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Adam Krellenstein Returns: Counterparty’s Comeback & Bitcoin’s Soul Search [FULL EPISODE] In this episode of the Hell Money Podcast, we sit down with Adam Krellenstein — Counterparty’s co‑founder and longtime lead maintainer — for a tour of Bitcoin’s formative years and the ideas shaping its future. Adam revisits the...

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@agkrellenstein Two biggest surprises to me so far watching this... -Casey has cared so little about Counterparty that he doesn't know the very basics, like it's address-based. -How many buttons Adam leaves open on his shirt.

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@agkrellenstein Putting all the feels on the blockchain

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@agkrellenstein Adam is giving liver king minus the BO 😁 Great pod 👏

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long time lead maintainer.... ACTUALLY, he was gone for 10+ years, and just recently returned to run the project like a king... ignoring the desires of the community, breaking stuff, adding features no one uses, and driving usage to an all-time low... but don't let truth get in the way of a good narrative :🤷‍♂️

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@agkrellenstein Watching this rn

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"I haven't sold a single sat." Michael Saylor (Michael Saylor) is Executive Chairman of Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin on earth. While crypto twitter blamed him for the correction over a 32-coin sale, he sat down with me in Prague and explained why Bitcoin is really lagging and why it has almost nothing to do with Bitcoin. "We bought 175,000 Bitcoin this year, which is like 20% of all the Bitcoin ever bought. We sold 32. 32 works out to be two basis points." We cover: - Why Bitcoin is lagging while the S&P prints all-time highs, the "massive AI black hole" pulling capital out of crypto - Why he thinks the money rotates back by Q4 - The 32-BTC sale, the scapegoat dynamic, and why he hasn't sold a sat of his own - Why a 50% drawdown is normal, the 2022 one was 75% - The Apple and Amazon adoption curve, and the "Warren Buffett moment" he says is still coming - What actually happens to Strategy if Bitcoin stalls for 40 years - Why he believes being irrelevant is the only thing worse than being hated Thanks to Michael for coming on New Era Finance Podcast. Highlights: 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Bitcoin Is Now Digital Capital 03:30 - Digital Credit, Invented In 12 Months 07:40 - Why Bitcoin Is Lagging The Market 12:15 - The Apple & Amazon Comparison 18:30 - Did Saylor Sell His Bitcoin? 21:00 - We Bought 175,000. We Sold 32. 25:00 - Defending The Credit & The Equity 29:30 - What If Bitcoin Stalls For 40 Years? 33:00 - The Warren Buffett Moment Is Coming 37:00 - Being Hated vs Being Irrelevant

Michaël van de Poppe

470,988 views • 10 days ago

NEW - RUNNING IT HOT: The Big Beautiful Bill Debt Playbook Explained 💸🖨️ The Bitcoin Policy Hour Episode 10 - feat. Zack Shapiro, Matthew Pines, and Zack Cohen. Unpacking the push for Bitcoin tax reform, the rising stakes of the BRCA, and Bitcoin’s expanding role in the coming geopolitical and monetary realignment. 00:00 – The U.S. Is Running It Hot: Fiscal Dominance Explained 01:00 – Behind the Scenes at the Bitcoin Policy Summit 05:00 – Strategic Bitcoin Reserve & Leaked “Accumulation Plan” 08:00 – Why the Big Beautiful Bill Matters for Bitcoin 12:30 – What Killed the De Minimis Tax Fix? 17:00 – Mining Tax Reform & Wash Sale Loopholes 21:00 – Why the Crypto Lobby Failed in DC 26:00 – GOP Factions, Elon vs. Trump, and Bitcoin’s Role 31:30 – The Real Bitcoin Priorities: BRCA and Privacy 36:00 – What’s Next: Senate Market Structure Bill & Regulatory Outlook 41:00 – Final Thoughts: Bitcoin, Inflation & the Next Political Chapter Watch on YouTube:
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NEW - RUNNING IT HOT: The Big Beautiful Bill Debt Playbook Explained 💸🖨️ The Bitcoin Policy Hour Episode 10 - feat. Zack Shapiro, Matthew Pines, and Zack Cohen. Unpacking the push for Bitcoin tax reform, the rising stakes of the BRCA, and Bitcoin’s expanding role in the coming geopolitical and monetary realignment. 00:00 – The U.S. Is Running It Hot: Fiscal Dominance Explained 01:00 – Behind the Scenes at the Bitcoin Policy Summit 05:00 – Strategic Bitcoin Reserve & Leaked “Accumulation Plan” 08:00 – Why the Big Beautiful Bill Matters for Bitcoin 12:30 – What Killed the De Minimis Tax Fix? 17:00 – Mining Tax Reform & Wash Sale Loopholes 21:00 – Why the Crypto Lobby Failed in DC 26:00 – GOP Factions, Elon vs. Trump, and Bitcoin’s Role 31:30 – The Real Bitcoin Priorities: BRCA and Privacy 36:00 – What’s Next: Senate Market Structure Bill & Regulatory Outlook 41:00 – Final Thoughts: Bitcoin, Inflation & the Next Political Chapter Watch on YouTube:

Bitcoin Policy Institute

48,439 views • 1 year ago

BITCOIN RAILS #34: Bitcoin’s Security & Quantum Risks—and the Future of Satoshi’s Coins | with Jameson Lopp Jameson Lopp “Most people don’t think about security until it’s too late,” says the Casa co-founder and CSO. One of the most prolific thought-leaders in Bitcoin security and privacy, there are few people who understand the nuances of Bitcoin security quite as deeply - not to mention the OPSEC practices required to protect against wrench attacks, for instance, which are rising globally as Bitcoin price increases. More recently, Lopp has turned his attention to mitigating Bitcoin’s quantum vulnerabilities, including market risks associated with quantum-vulnerable Satoshi’s Coins + longer-term strategies for quantum-hardening of Bitcoin addresses long term. In this special episode of Bitcoin Rails, we cover: - Lopp’s experiences designing self-custody products at both BitGo and Casa - The swatting attack he suffered in 2017, and the radical steps he’s taken to secure his home location since - The ‘quantum computing’ challenge for Bitcoin and its impacts on Satoshi’s Coins - How the network may respond to QCs in the face of ossification and why QC preparation may be the hardest governance test the network has ever faced This episode is powered by: - Best In Slot (Best in Slot | BRC2.0 🧑‍🍳), the leading API for Ordinals and BRC20 data aggregation and indexing - Spark (Lightspark), a statechains implementation leading the path towards institutional adoption of Bitcoin-powered payments - Citrea (Citrea), the leading Bitcoin Rollup technology and contributor to the BitVM alliance 📌 Timestamps 00:00 – Intro: Quantum Computing Meets Bitcoin 00:19 – Jameson Lopp on the Bitcoin Rails 00:53 – The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Security 06:32 – Lopp’s Path into Bitcoin & Security 12:58 – The Swatting Attack During the Block Size Wars 25:28 – Could Quantum Crack Satoshi’s Coins? 43:55 – Announcements & Sponsors Messages 45:30 – Building Bitcoin’s Quantum Resistance 47:00 – QBTC and the Push for Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin 48:43 – Why Changing Bitcoin Is So Hard 51:19 – Email Protocols, Ossification, and Bitcoin’s Future 01:01:53 – A Roadmap for Quantum Resistance
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BITCOIN RAILS #34: Bitcoin’s Security & Quantum Risks—and the Future of Satoshi’s Coins | with Jameson Lopp Jameson Lopp “Most people don’t think about security until it’s too late,” says the Casa co-founder and CSO. One of the most prolific thought-leaders in Bitcoin security and privacy, there are few people who understand the nuances of Bitcoin security quite as deeply - not to mention the OPSEC practices required to protect against wrench attacks, for instance, which are rising globally as Bitcoin price increases. More recently, Lopp has turned his attention to mitigating Bitcoin’s quantum vulnerabilities, including market risks associated with quantum-vulnerable Satoshi’s Coins + longer-term strategies for quantum-hardening of Bitcoin addresses long term. In this special episode of Bitcoin Rails, we cover: - Lopp’s experiences designing self-custody products at both BitGo and Casa - The swatting attack he suffered in 2017, and the radical steps he’s taken to secure his home location since - The ‘quantum computing’ challenge for Bitcoin and its impacts on Satoshi’s Coins - How the network may respond to QCs in the face of ossification and why QC preparation may be the hardest governance test the network has ever faced This episode is powered by: - Best In Slot (Best in Slot | BRC2.0 🧑‍🍳), the leading API for Ordinals and BRC20 data aggregation and indexing - Spark (Lightspark), a statechains implementation leading the path towards institutional adoption of Bitcoin-powered payments - Citrea (Citrea), the leading Bitcoin Rollup technology and contributor to the BitVM alliance 📌 Timestamps 00:00 – Intro: Quantum Computing Meets Bitcoin 00:19 – Jameson Lopp on the Bitcoin Rails 00:53 – The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Security 06:32 – Lopp’s Path into Bitcoin & Security 12:58 – The Swatting Attack During the Block Size Wars 25:28 – Could Quantum Crack Satoshi’s Coins? 43:55 – Announcements & Sponsors Messages 45:30 – Building Bitcoin’s Quantum Resistance 47:00 – QBTC and the Push for Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin 48:43 – Why Changing Bitcoin Is So Hard 51:19 – Email Protocols, Ossification, and Bitcoin’s Future 01:01:53 – A Roadmap for Quantum Resistance

Isabel Foxen Duke⚡️

14,538 views • 10 months ago

Is This the End of Ordinals? Magic Eden Collapses as WW3 Begins [FULL EPISODE] On this episode of Hell Money, we perform the last rites for Ordinals after the collapse of Magic Eden’s Bitcoin marketplace and the end of the easy money era. But is this actually the death of Ordinals — or the beginning of something stronger? We dive into the shifting economics of on-chain art, the role of provenance and galleries, Bitcoin vs crypto culture wars, and the latest AI developments in World War 3. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 RIP Magic Eden 🪄 12:45 Ordinals rebirth 15:15 On chain provenance, galleries 18:00 Ordinals in the vibe coding era 21:47 Is Ordinals crypto or bitcoin? 25:53 Dicey 30:35 Era of easy money is over 36:50 WW3 1:01:00 AI government 1:06:55 Parasite Pool mined a block!
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Is This the End of Ordinals? Magic Eden Collapses as WW3 Begins [FULL EPISODE] On this episode of Hell Money, we perform the last rites for Ordinals after the collapse of Magic Eden’s Bitcoin marketplace and the end of the easy money era. But is this actually the death of Ordinals — or the beginning of something stronger? We dive into the shifting economics of on-chain art, the role of provenance and galleries, Bitcoin vs crypto culture wars, and the latest AI developments in World War 3. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 RIP Magic Eden 🪄 12:45 Ordinals rebirth 15:15 On chain provenance, galleries 18:00 Ordinals in the vibe coding era 21:47 Is Ordinals crypto or bitcoin? 25:53 Dicey 30:35 Era of easy money is over 36:50 WW3 1:01:00 AI government 1:06:55 Parasite Pool mined a block!

Hell Money

41,541 views • 4 months ago

THEY KILLED THE ORDINALS BIP Casey Casey tells the full story of his failed attempt to get the Ordinals BIP accepted into the Bitcoin repository - a three-year saga that ended in a silent rejection. We break down what a BIP actually is and how Bitcoin’s governance process handled - or failed to handle - one of its most controversial proposals. Topics covered: - What is a BIP and how the process works - What Ordinals actually are (sat tracking vs "assets") - The full Ordinals BIP timeline (2023–2026) - Casey’s technical, personal, and political grievances - BIP 110 vs Ordinals - A proposed reform plan for Bitcoin’s BIP process - Bitcoin governance and ossification risks TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro, Casey is single 3:52 Ordinals BIP 20:00 Bad social politics incentives 25:15 Inscriptions BIP 28:30 Casey is demoralized 32:00 The Tyranny of Structurelessness 34:00 Bryan Bishop, Epstein files, and narrative control games 37:00 BIP 110 38:15 Blockstream & Bitcoin core, Bitcoin governance 43:25 Bitcoin is ossified, OP CTV 49:35 When is it clear that Bitcoin has failed? 58:00 Quantum threat & VC narratives 1:02:00 Casey's list of demands for BIP editors 1:10:45 It's so over, Maxi Madness
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THEY KILLED THE ORDINALS BIP Casey Casey tells the full story of his failed attempt to get the Ordinals BIP accepted into the Bitcoin repository - a three-year saga that ended in a silent rejection. We break down what a BIP actually is and how Bitcoin’s governance process handled - or failed to handle - one of its most controversial proposals. Topics covered: - What is a BIP and how the process works - What Ordinals actually are (sat tracking vs "assets") - The full Ordinals BIP timeline (2023–2026) - Casey’s technical, personal, and political grievances - BIP 110 vs Ordinals - A proposed reform plan for Bitcoin’s BIP process - Bitcoin governance and ossification risks TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro, Casey is single 3:52 Ordinals BIP 20:00 Bad social politics incentives 25:15 Inscriptions BIP 28:30 Casey is demoralized 32:00 The Tyranny of Structurelessness 34:00 Bryan Bishop, Epstein files, and narrative control games 37:00 BIP 110 38:15 Blockstream & Bitcoin core, Bitcoin governance 43:25 Bitcoin is ossified, OP CTV 49:35 When is it clear that Bitcoin has failed? 58:00 Quantum threat & VC narratives 1:02:00 Casey's list of demands for BIP editors 1:10:45 It's so over, Maxi Madness

Hell Money

32,597 views • 3 months ago

HK Consensus 2025 SPECIAL EP 5: Rich Rines on Bitcoin's Path to $1,000,000 Bitcoin isn’t just a store of value anymore. With spot ETFs paving the way, institutions are now eyeing structured products, yield, and new ways to integrate BTC into onchain finance. In today's episode, sits down with Rich of Core DAO 🔶 to cover: > Bitcoin’s Institutional Shift > The Rise (and Fall) of Bitcoin L2s > Why Spot ETFs Were Just the Beginning > Bridging Bitcoin’s Utility Gap > The Long Game for Bitcoin DeFi Full episode links below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Mantle Ad 01:36 HK Crypto Culturre 05:26 Appealing to Institutions 08:46 Changing Bitcoin’s 4-Year Cycle 12:28 Bitcoin’s Current L2 Space 16:15 What is Bitcoin’s Purpose? 20:24 Bitcoin L2s vs ETH L2s 21:06 Redstone Ad 25:39 Core’s Value in the Bitcoin Ecosystem 29:48 Borrowing Bitcoin 33:29 Preservation Through Bitcoin
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HK Consensus 2025 SPECIAL EP 5: Rich Rines on Bitcoin's Path to $1,000,000 Bitcoin isn’t just a store of value anymore. With spot ETFs paving the way, institutions are now eyeing structured products, yield, and new ways to integrate BTC into onchain finance. In today's episode, sits down with Rich of Core DAO 🔶 to cover: > Bitcoin’s Institutional Shift > The Rise (and Fall) of Bitcoin L2s > Why Spot ETFs Were Just the Beginning > Bridging Bitcoin’s Utility Gap > The Long Game for Bitcoin DeFi Full episode links below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Mantle Ad 01:36 HK Crypto Culturre 05:26 Appealing to Institutions 08:46 Changing Bitcoin’s 4-Year Cycle 12:28 Bitcoin’s Current L2 Space 16:15 What is Bitcoin’s Purpose? 20:24 Bitcoin L2s vs ETH L2s 21:06 Redstone Ad 25:39 Core’s Value in the Bitcoin Ecosystem 29:48 Borrowing Bitcoin 33:29 Preservation Through Bitcoin

The Rollup

78,548 views • 1 year ago