chain
24:00 — Fresh L1s & why not going quantum-secure in 2025 is madness
26:00 — Designing Quantus: quantum-secure, ZK-friendly from genesis
28:00 — Reversible transactions as the missing primitive in blockchains
30:00 — Proof-of-funds, good-faith deposits & escrowless large deals
32:00 — Blind signing, multisigs & supply-chain attacks like the Bybit hack
34:00 — Clear-signing on Quantus & radically shrinking the attack surface
36:00 — Building quantum-secure, reversible stablecoins for the dollar era
38:00 — Final reflections: Q-Day as crypto’s asteroid & why migration starts now