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Bitcoin Rapid-Fire
by John Vallis
Bitcoin is the future of money, that is my firm belief. I use this show to learn more about this phenomenon, and its various implications, from some of the brightest minds in the space, and beyond. I'm not trying to educate or inform anyone, I'm sharing my own journey of attempting to understand bitcoin, and delving in to some of the less obvious, but incredibly profound, aspects of its emergence in the global culture.
Episodes
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Hodl Hang #11 w/ Cason, Breedlove, Hodl & Vallis
We back. Enjoy! -- More from the boys: TWITTER (Rob): @Breedlove22 TWITTER (Erik): @Erikcason TWITTER (HODL): @americanhodl8 More from me: TWITTER / X: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA YOUTUBE:...
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Hodl Hang #10 w/ Cason, Breedlove & American Hodl
The Hodl Hang crew is back together for another session. Enjoy! -- More from the boys: TWITTER (Rob): @Breedlove22 TWITTER (Erik): @Erikcason TWITTER (HODL): @americanhodl8 More from me: TWITTER / X: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA YOUTUBE:...
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Moving To Madeira, Bitcoin Atlantis & Building on Nostr
In this show, I sit down with three of my friends to get an update on the emerging bitcoin 'circular economy' in Madeira, Portugal (where they are all now living), as well as to discuss the upcoming 'Bitcoin Atlantis' conference happening there in March 2024. But first, we get the discussion...
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Bitcoin & Macro Hang #6 w/ Pysh, Booth, Foss & Gromen
Every now and then, this crew gets together to discuss the current macroeconomic situation, and of course, the role that bitcoin is playing within it. Given all the crazy shit that's currently going on, I figured it was time for another one. Luke Gromen popped in for the first time during the...
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Bitcoin Health Hang #1 w/ 'NobodyCaribou'
Health has been central to my life for more than 20 years, so it's been fascinating (and surprising) to observe the impact which learning about and adopting bitcoin seems to be having on how people approach their diet, fitness, and many other aspects of well-being. What is inspiring this? Is it a...
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Being A Doctor During 'The Hysteria' & The Future Of Medicine w/ Remnant MD
The future of the bitcoin economy will not only be people transacting in bitcoin, but people of all backgrounds, educations, and experiences re-interpreting their professions (and much else), through a 'bitcoin lens'. In keeping with the 'quest for truth' which bitcoin seems to inspire, many…
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Critiquing Jordan Peterson's Views On Anonymity Online
Over the last year or so, Jordan Peterson has been very critical of the quality of online discourse, attributing much of the problem to anonymous/pseudonymous accounts. He refers to such accounts as 'troll demons' or 'dark tetrad types', and has expressed his desire to see them separated from...
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The Launch of 'Dare to Dream: A Story From El Salvador'
In November of 2021, I was fortunate enough to be involved in the filming of a documentary about Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador. Over the last two years, the director and producer have turned it into a beautiful feature-length documentary, which highlights the incredible people and motivations…
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Is China About To Crash? Bitcoiners Discuss China Macro
The Economic Situation in China has recently been attracting more attention, as a result of several economic indicators showing worrying signs. Despite it's robust growth over several decades, there have long been worries about how much has been fuelled by unsustainable amounts of debt, money...
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The Ramaswamy Candidacy w/ Jordan Schachtel & Vijay Boyapati
Vivek Ramaswamy burst onto the American political scene in early 2023, after announcing his presidential campaign (on the Republican side). I was immediately struck by his thoughtfulness and eloquence, but even more so by his 'radical' policy positions (which I largely support), and the detail…
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Bitcoin Mining on the Homestead w/ Rev.Hodl
Rev.Hodl (@HodlRev) has been building out his homestead operation in Michigan for several years. I had him on the podcast about a year ago to discuss how and why he got started, what he has learned, the details of his operation, and the permaculture philosophy which he has both adopted and added…
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HODL HANG #9 - Bitcoin is the (new) solution to the 'meaning crisis'
After a fun trip to Miami where we recorded the first couple episodes of a new in-person show ('Portal Orange'), we got back together for a good old-fashioned Hodl Hang. Enjoy! -- More from the boys: TWITTER (Rob): @Breedlove22 TWITTER (Erik): @Erikcason TWITTER (HODL): @americanhodl8 More...
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Bitcoin is For Anyone, Not Everyone w/ Fernando Nikolić
Fernando is the Marketing and Communications Director at the diversified bitcoin company, Blockstream. He is also the creator of bitcoinerbooks.com, a website with lists and links to books recommended by certain bitcoiners. He recently published an op-ed in Bitcoin Magazine entitled 'To Drive...
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The 'Physics' of Truth and Bitcoin w/ Noam Hazan
Noam Hazan is a physical therapist and independent bitcoin researcher. He recently contacted me and shared with me a link to a nearly 3-hour video presentation in which he delves into bitcoin from 'first principles', through the lens of physics, chemistry, psychology and morality. I found it very...
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Building An Off-Grid Homestead in Hawaii w/ Jordan Urbs
Jordan Urbs is a musician, digital content creator, bitcoiner, and host of the 'Sovereign States of Mind' podcast. As a result of his views on sovereignty and independence, Jordan and his wife and two young kids are been working on an off-grid homestead in Hawaii for the last few years. He...
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Finding God Through Bitcoin w/ Reed (@FreedomMoney21)
Reed reached out to me a while back, saying that his journey of understanding bitcoin, and all the different disciplines required to do so, had ultimately led him back to god. This inspired him to begin writing about his shift in perspective, in a number of very thought-provoking articles on...
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Coinjoins, Blacklists, Softforks, & The Beginning of Civilization w/ Max Hillebrand
Max Hillebrand is a 'free software entrepreneur', the CEO of ckSNACKS (The company leading the development of Wasabi Wallet), a strong proponent of individual liberty, bitcoin educator, and a long-time friend of mine. Max was one of the first guests on this show back in 2019, and I thought, given...
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Hollywood Producer on Bitcoin Book 'Proof of Money' w/ Terence Michael
Terence Michael is Hollywood producer, entrepreneur, real-estate investor, and author. His most recent work is the excellent book 'Proof of Money: The Big Idea Behind Bitcoin (What You Don't Know About Why You Need It). Terence booked himself on the show through my open Calendly link, and after...
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Building 'The Regenaissance' - Education, Apparel, Community w/ Ryan Griggs
Ryan Griggs is the founder of the 'Regenaissance'. According to their website: "The primary mission of The Regenaissance is to permeate the mainstream consciousness with the truth via education, apparel, and community. Ushering in the regeneration of our health via an understanding of food...
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'The Anatomy of Bitcoin' (Film) w/ @pedromvpg
Pedro is a content creator, communications designer / UX specialist, and the driving force behind a film project called 'The Anatomy of Bitcoin'. Though this project is still under development, parts of it are available to watch, and it appears likely to be a stunning, entertaining, and effective...
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Why Are So Many People 'Revisiting' Religion? A Deep Dive w/ Michael Millerman
Michael Millerman is a philosopher, the founder of MillermanSchool.com, and the author of the books 'Inside Putin's Brain', and 'Beginning With Heidegger'. I invited him on the show to discuss the seeming trend toward revisiting religion, the role of philosophy, and the central importance of...
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Exploring Bitcoin 'Acceleration Theory' w/ Jared Webber
Jared is a young bitcoiner from Canada who recently wrote an article about bitcoin 'acceleration theory', a perspective which basically asserts that it's better to accelerate the decline of fiat, so that bitcoin can replace it sooner, rather than delaying that process by opposing any of the…
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A Bitcoiner Discusses His Interest In Anarchism w/ Michael Matulef
Michael Matulef is a bitcoiner with an interest, or who is ideologically aligned, with 'anarchy'. He booked himself on the show (via my public Calendly link) to come on and discuss it, as well as what bitcoin means to him more broadly. Enjoy! -- More from Michael: TWITTER:...
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Fix The Money, Fix the...Soil? From Coal Mining To Regenerative Ranching w/ Jason Wrich
Jason Wrich is the founder of Wrich Ranches, a regenerative cattle ranch focusing on holistic practices in Crawford, Colorado. The connection between regenerative cattle raising and bitcoin is one that I have been following for a few years now, and one which I find extremely fascinating. So I...
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Writing The Ultimate 'Bitcoin Basics' Article w/ DNComply
'DNComply' is a pseudonym for a writer who wishes to remain anonymous, but has nevertheless recently written a thorough introduction to the topic of bitcoin. A lifetime writer, and long-time bitcoiner, he felt that many of the intros out there today, while great, were lacking, especially in terms...
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Nostr Deep Dive & Inflation in Argentina w/ Pablo Fernandez
Pablo Fernandez is an Argentinian software engineer, ‘Head of R&D’ at Swan Bitcoin, advisor to ‘ego death capital’, and most recently, developer of a number of projects on the Nostr protocol. In this discussion, I ask Pablo about the economic situation in Argentina, and his thoughts on the...
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30 Years in China: A More Nuanced Comparison Of Socio-Economic Approaches Between China and 'The West' w/ Peter Alexander
Peter Alexander is an entrepreneur who’s been living and doing business in Shanghai, China for nearly 30 years. He reached out to me recently after hearing one of the ‘Macro Hang’ episodes, where we briefly touched on the subject of China, and in which I suggested that we should be careful not to...
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Everything You Wanted To Know About Moving To El Salvador In 2023 w/ 'Escape To El Salvador'
Jeremy is the founder of 'Escape To El Salvador', a business which provides services to people seeking to move to El Salvador. As many places around the world today appear to be pursuing nonsensical, increasingly authoritarian, and ultimately unsustainable policies, El Salvador is signalling that...
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Macro Hang #5 w/ Jeff Booth, Preston Pysh & Greg Foss
Hanging out with some of my bitcoin pals discussing the macro climate at the end of April 2023. Enjoy! -- More from the guys: TWITTER (JEFF): https://twitter.com/JeffBooth TWITTER (PRESTON): https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh TWITTER (FOSS): https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss More from me…
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Starting A (High-Quality) Beef Business In El Salvador w/ 'Beef Back Better'
Owen Gwilliam, also known as 'Beef Back Better', was on the show about a year ago, as he was making his first trip to El Salvador, doing research on the regenerative / organic ranching situation in the country. Since that time, he's returned to Australia, only to leave again, and move his whole...
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Ditching Spotify For 'Streaming Sats': The Future Of Independent Music Publishing w/ Joe Martin
Joe Martin is a musician and a pioneer in the emerging use of the so-called 'value 4 value' model for digital product publishing (and likely more in the future). Joe is about to launch his first full album 'Empty passenger Seat' on May 1st, and has already launched a couple songs from it on...
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Ditching Marxism & Finding Bitcoin w/ Mercedes Juárez
Mercedes Juárez is a 70+ year old Mexico native, who was introduced to me by a mutual friend. An advocate for Marxism earlier in life, she has more recently found bitcoin, gone down the rabbit hole, and is now pursuing initiatives to help promote and get the benefits of bitcoin to more people,...
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Bitcoiner Book Club: 'Secrets of the Federal Reserve' w/ Daniel Prince, Ray Youssef, & Jace Hartzler
This is another instalment in the 'Bitcoiner Book Club' series. When either myself, or others read a book that they thought was interesting, relevant to bitcoin, and worthy of further discussion, we put together one of these chats. The guests reviewing the books are always different, and are...
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What Is The 'Spirit' Of Bitcoin? - Broadening The Discussion On 'Upgrades' w/ Guy Swann
Guy Swann is a friend, bitcoiner, and creator and host of 'Bitcoin Audible', a podcast where he reads the top articles in the bitcoin space, and provides extensive and valuable commentary on them. Last week Guy and I recorded a podcast in which we discussed the recent 'banking crisis', and the...
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Hodl Hang #8: The Banking Crisis, $1M Bitcoin Bet, Nostr, The Future of Politics & More
After a 7 month hiatus, the Hodl Hang crew is back to discuss some of the wild events and encouraging developments of the last half year. Enjoy! -- More from the boys: TWITTER (Rob): @Breedlove22 TWITTER (Erik): @Erikcason TWITTER (HODL): @americanhodl8 More from me: TWITTER:...
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A Bitcoiner's Perspective on the Banking 'Crisis' w/ Guy Swann
Guy Swann is a friend, bitcoiner, and creator and host of 'Bitcoin Audible', a podcast where he reads the top articles in the bitcoin space, and provides extensive and valuable commentary on them. I've known Guy since I've been in the bitcoin space, but we hadn't spoken in a while, so we booked a...
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Getting A Job In Bitcoin w/ Andy & Eric of Bitcoin Talent Co
It's a very common phenomenon that when people get orange-pilled, and begin heading down the 'bitcoin rabbit-hole', they have an increasing desire to shift their job / career to work in bitcoin. Additionally, while the bitcoin-only industry is still fairly small, if we are right about it's...
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Rethinking 'Toxicity', Shifting Focus, Publishing His First Book & The Pace of Bitcoin Adoption w/ Aleks Svetski
Aleks Svetski is an entrepreneur, friend, prolific writer in the bitcoin space, and author of the recently released book 'The UnCommunist Manifesto', a logical, and piercing takedown of 'Communist' thinking, and a simple explanation of the rationale (and virtues) of individual freedom and…
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Starting (in 2019) and Scaling a Successful Regenerative Ranching Business w/ Jacob Wolki
Jacob Wolki is an Australian entrepreneur and regenerative farmer. He started out in his family's record store, then moved to selling bicycles, and in 2019, went down the regenerative farming rabbit-hole, which he's now built into a rapidly growing full-time business. I first came across his work...
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A Conversation About Truth With A 'Christian Anarchist'
I often ask the twitterverse if there are any bitcoiners out there who would like to jump on the podcast for a discussion about whatever they're into (or want to discuss). This man (who wishes to remain anonymous) hit me up, listing his 'Christian anarchy', military history, large family,...
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BoltObserver, Risks to Lightning, & The 'Value Enabled Web' w/ Aljaz Ceru
Aljaz is the CEO and Co-Founder of BoltObserver, software which provides monitoring and management services for lightning nodes. He's also the co-founder of the Bitcoin Ljubljana meetup, and has worked in the bitcoin space for several years. He is another guest who booked themselves on the…
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Giving Up A 'White Collar' Career For Regenerative Ranching w/ Eyvy The Farmer (Norwegian Bitcoiner)
Eyvy is a young Norwegian bitcoiner who, after hearing the stories of other bitcoiners who became interested and got involved in regenerative farming, decided to give up on his 'white collar' career and do the same. He has since bought some land and cattle, and begun his journey of learning how…
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A Discussion About Making Changes/Upgrades To Bitcoin w/ James O'Beirne
James O'Beirne is a friend and contributor to Bitcoin Core since 2015. He is also the author of the recently published 'OP_VAULT' white paper. While I tend to focus more on the socio-cultural or 'philosophical' aspects of bitcoin, I still think it's very important to have an informed perspective…
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Jameson Lopp: Bitcoin Covenants, OP_VAULT, Upgrade vs. Ossification & Casa Changes
Jameson Lopp is a technologist who has been involved in the bitcoin space for over 10 years. He has worked at bitcoin companies, created and contributed to several educational resources, and co-founded Casa, a service which helps customers self-custody their bitcoin. Jameson recently hit me up,...
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Running for Governor, The Pursuit of Mental Clarity, & Psilocybin for Vets w/ Shane Hazel
Shane Hazel is a veteran, bitcoiner, founder of the B.R.A.V.E PTSD Experience, and a political candidate, most recently in the Georgia gubernatorial race for the Libertarian Party. I watched some of the live debates for that race, and was impressed by both the ideas Shane was espousing, and the...
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Resolving 'Attachment Trauma', and Delivering Orange-Pills, w/ 'Honest Sharing'
I've recently been trying a new method of booking guests for the show, by posting a Calendly link, and allowing anyone who wishes to come on to book themselves in. I ask them to give a brief summary of what they'd like to discuss, and if it sounds interesting (and has nothing to do with…
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MADEIRA UPDATE w/ Andre, Niko, & Rob
At the bitcoin 2022 conference, the President of Madeira got on stage, and announced that Madeira was 'adopting' bitcoin. While this led to much excitement about another potential 'bitcoin citadel' emerging, it also left many questions. Since that time, a number of bitcoiners who are either from...
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Bitcoin is a Source of Creative Inspiration w/ @ReelRichard
Richard is the creator of some of the most awesome bitcoin-inspired music videos, which are always a big hit with the ‘bitcoin maximalists’ on twitter. I really enjoy his work, and feel its another beautiful example of how bitcoin is inspiring people, and granting them the freedom, to express...
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2022 in Bitcoin w/ Alex Leishman & Rodolfo Novak
Sometimes I like to put together an episode that is just meant to be a hangout with some of my friends in the bitcoin space. They are usually pretty open discussions about all things bitcoin and related topics. As both Alex and Rodolfo run consumer-facing bitcoin businesses, we discussed their...
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Taking Back Your Attention & Generating a Market for it w/ VIDA
Most people in the world don't yet realize that the internet is currently entering a new era. Thanks to the capabilities of bitcoin and the lightning network, a seamless, frictionless, value transfer layer is coming to our online actions and interactions, in what has recently become known as the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Bitcoin is the future of money, that is my firm belief. I use this show to learn more about this phenomenon, and its various implications, from some of the brightest minds in the space, and beyond. I'm not trying to educate or inform anyone, I'm sharing my own journey of attempting to understand bitcoin, and delving in to some of the less obvious, but incredibly profound, aspects of its emergence in the global culture.
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John Vallis
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