Value Stack - A Bitcoin Podcast

Jameson Lopp is a cypherpunk and co-founder of Casa. In this episode we discuss how privacy in the US and bitcoin are UNDER ATTACK. And Testnest v3 is also UNDER ATTACK.... by Jameson Lopp? Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:30 Why Jameson Lopp is attacking Bitcoin Testnet 12:10 The State of Bitcoin Mining Post-Halving 20:30 Lopp's view on current bitcoin mainnet development like OP_CAT 24:15 Privacy is under attack 29:00 Our gainz are under attack 35:00 Outro - resist the narrative wars! Links Jameson's website has many great bitcoin resources: https://lopp.net ⁠Follow Jameson on Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/lopp Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support

What is cloud-computing and why is it a paradigm we should be uncomfortable with? Matt Hill of @Start9 joins Value Stack Podcast for a discussion about the current state of computing and why self-hosting and running a home server is more important than ever before. StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services. Check out the chapters below! 00:00 Intro 00:28 How did we get to the cloud computing paradigm? 03:30 Computer client and server architecture explained 11:30 How does relying on centralized servers affect freedom? 15:00 How are servers and clients designed differently? 18:05 The fight over privacy, personal data, and politics 26:55 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin? 29:10 Does technology push sovereignty forward? 37:20 How culture, education, and technology are interlinked 42:25 Why trust is essential in a flourishing human society 46:30 About Start9 and StartOS - Run a Sovereign Personal Server 52:30 Why SaaS needs to disappear 01:00:11 Why StartOS is fully FOSS 01:11:00 DNS, encryption, Google and search 01:14:33 On censorship and ransomware 01:19:58 Why running a home server is more secure than cloud computing 01:26:30 Why you should start with self-hosting a password manager like Vaultwarden 01:31:09 What's on the StartOS roadmap? 01:37:16 How Start9 is building a new product category - the personal server 01:45:00 Daemon and Freedom TM book recommendations- Daniel Suarez 01:47:15 How is StartOS different than UmbrelOS, CasaOS, etc? 01:58:23 The AI and LLM revolution 02:03:43 IoT and the future of the computing paradigm 02:13:55 Outro

How do you get a job in the bitcoin industry? Is bitcoin even an industry? What kind of skills are companies in the bitcoin industry looking for? Are crypto and bitcoin companies looking for different things? How will an ETF change the industry? What sort of mindsets help bitcoiners get hired? In Episode 46, I'm joined by Eric Podwojski of Bitcoin Talent Co to talk all about bitcoin jobs and wrap up with a little bit of reflection, mindfulness and motivation on working in an industry and on building things we enjoy. If you're looking for a job in bitcoin or your company has roles to fill, this is an episode for you about bitcoin culture and hiring in the bitcoin industry. Check out the chapters below! Check out bitcoin talent co ⁠Follow Eric on X Support the show Chapters 0:00 Intro - Let's do less podcasts in 2024 2:45 What would you do if you were rich AF? 4:40 Starting Bitcoin Talent Co 5:50 Bitcoin vs Crypto Companies 7:15 How do you find bitcoin jobs? 8:15 What personality traits help bitcoiners get hired? 11:30 What kind of skills do you need to work in bitcoin? 16:00 Can you get a bitcoin job in a bear market? 18:30 How to get a job in the bitcoin industry? 21:00 How do bitcoin adoption incentives work? 26:00 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin? 28:45 On reading books and building skillsets 31:00 How do you define the bitcoin industry? 37:00 Flex hiring and TalentOS through Bitcoin Talent Co 41:00 Does prior industry experience matter in bitcoin? 42:00 Skills to help you get hired in the bitcoin industry 50:00 The importance of consistency in content creation 52:00 Becoming indifferent to price action and monetary gains 1:01:00 On paradigm shifts 1:04:00 On making an impact with content creation 1:08:00 Self-awareness and behavior patterns 1:10:30 On meditation, motivation, and facing mortality 1:17:00 The Story of the Stonecutter 1:21:30 Libraries are cool again in 2023 1:24:00 Making commitments 1:25:15 The Bitcoin Tao draft excerpt 1:31:00 On the ever-changing nature of life 1:35:30 How writing and journalling helps process emotions 1:38:30 The importance of atomic habits 1:39:45 Outro

Sam Callahan and Beau Simon join me for a 2023 year-in-review of the bitcoin markets episode to wrap up the year for Value Stack Episode 45. We talk market cycles and how SBF, CZ, and other people are now going to jail. We talk about interest rates and how the economy has done this year, make predictions on monetary policy, talk the halving and 2024 bitcoin price predictions and more. Chapters 0:00 Intro 5:57 What happened with interest rates in 2023? 15:00 Regional banking crisis of 2023 17:00 Bitcoin mempool fees all time high 20:00 Bitcoin ETF and BlackRock 26:10 RIP Charlie Munger 28:40 SBF, CZ, Etc all going to jail 33:00 Is a Bitcoin ETF approval good for Bitcoin? 48:12 FedNow launches in 2023 55:00 Too big to fail US banks 59:00 Federal reserve 2024 policy predictions 1:03:00 Lyn Alden post-ww2 bond thesis correlation 1:07:00 Millennials and the 2023 housing market 1:17:30 Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act 1:19:30 Bitcoin hashrate doubles in 2023 1:23:40 2024 Bitcoin halving predictions 1:25:30 Reflecting on lessons from the last cycle 1:28:30 Personal highlights of 2023 1:39:40 Revisiting our 2023 predictions 1:40:30 2024 Bitcoin predictions ⁠Follow Sam and Beau on X: https://x.com/samcallah // https://x.com/shaperfunds Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support

Here's a 2 hour conversation on life and surviving bear markets as a bitcoiner. Rob and Rick have both been on the show before and for this one we were LIVE in the CryptoCloaks print shop. We talk about mining, the insane math behind hashing SHA256 , cycles of equipment upgrading and how to deal with heat from mining and equipment, and a whole lot of messing around. Check out the chapters below! ____________________________________ ⁠Follow Rick on X: https://x.com/RickFromCloaks Follow Rob on X: https://x.com/BikesandBitcoin Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00 Intro - without an introduction 5:30 Computers are hot 9:00 On starting a small business with bitcoin 11:15 How to repurpose heat from bitcoin mining 15:45 Mining downtime and ASIC repair 18:00 Why's there so much performance variation across ASICs? 23:25 Bitcoin mining is a brutal business 26:55 Rob's poetic ode to the beauty of hashing 30:35 How does the bitcoin difficulty adjustment work? 32:30 On exponential growth and really big numbers 35:45 Rob's alan watts interpretation 36:35 Why is Rick still operating in his basement? 40:00 Rick explains the CryptoCloaks printing operation 43:20 Rob teaches about how mega bitcoin miners make money with electricity 53:30 On achieving and goal-setting 56:30 On risk-taking and running a business 1:02:15 On becoming more family-oriented because of bitcoin 1:10:05 Is bitcoin a faith-based community? 1:12:55 On grokking bitcoin and it going mainstream 1:20:00 Talking about cycles of life and the fourth turning 1:26:45 On loving "the process", cycles of life, kids, and hashing 1:30:00 How mining pools changed bitcoin mining forever 1:34:45 When will the general population adopt bitcoin? 1:37:00 Why we stopped talking about bitcoin during the holidays 1:45:35 On mentally HODLing through bitcoin bear markets 1:54:00 Generations of bitcoiners 1:58:08 How will a bitcoin ETF change the market environment? 2:00:30 Are we screwed when baby boomers leave the workforce? 2:03:45 Bitcoin adoption in developing countries 2:05:30 Outro - words of wisdom from Rick & Rob

Jason Wrich is a first-generation rancher in Colorado and founder of Wrich Ranches, a farm-to-table brand that serves local Colorado customers grass-fed and finished natural beef. In this episode, we dive into modern day-ranching and we draw insights from ranching history and lessons of the past, emphasize the connection between people and their food, and explore the unexpected link between Bitcoin and the farming and ranching world. With a special focus on the Beef Initiative and grassroots efforts, Jason does a great job of bringing these two seemingly disparate concepts closer than ever before. Join us for a candid exploration of the essence of ranching in the digital age. Check out the chapters below! ____________________________________ ⁠Follow Jason on Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/JasonWrich Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:13 Ranching Challenges and Land Leasing 03:30 Legacy and Soil Improvement 05:12 Cattle Health and Sustainability 08:11 Financial Considerations 09:41 Grass-Fed Beef and Quality 14:27 Ranching and Price Control 18:11 Challenges in Ranching and Adaptation 21:40 Weather Challenges and Ranch Preparedness 24:24 Naysayer Reactions and Ranching Challenges 28:57 Values, Money, and Circular Economy 33:28 Introduction to Bitcoin 36:03 Transparency in Ranching and Bitcoin 38:01 Expanding Network and Community 40:03 Impact of Bitcoin on Ranching Business 41:00 Bitcoin in Transactions 42:10 Bitcoin Adoption in the Community 45:05 Concerns about Wolf Reintroduction 47:26 Challenges in Different Environments 50:09 Connection with Nature and Presence 54:09 Lessons in Strength and Resilience 58:29 Overcoming Self-Limitations 01:00:30 Dealing with the Uncontrollable 01:01:31 Nature's Wisdom 01:02:03 Adaptation to Environment 01:03:36 The Beef Initiative's Purpose 01:11:05 Challenges in Beef Certification 01:14:01 Eating as Part of a Microbiome 01:19:00 Quality of Life Goals 01:25:05 Closing Thoughts

David Croisant is a passionate free-thinker and advocate of sovereign and open source technologies. He and I sat down to discuss common and alternative forms of government, how money affects organization of groups, if bitcoin can lead to better ways of organization, and ask the question - do people really want to be free?Check out the chapters below and if you enjoy it, consider supporting the show. Chapters 00:00 What is anarchy? 1:55 Why did governments come about and stay in power? 5:10 Why are citizens ignorant about government laws? 8:20 Whose responsibility is it to keep governments in check? 12:00 How does the public education system affect government power? 13:35 Money, power, the church, and government control 16:00 Societal structure today is designed government overreach 20:00 How can we take back power into the citizens hands? 24:20 Why do bitcoiners “unplug” sooner than the general population? 28:00 Will governments ever embrace bitcoin? 34:30 Why do we even need money? 39:00 Government ideals vs reality 43:30 Does technology increase or decrease freedom? 47:15 Why do people trade freedom for convenience? 51:45 Cycles of creation and destruction 1:02:30 Paths to “waking up” 1:06:45 How can society work in a world without stated rules? 1:10:10 How education and media keep citizens in the dark 1:14:15 How do collective and individual incentives align? 1:17:15 Imagining very large perspectives to re-examine society 1:22:00 Taking sovereignty of the mind 1:33:00 What ways can we spread sovereign ideas? 1:37:00 Learning from self-reflection and observing others 1:41:00 Outro: You Matter

Zechariah Schaefer, CFP®, is the founder of Ascent, a next-generation wealth management & tax firm helping Founders, Tech Professionals, & Crypto Investors to reduce taxes, build wealth intentionally, & invest wisely. Due to his firm's unique Gen Z & Millennial niche, flat-fee model, & his 10,000+ social media following, Zechariah's been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Investopedia, & more. In this episode, we discuss a financial advisor's perspective on bitcoin, and how this asset is a growing part of younger investors' planning. We talk about practical ways that people can improve their own financial position, debt and leverage, philosophies of value and diversification, and more. If you're interested in how bitcoin can serve as a part of a sound financial plan, this episode is definitely for you! Check out the chapters below! The best place to get in touch with Zechariah is his LinkedIn, but we've also included his other links below.LinkedInTwitterAscent Personal FinanceInstagram⁠Support the show Chapters 00:00 Intro 1:40 Why should someone still consider a financial advisor in 2023? 4:40 How do financial advisors compete in an automated investing world? 7:45 Why did you start your own RIA instead of joining a big firm? 11:55 What areas of advice do millenials in tech need help with? 26:10 Most common Gen-Z financial planning mistakes 31:00 How do you create a beginning financial plan? 33:45 How do you think about debt in 2023? 37:00 Discussing personal residence real estate as an investment 39:00 How do you define "value"? 44:20 Asset allocation for crypto investors in 2023 51:00 Considering children and family in a financial plan 53:06 Bitcoiner's take on retirement accounts and social security 56:00 Money printing, bitcoin, CBDCs and predicting our future monetary system 1:05:00 Custodial bitcoin 1:08:40 Outro - General tips to improve your own financial position

Jameson Lopp has been building multisig Bitcoin wallets since 2015. He is the founder and CTO of Casa and also founded Mensa's Bitcoin Special Interest Group, the Triangle Bitcoin & Business meetup, and several open source Bitcoin projects. He enjoys researching various aspects of the ecosystem and giving presentations about what he has learned the hard way while trying to write robust software that can withstand both adversaries and unsophisticated users. In Value Stack Episode 40, we discuss the history of email and spam prevention, and the actions / missteps that led to centralizing forces of the Mail Protocol, SMTP, into the control of a few gatekeepers over time. We expand on whether these same forces and gatekeepers are developing and might be present in the Bitcoin protocol today, if the similar missteps are being made, or if we've already fought those battles and learned from previous mistakes. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Special thanks to Dez and Cory who filmed the episode - check out their channel and other work at DezCor Media! Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:25 What is email and SMTP? 1:20 ARPANET - the early days of email 2:45 The beginning of email spam 4:17 Why most people don't run their own mail servers today 5:22 AOL and the meteroic rise of commercialized internet 8:50 How uptime needs and free open relays led to centralization 10:24 How spam prevention measures led to centralization over time 14:53 How do email providers define what is spam today? 16:40 Spam solutions as a business and beginnings of email gatekeeping 20:03 Flipping the game theory - imposing economic costs on spam senders (Hashcash) 22:30 Why didn't Hashcash get adopted into the Mail Protocol? 25:00 Blacklisting, port blocking, and challenges of self-hosting mail servers 28:30 Third parties all the way down - "meta-rules" that crippled SMTP 29:40 How misaligned incentives led to centralization of email 31:00 Bitcoin's incentives - are the better thought out? 32:20 Points of failure and redundancy 34:20 KYC, the Scaling Wards, censorship, and the custodial problem 37:00 Is bitcoin still vulnerable to incentives that create centralizing forces? 38:55 Should we ossify the bitcoin protocol now? 40:00 Are there scaling issues for self-custody bitcoin long term? 42:00 Importance of the bitcoin culture of Sovereignty 43:30 Why monetary and messaging protocols are different 45:07 Tracking custodial-held bitcoin on-chain 46:20 Is bitcoin headed in the right direction? 49:00 Are out-of-protocol abstractions a bad thing? 51:10 How can people get involved in helping bitcoin succeed? 53:55 Outro

Anthony Feliciano is a bitcoiner pushing forward merchant services adoption and the bitcoin circular economy. He hosts CryptoBeerKings popup meetups and is an early advocate of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. This episode is a deep dive in the world of using bitcoin as a medium of exchange and unit of account, particularly in the context of businesses and merchants. We discuss the benefits of LN vs onchain, and roadblocks that lightning network must overcome. ____________________________________ Check out CryptoBeerKings Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00 Intro 4:00 Reminiscing on early days of the Lightning Network 9:00 Challenges & importance of Lightning Network adoption 15:30 When to use Lightning versus on-chain bitcoin? 17:30 Can lightning network scale and be decentralized enough? 21:20 Teaching small businesses about bitcoin and lightning network 25:30 How to learn about bitcoin lightning network and other BTC Layer 2s 28:30 Are custodial lightning solutions a growing concern? 31:00 Importance of grassroots Bitcoin circular economy 36:00 Educating businesses on why bitcoin is better than credit cards 44:30 Lightning network inbound liquidity & other challenges to growth 56:00 The paradigm shift of seeing bitcoin as a unit of account 58:50 Teaching middle-schoolers about #bitcoin 1:12:00 What helped you see bitcoin's potential earlier than most? 1:15:00 The process of going down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole 1:17:00 Building computers in the 1990s 1:20:35 The trilemma of privacy, sovereignty, and convenience 1:25:00 Learning Linux 1:31:30 Outro

Hunter Beast is a freedom-lover and Rust developer focused on building with Bitcoin layers. He's also Director of Engineering at DIBA, where they're building a marketplace for digital art on Bitcoin and Bitcoin only, but using the RGB Contracts Layer and BDK instead of Ordinals. He is also architecting a decentralized storage system called Carbonado to store content for DIBA's Unique Digital Assets that's trustless, paid in Lightning, and encrypts all data using Nostr keys. In this episode, we talk about developing on bitcoin, why code and free speech are important, I, NFTS, and so many other topics. This is a bit more of a technical discussion than most episodes, so enjoy the banter and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! ____________________________________ Follow Hunter on Twitter Check out BitMask Wallet Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Bitcoin origin story 00:05:10 Selling vs spending bitcoin 00:07:10 DDOS attacks 00:07:50 Political views on career & money 00:09:10 Risk taking vs risk aversion 00:10:15 Information asymmetry in programming 00:14:23 The best way to learn anything 00:17:00 On AI replacing traditional education; hands-on learning vs memorization 00:18:47 Extracurricular activity 00:23:00 Why free speech matters 00:28:50 Why Rust programming language? 00:30:27 Evils of inefficient web technologies 00:32:00 Ordinals (Index) vs RGB 00:39:00 Bitmask wallet 00:48:10 RGB vs Ordinals from end-user standpoint 00:54:00 Don't shitcoin - it's bad for you 01:00:04 Human species' trajectory 01:03:40 Economics of energy 01:08:00 Bitcoin includes everything 01:19:18 Carbonado 01:28:53 Saifedean Ammous will get you fired 01:35:27 Bitcoin is good for your health 01:40:45 Outro

Jack Sweeney is a Gen Z YouTuber turned passionate Bitcoin advocate. He currently writes about the lightning network for LN Capital and produces content under @jacksweeney. In Value Stack 37, we discuss how Jack found Bitcoin, the existential meaning about being a millenial and gen Z in today's economy, being content creators online, and more. This is an esoteric episode so sit back with an open mind and enjoy! Support the show Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:38 Bitcoin Origin story 08:45 Big difference of bitcoin and altcoins? 10:00 Why NFTs have no inherent value 23:15 The root of the problem is the money is corrupted 25:25 Betting on bitcoin success vs fiat collapse 27:00 Finding meaning in the world and purpose 29:25 Effects of money printing on socioeconomics 32:50 Short-term bias - high vs. low time preference thinking 36:00 Becoming a radical 37:30 Thinking of Bitcoin as a unit of account 38:55 Money is at the base layer of society and interaction 40:26 What wealth affords 41:40 In it for the “I told ya so's” 45:00 Bitcoin is a movement, and a savings tool - not an investment 48:10 Seeing the truth of what's in front of you 50:30 Whether or not to disclose on a date that you're a bitcoiner 58:00 Incentivizing content creators through NOSTR Zaps 59:50 Personality traits that are common among bitcoiners 1:04:20 How fiat destroys most purchasing power in under a decade 1:08:00 How to grow a YouTube channel 1:17:00 Will fiat and bitcoin coexist? 1:19:46 What has more supply: Shiba Inu Coin or the US Dollar? 1:26:45 Just wait for bitcoin (math) to do its thing and chill! 1:30:00 Sats - a bitcoin "penny", 10 bitcoin is a billionaire - Bitcoin units 1:37:10 Outro

CryptoCloaks Rick is a small business owner, and regular dude building and 3D Printing for the bitcoin community. His team and print shop, CryptoCloaks, is the go-to for unique Bitcoin products and all 3D-printed-to-order and custom parts. This one is a long one - 2 hours of wide-ranging topics - from turkey factories, to running an online shipping business, designing 3d printing bitcoin space heaters, moving out the cities, bitcoin & lightning network tech, privacy, fiat lifestyle, and more. Rick and I had a great time recording this one - check out CryptoCloaks and all the awesome custom merch they're printing out of the shop. Check out the chapters below! ____________________________________ Visit the CryptoCloaks online shopFollow CryptoCloaks on Twitter3D Printers GoBRRRSupport the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 00:00 Intro 4:37 Business ebbs and flows based on BTC price 10:15 Bitcoin doesn't actually exist 13:20 3D basics 17:20 Where to start 3D printing? 21:30 Fusion 360- CAD Design Software for 3D Modeling 22:44 Jennie-O Turkeys - Designing better killing machines

Ben Justman is a small business owner, winemaker and Bitcoiner in Western Colorado. His winery, Peony Lane, is a Natural Winery in the highest wine region in North America and specializes in Pinot Noir. He uses his background as a farmer, business owner and Bitcoiner to educate his communities about sound money and the importance of supporting local food systems. In Value Stack 35, we discuss growing up in Colorado and the process of making natural wine - from the soil composition, planning and time involved, to marketing and finding a niche market in selling to bitcoiners! We hash out what it's like being a millennial in 2023, and how difficult it can be to explain or understand how money, the economy, or bitcoin works - especially to peers. We wrap talking about how cities and rural living often comes with different worldviews, the nature of risk-taking in life, and how to develop resolve and conviction in your own ideas. This was a really genuine conversation that I thoroughly enjoyed. I hope you do too, and please consider supporting Ben's small business vineyard in the links below! Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 00:00 Intro - Bitcoiners and virtuous ways of living 09:05 Difficulties of teaching people about how money and bitcoin works 17:35 Soil & natural wine-making in rural Colorado - Peony Lane Wine 36:30 Advantages and challenges of running a “bitcoin business” 55:00 Being a “millennial” in America today and reflecting on life goals 1:06:18 Low-time preference and marketing to bitcoiners 1:14:45 Wine, alcohol, and its place in social culture 1:23:00 Risk-taking 1:26:02 Moving bitcoin privately / UTXO selection 1:28:00 Comparing worldviews of rural vs city life 1:33:20 Passionate work, low-time-preference mentality, and “fiat” lifestyle 1:38:58 Experiences using bitcoin as medium of exchange 1:48:25 Trusting your own conviction vs listening to experts 1:55:04 Outro

Jack Liu is a founding member of Ordswap and has been working in the Bitcoin industry for the past decade in various capacities. In Value Stack 34, we discuss Ordswap.io, the first trustless bitcoin ordinal/inscriptions exchange, and how his team had to build a working product in under a week! We also review how ordinals and trustless PSBT exchanges work, and speculate on what the future implications might be for inscriptions and NFTs as a trojan horse for bitcoin adoption. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 0:35 Building the world's first bitcoin ordinal exchange in 72 hours 6:54 Why should bitcoiners care about ordinals? 14:48 Ordswap.io, trustless PSBT exchanges, how to use ordinals 26:20 Early ordinal collections rarity / history 34:30 Bitcoin consensus and inscriptions/nfts 39:05 Ordinals as a trojan horse for bitcoin adoption 55:40 Staying power of NFTs/inscriptions on bitcoin 1:05:25 Outro

Charlie Spears is a recurring guest on Value Stack podcast, is the community manager for the Ordinals Project, and has been building OrdinalHub.com In Value Stack Episode 33, Charlie joined me while in town for ETHDenver to discuss the Ordinals and NFT inscription craze on bitcoin, and why bitcoiners should pay attention to what is developing in that space. We talk about why there are differing stance of opinion on this new "shared-delusion," particularly bitcoin miners, what's at stake, and if it's ultimately good for bitcoin or not. Check out the show notes below. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 03:09 Promoting Ordinals Project at ETH Denver 13:29 Why should bitcoiners care about ordinals? 33:16 Bitcoin Mining and Inscriptions 58:03 Will inscriptions affect bitcoin's game theory?

Colin Crossman has been a serial entrepreneur for over 20 years. He has a background in law and engineering, and in addition to devising the KYC-minimized aspects of Distributed Hash, he has built out the entire IT infrastructure for Distributed Hash, including building several custom tools to ease management and collect detailed mining data. He and his wife work together to collect and analyze ASIC data to generate actionable insights both for individual customers, and the community at large. In Value Stack Episode 32, we start by discussing common pitfalls in human decision making, and the importance of the work done behind the scenes. We review Distributed Hash and bitcoin mining, and riff on why bitcoin is different, and what governments are trying to do about it. Check out the show notes below. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 1:16 Figuring out bitcoin 9:14 Why are humans so bad at investing? 13:53 Importance of supply chain in food 34:16 Distributed Hash - privacy-focused ASIC hosting 1:01:19 Technology and scams 1:14 Importance of bitcoin self-custody 1:30:36 Comparing bitcoin and fiat currency 1:45:49 Wyoming & bitcoin legislation 1:54:19 Outro

CalleBTC is a lightning network developer and creator of Cashu protocol, which is an implementation of Chaumian mints on bitcoin lightning network. In Value Stack Ep 31, we discuss how it works and differs from bitcoin on-chain and the lightning network, compare to other implementations and existing custodial relationships, and even do a demo at the end to show how easy it is to get Cashu tokens. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro - @callebtc 0:50 How does Chaumian e-cash work? 7:41 How e-cash and Chaumian mints improve upon existing custodial relationships 12:39 Blind signature e-cash analogy 14:40 How e-cash scales bitcoin and improves privacy 22:00 E-cash mints and custodial trust 31:25 Cashu explained (e-cash for bitcoin) 42:20 Roadmap for 2023 - Cashu library and protocol development 51:32 Comparing Cashu and Fedimint - 2 Chaumian mint implementations on bitcoin 54:33 How to get Cashu tokens through lightning network 57:45 Bitcoin scaling narrative and altcoins 1:04:45 Cashu.me app demo 1:08:05 Outro

Don is a former tech entrepreneur turned bitcoin enthusiast and angel investor. He is passionate about educating people on the importance of bitcoin, its impact on society, and how it will shape the future. As the founder of Sats Standard Capital, he invests in early-stage bitcoin and lightning network companies. He also hosts the Orange Pill Addicts and co-organizes the Kansas City Bitcoin Meetup with the KC Bitcoin Guys. In this episode, we talk about investing in bitcoin startups, and why someone would want to invest in private companies instead of more traditional assets like publicly traded stocks, or bitcoin. Given the high failure rate of most startups, Don offers some insights on red flags to look out for in investing in startups, like board seat representation, company structure, founder reputation, as well as some positive indicators - those that are usually good signs the founder and product are on the right track. Thanks for listening! Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:03 - Starting Sats Standard Capital 00:03:21 - How to Invest in Bitcoin Companies as a VC 00:04:46 - Becoming a Bitcoin VC 00:06:28 - How being a previous founder helps with being a VC 00:07:31 - How startup board seats are chosen 00:08:34 - Diligence in crypto VC 00:11:50 - Why invest in private companies instead of stock market? 00:13:43 - How VCs can impact companies aside from funding 00:14:57 - Why invest in companies instead of bitcoin? 00:19:12 - How high failure rate in early stage leads to "spray and pray" 00:22:00 - Bitcoin vs Crypto VC 00:32:19 - Rise of layer-2 bitcoin and more 00:36:57 - Vida live - lightning network 00:38:22 - Unicorn signs of startups 00:40:39 - Red flags of startups 00:45:26 - Types of business structure 00:48:25 - Orange Pill Addicts Podcast 00:50:23 - 2022 Recap Episode 00:51:16 - Why interview-style format is enjoyable to film 00:52:50 - Lightning Network in 2022/2023 00:57:22 - Next halving cycle predictions 01:02:26 - Choosing what to invest in with limited capital 01:03:57 - When will people be spending and using bitcoin? 01:05:29 - How will bitcoin help our society evolve? 01:16:09 - Taking a long term perspective on bitcoin 01:23:58 - Kansas City Bitcoin Meetup 01:27:41 - Bitcoin Point of Sales 01:30:30 - Outro

Tatum TurnUp is the host of Between Two ASICs, a bitcoin comedy show. He also does other bitcoin-themed sketch-comedy on the channel, and works as an ASIC repair technician for his day-job to support his dream of becoming a big-time podcaster one day. In this episode, we talk about a wide-range of topics, from what goes into planning content creation, living and driving in New Orleans, bitcoin mining and regulation, servicing ASICs, and more. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Content creation & early YouTube days 10:00 Living in New Orleans & NOLA Bitcoin Meetup 15:00 Starting & Producing “Between Two ASICs” 35:30 Pan Wars - Cast Iron vs Stainless Steel 37:00 Challenges of learning to mine bitcoin 47:37 Teaching people about bitcoin 51:00 Starting & Producing “Between Two ASICs” pt 2 53:45 Fold app & Bitopoly 57:00 Bitcoin Orange-Pill moment & economy discussion 1:01:45 Why wear a bulletproof vest? 1:06:00 Bitcoin mining and electricity 1:07:20 Colorado voter ballot 2022 1:10:00 Regulation, nonprofits, and bitcoin 1:16:25 Celebrating the haters 1:18:38 Bitcoin life advice - get involved! 1:23:41 Outro

2022 has been a heck of a year in bitcoin. With so much contagion in the crypto lending space, it's definitely made for one to remember. For Value Stack 28, Beau and Sam joined me for a 2022 bitcoin and crypto markets year-in-review episode. This one is a long one and we had some fun with it, so kick back and join us with your favorite beverage as we try to find the silver linings going into 2023, and why we're still as #bullish on bitcoin as ever. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro - Describe 2022 in one word 8:30 Crypto lender contagion 20:00 Navigating historic interest rate tightening 33:40 Discussing the economy of China post-covid 51:00 Intermission 51:52 Orange-pilling in a bear market 57:05 “steady lads, deploying more capital” - lending contagion pt 2 1:01:45 The sh*tshow that is GBTC 1:08:55 Gary Gensler and the SEC 1:13:00 Climbing hashrate causes miner capitulation 1:25:00 Global energy crisis - plummeting U.S strategic petroleum reserve 1:37:45 Intermission pt 2 1:41:16 FTX implodes 1:51:20 Navigating the short-term economic policy 2:06:05 Why bitcoin is different 2:09:14 2023 bitcoin predictions ____________________________________ Thanks for watching - we appreciate the support! Before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who

T-Bain is a professional engineer in the state of Colorado and a bitcoin hobbyist. He hosts one of the largest recurring bitcoin meetups in the US, Denver Bitcoin & Beer. As a bitcoin hobbyist and enthusiast, his emphasis has been on system resiliency and mining mechanics. We discuss the importance of the Grid, energy mix, how bitcoin can improve demand load forecasting, and more. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro / Bitcoin For Dummies Second Edition 5:40 How did you learn about bitcoin? 9:20 Does bitcoin price matter? 13:30 Are we still early in bitcoin? 19:30 Denver Bitcoin & Beer Meetup 31:00 Colorado 2022 ballot / Adams County bitcoin mining ban 34:00 Why we need more energy / renewable energy discussion 1:03:00 Does consuming energy come with a moral imperative? 1:10:00 Bitcoin mining challenges and energy consumption 1:19:23 Thinking long-term: bitcoin in 2050 1:30:07 Why the bullet proof vest? @tatumturnup 55:50 Importance of self-custody, no-kyc bitcoin 1:31:51 Outro (@blockbain) ____________________________________ Thanks for watching - we appreciate the support! Before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who

Adam O. is the Master of Hashrate at Upstream Data. In episode 26 of Value Stack Podcast, we talk about the importance of counterparty risk in energy trade, how bitcoin mining is a perfectly fair game, the real effective altruism in crypto, how petroleum touches our everyday lives without us realizing it, and more. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 “Energy waste is the biggest problem in the energy industry. Bitcoin mining fixes this.” - tweet by Jaran Mellerud 4:00 Pushing Bitcoin mining to upstream energy markets 9:30 Upstream Data - turning stranded and wasted energy into bitcoin 19:45 How can oil companies be confident in bitcoin's long term success? 27:15 How bitcoin removes counterparty risk from energy trade 32:15 The first million blocks of bitcoin 35:01 Bitcoin is a fair game 37:00 Large vs small-scale bitcoin mining 42:10 Counterparty risk pt 2 (GET YOUR COINS OFF EXCHANGES) 47:15 Money: A True Story of a Made Up Thing 49:15 Bitcoin is the real “effective altruism” 55:50 Importance of self-custody, no-kyc bitcoin 59:24 How #bitcoin could fail 1:07:30 @Denverbitcoin history 1:10:26 Importance of petroleum in our everyday life 1:14:56 How bitcoin improves economic stability 1:19:31 Using bitcoin as unit of account 1:23:45 Measuring hashprice and energy efficiency 1:36:16 Is it a good time to mine bitcoin? 1:41:50 Building during bear markets 1:46:09 Next episode question for T.Bain - Adams County and Colorado Energy Markets 1:48:54 Outro @DenverBitcoin ____________________________________ Thanks for watching - we appreciate the support! Before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who

Rob W is the co-founder and partner at Distributed Hash, and business development lead for Upstream Data. In this episode, we talk about how "bitcoin miners are dung beetles", referring to his recent 3 minute monologue at the Adams County Commissioner hearing in Colorado, on banning bitcoin mining with flared natural gas. We also discuss running large-scale ASIC performance and heat tests, differences in Whatsminer vs Antminer machines, our favorite bitcoin educators, green-energy narratives and the oil & gas industry, and more! Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro - Rob W (Distributed Hash / Upstream Data) 2:20 Croesus BTC article - Owning the land / protocol 5:19 Bitcoin is for everyone 10:00 “Bitcoin miners are dung beetles” 23:13 Bitcoin mining helps the electrical grid 32:50 ASIC research testing- Distributedha.sh 43:20 PI System from Upstream Data 44:45 Favorite bitcoin ASIC miner 52:25 ASIC miner performance and improving temperatures 1:00:00 Bitcoin miner efficiency 1:03:00 No-KYC bitcoin at home with your energy bill 1:08:10 HODLing is hard 1:11:10 Why regulation is ineffective 1:20:30 Rocky Mountain Bitcoiners 1:23:00 Importance of staying humble and stacking sats 1:41:49 Question for Adam O - how do you get used to thinking in BTC terms? 1:44:20 Outro/Socials -@bikesandbitcoin ____________________________________ Thanks for watching, but before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who

Charlie Spears is the founder of Nakamotor Partners. In this episode, we talk all about running a bitcoin mining operation in a bear market, the narratives surrounding energy use and the oil & gas industry, how language shapes our reality, and more! Check out the full topics list below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro - Charlie Spears of Nakamotor Partners (nakamotor.io) 0:45 Nakamotor Partners - bitcoin at the wellsite 3:20 Vertical integration in the oilfield 7:50 Structuring bitcoin mining contracts 9:55 Path to working in the bitcoin industry 13:30 Bitcoin Reddit and the Block Size Wars 15:45 Importance of bitcoin narratives 20:00 Why we should rename bitcoin mining 22:00 Challenges of decentralization 23:10 Defending against the ESG narrative 26:00 Bitcoin wallets = signing device 38:00 Tulsa DAO, Sports & eSports / League of Legends bitcoiners 44:45 Balancing hobbies & interests 47:14 Investing in your business vs buying bitcoin 48:30 Mining bitcoin in a bear market 55:28 Proof of work in life 57:30 Bitcoin maximalism 1:00:06 Fountain app - "best web3 app" - podcasting 2.0 1:02:47 Comparing independent vs mainstream media narratives 1:06:13 The Drilldown - #1 oil and gas podcast 1:12:30 Beauty of complexity behind the scenes 1:15:05 Money and political history 1:17:00 Scaling human trust worldwide 1:19:19 Catallaxy vs economy - empowering individuals 1:21:50 To the moon - bitcoin and space travel 1:23:25 Maintaining childlike creativity as you get older 1:25:45 Weighing bitcoin narratives 1:31:20 Question for next guest - @Bikesandbitcoin - Favorite ASIC and why? 1:32:52 Outro/ Social media links

Mark Goodwin and his team produce the quarterly print edition of Bitcoin Magazine. In this episode, we talk about bitcoin culture, differences in strategies of producing digital vs print content, "fiat-disease" and sobriety, reclaiming sovereignty, and more. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro 1:40 Learning about Bitcoin through the Silk Road 5:06 Crypto lessons since 2017 6:58: Was the ETH merge successful? 7:50 Are stablecoins still worth using? 9:00 Interest rates - are they instruments of war? 10:10 Exchange rates and inflation - Euro, Pound, Dollar 13:08 Keeping conviction in bitcoin 14:10 From slinging drinks to magazines 22:58 Importance of trust in relationships 26:20 What does bitcoin look like in the future? 30:00 Why is the lightning network important? 33:40 Creating a good UX for bitcoin wallets 36:30 Bitcoin Magazine - Q3 ‘22 Orange Party Bitcoin Politics Issue 55:20 Creating bitcoin content during a bear market 58:20 Favorite bitcoin content creators 1:04:30 Studying already successful content to improve quality 1:06:20 Creating media that people revisit years later 1:13:00 Appreciating the elegance of complex systems 1:16:00 Bitcoin culture and humanity 1:23:00 How high can the DXY go? 1:26:44 Fiat culture and alcohol 1:42:11 Rhetoric about money and economics 1:44:05 Predicting the Bitcoin Renaissance 1:45:09 AI Singularity - Ray Kurzweil on Lex Fridman 1:49:08 Bitcoin Hard Forks 1:49:34 Outro / Social Media Links

Will Reeves is the CEO of Fold app and co-creator of Bitopoly. He's leading the way in making Bitcoin adoption and education fun and approachable. I'm excited to release this episode where we discussed strategies for making Bitcoin adoption viral, building companies in volatile markets, and how to make a good game/app that keeps people coming back for more. Enjoy Episode 22 of Value Stack Podcast! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro 2:00 Bitcoin Story 5:20 Separating Signal from Noise 8:50 Evolution of Fold app and Staying Bitcoin-only 11:30 Barriers to Bitcoin Adoption 16:00 Designing the Buy Bitcoin feature at Fold 20:00 Making Apps That Are Fun to Use 22:20 Keeping a Light-Hearted Approach to Bitcoin 26:00 Embracing Variable Rewards in Fold App 34:00 Hiring Culture 41:10 Fold Metaverse 46:10 Building a Community of Passionate Users 48:40 Anatomy of a Strategy Game 57:55 Bitopoly - The Bitcoin Party Card Game 1:03:18 Importance of Nature and Being Outdoors 1:06:00 Finding Fulfillment in Work 1:08:00 Favorite Bitcoin Meme / Socials / Outro --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/valuestack/support

Jared is the host of the Crypto Parabellum Podcast and +Expected Value telegram group. Initially in commercial insurance and investor in real estate, he's now been trading crypto a few years ago and has excelled enough to leave his job and do it full time. His macro takes are on-point and he's one of the few people I give weight to when he makes market calls. Obviously without a crystal ball, he must have knowledge that we can learn from to enhance our investing skills, so Iam excited to have him on the show for Episode 21 of Value Stack! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro 4:00 Bitcoin Rabbit Hole Story 10:49 Views on Crypto vs Other Assets 13:10 Bitcoin vs Crypto 15:33 Bitcoin as Fed Insurance / Inflation Reduction Act 17:00 Challenges in Teaching and Spreading Bitcoin Adoption 22:45 Education Resources vs Decentralization Tradeoffs in Bitcoin 24:30 Role of Companies in Bitcoin Adoption 27:25 Importance of Time Horizon and Balance 30:25 Future Generations and Bitcoin Inheritance 31:40 Cycles of Life 33:45 Managing Emotions in Trading / Identifying Market Sentiment 35:45Importance of Planning Trades and Risk Management 42:35Investing for More than Returns 44:30 JP's Shows - Crypto Parabellum Podcast, +Expected Value, Stacked Labs 45:45 Crypto Narrative Wars 48:45 Will the Next Generation Reject Fiat and Paper Money? 53:42 How Technology Both Undermines and Empowers Government Power 57:35 Future of the United States/ Importance of State's Rights 1:01:30 Rejecting the Mainstream Media 1:03:29 Changing Demographics in US Cities 1:09:30 Becoming a Gold Maximalist 1:11:20 Keeping an Open Mind Througout Life 1:15:10 Outro/Socials --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/valuestack/support

Today's guest is @Jestopher_BTC. Jestopher is the co-founder of Amboss.space and hosts Satbase.org. He's an educator on lightning network, community leader, and Bitcoiner with a passion for getting things done. He's on my short-list of experts to ask lightning-network related questions, and it has been incredible to watch him build Amboss and push lightning growth forward in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, we had some audio volume issues throughout recording, but hope it's still listenable enough to enjoy the show. You can find Jestopher on Twitter at @Jestopher_BTC. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 - A Word About our Sponsor (Anchor) 1:00 - Intro (@Jestopher_BTC) 2:45 - Bitcoin Story 5:10 - Bitcoin vs Altcoins 9:00 - Navigating Leveraged Markets 10:30 - Importance of Protocol Strength 12:00 - Getting Involved in Lightning Network Early 17:00 - Evolution of Lightning Network 20:00 - Lightning Network Explained Simply 22:10 - Earning Yield as a Lightning Network Node Operator 23:45 - Amboss Tech Explained/ Tips for Routing Nodes 31:30 - Building a Company on Lightning Network 35:30 - Current Lightning Network Stats 38:00 - Is LND the Best Lightning Implementation? 40:10 - Podcasting 2.0 and Lightning Network 45:00 - Lightning as Medium of Exchange in LatAm 51:30 - Life Outside Bitcoin 53:20 - Favorite Bitcoin Content Piece (21 Lessons by GiGi) 57:00 - Big Picture of Bitcoin 1:05:30 - Playing Music 1:08:00 - Outro 1:11:00 - Favorite Bitcoin Meme / Outro continued --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/valuestack/support

Today's guest on Value Stack is Andrew Yang. We discuss the recent crypto market blowup, the similarities in last cycle to this one, and where we think Bitcoin fits within a portfolio today. We talk strategies of leadership, how to manage a team during a downtrun, keeping positivity in life, and the joys of cooking, learning, laughing, and pushing out of one's comfort zone. You can find Andrew on Twitter at @ecurrencyhodler. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 - A Word About our Sponsor (Anchor) 1:00 - Intro - Andrew Yang (@ecurrencyhodler) 2:39 - Bitcoin Story 6:20 - Similarities to Last Market Cycle 14:00 - Crypto Lending Market Chaos - Celsius Discussion 17:01 - How You Think About Investing / Where Does Bitcoin Fit In? 18:41 - Keeping up Team Morale During Difficult Times 19:52 - Why Bitcoin Instead of Altcoins 23:00 - Tips on Being an Effective Leader 30:40 - Fountain.FM Podcast Giveaway (50k sats!) 31:15 - Importance of Delegation as a Leader 32:50 - Running LA Bitdevs 35:10 - Misunderstood Parts about Bitcoin 38:05 - Importance of Self-Custody in Bitcoin 41:55 - 2022 Surprises - Bitcoin Price Crashing and Covid Narrative 44:20 - Where Are You In 10 Years? 47:00 - Andrew Yang(s) - Both Bitcoiners 49:38 - Cooking 52:20 - Book Recommendations 59:11 - Andrew Does Karaoke (K-Ci & JoJo - “All My Life”) 59:47 - Outro --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week's guest is Mark Maraia. Mark is a business coach, a relationship rainmaker, a coordinator for Bitcoin Magazine Contributors, co-author of the Declaration of Monetary Independence, a sovereign-minded individual, and like most bitcoiners, has a lifelong commitment to learning. Check Out Our Site: https://www.cachemoney.io Support the Show: https://linktr.ee/valuestack Thanks for listening to Value Stack Podcast! ____________________________________ 0:00 About our Sponsor - Anchor.FM 1:00 Intro 1:59 Tell us about your Bitcoin story 6:50 Is Bitcoin for Outsiders? 8:15 Importance of Staying Humble / Perspective 10:30 Open Letter to His Children - Money is a Battery 15:50 Bitcoin Adoption Waves 16:30 UST/ Luna Terra Collapse - Stablecoins vs Fiat 21:00 Bitcoin - Separation of Money and State 25:45 Counterparty Risk 28:54 How to Explain Bitcoin to Baby Boomers 34:00 Strategies for Helping People Understand Bitcoin 37:00 Importance of Not Losing Sight of Goals 38:20 Soil (Dirt) Discussion 39:57 Relationships are Everything 43:00 Keeping Perspective on Bitcoin 44:00 Why They Don't Teach How Money Works in School 49:00 Learning at Your Own Pace 55:00 3 Blindspots in the Bitcoin Community 1:03:00 Declaration of Monetary Independence 1:06:53 Fiat Disease 1:08:09 Children's Books for Bitcoin 1:12:35 Future of Reserve Currencies 1:15:00 Bitcoin is Hope 1:18:03 Outro - Social/Contact Info --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you think Bitcoin is too slow? Want more use cases for your Bitcoin? Do more research. But if you're a LUNATIC like our friend here, you can BURN IT FOREVER now thanks to Strudel Finance and receive "vBTC."Why would you EVER want to do this? Honestly, we wouldn't. But @At0xNQ of Orkan Finance explains all this in our honest discussion on BTC vs altcoins, wrapped BTC, layer 2 BTC and more.Is this a big brain idea

Value Stack, where old finance meets Bitcoin. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! This week's guest is Eric Yakes, author of The 7th Property. You can purchase his book here. Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 0:00 Thanks to Anchor! 1:00 A Word About Our Sponsor - Coinbeast.com 2:00 Intro - Eric Yakes 3:35 Bitcoin predictions for 2022 4:45 Domestic vs International Sovereign Debt 5:45 Credit Money vs Commodity Money 8:00 Where does Bitcoin fit in? 10:00 Why smaller countries might adopt BTC first 11:00 Gold and Bitcoin - Reserve Assets 12:45 Is Bitcoin a Commodity Money? 14:15 Why did El Salvador adopt BTC? 16:42 When will Bitcoin price volatility decrease? 21:30 Bitcoin and Credit Markets 25:00 CBDCs 29:00 Are altcoins a threat to Bitcoin? 33:30 Are stablecoins capturing Dollar demand? 37:00 What will the Federal Reserve look like in 10 years? 40:30 The 7th Property 43:20 Taking the Leap 48:15 Comparing the 7th Property and The Bitcoin Standard 50:00 Who is the 7th Property written for? 53:00 Learning about Bitcoin governance 55:20 When will people spend Bitcoin? 58:12 Inspiration for writing the book 1:01:00 What's next for Eric? 1:01:36 Quoting Mike Tyson and Kayne West 1:03:25 Miami BTC 2022 Book Signing Details 1:04:10 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our Website Support the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you. Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor 1:00 Intro 1:50 Bitcoin Market Update 3:00 We are on the Fountain app! 4:30 Fall of Petrodollar/ Dollar Reserve Currency Status 11:45 How Important is Oil in our Life? 21:20 Russia SWIFT Sanctions 25:20 Are We in The Fourth Turning? 35:00 Does National Debt Matter? 43:00 US CPI at 7.9% 52:27 Boating Accident: $JUNO Prop #16 - Is Democracy Flawed by Design? 59:30 Stripe & FTX Partner for BTC Payments 1:00:10 More Block Hardware Wallet Details Revealed 1:10:40 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you~ Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor 1:00 Intro 2:20 We are Streaming on Fountain.FM! 4:24 Bitcoin Market Update 5:18 Nasdaq and Equity Update 7:18 Canda Invokes Emergencies Act 9:05 China Inflation Hits Multi-Year Low 11:26 Putin, Ukraine, and Bitcoin 14:10 The Crypto Bowl Commercials 15:58 Hacker @Tree_of_Alpha Saves Coinbase Advanced Trade from Bug 21:05 Colorado Embracing Crypto for Tax Payments 22:33 Coinbase Adds Free (for now) Remittance Payments to Mexico 23:37 Boating Accident of the Week - BlockFi Hit With $100M Fine 31:07 Crypto Companies Respond to FinCEN Travel Rule - TRUST Explained 37:30 Jack Mallers from Strike Meeting with Bezos/Capital Group? 39:26 Next Country to Adopt Bitcoin? 42:00 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Check Out Our Site: https://www.cachemoney.io Support the Show: https://zbd.gg/bap Earn $10 /w of Bitcoin /w Auto-DCA at Swan: https://swanbitcoin.com/bap/ Earn $5 for Signing Up with Strike: https://invite.strike.me/GF7UWL Lowest Bitcoin Trading Fees at Kraken: http://r.kraken.com/CatCache Buy a ColdCard Wallet: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/82770D583D2855AEB09F Buy a Trezor Wallet: https://shop.trezor.io/product/trezor-one-black?offer_id=35&aff_id=8343 Buy a Ledger Wallet: https://shop.ledger.com/?r=8254061e018e Safest Way to Store Bitcoin /w Multisig at Casa: https://keys.casa?ref=a5e422e3 Earn with Fold: https://use.foldapp.com/r/AVK4LPWV Earn with Lolli: https://lolli.com/share/VE39WB Get the First Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card at Blockfi: https://blockfi.com/?ref=48a06aed Live on Bitcoin with Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=xvgk0esr Find a Bitcoin Pro at Coinbeast Connect: https://www.coinbeast.com/connect --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you~ Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About our Sponsors 1:00 Intro 2:30 Costa Rica Hydro Plant 6:00 The Grid and Mining Electricity Usage 9:00 Price-to-Hodl Ratio 13:30 Block ASICs 16:30 Lone Wolf Mines a Bitcoin Block 17:45 Cash App Integrating Lightning 21:20 Boating Accident of the Week - Melania Trump 23:00 Bored Apes and the NFT Craze 29:00 Arkansas $10K Bitcoin for Relocation 31:45 Fed Rates 37:50 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, we were joined by Sam Callahan from Swan Bitcoin. We talk a wide range of topics related to bitcoin, financial planning, and macroeconomics. Check out https://www.swanbitcoin.com/Bap/ to DCA the easy way! Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor - Coinbeast.com 1:00 Opening Remarks / Intro 5:00 Dorsey leaves Twitter - All in Bitcoin? 11:00 Michael Saylor Orange-Pilling the Masses on Tucker Carlson 16:30 Money and Network Effects 19:00 Why Bitcoin? Security and Institutional Adoption 22:30 Balaji Srinivasan and Altcoins on Tim Ferris 29:20 Boating Accident of the Week - Badger DAO 34:30 Sam Callahan - Background and Working at Swan 43:00 Bitcoin and Leverage - Is is Rational? 47:00 Lowering Time Preference in a Fiat World 53:00 Bitcoin for Financial Advisors at Swan 57:15 How Can Financial Advisors Get Direct Exposure to Bitcoin? 1:01:00 Navigating Crypto Regulation 1:10:00 Current Macroeconomic Picture and Demographics 1:16:40 What Can the Federal Reserve do? 1:21:10 Should you DCA or Market Buy Bitcoin? 1:27:40 2022 Predictions 1:31:41 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsors 1:00 Intro 5:20 Square Releases TBDex Whitepaper 9:00 Cash App Launches Tax Filing 13:50 SEC Denies Spot ETF 19:00 Continued Institutional Adoption 24:00 Are Stablecoins a Threat to Freedom? 27:18 Ushering in Prosperity with Bitcoin 31:12 Inflation Heating Up 37:20 Boating Accident of the Week - Robinhood 40:09 Constitution DAO Gets Outbid by Ken Griffin 43:44 Millenials, Investing Psychology and Financial Advice 51:32 El Salvador Announces Bitcoin City 56:00 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our Websitebr>

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsors 1:00 Intro 2:50 First Bitcoin ETF Launches 6:30 Future of Bitcoin Institutional Adoption 9:00 Interactive Brokers Embraces Bitcoin 10:21 Houston Firefighters Pension Fund Buys Bitcoin 15:04 Bitcoin as an Inflation-Hedge Narrative is Growing 21:32 Boating Accident of the Week - Peter Schiff 28:32 Deep Dive into Bitcoin-Linked Products 35:00 Jack Dorsey Says Hyperinflation is Coming 52:35 Is Capitalism Good for Humanity? 56:50 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Check Out Our Site: https://www.cachemoney.io Support the Show: https://zbd.gg/bap Earn $10 /w of Bitcoin /w Auto-DCA at Swan: https://swanbitcoin.com/bap/ Earn $5 for Signing Up with Strike: https://invite.strike.me/GF7UWL Lowest Bitcoin Trading Fees at Kraken: http://r.kraken.com/CatCache Buy a ColdCard Wallet: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/82770D583D2855AEB09F Buy a Foundation Passport Wallet: https://foundationdevices.com/product/passport/ Buy a Trezor Wallet: https://shop.trezor.io/product/trezor-one-black?offer_id=35&aff_id=8343 Buy a Ledger Wallet: https://shop.ledger.com/?r=8254061e018e Safest Way to Store Bitcoin /w Multisig at Casa: https://keys.casa?ref=a5e422e3 Earn with Fold: https://use.foldapp.com/r/AVK4LPWV Earn with Lolli: https://lolli.com/share/VE39WB Get the First Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card at Blockfi: https://blockfi.com/?ref=48a06aed Live on Bitcoin with Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=xvgk0esr Find a Bitcoin Pro at Coinbeast Connect: https://www.coinbeast.com/connect --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor - Coinbeast.com 2:00 Intro 3:20 Price and Stock to Flow Model Update 3:55 Stock to Flow Model Explained 7:45 Stock to Flow and Difficult Adjustment Algorithm 9:15 George Soros Buys Bitcoin 12:45 WY Senator Cynthia Lummis Discloses Bitcoin Purchase 14:00 Square Announces More Details on Hardware Wallet/Multisig 17:10 Twitter Censorship/Politics Going Too Far? 21:16 Cash App Referral Hack 22:20 How Do We Get Financial Advisors Onboard? 26:55 Boating Accident of the Week - Jerome Powell 29:20 Toxic Maximalism - Is it Counterproductive? 39:10 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our Website

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsors 1:00 Intro 2:50 Taos and Denver Bitcoin Meetups 6:30 Twitter Adopts Bitcoin Lightning 10:50 China Bans Bitcoin (Again) 14:30 More US Regulation of Crypto Incoming? 16:04 Coinbase CEO on Pomp's Best Business Show 19:38 Toxic Bitcoiners Twitter Spaces Debate 23:15 Bitcoin vs Blockchain 26:55 Boating Accident of the Week - Francis Suarez and MiamiCoin 29:50 ESG Investing and Bitcoin 36:36 Challenging our Existing Perceptions 41:00 Is Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Worth it? 44:00 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 Thanks to our Sponsors - Coinbeast.com and Anchor 2:05 Intro 3:50 Meeting Preston Pysh 6:50 Fidelity Predicts $1B per BTC 8:22 Twitter BTC Strategy vs Coinbase vs Titan - Corporate Strategies Compared 11:40 Decentralization Trends of Companies and Data Privacy 13:52 Crypto vs Bitcoin - Risk Profiles Compared 20:20 What Crypto Projects are Adding Value to Society? 27:14 Boating Accident of the Week - Busta Rhymes 29:16 Modern Portfolio Theory and Bitcoin 35:23 Nominal vs Real Returns 38:09 What's the right Bitcoin allocation in a portfolio? 42:32 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin's ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. #bitcoin ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Today's Topics 0:00 Sponsorships 2:42 Bitcoin Price Discussion 7:51 Congress Infrastructure Bill 11:30 The B-Word Conference 17:19 Bitcoin and World Peace 24:03 $FTX and $HOOD Raise More Capital 26:06 Boating Accident of the Week - Trevor Milton 30:03 Investing and Managing Behavioral Biases 45:03 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to Value Stack Podcast. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 Sponsorships 1:03 Intro 1:32 Attending Local Bitcoin Meetups 4:24 Is Stock to Flow Model Breaking Down? 9:11 Grayscale GBTC Lockup Expiry - Price Drop Incoming? 26:18 Boating Accident of the Week (US Senator Cynthia Lummis) 31:08 Trading and Managing Emotions in Volatile Markets 41:14 Major Hashrate Decline - A Cause for Concern? 47:23 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Today's topics: -We discuss our experience attending local bitcoin meetups in person and the growth of the bitcoin community post-lockdown. -We have a critical look at the Stock to Flow model and discuss its current large deviation from the model prediction. It is make-or-break time for this model to continue to hold. If it does, it looks to be a strong accumulation signal. -We talk about the Grayscale Trust GBTC lockup expiry soon approaching, and the implications it could have for the bitcoin markets, and the reasons investors may look to sell their position at a loss. -We talk about the risks of trading and timing market cycles, as well as managing emotions behind investing, based on our tenured experience as financial managers and bitcoin investors. -We recognize US Senator Cynthia Lummis' recent OpSec mistake on CNBC in this week's Boating Accident. -We talk about the difficult adjustment period and the implications a 50% hash rate drop has for the bitcoin network, as well as potential considerations to note over the next few months regarding bitcoin mining. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's podcast, we discuss the recent adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador, the events that led up to it, and the implications worldwide now that Bitcoin is legal tender. We have a critical discussion about Bitcoin toxic maximalists and whether they're good for the adoption of Bitcoin or not. We also talk about recent events surrounding Robert Breedlove and BitClout, and give our takes. We acknowledge the legendary life of John McAfee in this week's Boating Accident. We talk about the difficulty of teaching financial advisors about bitcoin, how to teach bitcoin to people more effectively, and the great importance of remembering why bitcoin is a powerful force for positive change and human rights. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ______________________________ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to Value Stack Podcast, where we talk about all things related to value investing and Bitcoin. In today's episode, we discuss the reason rise of Dogecoin, Elon Musk's misunderstanding of Bitcoin, and the recent bitcoin crash into mid-40 thousand. We also talk about the Ethereum ecosystem compared to Bitcoin's maximalists. We talk about common misconceptions on block times, scalability, lightning network, Bitcoin on Mars, and more. We also talk about multi-sig custody solutions for multinational companies and the rise of sovereign individuals. Heard about the bitcoin car? That's coming too! If you're interested in investing, economics, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. Subscribe if you like for more videos. ___________________________ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the Value Stack Podcast, where we talk about all things related to value investing and Bitcoin. In today's second episode, we discuss Bitcoin Basics and how the various components of the network assimilate together to form a valuable cryptocurrency. We talk about miners, nodes, block rewards, halving epochs, security, wallets, and more. If you're a beginner and are looking to sharpen your bitcoin sword, this is a great episode to check out. If you're interested in investing, economics, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you! Join @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap on Twitter for this part 1 of Bitcoin Basics. and how bitcoin will change the landscape of investing as we know it. ______________________________ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the Value Stack Podcast, where we talk about all things related to investing and Bitcoin. In today's debut episode, we discuss measures of inflation and the value investor's dilemma. We discuss Naufal Sanaullah guest episode on The Business Brew podcast. We talk about Michael Saylor's views on bitcoin and inflation, and the process of hyperbitcoinization. If you're interested in investing, economics, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you! Join @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap on Twitter for this hour-long dive into the world of value investing, and how bitcoin will change the landscape of investing as we know it. ______ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app