My guests today are Mike (Muzz) Jarmuz, CEO of Thunder Funder and founder of Lightning Ventures, and Nico Moran, founder and host of Simply Bitcoin - a Bitcoin media company. We met at the end of the Bitcoin Amsterdam conference and discussed:

• Muzz and Nico’s experiences in the Bitcoin community

• Challenges of content creation under censorship vs. Nostr 

• Bitcoin evolution: a revolutionary tool for financial sovereignty vs. institutional adoption  

• IMF’s recent statement to El Salvador 

• The future of Bitcoin startups and investments

• The next Bitcoin bull run

• A call to action to take control of your financial futures through self-custody of Bitcoin

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Thunder Funder: https://thunderfunder.com/ 

Simply Bitcoin: https://www.youtube.com/c/simplybitcoin 

Muzz Twitter: https://x.com/MikeJarmuz 

Muzz Nostr: npub1q3kyx6e22fg9npnmgrypu35mdkpsq9zzl3jnzty85l88404sytlstdg0vl

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-- CHAPTERS --

00:00 Coming up...

01:26 Intro to Muzz & Nico

02:20 What Did You Like at Bitcoin Amsterdam?

04:32 Exploring Bitcoin Innovations and Layer 2 Technologies

07:11 Nico's Journey into Bitcoin Media

12:25 Muzz's ThunderFunder: Democratizing Bitcoin Investments

18:47 Simply Bitcoin Banned From YouTube

24:25 The Impact of Online Censorship 

29:36 The Evolution of Bitcoin: From Cypherpunk to Institutional Adoption

33:01 Bitcoin as Investment vs. Revolution: A Dual Perspective

36:50 The IMF's Fear of Bitcoin: A Case Study in El Salvador

43:40 Challenges in Bitcoin Startup Funding

45:44 Bitcoin's Cycle & Bull Run

48:03 What's Missing in the Bitcoin Media Landscape? 

52:22 Messages of Hope from Nico & Muzz

55:51 The Nostr Booth Initiative