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EPISODE · Apr 2, 2025 · 1H 21M

BITCOIN BRAIN MELT w/ Michael Dunworth

from What Bitcoin Did

Michael Dunworth is an Australian entrepreneur and was one of the co-founders of Wyre, a Bitcoin payments and infrastructure provider established in 2013. In this episode, we discuss nation-states strategically acquiring Bitcoin, why the integration of Bitcoin mining into national energy strategies could become a key geopolitical advantage, and how Bitcoin adoption could revitalise struggling companies like GameStop. We also get into the risks of quantum computing for Bitcoin encryption, the significance of unsolved mathematical problems for humanity, and the transformative potential of solving these equations. We also explore Bitcoin as an antidote to consumerism, the future possibility of encoding ourselves into light for space travel, and whether the real existential risk to Bitcoin could be societal apathy in a world of free energy. FOLLOW: Danny Knowles: https://x.com/_DannyKnowles or https://primal.net/danny Michael Dunworth: https://x.com/MichaelDunwort1 THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: IREN: https://www.iren.com/ RIVER: https://river.com/wbd CASA: https://casa.io/ LEDGER: https://www.ledger.com/ ANCHORWATCH: https://www.anchorwatch.com/

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