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Working a local Silk Road case is a pretty intense way to find Bitcoin. That's how Seed got his start before eventually building the SeedSigner project. He came on to share his story, but we quickly moved into the ugly side of self-custody. What actually happens to your coins when things get messy in the real world, not digitally? His answer is absolutely worth your time. Listen to the full episode below.

Working a local Silk Road case is a pretty intense way to find Bitcoin. That's how Seed got his start before eventually building the SeedSigner project. He came on to share his story, but we quickly moved into the ugly side of self-custody. What actually happens to your coins when things get messy in the real world, not digitally? His answer is absolutely worth your time. Listen to the full episode below.

52,036 views • 27 days ago

I used to be super wired at night (literally 10pm was peak work/idea hour) and it took me like 4 hours to actually feel "awake" in the morning. My wife put me onto light health as something I was completely neglecting, and the problem is gone... this is all i did.

I used to be super wired at night (literally 10pm was peak work/idea hour) and it took me like 4 hours to actually feel "awake" in the morning. My wife put me onto light health as something I was completely neglecting, and the problem is gone... this is all i did.

274,703 views • 5 months ago

Understanding Bitcoin mining was one of the first things that made me really grasp what an insane and brilliant system Bitcoin truly was... If you still think it's just some gamified ponzi scheme, I urge you to take a few minutes and watch this 👇

Understanding Bitcoin mining was one of the first things that made me really grasp what an insane and brilliant system Bitcoin truly was... If you still think it's just some gamified ponzi scheme, I urge you to take a few minutes and watch this 👇

282,579 views • 1 year ago

Imagine scrapping everything and spending three years rebuilding an operating system from scratch because the old way of doing things is completely broken. That is exactly what the team at Start9 just did. In this Chat, Start9's CEO Matt Hill walked me through the absolute beast that is StartOS 0.4.0 and how their latest product - StartWRT - made networking feel like putting together Ikea furniture. We also went SUPER deep on privacy tech and navigating the world as AI takes over everything (and we mean literally EVERYTHING!). I know I always say this, but you really DO NOT want to miss this one!

Imagine scrapping everything and spending three years rebuilding an operating system from scratch because the old way of doing things is completely broken. That is exactly what the team at Start9 just did. In this Chat, Start9's CEO Matt Hill walked me through the absolute beast that is StartOS 0.4.0 and how their latest product - StartWRT - made networking feel like putting together Ikea furniture. We also went SUPER deep on privacy tech and navigating the world as AI takes over everything (and we mean literally EVERYTHING!). I know I always say this, but you really DO NOT want to miss this one!

37,884 views • 2 months ago

Did you know a quarter of global energy is used just for "comfort heat"? Imagine if we generated all that warm air and water using Bitcoin miners instead. I had an incredibly fun chat with Tyler Stevens about the hashrate heating movement and what happens to Bitcoin's security budget when normal people start heating their homes with ASICs. Catch the full conversation below.

Did you know a quarter of global energy is used just for "comfort heat"? Imagine if we generated all that warm air and water using Bitcoin miners instead. I had an incredibly fun chat with Tyler Stevens about the hashrate heating movement and what happens to Bitcoin's security budget when normal people start heating their homes with ASICs. Catch the full conversation below.

10,750 views • 20 days ago

Why is everything falling apart? The wrong "plan?" The wrong "leaders?" Not enough "funding?" It's actually far simpler and more fundamental than most realize...

Why is everything falling apart? The wrong "plan?" The wrong "leaders?" Not enough "funding?" It's actually far simpler and more fundamental than most realize...

174,487 views • 2 years ago

This is the #1 way that I use to stack tons of extra, easy bitcoin. And I'm not even *buying* it. ~$8,000 worth in 1.5 years... not a joke. People really dismiss this combo, but it makes a huge difference if you use them consistently. 👇 Shout to FOLD BITCOIN The Bitcoin Company & Strike for the setup that makes this work. 🫡

This is the #1 way that I use to stack tons of extra, easy bitcoin. And I'm not even buying it. ~$8,000 worth in 1.5 years... not a joke. People really dismiss this combo, but it makes a huge difference if you use them consistently. 👇 Shout to FOLD BITCOIN The Bitcoin Company & Strike for the setup that makes this work. 🫡

110,553 views • 1 year ago

Watch #Bitcoin crosses $100K for the first time!

Watch #Bitcoin crosses $100K for the first time!

112,186 views • 1 year ago

Ever wondered what the true cost of printing $6 trillion is?

Ever wondered what the true cost of printing $6 trillion is?

140,559 views • 2 years ago

What do you do when you’re in Saylor’s dining room on New Years…

What do you do when you’re in Saylor’s dining room on New Years…

97,212 views • 1 year ago

"I'll never understand why people are so desperate to believe him… He keeps saying or doing things that undermine what he said before, yet they refuse to let it register. When this saga ends, the real question will be: why are people still determined to believe him?" ~ Arthur Van Pelt

"I'll never understand why people are so desperate to believe him… He keeps saying or doing things that undermine what he said before, yet they refuse to let it register. When this saga ends, the real question will be: why are people still determined to believe him?" ~ Arthur Van Pelt

39,901 views • 6 months ago

So when should you sell your #Bitcoin? What if all the "safe" investments you thought were getting more valuable... really weren't?

So when should you sell your #Bitcoin? What if all the "safe" investments you thought were getting more valuable... really weren't?

64,351 views • 1 year ago

Has Bitcoin’s technical direction become political? 🤔 Jimmy Song brings the cypherpunk spirit back to the table in this unfiltered chat about trust, power, and the future of BTC. We get into: 🧠 OP_RETURN debates ⚙️ Dev culture shifts 💡 "Innovation" vs. ossification + more!

Has Bitcoin’s technical direction become political? 🤔 Jimmy Song brings the cypherpunk spirit back to the table in this unfiltered chat about trust, power, and the future of BTC. We get into: 🧠 OP_RETURN debates ⚙️ Dev culture shifts 💡 "Innovation" vs. ossification + more!

33,163 views • 7 months ago

"I don’t know anyone in Bitcoin Core who wants Bitcoin as anything other than money… but that doesn’t mean others won’t use it differently. You can say ‘I only want it used for money,’ or ask: how are they doing it, what can we do, and is it worth fighting?… Being upset without a plan solves nothing." ~Murch

"I don’t know anyone in Bitcoin Core who wants Bitcoin as anything other than money… but that doesn’t mean others won’t use it differently. You can say ‘I only want it used for money,’ or ask: how are they doing it, what can we do, and is it worth fighting?… Being upset without a plan solves nothing." ~Murch

29,170 views • 6 months ago

Start the week right with these ESSENTIAL #bitcoin reads 📚🧠⚡ From state-sponsored censorship to corporate Bitcoin adoption and a new frontier in cryptographic signatures - this week’s reads explore what’s at stake when freedom, finance, and innovation collide. — The fight for narrative control is global - and sometimes deadly. From Saudi Arabia to Cuba, free speech is under siege. This episode unpacks the Human Rights Foundation (HRF)'s Financial Freedom Report #77 and the role of decentralized tools like Bitcoin, Nostr, and the Pear stack in defending human rights. 👇 Link below — If Bitcoin is freedom money, what happens when governments and corporations start buying it? Lyn Alden’s framework for situational vs. ubiquitous money offers a powerful lens on Bitcoin’s monetization arc - from ETFs to balance sheets to political game theory. 👇 Link below — A new signature scheme could deliver major gains in privacy and efficiency, without changing Bitcoin’s curve. Kiara Bickers explores DahLIAS and the economic incentives that could finally bring privacy into the protocol’s core design. 👇 Link below

Start the week right with these ESSENTIAL #bitcoin reads 📚🧠⚡ From state-sponsored censorship to corporate Bitcoin adoption and a new frontier in cryptographic signatures - this week’s reads explore what’s at stake when freedom, finance, and innovation collide. — The fight for narrative control is global - and sometimes deadly. From Saudi Arabia to Cuba, free speech is under siege. This episode unpacks the Human Rights Foundation (HRF)'s Financial Freedom Report #77 and the role of decentralized tools like Bitcoin, Nostr, and the Pear stack in defending human rights. 👇 Link below — If Bitcoin is freedom money, what happens when governments and corporations start buying it? Lyn Alden’s framework for situational vs. ubiquitous money offers a powerful lens on Bitcoin’s monetization arc - from ETFs to balance sheets to political game theory. 👇 Link below — A new signature scheme could deliver major gains in privacy and efficiency, without changing Bitcoin’s curve. Kiara Bickers explores DahLIAS and the economic incentives that could finally bring privacy into the protocol’s core design. 👇 Link below

39,972 views • 10 months ago

"But if money gets more valuable, everyone will hoard it, & we'll go into a depression!!" The HORROR of stuff getting more affordable...🤔 Want to go deeper?

"But if money gets more valuable, everyone will hoard it, & we'll go into a depression!!" The HORROR of stuff getting more affordable...🤔 Want to go deeper?

81,950 views • 2 years ago

"The only reason we have time to bicker with each other about nonsense is because nobody is using Bitcoin for money. That's why the blocks aren't full. We're always going to be unhappy with the people that use it because they're just there to fill up cheap block space." ~ John Carvalho

"The only reason we have time to bicker with each other about nonsense is because nobody is using Bitcoin for money. That's why the blocks aren't full. We're always going to be unhappy with the people that use it because they're just there to fill up cheap block space." ~ John Carvalho

23,635 views • 8 months ago

A couple of days ago I released a Guy's Take diving into the 80,000 #Bitcoin Mystery - in which almost $9 billion in BTC moved for the first time in 14 years. Was it an exploit? A hack? An accidentally discovered wallet? Well, turns out it was likely none of these... 👇

A couple of days ago I released a Guy's Take diving into the 80,000 #Bitcoin Mystery - in which almost $9 billion in BTC moved for the first time in 14 years. Was it an exploit? A hack? An accidentally discovered wallet? Well, turns out it was likely none of these... 👇

29,023 views • 11 months ago

"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

"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

16,218 views • 5 months ago

1/n In this episode I try to separate the signal from the noise on the OP_RETURN debate, despite my opinion on this issue, I cover all that I think holds water in the discussion, & make it clear which arguments from both sides I think aren't useful. For more digging, here's a huge thread of useful discussion and points on this issue:

1/n In this episode I try to separate the signal from the noise on the OP_RETURN debate, despite my opinion on this issue, I cover all that I think holds water in the discussion, & make it clear which arguments from both sides I think aren't useful. For more digging, here's a huge thread of useful discussion and points on this issue:

30,409 views • 1 year ago