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The journey from Normie to Bitcoiner.

Normal people tell the story of how they found the greatest money ever invented. Contact www.twitter.com/2BitIdiots if you'd like to come on as a guest.

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www.twitter.com/StackingHats and www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

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EP100 Not Out

EP100 Not Out

2023-08-2702:36

Thanks Idiots It's been...emotional. Onwards. #Bitcoin
This is the big one!   Today, we put some Bitcoin (1,432,047 Satoshis to be precise) in the hands of kids. It’s theirs, they own it, and we don’t have any say in how they save it or spend it.   I’ll not spoil the results here, but I do have some thankyous to give.    The Artists and their Parents  Bowdog Jr; Charlotte; Jasper; Evie; Harriet; Niels; Regan; India; Luna; Archer; Sabine; Frankie; Sena; Bellemy; Claudia; Samuel; and, Ava.    The Judges  Our kids    Those who kindly donated.   With a special mention to:  Scott, Mallory and Charlotte from www.shamory.com  HaggisHodl and AnAverageSalmon whose generosity kicked this off    The Inspiration  Pixel and Paul    To see the winning entries, go to:  https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition/  
We’ve always wanted to do an “Orange Pill Live” episode, to test our abilities in answering the questions of a precoiner and to see if (during the course of a podcast) we could convince someone to buy themselves their first Bitcoin.  That was the intention of this episode, but in the time it’s taken us to schedule the pod with Bernie, he’d already got himself off zero!  However, Bernie is Brendo’s mate, so we thought we’d go ahead with the call and press record anyway, and only publish it if we thought it might help someone out there.  It turns out, Bernie has gone from zero to well down the road of hero in 2 short months, but he gave us a great perspective on the issues and questions a new Bitcoiner has right now.    We discuss:  Bulked-up Brendo  “Crypto” misconceptions  What made Bernie take the first step into Bitcoin  The challenge of buying a home and deposit requirements  University (HECS) debt indexation  Lack of government support, lies about inflation, stimulus cheques, UBI and something having changed  Trying to outrun inflation  Savings accounts, stocks, risk taking and having a go  What Bernie did practically when he decided to buy some Bitcoin  Hot and Cold wallets  Understanding a non-physical asset  Personal responsibility, 2FA and key storage  Steel Seedplates  Speaking in Bitcoin or Sats  The gradually then suddenly event horizon  Volatility, risk taking and bag pumping  Rewards programmes  Why does Bitcoin crash and is it a buying opportunity  Murrurundi golf    Pod Shout-outs  HardBlock  https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/hats     The Bitcoin Adviser (Peter Dunworth)  *** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact    Bitcoin Bush Bash  http://bitcoinbushbash.info/       Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
EP97: Dunworth Squared

EP97: Dunworth Squared

2023-08-0601:42:16

*** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact    If you’ve not heard Peter Dunworth’s valuation model for Bitcoin (frankly, what are you doing with your life), go back and listen to episodes 70 and 77, but although he’s been spruiking it all over town and asking someone to challenge it, no one has...until now.  We, completely unfairly invited Pete back on under false pretences and then hit him with “his nemesis waiting in the green room”.  We wanted to see if we could shake his conviction or rattle his composure.  Listen to find out if we could.  Settle in with a coffee. This is long one.  We discuss:    Exponential rise of Bitcoin and fall of Fiat  Positioning and wealth preservation  The distinction between risk and volatility  Resistance to change  The opportunity of buying in a SMSF  The importance of mobile  Kids with Bitcoin wallets  Never needing a bank account  Blackrock, ETF’s and what does Larry Fink  Liquidity drain  Client’s will demand Bitcoin exposure from their financial adviser  Banking restrictions  Why does the bull run ever stop and the point of no return  Taking profit, a risk on behaviour  What happens when AI and the machines start draining liquidity  Why ransomware only ever wants Bitcoin  Uber  ELI5 and ELI2  The Bitcoin Adviser  Starved of original thought  Unit bias  Moving towards self-actualisation  Lambos and Yachts  Holy Moly and It’s a Knockout  An App Store for Keys    Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/MichaelDunwort1   https://twitter.com/wavlake   https://twitter.com/w_s_bitcoin   https://twitter.com/luke_broyles   https://twitter.com/BTCSchellingPt   https://twitter.com/Meta_Trav   https://twitter.com/AndyBTCAdviser   https://twitter.com/JakeBTCAdviser   https://twitter.com/Rob1Ham       *** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact     Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
Jesse (@Jessenostr) is a cafe owner (Rise Mofo in Toukley) and former pastor based on the Central Coast in NSW, Australia. This one was an absolute pleasure to do. I hope you get as much from it as we did. We hope we offend you all at least once. Deal with it, it’s fine.    We discuss:  Emerging from the Bitcoin wilderness  Was COVID the orange pill tipping point for learning  Starting a Central Coast Bitcoin meetup after attending the Newcastle meetup  I, Pencil  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67tHtpac5ws  How to orange pill a lady who just popped in for a coffee  The power of asking a question  A growth and fixed mindset  Encouraging effort over success  Being drawn into Christianity, becoming a pastor and then ultimately disillusioned  Having everything invested in your religion and losing it all  The similarities and differences between finding religion and finding Bitcoin  Don’t Trust, Verify  Community building in Bitcoin  The whole is greater than the sum of its parts  Faith  Evolutionary science  The HeartMath Institute  https://www.heartmath.org/  Energy shift in a room  Brain wallet bitcoiners  Pure truth  Accepting Bitcoin in your business and helping others to do the same  Long-term thinking for the Central Coast  Paying your staff to learn about Bitcoin  Bitcoin discounts  VoltPay  Freedom    Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/Talej  https://twitter.com/MichaelDunwort1  https://twitter.com/2300btc  https://twitter.com/_k3tan  https://twitter.com/HodlersWay  https://twitter.com/btcmap  https://twitter.com/VoltPayApp  https://twitter.com/theamberapp  https://twitter.com/Nackoo2000      Book Recommendations  Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck  https://amzn.to/3KoE0vH     *** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact     Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
Jeremy Majid is the CEO of the Australian Bitcoin Industry Body www.bitcoinindustrybody.org.au whose mission statement is:  “To serve as a voice for the Australian Bitcoin Industry. We welcome open and constructive dialogue with Government and Media and are available to assist with any and all Bitcoin related matters.”  There will be sceptics amongst you (I’m one of them), but not about the intentions of ABIB, more the willingness of government to engage in an honest and sincere dialogue. In this one we discuss the problem and how ABIB can be part of the solution. As always...make your own mind up.  “Knowing” bitcoiners you’ve never met  Anger at fiat jobs  Forex trading, gold, silver and why we're not going back to a gold standard  Taking control of your finances  Finding like-minded friends at a Bitcoin meetup  Product Manager at HardBlock  Self-taught learning  Blockchain Australia  Long-term thinking makes volatility easier to manage  You don’t need a lot  Use Bitcoin and testnet  Price inflation examples  Changing beliefs  Survivors guilt  Feature development at HardBlock  https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/hats   Who is ABIB  Interacting with AUSTRAC  Holding 2% of foreign exchange reserves in Bitcoin  The Moon Landings and conspiracy  Scams in Bitcoin  Bitcoin business networking    Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/AusBTCIndBody  https://twitter.com/saylor   https://twitter.com/danWilcz   https://twitter.com/rusty_twit   https://twitter.com/JP_Technology   https://twitter.com/stephanlivera  https://twitter.com/citadeldispatch  https://twitter.com/dazbea  https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh  https://twitter.com/EthanBitcoin  https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr  https://twitter.com/OdyseeTeam  https://twitter.com/BitcoinMoonFund  https://twitter.com/_k3tan      Book Recommendations  The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous  https://amzn.to/3rJpk3X     Enter or Support the Kids Art Competition  https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition/   At least 1,432,047 sats to be won!    *** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact     Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
If you don’t know what they are, whatever you do, don’t look it up or listen to this podcast.  There is no one that can segue from high voltage power transmission to upper decker’s and back quite like Daz Bea.  Yes, what’s happening in our world right now is damn serious, but we all need to find the fun in it too and that’s why we keep asking Daz onto the pod.  He brings a wealth of knowledge around electricity, net zero targets, issues and opportunities in Australia and beyond, is a founding member of Looking Glass Education, is a proud family man and Queenslander, sings at the weekend and writes books in his ‘spare’ time.  I’m tired just reading that!    This time we discuss:  State of Origin  LIV Golf   Family priorities  Twitter v Nostr (particularly Primal)  Protocols v Platforms  Nostr documentary  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-jiiepOrE  Puppies  Net zero future and 100% renewables  Energy mix, grid stability and Bitcoin mining in Australia and beyond  Understanding at a regulatory and political level  Who pays for the grid  National Electricity Market Data  https://opennem.org.au/   Pumped hydro, solar and hydrogen production efficiency  Being able to argue the counter argument  Electricity transmission and cost  Paid Zoom and AirBNB shitcoiners  Snakes, frogs and spiders  Rural power demands  National grid v Local generation  SWER network and outback Australia  Getting vocal with your MP  Bitcoin Bush Bash, 29-30 July, Palm Cove Surf Club, QLD  Seizing the right opportunity      Pod Shout-outs  @MirbooHodl (Nostr)  https://twitter.com/itsmaxdemarco   https://primal.net/jack   https://primal.net/andi  https://twitter.com/BTCBrisket   https://twitter.com/LookingGlassEdu  https://twitter.com/Croesus_BTC  https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive  https://twitter.com/roger__9000   https://twitter.com/TboneHODL  https://twitter.com/Bquittem  https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash  https://twitter.com/Mtheadventuross  https://twitter.com/Lightsats21      Book Recommendations  B is for Bitcoin, by Daz Bea and Seb Bunney   https://amzn.to/3rw9vgL     Enter or Support the Kids Art Competition  https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition/   At least 1,432,047 sats to be won!    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com  *** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at https://www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact
www.breez.technology has been around for a while, and to be honest I didn’t know much about it, so when Ivan reached out to have a chat it seemed like as good a time as any to start learning.  Located in Sofia, Bulgaria, Ivan (@Nackoo2000) is the Chief of Staff (Chief of Stuff) and first non-developer to work for Breez. He’s my favourite type of bitcoiner...the ones that are here for the mission first, knowing the money will take care of itself.    We discuss:  Primal on Nostr (desktop). 100x improvement  Being orange-pilled by your lady  Devoting a holiday to prove her wrong  We’re all on the same team. Love not money  Bitcoiners with conviction are those who first tried to prove it a scam  Bitcoin striking an intense emotional button  The ultimate measuring stick is unit of energy  The challenge of explaining Bitcoin to loved ones  Not asking for permission. Just starting and trying to make an impression  The practicalities of remote working  Being aligned on the mission and genuine care for your colleagues  Bitcoiners coming out of the shadows in Bulgaria  The functionality of Breez and the importance of Lightning as the medium of exchange   Lightning Service Providers  Business and Personal Goals  Custodial versus Non-Custodial and improving reliability  Saving versus Using Bitcoin  Spending Sats creates another node in the network  Instant settlement  Aligning incentives and split payments  Consequences for cheating    Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/Breez_Tech   https://twitter.com/JasonPLowery   https://twitter.com/JeffBooth   https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss   https://twitter.com/natbrunell   https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm  https://twitter.com/fountain_app  https://twitter.com/BullBitcoin_  https://twitter.com/Mtheadventuross      Enter or Support the Kids Art Competition  www.bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition   At least 1,222,047 sats to be won!  Plus, prizes from www.shamory.com       Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
Some would call it Karma.  The more you try to do good, the more good seeks you out.    We started the Kids Art Competition with a modest 200,000 Satoshi’s to give away and our fingers crossed, but at time of writing, that prize is now 1,222,047 sats. Cool, right (thanks to all the supporters).    We also got an e-mail from Scott and Mallory Sibley, whose daughter Charlotte wanted to enter the competition, and they wanted to add a few prizes as well (if that didn’t disqualify Charlotte!)    They have kindly offered to donate a copy of their books “Goodnight Bitcoin” and “If You Give a Monster a Bitcoin” to the winner of the 0–4-year-old competition, and a copy of their game “SHAmory” to the winners of the other 3 age groups.  Plus, there will be a 50% discount at www.shamory.com to all those who enter the competition.    We are very grateful for this kind gesture.  So, get creative kids!    We asked them to come on the podcast to tell their story.  We discuss:    Pacific Time minimalism  Recognising that Bitcoin families working and learning together is important  Teaching in a fun way  Bringing the skills you have into Bitcoin  Realising that you’re part of something special  Simplifying complex concepts  Satoshi and Hal  Manufacturing a product with no experience  SHAmmy for Africa  Built with Bitcoin  Raising money to build a water well  Finding a Bitcoin designer  Selling bracelets for Satoshis      Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinConf  https://twitter.com/rjames_BTC   https://twitter.com/builtwithbtc   https://twitter.com/YusufBWB   https://twitter.com/BitcoinerJobs  https://twitter.com/pacificbitcoin   https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive   https://twitter.com/geyserfund   https://twitter.com/Paulbuybtc   https://twitter.com/PrinceySOV  https://twitter.com/CryptoCloaks   https://twitter.com/BtcPins       Book Recommendations  Goodnight Bitcoin, https://shamory.com/product-category/books/   If You Give a Monster a Bitcoin  Bitcoin Money: A Tale of Bitville Discovering Good Money, https://amzn.to/44BpOr7       Enter or Support the Kids Art Competition  https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition/   At least 1,222,047 sats to be won!    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
We start with a quick shill for the Australian Bitcoin Industry Body’s petition for the RBA to hold 2% of assets in Bitcoin. More details at:  https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN5167  CLOSING DATE FOR SIGNATURES IS 12 JULY 2023.    For more details, listen to this discussion with Dale and Jeremy on The Why Bitcoin Show:  https://fountain.fm/episode/cRv5zTAB4DiYoTqCdFs1     Brendo and I are golfers...not great golfers, but we try. So, when MirbooHodl / GreatGrandMan (Dom. A Nostr maxi. Npub below) reached out a couple of weeks ago about a Golf meets Bitcoin project – 88 Sats – we wanted to talk about it.  I’ll be honest and say there were a couple of red flags, but after some back and forth over Nostr DM’s we realised that Dom was an open book and was happy for us to question the maxi credentials of the project.  More than anything, this a pod about community building in a Bitcoin world. We discuss:    Can 88 bitcoiners buy a golf course  How long will it take and how to store the Bitcoin until then  Why 1 Aussie “oddball” from Victoria wants to own a golf course in Canada  Running golf tournaments with Satoshi prizes  Creating a Bitcoin only community and a circular economy    88 Sats: Npub1ke3gzakud8hvdpmxxkhzymf87tkznnhmlj78gdqj4t9rqqmkhlws52gfzw  Jor: Npub103m96sra82w4agghew9cdxtzs4s8sl7qsjsvw6h653yml0gjrkzqefd3h5    Finding Bitcoin without social media  Primed for Bitcoin after going down the carnivore and regenerative agriculture rabbit holes  Wearing the Bitcoin merch in your fiat world  Low time preference  Building a node within 3 weeks of buying his first Bitcoin  Leaving the nihilism behind  Allergy to bureaucracy     Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/AusBTCIndBody  https://twitter.com/farmerjen55  https://twitter.com/whybitcoinshow  https://twitter.com/KNGgolf  https://twitter.com/triggerpod  https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin  https://twitter.com/francisjfoster  https://twitter.com/saifedean  https://twitter.com/saylor  https://twitter.com/Blue_CollarBTC   https://twitter.com/dazbea1  https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash  https://twitter.com/BTCsessions  https://twitter.com/AndyBTCAdviser  https://twitter.com/GazLarking  https://twitter.com/PeterBTCAdviser  https://twitter.com/PerthHeat  https://twitter.com/btcessex  https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin      Npubs  Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9  MirbooHodl: npub1jeyv5qwg4286fm68vwj93yr53xv9g799w9vcz8al8mkkz36wkt4qektpt7    Book Recommendations  The Bitcoin Standard, https://amzn.to/3PA1MIG   The Fiat Standard, https://amzn.to/3PH7loG   Golf in the Kingdom Michael Murphy, https://amzn.to/46seqQ5     Support the Kids Art Competition  https://geyser.fund/project/2bitidiots  More than a million sats to be won! 
We've had a lot of smart guests recently, which is great, but sometimes your brain needs a break and just needs to listen to Brendo (yeah ok...me too).    In this pod we address all the low-brow issues of the day like:    Brendo not washing for 5 years and wasting so many sats on fixing a shitcoin tiler’s mistake.  How should we vett guests  Family feuds  The art competition prize up to 837,000 sats!  Details at https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition/   Giving away a million dollars to children  Imposter syndrome  Apple versus Nostr  Epic Games and Fortnite  Efficient Market Hypothesis  A ticking timebomb in Car Finance?  US public debt increase in 11 days  Bitcoin Ratchet Theory  A turd on your sandwich    Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/MichaelDunwort1  https://twitter.com/PeterBTCAdviser  https://twitter.com/Bitkiwi1  https://twitter.com/satstothemoon  https://twitter.com/BVBTC  https://twitter.com/geyserfund  https://twitter.com/getAlby  https://twitter.com/Dale21M  https://twitter.com/the_Bowdog  https://twitter.com/allenf32  https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_  https://twitter.com/Bitcoinfinity  https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_      Tweet of the Week  https://twitter.com/Bitcoinfinity/status/1583951526657417216    Dick of the Day  @Apple    Ways to Earn Bitcoin  https://bitcoin-first.com/earn    Npubs  Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Support the Kids Art Competition  https://geyser.fund/project/2bitidiots  Nearly a million sats to be won! 
Anyone we’ve met in person will verify that my hair isn’t one of my strengths. Brendo would claim it’s one of his, but that’s a matter of opinion. So, you’d be forgiven for wondering what the hell we’re doing talking to a hairdresser on the podcast.    Frankly, if you’d asked us a month ago if that would ever happen, I imagine a hearty laugh would have been the response. But...a month is a long time in Bitcoin!    Aaron reached out to have a chat and told us that we needed to hear about the confluence of Bitcoin and Hairdressing. So, who the hell are we to dismiss something we had zero knowledge of. And, you know what, he was totally right!    We discuss:  Irresponsible parenting and nasty DM’s  Eurovision  Bitcoin meetups in Essex www.t.me/bitcoinessex  Mainstream clickbait and weather warnings  Extreme career change and the importance of enjoying what you do even if it means starting from the bottom  Supermodels and A-listers  Fiat sucking the life out of the UK hairdressing industry  Shrinkflation  Fear of speaking up  The problem with minimum wages  Unintended consequences when you remove the free market and skew incentives  www.GoSalon.uk   Our poor shampoo choices  Rip-off culture  The power of the QR code. Connecting the physical with the digital.  Win/Win relationships  95% rejection to begin with, but those early adopters are winning  Bizarro Superman  Discounts for Bitcoin gives you a double dip  “Bitcoin Accepted” on invoices  Looking for the pain points in your industry  Static URL’s for curry  Bcash trolling  Small businesses getting rekt by lockdowns  Bitcoin being easier to navigate in real life  Hanging on to a maximalist  Buying the Bitcoin domain for your town      Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/Excellion   https://twitter.com/Bitkiwi1  https://twitter.com/satstothemoon  https://twitter.com/aantonop  https://twitter.com/saifedean  https://twitter.com/ToneVays  https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog  https://twitter.com/mollsoneminding  https://twitter.com/OneMinding_  https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash  https://twitter.com/BitcoinerEvents  https://twitter.com/Bridge2Bitcoin    Npubs  Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Support the Kids Art Competition  https://geyser.fund/project/2bitidiots  Nearly a million sats to be won! 
Do you have a creative kid? Are you always talking about Bitcoin? Could they create a piece of art that is their interpretation of what it is you go on about all the time?  To celebrate reaching 100 shows on the 2-Bit Idiots podcast, we’ve decided to run a Kids Art Competition and give away 50,000 sats to the winners in each age group.    The Rules  There are 4 ages categories (4 and under, 5-8, 9-12, and 13-16). Age on 31/7/23 We will accept a maximum of 21 entries in each category  Any type of art is accepted (painting, drawing, digital, sculpture, photograph etc)  Winners will be judged by our kids. Their decision is final.  You keep the original art. All entries to be submitted to 2BitIdiotsPodcast@gmail.com by 31st July 2023 or when the group has received the maximum number of entries (whichever comes sooner).  Please include their name (pseudonyms are fine), age group, country and a contact e-mail address for their parent/guardian if they win.  Winners will be invited on to our 100th podcast with their parent to tell us about their art and be awarded their prize.  All entries will be displayed by age group at: https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition   Good luck. We can’t wait to see what you come up with.    To hear the background and inspiration for this project please listen to: https://fountain.fm/episode/tjXExsVmrqO21cd98sNR If you’d like to donate some sats to the project, please do so via our GeyserFund page.   https://geyser.fund/project/2bitidiots   All sats donated here will be given to the kids. Let’s see if we can do something special and mint some new maxis!  Thank you to Pixel, Paul, Haggis, Salmon and our kids for your generosity and inspiration.  #ForTheKids
While most of us spend years trying to convince our cousin/sibling/mum that we’re not crazy and that “it might make sense just to get some in case it catches on”, there are others among us that are operating at an altogether higher level. Samson Mow is one of those people.    As the CEO of JAN3, he’s working on nation-state adoption and accelerating hyperbitcoinization, but he didn’t set out to do that, it just happened one day.    He kindly took some time out of his hectic schedule to hang out with a couple of Idiots.  Here’s what we discussed:    Will we ever operate on block time so that time difference is no longer a thing (we sound rough in the morning!)  The state of DMs when you have a large following  How to prioritise your workload  The mission of JAN3 (top-down and bottom-up)  How opportunities present themselves  Varying levels of knowledge, understanding and receptivity  Explaining that Bitcoin is just Money  Awareness of money being devalued versus the high time preference nature of politics  The next El Salvador. Mexico? Bitcoin becoming a key part of political discourse. RFK The importance of face-to-face, particularly in removing the fear of asking questions  How many of us must understand Bitcoin  Taking a break after hyperbitcoinization and the timescale for that  The most powerful force is necessity (Argentina, Lebanon)  Adopting Bitcoin before your value is destroyed  The problem with centralised power  The pros and cons of living on a Bitcoin standard  The decline in developed countries  Brendo’s unsuccessful application  Infinite Fleet and gaming  Fads  Australia and Canada  Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/JAN3com  https://twitter.com/Pixelmatic  https://twitter.com/InfiniteFleet  https://twitter.com/jackmallers   https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeach  https://twitter.com/nayibbukele  https://twitter.com/Blockstream  https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr  https://twitter.com/MiprimerBTC  https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre  https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive  https://twitter.com/BTCBrisket  https://twitter.com/THNDRGAMES  https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss  https://twitter.com/AlboMP      Book Recommendations  Check Your Financial Privilege by @gladstein  https://amzn.to/45Q2nM1     Npubs  Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Support the Podcast  https://geyser.fund/project/2bitidiotspodcast Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com
It's like buses. You don't see one for ages and then 2 come along at once! But seriously, Christmas dinner at the Dunworth’s must be an interesting experience.    Michael is the time travelling bitcoiner, that has locked Bitcoin in 2140 to ensure miners still have an incentive to mine even once the final block reward is issued. That’s a great story – it's a wonderful story – but you may have heard it at Bitcoin Alive, a bush bash or on another podcast that Michael has done (we’d recommend EP96 of Meyrick’s Dabbling Path, EP5 with Discovering Bitcoin and the recent release from The Why Bitcoin Show).    We’ve delayed doing this one, because frankly we didn’t know what we could add, but once we realised the answer to that was Nothing, we decided to just get together and shoot the shit because he’s a fun bloke to share a beer with. We discuss:    The return of the alpha  Sats or Bits  Halving, Halvening or Hal Finney-ing  Iron Man and Proof or Work  Having someone on your journey  Consistently showing up  Fixed interest rates in Australia  Dropping/Opting out of university  Startup culture, strategies, risk and Wyre  Egotistical restaurant owners  When you should change your beliefs and opinions  Seeing life through the Bitcoin filter  Bitcoin miners are just monkeys  Seeing the tech before the money  Satoshi  AI as the biggest inflection point of Bitcoin adoption  SegWit2x and the power of the node  Ordinals  Backing yourself, but having support in your corner  The warped VC industry    Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/C_Shaughnessy  https://twitter.com/nwoodfine  https://twitter.com/richardbensberg  https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss  https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive  https://twitter.com/TonyRobbins  https://twitter.com/_k3tan    Npubs  Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com  
Lurk on Twitter – Tick  Attend a BushBash – Tick  Wearing the Bitcoin Alive T-Shirt – Tick  What next - Maybe it’s time for you to cross the ditch?    We sit down Paul and Dan (2/3 of the Bit Kiwi movement) to find out exactly how things are in New Zealand (Paraparaumu) at grass roots level, the projects they are involved in and hear just how loose meetups are in Auckland. We also discuss:  Getting children to buy beer to gain KYC free sats ;-)  Remembering Anon's names in real life  Getting into Bitcoin with your childhood friends and becoming a maximalist within a few months  Showing up at a CRYpTocurrEnCy shit show, showed them the need to create a Bitcoin only alternative  The secrets to being a “professional” podcaster  Attending their first meetup in Auckland inspiring the creation of Bit Kiwi, which started in Wellington, then Christchurch but is now going national and becoming an event  Using lightning to engage new bitcoiners  A meetup library and a lightning ATM  Orange-pilling your family  Running an S19 in your house and heating your swimming pool with immersion mining, and using 0% government loans to pay for it  Being accused of being in a cult in work meetings  The Wellington Elbow and the Sleeve of Shame  Cost of living in NZ  Contact Bitcoinmagazine@bitkiwi.co.nz if you want a copy of Bitcoin Magazine in New Zealand or Australia (issues 27 and 28).    Bit Kiwi Meetup Schedule  VI: 22nd Jul 2023. Fork and Brewer. Wellington. 2pm  VII: 28th Oct 2023. Brothers Beer. Mt Eden, Auckland. 2pm  VIII: 17th Feb 2024. Venue TBC. Queenstown.     Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/tip_nz   https://twitter.com/jamesviggy  https://twitter.com/kiwilambnz  https://twitter.com/simonocollins  https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive   https://twitter.com/walletofsatoshi  https://twitter.com/r0bertclarkson  https://twitter.com/BTCNautilus  https://twitter.com/TTOVpodcast  https://twitter.com/babeswhobitcoin   https://twitter.com/BTCsessions   https://twitter.com/the_wild_chiro   And go eat at the Khmer restaurant in Christchurch    Link to the Beer tweet  https://twitter.com/Bitkiwi1/status/1652587379625189379      Book Recommendations  The Little Bitcoin Book by The Bitcoin Collective  Sovereignty Through Mathematics by @knutsvanholm  The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by @real_vijay  The Bitcoin Standard by @saifedean  B is for Bitcoin by @dazbea1 and @sebbunney    Dick of the Day  https://twitter.com/Airbnb  Npubs   Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com
Paul is a husband, dad, business owner and now bitcoiner, based in Victoria, Australia.     We first met at a BitcoinBushBash (are you noticing a theme) in 2022, again at Bitcoin Alive in 2023 and now he joins us on the pod to tell his story.     This one will resonate with business owner/operators who have had to navigate through a difficult few years, since that thing which we cannot mention and the government overreach in response to the thing that we cannot mention. You know the thing. THE THING.     But more importantly, as we come out the other side, the hope we all feel thanks to the positive changes and outcomes we see in our move towards a Bitcoin Standard.    We discuss:    Brendo selling his chairs  Why are Bitcoin conversations more comfortable  Surviving the business turmoil caused by the hardest lockdown in the world  Burning through the rainy-day account  The “recession we had to have”  The inevitability of our high inflation environment  Working on a 200-year plan   The manipulation of the system against everyday people  Operating in both the Bitcoin and Fiat systems  Personal responsibility  Estate planning  Government poor decision-making forcing individuals to find answers elsewhere  The Bitcoin safety net  Interest rate rises and black swan events  Spending less than you earn and living frugally  Giving yourself choices in life  Families attending Bitcoin meetups, and allowing kids to learn by being in the room  Art by Pixel  Being the example for your children and creating learning experiences  The difficulties incorporating Bitcoin payments into your business  Australians not appreciating the hardships being felt in other countries      Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive   https://twitter.com/SharkGregNorman   https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash   https://twitter.com/theamberapp   https://twitter.com/jack       Npubs   Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
We’re testing ourselves. We’ve been around this sausage-fest so long that we’re not sure if we can still talk to girls.  But we outright refuse to do it for diVersiTY’s sake. Meritocracy in all things. And quite frankly, this young woman is way ahead of most of you guys.    Once Brendo got passed his awkward giggling, we discuss:  The Scottish accent being better than the Aussie  Whilst freelance writing during a gap-year from studying Law, a client wanted to pay with Bitcoin.  The regret of selling your early Bitcoin  How you cannot be a personal finance “expert” without ever owning Bitcoin  Creating a savings plan with Bitnob, reviewing the app, interviewing the CEO and ultimately becoming the manager of their podcast.  Streaming Bitcoin games on Twitch, and creating your setup and affiliate account  Streaming Sats to viewers  Satoshi TV “Bitcoin Lifestyle”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDM1eWTtcfE     Her understanding of Nigeria, Turkey and the Philippines (and how different cultures see, engage and adopt Bitcoin)  International trade between Nigeria and China using Bitcoin to settle   Raising children with the culture you set for yourself  Why living on a Bitcoin standard is easier in the Philippines  Adoption through gaming  Orange-pilling in a way that is relevant to the person you’re speaking to.  The parallel market for the Nigeria Naira    Twitch streaming THNDR games  https://solitaire.thndr.games/r/MwnY   Zebedee streamer  https://streamer.zebedee.io/login   BitRefill  https://www.bitrefill.com/signup?code=tu6wub71     Streaming sats to your viewers  Bitcoin eSports  The use case for Bitcoin is better seen in developing countries    Watch Mary play Bitcoin Games  www.twitch.tv/maryimasuen     Ways to Earn Bitcoin  www.bitcoin-first.com/earn     Pod Shout-outs  www.twitter.com/timevalueofbtc   www.twitter.com/btcturk   www.twitter.com/Pouch_PH   www.twitter.com/Bitnob_official   www.twitter.com/BitcoinEkasi   www.twitter.com/THNDRGAMES  www.twitter.com/jackeveritt   www.twitter.com/zebedeeio   www.twitter.com/getAlby   www.twitter.com/PerthHeat       Npubs   Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
Bitcoin sends you off in directions you never dreamed you would go.  In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be helping Roger at a woman’s wellness Bitcoin chocolate making session.  A bunch of words I never thought I’d use in the same sentence! But here we are.    Roger is first and foremost a lovely guy, but he also has a unique story...so let’s tell it:    We discuss:  The origins of his pseudonym  My Captain Pugwash facts were NOT true  Bitcoiners as constant dreamers or the most grounded people around  Imagination and creativity  Self-Identity  The pursuit of truth  His unique style of driving  Improving your eyesight  Fasting  Trust in institutions  Bitcoin’s inclusivity  Freedom of expression  Fear of acceptance as an artist  Leaning into your weird  Satoshi ‘73  Chocolate workshops  Conferences to become festivals    Links to all of Roger’s work (music, chocolate, podcast, YouTube etc) can be found @  www.roger9000.com    Ways to Earn Bitcoin  www.bitcoin-first.com/earn     Pod Shout-outs  www.twitter.com/BitcoinAlive   www.twitter.com/maxkeiser   www.twitter.com/stacyherbert   www.twitter.com/BTCBrisket   www.twitter.com/knutsvanholm   www.twitter.com/nozomimagine   www.twitter.com/wavlake   www.twitter.com/fountain_app   www.twitter.com/rjames_BTC   www.twitter.com/JoeMartinMusic   www.twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash   www.twitter.com/Shevacai  www.twitter.com/jacobcollier  www.twitter.com/Mtheadventuross   www.twitter.com/BTC_honeybadger   www.twitter.com/HodlersWay     Npubs   Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
We’re telling a story. We didn’t set out to tell a story – in fact we rarely set out with any coherent plan – but we’re telling a story, nonetheless.    This is Owen’s story.     He’s an Aussie with a background in organic farming certification. We first met at a Bitcoin Bush Bash in 2020, visited his farm in 2021 (Episode 22), spoke to him from his El Salvador scoping trip in May 2022 (Episode 43) from next door to Mrs Bukele (Episode 61) and now here we are again. It’s a fascinating progression of a doer rather than a talker, and I’d highly recommend you go back over the previous episodes to get the full picture.    We discuss:  Starting a beef business in El Salvador and partnering with pro-Bitcoin locals  Types of farming and the challenge of the wet and dry seasons  The current quality of beef and the inclusion of chemical additives (fiat incentives)  Only accepting Bitcoin in the business  Blink wallet  Hedging volatility  Residency and visa options  Brain drain starting to reverse  Opportunity everywhere with huge tax incentives  Seeking entrepreneurial influence  Bukele’s majority means that all bills pass  Muh roads in Guatemala. Government versus Private  News from El Salvador  www.elsalvadorinenglish.com   Nostrica  www.nostrica.com   General Bitcoin adoption and friction in all financial transactions  Paying almost all bills in Bitcoin    Where to Buy Beef in El Salvador  www.beefbackbetter.com     Ways to Earn Bitcoin  https://bitcoin-first.com/earn     Pod Shout-outs  www.twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash   www.twitter.com/PoweredbyIBEX   www.twitter.com/blinkbtc   www.twitter.com/GaloyMoney   www.twitter.com/BitcoinJungleCR   www.twitter.com/ElSalvadorVisas   www.twitter.com/jack   www.twitter.com/AthenaBitcoin   www.twitter.com/modernTman   www.twitter.com/BitcoinAlive   www.twitter.com/PrinceySOV     Npubs Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com 
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