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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