For The Love of Bitcoin

Sensei and Granny dig in on this whole relationship between Bitcoin and energy.

What happens when Granny, Sensei and Mechanic all go on a podcast that has six hosts and almost as many listeners? Hilarity ensues.  Enjoy.This episode is also known as The Meme Factory Test Stream #23

It was gonna be a five quick read of an upcoming 5 minute read by Sensei, but it turned out to be a lot longer, but it was fun, and good, and so here it is.

This is the best part of the 'humanity-being' discussion I had with Sama.

If you found The Bitcoin Brain episode of "What Bitcoin Did" interesting, you will likely also enjoy From Bitcoin-Brain to Humanity Being.  In fact, you may find it profoundly mind-bending.This two part series between Tomer and Sama, host of the Bitcoin Consciousness Podcast (https://anchor.fm/bitcoinconsciousness), explores the idea of humanity as an entity (starting at about 25 minutes in).  Note: the recording cut out mid-conversation at one hour and seven minutes in, but we pick up a few days later in the upcoming part 2. 

This wide-ranging discussion covers:Spending SatsLow Time PreferenceSurrender Which Freedoms Again?Bitcoin to the RescueBitcoiners out in the wild.The revolution is peaceful, just not evenly distributed.Teaching Bitcoin to Noobs - It's Not Like Anything You've Seen BeforeWhite Paper Day Coming SoonThe Value of Bitcoin Education"I've Sold All My Bitcoin"Does Adam Back's Mind Get Blown?Bitcoin crashes to well over $60KHonest Bitcoin SkepticsPretty Perfect - Satoshi's Design PhilosophyThe End of Fiat PartySpiritual Quests and Cosmic RealizationsRe-Discovering Big IdeasTIMECHAIN!!!! 

We begin our new series going beyond merely the separation of state and money, with the separation of state and education.  We're not very organized about it.

Sensei and Granny discuss all the reasons they find Bitcoin fascinating and compelling besides its value as money.

Elon anti-fragilityMining anti-fragilityQuantum anti-fragility & Satoshi's last giftBitcoin's earthly or unearthly originsWitnessing segregationPersecution of the PressGuilt by associationHard times require we be strong of mind and body  Why hard times are better than easy timesTomer's articles mentioned from TomerStrolight.medium.comBitcoiners are Not Toxic - They Have IntegrityDon't Tell Me There Are No Heroes in BitcoinWhy People Wonder If Bitcoin is Alien TechnologyBitcoin Is a Test

This episode is a whirlwind of topics as the boys catch up after a two week hiatus in which El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, a high profile bitcoiner damaged his reputation, vaccine passports inched closer towards becoming a reality, and so much more.  Here's what's on our minds.

Join our Tribe on sphinx.chat.00:00 Welcome The Cleansing9:26 Why Sh*tcoins are Sh*t32:15 CENTRAL bANk dIGiTal cuRrENcY is the opposite of Bitcoin50:00 Who might’ve been a bitcoiner1:03:02 Warning signs about bLOckfI.

00:00- welcome: for the love of Pete(r McCormack’s listeners)1:15 - For the love of recovering wallets8:35 - What the hell is going on? Central planning, fear and bad, engineering vs. decentralized, reliable, good engineering.23:32 - Asking why.49:26 - Taproot activation and decentralization56:55 - Fine, we’ll talk about Elon.1:05:42 - Well, that’s a wrap Show notes:Get Tomer’s ebook at htts://swanbitcoin.com/whybitcoinWatch the podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-9d1j_8zZzYum3FAsW5yQ

00:00 - Concerning Sensei’s recent and upcoming chronicles17:55 - Of real life heroes, perpetual motion machines and time travel34:38 - On the nature and location of a bitcoin economy.40:20 - To Buy (the dip) or not to buy (the dip)? Here is the answer42:40 - Before you need to use a backup, check it and some other tips.54:09 - Regarding Bitcoin Core

0:00 Do you still love Bitcoin? Why do you love Bitcoin?11:11 I guess I still do love Bitcoin.  I love it as more than just money.19:09 When my love for Bitcoin was most tested.  What I love most about Bitcoin.26:04 Nobody loves gold, not even gold bugs.34:14 Love-hate relationships with Social Media39:23 Love for the Next Generation of Bitcoiners.  No love for cash, or for lockdowns, or bailouts, or banks, or bankers.

00:00 -Preamblings: Taproot coming in hot02:29 - Failed Fork for Efferium6:00 - Surveillance Capitalism10:34 - Why use Open Source Software15:30  -Upgrading Bitcoin is so ugly that it’s beautiful19:03 - Bitcoin IS the endgame25:23 -Symbiosis vs Parasitism28:06 -How Bitcoin Governance Works in Practice31:00 - There are still things that aren’t perfect about Bitcoin and we probably aren’t ever gonna change them34:00 - Why aren’t countries buying bitcoin?References:  Shoshana Zuboff and her book “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”Why Bitcoin is not like anything you’ve seen before: https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/why-bitcoin-is-not-like-anything-youve-ever-seen-before-9a7e09b5cc0f

00:00 - Bitcoin Fixes Energy FFS!!!!5:10 -  Humanity Rediscovering Hard Money10:15 -  Bitcoin vs. Totalitarianism14:50 -  Bitcoin Under Endless Stimulus19:52 - Bitcoin is a one-way trade22:30 - Things Fiat Can’t Do 26:20 - Things Fiat Has Done29:40 - Things Bitcoin Can Do33:10 -  Fiat is Disposable Money, Bitcoin is In-Disposable Money38:23 - Bitcoin is Changing perspectives41:49 - The illogic of vaccine passports48:20 - A Second Wave of Demonstrations 54:50 - Dealing with The People in the government Relevant Links:Why Bitcoin’s Energy Use Is Not Environmentally Harmful:https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/why-bitcoins-energy-use-is-not-environmentally-harmful-6fbba54911edThe New, Sustainable Individualism:https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/the-new-sustainable-individualism-641a9fc073f

1 - Not a show for my mom.2 -  Mechanic’s Bitcoin onboarding stories3 - Frustrations in getting started4 - Two Golden Rules for Bitcoiners5 - What once seemed crazy now seems normal6 - The people that get it, get it.7 - Bullshit jobs everywhere.8 - Benefiting from the productivity gains of technology9 - Do you think the boom and bust cycle is done? Maybe not.10 - But Maybe yes..11 - Satoshi’s surrender and sacrifice. 12 - Satoshi’s state of mind13- Satoshi’s intelligence compared to Einstein’s

00:00 - Live action coding03:08 - Taproot’s Right to a Speedy Trial (by fire)10:50 - Going Full Retard to Fix Bitcoin16:08 - Another day another brilliant billionaire bitcoiner.21:12 - Bitcoin is Clean energy and Freedom 24:46 - Pay Attention to Privacy30:28 - Talking about others talking about setting up a node.

You can watch this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5Lox2whYE00:00intro music00:37 self-sovereignists do stuff themselves06:10 it is the worst of times. it is the best of times12:26 Self actualization on the self sovereign frontier 18:56 What do YOU want to do with your life?22:43 Self-Sovereignty is So Satisfying 29:45 No More Kings - Bitcoin Rights and Freedoms39:09 Making Space to be Free44:25 More signs of a fourth turning.Interesting Links:Sensei's Self Sovereign Manifesto: https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/a-brief-self-sovereign-manifesto-38da6c736797

Watch this episode on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZXg8FIAcU the beauty of Bitcoin’s proof of work 0:00 - 9:05 Bitcoin is a chain of truth 9:05 - 14:18 Money is the root of what exactly? 14:18 - 18:53We are all early bitcoiners 18:53 - 22:01 Bitcoin wages and the theory of relativity 22:01 - 24:05  How much work is in each satoshi?  The value of each satoshi. 24:05 - 27:41 What Bitcoin Doesn’t Fix (and how it actually does) 27:41 - 35:03 Bitcoin is a being of pure energy 35:03 - 36:23 Bitcoin reflects and focuses you. 36:23 - 44:38 A bitcoin story from 2011 44:38 - 49:56 Bitcoin isn’t a gamble and it’s going to make things great 49:56 - 56:33 Gratitude for everyone in Bitcoin 56:33 - 59:10Additional Notes: Francisco’s Money Speech from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged: https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speech/Calculating the total work in each Satoshi:To verify how much total work is in the blockchain enter “GetBlockchainInfo” on the command line or console of a fully synched bitcoin core node. The number next to “Chainwork” is the total work expressed in hexadecimalTo verify how many Satoshis exist enter “GetTxoutSetInfo” on the command line or console of a fully synched bitcoin core node. The number next to “Total Amount” To see how much work there is per satoshi divide chain work by Total amount and then divide by 100 million.  For example at block 671265 there was, in hex, 19a091308e5db4c5c6e21926 total work.  In decimal this is 7.931239015514253e27, which is like the number 8 with 26 zeros behind it.  There were also 18,632,702.3698561 bitcoin.  So the amount of work per BTC is 4.256623037324622e20 which is a number like 4 with 20 zeroes behind it.   And you drop 8 zeros to get to satoshis - so each satoshi has 4.256623037324622e12 hashes of work behind it, which is 425,662,303,732 hashes.  Every satoshi had had 425 billion hashes of work behind it.  And that number keeps going up.Sensei’s essay ”The new, sustainable Individualism” is at https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/the-new-sustainable-individualism-641a9fc073f

Episode 5 of For The Love of Bitcoin0:00 - Planning a bitcoin bender4:16: - Bitcoin Haters12:15 - Saving the Planet23:29 - You Can’t Steal Bitcoin29:38 - Citadels?34:39 - Duress Wallets38:17 - The Fiat Thinkers 41:42 - Bitcoin and Gold47:12 - This is financial advice.

Episode 4:You can watch this episode at https://youtu.be/8u4GbSju9Ig0:00 - Cold Open - Interview with the honourable Klaus Krugman of the United World Economic Foundation 6:18- - Tinkering in Sovereignty 9:38 - The Rebel Internet15:14 - What Keith Doesn’t Want to Talk About19:20 - When a post-fiat world?26:03 - Bitcoin, an exponential movement 36:25- Decentralization doesn’t stop at money 43:21 - “Journalism” 46:58 - Unbanking yourself50:53 - Praise for Satoshi Nakamoto If you like the show, please leave a rating and share with your friends. If you don't, shove it.

0:01-What would you do for bitcoin?3:49 -a confession of love and ten commandments23:23-psychedelics and other non-fiat ways to look at the world35:36-the broken incentives of a broken system 39:40-Microstrategy strategy42:36-Life in the time of Fiat47:47-The dawn of the age of the personal server

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