Bitcoin Audible

Dive into the complexities of Bitcoin as common criticisms are tackled head-on. Discover how Bitcoin's volatility is tied to its fixed supply and learn about historical parallels with gold. Find out why Bitcoin's designed limitations favor its role as settlement tech. Explore the significant portion of renewable energy used in mining and the transparency that aids in combatting illicit activities. Finally, grasp the foundational network effects that protect Bitcoin's unique status in the digital asset landscape.

"To state it plainly: Bitcoin is a momen­tous monetary innova­tion enabling a new mode of non-nation-state human organi­za­tion, a “purified” form of capitalism free of nation-state inter­fer­ence and deserving of its own neolo­gism. Let us call the new mode of socioe­co­nomic organi­za­tion enabled by encrypted digital money sover­eignism." - Robert Breedlove Today we start an amazing series by Breedlove based on the thesis proposed by the Sovereign Individual. Could the new dynamic brought about by the existence of Bitcoin, potentially destroy the economic cost/reward reality of centralized, violent nation states? And what does such a potentiality mean for the future? Don’t miss today’s read from Swan Bitcoin blog, by Robert Breedlove: Sovereignism Part 1 - Digital Creative Destruction https://www.swanbitcoin.com/sovereignism-part-i-digital-creative-destruction/ A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: SwanBitcoin - The #1 place to setup your automatic Bitcoin savings plan! (SwanBitcoin.com/guy) BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

“We can already observe some faint light at the end of the tunnel. Savings have been reintroduced into the hands of society. You can save money and the State is unable to influence your funds on the Bitcoin blockchain. Nobody can take your money away, and this creates economic stability that positively influences mental wellbeing. When you know that you have savings, and that you will be able to pay any and all unexpected expenses that might arise and that you have built the foundations of a prosperous future, things change.” - Karo Paper money doesn't merely have economic consequences, it has deep impact on the very nature of who we are. Today's read from Bitcoin Magazine delves into what those consequences are. And despite losing a long Guy's rant thanks to some failed software, I would point you to an older episode that had a very similar topic of discussion, Guy's Take #36 - Walking Tall Check out the original article and the other great stuff at Bitcoin Magazine below: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/trust-that-we-need-more-of A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: SwanBitcoin - The #1 place to setup your automatic Bitcoin savings plan! (SwanBitcoin.com/guy) BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

“40 years of this back and forth has resulted in almost $20 trillion in zero- or negative-yield government and corporate debt, the lowest interest rates in the last 5,000 years, and the most amount of global debt ever in human civilization." - Arthur Hayes Our macro situation is teeter between Financial Armageddon on the one hand, if governments and central banks let interest rates rise, and possible war and revolution on the other, if they hyperinflate their currencies to absolve them of their debts. Is there anything that can protect us from this terrible situation? How on earth do you build a portfolio in such an environment?   Today we read, Arthur Hayes's amazing piece from the BitMex blog, "Pumping Iron": https://blog.bitmex.com/pumping-iron/ Don't forget to read/listen to his other great piece mentioned "Choose Your Fiction": https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=3907 A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: SwanBitcoin - The #1 place to setup your automatic Bitcoin savings plan! (SwanBitcoin.com/guy) BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Back from the dead! Shitcoin Insider returns with a lengthy discussion of money, networks, altcoins, their merits, the lack of, & everything else in a marathon discussion on Clubhouse. Don't forget to subscribe, drop your criticisms, questions, & insults to the @ShitcoinInsider Twitter handle. And in the meantime, enjoy Episode #005.   Host Links ⁠Guy on Nostr ⁠(Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) ⁠Guy on X ⁠(Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) ⁠Bitcoin Audible on X⁠ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome sponsors! Fold: The best way to buy, use, and earn #Bitcoin on everything you do! Sats back on your debit card, gift cards, auto-buys, round-ups, you name it. Fold is the true bitcoiner's banking. Get 20K sats for FREE using referral code bitcoinaudible.com/fold Ready for best-in-class self custody? Get the Jade here and use discount code 'GUY' to get 10% off (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/jade) Trying to BUY BITCOIN? River, secure, trusted, bitcoin only, lightning enabled, simple. (Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/river) Bitcoin Games! Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from the Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1) Bitcoin Custodial Multisig Want to get into Bitcoin but not ready for self custody? Use custodial multisig for the best way to distribute trust across multiple institutions and even jurisdictions! Check out OnRamp. (Link: BitcoinAudible.com/onramp) Education & HomeSchooling Get the lesson in real economics that you never got in school, and teach your kids the truth, not the statist insanity that is Keynesianism. Liberty Classroom is the invaluable resource you are looking for! (Link: BitcoinAudible.com/Liberty)

"As long as there are money printers, there can be no freedom of expression. Money is the tool we use to express value to each other. Whoever controls the money supply controls the world." - Knut Svanholm The world became vastly more free when we separated our religious morals and authority from the apparatus of the state. The separation of church and state is one of the most important developments for freedom in history. But the state retained an unjust, unequal level of control & limitation on the freedom of expression, by monopolizing the very tool we use to express value. Money. Bitcoin is, The Separation of Money and State. Check out the full article at Bitcoin Magazine below: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-and-the-separation-of-money-and-state To dig deeper into the concept of rights and the Bitcoin system, check out Guy's Take #32. Rights, Incentives & the Bitcoin System: https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=4800 A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: SwanBitcoin - The #1 place to setup your automatic Bitcoin savings plan! (SwanBitcoin.com/guy) BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox) Much love to Bitcoin Magazine and the extraordinary LTBNetwork for the invaluable resource they provide to the Bitcoin ecosystem! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"The World is in Denial" - Preston Pysh Preston Pysh joins Bitcoin Audible to talk the horrible macro environment, the unraveling of the financial markets, the enormous risk of inflation, & how the maturation of Bitcoin could turn everything upside down. The establishment of real market interest rates & liquid futures markets within the Bitcoin ecosystem isn't merely a sign of growth, it's a fundamentally important step toward a robust, global financial system built atop Bitcoin as the new monetary base. Don't miss today's excellent interview with the host of the most downloaded investor's podcast, "We Study Billionaires" and founder of the "Investors Podcast Network," Preston Pysh. Check out Preston Pysh on Twitter and his amazing podcasts at the links below: https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/ A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: SwanBitcoin - The #1 place to setup your automatic Bitcoin savings plan! (SwanBitcoin.com/guy) BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

• Why Matt Odell is wrong about the OCC statement • Bullish review of the SeeTee Shareholder Letter • Microstrategy & 0% bonds • Jack Mallers taking over the world • NYDIG • MassMutual, Square, Tesla, Marathon, Stone Ridge, & the Bitcoin Treasury Rush • Next phase of the Bitcoin mining industry • Lightning everywhere • New developer grants • Rewards Cards everywhere! ...and tons more The flood of 2021 is well underway. Lightning as a Retail Payment System: https://medium.com/galoymoney/lightning-as-a-retail-payment-system-part-1-7463c46342ef A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: SwanBitcoin - The #1 place to setup your automatic Bitcoin savings plan! (SwanBitcoin.com/guy) BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"We are not going to wait for the future - we want to join in building it as well! I encourage entrepreneurs to reach out to Seetee. The bigger the dream, the more we listen." Kjell Inge Røkke Covering the recent, incredible announcement that the Norwegian energy giant, Aker has made a strong push into both building for & investing in the Bitcoin ecosystem, we read the SeeTee shareholder letter on their breakdown of their journey into Bitcoin, their thinking on its massive potential, & their vision for the future. Another phenomenal read not to be missed. The SeeTee Shareholder Letter, check out the original below: https://www.seetee.io/ A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: LVL.co - The first Free, no-fee exchange & Bitcoin banking services! (guyswann.com/lvl) SwanBitcoin - The #1 place to setup your automatic Bitcoin savings plan! (SwanBitcoin.com/guy) BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Explore how Bitcoin redefines the concept of time rather than just functioning as digital money. DerGigi discusses the significance of decentralized timekeeping in maintaining trust without a central authority. Delve into the complexities of block time, synchronization in a distributed network, and the philosophical implications of Bitcoin. The conversation also touches on the challenges of double-spending and how proof of work enables a trustless system, positioning Bitcoin as both a currency and a global clock.