Fernando Nikolić is a Bitcoiner, a former VP at Blockstream, and the founder of Perception, a tool for tracking global Bitcoin narratives.

He joins me to talk about Argentina’s collapse, the danger of inflation, and why fiat currency is the biggest gaslighting project in modern history.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:18 – Why Britain Is Starting to Feel Like Argentina
00:02:37 – Is the UK Ready for a Milei Moment?
00:07:24 – Why Britain Needs Bitcoin
00:09:47 – The Return of Communist Ideology
00:22:28 – Policing, PR, and Political Theatre
00:30:00 – Private Sector vs Public Sector
00:36:46 – Why Bitcoin Is the Foundation for Real Change
00:43:52 – Bitcoin as Your Hedge Against the State
00:46:04 – Predictable Money vs Programmable Theft
00:52:18 – Argentina Warning to the West
00:55:27 – The Bitcoin Savings Mindset
00:59:00 – Why Inflation Kills Ambition
01:07:12 – Bitcoin’s BlackRock Era vs Its Cypherpunk Roots
01:13:36 – Has Bitcoin Become Boring?
01:17:24 – If Bitcoin Becomes the Monetary Base, Do We Win?
01:20:00 – Paper Bitcoin: Are We Recreating Gold’s Failure?
01:23:36 – What Happened to the Bitcoin Revolution?
01:26:04 – Fernando’s New Project: Perception
01:28:03 – Narrative Warfare & Media Fragmentation
01:34:00 – Are We Heading for a Post-Internet World?
01:38:00 – AI, Deep Fakes, Dead Internet
01:44:32 – Why Culture Matters More Than Content

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