Motivate the Math

About Motivate the Math

What is the math that enables cryptography?

Publisher

Fundamentals and average_gary

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

14 Jan 2025

Latest episode

25 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Dec 2025

   MTM23: QED

   Host reflects with Average Gary on a year of building Motivate the Math, discussing accountability, shifting priorities, and the need for stronger technical literacy in Bitcoin in this interview.

2. 

   13 Oct 2025

   MTM21: The Cryptography Workbook (part 1)

   This episode of Motivate the Math explores the fundamentals of Bitcoin-grade cryptography using a workbook on discrete-log-based multiparty signatures, building intuition for groups, fields, rigor, and proofs.

3. 

   29 Aug 2025

   MTM20: Probability, Poisson, and Adversarial Noderunning

   Host Alex Johnson interviews Bitcoin expert Sarah Lee about how probability distributions like Poisson model Bitcoin mining security and adversarial attacks, revealing the importance of randomness and open-source resilience.

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

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Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0