Value Stack: A Bitcoin Podcast

Jack Liu is a founding member of Ordswap and has been working in the Bitcoin industry for the past decade in various capacities. In Value Stack 34, we discuss Ordswap.io, the first trustless bitcoin ordinal/inscriptions exchange, and how his team had to build a working product in under a week! We also review how ordinals and trustless PSBT exchanges work, and speculate on what the future implications might be for inscriptions and NFTs as a trojan horse for bitcoin adoption. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 0:35 Building the world's first bitcoin ordinal exchange in 72 hours 6:54 Why should bitcoiners care about ordinals? 14:48 Ordswap.io, trustless PSBT exchanges, how to use ordinals 26:20 Early ordinal collections rarity / history 34:30 Bitcoin consensus and inscriptions/nfts 39:05 Ordinals as a trojan horse for bitcoin adoption 55:40 Staying power of NFTs/inscriptions on bitcoin 1:05:25 Outro

Charlie Spears is a recurring guest on Value Stack podcast, is the community manager for the Ordinals Project, and has been building OrdinalHub.com In Value Stack Episode 33, Charlie joined me while in town for ETHDenver to discuss the Ordinals and NFT inscription craze on bitcoin, and why bitcoiners should pay attention to what is developing in that space. We talk about why there are differing stance of opinion on this new "shared-delusion," particularly bitcoin miners, what's at stake, and if it's ultimately good for bitcoin or not. Check out the show notes below. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 03:09 Promoting Ordinals Project at ETH Denver 13:29 Why should bitcoiners care about ordinals? 33:16 Bitcoin Mining and Inscriptions 58:03 Will inscriptions affect bitcoin's game theory?

Colin Crossman has been a serial entrepreneur for over 20 years. He has a background in law and engineering, and in addition to devising the KYC-minimized aspects of Distributed Hash, he has built out the entire IT infrastructure for Distributed Hash, including building several custom tools to ease management and collect detailed mining data. He and his wife work together to collect and analyze ASIC data to generate actionable insights both for individual customers, and the community at large. In Value Stack Episode 32, we start by discussing common pitfalls in human decision making, and the importance of the work done behind the scenes. We review Distributed Hash and bitcoin mining, and riff on why bitcoin is different, and what governments are trying to do about it. Check out the show notes below. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 1:16 Figuring out bitcoin 9:14 Why are humans so bad at investing? 13:53 Importance of supply chain in food 34:16 Distributed Hash - privacy-focused ASIC hosting 1:01:19 Technology and scams 1:14 Importance of bitcoin self-custody 1:30:36 Comparing bitcoin and fiat currency 1:45:49 Wyoming & bitcoin legislation 1:54:19 Outro

CalleBTC is a lightning network developer and creator of Cashu protocol, which is an implementation of Chaumian mints on bitcoin lightning network. In Value Stack Ep 31, we discuss how it works and differs from bitcoin on-chain and the lightning network, compare to other implementations and existing custodial relationships, and even do a demo at the end to show how easy it is to get Cashu tokens. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro - @callebtc 0:50 How does Chaumian e-cash work? 7:41 How e-cash and Chaumian mints improve upon existing custodial relationships 12:39 Blind signature e-cash analogy 14:40 How e-cash scales bitcoin and improves privacy 22:00 E-cash mints and custodial trust 31:25 Cashu explained (e-cash for bitcoin) 42:20 Roadmap for 2023 - Cashu library and protocol development 51:32 Comparing Cashu and Fedimint - 2 Chaumian mint implementations on bitcoin 54:33 How to get Cashu tokens through lightning network 57:45 Bitcoin scaling narrative and altcoins 1:04:45 Cashu.me app demo 1:08:05 Outro

Don is a former tech entrepreneur turned bitcoin enthusiast and angel investor. He is passionate about educating people on the importance of bitcoin, its impact on society, and how it will shape the future. As the founder of Sats Standard Capital, he invests in early-stage bitcoin and lightning network companies. He also hosts the Orange Pill Addicts and co-organizes the Kansas City Bitcoin Meetup with the KC Bitcoin Guys. In this episode, we talk about investing in bitcoin startups, and why someone would want to invest in private companies instead of more traditional assets like publicly traded stocks, or bitcoin. Given the high failure rate of most startups, Don offers some insights on red flags to look out for in investing in startups, like board seat representation, company structure, founder reputation, as well as some positive indicators - those that are usually good signs the founder and product are on the right track. Thanks for listening! Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:03 - Starting Sats Standard Capital 00:03:21 - How to Invest in Bitcoin Companies as a VC 00:04:46 - Becoming a Bitcoin VC 00:06:28 - How being a previous founder helps with being a VC 00:07:31 - How startup board seats are chosen 00:08:34 - Diligence in crypto VC 00:11:50 - Why invest in private companies instead of stock market? 00:13:43 - How VCs can impact companies aside from funding 00:14:57 - Why invest in companies instead of bitcoin? 00:19:12 - How high failure rate in early stage leads to "spray and pray" 00:22:00 - Bitcoin vs Crypto VC 00:32:19 - Rise of layer-2 bitcoin and more 00:36:57 - Vida live - lightning network 00:38:22 - Unicorn signs of startups 00:40:39 - Red flags of startups 00:45:26 - Types of business structure 00:48:25 - Orange Pill Addicts Podcast 00:50:23 - 2022 Recap Episode 00:51:16 - Why interview-style format is enjoyable to film 00:52:50 - Lightning Network in 2022/2023 00:57:22 - Next halving cycle predictions 01:02:26 - Choosing what to invest in with limited capital 01:03:57 - When will people be spending and using bitcoin? 01:05:29 - How will bitcoin help our society evolve? 01:16:09 - Taking a long term perspective on bitcoin 01:23:58 - Kansas City Bitcoin Meetup 01:27:41 - Bitcoin Point of Sales 01:30:30 - Outro

Tatum TurnUp is the host of Between Two ASICs, a bitcoin comedy show. He also does other bitcoin-themed sketch-comedy on the channel, and works as an ASIC repair technician for his day-job to support his dream of becoming a big-time podcaster one day. In this episode, we talk about a wide-range of topics, from what goes into planning content creation, living and driving in New Orleans, bitcoin mining and regulation, servicing ASICs, and more. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Content creation & early YouTube days 10:00 Living in New Orleans & NOLA Bitcoin Meetup 15:00 Starting & Producing “Between Two ASICs” 35:30 Pan Wars - Cast Iron vs Stainless Steel 37:00 Challenges of learning to mine bitcoin 47:37 Teaching people about bitcoin 51:00 Starting & Producing “Between Two ASICs” pt 2 53:45 Fold app & Bitopoly 57:00 Bitcoin Orange-Pill moment & economy discussion 1:01:45 Why wear a bulletproof vest? 1:06:00 Bitcoin mining and electricity 1:07:20 Colorado voter ballot 2022 1:10:00 Regulation, nonprofits, and bitcoin 1:16:25 Celebrating the haters 1:18:38 Bitcoin life advice - get involved! 1:23:41 Outro

2022 has been a heck of a year in bitcoin. With so much contagion in the crypto lending space, it's definitely made for one to remember. For Value Stack 28, Beau and Sam joined me for a 2022 bitcoin and crypto markets year-in-review episode. This one is a long one and we had some fun with it, so kick back and join us with your favorite beverage as we try to find the silver linings going into 2023, and why we're still as #bullish on bitcoin as ever. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro - Describe 2022 in one word 8:30 Crypto lender contagion 20:00 Navigating historic interest rate tightening 33:40 Discussing the economy of China post-covid 51:00 Intermission 51:52 Orange-pilling in a bear market 57:05 “steady lads, deploying more capital” - lending contagion pt 2 1:01:45 The sh*tshow that is GBTC 1:08:55 Gary Gensler and the SEC 1:13:00 Climbing hashrate causes miner capitulation 1:25:00 Global energy crisis - plummeting U.S strategic petroleum reserve 1:37:45 Intermission pt 2 1:41:16 FTX implodes 1:51:20 Navigating the short-term economic policy 2:06:05 Why bitcoin is different 2:09:14 2023 bitcoin predictions ____________________________________ Thanks for watching - we appreciate the support! Before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who 🤷🏼‍♂️🙄, but if you must!

Tyler Bain is a registered professional engineer in the state of Colorado and alumni of the Colorado School of Mines. He hosts one of the largest recurring bitcoin meetups in the US, Denver Bitcoin & Beer, and is the co-author of Bitcoin for Dummies, Second Edition. As a bitcoin hobbyist and enthusiast, his emphasis has been on system resiliency and mining mechanics. In this episode, we discuss the importance of the Electrical Grid, energy mix, how bitcoin can improve demand load forecasting, and more. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro / Bitcoin For Dummies Second Edition 5:40 How did you learn about bitcoin? 9:20 Does bitcoin price matter? 13:30 Are we still early in bitcoin? 19:30 Denver Bitcoin & Beer Meetup 31:00 Colorado 2022 ballot / Adams County bitcoin mining ban 34:00 Why we need more energy / renewable energy discussion 1:03:00 Does consuming energy come with a moral imperative? 1:10:00 Bitcoin mining challenges and energy consumption 1:19:23 Thinking long-term: bitcoin in 2050 1:30:07 Why the bullet proof vest? @tatumturnup 55:50 Importance of self-custody, no-kyc bitcoin 1:31:51 Outro (@blockbain) ____________________________________ Thanks for watching - we appreciate the support! Before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who 🤷🏼‍♂️🙄, but if you must!

Adam O. is the Master of Hashrate at Upstream Data. In episode 26 of Value Stack Podcast, we talk about the importance of counterparty risk in energy trade, how bitcoin mining is a perfectly fair game, the real effective altruism in crypto, how petroleum touches our everyday lives without us realizing it, and more. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 “Energy waste is the biggest problem in the energy industry. Bitcoin mining fixes this.” - tweet by Jaran Mellerud 4:00 Pushing Bitcoin mining to upstream energy markets 9:30 Upstream Data - turning stranded and wasted energy into bitcoin 19:45 How can oil companies be confident in bitcoin’s long term success? 27:15 How bitcoin removes counterparty risk from energy trade 32:15 The first million blocks of bitcoin 35:01 Bitcoin is a fair game 37:00 Large vs small-scale bitcoin mining 42:10 Counterparty risk pt 2 (GET YOUR COINS OFF EXCHANGES) 47:15 Money: A True Story of a Made Up Thing 49:15 Bitcoin is the real “effective altruism” 55:50 Importance of self-custody, no-kyc bitcoin 59:24 How #bitcoin could fail 1:07:30 @Denverbitcoin history 1:10:26 Importance of petroleum in our everyday life 1:14:56 How bitcoin improves economic stability 1:19:31 Using bitcoin as unit of account 1:23:45 Measuring hashprice and energy efficiency 1:36:16 Is it a good time to mine bitcoin? 1:41:50 Building during bear markets 1:46:09 Next episode question for T.Bain - Adams County and Colorado Energy Markets 1:48:54 Outro @DenverBitcoin ____________________________________ Thanks for watching - we appreciate the support! Before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who 🤷🏼‍♂️🙄, but if you must!

Rob W is the co-founder and partner at Distributed Hash, and business development lead for Upstream Data. In this episode, we talk about how "bitcoin miners are dung beetles", referring to his recent 3 minute monologue at the Adams County Commissioner hearing in Colorado, on banning bitcoin mining with flared natural gas. We also discuss running large-scale ASIC performance and heat tests, differences in Whatsminer vs Antminer machines, our favorite bitcoin educators, green-energy narratives and the oil & gas industry, and more! Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro - Rob W (Distributed Hash / Upstream Data) 2:20 Croesus BTC article - Owning the land / protocol 5:19 Bitcoin is for everyone 10:00 “Bitcoin miners are dung beetles” 23:13 Bitcoin mining helps the electrical grid 32:50 ASIC research testing- Distributedha.sh 43:20 PI System from Upstream Data 44:45 Favorite bitcoin ASIC miner 52:25 ASIC miner performance and improving temperatures 1:00:00 Bitcoin miner efficiency 1:03:00 No-KYC bitcoin at home with your energy bill 1:08:10 HODLing is hard 1:11:10 Why regulation is ineffective 1:20:30 Rocky Mountain Bitcoiners 1:23:00 Importance of staying humble and stacking sats 1:41:49 Question for Adam O - how do you get used to thinking in BTC terms? 1:44:20 Outro/Socials -@bikesandbitcoin ____________________________________ Thanks for watching, but before you subscribe, please consider that we don't need extra attention from you-know-who 🤷🏼‍♂️🙄

Charlie Spears is the founder of Nakamotor Partners. In this episode, we talk all about running a bitcoin mining operation in a bear market, the narratives surrounding energy use and the oil & gas industry, how language shapes our reality, and more! Check out the full topics list below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro - Charlie Spears of Nakamotor Partners (nakamotor.io) 0:45 Nakamotor Partners - bitcoin at the wellsite 3:20 Vertical integration in the oilfield 7:50 Structuring bitcoin mining contracts 9:55 Path to working in the bitcoin industry 13:30 Bitcoin Reddit and the Block Size Wars 15:45 Importance of bitcoin narratives 20:00 Why we should rename bitcoin mining 22:00 Challenges of decentralization 23:10 Defending against the ESG narrative 26:00 Bitcoin wallets = signing device 38:00 Tulsa DAO, Sports & eSports / League of Legends bitcoiners 44:45 Balancing hobbies & interests 47:14 Investing in your business vs buying bitcoin 48:30 Mining bitcoin in a bear market 55:28 Proof of work in life 57:30 Bitcoin maximalism 1:00:06 Fountain app - "best web3 app" - podcasting 2.0 1:02:47 Comparing independent vs mainstream media narratives 1:06:13 The Drilldown - #1 oil and gas podcast 1:12:30 Beauty of complexity behind the scenes 1:15:05 Money and political history 1:17:00 Scaling human trust worldwide 1:19:19 Catallaxy vs economy - empowering individuals 1:21:50 To the moon - bitcoin and space travel 1:23:25 Maintaining childlike creativity as you get older 1:25:45 Weighing bitcoin narratives 1:31:20 Question for next guest - @Bikesandbitcoin - Favorite ASIC and why? 1:32:52 Outro/ Social media links

Mark Goodwin and his team produce the quarterly print edition of Bitcoin Magazine. In this episode, we talk about bitcoin culture, differences in strategies of producing digital vs print content, "fiat-disease" and sobriety, reclaiming sovereignty, and more. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro 1:40 Learning about Bitcoin through the Silk Road 5:06 Crypto lessons since 2017 6:58: Was the ETH merge successful? 7:50 Are stablecoins still worth using? 9:00 Interest rates - are they instruments of war? 10:10 Exchange rates and inflation - Euro, Pound, Dollar 13:08 Keeping conviction in bitcoin 14:10 From slinging drinks to magazines 22:58 Importance of trust in relationships 26:20 What does bitcoin look like in the future? 30:00 Why is the lightning network important? 33:40 Creating a good UX for bitcoin wallets 36:30 Bitcoin Magazine - Q3 ‘22 Orange Party Bitcoin Politics Issue 55:20 Creating bitcoin content during a bear market 58:20 Favorite bitcoin content creators 1:04:30 Studying already successful content to improve quality 1:06:20 Creating media that people revisit years later 1:13:00 Appreciating the elegance of complex systems 1:16:00 Bitcoin culture and humanity 1:23:00 How high can the DXY go? 1:26:44 Fiat culture and alcohol 1:42:11 Rhetoric about money and economics 1:44:05 Predicting the Bitcoin Renaissance 1:45:09 AI Singularity - Ray Kurzweil on Lex Fridman 1:49:08 Bitcoin Hard Forks 1:49:34 Outro / Social Media Links

Will Reeves is the CEO of Fold app and co-creator of Bitopoly. He’s leading the way in making Bitcoin adoption and education fun and approachable. I’m excited to release this episode where we discussed strategies for making Bitcoin adoption viral, building companies in volatile markets, and how to make a good game/app that keeps people coming back for more. Enjoy Episode 22 of Value Stack Podcast! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro 2:00 Bitcoin Story 5:20 Separating Signal from Noise 8:50 Evolution of Fold app and Staying Bitcoin-only 11:30 Barriers to Bitcoin Adoption 16:00 Designing the Buy Bitcoin feature at Fold 20:00 Making Apps That Are Fun to Use 22:20 Keeping a Light-Hearted Approach to Bitcoin 26:00 Embracing Variable Rewards in Fold App 34:00 Hiring Culture 41:10 Fold Metaverse 46:10 Building a Community of Passionate Users 48:40 Anatomy of a Strategy Game 57:55 Bitopoly - The Bitcoin Party Card Game 1:03:18 Importance of Nature and Being Outdoors 1:06:00 Finding Fulfillment in Work 1:08:00 Favorite Bitcoin Meme / Socials / Outro

Jared is the host of the Crypto Parabellum Podcast and +Expected Value telegram group. Initially in commercial insurance and investor in real estate, he's now been trading crypto a few years ago and has excelled enough to leave his job and do it full time. His macro takes are on-point and he’s one of the few people I give weight to when he makes market calls. Obviously without a crystal ball, he must have knowledge that we can learn from to enhance our investing skills, so Iam excited to have him on the show for Episode 21 of Value Stack! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 Intro 4:00 Bitcoin Rabbit Hole Story 10:49 Views on Crypto vs Other Assets 13:10 Bitcoin vs Crypto 15:33 Bitcoin as Fed Insurance / Inflation Reduction Act 17:00 Challenges in Teaching and Spreading Bitcoin Adoption 22:45 Education Resources vs Decentralization Tradeoffs in Bitcoin 24:30 Role of Companies in Bitcoin Adoption 27:25 Importance of Time Horizon and Balance 30:25 Future Generations and Bitcoin Inheritance 31:40 Cycles of Life 33:45 Managing Emotions in Trading / Identifying Market Sentiment 35:45Importance of Planning Trades and Risk Management 42:35Investing for More than Returns 44:30 JP’s Shows - Crypto Parabellum Podcast, +Expected Value, Stacked Labs 45:45 Crypto Narrative Wars 48:45 Will the Next Generation Reject Fiat and Paper Money? 53:42 How Technology Both Undermines and Empowers Government Power 57:35 Future of the United States/ Importance of State’s Rights 1:01:30 Rejecting the Mainstream Media 1:03:29 Changing Demographics in US Cities 1:09:30 Becoming a Gold Maximalist 1:11:20 Keeping an Open Mind Througout Life 1:15:10 Outro/Socials

Today's guest is @Jestopher_BTC. Jestopher is the co-founder of Amboss.space and hosts Satbase.org. He’s an educator on lightning network, community leader, and Bitcoiner with a passion for getting things done. He's on my short-list of experts to ask lightning-network related questions, and it has been incredible to watch him build Amboss and push lightning growth forward in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, we had some audio volume issues throughout recording, but hope it's still listenable enough to enjoy the show. You can find Jestopher on Twitter at @Jestopher_BTC. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 - A Word About our Sponsor (Anchor) 1:00 - Intro (@Jestopher_BTC) 2:45 - Bitcoin Story 5:10 - Bitcoin vs Altcoins 9:00 - Navigating Leveraged Markets 10:30 - Importance of Protocol Strength 12:00 - Getting Involved in Lightning Network Early 17:00 - Evolution of Lightning Network 20:00 - Lightning Network Explained Simply 22:10 - Earning Yield as a Lightning Network Node Operator 23:45 - Amboss Tech Explained/ Tips for Routing Nodes 31:30 - Building a Company on Lightning Network 35:30 - Current Lightning Network Stats 38:00 - Is LND the Best Lightning Implementation? 40:10 - Podcasting 2.0 and Lightning Network 45:00 - Lightning as Medium of Exchange in LatAm 51:30 - Life Outside Bitcoin 53:20 - Favorite Bitcoin Content Piece (21 Lessons by GiGi) 57:00 - Big Picture of Bitcoin 1:05:30 - Playing Music 1:08:00 - Outro 1:11:00 - Favorite Bitcoin Meme / Outro continued

Today's guest on Value Stack is Andrew Yang. We discuss the recent crypto market blowup, the similarities in last cycle to this one, and where we think Bitcoin fits within a portfolio today. We talk strategies of leadership, how to manage a team during a downtrun, keeping positivity in life, and the joys of cooking, learning, laughing, and pushing out of one's comfort zone. You can find Andrew on Twitter at @ecurrencyhodler. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! ____________________________________ Support the Show Casa Makes Self Custody Easy ____________________________________ 0:00 - A Word About our Sponsor (Anchor) 1:00 - Intro - Andrew Yang (@ecurrencyhodler) 2:39 - Bitcoin Story 6:20 - Similarities to Last Market Cycle 14:00 - Crypto Lending Market Chaos - Celsius Discussion 17:01 - How You Think About Investing / Where Does Bitcoin Fit In? 18:41 - Keeping up Team Morale During Difficult Times 19:52 - Why Bitcoin Instead of Altcoins 23:00 - Tips on Being an Effective Leader 30:40 - Fountain.FM Podcast Giveaway (50k sats!) 31:15 - Importance of Delegation as a Leader 32:50 - Running LA Bitdevs 35:10 - Misunderstood Parts about Bitcoin 38:05 - Importance of Self-Custody in Bitcoin 41:55 - 2022 Surprises - Bitcoin Price Crashing and Covid Narrative 44:20 - Where Are You In 10 Years? 47:00 - Andrew Yang(s) - Both Bitcoiners 49:38 - Cooking 52:20 - Book Recommendations 59:11 - Andrew Does Karaoke (K-Ci & JoJo - “All My Life”) 59:47 - Outro

This week's guest is Mark Maraia. Mark is a business coach, a relationship rainmaker, a coordinator for Bitcoin Magazine Contributors, co-author of the Declaration of Monetary Independence, a sovereign-minded individual, and like most bitcoiners, has a lifelong commitment to learning. Check Out Our Site: https://www.cachemoney.io Support the Show: https://linktr.ee/valuestack Thanks for listening to Value Stack Podcast! ____________________________________ 0:00 About our Sponsor - Anchor.FM 1:00 Intro 1:59 Tell us about your Bitcoin story 6:50 Is Bitcoin for Outsiders? 8:15 Importance of Staying Humble / Perspective 10:30 Open Letter to His Children - Money is a Battery 15:50 Bitcoin Adoption Waves 16:30 UST/ Luna Terra Collapse - Stablecoins vs Fiat 21:00 Bitcoin - Separation of Money and State 25:45 Counterparty Risk 28:54 How to Explain Bitcoin to Baby Boomers 34:00 Strategies for Helping People Understand Bitcoin 37:00 Importance of Not Losing Sight of Goals 38:20 Soil (Dirt) Discussion 39:57 Relationships are Everything 43:00 Keeping Perspective on Bitcoin 44:00 Why They Don’t Teach How Money Works in School 49:00 Learning at Your Own Pace 55:00 3 Blindspots in the Bitcoin Community 1:03:00 Declaration of Monetary Independence 1:06:53 Fiat Disease 1:08:09 Children’s Books for Bitcoin 1:12:35 Future of Reserve Currencies 1:15:00 Bitcoin is Hope 1:18:03 Outro - Social/Contact Info

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Value Stack, where old finance meets Bitcoin. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! This week’s guest is Eric Yakes, author of The 7th Property. You can purchase his book here. Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 0:00 Thanks to Anchor! 1:00 A Word About Our Sponsor - Coinbeast.com 2:00 Intro - Eric Yakes 3:35 Bitcoin predictions for 2022 4:45 Domestic vs International Sovereign Debt 5:45 Credit Money vs Commodity Money 8:00 Where does Bitcoin fit in? 10:00 Why smaller countries might adopt BTC first 11:00 Gold and Bitcoin - Reserve Assets 12:45 Is Bitcoin a Commodity Money? 14:15 Why did El Salvador adopt BTC? 16:42 When will Bitcoin price volatility decrease? 21:30 Bitcoin and Credit Markets 25:00 CBDCs 29:00 Are altcoins a threat to Bitcoin? 33:30 Are stablecoins capturing Dollar demand? 37:00 What will the Federal Reserve look like in 10 years? 40:30 The 7th Property 43:20 Taking the Leap 48:15 Comparing the 7th Property and The Bitcoin Standard 50:00 Who is the 7th Property written for? 53:00 Learning about Bitcoin governance 55:20 When will people spend Bitcoin? 58:12 Inspiration for writing the book 1:01:00 What’s next for Eric? 1:01:36 Quoting Mike Tyson and Kayne West 1:03:25 Miami BTC 2022 Book Signing Details 1:04:10 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our Website Support the Show

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension.  If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you. Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor 1:00 Intro 1:50 Bitcoin Market Update 3:00 We are on the Fountain app! 4:30 Fall of Petrodollar/ Dollar Reserve Currency Status 11:45 How Important is Oil in our Life? 21:20 Russia SWIFT Sanctions 25:20 Are We in The Fourth Turning? 35:00 Does National Debt Matter? 43:00 US CPI at 7.9% 52:27 Boating Accident: $JUNO Prop #16 - Is Democracy Flawed by Design? 59:30 Stripe & FTX Partner for BTC Payments 1:00:10 More Block Hardware Wallet Details Revealed 1:10:40 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you~ Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor  1:00 Intro  2:20 We are Streaming on Fountain.FM!  4:24 Bitcoin Market Update  5:18 Nasdaq and Equity Update  7:18 Canda Invokes Emergencies Act  9:05 China Inflation Hits Multi-Year Low  11:26 Putin, Ukraine, and Bitcoin  14:10 The Crypto Bowl Commercials  15:58 Hacker @Tree_of_Alpha Saves Coinbase Advanced Trade from Bug  21:05 Colorado Embracing Crypto for Tax Payments  22:33 Coinbase Adds Free (for now) Remittance Payments to Mexico  23:37 Boating Accident of the Week - BlockFi Hit With $100M Fine  31:07 Crypto Companies Respond to FinCEN Travel Rule - TRUST Explained  37:30 Jack Mallers from Strike Meeting with Bezos/Capital Group?  39:26 Next Country to Adopt Bitcoin?  42:00 Outro  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  Check Out Our Site: https://www.cachemoney.io  Support the Show: https://zbd.gg/bap  Earn $10 /w of Bitcoin /w Auto-DCA at Swan: https://swanbitcoin.com/bap/  Earn $5 for Signing Up with Strike: https://invite.strike.me/GF7UWL  Lowest Bitcoin Trading Fees at Kraken: http://r.kraken.com/CatCache  Buy a ColdCard Wallet: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/82770D583D2855AEB09F  Buy a Trezor Wallet: https://shop.trezor.io/product/trezor-one-black?offer_id=35&aff_id=8343  Buy a Ledger Wallet: https://shop.ledger.com/?r=8254061e018e  Safest Way to Store Bitcoin /w Multisig at Casa: https://keys.casa?ref=a5e422e3  Earn with Fold: https://use.foldapp.com/r/AVK4LPWV  Earn with Lolli: https://lolli.com/share/VE39WB  Get the First Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card at Blockfi: https://blockfi.com/?ref=48a06aed  Live on Bitcoin with Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=xvgk0esr  Find a Bitcoin Pro at Coinbeast Connect: https://www.coinbeast.com/connect

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you~ Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About our Sponsors 1:00 Intro 2:30 Costa Rica Hydro Plant 6:00 The Grid and Mining Electricity Usage 9:00 Price-to-Hodl Ratio 13:30 Block ASICs 16:30 Lone Wolf Mines a Bitcoin Block 17:45 Cash App Integrating Lightning 21:20 Boating Accident of the Week - Melania Trump 23:00 Bored Apes and the NFT Craze 29:00 Arkansas $10K Bitcoin for Relocation 31:45 Fed Rates 37:50 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

This week, we were joined by Sam Callahan from Swan Bitcoin. We talk a wide range of topics related to bitcoin, financial planning, and macroeconomics.   Check out https://www.swanbitcoin.com/Bap/ to DCA the easy way!    Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension.     If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you!  Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap.    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor - Coinbeast.com   1:00 Opening Remarks / Intro   5:00 Dorsey leaves Twitter - All in Bitcoin?   11:00 Michael Saylor Orange-Pilling the Masses on Tucker Carlson   16:30 Money and Network Effects   19:00 Why Bitcoin? Security and Institutional Adoption   22:30 Balaji Srinivasan and Altcoins on Tim Ferris   29:20 Boating Accident of the Week - Badger DAO   34:30 Sam Callahan - Background and Working at Swan   43:00 Bitcoin and Leverage - Is is Rational?   47:00 Lowering Time Preference in a Fiat World   53:00 Bitcoin for Financial Advisors at Swan   57:15 How Can Financial Advisors Get Direct Exposure to Bitcoin?   1:01:00 Navigating Crypto Regulation   1:10:00 Current Macroeconomic Picture and Demographics   1:16:40 What Can the Federal Reserve do?   1:21:10 Should you DCA or Market Buy Bitcoin?   1:27:40 2022 Predictions   1:31:41 Outro   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension.  If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you!  Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap.  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  0:00 A Word About Our Sponsors  1:00 Intro  5:20 Square Releases TBDex Whitepaper  9:00 Cash App Launches Tax Filing  13:50 SEC Denies Spot ETF  19:00 Continued Institutional Adoption  24:00 Are Stablecoins a Threat to Freedom?  27:18 Ushering in Prosperity with Bitcoin  31:12 Inflation Heating Up  37:20 Boating Accident of the Week - Robinhood  40:09 Constitution DAO Gets Outbid by Ken Griffin  43:44 Millenials, Investing Psychology and Financial Advice  51:32 El Salvador Announces Bitcoin City  56:00 Outro  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  Visit Our Websitebr>

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap.   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsors 1:00 Intro 2:50 First Bitcoin ETF Launches 6:30 Future of Bitcoin Institutional Adoption 9:00 Interactive Brokers Embraces Bitcoin 10:21 Houston Firefighters Pension Fund Buys Bitcoin 15:04 Bitcoin as an Inflation-Hedge Narrative is Growing 21:32 Boating Accident of the Week - Peter Schiff 28:32 Deep Dive into Bitcoin-Linked Products 35:00 Jack Dorsey Says Hyperinflation is Coming 52:35 Is Capitalism Good for Humanity? 56:50 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Check Out Our Site: https://www.cachemoney.io Support the Show: https://zbd.gg/bap Earn $10 /w of Bitcoin /w Auto-DCA at Swan: https://swanbitcoin.com/bap/ Earn $5 for Signing Up with Strike: https://invite.strike.me/GF7UWL Lowest Bitcoin Trading Fees at Kraken: http://r.kraken.com/CatCache Buy a ColdCard Wallet: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/82770D583D2855AEB09F Buy a Foundation Passport Wallet: https://foundationdevices.com/product/passport/ Buy a Trezor Wallet: https://shop.trezor.io/product/trezor-one-black?offer_id=35&aff_id=8343 Buy a Ledger Wallet: https://shop.ledger.com/?r=8254061e018e Safest Way to Store Bitcoin /w Multisig at Casa: https://keys.casa?ref=a5e422e3 Earn with Fold: https://use.foldapp.com/r/AVK4LPWV Earn with Lolli: https://lolli.com/share/VE39WB Get the First Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card at Blockfi: https://blockfi.com/?ref=48a06aed Live on Bitcoin with Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=xvgk0esr Find a Bitcoin Pro at Coinbeast Connect: https://www.coinbeast.com/connect

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension.  If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap.  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsor - Coinbeast.com 2:00 Intro 3:20 Price and Stock to Flow Model Update 3:55 Stock to Flow Model Explained 7:45 Stock to Flow and Difficult Adjustment Algorithm 9:15 George Soros Buys Bitcoin 12:45 WY Senator Cynthia Lummis Discloses Bitcoin Purchase 14:00 Square Announces More Details on Hardware Wallet/Multisig 17:10 Twitter Censorship/Politics Going Too Far? 21:16 Cash App Referral Hack 22:20 How Do We Get Financial Advisors Onboard? 26:55 Boating Accident of the Week - Jerome Powell 29:20 Toxic Maximalism - Is it Counterproductive? 39:10 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our Website

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 A Word About Our Sponsors 1:00 Intro 2:50 Taos and Denver Bitcoin Meetups 6:30 Twitter Adopts Bitcoin Lightning 10:50 China Bans Bitcoin (Again) 14:30 More US Regulation of Crypto Incoming? 16:04 Coinbase CEO on Pomp's Best Business Show 19:38 Toxic Bitcoiners Twitter Spaces Debate 23:15 Bitcoin vs Blockchain 26:55 Boating Accident of the Week - Francis Suarez and MiamiCoin 29:50 ESG Investing and Bitcoin 36:36 Challenging our Existing Perceptions 41:00 Is Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Worth it? 44:00 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap.  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  0:00 Thanks to our Sponsors - Coinbeast.com and Anchor 2:05 Intro 3:50 Meeting Preston Pysh 6:50 Fidelity Predicts $1B per BTC 8:22 Twitter BTC Strategy vs Coinbase vs Titan  - Corporate Strategies Compared 11:40 Decentralization Trends of Companies and Data Privacy 13:52 Crypto vs Bitcoin - Risk Profiles Compared 20:20 What Crypto Projects are Adding Value to Society? 27:14 Boating Accident of the Week - Busta Rhymes 29:16 Modern Portfolio Theory and Bitcoin 35:23 Nominal vs Real Returns 38:09 What's the right Bitcoin allocation in a portfolio? 42:32 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Value Stack, where old finance and Bitcoin meet. We discuss current events and age-old human biases as we dissect Bitcoin’s ascension.    If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then Value Stack Podcast is for you!       Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap.  #bitcoin ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Today's Topics 0:00 Sponsorships  2:42 Bitcoin Price Discussion  7:51 Congress Infrastructure Bill  11:30 The B-Word Conference  17:19 Bitcoin and World Peace  24:03 $FTX and $HOOD Raise More Capital  26:06 Boating Accident of the Week - Trevor Milton  30:03 Investing and Managing Behavioral Biases  45:03 Outro  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Welcome to Value Stack Podcast. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 Sponsorships 1:03 Intro  1:32 Attending Local Bitcoin Meetups  4:24 Is Stock to Flow Model Breaking Down?  9:11 Grayscale GBTC Lockup Expiry - Price Drop Incoming?  26:18 Boating Accident of the Week (US Senator Cynthia Lummis)  31:08 Trading and Managing Emotions in Volatile Markets  41:14 Major Hashrate Decline - A Cause for Concern?  47:23 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Today's topics:   -We discuss our experience attending local bitcoin meetups in person and the growth of the bitcoin community post-lockdown.   -We have a critical look at the Stock to Flow model and discuss its current large deviation from the model prediction. It is make-or-break time for this model to continue to hold. If it does, it looks to be a strong accumulation signal.   -We talk about the Grayscale Trust GBTC lockup expiry soon approaching, and the implications it could have for the bitcoin markets, and the reasons investors may look to sell their position at a loss.    -We talk about the risks of trading and timing market cycles, as well as managing emotions behind investing, based on our tenured experience as financial managers and bitcoin investors.   -We recognize US Senator Cynthia Lummis' recent OpSec mistake on CNBC in this week's Boating Accident.    -We talk about the difficult adjustment period and the implications a 50% hash rate drop has for the bitcoin network, as well as potential considerations to note over the next few months regarding bitcoin mining. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

In today's podcast, we discuss the recent adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador, the events that led up to it, and the implications worldwide now that Bitcoin is legal tender. We have a critical discussion about Bitcoin toxic maximalists and whether they're good for the adoption of Bitcoin or not. We also talk about recent events surrounding Robert Breedlove and BitClout, and give our takes.  We acknowledge the legendary life of John McAfee in this week's Boating Accident. We talk about the difficulty of teaching financial advisors about bitcoin, how to teach bitcoin to people more effectively, and the great importance of remembering why bitcoin is a powerful force for positive change and human rights. If you're interested in investing, economics, Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you! Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. ______________________________ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Welcome to Value Stack Podcast, where we talk about all things related to value investing and Bitcoin.   In today's episode, we discuss the reason rise of Dogecoin, Elon Musk's misunderstanding of Bitcoin, and the recent bitcoin crash into mid-40 thousand.  We also talk about the Ethereum ecosystem compared to Bitcoin's maximalists.  We talk about common misconceptions on block times, scalability, lightning network, Bitcoin on Mars, and more. We also talk about multi-sig custody solutions for multinational companies and the rise of sovereign individuals.   Heard about the bitcoin car?  That's coming too! If you're interested in investing, economics, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you!    Brought to you by @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap. Subscribe if you like for more videos.  ___________________________  Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Welcome to the Value Stack Podcast, where we talk about all things related to value investing and Bitcoin.  In today's second episode, we discuss Bitcoin Basics and how the various components of the network assimilate together to form a valuable cryptocurrency. We talk about miners, nodes, block rewards, halving epochs, security, wallets, and more. If you're a beginner and are looking to sharpen your bitcoin sword, this is a great episode to check out.  If you're interested in investing, economics, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you!   Join @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap on Twitter for this part 1 of Bitcoin Basics. and how bitcoin will change the landscape of investing as we know it. ______________________________ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show

Welcome to the Value Stack Podcast, where we talk about all things related to investing and Bitcoin.  In today's debut episode, we discuss measures of inflation and the value investor's dilemma. We discuss Naufal Sanaullah guest episode on The Business Brew podcast. We talk about Michael Saylor's views on bitcoin and inflation, and the process of hyperbitcoinization.  If you're interested in investing, economics, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and libertarian ideas, then this is the podcast for you!   Join @Shaperfunds and @BTCBap on Twitter for this hour-long dive into the world of value investing, and how bitcoin will change the landscape of investing as we know it. ______ Visit Our WebsiteSupport the Show