Episodes
6 days ago
6 days ago
Erik Cason joins the BCB crew for a delightful romp! Erik has a philosophical bent that really appeals to us. Erik does not shy away from controversial ideas, which Dan & Josh feel is vitally important as they seek to overturn every rock in the pursuit of truth.
WE COVER:
Anarchy is NOT what your think
Why is “Crypto” camouflage for Bitcoin
The journey from Socialism to Anarchy
How Bitcoin could disintermediate states
Degen Stories
Erik’s Militia
Civil War
Satoshi’s Legacy
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Crypto Sovereignty (Erik’s Book)
Cryptosovereignty (Erik’s Blog)
Bitcoin Astronomy
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Sunday Nov 19, 2023
BCB135_Surviving The Bull Market
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Dan and Josh have a jam session focussing on surviving the BULL Market. This is the advice we wish we were given when we were new to the space in 2017.
WE COVER:
Education is KEY
Nobody knows what is going to happen
Self Custody
Low Time Preference
Mexican Vacations and shitting in the woods
Buying assets not liabilities
Privacy
The out of shape bell curve
Trading is like Masterbating
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Broken Money
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BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
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Sunday Nov 12, 2023
BCB134_ANDY SCHOONOVER: Fiscal & Physical Health
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Andy Schoonover (CEO of Crowdhealth) joins Dan and Josh for a chat about how f**ked the healthcare system is and what needs to be done to fix it. Andy is a serial entrepreneur, this is his 3rd startup, and he is gunning for the healthcare behemoths.
WE COVER:
How did healthcare get so f**ked
Opacity in healthcare is systemic
Pricing absurdity
Distrust in the system
The Man in the Arena
Ice Baths
Habits for good health
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Sovereign Health Podcast
Crowdhealth
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SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Nov 04, 2023
BCB133_SAIFEDEAN AMMOUS: Austrian Economics & Brutal Takedowns
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Saifedean Ammous (Economist & author of the best selling & seminal book The Bitcoin Standard) lets it rip with Dan & Josh. Gloves are off in this one, and Saif riffs on a variety of interesting & hilarious topics.
WE COVER:
What really is “science”?
Austrian vs. Keynesian economics
How useful is macroeconomic analysis in today’s fiat environment?
How did Saif survive in a university setting?
What skill sets will be marketable in future decades?
Sh*tcoins & Ethereum
Bitcoin’s remarkable dominance
Cast iron vs. stainless steel pans
Takedown of modern art
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Saif’s website, Saifedean.com (https://saifedean.com/)
Saif’s books (https://saifedean.com/books)
Saif’s courses (https://saifedean.com/courses)
SHOW SPONSORS:
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Oct 28, 2023
BCB132_LUKE GROMEN: Back To The Future with Neutral Reserve Assets
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Luke Gromen (founder of FFTT LLC) joins Josh & Dan to discuss the current macro environment and where the current trajectory could take us. Luke founded FFTT in 2014 with one goal in mind – to connect the dots between his in-depth analytical work with historical perspectives to help his clients' investment process and improve their outcomes. He’s brilliant, and it shows in this 1.5 hour discussion.
WE COVER:
Gold & Bitcoin
ETF manipulation
Position Sizing
The Debt Spiral Unwind
The importance of Energy
The Multi-Polar World
The world is NOT ending
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Price of Time (Edward Chancellor)
Changing World Order (Ray Dalio)
FFTT LLC
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Oct 21, 2023
BCB131_DANNY KNOWLES: Bittersweet Bitcoin ETF
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Danny Knowles (executive producer and co-interviewer on What Bitcoin Did) joins Josh & Dan to explore the pros, and more specifically the cons, of a looming Bitcoin ETF. What does an ETF mean for price? What does it mean for digital freedom & sovereignty?
WE COVER:
The next phase of Bitcoin adoption
Unexpected fire alarms
Opportunistic Bitcoin politicians
Inflationary vs. Deflationary money
American obesity
Behind the scenes of What Bitcoin Did
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What Bitcoin Did
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Basics_10: How Bitcoin COULD Fail
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 10. Daz Bea, Seb Bunney, Dan & Josh steelman Bitcoin by taking the other side of the argument and presenting some real issues Bitcoin could face.
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
WE COVER:
Deflationary money COULD be bad in some aspects
Stretching ourselves WITHOUT tearing ourselves
The Dollar’s Network effect is STRONG
Nation State bans could be crippling
Technical Challenges
51% Attack
Incentive Problems
Quantum Computing
More from Daz & Seb:
Daz & Seb’s new book B is for Bitcoin: The Essential Guide to All Things Bitcoin does and EXCELLENT job covering Bitcoin technicalities
Looking Glass Education
Get CODLED. The overprotective approach to self custody. Receive help from Daz or Seb themselves to help walk you through your custodial setup. LookingGlass/CODL
Seb's Blog The Qi Of Self Sovereignty
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START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
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Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
BCB129_DOM BEI: Bitcoin Empowering The Everyday Earner
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Fellow firefighter, the legend Dom Bei, joins Josh & Dan to explore Bitcoin’s significance for average folks and everyday earners. They also chat about Proof of Workforce, a non-profit Dom has started to assist workers, unions, and businesses with Bitcoin adoption & education.
WE COVER:
Cocaine pinkies
Calling people “bud”
Why is Bitcoin important for wage earners?
Explaining Bitcoin at the firehouse
Proof of Workforce
Pacific Bitcoin Festival
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Hidden Cost of Reshoring by Lyn Alden
Proof of Workforce
SHOW SPONSORS:
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Sunday Sep 24, 2023
BCB128_TIM NIEMEYER: History Echoes Bitcoin
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Tim Niemeyer — Author of History Echoes Bitcoin — joins Josh and Dan for a stimulating discussion about the characteristics of Bitcoin in the context of history. These characteristics have been with us into antiquity, Tim has highlighted some of the most relevant in his book.
WE COVER:
The Iroquois Confederacy
Getting Drunk at a Wedding
Communism V Capitalism
Incentive’s Rule the World
History Echoes Bitcoin
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
History Echoes Bitcoin
Bitcoin Exemplifies Fair and Transparent Rules
Helicopter Parents and Snowflake Kids
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Sep 16, 2023
BCB127_AMERICAN HODL: Wisdom For Surviving The Bear
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
AMERICAN HODL was born to come on Blue Collar Bitcoin. This week he fulfills his destiny. Josh, Dan & HODL explore a wide variety of topics, from surviving bear markets to drivechains to Bitcoin vulnerabilities.
WE COVER:
Why you should reproduce
Drivechains & sidechains
Cancel culture & Trump
September 11 and the years since
Handling the Bitcoin highs & Lows
Passing money on to your children
How HODL thinks Bitcoin could be vulnerable
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening this OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Sep 09, 2023
BCB126_JASON MAIER: Why The Left & Right Can Agree On Bitcoin
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Jason Maier — author of A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin — joins Dan & Josh for a discussion about bringing Bitcoin to a wider audience. In a world filled with animosity towards opposing perspectives, it’s important to have an open mind and actually LISTEN to other viewpoints.
WE COVER:
Why we ALL want better money
Meatheaded Competitions
A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin
Get out of your Political Bubble
Green Energy/Bitcoin & Progressives
Bitcoin is not Inevitable
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin (C. Jason Maier)
Jason's website
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Saturday Sep 02, 2023
BCB125_STEVEN LUBKA: Is Bitcoin An Inflation Hedge?
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Steven Lubka, Head of Private Clients & Family Offices at Swan Bitcoin, unpacks the loaded and often misunderstood phenomena of inflation and whether or not Bitcoin truly serves as protection against it.
WE COVER:
Common inflation misconceptions
What Bitcoin does and doesn’t protect against.
The pitfalls of command & control economies
Bitcoin and high net work individuals
Sunning your balls
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Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Bitcoin and the True Meaning of Inflation by Steven Lubka
SHOW SPONSORS:
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
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START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Basics_09: Bitcoin Misconceptions & FUD Busting
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 9. Daz Bea, Seb Bunney, Dan & Josh discuss the misconceptions and FUD surrounding Bitcoin
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
WE COVER:
Will the government ban Bitcoin?
Does Bitcoin have intrinsic value?
Does Bitcoin waste energy?
Will another cryptocurrency supplant Bitcoin?
Is Bitcoin better than stuffing cash in someone's bra?
Is Bitcoin too Volatile?
Is Bitcoin a Ponzi?
RESOURCE PICKS:
Daz & Seb’s new book B is for Bitcoin: The Essential Guide to All Things Bitcoin does and EXCELLENT job covering Bitcoin technicalities (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Essential-Guide-All-Things/dp/B0C1JDKS7Q)
Josh’s Pick: 7 Misconceptions about Bitcoin by Lyn Alden (https://www.lynalden.com/misconceptions-about-bitcoin/)
Daz’s Pick: Debunking All The Bitcoin Misconceptions One by One
Seb’s Pick: Saylor Series on What is Money Show (Robert Breedlove)
Dan’s Pick: Addressing the Ponzi Scheme Characterization by Lyn Alden
Extra Pick: Bitcoin: Fee-Based Security Modeling by Lyn Alden
GET CODLED:
The overprotective approach to self custody. Receive help from Daz or Seb themselves to help walk you through your custodial setup.
LookingGlass/CODL
SHOW SPONSORS:
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START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
CROWDHEALTH — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets early bird ticket sales for Nashville, July 25-27, 2024 b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Aug 19, 2023
BCB123_JAMES LAVISH: Where’s The Recession?
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Hedge fund manager, CFA & macro analyst James Lavish stops by BCB to discuss recession dynamics, competition with the dollar, the sovereign debt spiral & more.
WE COVER:
Big Game Fishing
Where’s The Recession?
QE, monetary policy & “money printing”
Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset, USD Hegemony, BRICS Rising
US Credit Rating Downgrade
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Informationist Newsletter by James Lavish
The Macro Compass by Alfonso Peccatiello
Once In A Species by Jesse Myers
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Aug 12, 2023
BCB122_ALEX BUSAROV: Hashing At Home
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Alex Busarov joins Dan and Josh for a discussion about efficient use of energy and Bitcoin mining at home. Alex is the founder and CEO of Heatbit and has spearheaded the development of the Heatbit Mini – a Bitcoin miner that heats a room, purifies the air, and most importantly, mines Bitcoin in a plug and play manner.
WE COVER:
Alex is Elon’s Doppelganger
Entrepreneurship
Mining at Home
Democratizing Bitcoin Mining
Engineering
Warm Toilet Seats
Building Compute into Appliances
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Heatbit Mini
NiceHash
Bitmain S19
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT. Use Code BCB or Click the link for 5% off https://heatbit.com/?ref=BCB
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Aug 05, 2023
BCB121_JOE CARLASARE: Macro Insights & Legal Hurdles
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Josh & Dan speak with one of the most well-rounded Bitcoiners on the planet — the always mind-stretching Joe Carlasare. Joe is a commercial litigator by trade who possesses an impressive depth & breadth of knowledge across numerous disciplines, from economics & financial markets to politics & philosophy. A multiple times repeat guest and one of Dan & Josh’s favorite people to speak with.
WE COVER:
Stoicism
Recession and unemployment
Corporate interest costs
BlackRock ETF - How big a deal is this really?
Legal & regulatory hurdles for Bitcoin
SEC vs Coinbase/Binance/Richard Heart/XRP cases
Operation Choke Point 2.0
Portfolio suggestions & should anyone ever be 100% allocated to Bitcoin?
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
SHOW SPONSORS:
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Jul 29, 2023
BCB120_AUSTIN HERBERT: Orange Pilling Is Hard, Fitness Doesn’t Need To Be
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Austin Herbert (Open Source Fitness) joins Dan and Josh for a discussion about orange pilling and fitness. Austin previously worked for Bitcoin Magazine and was a producer for Mark Moss. Austin is also a lifelong fitness advocate, he has created Open Source Fitness to help people get in shape.
WE COVER:
Austin’s Background
Why Orange Pilling is so Hard
Incepting Bitcoin
Why Fitness doesn’t have to be difficult
The 4 pillars of Fitness
Camel Toe Ego
Day Drinking on a Boat
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Open Source Fitness
An Orange Pill for Bitcoiners
Atomic Habits (Book)
The Number Zero and Bitcoin (Breedlove)
Why the Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin (Jesse Meyers)
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Basics_08: Lightning Network, Layered Money & Bitcoin Scaling
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 8. Daz Bea, Seb Bunney, Dan & Josh cover the Bitcoin Lightning Network and the importance of a layered approach to Bitcoin scaling.
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
WE COVER:
Why are protocols & monetary systems layered?
Why is Bitcoin an upgrade to payment systems?
What is the Lightning Network & how does it work?
What other layers exist on and around Bitcoin?
Flicking beads
RESOURCE PICKS:
Daz & Seb’s new book B is for Bitcoin: The Essential Guide to All Things Bitcoin does and EXCELLENT job covering the Lightning Network (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Essential-Guide-All-Things/dp/B0C1JDKS7Q)
Dan’s Pick - Layered Money by Nik Bhatia
Josh’s Pick: A Look at the Lightning Network by Lyn Alden
Daz’s Pick: Mastering the Lightning Network by Andreas Antonopoulos
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
CROWDHEALTH — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets early bird ticket sales for Nashville, July 25-27, 2024 b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Jul 15, 2023
BCB118_TUUR DEMEESTER: Bitcoin as an Early Retirement Bet
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Tuur Demeester (Founder of Adamant Research) joins Dan and Josh for an enlightening discussion about Bitcoin’s past and potential future. Tuur has been recommending investment in Bitcoin since 2011, and his research is second to none. We discuss his latest piece “How to Position for the Bitcoin Boom”--We HIGHLY recommend you read it.
WE COVER:
Tuur’s Background
Bitcoin’s potential Trajectory
Tuur called $1 million Bitcoin in 2013
The Blocksize Wars and Hurdles to come
Bitcoin is BUYING the protocol (and everything built on it)
Tuur’s latest report “How to Position for the Bitcoin Boom”
Early Retirement on Bitcoin
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
How to Position for the Bitcoin Boom
Tuur’s Writing
The Blocksize War (book)
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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You can follow us @blue_collarbtc, you can follow Tuur @TuurDemeester
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Saturday Jul 08, 2023
BCB117_MAURICIO DI BARTOLOMEO: BlackRock ETF & The Next Phase of Bitcoin
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (co-founder & CSO of Ledn) stops by for another round of BCB to explore the implications (pros & cons) of a potential BlackRock Bitcoin ETF and numerous other topics pertaining to the next phase of institutional Bitcoin adoption.
WE COVER:
The pros & cons of a potential BlackRock Bitcoin ETF/Trust
Bitcoin regulatory landscape in the US & outside the US
Jerome Powell & Bitcoin
What place does banking have in Bitcoin?
How SHOULD borrowing and lending be done in and around Bitcoin?
How to survive as a Bitcoin financial services company
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Ledn
Mauricio’s (Ledn) Blog
Jesse Myers (Croesus) piece of BlackRock filing
SHOW SPONSORS:
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CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
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Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Basics_07: Bitcoin NOT Crypto
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 7. In this chat Daz, Seb, Dan & Josh discuss the difference between Bitcoin and “Crypto”. There is a MASSIVE gulf between the two, which is underappreciated by most. We are here to set the record straight and protect new entrants from the ponzi schemes that are prevalent in crypto.
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
WE COVER:
Our Shitcoin Backgrounds
Altcoin Diversity is not risk management
Altcoins are Decentralized in Name Only
How VC’s Clean Retails Clock
Decentralization is Paramount
How to protect your A$$hole
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Lyn’s Piece: An Economic analysis of Ethereum
Lyn’s Piece on Proof of Work and Stablecoins
Blocksize War Book by Jonathan Bier
The Double Headed Black Mamba
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets early bird ticket sales for Nashville, July 25-27, 2024 b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Jun 24, 2023
BCB115_HARRY SUDOCK: High On Hash & Ruining Parties
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Josh & Dan are joined by Harry Sudock, Chief Strategy Officer at GRIID. Harry is one of our favorite guests, he has a vast knowledge of the Bitcoin mining space, possesses a GREAT sense of humor, a booming voice, and is a Sci-Fi aficionado–Perfect!
WE COVER:
Sci-Fi nerding
Bitcoin’s Foundational Properties
The Significance of Miner Extracted Value
The MASSIVE Hash Rate Increase
Regulatory Hurdles
How to RUIN a Party
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Three Body Problem
Hail Mary
YellowJackets
Etherium is a Dark Forest
Progressive Case for Bitcoin
SHOW SPONSORS:
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Jun 17, 2023
BCB114_MATT PINES: Bitcoin Blind Spots & Alien Probabilities
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
Josh & Dan are joined by Matt Pines (a cybersecurity & geostrategic intelligence consultant as well as a National Security Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute) to discuss potential threats to Bitcoin as well as the current landscape & probabilities surrounding UAPs and crash retrieval programs.
WE COVER:
Threats to Bitcoin and ways in which it might be captured
Bitcoin’s role in a more multipolar future
The significance of the recent UAP (UFO) whistleblower – David Grusch
The probabilities surrounding UAP crash retrieval programs
Human interaction with non-human intelligence(s)?
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Report about David Grusch in The Debrief
“We Are Not Alone” interview on News Nation w/ David Grusch
The Future Geopolitical Order And Bitcoin: An Initial Assessment” by Matt Pines
Expectation Value by Matt Pines
SHOW SPONSORS:
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Leveraging the power of Bitcoin alongside Health Care Crowdfunding to drastically uncomplicate health care and give back control to patients.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Jun 10, 2023
BCB113_JESSE MYERS (Croesus): Number Go Up.
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Jesse Myers, aka Croesus (Stanford MBA, prolific author, and COO of Onramp Bitcoin) stops by BCB for a 3rd time to explore Bitcoin’s full valuation potential and the unignorable “number go up” mechanics behind this remarkable protocol.
WE COVER:
How much value could Bitcoin accrue?
How important are the halvings moving forward?
Sovereign debt dynamics and the fiscal rock & a hard place
The consequences of chorizo & steak tacos
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Once In A Species (Jesse’s Substack) (https://www.onceinaspecies.com/)
Onramp Bitcoin (https://www.onrampbitcoin.com/)
BCB078: Jesse Myers (Croesus): The 1st 1% of Bitcoin Adoption (https://www.bluecollarbitcoin.io/podcast/episode/c18ff034/bcb078_croesus-jesse-myers-the-first-1-of-bitcoin-adoption)
BCB024: CROESUS: Bitcoin, a Once In a Species Discovery (https://www.bluecollarbitcoin.io/podcast/episode/c968f6cc/bcb024_croesus-bitcoin-a-once-in-a-species-discovery)
SHOW SPONSORS:
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday Jun 03, 2023
Saturday Jun 03, 2023
Josh & Dan are joined by Chris Alaimo and Dom Bei to discuss some of the most interesting talks from Bitcoin 2023. We give the wizards a second chance, learn about some INCREDIBLE second layer developments with Ark and Splicing, then turn the guns to RFK Jr’s speech, and finish with our thoughts on AI development in the context of Bitcoin.
Talks we focus on in the episode:
—The Great Ordinal Debate
—The Ark Announcement
—Splicing on Lightning (Timestamp 3:57- 4:16)
—RFK Jr. Keynote
—Will A.I. Dream of Electric Bitcoin
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
SHOW SPONSORS:
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday May 27, 2023
Basics_06: Bitcoin Self Custody (How to Protect Your Bitcoin)
Saturday May 27, 2023
Saturday May 27, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 6. In this chat, Josh, Dan, Seb & Daz dive into Bitcoin Self Custody – the groundbreaking importance of this feature as well as practical steps on how to protect your Bitcoin.
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
WE COVER:
Why is Bitcoin self custody so groundbreaking?
Where to buy Bitcoin
KYC vs non-KYC Bitcoin
Protecting private keys
UTXO management
Wallets (aka signing devices)
Collaborative custody & multisig
ITEMS MENTIONED:
5 Minute Coldcard setup video
“B is for Bitcoin” by Seb & Daz
Looking Glass Education
BCB episode on UTXO management w/ Tom Honzik
BCB episode on collaborative custody w/ Justine Harper
BTC Sessions tutorials
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets early bird ticket sales for Nashville, July 25-27, 2024 b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
Erik Hersman, CEO of Gridless, joins Josh and Dan to discuss how Bitcoin mining can improve Africa. Erik is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and led several successful companies, including iHub and BRCK. He is now the CEO of Gridless, a company that is using Bitcoin mining to improve access to electricity in rural Africa.
In this conversation, Erik discusses the challenges of providing electricity to rural Africa and how Bitcoin mining can help to address these challenges. This is an important conversation for anyone who is interested in the future of Bitcoin and its potential to improve the lives of people around the world.
Other topics covered include:
African life
Bitcoin assisting energy generation
Dan’s experience with prison wallets
How Gridless is improving African grids
How energy waste can be monetized
Lifting Africa without a handout
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Gridless
iHub
BRCK
Ushahidi
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets early bird ticket sales for Nashville, July 25-27, 2024 b.tc/conference
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
Josh & Dan sit down with legendary Bitcoin podcaster and co-founder of Swan Bitcoin, Brady Swenson. These 3 discuss the importance of the narrative war surrounding Bitcoin, as well as why foundational and empowering protocols like Bitcoin are fundamentally bipartisan.
Other topics covered include:
Fiat dysfunction & BTC to the rescue
How to Buy Bitcoin & dollar cost averaging
Bitcoin not crypto
Swan Bitcoin’s long list of badass products
Dan’s phallus on a trading card
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Swan Bitcoin
Gigi on Blue Collar Bitcoin
Republic Lost by Lawrence Lessig
A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin by Jason Maier
Citizen Bitcoin Podcast
Swan Signal Podcast
21 Lessons by Gigi
SHOW SPONSORS:
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Saturday May 06, 2023
BCB_Freelance: JON STOKES: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Saturday May 06, 2023
Saturday May 06, 2023
Jon Stokes joins Josh and Dan for a discussion about Artificial Intelligence. A.I. has recently made rapid advancements, the spirit of this discussion is to better understand this technology and its implications for the world. Jon was the co-founder of Ars Technica and is a prolific writer on the topic of artificial intelligence. Jon has a bachelors in computer science from Louisiana State, and 2 advanced degrees from Harvard.
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Jon Stokes Substack
Return.life
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow Jon @Jonst0kes
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Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Basics_05: How Bitcoin Works (Proof of Work & Mining)
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 5. In this chat Daz, Seb, Dan & Josh dive into the mechanics of HOW Bitcoin mining works, and why it is so fundamental to the protocol. Proof of Work is the centerpiece to merging the physical and digital world. This is part 5 of a multipart series.
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
Time Stamps:
03:00 - Intro chat
07:20 - Internet dog scams & the future of internet security
15:05 - What is Bitcoin Mining?
27:00 - Hashing, Blocks, Nonces
48:00 — Bitcoin’s REAL world connection & the halvings
55:00 — The Difficulty Adjustment & Bitcoin keeping its OWN time
01:11:00 — Proof of Work environmental impacts, energy implications & dismantling PoW FUD
WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC:
Daz’s pick — Blockchain Demo andersbrownworth.com
Seb’s pick — Bitcoin Mining 101 on WBD w/Harry Sudock
Josh’s pick — Learn me a Bitcoin
Dan’s pick — Immutability and Proof of Work w/Andreas Antonopolous
ITEMS MENTIONED:
“B is for Bitcoin” by Seb & Daz
Looking Glass Education
Hash Calculator
5 Minuite ColdCard Video
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
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Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
David Bailey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of BTC Inc. David is an industry leader and evangelist for the decentralized future. David joins Dan and Josh for a thoughtful exploration of tax avoidance, Bitcoiner sensitivity, the GBTC scam, and finding your next lover at the Bitcoin Conference.
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Atlas Shrugged
Puerto Rican Tax Advantages
The Bitcoin Conference (code BCB23 for 10% off)
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Preston Pysh, co-founder of The Investor’s Podcast Network, stops by BCB Pod for the 3rd time to chop it up with Josh & Dan on a variety of subjects, including 2023 Bitcoin projections, increasing global economic fragility, aliens, artificial intelligence, the ideological impacts of Bitcoin, and the Bible.
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Bond Calculator Preston Used
The Investor’s Podcast
“The Bible Tells Me So” by Pete Enns
The Bible For Normal People Podcast
Lex Fridman #368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
“The Beginning of Infinity” by David Deutsch
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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Saturday Apr 08, 2023
BCB104: JOE CONSORTI: Recession, Real Estate, Banks & Left Nipples (Macro Update)
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
Joe Consorti stops by BCB for a macro update covering possible looming recession, the state of commercial real estate, the banking crisis, credit markets, Bitcoin’s place amidst the mayhem, and left nipples.
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Bitcoin Layer
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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Sunday Apr 02, 2023
BCB103_DOM BEI: Work For The HARDEST Money.
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Dan and Josh are joined by Dom Bei. Dom is a Fire Captain at Santa Monica FD and former Union President of local 1109. Dom was recently the host at the Strongest Firefighter contest at The Arnold, and is working on his stand up comedy chops. Dom has recently released an article titled “Proof of Workforce” which is linked below.
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WE COVER:
Firefighting
Financial Literacy
Counterparty Risk
Our Feelings
Protecting the Middle Class
Pensions
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Proof of Workforce
Dom’s Substack
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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Sunday Mar 26, 2023
BCB102_YAN PRITZKER: Free Markets, Liberty & Sound Money
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Dan and Josh are joined By Yan Pritzker, Co-Founder and CTO of Swan Bitcoin. Yan spent the last twenty years as a software developer and entrepreneur focusing on tech startups. Yan is the author of the book Inventing Bitcoin, the best technical book for Bitcoin beginners in our view.
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WE COVER:
Current Banking Problems
Fiat Games
Socialism/Communism & The Soviet Union
Targeted Orange Pilling
Bitcoin is for terrorists
Bitcoin Tech
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Inventing Bitcoin
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Basics_04: How Bitcoin Works (A Distributed Ledger)
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 4. In this chat Daz, Seb, Dan & Josh dive into the mechanics of HOW the Bitcoin protocol & network function. They unpack what problems Bitcoin solves and the manner in which it solves them. This is part 4 of a multipart series.
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
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WE COVER:
What problems did Bitcoin solve & how does it solve them?
Distributed ledgers & decentralization
Security through math, cryptography & game theory
Tokens vs ledgers
Single socks
WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC:
Daz’s pick — The Blocksize Wars by Jonathan Bier
Seb’s pick — “A Primer on Bitcoin Mining” from NYDIG
Josh’s pick — “Bitcoin Is Time” by Gigi
Dan’s pick — Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker
ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Bitcoin Whitepaper
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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Sunday Mar 12, 2023
BCB100_BRANDON QUITTEM: Bitcoin is a LIVING Organism (and a sewer rat)
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Brandon Quittem, Head of Marketing at Swan Personal joins Dan and Josh for a wide ranging, and downright cosmic discussion.
Procreating
Bitcoin and Energy
Pioneer Species
Mycelium
The 4th Turning
Viking bad behavior
Kardashev civilizations
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SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ITEMS MENTIONED
Brandon Quittem’s Site
Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species
Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History
Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money
The 4th Turning Book
The Sovereign Individual Book
ABOUT BRANDON QUITTEM:
Brandon is the Director of Onboarding at Swan. He is a prolific author in the Bitcoin space, his writing strikes at the intersection of ecology, evolutionary biology, and Bitcoin.
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Saturday Mar 04, 2023
BCB099_CK SNARKS & CHRIS ALAIMO: NOSTR, Ordinals & Bitcoin 2023 Preview
Saturday Mar 04, 2023
Saturday Mar 04, 2023
CK Snarks & Chris Alaimo of Bitcoin Magazine stop by BCB to unpack nostr, ordinals, compounding decentralization, new developments on Bitcoin, and the upcoming Bitcoin 2023 Conference in Miami.
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SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ITEMS MENTIONED
Bitcoin 2023 Conference (Use Code “BCB23” for 10% OFF!!)
Cosmic Bitcoin Podcast w/ CK Snarks
Bitcoin Information Theory by Aaron Segal
Bitcoin 2022 Conference Recap w/ Dan & Josh on Millennial Investing
Why Dumb Networks are Better by Andreas Antonopoulos
BCB087_MATT HILL: Taking Back Digital Sovereignty
OP_VAULT
AnchorWatch
ABOUT CK & CHRIS ALAIMO:
CK is the General Manager at Bitcoin Magazine. Chris Alaimo is Multimedia Producer at Bitcoin Magazine.
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Saturday Feb 25, 2023
BCB098_LARRY LEPARD & GREG FOSS: Bitcoin For Boomers
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
Greg Foss and Lawrence Lepard join Josh and Dan for an uncensored rip! We always appreciate Greg and Larry. Their willingness to give us their unfiltered opinions is a breath of fresh air! This discussion centers around explaining Bitcoin & the current macroeconomic environment to our parents' generation, while ripping apart some public figures who seem disingenuous in their appraisal of this asset.
WE COVER:
Bitcoin explanation for boomers
Foss getting cliffed out on skis
Lepard’s hatred for Charlie Munger and Ivy League cucks
Bitcoin’s ultimate value
Is the bottom in for Bitcoin?
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Younger Next Year (Chris Crowley)
Looking Glass Education
Poor Charlie’s Almanac
The Bitcoin Standard
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ABOUT GREG FOSS:
Greg was a high yield bond trader for 32 years. Since retirement he has spent his time and energy educating people about finance. Greg has been instrumental in creating Looking Glass Education, an educational platform designed to educate the world about finance, economics, and Bitcoin.
ABOUT LAWRENCE LEPARD:
Lawrence is a partner at Equity Management Associates. He devotes much of his time to financial education and is generous in sharing ideas. He has a libertarian worldview and has a deep understanding of Austrian Economics. A long time hard money advocate, he was quick to grok the fundamentals and world changing potential of Bitcoin.
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Saturday Feb 18, 2023
BCB097_TROY CROSS: Learning HOW to Think
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Philosophy professor Troy Cross (PhD) joins Josh & Dan on a meandering discussion centering on HOW we should think. These 3 explore religion, Christianity, orthodoxy, as well as both the wonders and perils of the “Bitcoin community.” Troy is a professor of philosophy and humanities at Reed College; previous to that he held positions at Yale and Oxford.
WE COVER:
Religion, Christianity & open inquiry,
The intellectual journey & resisting dogmatism
Death & Life
The fiat treadmill
Socialism
Artificial intelligence’s connection w/ Bitcoin & energy
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Bitcoin Policy Institute
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ABOUT TROY CROSS: Troy Cross is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College where he teaches courses on the philosophy of religion, color, and the philosophy of mind, as well as lecturing in the humanities program. Prior to coming to Reed in 2010, he held positions at Yale and Merton College, Oxford. Cross’s philosophical research interests center on foundational issues in metaphysics and epistemology, but has also been involved in bitcoin for over a decade, cultivating interest in a number of bitcoin-related issues in that time, most of all, the question of bitcoin mining’s present and future environmental impact.
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Saturday Feb 11, 2023
Basics_03: What Constitutes Good Money?
Saturday Feb 11, 2023
Saturday Feb 11, 2023
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 3. In this episode we examine what constitutes good money, examining monetary history with an eye on what produces the ultimate money–Bitcoin. We draw a contrast between hyperinflated and sound money, as well as unpack what monetary tools are most prone to work in the digital age. Josh & Dan are joined throughout this series by Seb Bunney and DazBea of Looking Glass Education.
**Error in the intro** - the Bitcoin 2023 Conference Promo code is "BCB23" (not BCB)
FULL BITCOIN BASICS SERIES HERE
WE COVER:
The characteristics of good & bad money
Weimar and Zimbabwe hyperinflation
Gresham's Law
Thier’s Law
Game theory
Path dependence
WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC:
Daz’s pick — Swan Signal w/ Leopard and Foss
Seb’s pick — Ethics of Money Production (Jorg Guido)
Josh’s pick — The Sovereign Individual (Reese-Mogg/Davidson)
Dan’s pick — 7th Property (Erick Yakes)
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Looking Glass Education
Blue Collar Bitcoin Resources Page (includes ColdCard guides)
Seb Bunney website/newsletter — The Qi of Self-Sovereignty
“When Money Dies” by Adam Fergusson
Their’s Law
The Sovereign Individual
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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Thursday Feb 02, 2023
BCB095_MATT PINES: Aliens, Geopolitics & Bitcoin
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Matt Pines, a cybersecurity and geostrategic intelligence consultant and a National Security Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, sits down with Josh & Dan to discuss the current geopolitical environment and Bitcoins potential involvement in the friction.
WE COVER:
China, Russia & current global tensions
Dollar and UST vulnerability
The role of Bitcoin within today’s geopolitical environment
Aliens and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
ITEMS MENTIONED
Expectation Value by Matt Pines
“The Future Geopolitical Order And Bitcoin: An Initial Assessment” by Matt Pines
Bitcoin Policy Institute
“Spies and Lies” by Alex Joske
“The Danger Zone” by Hal Brands & Michael Beckley
Bob Lazar on Joe Rogan
“Hedging Sanctions Risk: Cryptocurrency in Central Bank Reserves” by Matthew Ferranti
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
CAPITAL LOGISTICS — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies! Visit capitallogisticsllc.com.
ABOUT MATT PINES:
Matthew Pines is the Director for Security Intelligence at the Krebs Stamos Group where he works as a cybersecurity and geostrategic intelligence consultant. Previously he was a government consultant surrounding security and resilience challenges. He has conducted dozens of assessments of national preparedness, emerging technology, and strategic security programs. He strives to apply rigorous analytical methodologies to help policy-makers understand the implications of Bitcoin as an emerging technology for the benefit of the nation. As a National Security Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, he conducts research and analysis to help policy-makers understand the implications of Bitcoin as an emerging technology. He holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and Public Policy (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor’s degree in Physics and Philosophy (with Honors) from Johns Hopkins University.
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Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
BCB094_RYAN MACLEOD: The Nuclear Renaissance
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Ryan MacLeod is a Nuclear Laboratory Technologist at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Ryan joins Josh and Dan to discuss how nuclear energy is the cleanest and most logical power producer for the future, as well as how nuclear energy and Bitcoin complement each other.
WE COVER:
Nuclear Risks and Safety concerns
Why Dan and Josh are basically MDs
Nuclear waste disposal
Small modular reactors
How Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy compliment
Nuclear Fusion
ITEMS MENTIONED
Paper Ryan Macleod spearheaded – “Small Modular Reactors And Proof of Work Digital Asset Mining in Bitcoin”
“Bitcoin Is A Pioneer Species” by Brandon Quittem
Jason Lowery Lecture “How Bitcoin Is The New Internet”
John Lee Pettimore Tweet Storm
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain for sat streaming. Tips are open strike.me/bcb
TWITTER: You can follow us @blue_collarbtc, you can follow Ryan @NuclearBitcoinr
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Basics_02: Monetary History & The Rise of Bitcoin
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Part 2 of the Bitcoin Basics Series — a popcorn style chat centering around monetary history and where Bitcoin fits in. Daz & Seb from LookingGlass Education join Dan & Josh throughout this series.
FULL BITCOIN BASICS SERIES HERE
WE COVER:
The origins and history of money
The shortcomings of our current monetary system
What solutions does Bitcoin present?
WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC:
Daz’s pick — When Money Dies by Adam Fergusson
Seb’s pick — Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
Dan’s pick — “What Is Money, Anyway?” by Lyn Alden
Josh's pick --Shelling Out by Nick Szabo
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Looking Glass Education
BTC001 Podcast Episode w/ Preston Pysh and Robert Breedlove
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
“Bitcoin Is Time” by Gigi
“The World’s Money Problem” by Lyn Alden (December Newsletter)
What Has Government Done to Our Money? and The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar by Murray Rothbard
The Price of Time by Edward Chancellor
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
CAPITAL LOGISTICS — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies! Visit capitallogisticsllc.com.
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain for sat streaming. Tips are open strike.me/bcb
TWITTER: Follow Daz @dazbea1, Follow Seb @Sebbunney, Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC, Follow Looking Glass @LookingGlassEdu
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
BCB092_NVK: Why Dumb Protocols Dominate
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
NVK stops by for his 3rd round on Blue Collar Bitcoin. NVK, Josh & Dan revisit the storied golden dildo, then compose themselves and dig deep and get into the substance:
Protecting your Bitcoin
The Core Dev “hack”
Crypto Clown Land
FTX and the political aftermath
NOSTR
Dumb Networks
Coinkite developments
Large Pickles
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Bitcoin Review Podcast w/ NVK
NOSTR
Dumb Networks Are Better (Andreas Antonopoulous)
ColdCard Setup Guide
BTC Sessions
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
CAPITAL LOGISTICS — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies! Visit capitallogisticsllc.com.
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain for sat streaming. Tips are open strike.me/bcb
TWITTER: Follow NVK @NVK. Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
BCB091_LYN ALDEN: Strong Opinions Held Loosely, Bitcoin Held Tightly
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Lyn Alden stops by for take 2 on Blue Collar Bitcoin. Lyn, Josh & Dan hit a wide array of topics, including the current macro environment, the debt problems that plague modern fiat economies, and where BTC might enter the fray.
Random things about Lyn Alden
Recession incoming?
The long-term fiscal spiral
Bitcoin buying opportunity?
GBTC, Mining Stocks
Why the World's money is broken
Viable risks for Bitcoin
ITEMS MENTIONED:
LynAlden.com
“The Problems With DeFi & Crypto” by Lyn Alden
“The World’s Money Problem” - Lyn Alden Dec 2022 Newsletter
“The Long-Term Fiscal Spiral” - Lyn Nov 2022 Newsletter
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023 — promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
CAPITAL LOGISTICS — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies! Visit capitallogisticsllc.com.
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain for sat streaming. Tips are open strike.me/bcb
TWITTER: Follow Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact. Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Monday Dec 26, 2022
BCB090_CHECKMATE: Bitcoin Stands Alone (Ethereum vs. BTC)
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
James Check (aka Checkmate), on-chain analyst from Glassnode, joins Josh and Dan to talk about the complicated knots Ethereum has drawn itself into, Bitcoin bear market, and Bitcoin’s blind spots.
WE COVER:
Kite Surfing and Football (Soccer)
TA and On-Chain Analytics
Current Bear Market location
Ethereum–its issues after the Merge
How Stablecoins affect Ether
Steelmanning Bitcoin
Checkmate fully divested of Eth
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Checkmate’s “Why the Ethereum merge is a monumental blunder”
Lyn Alden’s “The Problems with DeFi & Crypto”
Lyn Alden’s December newsletter
Glassnode
SHOW SPONSORS:
**START9** — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node.
→Embassy One – A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core
→Embassy Pro –The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world
**SWAN** — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys.
→https://www.swanbitcoin.com/
→For a limited time, Swan is offering Swan Premium to Fire/Police/Military at swan.com/fire
**COINKITE** — Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including OPENDIME, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER, the SEEDPLATE, COLDPOWER, BLOCKCLOCK MINI & MICRO
→PROMO CODE “BCB” FOR DISCOUNT ON COLDCARD
→All available at coinkite.com
**CROWDHEALTH BTC** — Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process.
→Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
**CAPITAL LOGISTICS** — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies!
→capitallogisticsllc.com
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST:
—PODCAST 2.0 STREAMING: You can stream us fractions of a cent via Bitcoin sats on the Lightning Network! We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain)
—TIPS: strike.me/bcb (tips open on Twitter)
TWITTER: Follow Checkmate @_checkmatey_ (https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_) Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Monday Dec 19, 2022
BCB089_JEFF GERSON: Bitcoin Entrepreneurship
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Jeff Gerson, CEO of Capital Logistics, spends an hour with Josh & Dan to discuss Bitcoin in business, the entrepreneurial path, and current economic conditions.
WE COVER:
Incorporating Bitcoin in business
Stacking BTC on the company balance sheet
The entrepreneurial journey
The challenges of orange pilling during a bear market
Current state of the economy & shipping industry
$150k loads of cherries
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Capital Logistics
The Bitcoin Standard
SHOW SPONSORS:
**CAPITAL LOGISTICS** — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies!
→capitallogisticsllc.com
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**START9** — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node.
→Embassy One – A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core
→Embassy Pro –The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world
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**SWAN** — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys.
→https://www.swanbitcoin.com/
→For a limited time, Swan is offering Swan Premium to Fire/Police/Military at swan.com/fire
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**COINKITE** — Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including OPENDIME, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER, the SEEDPLATE, COLDPOWER, BLOCKCLOCK MINI & MICRO
→PROMO CODE “BCB” FOR DISCOUNT ON COLDCARD
→All available at coinkite.com
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**CROWDHEALTH BTC** — Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process.
→Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST:
—PODCAST 2.0 STREAMING: You can stream us fractions of a cent via Bitcoin sats on the Lightning Network! We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain)
—TIPS: strike.me/bcb (tips open on Twitter)
TWITTER: Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC, Follow Capital Logistics @log_cap, Follow Jeff Gerson @JeffGerson12
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Basics_01: Intro to Bitcoin
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 1. This chat is an introduction to a multipart series (out roughly once a month) where the fundamentals of Bitcoin are explored in laid back, conversational, round table type style. Josh & Dan will be joined throughout this series by Seb Bunney and DazBea of Looking Glass Education.
FULL BITCOIN BASICS SERIES HERE
WE COVER:
Daz, Seb, Josh, Dan backstories
The significance of the Bitcoin protocol
How & why Bitcoin realigns broken incentives in the world
What is money and why Bitcoin may be the best form our species has ever had
WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC:
Daz’s pick — The Bullish Case for Bitcoin (Vijay Boyapati)
Seb’s pick — The Price of Tomorrow (Jeff Booth)
Josh’s pick — Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Dan’s pick — “BTC001: Bitcoin Common Misconceptions” Podcast (Preston Pysh & Robert Breedlove)
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Looking Glass Education
Blue Collar Bitcoin Resources Page (includes ColdCard guides)
Seb Bunney website/newsletter — The Qi of Self-Sovereignty
”The Bullish Case for Bitcoin” by Vijay Boyapati
Preston Pysh
Andreas Antanopolous
”Bitcoin Is The Mycelium of Money” by Branden Quittem
Gigi Writing
Jason Lowery
“The Price of Tomorrow” by Jeff Booth
“Sapiens” by Yuval Harari
SHOW SPONSORS:
**START9** — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node.
→Embassy One – A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core
→Embassy Pro –The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world
**SWAN** — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys.
→https://www.swanbitcoin.com/
→For a limited time, Swan is offering Swan Premium to Fire/Police/Military at swan.com/fire
**COINKITE** — Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including OPENDIME, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER, the SEEDPLATE, COLDPOWER, BLOCKCLOCK MINI & MICRO
→PROMO CODE “BCB” FOR DISCOUNT ON COLDCARD
→All available at coinkite.com
**CROWDHEALTH BTC** — Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process.
→Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
**CAPITAL LOGISTICS** — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies!
→capitallogisticsllc.com
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST:
—PODCAST 2.0 STREAMING: You can stream us fractions of a cent via Bitcoin sats on the Lightning Network! We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain)
—TIPS: strike.me/bcb (tips open on Twitter)
TWITTER: Follow Daz @dazbea1, Follow Seb @Sebbunney, Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC, Follow Looking Glass @LookingGlassEdu
EMAIL: Send us questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
BCB087_MATT HILL: Taking Back Digital Sovereignty
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Matt Hill, CEO of Start9 Labs, does a deep dive into what’s gone wrong in the digital age, why the conventional computing model is broken, and what needs to be done to fix it.
WE COVER:
Opting out of the 3rd party computing paradigm
What’s wrong with today’s internet
Bitcoin as the bedrock of digital freedom & privacy
What’s being built at Start9 Labs w/ Embassy and why it’s important
Running your own personal server
The importance of Bitcoin nodes
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Start9 Labs
Atlas Shrugged
SHOW SPONSORS:
**START9** — Take back control of your data. Everything you do online is intermediated, your data custodied. Opt out by running a private server. Previously this was only available to the wealthy and the tech savvy. Start9 levels the playing field and makes it available to everyone else. Just as Windows and Mac made personal computers available to everyone, Start9 is making personal servers available to everyone. Start9 has many applications available including Bitcoin Core and lighting implementations.
-Embassy One – A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core
-Embassy Pro –The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world
**SWAN** — Buy Bitcoin with Swan! Own your Future! Swan’s Mission is to walk alongside you on your journey into Bitcoin, the future of money. Swan is the best way to build your Bitcoin stack, with automated Bitcoin savings plans and instant purchases. Serving clients of any size, from $10 to $10M+. Timing the market is foolish, Swan allows you to dollar cost average and protect yourself from…yourself! Setup recurring DCA and have your Bitcoin auto withdrawn to a wallet you control. Swan is THE BEST and SAFEST place to buy Bitcoin in our opinion. Swan.com. For a limited time, Swan is offering Swan Premium to Fire/Police/Military Swan.com/fire
**COINKITE** — Use PROMO CODE "BCB" for 5% off ColdCard purchases at coinkite.com; HERE is the BCB landing page to make purchases.
Makers or the best Bitcoin security hardware in the world.. Coinkite is the producer of the iconic ColdCard. ColdCard is widely regarded as the MOST secure signing device in existence, and can be used by beginners all the way up to the most advanced users (The 2 of us have relied on this device for years.) If you wanna get frisky, check out the BlockClock Mini, this beauty sits on a bookshelf or hangs on the wall and displays any metric about Bitcoin you can think of. BlockClock Mini is a lust worthy addition to any Bitcoiners home. Other Coinkite products include the OPENDIME, the SATSCARD, the TAPSIGNER, the SEEDPLATE, COLDPOWER, BlockClock Micro, and sweet hats. All available at coinkite.com
**CROWDHEALTH BTC** — Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care Crowdfunding to put decisions about your health back in YOUR hands. What if you didn’t have to pay healthcare premiums anymore? What if you could invest in bitcoin instead? With CrowdHealth, you can put aside money for health expenses in your own account, and even hold a large part of it in bitcoin — if bitcoin goes up, you get the upside — not big insurance companies. Go to joincrowdhealth.com and use code BLUE now and experience freedom from health insurance by utilizing Bitcoin!
**CAPITAL LOGISTICS** — Capital Logistics is a non-asset based third-party logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. There are countless details involved with carrying perishable freight, and we are extremely well-versed in all aspects. Capital Logistics offers personalized, 24/7 service, unparalleled visibility on your shipments, and the most competitive rates on both domestic LTL and FTL trucking and cold chain solutions. Capital Logistics is a Blue Collar Company supporting Blue Collar Bitcoin! They also STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies! Visit capitallogisticsllc.com
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST:
—PODCAST 2.0 STREAMING: You can stream us fractions of a cent via Bitcoin sats on the Lightning Network! We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain)
—TIPS: strike.me/bcb (https://strike.me/bcb/) (tips open on Twitter)
TWITTER: Follow Matt @_MattHill_, Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC
EMAIL: Send us questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

The Blue Collar Bitcoin Pod
Career firefighter/paramedics Josh & Dan explore the most important network and protocol in the world today—Bitcoin. Why it's important. The reason it matters within your investment portfolio. Its future implications. This show covers all things Bitcoin, finance, and economics.