The Role of Bitcoin in the American Empire

This chapter explores the potential decline of the American Empire and the role of Bitcoin in providing a new opportunity for the nation by embracing it and fostering innovation.

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Marty sits down with Lightswitch Lou to talk about Mash and its integration with the new TFTC website.

Louis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Buddyloveless

0:00 - Intro
5:28 - Riffing
15:37 - Mash and the new TFTC site
24:26 - Incumbent monetization models
29:06 - Enabling interaction features
31:58 - Controlling your own flow of funds
39:27 - Ending the subscription model
47:22 - Convincing other publishers
50:29 - Verifying humanity
54:51 - Lightning compared to advertising a decade ago
1:00:39 - Barstool
1:03:24 - Death of the old model
1:06:27 - Riffing after an interruption
1:11:26 - Chicken and egg of Bitcoin adoption
1:17:39 - Demo-ing donations
1:19:33 - We’re gonna win
1:25:42 - Twitter and Nostr
1:29:30 - Riffing
1:32:56 - New site launch
1:36:08 - Saving the world with Bitcoin
1:40:30 - Politicians are nuts
1:48:21 - War
1:58:35 - Rising from ashes of the American empire
2:01:27 - AI
2:03:26 - Ending riff