Bitcoin Industry Engagement and ICO Skepticism

This chapter explores the speaker's deep involvement in the Bitcoin industry and the decision not to launch an ICO. They discuss their experiences with the ICO boom, their skepticism towards ICOs, and the challenges they faced in building a website. They also touch on the future of applications and monetizing content with the Lightning Network.

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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