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#14 - Sina Iman - Restoring The Trust In Science

Release Date: 02/04/2026

#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...

#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....

#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...

#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...

#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...

#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...

#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...

#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,...

#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,...

#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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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 liquidity shape price far more than fundamentals in the short term, and why discipline and patience matter more than prediction.

They unpack how attention, leverage, and reflexivity distort decision making, why many traders confuse activity with edge, and how conviction without adaptability becomes fragility. The discussion moves through Bitcoin, alt cycles, macro liquidity, and the dangers of mistaking narratives for signal.

The episode closes by zooming out to long term system design. Why crypto infrastructure must evolve beyond speculation, how trust is built slowly and lost instantly, and why the next era will reward builders who prioritize resilience over hype. It is a candid, experience driven conversation about surviving markets that are designed to test human psychology.

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⏱ Chapters

00:00 Sina’s path through multiple crypto cycles