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Ever wonder why modern society produces so much worthless junk ...

2026-05-17T23:31:02+02:00

Ever wonder why modern society produces so much worthless junk instead of civilization-defining architecture? It all comes down to proof of work.

Today I'm reading a chapter from Wyatt’s book The Bitcoinization of Finance, his latest case for tying the real economy back to sound money. And I took it a step further: if you strip away that foundation, society eventually just dies.

Listen to Proof of Work in the Real Economy by WROrourke (nprofile…ywza) on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (nprofile…mrlx) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/4v4LrOxS12vM15dE3tHT

Why did humans start using shells or gold long before they had ...

2026-05-11T18:53:57+02:00

Why did humans start using shells or gold long before they had "efficient markets"?
Nick Szabo’s latest essay The Fabric of Desires explains the ancient link between high-stakes life events and the need for a store of value.
It’s a fascinating look at how money acts as the stitching between events in space and time.

Listen to The Fabric of Desires by Nick Szabo on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/ByGugoFYLU0uFDPI6Z2t

We constantly complain that fiat money is completely broken, but ...

2026-05-06T03:49:37+02:00

We constantly complain that fiat money is completely broken, but we still trust it to tell us exactly what Bitcoin is worth. It really makes no sense.

I recently read this great piece by Craig Tindale, and he completely nails this hypocrisy. If the ruler is bent, stop using it to measure the table. Escaping the fiat frame is a lot harder than just buying BTC.

Listen to Stepping Outside the Fiat Frame by Craig Tindle on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/YNq0Dx4shSXO51AVdfIw

The way the "experts" think about spending and prices is ...

2026-04-24T02:27:37+02:00

The way the "experts" think about spending and prices is completely backward.
Everyone assumes the economy grinds to a halt if prices fall. But what if an economy built on hard money actually thrives on that exact dynamic?
Today I'm sharing part one of Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers' incredible essay: "Number Go Down", and it'll change how you look at the system entirely.

Listen to Read_940 - Number Go Down (Part 1) by allen (nprofile…uyz7) & Sacha Meyers on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (nprofile…h35u) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/fLqds61ds9YbsnqGOkE8

"The Industrial Revolution gave us unlimited food, and we all ...

2026-04-22T20:25:52+02:00

"The Industrial Revolution gave us unlimited food, and we all became fat of the body. The information age gave us unlimited information and made us fat in the mind.

...We don't think anymore, we just parrot. Everything we do is a parroting of something else, something someone else said.

Maybe the only antidote to this is to go on a diet.
No more information, no more reading, no more socials, no more nothing.

You know so much already, but how much of what you know have you actually acted on?"
~ Aleks Svetski

Listen to Chat_165 - Family and Focus with Alekandar Svetski (nprofile…jttu) on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (nprofile…nuzf) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/3RgrSlc5JDVr8hadfcOD
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/HZzSjxbklD4
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v78khkw-chat-165-family-and-focus-with-aleks-svetski.html

Is the biggest threat to Bitcoin the tech, or is it us? We spend ...

2026-04-20T23:12:57+02:00

Is the biggest threat to Bitcoin the tech, or is it us? We spend so much time worrying about quantum computers and code changes, while the real test is firstly human. Can a massive, easily divided global community actually hold the line when the world demands we break?

I read Part 2 of this essay today, and the main argument is hard to shake.

Listen to Modern Money Only Works By Cheating (Part 2) by zerohedge (nprofile…625g) on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/mUB44I6ny5Q3boysKcj6

I think a lot of us feel it, but no one wants to admit it. The ...

2026-04-16T20:20:06+02:00

I think a lot of us feel it, but no one wants to admit it. The internet just doesn't feel real anymore.
Aleks Svetski and I sat down to talk about the total collapse of digital trust and the weird micro-echo chambers we all live in now.
But it's not all doom and gloom. We also discussed family, meaning, personal growth, and the hopeful picture of where social life could be heading next.

Listen to Chat_165 - Family and Focus with Alekandar Svetski (nprofile…jttu) on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/HZzSjxbklD4
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v78khkw-chat-165-family-and-focus-with-aleks-svetski.html

"We are trying to make it possible for people to use ...

2026-04-09T22:38:31+02:00

"We are trying to make it possible for people to use computers with a statement as simple as this: use computers without intermediaries and custodians.
The more they do, the more the lines will diverge until there is a chasm between the centralized model and the decentralized model with a clear line between them.
We will either force 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: okay, it's revolution time."
~ MattHill (nprofile…r8kg)

Listen to Chat_164 - Skating To Where The Puck Will Be with Matt Hill of Start9 (npub126n…e9ll) on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (nprofile…5cxj) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/slw43HLq2kMTwNeSLThm
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/c7ueHTTdu-A
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v787v9w-chat-164-skating-to-where-the-puck-will-be-with-matt-hill.html

The cashless trap is closing faster than most people realize. And ...

2026-04-07T20:33:40+02:00

The cashless trap is closing faster than most people realize. And with governments pushing CBDCs to track dissent and control capital, the stakes couldn't be higher.

In today's Read from the Financial Freedom Report, I look at the fight back. We cover offline privacy tools like BlackBox and how Lightning fixes our digital cash problem. Will our tools outpace their overreach?

Listen to Read_937 - When the Withdraws Start by HRF (nprofile…kysg) on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/cQxSCr07JWNvYhHM823x

What if we prioritized accessibility over perfection? Seedless ...

2026-04-06T03:41:32+02:00

What if we prioritized accessibility over perfection? Seedless wallets are starting to look like the bridge we've been missing.

In today's Read, I’m breaking down Juan Galt‘s thoughts on Breez SDK’s new passkey login update and why this might be the reality check the self-custody movement needs. If you’re tired of the "too techy" argument, check it out.

Listen to Breez SDK Launches Passkey Login by juangalt (nprofile…h9h2) and Breez_tech (nprofile…ypxv) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/PdOzZI42gR6GlM1GWlkX

There is a reason why every argument from the big blockers is ...

2026-04-04T22:23:16+02:00

There is a reason why every argument from the big blockers is some conspiracy about a government takeover rather than one about the actual technical debate.

Why? It is easier to spin a web of nonsense than argue about protocol nuances. Here is the technical reality: Bitcoin is a broadcast layer network. A serious protocol nerd should already see the scaling problem. A broadcast network is one where every single participant must broadcast their message to every single other participant in the entire network.

This is part of how and why Bitcoin stays decentralized. It is decentralized because anyone who wants to do so can confirm every last rule of the network has been followed by every other participant for its entire history. Essentially, it has made every single one of its users their own referee to the game.

Watch the latest 2Sats - Did Epstein Hijack Bitcoin? on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (nprofile…h35u) :
Youtube: https://youtu.be/OHT7pG-gZfU
Rumble: https://rumble.com/v77syh2-2sats-did-epstein-hijack-bitcoin.html

The big blockers cannot be honest about what the debate was ...

2026-04-03T19:31:03+02:00

The big blockers cannot be honest about what the debate was really about. They posed it as one group - themselves - who wanted Bitcoin to be digital cash and money for the whole world, and then the "evil" small blockers who just wanted it to be digital gold. The block size debate was not, and I repeat was not, about digital gold versus digital cash.

The actual debate, half of it, was about how to scale the network so it could be decentralized money for the whole world, while the other half was exactly how to make changes to the protocol that required cooperation from everyone when things were contentious. There is a reason why every argument from the big blockers is some conspiracy about a government takeover rather than one about the actual technical debate. Why? It is easier to spin a web of nonsense than argue about protocol nuances.

Watch the latest 2Sats - Did Epstein Hijack Bitcoin? on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) :
Youtube: https://youtu.be/OHT7pG-gZfU
Rumble: https://rumble.com/v77syh2-2sats-did-epstein-hijack-bitcoin.html

The big blockers cannot be honest about what the debate was ...

2026-04-03T02:20:33+02:00

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2026-03-30T21:36:50+02:00

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Blaming Jeffrey Epstein for weakening Bitcoin is the ultimate ...

2026-03-30T21:35:01+02:00

Blaming Jeffrey Epstein for weakening Bitcoin is the ultimate cope. I am so tired of this recycled big blocker narrative, so I finally took the time to expose it.

I went through the emails and followed the funding step by step. The reality is that there was no grand, shadowy government op to destroy Bitcoin. The fact that this conspiracy still exists is a massive red flag. Let's find out why they want you distracted by this, and what the whole picture actually shows.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/OHT7pG-gZfU

Rumble: https://rumble.com/v77syh2-2sats-did-epstein-hijack-bitcoin.html

Everyone is terrified that AI will eat their industry and wreck ...

2026-03-28T02:23:03+01:00

Everyone is terrified that AI will eat their industry and wreck the economy. But they have the stakes all wrong.

In today's Read, I go through a brilliant A16Z piece that explains why we aren't heading for a post-human future. I followed it up with a bit of a rant on how this shift actually increases the value of human decision-making. If you are stressed about AI taking over, listen to this to flip that fear into real excitement.

Listen to Read_935 - AI Will Eat Application Software by Alex Immerman and Santiago Rodriguez on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) , available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/AkZHGXQZz6QFEZtYzEYg

Some people will invent literally anything to avoid admitting ...

2026-03-26T17:19:19+01:00

Some people will invent literally anything to avoid admitting they lost an argument. Enter the "Epstein hijacked Bitcoin" narrative: pure fiction designed to keep the defunct scaling argument alive. But I just brought the receipts to finally kill it off.
By tracking the actual money involved, I show exactly what was really happening behind the scenes.

Listen to Guy's Take_105 - Did Epstein Hijack Bitcoin? on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) , available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/6HFdAg1NGeuKkG8BA4nS

“There is a point of contention that every miner reaches, where ...

2026-03-25T19:12:48+01:00

“There is a point of contention that every miner reaches, where they have to fine-tune their operation and maintain certain controls in order to stay viable on the network over the long term.

The most profound way to do this is from behind the meter.

If you start there, at the point of zero to one where the energy originates, you are basically playing 4D chess with mining. Instead of being vulnerable to the variables that would knock most people offline, you are now in control.

You have the ability to identify underutilized or wasted resources and bring the market to the molecule, instead of trying to force it the other way.

This puts Bitcoin miners in a position to be the buyers of energy of last resort in all cases, stress-testing the systems and making them better.”
- HODL Tarantula

Listen to Chat_163 - Mining in Real Life with GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…fg0n), HODL Tarantula & TheGuySwann (nprofile…r2n6) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/ylwiHHoSBMjfUFZJjuAL
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/STPttIXYhwc
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v77ac66-chat-163-mining-in-real-life-with-bitcoin-mechanic-and-hodltarantula-plan-b.html

"One of the most important aspects of what we’re doing is ...

2026-03-24T22:35:06+01:00

"One of the most important aspects of what we’re doing is building out in ways that, like Bob Burnett says, you’ve got your big elephants, your little rabbit home miners, and then you’ve got the wild horses like myself. Gentlemen going out there wildcatting and finding ways to produce these operations that are literally impossible to stop unless you quite literally come out there and put a bullet in my brain."

Listen to Chat_163 - Mining in Real Life with GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…5z4g), HodlTarantula & TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/ylwiHHoSBMjfUFZJjuAL
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/STPttIXYhwc
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v77ac66-chat-163-mining-in-real-life-with-bitcoin-mechanic-and-hodltarantula-plan-b.html

"[Utilize] the fundamental principles that we see in Bitcoin ...

2026-03-23T18:03:20+01:00

"[Utilize] the fundamental principles that we see in Bitcoin itself: having a standard ruleset that you apply to yourself every day with discipline, and developing standard operating procedures that force us to hold ourselves accountable to higher standards."
- HODL Tarantula

Listen to Chat_163 - Mining in Real Life with GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…ljrg), HodlTarantula & TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/ylwiHHoSBMjfUFZJjuAL
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/STPttIXYhwc
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v77ac66-chat-163-mining-in-real-life-with-bitcoin-mechanic-and-hodltarantula-plan-b.html

“Lightning is way more private and also more censorship ...

2026-03-22T17:01:30+01:00

“Lightning is way more private and also more censorship resistant than on-chain.
If miners are going to start censoring blocks, the off-chain economy can actually go on for a while before even needing an on-chain settlement. And miners cannot do shit about off-chain transactions.”
- giacomozucco (nprofile…7lz5)

Listen to Chat_162 with Giacomo and TheGuySwann (nprofile…j5w3) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/bhPzNOjp0vOxhzf5iurM
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATvWS_9wNfk
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76zxu2-chat-162-plan-b-el-salvador-with-giacomo-zucco.html

"People will complain, you know, all the darknet markets are ...

2026-03-21T23:59:13+01:00

"People will complain, you know, all the darknet markets are moving to shitcoins.
The biggest darknet market is Robosats and it's Bitcoin only.
It's not risk-free. But one risk is you having your Revolut account nuked. The other risk is you being kidnapped or attacked with actual blackmail or fake blackmail.
This is worse than having your fiat account nuked."
- giacomozucco (nprofile…0yag)

Listen to Chat_162 with Giacomo Zucco on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (nprofile…c8xj) available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/bhPzNOjp0vOxhzf5iurM
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATvWS_9wNfk
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76zxu2-chat-162-plan-b-el-salvador-with-giacomo-zucco.html

When you get Bitcoin Mechanic and HODLTarantula together for a ...

2026-03-20T02:18:24+01:00

When you get Bitcoin Mechanic and HODLTarantula together for a panel, the big picture talk on physical infrastructure is next level. We teamed up to break down the reality of mining centralization, block building, and staying completely off-grid.

Listen to Chat_163 - Mining in Real Life with TheGuySwann (nprofile…056e) , GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…fg0n) & HODL Tarantula on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/ylwiHHoSBMjfUFZJjuAL
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/STPttIXYhwc
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v77ac66-chat-163-mining-in-real-life-with-bitcoin-mechanic-and-hodltarantula-plan-b.html

“Long term, the dollar is going down, but short term you can ...

2026-03-17T17:25:30+01:00

“Long term, the dollar is going down, but short term you can plan one month for the other in dollars better than in Bitcoin.

If people are not ready for Bitcoin, just go use USD as long as you can before dollar hyperinflation.

It's like Noah's Ark. It's going to rain. We build the Ark; we don't have to force people on board. Just wait there. And when you feel ready to swim, come aboard.”
~ Giacomo Zucco

Listen to Chat_162 with giacomozucco (nprofile…z9w9) on Bitcoin Audible with TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev) , available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/bhPzNOjp0vOxhzf5iurM
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATvWS_9wNfk
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76zxu2-chat-162-plan-b-el-salvador-with-giacomo-zucco.html

You want to connect a device? Scan a QR code, you're ...

2026-03-16T19:55:54+01:00

You want to connect a device? Scan a QR code, you're connected. You want to share some files? Talk files. You want to share a folder that you can see, it will look everything in the folder, and then you can just look and scroll through that list on your phone.
The underlying engine is simple, it obscures all that stuff away and it works with WebSocket and RPC to communicate so you can just basically build any kind of web app you want on top of it.
There's no server, there's not even a networking page. You get a link, or a QR, you connect, and your devices can talk to each other."
~ TheGuySwann (npub1h8n…rpev)

Learn more about PearDrive in The User Doesn't Care About Your Mission talk from planbnetwork (nprofile…nmkj) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/jfXO4Tytf0HdxfPgTARv
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hnnYgrOuVKU
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76c4u6-guys-take-104-the-user-doesnt-care-about-your-mission-re-upload.html

From the "death" of the 4-year cycle to the role of ...

2026-03-13T01:25:42+01:00

From the "death" of the 4-year cycle to the role of stablecoins and the fight against the surveillance state. 🌍🇸🇻

I pulled Giacomo Zucco aside at the Plan B conference for a live update on the state of the Bitcoin world. We cover the bargaining phase, the Cypher Tank initiative, and why KYC is a step backward for humanity.

Listen to Chat_162 with giacomozucco (npub1au2…t53j) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/bhPzNOjp0vOxhzf5iurM
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATvWS_9wNfk
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76zxu2-chat-162-plan-b-el-salvador-with-giacomo-zucco.html

Everything is Fake and Gay. Or is it just the timeline getting ...

2026-03-06T18:01:47+01:00

Everything is Fake and Gay. Or is it just the timeline getting weirder? 🤡🌎

Join me and the usual suspects as we oscillate between bullish milestones and the dystopian reality of AI interactions. We also ask the hard questions about Block's layoffs and the potential fallout of the current Bitcoin soft fork proposals.

Listen to Everything is Fake and Gay with nprofile1qqsqlk5pjxkwgjh4x9gxj990vm5ewrqw0qmrwyst05wh5hexduvvt4cpzamhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2un9d3shjtnrdakj7tqpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumr9vd682unfveujumn9ws8yc2f0 (nprofile…c2f0) , GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…fg0n) and Jeff Swann (npub1ajv…tppj) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/oxLMGpN0DWflVPFHZmbg
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/2s19fW4LiZ0
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76lrn2-roundtable-018-everything-is-fake-and-gay.html

Is the era of "one-size-fits-all" software coming to an ...

2026-03-06T03:35:24+01:00

Is the era of "one-size-fits-all" software coming to an end?
Today, we are reading Max Hillebrand's fascinating take on how AI and the open source movement are teaming up to liberate users from modern SaaS bloated with telemetry.
Are we truly ready for the era of hyper-personalized software?

Listen to Read_934 - The Code Liberation by Max (nprofile…w64m) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/ES2CKtjRnHfVmqBSWXHz

The average user does not care about your sovereignty. It hurts ...

2026-03-02T22:18:07+01:00

The average user does not care about your sovereignty.

It hurts to admit, but looking at the current state of freedom tech, the friction is undeniable. It’s 2026, and syncing files between devices is still migraine-inducing. We keep trying to sell the philosophy when we haven’t even mastered the basic utility. This is exactly why I'm building Pear Drive: scan a QR code, devices connect, files flow. No servers, no friction.

Are we building the tools people want, or just the tools we want them to care about?

Listen to The User Doesn't Care About Your Mission on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
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🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hnnYgrOuVKU
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76c4u6-guys-take-104-the-user-doesnt-care-about-your-mission-re-upload.html

Does the spec create the code, or does the code discover the ...

2026-02-27T22:06:58+01:00

Does the spec create the code, or does the code discover the spec?

In this episode, we dive into Jesse Posner's fascinating concept of The Secret to Vibe Coding. We explore the shift toward agentic workflows where the AI might just know your goals better than you do. Is this the entry point into a new era of software philosophy?

Listen to The Secret to Vibe Coding by jesseposner (nprofile…r9ur) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/XZwfb9vLLAPimDZEJRuN

“People don't consider the tax advantage of this... if you ...

2026-02-26T17:03:01+01:00

“People don't consider the tax advantage of this... if you convert all of your heating to mining Bitcoin, your energy bill to mine the Bitcoin is a deduction. ...therefore you've just turned your heat bill into a full tax deduction.”
~ Cade Peterson

Listen to Bitcoin is Tangible with Cade Peterson on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/0ipEPoPzahVZS6mU2tGK
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/iPGiPjlxrnE
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75yo22-chat-161-bitcoin-is-tangible-with-cade-peterson.html

"In our town, Wells Fargo had a building, and the building ...

2026-02-25T23:17:16+01:00

"In our town, Wells Fargo had a building, and the building was originally built and called the Custer County Bank. Then Wells Fargo left our town.
Now what used to be Wells Fargo is now a Bitcoin mine."
~ Cade Peterson

Listen to Bitcoin is Tangible with Cade Peterson on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/0ipEPoPzahVZS6mU2tGK
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/iPGiPjlxrnE
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75yo22-chat-161-bitcoin-is-tangible-with-cade-peterson.html

Germany, France, and the U.S. have all agreed at the Munich ...

2026-02-24T23:26:53+01:00

Germany, France, and the U.S. have all agreed at the Munich Security Conference: The world order is officially dead.

In this Read, we explore Ray Dalio's chapter on how external order crumbles into disorder and war. But more importantly, we look at the role of the monetary system in driving this collapse. Is Bitcoin the exit ramp?

Listen to The World Order Has Broken Down by Ray Dalio on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/Ip3xamq8czBC1tutOtC1

What if your heating system actually paid you back? Cade Peterson ...

2026-02-23T21:58:56+01:00

What if your heating system actually paid you back?

Cade Peterson joins me to to discuss the fascinating economics of mining for heat. We explore his journey from Air Force mechanic to building Bitcoin-heated fortresses.

Stop burning money and start earning it!

Listen to Bitcoin is Tangible with Cade Peterson on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/0ipEPoPzahVZS6mU2tGK
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/iPGiPjlxrnE
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75yo22-chat-161-bitcoin-is-tangible-with-cade-peterson.html

Is censorship resistance possible without the internet? In this ...

2026-02-22T16:44:34+01:00

Is censorship resistance possible without the internet?

In this episode, we look at the desperate scenarios where currency fails and connection to the outside world is severed. Yet, somehow, hundreds of thousands found a way to communicate. Come explore the limits of freedom tech in the face of total shutdown.

Listen to When The Internet Shuts Off by HRF (nprofile…3l0a) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/vVOgP9qtW8OUNXrdKGhK

"Bitcoin functions for all the agents. My agent has eCash ...

2026-02-21T19:04:25+01:00

"Bitcoin functions for all the agents. My agent has eCash [and] can make purchases. That's crazy that you can deploy an entity to a random computer [that is] able to pay for itself and has the incentive to be productive so that it keeps alive."
~ Max (npub1klk…x3vt)

Listen to A Quiet Global Resistance with Max Hillebrand on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/db0Y8qZkrhZpjhj2vT0D
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/esj50B3EKpI
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75dbxm-chat-160-a-quiet-global-resistance-with-max-hillebrand.html

"In the long-run future, the usual amount of users for a ...

2026-02-19T17:48:31+01:00

"In the long-run future, the usual amount of users for a piece of software is probably going to be one. [Now] the cost of producing custom software is 200 bucks a month. That's insanely wild ... to realize how far you can get with just a GPU."
~ Max (npub1klk…x3vt)

Listen to A Quiet Global Resistance with Max Hillebrand on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/db0Y8qZkrhZpjhj2vT0D
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/esj50B3EKpI
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75dbxm-chat-160-a-quiet-global-resistance-with-max-hillebrand.html

Roundtable is back in 2026 and the gloves are off. Andy Back ...

2026-02-18T17:53:26+01:00

Roundtable is back in 2026 and the gloves are off.

Andy Back speculation, MIT Media Lab influence, a sudden Core maintainer exit, and the real dispute: can listening nodes actually prevent a soft fork, or does this all end in chaos this August?

Listen to Did Epstein Hijack Bitcoin? with nprofile1qqsqlk5pjxkwgjh4x9gxj990vm5ewrqw0qmrwyst05wh5hexduvvt4cpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpzamhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2un9d3shjtnrdakj7tqfkh00d (nprofile…h00d) , GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…9hac) and Jeff Swann (nprofile…jjwe) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/lFnH814rj0Rst1W2hMsq
🔗 YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JF-swevWl7E
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75jz0m-roundtable-017-did-epstein-hijack-bitcoin.html

@nprofile…ynpa 🔥

2026-02-11T19:12:48+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…lqyc
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Max (nprofile…ynpa) 🔥

Stop hurting yourself with broken systems. It’s time to exit. ...

2026-02-11T19:11:38+01:00

Stop hurting yourself with broken systems. It’s time to exit.

Max Hillebrand joins me on the show to break down the philosophy of the "Second Realm" and the mechanics of digital privacy. From White Noise to CoinJoin tech, we discuss how we are building a parallel economy right under the nose of surveillance.

Listen to A Quiet Global Resistance with Max Hillebrand on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/db0Y8qZkrhZpjhj2vT0D
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/esj50B3EKpI
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75dbxm-chat-160-a-quiet-global-resistance-with-max-hillebrand.html

Are we inadvertently recreating the problems of fiat on the ...

2026-02-08T20:35:33+01:00

Are we inadvertently recreating the problems of fiat on the blockchain?

In this read, we break down why the stablecoin boom might just be an extension of the legacy system rather than a departure from it. We discuss regulatory capture, the limits of utility, and the future of digital cash. Listen in to hear Roy's thesis.

Listen to Stablecoins: Evolution, Not A Revolution by Roy (nprofile…ldg5) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain:
https://fountain.fm/episode/nJzVvk7JNZlSPKMYrVKn

Is your money stealing your future? We often talk about inflation ...

2026-02-03T21:13:50+01:00

Is your money stealing your future?

We often talk about inflation as price increases, but the real cost is the erasure of your ability to plan. In this Read episode, we explore the intersection of Bitcoin and Stoic philosophy to understand why fiat is designed to keep you distracted.

Listen to Bitcoin, Stoicism, and Our Relationship With Time by Connor Dolan on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/qvWxv9saC5g4cMNROKLc

"Bitcoin was born because of the internet. Without the ...

2026-02-01T01:48:14+01:00

"Bitcoin was born because of the internet. Without the foundation, without laying the groundwork, Bitcoin would not have been possible. It's technically feasible on a piece of paper, but it's not practically feasible without the internet to do the coordination. Which means that Bitcoin is realizing the internet's dream."
~ Guy Swann

Listen to Is The Bitcoin Mission Fading? with stephanlivera (nprofile…p6hr) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/4F2dJHcz6YZEoyzA9ZG8
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vns0FYI78gE
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v74o49a-chat-158-is-the-bitcoin-mission-fading-with-stephan-livera.html

#Bitcoin #btc #futureofmoney

What if we could rebuild the digital world without the servers, ...

2026-01-30T21:21:03+01:00

What if we could rebuild the digital world without the servers, clouds, or middlemen controlling our data? 🤔

I joined the Ungovernable Misfits crew - Q&A, Max, and Seth - on Freedom Tech Friday 25 to break down the revolutionary potential of Holepunch and the Pear ecosystem. We discuss why file sharing is the true foundation of a decentralized web.

Listen to Talking Pears with the
Ungovernable Misfits (nprofile…87un) on FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 25 on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/zRKoLK0mT0c9XwJptlbd
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/GUNrI75YQrk
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v74y58c-chat-159-talking-pears-with-the-ungovernable-misfits-on-freedom-tech-friday.html

“There’s a clash between hardcore bitcoiners and treasury ...

2026-01-28T05:34:16+01:00

“There’s a clash between hardcore bitcoiners and treasury companies… some see 2017 style pump anddumps. But if you can borrow at 10% or less and Bitcoin is CAGR-ing at 30%, there’s [clearly] a business model.”
~Stephan Livera

Listen to Is The Bitcoin Mission Fading? with stephanlivera (nprofile…gfgl) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/4F2dJHcz6YZEoyzA9ZG8
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vns0FYI78gE
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v74o49a-chat-158-is-the-bitcoin-mission-fading-with-stephan-livera.html

Are we witnessing the death of the mission, or the birth of a new ...

2026-01-26T19:04:46+01:00

Are we witnessing the death of the mission, or the birth of a new era?

Stephan Livera joins the show to discuss the critical balance between holding onto our roots and embracing the strategies necessary for hyperbitcoinization.

From layer 2 tech to the philosophy of money, this Chat covers it all. 🔥

Listen to Is The Bitcoin Mission Fading? with stephanlivera (nprofile…nq5r) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/4F2dJHcz6YZEoyzA9ZG8
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vns0FYI78gE
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v74o49a-chat-158-is-the-bitcoin-mission-fading-with-stephan-livera.html

Neural networks, mouse utopias, and the collapse of complex ...

2026-01-24T19:09:58+01:00

Neural networks, mouse utopias, and the collapse of complex systems.

We dive into a fascinating theory suggesting the flaw of training on recycled data parallels the unraveling of economies and cultures. Explore the connection between neural networks and human decadence.

Is superintelligence - and perhaps civilization itself - doomed to diminishing returns when it feeds on itself?

Listen to Urban Bugmen and AI Model Collapse: A Unified Theory by Copernican on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/u3IM02oGWXhPNQRDKkcC

"Is it possible to do kind of the value transfer use cases ...

2026-01-23T17:48:19+01:00

"Is it possible to do kind of the value transfer use cases that I'm talking about? Would it be possible to, implement them on top of stablecoins? or Bitcoin is the only solution? Because I think because stablecoin is a representation of fiat and because stablecoins are essentially run by centralized companies, these are going to get regulated as well. And then you'll have friction on the stablecoin level. You already have that, , in some cases. But it's going to get worse over time. And then the only competition and the only coin that can bring the permissionless, open, monetary, neutral, decentralized value proposition is Bitcoin."
~ Roy Sheinfeld

Listen to It's Time to Walk the Walk with Roy (nprofile…jjyf) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/EpG58Rgz9cWjjLckHhD6
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/T3oSfRvj32Q
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v74dx4s-chat-157-its-time-to-walk-the-walk-with-roy-sheinfeld.html

We are now watching Poe's Law come into full flower. If you ...

2026-01-22T23:30:03+01:00

We are now watching Poe's Law come into full flower.
If you are tired of the seamless blend of fake and real, this episode offers a twist: maybe this chaos forces us back to what we've lost - true human connection.

Listen to Poe's law comes into full flower by el gato malo on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/EtI2hnDE5tW5yez56Od0

"I think the biggest advantage when we talk about privacy and ...

2026-01-20T16:38:43+01:00

"I think the biggest advantage when we talk about privacy and Bitcoin is your ability to own your software, to run your own nodes. Because once you start outsourcing it, then you always compromise trust, sovereignty, and privacy implications.

Don't think because you're using Lightning you're protected, or because you're using Bitcoin you're protected, or because even you're using Monero, you're protected.

If you care about privacy, you need to understand what you're doing."
~ Roy Sheinfeld

Listen to It's Time to Walk the Walk with Roy (nprofile…f4fn) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/EpG58Rgz9cWjjLckHhD6
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v74dx4s-chat-157-its-time-to-walk-the-walk-with-roy-sheinfeld.html
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/T3oSfRvj32Q

#bitcoin #lightning #privacy

Is convenience worth total surveillance? 👁️ The government ...

2026-01-18T22:36:59+01:00

Is convenience worth total surveillance? 👁️

The government says their CBDC will be "free," but history suggests otherwise. In Read_926 we dive into:
- The UAE's rollout
- Parallels to inflation tactics
- Real-world financial repression
- The Bitcoin solution

Listen to CBDC's Will Be "Free" For Users by HRF (nprofile…mgwh) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/fzyQ4i2lsYDPw91mSQqQ

It has been nearly three years since Roy was on the show, and the ...

2026-01-17T21:48:33+01:00

It has been nearly three years since Roy was on the show, and the landscape of Bitcoin scaling has completely transformed.

We dive deep into the evolution of Lightning - not just as a network of nodes, but as a "common language" that ties together entirely new sub-networks. I honestly had my mind blown when Roy explained that Spark is actually based on state chains, and how this architecture finally solves the massive headache of receiving payments offline without the usual custodial trade-offs. We also get into the reality of vibe coding with AI and the necessity of stablecoins as a transition layer to hyperbitcoinization.

Is the era of orange pilling effectively over? Are we finally entering the phase where we stop talking about utility and start manifesting it through seamless apps? This conversation is packed with technical revelations that made me rethink exactly how we win.

Listen to It's Time to Walk the Walk with Roy of Breez_tech (nprofile…6ztx) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/EpG58Rgz9cWjjLckHhD6
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/T3oSfRvj32Q
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v74dx4s-chat-157-its-time-to-walk-the-walk-with-roy-sheinfeld.html

#Bitcoin #BTC #lightningnetwork

"Dy definition, inscriptions are an exploit. It's akin to ...

2026-01-15T23:37:45+01:00

"Dy definition, inscriptions are an exploit.
It's akin to SQL injection, in that you're doing something that it wasn't designed to do.
...I don't understand how people don't think it's obviously an exploit."
~ Praveen

Listen to Simplifying Sovereignty with Praveen Perera (nprofile…murz) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/rCbxPMTIB2IINhQwJPL5
🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkmD5QhvwI&t=46s
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v741eg0-chat-156-simplifying-sovereignty-with-praveen.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a

“Your biggest enemy is yourself… your backup… your failure ...

2026-01-14T05:04:14+01:00

“Your biggest enemy is yourself… your backup… your failure to follow your ritual. You ‘test’ a wallet, forget, and suddenly there’s $10,000 on it. For new people, solving 99% of the problem, even if 1% remains, is a huge leap forward.”
- Guy Swann

Listen to Simplifying Sovereignty with Praveen Perera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/rCbxPMTIB2IINhQwJPL5
🔗YouTube: https://youtu.be/jpkmD5QhvwI
🔗Rumble: https://rumble.com/v741eg0-chat-156-simplifying-sovereignty-with-praveen.html

Self-custody is the heart of Bitcoin, but the learning curve is ...

2026-01-13T04:04:00+01:00

Self-custody is the heart of Bitcoin, but the learning curve is steep. In this episode, Praveen Perera explains how Cove Wallet is leveraging Passkeys to make sovereignty accessible for everyone. We also get into vibe-coding tradeoffs and the ongoing debates over network spam.

Listen to Simplifying Sovereignty with praveen (nprofile…jac5) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/rCbxPMTIB2IINhQwJPL5 🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkmD5QhvwI&t=46s
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v741eg0-chat-156-simplifying-sovereignty-with-praveen.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a

From treasure hunting to Bayesian statistics, the Stone Ridge ...

2026-01-12T19:25:25+01:00

From treasure hunting to Bayesian statistics, the Stone Ridge 2025 Investor Letter is a masterclass in perspective. We cover the highlights, unpacking the logic of optimism and the raw reality of Bitcoin as a tool for global human rights.

Listen to Stone Ridge 2025 Investor Letter by Ross Stevens on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain:
https://fountain.fm/episode/P1d94XR5gmY9SzZbIj8j

Regulation by prosecution: is America killing its own innovation? ...

2026-01-09T05:22:53+01:00

Regulation by prosecution: is America killing its own innovation?

In this episode, I read Beautyon’s “American Bitcoin Suicide” and unpack what it means to prosecute innovative Bitcoin developers like Rodriguez & Burroughs - alongside activist judges, unchecked fraud, and why decentralized tools like Bitcoin + Nostr may be the only way to fight back.

Listen to American Bitcoin Suicide by beautyon (nprofile…tuzr) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/3p3E2M7lzeUqqqvGiOMU

“It’s scary to be a privacy developer these days… the legal ...

2026-01-08T18:18:33+01:00

“It’s scary to be a privacy developer these days… the legal risk is insane. Unless you live somewhere remote or protect your anonymity, it’s risky. A lot of people [myself included], are avoiding building privacy tools because it’s just too dangerous right now.”
~Ben Kaufman

Listen to Where We Are, Where We've Been, & Where We're Going with benkaufman (nprofile…zzvg) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/arKvuqvrU5yrE648NNNn
🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jzb-ZvlIWA
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v73lquo-chat-155-where-we-are-where-weve-been-and-where-were-going-with-ben-kaufman.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a

What if Bitcoin’s most powerful use case is also the one that ...

2026-01-07T22:28:24+01:00

What if Bitcoin’s most powerful use case is also the one that is least understood? 🤔

In case you missed it, this holiday episode shares the FULL audiobook of Bitcoin: The Ultimate Collateral, produced with the incredible team at Braiins. Enjoy!

Listen to Bitcoin The Ultimate Collateral on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/0jf3NSpZBpDJm0rqqp1F

“Everything has changed. First they ignored Bitcoin, then they ...

2026-01-07T16:11:02+01:00

“Everything has changed. First they ignored Bitcoin, then they laughed, then they fought it. Now they’re trying to join it and make the most of it...It used to be taboo in finance. Now it’s everywhere. Nobody denies you need at least a small allocation.”
~Ben Kaufman

Listen to Chat_155 - Where We Are, Where We've Been, & Where We're Going with benkaufman (nprofile…zzvg) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/arKvuqvrU5yrE648NNNn
Rumble: https://rumble.com/v73lquo-chat-155-where-we-are-where-weve-been-and-where-were-going-with-ben-kaufman.html
YouTube: https://youtu.be/6Jzb-ZvlIWA

We’ve outsourced our memories, money, and identities; but at ...

2026-01-05T23:14:49+01:00

We’ve outsourced our memories, money, and identities; but at what cost?
This Read tells a jaw-dropping story of total digital lockout and asks the bigger question: how do we protect ourselves in a platform-run world?

Listen to Read_922 - 20 Years of Digital Life Gone in an Instant by
Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/CCj5fTeGB1TfJv566dRD

“There’s a total of 51,801,803 [Ordinals]... image ...

2026-01-05T17:29:24+01:00

“There’s a total of 51,801,803 [Ordinals]... image trackers... that’s... more than a third of the entire UTXO set. So almost 40% of your entire Bitcoin live state... almost half of that is being used as a data tracker for some NFT.”
~ The Shitcoin Insider

Listen to Chat_154 - Unpacking "The Cat" with The Shitcoin Insider on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/OG6byzLNkLEfE1SjKikB
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/LPgjzysZ1V0
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v73cd1a-re-upload-chat-154-unpacking-the-cat-with-the-shitcoin-insider.html

What happens when Bitcoin can do everything that "crypto" ...

2026-01-04T00:53:30+01:00

What happens when Bitcoin can do everything that "crypto" claimed it would?

This episode reads Allen Farrington Only the Strong Survive on crypto’s endgame, Bitcoin’s misunderstood purpose, and why ARKADE, Lightning, and e‑cash may render the rest obsolete.

Is there any reason left for "crypto" to exist?

Listen to Only the Strong Survive by allen (nprofile…7ece) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/RjhHVdgLS8XuIkbPAodH

One last roundtable to close out the year. From Quantum fears to ...

2026-01-02T22:56:40+01:00

One last roundtable to close out the year. From Quantum fears to the Samourai Wallet case, we spiral into the biggest controversies of 2025.

Alongside the usual team - nprofile1qqsqlk5pjxkwgjh4x9gxj990vm5ewrqw0qmrwyst05wh5hexduvvt4cpzamhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2un9d3shjtnrdakj7tqpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuargv4ekzmt9vdshgtnfdu7e24gs (nprofile…24gs) , GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…c66w) and Jeff Swann (nprofile…3pdz) - we discuss UK crackdowns, jury trials, and the "sly roundabout way" to victory.

Watch and listen to Roundtable_016 - From Keonne to Quantum and Building the Sly Roundabout Way on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/FVUNJdHsD6IH7opwKd1B
Rumble: https://rumble.com/v73qzaw-roundtable-016-from-keonne-to-quantum-and-building-the-sly-roundabout-way.html
Youtube: https://youtu.be/oSIED6oPj9o

“Even the spammers know this is spam… nobody thinks it’s ...

2026-01-02T19:31:32+01:00

“Even the spammers know this is spam… nobody thinks it’s monetary… we all know it’s not the purpose of Bitcoin… this isn’t what Bitcoin is for… it’s not even morally bad, it’s technically bad for the network.”
~ The Shitcoin Insider

Listen to Chat_154 - Unpacking "The Cat" with The Shitcoin Insider
on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/OG6byzLNkLEfE1SjKikB
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/LPgjzysZ1V0
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v73cd1a-re-upload-chat-154-unpacking-the-cat-with-the-shitcoin-insider.html

What happens to Bitcoin culture when ETFs, politics, and ...

2025-12-29T18:09:18+01:00

What happens to Bitcoin culture when ETFs, politics, and financialization enter the picture?

In this conversation with Ben Kaufman, we explore the four‑year cycle, Lightning as default rails, and what real sovereignty looks like in practice.

Listen to Chat_155 - Where We Are, Where We've Been, & Where We're Going with benkaufman (npub1lkt…h0ff) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/arKvuqvrU5yrE648NNNn
Rumble: https://rumble.com/v73lquo-chat-155-where-we-are-where-weve-been-and-where-were-going-with-ben-kaufman.html
YouTube: https://youtu.be/6Jzb-ZvlIWA

"The big, big stab that we're going to be making - the ...

2025-12-26T23:01:27+01:00

"The big, big stab that we're going to be making - the thing that could make PPQ go from kind of like a small community of users to like a gorilla website with millions of users - is this creator monetization program where we allow outsiders to create some cool new image model or a new AI tool, serve it up on PPQ, and then also allow us to distribute their model on other websites that are orders of magnitude larger than us.
And then we do it all with lightning payments."
~ Matt Ahlborg

Listen to Chat_153 - Welcome to Subscription Hell with Matt Ahlborg of PPQdotAI (npub16g4…kv4h) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/qkhGo0St9goMlokMRHw7
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/OGosO0EJeLY
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72x5zi-chat-153-welcome-to-subscription-hell-with-matt-ahlborg.html

Can sats stay fungible when markets try to make them something ...

2025-12-23T00:00:22+01:00

Can sats stay fungible when markets try to make them something else? 🐱

In this conversation with The Shitcoin Insider, we explore CAT, ordinals, mailing list politics, and the strange overlap between devs, spammers, and AI-powered creativity.

Bitcoin, culture, and governance collide.

Listen to Chat_154 - Unpacking "The Cat" with the Shitcoin Insider on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/OG6byzLNkLEfE1SjKikB
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/LPgjzysZ1V0
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v73cd1a-re-upload-chat-154-unpacking-the-cat-with-the-shitcoin-insider.html

"Our primary payment methods are crypto. Lightning is ...

2025-12-20T05:18:03+01:00

"Our primary payment methods are crypto. Lightning is actually about 50% of all deposits on our platform. The pay per use, the extremely small fees, the final settlement of Lightning, is huge.

And so I think that if we were to fast forward ten years, I think that subscriptions are going to be used less in ten years than they are now. And companies like PPQ that are offering it all in one place, on a per use model, are going to win."
- Matt Ahlborg

Listen to Chat_153 - Welcome to Subscription Hell with Matt Ahlborg https://x.com/mattahlborg on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/qkhGo0St9goMlokMRHw7
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/OGosO0EJeLY
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72x5zi-chat-153-welcome-to-subscription-hell-with-matt-ahlborg.html

How close are we to a world where self‑custody is treated like ...

2025-12-18T19:29:56+01:00

How close are we to a world where self‑custody is treated like a crime?

From DIY hardware to Cashew Ecash, this Read episode explores the shrinking space for financial freedom, and what tools still work.

Listen to Read_920 - Criminalized Self-Custody by HRF (nprofile…p9uc) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/XFy5YObrRgJeLXRx6JYN

Ever wondered what society would look like without merchants, ...

2025-12-17T22:00:01+01:00

Ever wondered what society would look like without merchants, traders, or platforms? In The Unseen Role of Intermediaries, Bastiat had thoughts - and Bitcoin might have answers.

Listen to Read_919 - Frédéric Bastiat: The Unseen Role of Intermediaries by Ulrich Fromy on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/vHPE1DFNKBaKqHOhaf3v

From cluttered subscriptions to seamless micropayments, in this ...

2025-12-15T23:32:20+01:00

From cluttered subscriptions to seamless micropayments, in this Chat episode, Matt Ahlborg of PPQ AI maps a future where UX + Lightning unlocks new creator avenues.

We discuss tradeoffs, costs, and adoption hurdles.

Listen to Chat_153 - Welcome to Subscription Hell with Matt Ahlborg of PPQdotAI (nprofile…xtrl) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/qkhGo0St9goMlokMRHw7
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/OGosO0EJeLY
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72x5zi-chat-153-welcome-to-subscription-hell-with-matt-ahlborg.html

"It's almost certain [CSW] holds the record for the most ...

2025-12-15T00:30:31+01:00

"It's almost certain [CSW] holds the record for the most number of forgeries submitted to a UK trial, a UK court case. There is nothing in any written records that exceeds the number of forgeries attributed to him. There is no written records anywhere of anyone coming close to him in terms of one person being responsible for so many forgeries, so he is almost certainly a record holder in that respect. If you think if he put that much effort into doing good in the world, think of the amount of good he could have done."
~ Mark Hunter

Listen to Chat_152 - Forging Satoshi with Mark Hunter and
Arthur van Pelt on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/gdV0WGKCh2b9iuBarUbr
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/LT8cC0AGOUg
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72dh4o-chat-152-forging-satoshi-with-mark-hunter-and-arthur-van-pelt.html

"I don't understand. And I'll never understand why ...

2025-12-12T20:32:05+01:00

"I don't understand. And I'll never understand why people are so desperate to believe him when it is. so he puts his foot in it so many times, like again and again and again. He'll say something or do something that completely undermines something that he's previously said or done, and they for some reason, refuse to let it register. And I mean, this is something that when this whole saga, however this whole thing finishes, it's going to be the one enduring thing for me is how do people still believe him after all the lies, and why are they so determined to believe him."
~ Arthur Van Pelt

Listen to Chat_152 - Forging Satoshi with Mark Hunter and Arthur Van Pelt on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/gdV0WGKCh2b9iuBarUbr
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/LT8cC0AGOUg
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72dh4o-chat-152-forging-satoshi-with-mark-hunter-and-arthur-van-pelt.html

Is Bitcoin a lie? Or does Bitcoin solve the very failures critics ...

2025-12-11T18:16:29+01:00

Is Bitcoin a lie? Or does Bitcoin solve the very failures critics accuse it of creating? 🤔

I break down Mike Brock’s critique to explore whether Bitcoin really breeds cruelty or reveals a deeper layer of cooperation we’ve overlooked.

Listen to Read_918 - Bitcoin is a Lie by Mike Brock on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/fg6q3sozjpIu2AVEAjrQ

I’m revisiting one of my most-shared videos: What Does $6 ...

2025-12-10T23:31:58+01:00

I’m revisiting one of my most-shared videos: What Does $6 Trillion Mean? $6T sounds abstract , until you translate it into real human time and sacrifice.

Money created from nothing doesn’t vanish… it erases value, warps incentives, and steals the weight of our decisions.

Listen to 2Sats - What Does $6 Trillion Mean on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/WquD65gz3me42OJh2L2E

Bitcoin might be the best collateral humanity has ever invented. ...

2025-12-09T04:24:19+01:00

Bitcoin might be the best collateral humanity has ever invented.
Instantly verifiable, instantly transferable, never freezes, never defaults:
👉🏻 Houses take months
👉🏻 Stocks have restrictions
👉🏻 Gold needs trust

... Maybe we’re still thinking way too small about Bitcoin.

In today’s episode, we break down a powerful chapter from Bitcoin is The Ultimate Collateral to explore why Bitcoin’s perfect digital scarcity, portability, uptime, and auditability make it fundamentally different from every legacy form of collateral.

Listen to Read 917 - The Ultimate Collateral by Martin Connor on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/RQ2X7qS5w9q5rNTTtQjD

"As far as I can tell, yes, there might be a little more ...

2025-12-08T04:26:38+01:00

"As far as I can tell, yes, there might be a little more OP_RETURN used with a policy that's more lenient, but any bytes that go into OP_RETURN are probably bytes that don't go towards inscriptions. Those are the main competitors.

I think their payments are pretty small. They have more economic density per weight, in my opinion. They will price out this spam. If you look at the prices for this stuff, they're down 30x from the top.

Overall, the trend is this goes to zero—and then people stop doing it because it's expensive."
~ Murch

Listen to Chat_151 - Bitcoin Technically, Ideologically, and Actually with Murch (nprofile…p68z) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/Azb62tIysXWUZH785w2M
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/k3VMh_OXni8
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v720cmo-chat-151-bitcoin-technically-ideologically-and-actually-with-murch.html

"I do not know of anyone contributing to Bitcoin Core that is ...

2025-12-06T03:57:35+01:00

"I do not know of anyone contributing to Bitcoin Core that is interested in anything else than just using Bitcoin as money.
But that doesn't mean that it can only be used for money.

And now there's two ways to react to that information. One is "but I only want it to be used for money" and then try to make it so.
And the other one is, “well, how are they doing that and what can we do about it? And is it worth the effort of fighting this? How much harm is it? How much effort would it take to fight it?”

Even if we all want this to be money, just being upset about it without a plan is a lot of energy towards not necessarily a solution."
~ Murch (nprofile…08lt)

Listen to Chat_151 - Bitcoin Technically, Ideologically, and Actually with Murch on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/Azb62tIysXWUZH785w2M
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/k3VMh_OXni8
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v720cmo-chat-151-bitcoin-technically-ideologically-and-actually-with-murch.html

Roundtable_015 is here! 💥 A timely debate on conspiracies, ...

2025-12-05T02:17:15+01:00

Roundtable_015 is here! 💥

A timely debate on conspiracies, culture rot, BIP444, and replay risks with the usual team - Steve, Mechanic, and Jeff.

Why does the mempool feel like the battleground for Bitcoin’s future..?

Listen to Roundtable_015 - Conspiracies, Culture rot, Replay Attacks and the Future of Bitcoin with nprofile1qqsqlk5pjxkwgjh4x9gxj990vm5ewrqw0qmrwyst05wh5hexduvvt4cpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumr9vd682unfveujumn9wsq3jamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3ww35x2umpd4jkxct59e5k7ft6gfq (nprofile…6gfq) , GrassFedBitcoin (nprofile…a20h) and Jeff Swann (nprofile…l50l) on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/H7UlIfdqiA6biGSaY113
🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJSXhhW-xU
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72lits-roundtable-015-conspiracies-culture-rot-replay-attacks-and-the-future-of-bi.html

Every previous money needed trust: • Trust the king • Trust ...

2025-12-03T23:11:08+01:00

Every previous money needed trust:
• Trust the king
• Trust the bank
• Trust the institution
• Trust the ledger-keeper

Bitcoin flips it:
Legitimacy comes from thermodynamic cost, not authority.

Guys, you'll enjoy this Read as much as I did 🔥

Listen to Read 916 - The Thermodynamic Monetary Transition by Shanaka Anslem Parera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain:
https://fountain.fm/episode/4rOS9cWPXvJkFB36VIMy

What’s stopping another FTX collapse? The answer starts with ...

2025-12-03T03:49:34+01:00

What’s stopping another FTX collapse? The answer starts with Proof of Reserves. 🧾

Learn what what they are, why they are so important, and how easy it is to verify it yourself using the full PoR lending platform - Ledn. 🛡️

Check out my latest 2Sats - Proof Of Reserves now on:
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Massive shoutout to the sponsor of this video - Ledn.

Bitcoin meets true crime. 🕵️‍♂️ From tax scams and ...

2025-12-01T23:42:54+01:00

Bitcoin meets true crime. 🕵️‍♂️

From tax scams and forged docs to courtroom chaos, Mark Hunter & Arthur Van Pelt join me in Chat_152 to dissect the unbelievable rise and fall of "FakeToshi".

Listen to TheGuySwann (nprofile…62st) with Mark Hunter & Arthur Van Pelt in Chat_152 on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/gdV0WGKCh2b9iuBarUbr
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/LT8cC0AGOUg
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72dh4o-chat-152-forging-satoshi-with-mark-hunter-and-arthur-van-pelt.html

Murch joined me for a deep dive into how Bitcoin really works - ...

2025-11-25T21:35:31+01:00

Murch joined me for a deep dive into how Bitcoin really works - technically, ideologically & socially.

We hit on:
💻 How Core contributors organize & fund work
🔥 The OP_RETURN debate
🤝 Collaboration, conflict & keeping Bitcoin united

A great chat that cuts through the noise.

Listen to Chat_151 - Bitcoin Technically, Ideologically, and Actually with @murchandamus on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:
🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/Azb62tIysXWUZH785w2M
🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/k3VMh_OXni8
🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v720cmo-chat-151-bitcoin-technically-ideologically-and-actually-with-murch.html

Ever notice how frustration sparks your best work? In this ...

2025-11-25T00:00:16+01:00

Ever notice how frustration sparks your best work?

In this week’s read, we riff on Adam Mastroianni’s “Thank You for Being Annoying” - exploring how irritation might just be your most honest compass.

Being irritated might just be your secret creative fuel..! ⛽Attach AI Image

Listen to Read_915 - Thank You For Being Annoying on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms:

🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/dOtD9ySlZF1kp4m0aoWa

https://tenor.com/bRiF9.gif #nevent1q…ch2w

2023-06-13T20:03:10+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…hgpa
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quoting
nevent1q…ch2w
We need more of this mentality 👇🏻

(sorry for the birdapp link)
https://twitter.com/TheGuySwann/status/1668664924246007808?s=20

How can it be made available on iOS? I use it on desktop browser, ...

2023-06-13T19:58:56+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…pv7p
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How can it be made available on iOS? I use it on desktop browser, but I also have Plebstr Web App on my phone and I'm honestly not sure how i did it at this point. I don't see an easy option on their website, but the app store version doesn't see itself on my phone so I'm pretty certain its a web app.

Maybe just move it to the left side of the logo (or maybe just to ...

2023-06-13T19:56:31+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…ey5w
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Maybe just move it to the left side of the logo (or maybe just to just below "settings" in the main list), put a button frame around it, and make it a toggle switch between a bright bulb and a dark bulb? 🤔

I really like the easily accessible button either way. Though I may not use it enough to justify having it on the top bar. Hard to say without experimenting and seeing what the users think.

Ignore, Move Forward, Keep Building, Stay Humble, Stack Sats ...

2023-04-26T23:44:16+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…7uja
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Ignore, Move Forward, Keep Building, Stay Humble, Stack Sats ✊🏻

Hello Nostr! — The Official Bitcoin Audible Nostr Account

2023-04-26T23:24:06+02:00

Hello Nostr!
— The Official Bitcoin Audible Nostr Account