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"The Samurai wallet developers have been arrested. The government has responded with their opposition to the motion of dismissal in the tornado cash case. Phoenix wallet has withdrawn from the United States. Does one need to have control over the funds to be a money transmitter? Is the lightning network, is Bitcoin, is even self-custody and your home node illegal?
The past week or so in Bitcoin has seen a flood of new developments, unfortunate events and clarifications and demands from government regulatory agencies. And it has quite clearly spooked a lot of people in the Bitcoin industry. What does it all mean and how should we respond? It's time for a guys take episode."
I took on a whirlwind of pressing issues facing the Bitcoin ecosystem amid a slew of government actions that appear to target privacy and financial sovereignty. What does the arrest of the Samurai wallet developers, the exodus of Phoenix wallet from the U.S., and the broader implications for Bitcoin's legal landscape mean for the future of digital privacy and self-custody? I dissected these developments with a critical eye, questioning the balance between regulatory oversight and the fundamental right to privacy. Tune in for a deep dive into the legal, technical, and societal impacts of these unfolding events.
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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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just missed my friend."
~ Red, Shawshank Redemption
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"The internet assumed NOTHING and it won because it had the basic, robust, open building blocks upon which all the innovation actually occurred. The same thing has happened with Bitcoin over the last 15 years and is now starting to happen with Nostr.
And itâs right on time, because the gateways to the internet have centralized to such a degree that the very topography of the web is changing. Access to this open bazaar is being threatened because the applications who were once gateways, have started to become gatekeepers.
To fix this, and to fundamentally fix the internet, we need to upgrade the Internet stack and establish a new suite of superior products, services and applications that compete on value, not on gatekeeper economics.
~ Aleks Svetski
How did we get from the open, decentralized bazaar that was the internet protocol, to the centralized, platform siloed experience we find ourselves in today? And by discovering how we got here, can we begin to see the path to getting out of the trap we have wandered into? Today we have an incredible article and concept brought to us by author, entrepreneur, and regular guest on the show, Alek Svetski on something they discovered in their process of building a Bitcoin LLM (Spirit of Satoshi), and how it uncovered a value case for Nostr that may very well change the nature of what we can build. You do not want to miss this read and my take to follow, I promise. Let's dive in!
Check out the original article at Reviewing Reviews (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4dxmvtes)
References from the show:
Spirit of Satoshi (Link: https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/) #010 - Tools for Running Local LLMs (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/x3kYiyPzYsCA2nOLoh0O) #012 - A Big Leap Forward for Local LLMs (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/X7FwvJWqXDaQA4E2MUgV) Amber App (Link: https://amber.app/)Guest Links
Aleks Svetski on X (Link: https://twitter.com/svetskiwrites) Aleks Svetski on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3y992h32) Aleks Svetski Website (Link: https://svetski.info/)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com) Get 50,000 free sats, plus sats back on everything you buy by signing up with Fold and the Spin+ Debit Card. â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/foldâ ) Check out the KYC Free, simple, no management, Bitcoin merchant solution - â â â â â Nodeless.ioâ â â â â â . Use my link to go to nodeless.io/guyâ â â â â and setup your donation page for free, then share it out on nostr/Twitter and tag me, and I'll throw 10,000 sats your way!âBut I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.â
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"As we discussed in Entering the Bitcoin Renaissance, our last edition, Lightning Labs CEO and Co-Founder Elizabeth Stark told The Block, âa major narrative of the next cycle will be the bitcoin renaissance, and it has already begun in full swing.â Only a few months later, and that is proving to be quite prescient!"
~Ryan Gentry
Today we dive into a piece from Lightning Labs, "The Bitcoin Renaissance: How Lightning Will Connect Everything" that details out the major advances in the ecosystem of layer 2's on Bitcoin, the surge in development excitement, the multitude of projects unveiled in the past few months, the increasing connection between lightning and Ai, and the projects to keep en eye on as we head into another Bitcoin cycle. If you want a picture into the Lightning ecosystem and the many projects solving problems and creating new value, this is the read to queue up.
Check out the original article at The Bitcoin Renaissance Is in Full Swing: How Lightning Will Connect Everything Off-Chain. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2wzjyc2b)
Guest Links
Ryan Gentry on X (Link: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry) Ryan Gentry on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yrch2yvy)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âYou have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. Itâs their mistake, not my failing.â
~ Richard P. Feynman
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"What are we actually about? It's to an extent an open question. It's not like the Cypherpunks knew at all. It's part of our job to continue to try and figure it out. In a way we've been given this Arthurian sword or something. This very powerful thing. And so it's like, what are we going to do with it? I think that's a big part of our homework."
~ Tuur Demeester
Tuur Demeester joins us to day as we dig into Bitcoin's past halvings and market cycles and how they compare to today. With 12 years of perspective, where are we in reference to the larger trends and what may lie ahead in the coming future? Tuur is deeply knowledgeable on the macro landscape and in seeing how the pieces of the puzzle fit together, explains the differences that allow us to know that Bitcoin's destiny will not end up like gold's, and a worthy note, he is also incredibly bullish. The world is changing, and Bitcoin is changing it. Don't miss this excellent conversation with Tuur Demeester
Links to check out:
The Bitcoin Reformation - by Tuur Demeester (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc6n8scc) CryptoQuikRead_243 - Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation (Link: https://tinyurl.com/avna4j89) How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3f2u2rev) Strong Towns Website by Charles Marohn (Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/) Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (Link: https://t.ly/dejM2) The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry (Link: https://tinyurl.com/ymzrk7z8) The Capital Strip Mine by Allen Farrington (Link: https://tinyurl.com/m48ueuzk)Guest Links
Tuur Demeester on X (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5dk93w6m)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
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"I'm a Bitcoin skeptic. I'm not buying Bitcoin in 2024, even if it goes back to its recent all-time highs, or higher. Here's why."
~ Ben Gran
Ben breaks down his view of Bitcoin and why he cannot see or understand any reason it would go higher. Why he doesn't invest in things that don't produce anything, because this is antithetical to investment. Why he doesn't see how something that has no purpose could possibly continue increasing in value. And how something that people claim will be the most valuable asset in the world, will also be the dominant money, because (obviously) these two ideas are contradictory. It's important to refresh our understanding of the typical person's perspective of Bitcoin, in order to be able to relate to, and hopefully explain where their thinking is wrong. So that is what I hope to do in today's episode, reading "Why I'm Still Not Buying Bitcoin in 2024" from the Motley Fool...
Check out the original article at Why I'm (Still) Not Buying Bitcoin in 2024. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5xnxbe5x)
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Book "When Money Dies" by Adam Ferguson for a historical perspective on economic collapses. (Link: https://a.co/d/8E8AVpZ)Guest Links
Ben Gran on X (Link: https://twitter.com/kcryptoinvest) Ben Gran Website (Link: https://www.asx.capital/)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âI believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy â and when he talks about a nonscientific matter, he will sound as naive as anyone untrained in the matter.â
~ Richard Feynman
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"If you care about your...country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school."
~ Renato Moicano
With a surge in interest thanks the UFC fighter Renato Moicano, Mises's Six Lessons is suddenly in the popular lexicon. After knocking out his opponent he took to the mic to share his love of freedom, and the critical importance in understanding Austrian economics. Is the tide of freedom and the culture of common sense turning? And what are Mises's six lessons, and what can they teach us? All this and more in today's episode with a read from Jonathan Newman at the Mises Institute.
Check out the original article at What are Misesâs Six Lessons? (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3bkpvxub)
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Chat_090 - The Danger of Being Right Too Early with Devon Eriksen (Link: https://tinyurl.com/57akzped)Guest Links
Renato Moicano on X (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mt9wweyh) Renato Moicano Website (Link: https://moneymoicano.com/)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âHe who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.â
~ Ludwig Von Mises
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Many people make the serious miscalculation, that if the CPI isn't too high, then printing money isn't a problem and doesn't really cost them anything. This couldn't be further from the truth. All it means is that the cost is just that much harder to see. But if you want to look at something that is truly dominated by the fiat culture and incentives of the money, there is no better example, than finance. This is where the money printing begins, and so all of the disastrous effects of monetary inflation and fiat, occur first, and to the greatest degree, in the financial sector. So take a dive, into fiat finance. Its time for a guy's take episode...
Links to check out
AI Unchained Podcast: Another podcast by Guy Swan. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/fjt7satz) Devs Who Can't code: You don't need to be a coding wizard to build apps (Link: https://tinyurl.com/35rsnm7j) Bit Block Boom Talk: Guy Swan's speech on the consequences of fiat money [7:27:22 - 8:04:22] (Link: https://tinyurl.com/29pvevc7) Alan Farringtonâs Article: "Only the Strong Survive" (Link: https://tinyurl.com/krzbu87p) Alan Farringtonâs Article: "Green Eggs and Ham" (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yne2az8y)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
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"That dogma was necessary â without it the people who have built this ecosystem into what it is today wouldnât have had the motivation to do so. Without that dogma, those people would not have had customers and users to build anything for in the first place. It was the foundation of everything we have around us today.
Now the inevitable is happening: the foundation is cracking."
~ Shinobi
Guy Swan delves into an article by Shinobi from Bitcoin Magazine, exploring the complexities of ideological dogmas within the Bitcoin community. The episode questions the sustainability of foundational beliefs that have driven the cryptocurrency's ecosystem thus far. What happens when the dogmatic pillars that supported the growth of Bitcoin begin to crumble? Tune in as Guy Swan offers a deep dive into these evolving controversies, providing insights that challenge the conventional wisdom of Bitcoin's invulnerability to ideological shifts.
Check out the original article at Dogma Kills Brain Cells. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3ma2pu56)
References from the show
Devs Who Can't Code #1 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/35rsnm7j) Devs Who Can't Code #2 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/25juuzbt) Read_783 - Ordinals Are Fiat, Inscriptions Aren't Rare (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yu8aurbw) Guy's Take #66 - Pooping in the Park (Link: https://tinyurl.com/38xkkfrs)Guest Links
Brian Trollz on X (Link: https://twitter.com/Brian_trollz) Brian Trollz on Bitcoin Magazine (Link: https://tinyurl.com/bded6sw8)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"Why do you want to kill me? [Joker Laughs] I don't want to kill you! God what would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mobsters? No. You. You... complete... me."
~ The Dark Knight
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"On the face of it, Bitcoinâs existence seems to violate Misesâs theorem, unless a preceding non-monetary use can be demonstrated. That is, Bitcoin would have to be first valued for its direct utility before it could hold indirect exchange value. So have the criteria been met, or does Bitcoin violate the theorem?" - Emile Phaneuf
You've inevitably come across the argument that Bitcoin violates Mises's Regression Theorem if you've been in bitcoin long enough, but is this really true? And with the obvious and undeniable emergence of Bitcoin, what can this tell us about Mises's observation, and how it applies with the dynamics of the digital age?"
Check out the original article at: Misesâs Regression Theorem, Bitcoin, and Subjective Value Theory | AIER (Link: https://tinyurl.com/49udz4pp)
Guest Links
Emile Phaneuf on Xâ (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3c87c2tt) â Emile Phaneuf on AIERâ (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4w9b5an9) â Emilie Phaneuf Websiteâ (Link: emilephaneuf.com)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âAll rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.â
~ Ludwig von Mises
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"Hedgehog uses relative time locks. So that if they don't have to worry about closing that channel with a relative time lock, it's whenever you do close the channel, now you've got 2016 blocks to sweep the money using the pre-image. Otherwise I can sweep it after those 2016 blocks go by... And because it only uses relative time locks, it's much more delay tolerant... In the Lightning Network today, you've got hours to settle these things. And often if someone sends a zap to somebody and then they turn off their computer or turn off their phone and go to the supermarket or whatever, they come back and their channel's been forced closed because it's not very delay tolerant. It only gives you hours. But the Hedgehog Network can give you months."
~ Super Testnet
In this episode, I dive into the challenging yet fascinating topic of offline payments with my guest, Super Testnet. Super Testnet, a seasoned independent freelance software developer, shares his latest venture into solving some of the Lightning Network's most persistent challenges through a new protocol called Hedgehog. We discuss the technical nitty-gritty of Lightning transactions, the innovative approach of revocable scripts, and how Hedgehog might just change the game for Lightning Network payments.
The conversation covers the mechanics of the Lightning Network, the complexities of conducting seamless transactions without both parties being continuously online, and the promising solutions Hedgehog proposes. Additionally, we touch upon BitVM, delving into its development, functionality, and potential impact on the broader Bitcoin ecosystem.
If you are interested in understanding the technical foundations of Bitcoin's second-layer solutions and the cutting-edge developments aimed at refining digital transactions for enhanced efficiency, security, and ease of use, then this one's for you.Guest Links
Super Testnet on X (Link: https://twitter.com/super_testnet) Super Testnet on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3454693p)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message -
"It's going up forever, Laura."
~ Michael Saylor
I know to many people that sounds crazy, and I can still see in my mind why it sounds crazy. Today, I'm going to make the argument for why it isn't crazy, but both natural and intuitive. Also, why it *doesn't* mean what you are probably picturing in your head. I'm going to make the case today, and I hope that you walk away realizing that this isn't unrealistic at all, but is the way it's *supposed to work,* that Bitcoin is, in fact, going up forever, Laura.
Links to check out
Fountain App (Link: https://www.fountain.fm/) Mises Caucus (Link: https://lpmisescaucus.com/) TAPSIGNER (Link: https://tapsigner.com/) Bitcoin Canon (Link: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/canon/)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers."
~ Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
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"People that are in the Western world and specifically in the United States, what they're realizing, whether they can say it this way or not, is you're watching the end of an empire. I said this for a long time, and it's not the empire is going to collapse. The empire is collapsing right now. We are in the midst of, and people say economic collapse, it's empire collapse, which means economic is part of it."
~ Jack Spirko
In this episode I interview Jack Spirko, host of The Survival Podcast, delving into the intersection of self-reliance, Bitcoin, and navigating the complexities of modern society.We explore the significance of preparedness in the digital age, the evolution of Bitcoin and its role in fostering financial autonomy, and discuss practical strategies for building a self-sufficient lifestyle amidst the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Guest Links
Jack Spirko on X (Link: https://twitter.com/TheSurvivalPodc)
Jack Spirko on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/axmfppx5)
Jack Spirko Podcast (Link: https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/)
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)
â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)
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Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)
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"We know the law is unconstitutional.
FinCEN knows the law is unconstitutional.
FinCEN knows we know the law is unconstitutional.
And yet we're supposed to pretend like nothing happened and comply with an illegal law."
~ Jameson Lopp
What do we do when a regulatory agency continues to enforce an illegal law against a judicial verdict? Jameson Lopp explores the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), revealing how it mandates extensive reporting to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, compromising individual privacy and security under the guise of legal compliance. How does this act, despite being challenged for its constitutionality, reflect broader tensions between privacy rights and government surveillance in the digital age?
Check out the original article at Congress is Unconstitutionally Criminalizing Privacy. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/46h3swp3)
Guest Links
Jameson Lopp on X (Link: https://twitter.com/lopp) Casa (Link: https://casa.io/) Jameson Loop Website (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n863ah7)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âPeople have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.â
~ Emma Goldman
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"You have to decide how to move forward. You have to decide what game you want to play; how much responsibility you are willing to shoulder. Do you want to stay stuck in the machine? A machine that uses and abuses you? A machine that feeds itself by extracting and devouring your time, attention, and value? Or do you have the courage to take control of your wealth, health, thoughts, and speech?"
~ DerGigi
Free speech is a non-negotiable foundation for society and human progress, as the open exchange of ideas allows us to productively clash perspectives and arrive at truth. Free speech and societal evolution are inextricably linked, our discussion today underscores how critical unrestricted discourse is to confronting humanity's most complex problems. But there is a huge concern in our current era... how can we ensure robust protections for free speech in an era of increasing censorship and centralized control over communication platforms?
Check out the original article at Speaking Freely - On the Oxymoron of Free Speech Platforms. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4aem73sy)
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Gigi on X (Link: https://twitter.com/dergigi) Gigi on Nostr (Link: hhttps://tinyurl.com/2jhz4y6t) Gigi Website (Link: https://dergigi.com/)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
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~ George Washington
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Guy Swann and Preston Pysh explore the dramatic shifts in global finance and the pivotal role of Bitcoin amidst rising inflation and the banking sector's vulnerabilities. They discuss how Bitcoin's growing influence could recalibrate financial power dynamics, offering a stark contrast to traditional economic mechanisms prone to manipulation and control.
How might Bitcoin's ascent challenge the existing financial order and catalyze a shift towards more decentralized, resilient economic structures?
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Fiat money has a collection of malincentives and consequences for the degrading and rotting of society. As we covered in the first part of this series, it leads to mindless consumerism and a more materialist culture. As we continue, I want to cover something else that it does by stealing the value of our savings which is our bet on the future health and capacity of society to provide for us. What happens when we are forced to bet against the future. As well as artificially lowering the price to replace things in the economy, until an enormous amount of the economic engine is built around quick financing, low quality products, and then throwing it away to finance the next thing. It's time for a Guy's Take episode, This is The Fiat Replacement Theory.
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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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
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The people I meet on each flight, they're single serving friends.
Between take off and landing we have our time together, that's all we get.
Welcome!"
~ Tyler Durden
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"The mechanisms enforcing this modern censorship are not confined to private sectors or individual platforms but are significantly directed and influenced by the U.S. government itself. This intertwining of state powers with censorship activities marks a troubling departure from traditional American values, where free speech has been held sacred."
~ Dr. Joseph Mercola
The troubling and dangerous emergence of a modern censorship system has taken hold in the west. A partnership of the governments, the military industrial complex, tech giants, and establishment news media have together subtly transformed the internet from a freedom-promoting platform into a tightly monitored, controlled, and censored environment. Could this be the end of free speech online, and what, if anything, can we do about it? All this and more as we cover Dr. Joseph Mercola's excellent article and expand in the Guy's Take to follow.
Check out the original article at The National Security State Is the Main Driver of Censorship in the US. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4h6k67zr)
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Read_781 - The Censorship Industrial Complex, CTIL Files 01 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/45rz53yw) Read_681 - The Twitter Files - Part 1 [Matt Taibbi] (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mryhtmaz)Guest Links
Dr. Joseph Mercola X (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3ajtjdu5) Mercola Website (Link: https://tinyurl.com/35v6z8n6)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"The world is not sliding, but galloping into a new transnational dystopia. This development has not been properly recognized outside of national security circles. It has been hidden by secrecy, complexity and scale. The internet, our greatest tool of emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen."
~ Julian Assange
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"As far as I'm concerned, there's no obvious increased danger from the CCP having control over our access or our information or even modifying the algorithm, than it is the alphabets of the world or the METAs of the world or the CIA or the FBI's of the world, like these people... as far as I'm concerned, the United States federal government is way more of an existential threat to me than the CCP. I'm domiciled here, they have the ability to fine and tax and sanction and imprison me for wrong think. That's a way more clear and present danger."
~ Clint Russell
The bill to ban Tiktok, the risks of legislative "solutions," blaming technology for cultural decay, the death of personal responsibility, the second wave of the banking crisis, the systemic problems of fractional reserve, and the possibility of a path out of all of this mess. All this and more in our winding chat with Clint Russell of the Liberty Lockdown and The Best Political Show podcasts. Don't miss this one.
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Clint Russell on X (Link: https://twitter.com/LibertyLockPod) WeAreChange on Rumble (Link: https://rumble.com/WeAreChange)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
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"In a system that depends on irresponsible government spending (especially for perpetual war) and fiat printing to cover that irresponsibility, alarm bells cannot be allowed to work. There must be no pure price signals.
~ MacroScope
In "Bitter Opposition to Bitcoin," the episode delves into the reasons behind policymakers' aversion to Bitcoin, particularly the prospect of a Bitcoin ETF. What if the antagonism has nothing to do with the openly stated claims? Does Warren actually think Bitcoin is used by only criminals, or does she hate it for another reason entirely, one that cannot be admitted? We dive into a great little tweet from MacroScope in today's show to find out.
Check out the original article at MacroScope on X. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2dnxcvns)
Links to check out
Read_808 - Alan Kohler: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi bubble. Itâs worse â an insurrection (Link: https://tinyurl.com/msvwx3fn) Read_795 - Bitcoin is Dead (Long Live IBIT) (Link: https://tinyurl.com/hdma3hb5) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yn3f6myd)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) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âThe first duty of a man is to think for himselfâ
~ Jose Marti
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"Bitcoin will probably crash again but it is neither a Ponzi scheme nor a bubble â itâs something far worse: It is an inherently secure, tightly-controlled asset with a regulated supply, and is therefore a subversion to the whole basis of free-market financial capitalism."
~ Alan Kohler
What if Bitcoin is actually much worse than a Ponzi scheme? What if it's both here to stay, but also a total subversion to the very idea of the system we are currently in? Could this be another insurrectionist attack on this great nation and others? What if the systems that keep us safe and keep our financial system secure and solvent were to be undermined by a new rogue asset, that could threaten the foundations of all we have built? Find out the dangers of Bitcoin in today's read by Alan Kohler...
Check out the original article at Alan Kohler: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi bubble. Itâs worse â an insurrection. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/33nnhbjn)
References from the show
Read_794 - Open Letter To Prospective ETF Buyers (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5d5fv93d) "What does $6 trillion mean?" available on YouTube. (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojXxuibPLp4)Guest Links
Alan Kohler on X (Link: https://twitter.com/AlanKohler) Alan Kohler on The New Daily (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4z43zusc)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message - Montre plus
