The Cultural Fork of Bitcoin | with TJ Miller

I was introduced to Silicon Valley's TJ Miller little over a year ago while he was brainstorming how we could potentially inscribe a 4-megger comedy video through MARA Slipstream. A Bitcoiner since 2018, TJ saw the potential of Ordinals to orange-pill a whole new kind of Bitcoiner — the kind that may realistically be intimidated by (or straight up uninterested in) ivory-tower technical or economic topics. "I talk about cultural adoption and how do we bring Bitcoin into the cultural forefront." Letting me into "his world" for this interview, TJ and I recorded this chat straight from Stand Comedy Club before his Bitcoin-focused set during Chainlink New York blockchain week In this episode, TJ and I jam about: How TJ was orange-pilled by the Winklevoss twins (+ the Michigan twins of course!) Why TJ's wife, Kate, is a hardcore Bitcoin maxi… despite TJ loving Ethereum and DOGE on the side How comedy could orange pill the world And as usual we end with… Brock Pierce. IYKYK. For good measure, we also clear the air on Peter Todd [probably not] being Satoshi. - Unsurprisingly, we had an absolute blast and lots of laughs filming this episode. A nice little left turn from my usual technical schtick + some fun personal stories shared from both of our sides. Bitcoin Rails is powered by: — Best In Slot - the leading API for Ordinals and BRC-20 data aggregation and indexing. — Spark - a statechains implementation advancing Bitcoin-powered payments. — Citrea - a leading Bitcoin rollup technology and BitVM alliance contributor. TIMESTAMPS 📌 00:00 Intro 04:46 Trading and Crypto Misconceptions 08:47 Bitcoin and Early Adopters 17:13 Ethereum and Blockchain Exploration 38:55 NFTs and Artistic Ventures 40:46 The First NFT Comedy Special 41:31 The FTX Collapse and Its Impact 47:28 Ordinals and Bitcoin Utility 51:41 The Ordinals Cultural Fork 53:20 Cultural Adoption of Bitcoin 01:09:06 Bitcoin Comedy and Community