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***"We're entering the Bitcoin golden era with all the new technologies we're discovering because for the first decade Bitcoin was still very, at least for the first five, six years, there was so little capital in the industry that not a lot was getting built. Plus Bitcoin still had all these early on issues. Now we're getting to the moment where Bitcoin is extremely solid. It's a trillion dollar industry, right, or a trillion dollar asset. So I think we're just entering the golden era." ~ Gustavo Flores*** I sat down with Gustavo Flores, the CEO of Aureo, Mexico's Bitcoin platform, and this conversation went far beyond just building software. Gustavo actually left Canada for Mexico because of the intense COVID mandates. He recognized the red flags of government overreach early on and refused to stick around. But what he found in Mexico was a completely different beast. We talked about the harsh realities of building a Bitcoin company in a low-trust society where people are conditioned to expect scams. And yet, Gustavo and his team are building some of the most impressive tools I have seen. They figured out a way to route local fiat directly to a self-custodial Lightning address, without even the need of a middleman to hold your keys. It just works. We also talked about the heavy lifting required to run La Casa de Satoshi, a physical Bitcoin hub in Mexico City. It takes a severe amount of irrational optimism to be a founder in this space, but the effort is paying off. Plus, we got into the weeds on why Lightning development is actually moving faster than people think. If you assume the best era of Bitcoin development is already behind us, you need to hear this conversation. Chapters (00:00:00) - Intro to Gustavo and Aureo (00:03:30) - Gustavo's Bitcoin journey and Aureo (00:06:54) - Leaving Canada due to COVID policies (00:15:51) - Bitcoin in Mexico and Latin America (00:27:47) - Money, trust, and Mexican politics (00:32:00) - Aureo's Direct to Wallet, Direct to Bank (00:41:40) - Mexico's political landscape, trust (00:53:07) - Building La Casa de Satoshi community (01:06:14) - Lightning Network and Bitcoin scaling (01:22:48) - Bitcoin's golden era and optimism Guest Links Gustavo on X (Link: https://twitter.com/gustavojfe) Aureo on X (Link: https://twitter.com/aureobitcoin) Aureo's Website (Link: https://www.aureobitcoin.com/en) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy's Takes on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@GuysTake) Guy Swann on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)
El Salvador State of Exception Security Measure Extended for the 51st Consecutive Time. $ BTC 62,579 Block Height 954,388 Today's guest on the show is Ricci Frega, an Italian activist and storyteller, who discusses his journey into Bitcoin, the issues surrounding El Salvador's Chivo Wallet, and the critical implications of the country's "State of Exception" law on privacy and human rights. Key Topics: Riccis background in activism and discovery of Bitcoin The Bitcoin Italia Podcast and its focus on Bitcoin as a freedom technology Critique of El Salvador's Chivo Wallet, including its centralization and transaction censorship El Salvador's "State of Exception" law and the suspension of constitutional privacy rights Lack of awareness and perceived double standards within the Bitcoin community regarding human rights in El Salvador Call for prominent Bitcoiners to challenge the Salvadoran government on privacy issues His views on stablecoins and their role in the Bitcoin ecosystem A huge thank you to Ricci for coming on the show, follow his work below. X - @Rikki6ixx NOSTR - npub13vepw9xdhjzhp87lv5h7z2jgzteltmzqe4scjsn9dtwwncz6ekms5p489d https://bitcoinitaliapodcast.it/ Link to article - https://elsalvadorinfo.net/the-salvadoran-state-of-exception-gets-extended-for-another-30-days/ Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
I break down the Treasury's claim that it seized $1B of Iran's "crypto" and explain why this was actually Tether, not Bitcoin – and why that distinction matters. I digs into how stablecoins, ETFs, and exchanges recreate the same centralized, confiscable banking system, contrasted with true Bitcoin self-custody. When you consider Iran, Russia, and Afghanistan as case studies, it is clear that every other reserve asset becomes politicized. The writing is on the wall for centralised finance, and the world will be forced onto Bitcoin because it is the only neutral money that simply keeps working. Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)
"Keeping Bitcoin running is the primary concern here. Making sure that Bitcoin is available to be used as money by everyday people, any actor who wants to come onto Bitcoin and send one UTXO from one to another. That's the most important piece for me when thinking about defending Bitcoin.And the biggest difference, of course, is that this is a decentralised system. There is no central controller. There's no central control room giving out commands and saying 'this has to change, you must do this.'We are a decentralised group of individuals who are acting on the network. And so the defence of the system is not down to, say, the CEO dictating that everyone has to have their password be 64 characters and change it every three months, which is bad practise, by the way. It's everyone working together to do their part. So that's the biggest difference." ~ Luke de Wolf I sat down with Luke de Wolf to talk about the real security risks facing Bitcoin today. Luke has spent his career protecting critical industrial control systems like oil pipelines and electrical grids. Now, he is taking that hardcore cybersecurity mindset and applying it to the Bitcoin network in his brand new book, *Defending Bitcoin*. And trust me, it is a conversation you need to hear. We spent a lot of time debating the heated topic of arbitrary data and the drama surrounding BIP 110. Should we enforce strict rules to keep the blockchain pure, or is trying to force a chain split a bigger threat to Bitcoin's integrity as money? Luke actually changed his mind on this recently, and he lays out exactly why the stakes could be too high to play games with consensus. His perspective really cuts through the noise and challenges the tribal thinking happening on both sides. But we didn't just stop there. We also get into mining centralization, selfish mining attacks, and why we need to view Bitcoin as high-stakes critical infrastructure. The decisions we make now could determine if this network survives long-term. Guest Links Luke on X (Link: https://twitter.com/lukedewolf) BTCHel's Website (Link: https://btchel.com/) Defending Bitcoin's Website (Link: https://defendingbitcoin.com/) Bitcoin Infinity Show on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoinInfinityShow) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) (Under construction) Check out the list of products and services I use and recommend on BitcoinAudible.com (Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) G... Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction(00:06:21) - Applying industrial control systems logic to Bitcoin(00:11:29) - Real-world physical system risks and attacks(00:20:15) - Bridging critical infrastructure cybersecurity(00:27:45) - The CIA triad and decentralization(00:32:32) - The arbitrary data and BIP 110 controversy(00:38:28) - Hash rate centralization and mining power(00:46:42) - Data limits and the op_return debate(00:57:56) - Inscriptions as an exploit in Bitcoin script(01:04:16) - Taproot consequences and the problem with Tapscript(01:14:43) - Fee spikes and competing with arbitrary data(01:28:54) - Why enforcing BIP 110 risks a chaotic split(01:42:07) - Bitcoin Core governance issues(01:53:35) - Closing thoughts and where to find Luke
Introducing the Indonesian My First Bitcoin Node. $ BTC 63,553 Block Height 953,474 Dimas, from MyFirstBitcoin Indonesia, discusses his journey into Bitcoin, his educational efforts in Indonesia, and the nation's complex financial history and political landscape. Key Topics: Bitcoin Education in Indonesia Financial Literacy and History Self-Custody and Security Government Control and Fiat Currency Grassroots Community Building Circular Economies with Bitcoin Connect with Dimas on X - @bitcoinindo21 https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz/ https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz/my-first-bitcoin/ Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
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The whole crew is back for another roundtable, and things get wild right out of the gate. I sat down with Steve, Mechanic, and Jeff to talk through the absolute mess that is the current state of things. Jeff shares an update on his Canadian immigration purgatory, which spirals into a bigger conversation about living like an outlaw and whether any of us are truly free from the system. But we couldn't ignore the recent news. We talk about the crazy story of a guy who used Claude to brute-force a lost Bitcoin wallet from eleven years ago. It really makes you rethink how safe your standard passphrases actually are, and we share some wild visual memory tricks to secure your setup. We also rip into the current hype around ETF inflows and outflows. People track these numbers like they are predicting the future, but we explain why they really just tell you exactly what the market already did. And of course, we had to get into the technical fights that never seem to end. Steve brings some fresh data exposing the true bimodal distribution of network users right now. We spend a good amount of time arguing about Taproot, chain bloat, and the massive confusion between true censorship and simply stopping spam. Mechanic lays out his latest case for BIP 110 and makes a really compelling point about why the healthiest participants for the network are actually the ones willing to mine at a complete technical loss. It sounds completely backward, but it makes total sense once you hear his breakdown. We wrap things up by looking at the broader picture of decentralised movements. From Occupy Wall Street falling apart to the current crop of hijacked political factions, we ask if it is even possible to build a movement without a vulnerable central leader. Plus, we drop some thoughts on local LLMs and the ongoing Prime Trust bankruptcy drama. Guest Links Steve Simple Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3s6a8yn8) Steve Simple on X (Link: https://x.com/stevesimple) Bitcoin Mechanic Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2tm827ut) Bitcoin Mechanic on X (Link: https://x.com/GrassFedBitcoin) Jeff Swann Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3sjc3bcp) Jeff Swann on X (Link: https://x.com/agoristview) Jeff Swann's petition (Link: https://www.change.org/p/help-us-home) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Chapters (00:00:00) - Intro(00:02:42) - The bimodal distribution of network users(00:11:00) - Jeff's immigration limbo(00:13:16) - Claude AI cracks an 11-year-old wallet(00:21:40) - Visual memory and human adaptation(00:28:56) - Why ETF flows are just lagging indicators(00:32:38) - MicroStrategy and the financialization of Bitcoin(00:41:20) - Elites, cults, and unaccountable power(00:47:20) - Disillusionment and controlled leaders(00:54:05) - Occupy Wall Street and hijacked political factions(01:02:35) - Running local LLMs(01:06:00) - Do movements need a vulnerable central leader?(01:11:27) - The BIP 110 debate and network spam(01:29:43) - Is mining just a sunk infrastructure cost?(01:40:17) - Soft fork precedents and survivorship bias(01:48:54) - The Prime Trust bankruptcy clawbacks(01:52:55) - Outro and Jeff's petition
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir un artículo cada sábado donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Prueba Proton VPN 30 días sin compromiso para poder navegar protegido desde cualquier lugar y acceder a nuevos contenidos del mundo entero. Usa este enlace para 70% de descuento: http://protonvpn.com/upsb El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación.
**Mine Bitcoin. Own Your Rigs. Ditch the Exchanges** $ BTC 63,247 Block Height 952,828 Today's guest is Kent Halliburton from Sazmining who joins me to discuss his journey from cranberry farming and solar energy to Bitcoin, the company's "mining as a service" model, and the broader implications of AI/HPC on Bitcoin mining decentralisation. Key Topics: Kent Halliburton's personal and professional journey from cranberry farming to the solar energy industry. The transition from a traditional fiat career to discovering and embracing Bitcoin. Sazmining's "mining as a service" model, emphasising hardware ownership and aligned incentives. The impact of AI/HPC (High-Performance Computing) on public Bitcoin mining companies and hash rate dynamics. Debate around energy subsidies and the role of Bitcoin mining in energy markets. The concept of "Wild Sats" and the value of decentralised Bitcoin acquisition. The importance of low time preference and self-sovereignty learned through unique life experiences. Discussion on Bitcoin mining ROI and the emerging hash power rental market. Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
From Berkley University to trading for Peter Thiel, to finding Bitcoin! $ BTC 65,610 Block Height 952,238 Todays guest on the show is Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University. We discuss Matt's journey from TradFi to Bitcoin, his critiques of financial engineering and loan products, and the ongoing "Spam Wars" and BIP-110 soft fork debate within the Bitcoin community. Key Topics: Matthew Kratter's TradFi background and entry into Bitcoin Critique of financial engineering and "Bitcoin Treasury Companies" Dangers of Bitcoin loan products and rehypothecation The "Spam Wars" and Ordinals/BRC20 tokens on Bitcoin Critique of Bitcoin Core development philosophy and policies Explanation and support for BIP-110 User Activated Soft Fork (UASF) Importance of Bitcoin node runners and self-education Personal reflections on Peter Thiel's trajectory Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
"Bitcoin is being embraced by the U.S. and the U.S. financial system and it is it being embraced by Iran and the Iranian regime at the exact same time and both of them know that they can use it without the other one threatening it. And that puts it in an insanely unique place in a world where there are no monies that work like that anymore." ~ Guy Swann We live in a world where global money printers are silently bleeding your savings out the back door. But the real threat isn't only the U.S. dollar. China's money supply is huge right now, and nobody asked your permission before letting international policy dilute the value of your hard work. We are watching an incredible shift happen in real-time. Powerhouse nations and heavily sanctioned regimes are suddenly eyeing the exact same monetary network, proving that true, neutral money works whether you are allies or sworn enemies. I recently sat down with Walker America to pull the curtain back on this whole financial illusion. We talked about the completely made-up nonsense of the Federal Reserve's inflation targets, and how the legacy system lets financial giants buy up the world with free fiat, just so they can rent it back to us. But the biggest paradox we explored is why the United States dollar actually cannot hyperinflate right now. A total currency collapse requires a giant release valve, and you might be surprised by what has to happen to the Bitcoin network before that pressure can finally escape. A huge thank you to Walker for hosting this conversation on RoxomTV. We had such a great back-and-forth about our breaking financial system that I had to drop this episode straight into your feed. Guest Links Walker on X (Link: https://twitter.com/WalkerAmerica) Walker on Nostr (Link: https://primal.net/walker) Walker's YouTube channel (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@walkeramerica) The Bitcoin Podcast's Website (Link: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/podcast) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) (Under construction) Check out the list of products and services I use and recommend on BitcoinAudible.com (Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction(00:05:49) - Global M2 money supply and China fiat printing(00:08:19) - Historical monetary transitions and hard money adoption(00:14:02) - Bitcoin radical neutrality and money for enemies(00:21:08) - Early Bitcoin culture and The Good Wife television episode(00:28:05) - Economic necessity driving everyday Bitcoin adoption in Iran(00:34:34) - The Federal Reserve arbitrarily manipulating public inflation metrics(00:38:08) - Why the United States national debt constantly doubles(00:41:53) - Free rent for the rich and fake interest rates(00:48:55) - How fiat credit allows corporations to buy real estate(00:53:35) - The dollar endgame and prerequisites for fiat hyperinflation(00:57:43) - Why Bitcoin needs massive liquidity to replace fiat systems(01:01:10) - Closing thoughts and Pear Drive update
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir un artículo cada sábado donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Prueba Proton VPN 30 días sin compromiso para poder navegar protegido desde cualquier lugar y acceder a nuevos contenidos del mundo entero. Usa este enlace para 70% de descuento: http://protonvpn.com/upsb El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación.
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
"Generation X and the millennials both tried to do everything right, according to what the boomers told them was the path forward: save money, study hard, get a ‘job'. At every stage we got rugpulled. Most of us have nothing to show for any of that. Zoomers looked at what happened to Gen-X and the millennials and said, quite rationally, fuck that." ~ John Carter What happens when you raise an entire generation on the promise of a second marshmallow – and never deliver? John Carter's piece reframes the tired boomer/zoomer spending war through the lens of the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, and the implications are genuinely devastating. Is high time preference a moral failing, or the only rational response to a system that has been lying to young people their entire lives? And if broken social trust is the real disease, can sound money actually cure it – or is some of the damage already permanent? Check out the original article: When the Experimenter Fails the Marshmallow Test by John Carter (Link: https://barsoom.substack.com/p/when-the-experimenter-fails-the-marshmallow) References from the episode Number Go Down by Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers – this read fits hand in glove with today's piece, and if this episode hit for you, that one will too (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/fLqds61ds9YbsnqGOkE8) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome partners! Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE (Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) "The only two ways to coordinate human societies at scale are free markets and physical power. Any ideology rejecting free markets is just advocating for power. Socialism, communism, and fascism all converge to the same endpoint–rule by the biggest thug."~ Naval Ravikant
What can you learn from a Cybersecurity professional? $ BTC 73,686 Block Height 951,540 Today's guest on the show is Luke Dewolf, author of "Defending Bitcoin," who discusses cybersecurity challenges for critical infrastructure, including Bitcoin, drawing parallels between industrial control systems and the Bitcoin network. Key Topics: Luke's background in critical infrastructure and cybersecurity "Defending Bitcoin" book and its motivations Real-world examples of cyberattacks (Stuxnet, NotPetya/Maersk) Ransomware and Bitcoin's association with it Individual Bitcoin security best practices (hardware wallets, full nodes, social engineering awareness) The CIA triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) in cybersecurity and Bitcoin The "arbitrary data" debate, Ordinals, Runes, OpReturn, and BIP-110 Bitcoin's layered defenses: policy, miners, and consensus Soft forks versus hard forks The future of Bitcoin security, AI, and adoption challenges BTC Hell conference Connect with Luke and find out more about the book! https://defendingbitcoin.com/ https://bitcoininfinitystore.com/ X - @lukedewolf NOSTR - npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
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"The peso scam is around a thousand times larger than the Libra scam, and its victims are the poorest, about 95% of Argentines." ~ Saifedean Ammous Javier Milei swore he'd burn down Argentina's central bank and dollarize the economy. Two and a half years later, the money supply has quadrupled, the debt has ballooned, and a quarter-trillion-dollar carry trade is hollowing out the nation. Is the self-proclaimed Rothbardian actually running one of the most inflationary presidencies in Argentine history? And what does it mean for Austrian economics when its loudest political champion looks more like just another Latin American demagogue? Check out the original article: Milei's Austrian Scam by the Numbers by Saifedean Ammous (Link: https://x.com/saifedean/status/2056436088944631996) References from the episode Safedean's previous piece on the Argentine carry trade (Link: https://saifedean.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-the-milei-ponzi) Hans-Hermann Hoppe's work, since the Mises Institute apparently parted ways with him (Link: https://hanshoppe.com/) Anything by Murray N. Rothbard if you want the real Austrian foundation (Link: https://mises.org/profile/murray-n-rothbard) The story of Cincinnatus if you've never read it, it's worth your time Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome partners! Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://shop.bitbox.swiss/?code=GUY) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) “Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
"Our little home controller, building controller, it knows our electric rate, it knows the way that electric rate changes based on the time of day. It knows the PV flux, the solar flux from the solar panels. So it knows if there's excess power that the building's not using.It also knows our natural gas rate. It also knows the Bitcoin price and the network difficulty. This is all just in our software.And in real time, our building can choose, it can flip between heating with gas or with hashrate to save you the most money." ~ Tyler Stevens I am constantly shocked by how much of our everyday infrastructure is basically begging for a Bitcoin upgrade. Almost half of the world's energy is used for heat, and a quarter of it is just "comfort heat" to keep our homes and water warm. What if we generated all of that with bitcoin miners instead? I sat down with Tyler Stevens, a former aerospace thermal engineer who is currently helping spearhead the Hashrate Heatpunks movement. I've been running my own hacky miner-heater setup downstairs to survive the winter, but Tyler and the guys at the 256 Foundation are taking this to an entirely different scale. We talked about stripping away our reliance on monopolistic giants like Bitmain and finally building a fully open-source mining stack. The stakes here are high. If even a fraction of normal households swap their standard electric heating elements for ASIC chips, we're looking at a huge decentralization shift for the grid and an explosion in Bitcoin's security budget. We also get into the reality of sovereign smart homes, avoiding creepy cloud-connected thermostats, and why the "energy waste" critics are entirely blind to how thermodynamics actually works. This was an incredibly fun conversation and it proves we are still incredibly early to what home mining will eventually look like. Guest Links Tyler on X (Link: https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens) Exergy's Website (Link: https://exergyheat.com/) 256 Foundation's Website (Link: https://www.256foundation.org/) Hashrate Heatpunks' Website (Link: https://heatpunks.org/) The Space's Website (Link: https://denver.space/) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) (Under construction) Check out the list of products and services I use and recommend on BitcoinAudible.com (Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to Hashing for Heat(00:02:55) - Tyler Stevens and the Heat Punks community(00:11:10) - The economics of unprofitable home mining(00:17:39) - Replacing global comfort heat with ASIC chips(00:19:30) - Why Bitcoin miners are fully efficient resistive heaters(00:26:42) - Capital expenditure savings against traditional gas furnaces(00:32:47) - Routing solar, gas, and hash rate automatically(00:38:52) - Why local smart thermostats beat corporate cloud options(00:44:50) - The challenge of retrofitting commercial hardware for homes(00:50:31) - Rebuilding the open-source mining stack with 256 Foundation(00:58:11) - Corporate backdoors and the true risk of closed firmware(01:09:54) - Connecting water-cooled miners to residential HVAC ducts(01:22:31) - Fixing failed residential solar economics with Bitcoin computation(01:30:27) - Using protocols to build a fully decentralized energy grid(01:42:27) - 256 Foundation fundraising efforts and grant program(01:50:03) - Closing thoughts
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What is it that Bitcoin Miners produce? $ BTC 77,620 Block height 950,255 Today's guest on the show is Bob Burnett from Barefoot Mining. He discusses his extensive background in the tech industry, his strong critique of Bitcoin Core development, and his vision for the future of Bitcoin mining, including the importance of BIP-110 and the decentralisation of hash power. Key Topics: Bob Burnett's background and entry into Bitcoin mining Critique of Bitcoin Core's development process and decision-making BIP-110 (RDTS) soft fork and its temporary role in community reset Distinction between Bitcoin miners and hashers Centralization of hash power and selfish mining attacks Block space as a commodity and the future of derivatives markets Nation-state adoption and the need for sovereign mining Empowering plebs through hash power rental and alternative mining pools (Ocean, Datum) Fungibility of Bitcoin and the value of "virgin Bitcoin" Follow Bob: X - @boomer_btc NOSTR - npub1f7p776fz3vlqnv9tcyw7m8nts5ceczmlaudqgjuwaxtsuwzyrqtssuvg6q https://www.barefootmining.com/ Link to the article by Renaud Cuny - https://blockspaceweekly.substack.com/p/issue-21-mining-health-part-1 Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
A strategic guide to risk, opportunity and adoption! $ BTC 78,461 Block Height 949,622 Today's guests are James Dewar, David Pool, and Darren Fremantle who join me to discuss their new "Bitcoin for Organisations" project, an open-source educational resource designed to help businesses understand Bitcoin as a critical risk management imperative. Key Topics: Introduction to the "Bitcoin for Organisations" idea Backgrounds and expertise of guests James Dewar, Darren Fremantle, and David Paul Framing Bitcoin as a crucial risk management issue for businesses The role of Bitcoin and Lightning in enabling "agentic payments" for AI Distinguishing Bitcoin from the broader "crypto" industry Challenges in educating traditional finance and corporate entities about Bitcoin Successes in engaging risk, compliance, legal, and academic sectors The open-source nature and collaborative development of the material Specific industry verticals and internal functions addressed in the materials Strategies for dispelling common myths and FUD surrounding Bitcoin The potential for "sleeper Bitcoiners" to advocate for adoption within their organisations The future landscape of fiat currency, central banks, and Bitcoin coexistence Connections: James Dewar - @Bitcoinshire David Pool - @exitingfiat Darren Freemantle - @freemantledj @MyFirstBitcoin_ My First Bitcoin website: ,https://programs.myfirstbitcoin.org/programs/bitcoin-for-organizations/ Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
"If you think of River or Gemini or Coinbase or whatever, think of all of those as silos and how people custody Bitcoin. If some sort of compromise were to come into the Bitcoin ecosystem at the private key generation level, that could create an incident that could set Bitcoin back by 10 or more years because it would be almost indistinguishable from a protocol compromise and that we would be talking about Bitcoin being hacked again and not individual custodians being hacked. So I think we need to decentralise how people do Bitcoin custody as much as possible and what better way by leveraging private freedom preserving open source software." ~ Seed In today's chat, I sat down with Seed, the creator of the SeedSigner project, and his backstory is completely wild. He told the story of how he got pulled into Bitcoin through a forensic case tied to a local Silk Road user, why he panic sold in 2017, and how that path eventually led him back to the basics and into building one of the most respected DIY signers in the space. But the real tension in this episode is the part most people skip over: what actually keeps your coins safe when things get messy in the real world. We talk about the grim reality of wrench attacks, what actually happens when law enforcement flips a house upside down with a search warrant, and how a former forensics cop secures his own wealth. If you think a standard hardware wallet hidden in a sock drawer is enough, hearing his threat models might completely rewrite your long-term storage plans. And yes, we got into a few stories that made me think about my own setup a lot differently. Guest Links Seed on X (Link: https://x.com/sesi_the_man) SeedSigner on X (Link: https://x.com/SeedSigner) Today in Bitcoin History on X (Link: https://x.com/daily_btc_lore) SeedSigner's Website (Link: https://seedsigner.com/) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) (Under construction) Check out the list of products and services I use and recommend on BitcoinAudible.com (Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)
"It's often discussed that arbitrarily lowering interest rates and the zero interest rate policy era leads to massive recklessness and unethical and irresponsible behavior. But there's something even more sinister that actually occurs. A lot of people notice how massive corporations are just buying up all of the hard assets and then renting it back to us. [...] Zero interest rate policy isn't merely something that leads to reckless investments. It essentially amounts to free rent for the rich for everything in the economy. If you can rent anything for free, what do you do? You lease everything and then rent it back to the public for a profit." ~ Guy Swann Why do massive corporations own everything, while the rest of us are stuck renting our lives back from them? Most people see the trend, but very few understand the actual mechanism driving it. In this episode, I break down how zero interest rate policy isn't just "reckless investment" – it's a fraud machine that hands the rich free rent on every productive asset in the economy. What happens when you can borrow anything for less than it's worth? You buy everything. References from the episode Read_944 - Proof of Work in the Real Economy: Wyatt's chapter from The Bitcoinization of Finance (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/4v4LrOxS12vM15dE3tHT) Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay (1841) (Link: https://ia800405.us.archive.org/28/items/memoirsofextraor01mack/memoirsofextraor01mack.pdf) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) “Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.” ~ Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
Were you under the impression Bitcoin was being suppressed in India? $ BTC 80,725 Block Height 948,748 This episode of the Once Bitten Podcast features Santosh V, Founder of Indias first Bitcoin accelerator programme and co-founder of Travel With Bitcoin. Santosh discusses his profound journey into Bitcoin including stories of setting up a Bitcoin-only juice shop in Uganda, launching an accelerator program for Bitcoin entrepreneurs in India, and plans for an upcoming Bitcoin conference in Mumbai. Key Topics: Santosh's personal Bitcoin journey and early evangelism Travel With Bitcoin's sabbatical in Africa and encountering Bitcoin adoption Establishing "Juicy B," a Bitcoin-only juice shop in Uganda The legal status and entrepreneurial landscape of Bitcoin in India The India Bitcoin Accelerator program and its innovative projects Vision for Bitcoin innovation in India and the Global South Plans for the "Bitcoin Mela" conference in Mumbai Challenges and considerations for Bitcoin startups and VC funding Importance of grassroots community building and engaging non-Bitcoiners Connect with Santosh: Club Orange - https://app.cluborange.org/student-of-bitcoin X - @studentofbtc NOSTR - npub1f7ptem2ztp9x4n7w62n90ddv40z0jrt4490d8lug3uasfwyjsccqkknerm Website - https://studentofbitcoin.com/ Find the Juice shop and send some sats! X - @Juicyb_shop - LN Address - juicyb@blink.sv Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
"If your money isn't sound, it is not reflecting any proof of work. It is not reflecting anything about who should be able to consume, or how much there is available to consume. It's just being corrupted, it's being defrauded, so that certain people get bad price signals. And this will incentivize them and everyone else to literally make economic decisions that appear to be economically profitable, that are actually destroying the society." ~ Guy Swann Why is it that 5,000 years of human civilization built monuments and railroads and cathedrals – and we built WeWork and Quibi? In this episode, I read Wyatt's case for a return to proof of work in the real economy, then push it further: sound money isn't just nice to have. Without it, the market doesn't break – it never emerges in the first place. And when it loses that property, society rots until it dies. Check out the original article: The Bitcoinization of Finance by Wyatt O'Rourke (Link: https://braiins.com/books/bitcoinization-of-finance) References from the episode The Bitcoinization of Finance by Wyatt O'Rourke – the book this chapter is pulled from, available now (audiobook coming soon, narrated by yours truly) (Link: https://braiins.com/books/bitcoinization-of-finance) Broken Money by Lynn Alden – referenced in the chapter and one of the best macro reads out there (Link: https://www.lynalden.com/broken-money/) The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth – also referenced, and a foundational read on deflation and innovation (Link: https://www.jeffbooth.ca/books) Human Action by Ludwig von Mises – the original Austrian breakdown of boom-bust cycles (Link: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ludwig-von-misess-human-action-marking-70-years-continuing-relevance) The previous Read episode on Nick Szabo's The Fabric of Desires – perfect companion piece to this one (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/ByGugoFYLU0uFDPI6Z2t) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome partners! Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other g...
"It is not markets that made money possible. It is collectibles, which we now call money, that make markets possible." ~ Nick Szabo What if everything we've been told about how money emerged is backwards? Nick Szabo's first article in nearly a decade tells the story of a stolen canoe, a tribal feud, and a string of shells – and uses it to challenge one of the most repeated ideas in economics. Did money come from barter, or did it come from something far older and far more human? Check out the original article: The Fabric of Desires by Nick Szabo (Link: https://jan3.com/blog/the-fabric-of-desires) References from the episode Nick Szabo's blog, Unenumerated – where so much of his foundational writing lives (Link: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/) Aqua Wallet, the superapp by Jan3: Bitcoin, Lightning, and Liquid all in one, with USDT on Liquid too (Link: https://aqua.net/) The Nakamoto Institute: the best archive there is for Szabo's work and early Bitcoin thought (Link: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/) Carl Menger's On the Origins of Money – worth reading even where I think it falls short (Link: https://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/menger/money.txt) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome partners! Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) “There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.” ~ Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
In this roundtable, we sit down with Steve, Mechanic, and Jeff, and honestly, we struggle to stay on Bitcoin for half of it. Our catch-up quickly turns into a rant about LLMs acting like corporate yes-men, and the frustrations of running AI locally. But we do get back to the money. We talk about the St. Louis Fed literally copyrighting Bitcoin price data, France tracking self-hosted wallets, Steve's update on UTXOracle, and why the quantum computing threat looks a lot more like a funding scam with terrible marketing. On the technical side, we get into the proposed cluster mempool changes in Bitcoin Core. Mechanic also shares his view on renting hashrate, and how much money giant pools waste by ignoring empty block speedups. Guest Links Steve Simple Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3s6a8yn8) Steve Simple on X (Link: https://x.com/stevesimple) Bitcoin Mechanic Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2tm827ut) Bitcoin Mechanic on X (Link: https://x.com/GrassFedBitcoin) Jeff Swann Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3sjc3bcp) Jeff Swann on X (Link: https://x.com/agoristview) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to the Roundtable(00:05:16) - Building the UTXO Oracle Reference Price(00:15:09) - Ocean Mining Pool Hashrate and Core Drama(00:23:40) - Analyzing AI Model Costs and Economic Feasibility(00:37:05) - Iran Reportedly Taking Bitcoin Tolls for Shipping(00:42:08) - VPN Usage and Legal Realities in Autocracies(00:53:12) - Governement Advancing Self-Hosted Wallet Regulations(00:59:06) - Debunking Google Quantum Computing Encryption Threats(01:16:45) - Analyzing Cluster Mempool Feasibility in Bitcoin Core(01:28:01) - AI Agents Operating Wallets(01:33:14) - The Rise of Decentralized Rentable Hashrate(01:44:26) - Hosted Bitcoin Nodes and Stratum Uptime Solutions(01:57:17) - Non-Custodial Wallet Adoption on Nostr(02:02:37) - Lightning Network UX Challenges and Bolt 12(02:13:14) - Updates and Final Thoughts
Si te gusta cómo hilo temas en el podcast puedes suscribirte a la newsletter y recibir artículos donde trato la confluencia de Bitcoin con temas más complejos: https://albertomeraupsb.substack.com/ Para comprar bitcoin te recomiendo que te mires Kraken, la bolsa con más historia del mercado. Con este enlace dedicado podrás recibir €15 en BTC tras tu primera compra de €100: https://kraken.pxf.io/c/6789141/3733460/10583 El monedero que te recomiendo si quieres autocustodiar tu bitcoin: Bitbox Usa este enlace para comprar: https://bit.ly/bitbox-upsb (5% de descuento usando código UPSB al final del carrito) Para cualquier duda sobre todo lo anterior, para comprar guardar o preguntas sobre los sponsors, puedes escribirme a hola@unpodcastsobrebitcoin.com Descargo de responsabilidad: Todo lo discutido en este episodio debe ser considerado como entretenimiento solamente y jamás como consejo de inversión. Nada de lo dicho aquí tiene un propósito de asesoramiento financiero o recomendación. Operar con criptomonedas conlleva el riesgo de sufrir pérdidas. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, que opera como Kraken, cuenta con la regulación del Banco Central de Irlanda.
Seventeen years as a Royal Ballet performer! $ BTC 80,922 Block Height 947,991 Today's guest on the show is Benjamin Ella, a former career ballet dancer at the London Royal Ballet. Ben discusses his journey into Bitcoin and his efforts to promote its adoption within the arts. Ben spent 17 years dancing professionally, retired recently but dedicated the last couple of years to advocating for the Royal Ballet to accept Bitcoin for ticket sales. Key Topics: Bitcoin adoption in traditional institutions Challenges of orange-pilling in conservative environments The financial struggles and dwindling government funding in the arts Ben's journey into ballet and Bitcoin Bitcoin for the Arts initiative by Dion Wilson Decentralizing arts funding and cultural resurgence through Bitcoin Bitcoin as a tool for financial integrity and principled thinking Find Ben on Club orange - https://app.cluborange.org/bob-imtgqqp7t Instagram BenjaminFWElla NOSTR - npub1sf4p53yx8j7hp5vz0ufmhhjs0a87ysjrn5r0ff6n9p0vzf5ukgwqmnstf0 Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
"They say the ruler is bent, then use the bent ruler to measure the table. They say the clock is broken, then solemnly read out the hour. They say the instrument is false, then ask it, with perfect seriousness, for one final certification. This is, in itself, a form of bondage. To measure gold in fiat terms is, in Jung's sense, to deny the shadow: to denounce the paper system in public while continuing, in private, to let it decide what counts as value." ~ Craig Tindale 1 BTC = 1 BTC. If fiat is broken, why do we still trust it to tell us what gold or Bitcoin is worth? Craig Tindale argues that even the rebels against fiat money remain captive to its grammar – measuring their escape in the very units they claim to reject. But is stepping outside the fiat frame really that simple, or does the nature of price itself trap us in ways even Bitcoiners haven't fully reckoned with? Check out the original article: Stepping Outside the Fiat Frame by Craig Tindale (Link: https://x.com/ctindale/status/2040918715961901280) References from the episode My recent two‑part series Read episodes: "Number Go Down" by Allen Farrington & Sacha Meyers and "Modern Money Only Works by Cheating" by Tyler Durden – both great companions to this episode. (Number Go Down: https://fountain.fm/episode/fLqds61ds9YbsnqGOkE8) (Modern Money Only Works by Cheating: https://fountain.fm/episode/UN8NHIQ3tR9tdc9ER89h) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome partners! Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) "The cypherpunk's digital cash wouldn't have the threat of state violence to scare counterfeiters away, and most ordinary digital fil...
"When you really dig into the heart of how finance, how our monetary system and how our political system work, and how deeply married they are, you begin to see something that's pretty disturbing. That cheating and manipulation aren't simply something that arise in bad behaviors. They're fundamentally required by the system itself. They're baked in. They are the standard. It is the law. And if that is our reality, then the only way we can actually restore honesty and sensible standards is to create a money that refuses to bend to the law. So the question is, have we done that?" ~ Guy What if the cheating, the manipulation, and the bailouts aren't bugs in our financial system, but the very features that keep it alive? In this rant, I push back hard on the idea that "elastic money" saved us from the 2008 collapse, the 1929 catastrophe, or any other economic event we've "papered over", and argue it's the very thing guaranteeing a far worse one. Is hard money really the villain of the 20th century, or have we been telling ourselves a comforting lie? References from the episode The previous Read of "Number Go Down", the essay by Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/fLqds61ds9YbsnqGOkE8) And the previous Read of "Modern Money Only Works by Cheating" by Tyler Durden (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/UN8NHIQ3tR9tdc9ER89h) Custodia Bank's ongoing fight for a full-reserve banking charter (Link: https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2026/04/tenth-circuit-denies-rehearing-en-banc-in-custodia-banks-lawsuit-over-master-accounts/) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)
South African Bitcoiners react to the confiscation of Bitcoin bill. $ BTC 76,401 Block Height 947,296 Ricki, a co-organiser of the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference, shares urgent news about new draft regulations in South Africa that threaten the Bitcoin ecosystem. Key Topics: South African Draft Crypto Regulations Criminalisation of Self-Custody Comparison to US Executive Order 6102 (Gold Confiscation) Exchange Control Act of 1965 Expropriation Without Compensation Act History of Apartheid and South African Politics Globalist Influence and Resource Extraction (Rothschilds, Cecil Rhodes) Resistance Efforts and Legal Challenges Non-Compliance Culture in South Africa Draconian Enforcement Mechanisms (Warrantless Searches, Seed Phrase Demands) Call to Action for the Bitcoin Community Impact of AI in the Defence Strategy Global Implications for Bitcoin Self-Custody Contact Ricki and the team here: https://propertyrightsdefense.org/ X - https://x.com/PRDG_ZA Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
Trying to understand the lies and deception. $ BTC 76,140 Block Height 947,048 Authors Mark Hunter and Arthur Van Pelt join the Once Bitten podcast to discuss volume two of their "FakeToshi" trilogy, delving into Craig Wright's alleged tax fraud in Australia and his elaborate scheme to convince powerful backers and the world that he was Satoshi Nakamoto. Key Topics: Craig Wright's Australian Tax Office (ATO) fraud The origins of Craig Wright's Satoshi Nakamoto claims Backing from Calvin Ayre and Robert McGregor The planned Satoshi reveal and PR strategy The "self-doxx" leak to Wired and Gizmodo Failed signing sessions with Gavin Andressen and John Matonis The Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit and its revelations The "bonded courier" and Tulip Trust narrative Craig Wright's behaviour during the Bitcoin Cash fork wars Legal tactics and avoidance of perjury charges Craig Wright's current status and ongoing support from Calvin Ayre Follow Mark here: X - @Twentynothing00 Follow Arthur Here: X - @ArthurvanPelt https://mylegacykit.medium.com/ The Podcast: drbitcoinpod.com Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% My First Bitcoin. https://myfirstbitcoin.org/ Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
"The whole point of libertarianism is that we should recognise that we don't know how to plan the world. We don't know what the solution is going to be. You can't have a central planner decide it.If it was really just that libertarians understood how the world worked, then you could have a central planner. You would just need them to be libertarians. That's not how it works at all. It's antithetical to the whole concept. That's why the Block Size War was such a huge success, because it did not hard-fork. It did not decide: 'Oh, if there is a schism in the community, one small group is going to be able to force it onto everybody else.'And that's exactly the thing that you actually need to have society's rules be sustainable, because otherwise, that's all you get. You get people who will violently disagree about the tiniest shit, and then they will put a gun to everybody else's head, and they will say: 'You just got to come along with me or you're screwed.'" ~ Guy Lately, it feels like an endless stream of noise tries to predict the death of Bitcoin. So I joined Rob Wallace on the Bitcoin News channel to cut through the panic and tackle the two loudest distractions: Google's latest quantum computing claims and the wild conspiracy that Jeffrey Epstein dictated Bitcoin's code. We look at the actual physics of quantum processing to see if scaling qubits without catastrophic environmental noise is even possible. But the Epstein drama is what really gets me fired up. People are rewriting the history of the block size wars to fit a comfortable narrative. We lay out why he had zero practical influence over Bitcoin, and why some folks would rather believe an elaborate lie than accept the reality of decentralized consensus. But we do not just stay in the weeds. I also share why I am incredibly optimistic about non-custodial scaling solutions like Ark, and how vibe coding is sparking a peer-to-peer renaissance. Big thanks to Rob and the Bitcoin News channel for hosting me! Chapters (00:00:00) - The failure of central planning and libertarian ideals (00:01:41) - Assessing the actual quantum threat to Bitcoin (00:08:44) - Why quantum experiments lack genuine cryptographic proof (00:20:06) - Prioritizing quantum resistance among protocol developers (00:22:50) - Debunking the Epstein and MIT Media Lab narrative (00:31:06) - The reality of the early Blockstream investments (00:39:41) - Why the liberty movement split over Bitcoin scaling (00:44:12) - Hard truths about network architecture and TCP/IP (00:52:29) - Can Bitcoin truly separate money from the state (00:55:08) - The friction of living entirely on a Bitcoin standard (01:00:12) - Vibe coding and a new peer-to-peer renaissance Guest Links Rob on X (Link: https://twitter.com/_Rob_Wallace) Bitcoin News on X (Link: https://twitter.com/bitcoinnewscom) Bitcoin News Website (Link: https://bitcoinnews.com/) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code Chapters (00:00:00) - The failure of central planning and libertarian ideals(00:01:41) - Assessing the actual quantum threat to Bitcoin(00:08:44) - Why quantum experiments lack genuine cryptographic proof(00:20:06) - Prioritizing quantum resistance among protocol developers(00:22:50) - Debunking the Epstein and MIT Media Lab narrative(00:31:06) - The reality of the early Blockstream investments(00:39:41) - Why the liberty movement split over Bitcoin scaling(00:44:12) - Hard truths about network architecture and TCP/IP(00:52:29) - Can Bitcoin truly separate money from the state(00:55:08) - The friction of living entirely on a Bitcoin standard(01:00:12) - Vibe coding and a new peer-to-peer renaissance
The Music industry is changing and Bitcoin is fixing this. $ BTC 78,261 Block Height 946,448 Today's guests on the show are Aaron and Nat from the New Music Nudge Unit, championing the New Music Economy. They are back on once Bitten to update us with what's been happening behind the scenes, some big gig announcements and a name a huge band that signed up to NOSTR and the value Verse to release their songs for sats! Learn more about the upcoming events here: https://bitcoinessex.co.uk/events/ Follow Aaron here: X - @btcessex NOSTR - npub1c39tdmht8g896hyd3t5z47ksuwtmm77fyqxhmr7rac22d85lwsxqzk2lhm Follow Nat here: https://www.natc.me/ X - @BigRpic NOSTR - npub1hqxvtu58ayh8fn6q6zy3l0gvf9vqm4gcg0glmk88lr2s99ntsdfskajsch Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. AOBPrime Time reminder (FTF + Week 3)Vegas coming upNEWSRoman Storm Acquittal?? - The RageRule 29 hearing in SDNY. Retrial dates floated: Oct, Nov, Jan 2027.Gov theory: running Tornado Cash was criminal, but mixers aren't illegal and it wasn't criminal at inception. Failla: so when did liability start?Gov collapsed UI and protocol. Claimed Tornado Cash itself transferred funds — user wallets as "instrumentalities."Only 15% of volume was illicit across the charged period.Failla to prosecutor: "I might argue you were doing better before you started talking."BIP-361 - LinkNew proposal from Jameson Lopp and others (submitted 14 April) to protect Bitcoin from future quantum computers.Quantum computers could one day crack the cryptography Bitcoin uses today (ECDSA/Schnorr). BIP-361 forces everyone to move to new quantum-safe address types before that happens.Two phases: first, you can't send to old-style addresses. Five years later, old-style coins can't be spent at all. If you haven't moved your coins by then, they're frozen.Controversial because it means coins that don't migrate get effectively confiscated — including Satoshi's ~1M BTC and anything on lost seeds. Breaks Bitcoin's "your coins are yours forever" promise.BitMEX pushed back with a "wait and see" alternative: only freeze coins if quantum is actually proven to exist.Foundation angle: if you hold your own keys, you just migrate when new address types ship. The people at risk are exchange users, lost-seed holders, and very old wallets.Bitcoin Depot Hacked - 50.9 BTC ($3.7M) Stolen - Bitcoin Magazine / SecurityWeekPublished: Breach detected March 23, disclosed April 8-9, 2026Bitcoin Depot, the largest crypto ATM operator in the US (9,000+ machines, 47 states), lost 50.9 BTC after attackers gained control of credentials for digital asset settlement accounts. Customer data was not affected. SEC disclosure filed April 8.Talking points: Centralised custodians are honeypots. One set of credentials = nearly $4M gone. The 16-day gap between detection and disclosure is worth noting. Compare with self-custody where there is no single point of failure.Kraken Insider Extortion - Support Staff Recruited by Criminal Groups - CoinDeskPublished: April 13, 2026A criminal group is extorting Kraken after two insider incidents where support staff inappropriately accessed data from ~2,000 client accounts. No funds were at risk. Kraken warned of coordinated insider recruitment campaigns targeting crypto, gaming, and telecom firms.Talking points: Your exchange account is only as secure as the lowest-paid support worker with access to your data. This is organised, coordinated insider recruitment across multiple industries. Self-custody eliminates this counterparty risk entirely. Credit to Kraken for transparency and refusing to pay.Fake Ledger Live app on Mac App Store - Coindesk$9.5M drained from 50+ victims between 7–13 April via fake Ledger Live macOS app on Apple's App Store.Hits across BTC, ETH, Tron, Solana, XRP. Three seven-figure losses — largest $3.23M USDT. Musician G. Love lost 5.9 BTC.Attack vector: app prompted users to enter recovery phrase. Game over.Published under "Leva Heal Limited." Faked version history 1.0 to 5.0 in two weeks to look legit. Passed App Review.Funds laundered through 150+ KuCoin deposit addresses tied to "AudiA6" mixer. KuCoin froze accounts until 20 April only.UPDATES/RELEASESAqua v0.4.2 - April 11Adds transaction notes (BIP329), fiat amount entry for Lightning payments, Sats display unit option, improved animations, GDK upgrade to 0.76.3.https://github.com/AquaWallet/aqua-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.2BTCPay Server v2.3.7 - April 2 (BORDERLINE)First release using .NET 10. Transaction comments in Send view, admin-editable subscription dates, amount-less BOLT11 invoices for top-ups, RTL language support (Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi), subscriber management API.https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v2.3.7BULL Wallet v6.8.2-fss-hybrid - April 10Hybrid flutter_secure_storage implementation with fallback to v9 for incompatible devices. Appears to be internal/hybrid build rather than public consumer release.https://github.com/SatoshiPortal/bullbitcoin-mobile/releases/tag/6.8.2-fss-hybridCake Wallet v6.1.0 - April 18"Smoother Performance & USDT Bridging" release. Native USDT bridging between chains, performance optimizations, wallet stability improvements, Lightning and EVM bug fixes.https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v6.1.0Envoy v2.2.13 - April 9Maintenance release addressing Passport Prime onboarding issues, iOS share sheet bug, and a security-related dependency update.https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/envoy/releases/tag/v2.2.13KeyOS v1.2.1 - April 16Users can now decide whether they want to perform a manual or magic backup, regardless of Envoy Magic Backup status. Before initiating the magic backup, tap Advanced in the top right corner to change to manual.https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/KeyOS/releases/tag/v1.2.1Liana v14.0 - April 17Major UI rework: redesigned home page, menu, payment history, sidebar. Adds xpub import from Coldcard ccxp files, BitBox pairing code display for taproot devices, reduced dust output limit from 5,000 to 500 sats. Default fiat price source changed to mempool.space.https://github.com/wizardsardine/liana/releases/tag/v14.0LNBits v1.5.4-rc1 - April 16 (RC only)Release candidate, minimal notes. Latest stable remains v1.5.3.https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/v1.5.4-rc1Mempool v3.3.0 - April 14Major release: coinbase transaction previews from Stratum jobs, Taproot script tree visualization, sighash icons, stale block comparisons, sub-1-sat/vB support, ephemeral dust support, PSBT signature display, Simplicity support (Liquid), Angular 16-to-20 upgrade, decimal fee recommendations.https://github.com/mempool/mempool/releases/tag/v3.3.0Mostro v0.17.3 - April 13Fixes bug in v0.17.2 blocking range orders. v0.17.2 (Apr 11) added interactive setup wizard and fixed validation issues preventing duplicate payments.https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.17.3Nunchuk v2.4.0 - April 8Adds Nunchuk API support with bug fixes and improvements.https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-android/releases/tag/2.4.0Peach Bitcoin v0.69.0 - April 10UniqueID Hash saved in iOS keychain for identity persistence. Fixes: percentage placeholder, PGP key registration timing, Telegram URL, seed restoration error handling.https://github.com/Peach2Peach/peach-app/releases/tag/v0.69.0-343Start9 v0.4.0-beta.5 - April 11 (beta)Complete StartOS rewrite: redesigned UI, new networking stack with WireGuard VPN gateways and Let's Encrypt, LXC container runtime, improved differential backups, i18n support, TypeScript SDK, SMTP notifications.https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/releases/tag/v0.4.0-beta.5Zeus v13.0.0-beta2 - April 17 (beta)Major v13 cycle: LDK Node as new embedded node option, updated onboarding, Cashu improvements with offline mode, embedded LND v0.20.1-beta, enhanced payment UI, Android stealth mode.https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v13.0.0-beta2TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donateHELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDONSIGN THE PETITION ----> https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools DONATE TO THE FAMILIES ----> https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonneSUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/VALUE FOR VALUEThanks for listening you Ungovernable Misfits, we appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the shows.You can support this episode using your time, talent or treasure.TIME:- create fountain clips for the show- create a meetup- help boost the signal on social mediaTALENT:- create ungovernable misfit inspired art, animation or music- design or implement some software that can make the podcast better- use whatever talents you have to make a contribution to the show!TREASURE:- BOOST IT OR STREAM SATS on the Podcasting 2.0 apps @ https://podcastapps.com- DONATE via Monero @ https://xmrchat.com/ugmf- BUY SOME STICKERS @ https://www.ungovernablemisfits.com/shop/FOUNDATIONhttps://foundation.xyz/ungovernableFoundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today's tech conglomerates. 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"The idea that some authority can deduce the correct level of this balance is not merely wrong, it is not even wrong, it is methodologically incoherent. Asking for the 'correct' interest rate is like asking how much the color orange weighs." ~ Allen Farrington & Sacha Meyers What if deflation isn't the economic boogeyman we've been told to fear, but the very *signal* that progress is happening? In Part 2 of Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers' brilliant essay, we dismantle the central myth of fiat economics – that printing money creates growth – and reveal why falling prices are the only honest measure that innovation has actually occurred. If the fiat prescription worked, where's the evidence? And why have central authorities never let us run the experiment? Check out the original article: Number Go Down by Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers (Link: https://x.com/allenf32/status/2045477517201477686) References from the episode Part 1 of "Number Go Down" – make sure you catch it before this one. (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/fLqds61ds9YbsnqGOkE8) "Bitcoin is Venice" by Farrington & Meyers – second edition announced for 2027. (Medium: https://allenfarrington.medium.com/bitcoin-is-venice-8414dda42070) (Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Venice-Essays-Future-Capitalism/dp/B09TTTGT11) "On the Manipulation of Money and Credit" by Ludwig von Mises. (Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2212135) And the companion Guy's Take coming soon on Bitcoin, Trust, and The Human Problem. Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome partners! Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) “Because a tree in spring buds and comes greenly into leaf, are those leaves therefore the tree? If the newborn twigs and their leaves were all that existed, they would form a vague halo of green...
"The fiat economist universally chooses to set the printing press to brrrrrrrrrr. While the enlightened elite watch their stock portfolios moon and their debts disappear, the common man is told to be thankful that he was 'this close' to the horror of living in a world where his wages bought more every year, and his government respected his private property. Imagine how hard it would be for that government to raise debt in such a world. It would have to justify its spending. We cannot have that." ~ Allen Farrington & Sacha Meyers What if falling prices aren't the economy stifling nightmare that fiat economists claim, but instead is actually the only natural spending incentive of a real economy fundamentally? Dive into Part 1 of Number Go Down, Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers' latest essay, where we dismantle the deflation myth, explore how hard money fuels real growth, and question why Bitcoin's promise hinges on surviving extreme stress. Could this be the key to a more stable, productive world? Check out the original article: Number Go Down by Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers (Link: https://x.com/allenf32/status/2045477517201477686) References from the episode Give a listen to our two-part episode "Modern Money Only Works By Cheating" by Tyler Durden for the backstory on what the market's really pricing in Bitcoin. (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/UN8NHIQ3tR9tdc9ER89h) Don't miss my audiobook version of "Bitcoin is Venice" by Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers – it's one of my all-time favorites and dives deep into these economic themes. (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/s6Fu2VowAddRACCCIxQh) Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome partners! Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) “The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
"We are trying to make it possible for people to use computers as simple of a statement as this: use computers, without intermediaries and custodians. The more they do, the more the lines will diverge. Until there's a chasm between the centralised model and the decentralised model with a clear line between them. And we will force either a reconciliation at the natural, technical level, let the best product in the market win, or we will force the hand of the authoritarians to say that our model is illegal. And then we have a different reconciliatory approach. Which is, okay, it's revolution time." ~ Matt Hill Big tech platforms have spent years trapping us behind their gates. And honestly, I am sick of it. The "cloud" is just someone else's computer, and companies are skimming our data at every single turn. CEO of Start9, Matt Hill, is my guest today, and is actually doing something about it. We sat down to talk about how bad the institutional theft of our privacy has gotten, and why building your own digital escape hatch is no longer just for hardcore nerds. Matt brought the fire in this one. He walks me through the absolute beast that is StartOS 0.4.0 -- the OS they spent the last three years rebuilding from absolute scratch. He also gave us the rundown on their upcoming StartWRT router, and breaks down how they finally made complex networking feel like putting together simple Ikea furniture. But the conversation goes way deeper than just hardware and updates. We get into the existential threat of AI, what happens when people get automated away, and why you desperately need to run your agents locally. Matt sees the current systems sinking like the Titanic, and we spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly how to scramble for the higher decks. If you have been procrastinating on taking control of your own computing, this conversation will give you the push you need. Chapters (00:00:00) - The divergence of centralized and decentralized models(00:06:34) - Rebuilding StartOS and extending development timelines(00:10:05) - Introducing StartWRT and true open-source routing(00:32:18) - The danger of centralized cloud computing infrastructure(00:44:06) - AI advancement and the loss of human purpose(01:06:14) - Unchecked inflation theft negating time-saving technology(01:18:09) - Developing essential digital defense systems to resist tyranny(01:28:56) - A total code rebuild for ultimate network stack control(01:46:36) - Automating server management with the local StartBot AI(01:57:24) - Packaging custom open-source software on the fly(02:08:40) - Simplifying network isolation with StartWRT security profiles(02:24:35) - Chaining outbound VPNs for complete internet traffic privacy(02:37:48) - Exposing home services safely using virtual private routers Guest Links Matt on X (Link: https://twitter.com/_MattHill_) Start9's Website (Link: https://start9.com/) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE (Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Li... Chapters (00:00:00) - The divergence of centralized and decentralized models(00:06:34) - Rebuilding StartOS and extending development timelines(00:10:05) - Introducing StartWRT and true open-source routing(00:32:18) - The danger of centralized cloud computing infrastructure(00:44:06) - AI advancement and the loss of human purpose(01:06:14) - Unchecked inflation theft negating time-saving technology(01:18:09) - Developing essential digital defense systems to resist tyranny(01:28:56) - A total code rebuild for ultimate network stack control(01:46:36) - Automating server management with the local StartBot AI(01:57:24) - Packaging custom open-source software on the fly(02:08:40) - Simplifying network isolation with StartWRT security profiles(02:24:35) - Chaining outbound VPNs for complete internet traffic privacy(02:37:48) - Exposing home services safely using virtual private routers
Valuarchy is the novel system which solves the centuries long problems inherent with democracy. In this episode of the Once Bitten podcast, Daniel Prince interviews Brendan Guest, a Canadian Bitcoiner and author of "ValueArchy," about his journey into Bitcoin, his move back to his wife's family farm, homeschooling, and his alternative political system called ValueArchy. Key Topics: Bitcoin meetups and community building Self-custody of Bitcoin Distrust in institutions Home birth and homeschooling Homesteading and food sovereignty Critique of democracy and taxation ValueArchy: A proposed alternative political system Property rights and the role of government Connect with Brendan: X - @TipToeBTC NOSTR - npub14erlvhtvp444cknx4k79jyr0hn0npyvuzu9vpm589u84tsws8eqsq2msm2 https://valuarchy.com/ Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
A whole new Bitcoin mining market place just emerged, and it changes everything. In this episode of the Once Bitten podcast, host Daniel Prince interviews Marcel, a software developer and Bitcoin enthusiast, about decentralising Bitcoin mining by renting hash power. Marcel shares his journey into Bitcoin, starting with his initial exposure through Silk Road and a negative experience with Mt. Gox, which ultimately led him to a deeper understanding of Bitcoin's fundamentals. Marcel discusses his early adoption of Bitcoin, his involvement in the Bitcoin community in Barcelona, and his views on the spam and ordinal issues that have plagued the Bitcoin network. Key Topics: Bitcoin mining decentralisation Hash rate rental Mempool policies Datum and Brains Follow Marcel: X - @oomahq NOSTR - npub100mahqlhxg50thmt5dyynu40nl25hat9kkkknzk8pqjfkvgq0xsqtdfyy5 Barcelona Bitcoiners - @bcnbitcoinonly Barcelona Conference - https://www.bcc8333.xyz/ Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
Learn how a young family of 4 survived being stranded at sea in a stricken sailboat and what they vowed to do if they survived. $ BTC 66,822 Block Height 943,037 In this episode of the Once Bitten podcast, I interview Michal and Pavla Nydrle, the family team driving Invity.io, a European-based Bitcoin app, about their journey into Bitcoin and their near-death experience at sea that motivated them to make a difference in the world through Bitcoin education and accessibility. Key Topics: Introduction to Michal and Pavla Nydrle The Sailing Trip and Near-Death Experience Political Involvement and Shift to Bitcoin Invity.io - A Bitcoin Neobank for Europe Challenges and Opportunities in the Bitcoin Space Education and Future Plans A huge thank you to Michal and Pavla for coming on the show and everything they are doing for Bitcoin. Download the Invity App today. https://invity.io/ Follow: Invity on X - @invity_io Michal on X - @mikenede - Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-nydrle/ Pavla on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavladubravska/ Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% Shills and Mench's: BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN THE MEETUP BREAKDWON - BITCOIN EVENTS UK - https://www.themeetupbreakdown.com/ SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
The 600th episode of The Once Bitten Podcast $ BTC 69,392 Block height 942,307 In this podcast episode, Daniel Prince interviews Kudzai, a Bitcoin writer and small-scale farmer advocate, about his personal Bitcoin journey, his critical views on traditional banking, and his perspective on hyperbitcoinization. Key Topics: Bitcoin journey Currency collapse in Zimbabwe Financial inclusion and banking the unbanked The role of debt in society Hyperbitcoinization as a process, not an event The network effect and decentralized systems Follow Kudzai on NOSTR - npub123sfqjpgf54p28yd7cjlgrpcn4pra5zhlnheyldc39td9r3zhgpshcwk9x Read his articles here: https://breefly.social/p/kudzaikutukwa@freedom.tech https://kudzai.substack.com/ Check out my book ‘Choose Life' - https://bitcoinbook.shop/search?q=prince Pleb Service Announcements: Join 20 thousand Bitcoiners on @cluborange https://signup.cluborange.org/co/princey Support the pod via @fountain_app -https://fountain.fm/show/2oJTnUm5VKs3xmSVdf5n CONFERENCES: BITCOIN IRELAND - 22ND -25TH MAY 2026 - DUBLIN https://bitcoinireland.eu/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC PRAGUE - 11th - 13th June 2026 http://btcprg.me/BITTEN - Use code BITTEN for - 10% BTC HEL - 25th - 26th September 2026. - Helsinki https://btchel.com/ Use code BITTEN for - 10% Shills and Mench's: RELAI - STACK SATS - www.relai.me/Bitten Use Code BITTEN BITBOX - SELF CUSTODY YOUR BITCOIN - www.bitbox.swiss/bitten Use Code BITTEN SWAN BITCOIN - www.swan.com/bitten GEYSER - fund bitcoin projects you love - https://geyser.fund/ PLEBEIAN MARKET - BUY AND SELL STUFF FOR SATS; https://plebeian.market/ @PlebeianMarket ZAPRITE - https://zaprite.com/bitten - Invoicing and accounting for Bitcoiners - Save $40 SATSBACK - Shop online and earn back sats! https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM ALL FURTHER LINKS HERE - FOR DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS - https://vida.page/princey - https://linktr.ee/princey21m
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