Sam sits down with Matyáš Kuchař and Knut Svanholm to discuss Bitcoin adoption in Europe, why we're already living through hyperbitcoinization, and why the European Bitcoin community is primed to "level up."

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00:00:03 - Intro
00:00:17 - Marathon Digital Holdings
00:00:47 - Pacific Bitcoin Festival
00:01:17 - Intro Knut and Matyas
00:02:40 - Bitcoin Growth in Europe
00:07:35 - CBDCs and Freedom in Europe
00:13:40 - Dangers of Collectivism & How Bitcoin Fixes It
00:18:40 - Bitcoin & Personal Growth Since Last Halving
00:30:05 - Effects of the Bitcoin Halving
00:41:36 - How Can Bitcoiners Level Up?
00:50:44 - Infinity Divided by 21 Million
00:55:30 - Closing Thoughts
00:59:09 - Outro

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Sam sits down with Chris Kuiper, Director of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets, to discuss Bitcoin's emergence as an institutional-grade asset, the merits of Proof of Work, the economics of the Bitcoin halving, the different channels to gain Bitcoin exposure, and how he envisions Bitcoin may mature in the future.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 - 1:02 - Pacific Bitcoin Ad
1:02 - 2:03 - Intro
2:03 - 4:58 - Bitcoin First Fidelity Paper
4:58 - 10:10 - How do you View Bitcoin versus other Cryptos?
10:10 - 15:24 - Proof of Work versus Proof of Stake
15:24 - 18:01 - Why Electricity is Key to Decentralization of Bitcoin?
18:01 - 20:41 - How do other Systems Try to Bypass the Laws of Physics and What are those Risks?
20:41 - 26:50 - What is the Purpose & Meaning of the Bitcoin Halving?
26:50 - 28:25 - Talking about Bitcoin Exchange Traded Products (ETPs)
28:25 - 30:06 - Bitcoin becomes Scarcer than Gold with this Halving
30:06 - 34:20 - Is the Halving Priced in or Not? Or Macro Environment More Important?
34:20 - 38:23 - Halving becoming Less Relevant?
38:23 - 43:35 - How Impressed Have You Been of the ETF Products?
43:35 - 46:56 - What are People's Hold ups with Bitcoin?
46:56 - 51:30 - Monetary Properties of Bitcoin?
51:30 - 57:20 - Concerns of Bitcoin?
57:20 - 59:51 - Outro

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Sam, Vijay, and Brady recap the most important macro events of Q1 2024, the current state of the Bitcoin bull market, the upcoming halving, and the rapidly developing Bitcoin ETF market.

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00:00:00 - 00:00:36 - Orange Pilling & Swan Onboarding Announcement
00:00:36 - 00:03:01 - Pacific Bitcoin Festival 2024
00:03:01 - 00:04:11 - Introducing Sam & Vijay
00:04:11 - 00:05:00 - Impact of the spot Bitcoin ETFs
00:05:00 - 00:12:40 - GBTC Outflow Selling Pressure & ETF Fees
00:12:40 - 00:34:08 - The MicroStrategy Playbook & Tether Stacking
00:34:08 - 00:42:23 - High Interest Rates Good for Bitcoin?
00:42:23 - 00:45:33 - Framework for Bull Market Price Action
00:45:33 - 00:53:42 - Will This Cycle be Different?
00:53:42 - 01:00:11 - The Inevitable Financialization of Bitcoin
01:00:11 - 01:04:01 - Ordinals & Bitcoin Ossification
01:04:01 - 01:13:27 - Outro (edited)

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