Freedom Currency for the Freedom Convoy

On this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills invites Freedom Convoy activist and Bitcoin advocate, BJ Dichter onto the show. They discuss his experience with the Freedom Convoy movement and the consequent protests in Ottawa in 2022. BJ tells the story of how he got into Bitcoin and blockchain technology slowly but surely during his time at Ryerson University. The pair discuss the nature of politics in Canada and the up-and-coming conservative politician Pierre Poilievre. Brad and BJ talk about their experience learning about how the money supplies work and who runs them behind the scenes. The two wrap up the show with a discussion about Roger Ver and his anti-Bitcoin antics, as well as how the cryptocurrency space differs significantly from the Bitcoin space.Time Stamps00:00:21 - Show introduction00:01:01 - The state of vaccination status in Canada00:09:08 - Pierre Pollievre and Canadian politics00:21:25 - Introducing BJ Dichter00:31:17 - About BJ’s time at Ryerson University, postmodernism, politics00:47:19 - Brad on unelected bankers, conversation about monetary systems01:01:20 - The potential significance of Bitcoin01:12:21 - A culture shift around Bitcoin and crypto, financial institutions01:19:50 - Conversation about Roger Ver01:32:30 - Bitcoin and censorship, competing against cryptocurrency and central banks01:56:00 - Censorship, power, and Web 2.0 institutions02:07:00 - Bitcoin and blockchain networking02:10:30 - Outro and plugsLinks to Mentions in the ShowHonking for Freedom FundraiserThe Trucker ConvoyWho’s Peter Schiff?AmberSteven Hicks and his work on post-modernismJordan PetersonThe What Bitcon Did podcast hosted by Peter McCormack, with guest Roger VerBretton WoodsFind BJ DichterBJ Dichter TwitterBJ Dichter SubstackFind Brad MillsBrad Mills TwitterMIM TwitterBrad Mills Facebook