The Bitcoin Reserve Podcast

In this episode of The Bitcoin Reserve Podcast, the team engages in a deep conversation with Erik Cason, a passionate advocate for Bitcoin. The discussion revolves around the transformative potential of Bitcoin, its implications for global economies, and the ethical considerations surrounding the current financial system. Erik provides a unique American perspective, emphasizing the importance of self-sovereignty and the role of Bitcoin in achieving it. Erik and the Bitcoin Reserve team discuss: - The origins of cryptography and how this relates to bitcoin - The potential of bitcoin to transform global economies. - Ethical implications of the current financial system. - The importance of self-sovereignty in the context of Bitcoin. - The dangers of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). - The impact of bitcoin on regions like Africa. - The legacy and future of bitcoin adoption. - The importance of self-custody in the bitcoin ecosystem. - Erik's upcoming book and his philosophical approach to bitcoin. Erik's on X - https://twitter.com/Erikcason Erik on Nostr - npub1ljsr8zk9gp3qtlu56cmv5t9tul2g8s8yky2w0f8jdkv3sdne4lhshljtwg Erik's website - https://cryptosovereignty.org/ Erik's new book - https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/products/cryptosovereignty Bitcoin Reserve on X - https://twitter.com/BTCReserveHQ Bitcoin Reserve on Nostr - npub1et8205xq54alghgq7n2n7tskwqptwkya8le20w09kketgvrh32dsl7mrat

A few hours before US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he plans to back US treasury bills with bitcoin and cancel capital gains tax on bitcoin, we sat down with the CEO of Jan3, Samson Mow. Jan3 is actively educating nation states around the world about what adopting bitcoin could mean for their long-term future.

Samson and the Bitcoin Reserve team discuss:

- Why nation state adoption of bitcoin makes sense

- Why both developed countries and the global South need bitcoin

- Why hyperbitcoinization might happen faster than most expect

- The use case of stablecoins as an intermediate step towards bitcoin adoption

- The advantages of the Liquid sidechain vs. Tron or Ethereum

- The ambitions of Jan3's AquaWallet

- Why Samson thinks CBDCs will fail

- How China's bitcoin ban hasn't killed bitcoin in China

Samson's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Excellion

Jan3's Twitter - https://twitter.com/JAN3com

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Bram Kanstein is a Dutch startup growth & product strategy coach who recently came out as a long-term bitcoiner. In his first appearance on a bitcoin podcast, he tells about his personal bitcoin journey.

On this episode, Bram and the team discuss:

- His background in fintech innovation at several banks

- How he discovered bitcoin and formed his own thesis around it

- How we aren't taught what money is and how it works

- The link between money and energy

- Experiences and lessons from trying to orange pill friends

- Why the fiat system cannot really innovate from within

Bram's Twitter - https://twitter.com/bramk

Bram's website - https://startwithbitcoin.com/

Bitcoin Reserve's Twitter - https://twitter.com/BTCReserveHQ

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This week we're joined by Dave Birnbaum, Director of Product at the Bitcoin-only app, Coinbits.

Before Dave went full time into bitcoin, he spent many years working for multiple technology companies in Silicon Valley.

We discuss:

- How Dave discovered bitcoin through working in the technology sector

- Gold vs bitcoin

- The bitcoin industry as a whole and the types of people it attracts

- How to orange pill others

- The future of the world on a bitcoin standard

- The products Coinbits is building

- Bitcoin privacy

Dave’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/contrarymo

Coinbits Twitter - https://twitter.com/coinbitsapp  

Coinbits website - https://coinbits.app/

This week we're joined by Endi Zekaj, A Norwegian retired professional soccer player turned bitcoiner. After ending his soccer career, Endi went full-time into bitcoin and recently founded his own bitcoin consultancy company - The Bitcoin Way.

We discuss:

- Life as a professional soccer player

- How bitcoin influenced his choices

- The ins and outs of the Norwegian bitcoin space

- Why millionaires are leaving Norway in hordes

- Common bitcoin FUD

- How The Bitcoin Way got started and what they're doing

Endi's Twitter - https://twitter.com/ZekajEndi

The Bitcoin Way Twitter - https://twitter.com/thebitcoinway_

Bitcoin Way website - https://thebitcoinway.com/

In this episode, we're joined by Alejandro Muyshondt, currently serving within the Salvadoran government as the National Security Advisor. Alejandro is the person who introduced the Salvadoran leadership to bitcoin.

We discuss:

- His early days as a hacker

- How he got introduced to bitcoin

- How bitcoin played a role in the rise of "Nuevas Ideas"

- How El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender

- The origins of local gangs and the fight to eradicate them

- The changes El Salvador is going through in recent years

- Perspectives on the future of countries that follow its example

Alejandro's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMuyshondt

Alejandro's Nostr:

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Bitcoin Reserve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTCreserveHQ

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In this week's episode, we're joined by Luke Mikic, a bitcoin focused content creator, podcaster and writer. Originally from Australia, Luke now embraces the digital nomad lifestyle and has spent the last few years on the road while creating content for Coin Beast.

We discuss:

- How we could be living through the 4th turning

- The similarities between bitcoin and the industrial revolution

- How bitcoin fits the digital nomad lifestyle

- Why bitcoin, not crypto

- How bitcoin adoption could play out

- Why bitcoin will be just as disruptive to the future of humanity as the printing press

Luke's twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeMikic21

Luke's substack: http://lukemichaelmikic.substack.com

Coin Beast website: https://www.coinbeast.com/

Bitcoin Milkshake theory article by Luke: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/weaponized-us-dollar-for-global-hegemony

Marko Benovic is the founder of Inevitable BTC. A consultancy company that helps individuals and companies adopt a bitcoin standard. Marko was born and raised in former Yugoslavia and tells the mind-boggling story of how he experienced rampant hyperinflation in his childhood. The Bitcoin Reserve team and Marko discuss:

- Hyperinflation in former Yugoslavia

- The impact of inflation on people and society

- How reading "The Bitcoin Standard" popped the bubble of his education as a Keynesian economist

- Bitcoin adoption in former Yugoslav countries

- Malinvestment under the fiat monetary standard

- The road to hyperbitcoinization

- Common bitcoin FUD Marko encounters in his consultancy work

- The challenges of orange pilling the next generation of bitcoiners

Links:

Marko's Twitter: https://twitter.com/InevitableBTC_

Inevitable BTC website: https://inevitablebtc.com/

Bitcoin Reserve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTCreserveHQ

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Kemal Yaşar is Director of Marketing at Galoy - the company behind the Bitcoin Beach Wallet used in El Zonte, where bitcoin adoption in El Salvador started. The Bitcoin Reserve team and Kemal discuss:

- Bitcoin donations for victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey & Syria

- Lightning developments and the Bitcoin Beach wallet

- Stablesats as a synthetic dollar pegged asset

- Modern day slavery of the CFA

- The Adopting Bitcoin Conference

- Embedding bitcoin education in wallet software

- Empowering local bitcoin communities

Links:

Kemal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_pretyflaco

Galoy: https://galoy.io/

Galoy Github repository: https://github.com/GaloyMoney/

Galoy Twitter: https://twitter.com/galoymoney

Adopting Bitcoin Conference: https://adoptingbitcoin.org/2022/

Free e-book "Bitcoin - Everything in 21 pages": https://bit.ly/40EihX3

-What is a free city/Special Economic Zone?

-Where are the current free cities located right now?

-Experiences in Madeira, Prospera, and El Salvador.

-Common trends with each current or newly arising SEZ/free city.

-How bitcoin can lead to more free cities being created.

-Advantages that free cities offer to business owners in the modern era.

Pierre Corbin is the Director/Producer of a documentary called, "The Great Reset and the Rise of Bitcoin". He joins the Bitcoin Reserve Podcast  to discuss how the world ended up in this debt-based economy to begin with, why bitcoin is so resilient, what the future could be for bitcoin adoption & more.

Pierre's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CierrePorbin

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Knut Svanholm is the author of three books:
-Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics
-Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined
-Bitcoin: Everything Divided by 21 Million

He joins The Bitcoin Reserve Podcast to discuss:
-The moral case for bitcoin
-How fiat currency is legal counterfeit
-The true scarcity of bitcoin
-Why bitcoin will cause governments to compete for their citizens
-Digital scarcity cannot be replicated

Knut's website: https://www.knutsvanholm.com/
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Guy Swann is the Host of the Bitcoin Audible podcast, and he's also "The guy who's read more about bitcoin than anyone else you know."

He joins the Bitcoin Reserve team to discuss:
-Tether FUD
-Fungibility FUD
-Privacy FUD
-Bitcoin maximalism
-How he got involved with bitcoin

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Guy Swann's website: https://guyswann.com/

Aleks Svetski is Host of the Wake Up Podcast, as well as Co-Founder of Amber, a bitcoin exchange, wallet & micro-investment app for the US & Australia. In this episode, we discuss why Bitcoin fundamentally changes how politics is conducted, the remnants vs. the masses of society, and the long-term outlook on how Bitcoin shapes sovereign living.

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Aleks' social media & podcast: https://linktr.ee/Svetski
Amber: https://amber.app/ 

(This is a recording of our weekly Twitter Spaces)

In this episode we speak with Bitcoin Gandalf, Managing Director of BTC Times. We discuss the fundamentals of why Bitcoin is superior to altcoins, what decentralization really means, why Ethereum is centralized and much more.

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Bitcoin Reserve - Website: https://bitcoinreserve.com/

Bitcoin Reserve - Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTCReserveHQ

Bitcoin Gandalf - Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTCGandalf

BTC Times: https://www.btctimes.com/ 

(This is a recording of our weekly Twitter Spaces)

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In this episode, we are joined by Moritz Wietersheim, Founder of Specter Solutions. The company develops a suite of open source Bitcoin software solutions, with a specific focus on privacy and security. In this episode, we discuss the current state of Bitcoin privacy, and also the potential for future improvements.

Moritz Wietersheim - Website: https://specter.solutions/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MWietersheim

Bitcoin Reserve - Website: https://bitcoinreserve.com/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTCReserveHQ

In this episode, we are joined by Daniel Prince, Host of The Once BITten podcast. Daniel is a Bitcoiner who decided to take his children out of the fiat education system and opt for homeschooling - or as he calls it - self-directed education. Daniel talks about the reasons, the results, and the mental & practical hurdles involved in such steps.

(This is a recording of our weekly Twitter Spaces)

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Daniel Prince - Website: http://www.once-bitten.com/#/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrinceySOV

Bitcoin Reserve - Website: https://bitcoinreserve.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTCReserveHQ