Podcast Episodes

Read_919 - Frédéric Bastiat: The Unseen Role of Intermediaries

"What role do intermediaries—such as merchants, distributors, and traders—play in the market? Far from being mere profiteers, these intermediaries play an essential role in the division of labor. Wit…

Published on 21 hours ago

Roundtable_015 - Conspiracies, Culture rot, Replay Attacks and the Future of Bitcoin

What if the future of Bitcoin is decided in the mempool? I sit down with Simple Steve, Bitcoin Mechanic and Jeff Swann for a chaotic, curious roundtable.
We riff on conspiracies and culture rot, pick …

Published on 3 days, 7 hours ago

Read_918 - Bitcoin is a Lie

"Bitcoin will fail.
Because it is a lie... Because it claims truths that cannot be. That trust is defect. That property is virtue. That law, shared meaning should not supervene...
I used to see value. …

Published on 4 days, 21 hours ago

2Sats - What Does $6 Trillion Mean

In this 2Sats refresh, I revisit one of my most-shared videos - What Does $6 Trillion Mean?

It’s a quick but powerful look at what happens when we normalize creating money out of thin air. Six trilli…

Published on 5 days, 20 hours ago

Chat_152 - Forging Satoshi with Mark Hunter & Arthur Van Pelt

"If you can get a court to say you're Satoshi, and you are of this mindset, you can then go ahead and you can sue Bitcoin developers, Bitcoin exchanges, whatever, to say, "look, I've got a court ruli…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Read_917 - The Ultimate Collateral

"The best, simplest, ultimate form of collateral is something that can instantly be claimed and sold at any time when the debtor fails to make their payments. A house can take months, even years to s…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Read_916 - The Thermodynamic Monetary Transition

"This analysis has demonstrated through 30 universal laws, empirically validated across
16 years and $1.83 trillion in market capitalization, that Bitcoin represents a genuine phase transition in mon…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Chat_151 - Bitcoin Technically, Ideologically, and Actually with Murch

"I think that all of the people that I know that are working on Bitcoin Core and other Bitcoin projects are only
interested in the monetary use case. But I think that many of them take a more long ter…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Read_915 - Thank You For Being Annoying

I dive into Adam Mastroianni’s piece “Thank You for Being Annoying” and use it as a launchpad to rant about work, love, and why being constantly irritated might be a feature, not a bug. From broken f…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Guy's Take_103 - Bitcoin Dead For Sure This Time

Why is the "world's most valuable money" stagnating while everything falls apart around it? With 401k hardship withdrawals at record highs and mortgage delinquencies surpassing 2008 levels, shouldn't…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago