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Aug 15, 2025 1 hr 29 min

BASED BITCOIN VETERANS, DECENTRALIZING MINING, & BUILDING FREEDOM TECH | AVERAGE GARY

from THE Bitcoin Podcast

In this episode of The Bitcoin Podcast, Walker America interviews Average Gary about his experience as a former Chinese linguist for the Navy and his current work in Bitcoin, focusing on veteran involvement, mining, and freedom technologies. FOLLOW GARY: https://primal.net/gary https://bitcoinveterans.org/ Key Topics: Bitcoin veterans Bitcoin Mining Stratum V2 E-hash Privacy Open source technology Freedom Tech Peer-to-peer communications THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners: > GET FOLD: https://use.foldapp.com/r/WALKER ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: FOLLOW ME (Walker) on @WalkerAmerica on X | @TitcoinPodcast on X | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin) | Instagram Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | YouTube | Spotify | Rumble | EVERYWHERE ELSE

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  1. 0:00 The Power of Cryptography
  2. 0:59 Intro
  3. 1:55 Interview with Gary
  4. 2:46 Day on the Hill Experiences
  5. 9:30 Gary's Navy Experience
  6. 15:47 Bitcoin Veterans
  7. 26:38 Hurricane Relief
  8. 32:16 Plugging Into the Community
  9. 39:42 Bitcoin Mining
  10. 44:05 Mining Pool Centralization
  11. 47:08 eHash
  12. 1:01:41 Fragility of Electrical Infrastructure
  13. 1:03:07 Bitcoin as a Solution
  14. 1:11:53 Impact of Open Source Tech
  15. 1:27:05 Outro

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