Episodes

  • Read_820 - The Bitcoin Stack
    May 6 2024

    "This is a fancy way of saying that you need money to make markets, and you need decentralized, open, digital money to make decentralized, open, digital markets. Furthermore, higher layers require lower layers to exist, but lower layers benefit from the value created at higher layers. However valuable layer one Bitcoin can be as a new global money, it can become significantly more valuable if we recognize it as a crucial technical building block to building markets with the potential to disrupt many other human networks."

    ~ Dhruv Bansal, Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington


    How can we think differently about what is actually occurring at the base layer of Bitcoin and what it enables, to extend it to the more tangible and understood problems of internet centralization, abusive platforms, censorship, and so many other prevalent problems in our networks today? If we can break each of these problems down into their smallest, and simplest parts, and one-by-one solve each of those problems, can we begin to actually solve the broader concerns of permission-less communication, scalable decentralized payments, service provision, and global openly accessible networks of all kinds? Can we re-decentralize the internet, with Bitcoin? Find out in a fantastic new piece from the crew at AxiomBTC and written by the incredible set of authors, Dhruv Bansal, Ryan Gentry, and Allen Farrington. You'd be a fool to skip this episode.


    Check out the original article at The Bitcoin Stack. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/582zh742)


    Guest Links

    • Dhruv Bansal, on X (Link: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal)
    • Ryan Gentry⁠ on X(Link: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry)
    • Allen Farrington⁠ on X (Link: https://twitter.com/allenf312)


    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)


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    “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. To the naive mind that can conceive of order only as the product of deliberate arrangement, it may seem absurd that in complex conditions order, and adaptation to the unknown, can be achieved more effectively by decentralizing decisions and that a division of authority will actually extend the possibility of overall order. Yet that decentralization actually leads to more information being taken into account.”

    ~ Friedrich Hayek

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Read_819 - Bitcoin Drain in the USA
    May 4 2024
    "I think Americans are used to seeing people arrested for bullshit technicalities and thrown in jail for long periods of time. But in the rest of the world, it is quite uncommon. For a non-US Bitcoin entrepreneur, the US is a scary and dangerous place. American authorities seem resourceful, competent, and motivated to destroy your life just to prove a point. This line of thinking is not paranoia, nor is it cowardice." ~ Francis Pouliot We dive into a piece from Francis Pouliot, the CEO of Bull Bitcoin, today that dives into the toxic waters of U.S. regulations that seem to strangle innovation at every turn. As the US govt tightens their grip and "non-compliance" of an absurdly defined regulatory leviathan threatens decades in prison, how can the Bitcoin community protect what makes Bitcoin important? Join us as Guy, along with a special guest, unravels the complex web of control and compliance reshaping the landscape of digital currency. Could this be the dawn of a new era of resistance within the bitcoin world? Check out the original article at ⁠Bitcoin Drain in the USA⁠. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n6raf5d) Links from the show: Atomic Habits by James Clear (Link: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits) Guest Links [Guest Name] on X (Link: https://twitter.com/guest)[Guest Name] on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/XXX)[Guest/Company Website] (Link: https://example.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) Check out our awesome sponsors! Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)Get 50,000 free sats, plus sats back on everything you buy by signing up with Fold and the Spin+ Debit Card. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/fold⁠)Check out the KYC Free, simple, no management, Bitcoin merchant solution - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nodeless.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Use my link to go to nodeless.io/guy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and setup your donation page for free, then share it out on nostr/Twitter and tag me, and I'll throw 10,000 sats your way! "Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change." ~ Tony Robbins --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • Guy's Take_085 - They Are Coming
    May 1 2024

    "The Samurai wallet developers have been arrested. The government has responded with their opposition to the motion of dismissal in the tornado cash case. Phoenix wallet has withdrawn from the United States. Does one need to have control over the funds to be a money transmitter? Is the lightning network, is Bitcoin, is even self-custody and your home node illegal?


    The past week or so in Bitcoin has seen a flood of new developments, unfortunate events and clarifications and demands from government regulatory agencies. And it has quite clearly spooked a lot of people in the Bitcoin industry. What does it all mean and how should we respond? It's time for a guys take episode."


    I took on a whirlwind of pressing issues facing the Bitcoin ecosystem amid a slew of government actions that appear to target privacy and financial sovereignty. What does the arrest of the Samurai wallet developers, the exodus of Phoenix wallet from the U.S., and the broader implications for Bitcoin's legal landscape mean for the future of digital privacy and self-custody? I dissected these developments with a critical eye, questioning the balance between regulatory oversight and the fundamental right to privacy. Tune in for a deep dive into the legal, technical, and societal impacts of these unfolding events.


    References from the episode:

    • David Zell's tweet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/22ppa7yt)


    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)


    Check out our awesome sponsors!

    • Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
    • Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)


    "I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just missed my friend."

    ~ Red, Shawshank Redemption

    --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Read_818 - Reviewing Reviews
    Apr 29 2024
    "The internet assumed NOTHING and it won because it had the basic, robust, open building blocks upon which all the innovation actually occurred. The same thing has happened with Bitcoin over the last 15 years and is now starting to happen with Nostr. And it’s right on time, because the gateways to the internet have centralized to such a degree that the very topography of the web is changing. Access to this open bazaar is being threatened because the applications who were once gateways, have started to become gatekeepers. To fix this, and to fundamentally fix the internet, we need to upgrade the Internet stack and establish a new suite of superior products, services and applications that compete on value, not on gatekeeper economics. ~ Aleks Svetski How did we get from the open, decentralized bazaar that was the internet protocol, to the centralized, platform siloed experience we find ourselves in today? And by discovering how we got here, can we begin to see the path to getting out of the trap we have wandered into? Today we have an incredible article and concept brought to us by author, entrepreneur, and regular guest on the show, Alek Svetski on something they discovered in their process of building a Bitcoin LLM (Spirit of Satoshi), and how it uncovered a value case for Nostr that may very well change the nature of what we can build. You do not want to miss this read and my take to follow, I promise. Let's dive in! Check out the original article at Reviewing Reviews (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4dxmvtes) References from the show: Spirit of Satoshi (Link: https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/)#010 - Tools for Running Local LLMs (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/x3kYiyPzYsCA2nOLoh0O)#012 - A Big Leap Forward for Local LLMs (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/X7FwvJWqXDaQA4E2MUgV)Amber App (Link: https://amber.app/) Guest Links Aleks Svetski on X (Link: https://twitter.com/svetskiwrites)Aleks Svetski on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3y992h32)Aleks Svetski Website (Link: https://svetski.info/) 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) Check out our awesome sponsors! Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)Get 50,000 free sats, plus sats back on everything you buy by signing up with Fold and the Spin+ Debit Card. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/fold⁠)Check out the KYC Free, simple, no management, Bitcoin merchant solution - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nodeless.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Use my link to go to nodeless.io/guy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and setup your donation page for free, then share it out on nostr/Twitter and tag me, and I'll throw 10,000 sats your way! “But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Read_817 - The Bitcoin Renaissance: How Lightning Will Connect Everything
    Apr 27 2024

    "As we discussed in Entering the Bitcoin Renaissance, our last edition, Lightning Labs CEO and Co-Founder Elizabeth Stark told The Block, “a major narrative of the next cycle will be the bitcoin renaissance, and it has already begun in full swing.” Only a few months later, and that is proving to be quite prescient!"

    ~Ryan Gentry


    Today we dive into a piece from Lightning Labs, "The Bitcoin Renaissance: How Lightning Will Connect Everything" that details out the major advances in the ecosystem of layer 2's on Bitcoin, the surge in development excitement, the multitude of projects unveiled in the past few months, the increasing connection between lightning and Ai, and the projects to keep en eye on as we head into another Bitcoin cycle. If you want a picture into the Lightning ecosystem and the many projects solving problems and creating new value, this is the read to queue up.


    Check out the original article at The Bitcoin Renaissance Is in Full Swing: How Lightning Will Connect Everything Off-Chain. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2wzjyc2b)


    Guest Links

    • Ryan Gentry on X (Link: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry)
    • Ryan Gentry on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yrch2yvy)


    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)


    Check out our awesome sponsors!

    • Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
    • Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)


    “You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.”

    ~ Richard P. Feynman

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Chat_098 - Replacing Gold with Tuur Demeester
    Apr 24 2024

    "What are we actually about? It's to an extent an open question. It's not like the Cypherpunks knew at all. It's part of our job to continue to try and figure it out. In a way we've been given this Arthurian sword or something. This very powerful thing. And so it's like, what are we going to do with it? I think that's a big part of our homework."

    ~ Tuur Demeester


    Tuur Demeester joins us to day as we dig into Bitcoin's past halvings and market cycles and how they compare to today. With 12 years of perspective, where are we in reference to the larger trends and what may lie ahead in the coming future? Tuur is deeply knowledgeable on the macro landscape and in seeing how the pieces of the puzzle fit together, explains the differences that allow us to know that Bitcoin's destiny will not end up like gold's, and a worthy note, he is also incredibly bullish. The world is changing, and Bitcoin is changing it. Don't miss this excellent conversation with Tuur Demeester


    Links to check out:

    • The Bitcoin Reformation - by Tuur Demeester (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc6n8scc)
    • CryptoQuikRead_243 - Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation (Link: https://tinyurl.com/avna4j89)
    • How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3f2u2rev)
    • Strong Towns Website by Charles Marohn (Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/)
    • Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (Link: https://t.ly/dejM2)
    • The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry (Link: https://tinyurl.com/ymzrk7z8)
    • The Capital Strip Mine by Allen Farrington (Link: https://tinyurl.com/m48ueuzk)


    Guest Links

    • Tuur Demeester on X (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5dk93w6m)


    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)


    Check out our awesome sponsors!

    • Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
    • Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)
    --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Read_816 - Why I'm Still Not Buying Bitcoin
    Apr 23 2024

    "I'm a Bitcoin skeptic. I'm not buying Bitcoin in 2024, even if it goes back to its recent all-time highs, or higher. Here's why."

    ~ Ben Gran


    Ben breaks down his view of Bitcoin and why he cannot see or understand any reason it would go higher. Why he doesn't invest in things that don't produce anything, because this is antithetical to investment. Why he doesn't see how something that has no purpose could possibly continue increasing in value. And how something that people claim will be the most valuable asset in the world, will also be the dominant money, because (obviously) these two ideas are contradictory. It's important to refresh our understanding of the typical person's perspective of Bitcoin, in order to be able to relate to, and hopefully explain where their thinking is wrong. So that is what I hope to do in today's episode, reading "Why I'm Still Not Buying Bitcoin in 2024" from the Motley Fool...


    Check out the original article at Why I'm (Still) Not Buying Bitcoin in 2024. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5xnxbe5x)


    Links to check out

    • Book "When Money Dies" by Adam Ferguson for a historical perspective on economic collapses. (Link: https://a.co/d/8E8AVpZ)


    Guest Links

    • Ben Gran on X (Link: https://twitter.com/kcryptoinvest)
    • Ben Gran Website (Link: https://www.asx.capital/)


    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)


    Check out our awesome sponsors!

    • Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
    • Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)


    “I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy — and when he talks about a nonscientific matter, he will sound as naive as anyone untrained in the matter.”

    ~ Richard Feynman

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Read_815 - What are Mises’s Six Lessons
    Apr 20 2024

    "If you care about your...country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school."

    ~ Renato Moicano


    With a surge in interest thanks the UFC fighter Renato Moicano, Mises's Six Lessons is suddenly in the popular lexicon. After knocking out his opponent he took to the mic to share his love of freedom, and the critical importance in understanding Austrian economics. Is the tide of freedom and the culture of common sense turning? And what are Mises's six lessons, and what can they teach us? All this and more in today's episode with a read from Jonathan Newman at the Mises Institute.


    Check out the original article at What are Mises’s Six Lessons? (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3bkpvxub)


    Link to check out

    • Chat_090 - The Danger of Being Right Too Early with Devon Eriksen (Link: https://tinyurl.com/57akzped)


    Guest Links

    • Renato Moicano on X (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mt9wweyh)
    • Renato Moicano Website (Link: https://moneymoicano.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)


    Check out our awesome sponsors!

    • Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
    • Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)


    “He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.”

    ~ Ludwig Von Mises

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    46 mins