Value Stack: A Bitcoin Podcast

Jameson Lopp is a cypherpunk and co-founder of Casa. In this episode we discuss how privacy in the US and bitcoin are UNDER ATTACK. And Testnest v3 is also UNDER ATTACK.... by Jameson Lopp? Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:30 Why Jameson Lopp is attacking Bitcoin Testnet 12:10 The State of Bitcoin Mining Post-Halving 20:30 Lopp's view on current bitcoin mainnet development like OP_CAT 24:15 Privacy is under attack 29:00 Our gainz are under attack 35:00 Outro - resist the narrative wars! Links Jameson's website has many great bitcoin resources: https://lopp.net ⁠Follow Jameson on Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/lopp Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support

What is cloud-computing and why is it a paradigm we should be uncomfortable with? Matt Hill of @Start9 joins Value Stack Podcast for a discussion about the current state of computing and why self-hosting and running a home server is more important than ever before. StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services. Check out the chapters below! 00:00 Intro 00:28 How did we get to the cloud computing paradigm? 03:30 Computer client and server architecture explained 11:30 How does relying on centralized servers affect freedom? 15:00 How are servers and clients designed differently? 18:05 The fight over privacy, personal data, and politics 26:55 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin? 29:10 Does technology push sovereignty forward? 37:20 How culture, education, and technology are interlinked 42:25 Why trust is essential in a flourishing human society 46:30 About Start9 and StartOS - Run a Sovereign Personal Server 52:30 Why SaaS needs to disappear 01:00:11 Why StartOS is fully FOSS 01:11:00 DNS, encryption, Google and search 01:14:33 On censorship and ransomware 01:19:58 Why running a home server is more secure than cloud computing 01:26:30 Why you should start with self-hosting a password manager like Vaultwarden 01:31:09 What’s on the StartOS roadmap? 01:37:16 How Start9 is building a new product category - the personal server 01:45:00 Daemon and Freedom TM book recommendations- Daniel Suarez 01:47:15 How is StartOS different than UmbrelOS, CasaOS, etc? 01:58:23 The AI and LLM revolution 02:03:43 IoT and the future of the computing paradigm 02:13:55 Outro

How do you get a job in the bitcoin industry? Is bitcoin even an industry? What kind of skills are companies in the bitcoin industry looking for? Are crypto and bitcoin companies looking for different things? How will an ETF change the industry? What sort of mindsets help bitcoiners get hired? In Episode 46, I'm joined by Eric Podwojski of Bitcoin Talent Co to talk all about bitcoin jobs and wrap up with a little bit of reflection, mindfulness and motivation on working in an industry and on building things we enjoy. If you're looking for a job in bitcoin or your company has roles to fill, this is an episode for you about bitcoin culture and hiring in the bitcoin industry. Check out the chapters below! Check out bitcoin talent co ⁠Follow Eric on X Support the show Chapters 0:00 Intro - Let’s do less podcasts in 2024 2:45 What would you do if you were rich AF? 4:40 Starting Bitcoin Talent Co 5:50 Bitcoin vs Crypto Companies 7:15 How do you find bitcoin jobs? 8:15 What personality traits help bitcoiners get hired? 11:30 What kind of skills do you need to work in bitcoin? 16:00 Can you get a bitcoin job in a bear market? 18:30 How to get a job in the bitcoin industry? 21:00 How do bitcoin adoption incentives work? 26:00 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin? 28:45 On reading books and building skillsets 31:00 How do you define the bitcoin industry? 37:00 Flex hiring and TalentOS through Bitcoin Talent Co 41:00 Does prior industry experience matter in bitcoin? 42:00 Skills to help you get hired in the bitcoin industry 50:00 The importance of consistency in content creation 52:00 Becoming indifferent to price action and monetary gains 1:01:00 On paradigm shifts 1:04:00 On making an impact with content creation 1:08:00 Self-awareness and behavior patterns 1:10:30 On meditation, motivation, and facing mortality 1:17:00 The Story of the Stonecutter 1:21:30 Libraries are cool again in 2023 1:24:00 Making commitments 1:25:15 The Bitcoin Tao draft excerpt 1:31:00 On the ever-changing nature of life 1:35:30 How writing and journalling helps process emotions 1:38:30 The importance of atomic habits 1:39:45 Outro

Sam Callahan and Beau Simon join me for a 2023 year-in-review of the bitcoin markets episode to wrap up the year for Value Stack Episode 45. We talk market cycles and how SBF, CZ, and other people are now going to jail. We talk about interest rates and how the economy has done this year, make predictions on monetary policy, talk the halving and 2024 bitcoin price predictions and more. Chapters 0:00 Intro 5:57 What happened with interest rates in 2023? 15:00 Regional banking crisis of 2023 17:00 Bitcoin mempool fees all time high 20:00 Bitcoin ETF and BlackRock 26:10 RIP Charlie Munger 28:40 SBF, CZ, Etc all going to jail 33:00 Is a Bitcoin ETF approval good for Bitcoin? 48:12 FedNow launches in 2023 55:00 Too big to fail US banks 59:00 Federal reserve 2024 policy predictions 1:03:00 Lyn Alden post-ww2 bond thesis correlation 1:07:00 Millennials and the 2023 housing market 1:17:30 Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act 1:19:30 Bitcoin hashrate doubles in 2023 1:23:40 2024 Bitcoin halving predictions 1:25:30 Reflecting on lessons from the last cycle 1:28:30 Personal highlights of 2023 1:39:40 Revisiting our 2023 predictions 1:40:30 2024 Bitcoin predictions ⁠Follow Sam and Beau on X: https://x.com/samcallah // https://x.com/shaperfunds Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support

Here's a 2 hour conversation on life and surviving bear markets as a bitcoiner. Rob and Rick have both been on the show before and for this one we were LIVE in the CryptoCloaks print shop. We talk about mining, the insane math behind hashing SHA256 , cycles of equipment upgrading and how to deal with heat from mining and equipment, and a whole lot of messing around. Check out the chapters below! ____________________________________ ⁠Follow Rick on X: https://x.com/RickFromCloaks Follow Rob on X: https://x.com/BikesandBitcoin Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00 Intro - without an introduction 5:30 Computers are hot 9:00 On starting a small business with bitcoin 11:15 How to repurpose heat from bitcoin mining 15:45 Mining downtime and ASIC repair 18:00 Why's there so much performance variation across ASICs? 23:25 Bitcoin mining is a brutal business 26:55 Rob's poetic ode to the beauty of hashing 30:35 How does the bitcoin difficulty adjustment work? 32:30 On exponential growth and really big numbers 35:45 Rob's alan watts interpretation 36:35 Why is Rick still operating in his basement? 40:00 Rick explains the CryptoCloaks printing operation 43:20 Rob teaches about how mega bitcoin miners make money with electricity 53:30 On achieving and goal-setting 56:30 On risk-taking and running a business 1:02:15 On becoming more family-oriented because of bitcoin 1:10:05 Is bitcoin a faith-based community? 1:12:55 On grokking bitcoin and it going mainstream 1:20:00 Talking about cycles of life and the fourth turning 1:26:45 On loving "the process", cycles of life, kids, and hashing 1:30:00 How mining pools changed bitcoin mining forever 1:34:45 When will the general population adopt bitcoin? 1:37:00 Why we stopped talking about bitcoin during the holidays 1:45:35 On mentally HODLing through bitcoin bear markets 1:54:00 Generations of bitcoiners 1:58:08 How will a bitcoin ETF change the market environment? 2:00:30 Are we screwed when baby boomers leave the workforce? 2:03:45 Bitcoin adoption in developing countries 2:05:30 Outro - words of wisdom from Rick & Rob

Jason Wrich is a first-generation rancher in Colorado and founder of Wrich Ranches, a farm-to-table brand that serves local Colorado customers grass-fed and finished natural beef. In this episode, we dive into modern day-ranching and we draw insights from ranching history and lessons of the past, emphasize the connection between people and their food, and explore the unexpected link between Bitcoin and the farming and ranching world. With a special focus on the Beef Initiative and grassroots efforts, Jason does a great job of bringing these two seemingly disparate concepts closer than ever before. Join us for a candid exploration of the essence of ranching in the digital age. Check out the chapters below! ____________________________________ ⁠Follow Jason on Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/JasonWrich Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:13 Ranching Challenges and Land Leasing 03:30 Legacy and Soil Improvement 05:12 Cattle Health and Sustainability 08:11 Financial Considerations 09:41 Grass-Fed Beef and Quality 14:27 Ranching and Price Control 18:11 Challenges in Ranching and Adaptation 21:40 Weather Challenges and Ranch Preparedness 24:24 Naysayer Reactions and Ranching Challenges 28:57 Values, Money, and Circular Economy 33:28 Introduction to Bitcoin 36:03 Transparency in Ranching and Bitcoin 38:01 Expanding Network and Community 40:03 Impact of Bitcoin on Ranching Business 41:00 Bitcoin in Transactions 42:10 Bitcoin Adoption in the Community 45:05 Concerns about Wolf Reintroduction 47:26 Challenges in Different Environments 50:09 Connection with Nature and Presence 54:09 Lessons in Strength and Resilience 58:29 Overcoming Self-Limitations 01:00:30 Dealing with the Uncontrollable 01:01:31 Nature's Wisdom 01:02:03 Adaptation to Environment 01:03:36 The Beef Initiative's Purpose 01:11:05 Challenges in Beef Certification 01:14:01 Eating as Part of a Microbiome 01:19:00 Quality of Life Goals 01:25:05 Closing Thoughts

David Croisant is a passionate free-thinker and advocate of sovereign and open source technologies. He and I sat down to discuss common and alternative forms of government, how money affects organization of groups, if bitcoin can lead to better ways of organization, and ask the question - do people really want to be free?Check out the chapters below and if you enjoy it, consider supporting the show. Chapters 00:00 What is anarchy? 1:55 Why did governments come about and stay in power? 5:10 Why are citizens ignorant about government laws? 8:20 Whose responsibility is it to keep governments in check? 12:00 How does the public education system affect government power? 13:35 Money, power, the church, and government control 16:00 Societal structure today is designed government overreach 20:00 How can we take back power into the citizens hands? 24:20 Why do bitcoiners “unplug” sooner than the general population? 28:00 Will governments ever embrace bitcoin? 34:30 Why do we even need money? 39:00 Government ideals vs reality 43:30 Does technology increase or decrease freedom? 47:15 Why do people trade freedom for convenience? 51:45 Cycles of creation and destruction 1:02:30 Paths to “waking up” 1:06:45 How can society work in a world without stated rules? 1:10:10 How education and media keep citizens in the dark 1:14:15 How do collective and individual incentives align? 1:17:15 Imagining very large perspectives to re-examine society 1:22:00 Taking sovereignty of the mind 1:33:00 What ways can we spread sovereign ideas? 1:37:00 Learning from self-reflection and observing others 1:41:00 Outro: You Matter

Zechariah Schaefer, CFP®, is the founder of Ascent, a next-generation wealth management & tax firm helping Founders, Tech Professionals, & Crypto Investors to reduce taxes, build wealth intentionally, & invest wisely. Due to his firm's unique Gen Z & Millennial niche, flat-fee model, & his 10,000+ social media following, Zechariah's been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Investopedia, & more. In this episode, we discuss a financial advisor's perspective on bitcoin, and how this asset is a growing part of younger investors' planning. We talk about practical ways that people can improve their own financial position, debt and leverage, philosophies of value and diversification, and more. If you're interested in how bitcoin can serve as a part of a sound financial plan, this episode is definitely for you! Check out the chapters below! The best place to get in touch with Zechariah is his LinkedIn, but we’ve also included his other links below.LinkedInTwitterAscent Personal FinanceInstagram⁠Support the show Chapters 00:00 Intro 1:40 Why should someone still consider a financial advisor in 2023? 4:40 How do financial advisors compete in an automated investing world? 7:45 Why did you start your own RIA instead of joining a big firm? 11:55 What areas of advice do millenials in tech need help with? 26:10 Most common Gen-Z financial planning mistakes 31:00 How do you create a beginning financial plan? 33:45 How do you think about debt in 2023? 37:00 Discussing personal residence real estate as an investment 39:00 How do you define "value"? 44:20 Asset allocation for crypto investors in 2023 51:00 Considering children and family in a financial plan 53:06 Bitcoiner's take on retirement accounts and social security 56:00 Money printing, bitcoin, CBDCs and predicting our future monetary system 1:05:00 Custodial bitcoin 1:08:40 Outro - General tips to improve your own financial position

Jameson Lopp has been building multisig Bitcoin wallets since 2015. He is the founder and CTO of Casa and also founded Mensa's Bitcoin Special Interest Group, the Triangle Bitcoin & Business meetup, and several open source Bitcoin projects. He enjoys researching various aspects of the ecosystem and giving presentations about what he has learned the hard way while trying to write robust software that can withstand both adversaries and unsophisticated users. In Value Stack Episode 40, we discuss the history of email and spam prevention, and the actions / missteps that led to centralizing forces of the Mail Protocol, SMTP, into the control of a few gatekeepers over time. We expand on whether these same forces and gatekeepers are developing and might be present in the Bitcoin protocol today, if the similar missteps are being made, or if we've already fought those battles and learned from previous mistakes. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Special thanks to Dez and Cory who filmed the episode - check out their channel and other work at DezCor Media! Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:25 What is email and SMTP? 1:20 ARPANET - the early days of email 2:45 The beginning of email spam 4:17 Why most people don't run their own mail servers today 5:22 AOL and the meteroic rise of commercialized internet 8:50 How uptime needs and free open relays led to centralization 10:24 How spam prevention measures led to centralization over time 14:53 How do email providers define what is spam today? 16:40 Spam solutions as a business and beginnings of email gatekeeping 20:03 Flipping the game theory - imposing economic costs on spam senders (Hashcash) 22:30 Why didn't Hashcash get adopted into the Mail Protocol? 25:00 Blacklisting, port blocking, and challenges of self-hosting mail servers 28:30 Third parties all the way down - "meta-rules" that crippled SMTP 29:40 How misaligned incentives led to centralization of email 31:00 Bitcoin's incentives - are the better thought out? 32:20 Points of failure and redundancy 34:20 KYC, the Scaling Wards, censorship, and the custodial problem 37:00 Is bitcoin still vulnerable to incentives that create centralizing forces? 38:55 Should we ossify the bitcoin protocol now? 40:00 Are there scaling issues for self-custody bitcoin long term? 42:00 Importance of the bitcoin culture of Sovereignty 43:30 Why monetary and messaging protocols are different 45:07 Tracking custodial-held bitcoin on-chain 46:20 Is bitcoin headed in the right direction? 49:00 Are out-of-protocol abstractions a bad thing? 51:10 How can people get involved in helping bitcoin succeed? 53:55 Outro

Anthony Feliciano is a bitcoiner pushing forward merchant services adoption and the bitcoin circular economy. He hosts CryptoBeerKings popup meetups and is an early advocate of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. This episode is a deep dive in the world of using bitcoin as a medium of exchange and unit of account, particularly in the context of businesses and merchants. We discuss the benefits of LN vs onchain, and roadblocks that lightning network must overcome. ____________________________________ Check out CryptoBeerKings Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00 Intro 4:00 Reminiscing on early days of the Lightning Network 9:00 Challenges & importance of Lightning Network adoption 15:30 When to use Lightning versus on-chain bitcoin? 17:30 Can lightning network scale and be decentralized enough? 21:20 Teaching small businesses about bitcoin and lightning network 25:30 How to learn about bitcoin lightning network and other BTC Layer 2s 28:30 Are custodial lightning solutions a growing concern? 31:00 Importance of grassroots Bitcoin circular economy 36:00 Educating businesses on why bitcoin is better than credit cards 44:30 Lightning network inbound liquidity & other challenges to growth 56:00 The paradigm shift of seeing bitcoin as a unit of account 58:50 Teaching middle-schoolers about #bitcoin 1:12:00 What helped you see bitcoin's potential earlier than most? 1:15:00 The process of going down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole 1:17:00 Building computers in the 1990s 1:20:35 The trilemma of privacy, sovereignty, and convenience 1:25:00 Learning Linux 1:31:30 Outro

Hunter Beast is a freedom-lover and Rust developer focused on building with Bitcoin layers. He's also Director of Engineering at DIBA, where they're building a marketplace for digital art on Bitcoin and Bitcoin only, but using the RGB Contracts Layer and BDK instead of Ordinals. He is also architecting a decentralized storage system called Carbonado to store content for DIBA's Unique Digital Assets that's trustless, paid in Lightning, and encrypts all data using Nostr keys. In this episode, we talk about developing on bitcoin, why code and free speech are important, I, NFTS, and so many other topics. This is a bit more of a technical discussion than most episodes, so enjoy the banter and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! ____________________________________ Follow Hunter on Twitter Check out BitMask Wallet Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Bitcoin origin story 00:05:10 Selling vs spending bitcoin 00:07:10 DDOS attacks 00:07:50 Political views on career & money 00:09:10 Risk taking vs risk aversion 00:10:15 Information asymmetry in programming 00:14:23 The best way to learn anything 00:17:00 On AI replacing traditional education; hands-on learning vs memorization 00:18:47 Extracurricular activity 00:23:00 Why free speech matters 00:28:50 Why Rust programming language? 00:30:27 Evils of inefficient web technologies 00:32:00 Ordinals (Index) vs RGB 00:39:00 Bitmask wallet 00:48:10 RGB vs Ordinals from end-user standpoint 00:54:00 Don't shitcoin - it's bad for you 01:00:04 Human species' trajectory 01:03:40 Economics of energy 01:08:00 Bitcoin includes everything 01:19:18 Carbonado 01:28:53 Saifedean Ammous will get you fired 01:35:27 Bitcoin is good for your health 01:40:45 Outro

Jack Sweeney is a Gen Z YouTuber turned passionate Bitcoin advocate. He currently writes about the lightning network for LN Capital and produces content under @jacksweeney. In Value Stack 37, we discuss how Jack found Bitcoin, the existential meaning about being a millenial and gen Z in today's economy, being content creators online, and more. This is an esoteric episode so sit back with an open mind and enjoy! Support the show Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:38 Bitcoin Origin story 08:45 Big difference of bitcoin and altcoins? 10:00 Why NFTs have no inherent value 23:15 The root of the problem is the money is corrupted 25:25 Betting on bitcoin success vs fiat collapse 27:00 Finding meaning in the world and purpose 29:25 Effects of money printing on socioeconomics 32:50 Short-term bias - high vs. low time preference thinking 36:00 Becoming a radical 37:30 Thinking of Bitcoin as a unit of account 38:55 Money is at the base layer of society and interaction 40:26 What wealth affords 41:40 In it for the “I told ya so’s” 45:00 Bitcoin is a movement, and a savings tool - not an investment 48:10 Seeing the truth of what's in front of you 50:30 Whether or not to disclose on a date that you’re a bitcoiner 58:00 Incentivizing content creators through NOSTR Zaps 59:50 Personality traits that are common among bitcoiners 1:04:20 How fiat destroys most purchasing power in under a decade 1:08:00 How to grow a YouTube channel 1:17:00 Will fiat and bitcoin coexist? 1:19:46 What has more supply: Shiba Inu Coin or the US Dollar? 1:26:45 Just wait for bitcoin (math) to do its thing and chill! 1:30:00 Sats - a bitcoin "penny", 10 bitcoin is a billionaire - Bitcoin units 1:37:10 Outro

CryptoCloaks Rick is a small business owner, and regular dude building and 3D Printing for the bitcoin community. His team and print shop, CryptoCloaks, is the go-to for unique Bitcoin products and all 3D-printed-to-order and custom parts. This one is a long one - 2 hours of wide-ranging topics - from turkey factories, to running an online shipping business, designing 3d printing bitcoin space heaters, moving out the cities, bitcoin & lightning network tech, privacy, fiat lifestyle, and more. Rick and I had a great time recording this one - check out CryptoCloaks and all the awesome custom merch they're printing out of the shop. Check out the chapters below! ____________________________________ Visit the CryptoCloaks online shopFollow CryptoCloaks on Twitter3D Printers GoBRRRSupport the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 00:00 Intro 4:37 Business ebbs and flows based on BTC price 10:15 Bitcoin doesn't actually exist 13:20 3D basics 17:20 Where to start 3D printing? 21:30 Fusion 360- CAD Design Software for 3D Modeling 22:44 Jennie-O Turkeys - Designing better killing machines 😬 27:20 Disconnecting from tech & getting in nature 35:00 Why Bitcoin Twitter is waste of time 41:10 Why Bitcoin isn’t discussed as much on Value Stack 45:10 The File Factory - The decision to open-source files to the 3D Printer community 48:40 The Legendary CryptoCloaks spouse-proof S9 Space Heater 57:56 The Best Idea Ever for guerilla marketing publicity (hat will soon be stolen) 1:05:00 Expanding and Marketing CryptoCloaks 1:10:45 Upgrading the Print Shop & Big Bobby - The Mega 3d Printer 1:12:45 Rise of popularity in self-hosting tools 1:16:25 Is 3D printing safe? Assessing print and filament quality 1:19:14 Purchasing land & creating the retirement life you want for later 1:21:55 Importance of loving what you do - time vs money 1:30:30 Minnesota & Midwest life 1:32:45 Record snow & skiing in 2023 for Colorado 1:35:30 NOLA weather 1:38:00 Outdoor recreation in Colorado 1:40:10 Self-defense laws 1:43:00 The impossible task of trying to keep pace with @BTCSessions , the machine 1:46;00 Bitcoin and Lightning Tutorial Videos on this channel 1:50:00 Crowdfunding Big Bobby and 3d-printed pins 1:54:45 Outro

Ben Justman is a small business owner, winemaker and Bitcoiner in Western Colorado. His winery, Peony Lane, is a Natural Winery in the highest wine region in North America and specializes in Pinot Noir. He uses his background as a farmer, business owner and Bitcoiner to educate his communities about sound money and the importance of supporting local food systems. In Value Stack 35, we discuss growing up in Colorado and the process of making natural wine - from the soil composition, planning and time involved, to marketing and finding a niche market in selling to bitcoiners! We hash out what it's like being a millennial in 2023, and how difficult it can be to explain or understand how money, the economy, or bitcoin works - especially to peers. We wrap talking about how cities and rural living often comes with different worldviews, the nature of risk-taking in life, and how to develop resolve and conviction in your own ideas. This was a really genuine conversation that I thoroughly enjoyed. I hope you do too, and please consider supporting Ben's small business vineyard in the links below! Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 00:00 Intro - Bitcoiners and virtuous ways of living 09:05 Difficulties of teaching people about how money and bitcoin works 17:35 Soil & natural wine-making in rural Colorado - Peony Lane Wine 36:30 Advantages and challenges of running a “bitcoin business” 55:00 Being a “millennial” in America today and reflecting on life goals 1:06:18 Low-time preference and marketing to bitcoiners 1:14:45 Wine, alcohol, and its place in social culture 1:23:00 Risk-taking 1:26:02 Moving bitcoin privately / UTXO selection 1:28:00 Comparing worldviews of rural vs city life 1:33:20 Passionate work, low-time-preference mentality, and “fiat” lifestyle 1:38:58 Experiences using bitcoin as medium of exchange 1:48:25 Trusting your own conviction vs listening to experts 1:55:04 Outro

Jack Liu is a founding member of Ordswap and has been working in the Bitcoin industry for the past decade in various capacities. In Value Stack 34, we discuss Ordswap.io, the first trustless bitcoin ordinal/inscriptions exchange, and how his team had to build a working product in under a week! We also review how ordinals and trustless PSBT exchanges work, and speculate on what the future implications might be for inscriptions and NFTs as a trojan horse for bitcoin adoption. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 0:35 Building the world's first bitcoin ordinal exchange in 72 hours 6:54 Why should bitcoiners care about ordinals? 14:48 Ordswap.io, trustless PSBT exchanges, how to use ordinals 26:20 Early ordinal collections rarity / history 34:30 Bitcoin consensus and inscriptions/nfts 39:05 Ordinals as a trojan horse for bitcoin adoption 55:40 Staying power of NFTs/inscriptions on bitcoin 1:05:25 Outro

Charlie Spears is a recurring guest on Value Stack podcast, is the community manager for the Ordinals Project, and has been building OrdinalHub.com In Value Stack Episode 33, Charlie joined me while in town for ETHDenver to discuss the Ordinals and NFT inscription craze on bitcoin, and why bitcoiners should pay attention to what is developing in that space. We talk about why there are differing stance of opinion on this new "shared-delusion," particularly bitcoin miners, what's at stake, and if it's ultimately good for bitcoin or not. Check out the show notes below. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 03:09 Promoting Ordinals Project at ETH Denver 13:29 Why should bitcoiners care about ordinals? 33:16 Bitcoin Mining and Inscriptions 58:03 Will inscriptions affect bitcoin's game theory?

Colin Crossman has been a serial entrepreneur for over 20 years. He has a background in law and engineering, and in addition to devising the KYC-minimized aspects of Distributed Hash, he has built out the entire IT infrastructure for Distributed Hash, including building several custom tools to ease management and collect detailed mining data. He and his wife work together to collect and analyze ASIC data to generate actionable insights both for individual customers, and the community at large. In Value Stack Episode 32, we start by discussing common pitfalls in human decision making, and the importance of the work done behind the scenes. We review Distributed Hash and bitcoin mining, and riff on why bitcoin is different, and what governments are trying to do about it. Check out the show notes below. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro 1:16 Figuring out bitcoin 9:14 Why are humans so bad at investing? 13:53 Importance of supply chain in food 34:16 Distributed Hash - privacy-focused ASIC hosting 1:01:19 Technology and scams 1:14 Importance of bitcoin self-custody 1:30:36 Comparing bitcoin and fiat currency 1:45:49 Wyoming & bitcoin legislation 1:54:19 Outro

CalleBTC is a lightning network developer and creator of Cashu protocol, which is an implementation of Chaumian mints on bitcoin lightning network. In Value Stack Ep 31, we discuss how it works and differs from bitcoin on-chain and the lightning network, compare to other implementations and existing custodial relationships, and even do a demo at the end to show how easy it is to get Cashu tokens. Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 0:00 Intro - @callebtc 0:50 How does Chaumian e-cash work? 7:41 How e-cash and Chaumian mints improve upon existing custodial relationships 12:39 Blind signature e-cash analogy 14:40 How e-cash scales bitcoin and improves privacy 22:00 E-cash mints and custodial trust 31:25 Cashu explained (e-cash for bitcoin) 42:20 Roadmap for 2023 - Cashu library and protocol development 51:32 Comparing Cashu and Fedimint - 2 Chaumian mint implementations on bitcoin 54:33 How to get Cashu tokens through lightning network 57:45 Bitcoin scaling narrative and altcoins 1:04:45 Cashu.me app demo 1:08:05 Outro

Don is a former tech entrepreneur turned bitcoin enthusiast and angel investor. He is passionate about educating people on the importance of bitcoin, its impact on society, and how it will shape the future. As the founder of Sats Standard Capital, he invests in early-stage bitcoin and lightning network companies. He also hosts the Orange Pill Addicts and co-organizes the Kansas City Bitcoin Meetup with the KC Bitcoin Guys. In this episode, we talk about investing in bitcoin startups, and why someone would want to invest in private companies instead of more traditional assets like publicly traded stocks, or bitcoin. Given the high failure rate of most startups, Don offers some insights on red flags to look out for in investing in startups, like board seat representation, company structure, founder reputation, as well as some positive indicators - those that are usually good signs the founder and product are on the right track. Thanks for listening! Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app! Topics 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:03 - Starting Sats Standard Capital 00:03:21 - How to Invest in Bitcoin Companies as a VC 00:04:46 - Becoming a Bitcoin VC 00:06:28 - How being a previous founder helps with being a VC 00:07:31 - How startup board seats are chosen 00:08:34 - Diligence in crypto VC 00:11:50 - Why invest in private companies instead of stock market? 00:13:43 - How VCs can impact companies aside from funding 00:14:57 - Why invest in companies instead of bitcoin? 00:19:12 - How high failure rate in early stage leads to "spray and pray" 00:22:00 - Bitcoin vs Crypto VC 00:32:19 - Rise of layer-2 bitcoin and more 00:36:57 - Vida live - lightning network 00:38:22 - Unicorn signs of startups 00:40:39 - Red flags of startups 00:45:26 - Types of business structure 00:48:25 - Orange Pill Addicts Podcast 00:50:23 - 2022 Recap Episode 00:51:16 - Why interview-style format is enjoyable to film 00:52:50 - Lightning Network in 2022/2023 00:57:22 - Next halving cycle predictions 01:02:26 - Choosing what to invest in with limited capital 01:03:57 - When will people be spending and using bitcoin? 01:05:29 - How will bitcoin help our society evolve? 01:16:09 - Taking a long term perspective on bitcoin 01:23:58 - Kansas City Bitcoin Meetup 01:27:41 - Bitcoin Point of Sales 01:30:30 - Outro

Tatum TurnUp is the host of Between Two ASICs, a bitcoin comedy show. He also does other bitcoin-themed sketch-comedy on the channel, and works as an ASIC repair technician for his day-job to support his dream of becoming a big-time podcaster one day. In this episode, we talk about a wide-range of topics, from what goes into planning content creation, living and driving in New Orleans, bitcoin mining and regulation, servicing ASICs, and more. Check out the full show notes below. ____________________________________ Support the Show ____________________________________ 0:00 Content creation & early YouTube days 10:00 Living in New Orleans & NOLA Bitcoin Meetup 15:00 Starting & Producing “Between Two ASICs” 35:30 Pan Wars - Cast Iron vs Stainless Steel 37:00 Challenges of learning to mine bitcoin 47:37 Teaching people about bitcoin 51:00 Starting & Producing “Between Two ASICs” pt 2 53:45 Fold app & Bitopoly 57:00 Bitcoin Orange-Pill moment & economy discussion 1:01:45 Why wear a bulletproof vest? 1:06:00 Bitcoin mining and electricity 1:07:20 Colorado voter ballot 2022 1:10:00 Regulation, nonprofits, and bitcoin 1:16:25 Celebrating the haters 1:18:38 Bitcoin life advice - get involved! 1:23:41 Outro