# Mastering Bitcoin > I’m still in the office right now (wading through Excel models) and I’m late for a Christmas party. So by necessity today’s post is going to be a short one. Below is a podcast from the Kevin Rose Show called “Bitcoin’s true potential”. It’s with Andreas M. Antonopoulos, who is the author of a number of books on the topic including: Mastering Bitcoin, The Internet of Money, and Mastering Ethereum. If you’re pressed for time, here are a couple of time stamps that may interest you:18:12 – Global... URL: https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/mastering-bitcoin Author: Brandon Donnelly Published: December 14, 2017 Categories: andreas-m-antonopoulos, bitcoin, kevin-rose-show, mastering-bitcoin, mastering-ethereum, podcast, the-internet-of-money, uncategorized I’m still in the office right now (wading through Excel models) and I’m late for a Christmas party. So by necessity today’s post is going to be a short one. Below is a podcast from the Kevin Rose Show called “Bitcoin’s true potential”. It’s with Andreas M. Antonopoulos, who is the author of a number of books on the topic including: Mastering Bitcoin, The Internet of Money, and Mastering Ethereum. If you’re pressed for time, here are a couple of time stamps that may interest you: 18:12 – Global opportunities and challenges for expanded Bitcoin use  28:00 – Why Andreas spends Bitcoin almost every day 29:38 – How reduced volatility will help Bitcoin achieve mass adoption 32:38 – Bitcoin’s potential market capitalization 35:35 – Bitcoin versus Visa for consumer transactions 1:06:10 – The most compelling application areas Andreas is tracking 1:22:54 – The future of cryptography: ECDSA and SHA-256 And if you can’t see the embedded podcast below, click here. https://embed.simplecast.com/bd660142