
Blue Collar Bitcoin
Firefighters explore economics, finance, & the most important monetary technology of the 21st century—Bitcoin. Why it’s important. Its future implications. How this protocol & network functions. The reason it matters within your investment portfolio.
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Nov 19, 2023 • 1h 21min
BCB135_Surviving The Bull Market
Dan and Josh have a jam session focussing on surviving the BULL Market. This is the advice we wish we were given when we were new to the space in 2017.
WE COVER:
Education is KEY
Nobody knows what is going to happen
Self Custody
Low Time Preference
Mexican Vacations and shitting in the woods
Buying assets not liabilities
Privacy
The out of shape bell curve
Trading is like Masterbating
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Broken Money
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT. Use code BCB or Click the link for 5% off here
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
X → find Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc
NOSTR → Blue Collar Bitcoin Pub Key: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
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Instagram & TikTok → find them on our website
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Nov 12, 2023 • 1h 7min
BCB134_ANDY SCHOONOVER: Fiscal & Physical Health
Andy Schoonover (CEO of Crowdhealth) joins Dan and Josh for a chat about how f**ked the healthcare system is and what needs to be done to fix it. Andy is a serial entrepreneur, this is his 3rd startup, and he is gunning for the healthcare behemoths.
WE COVER:
How did healthcare get so f**ked
Opacity in healthcare is systemic
Pricing absurdity
Distrust in the system
The Man in the Arena
Ice Baths
Habits for good health
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Sovereign Health Podcast
Crowdhealth
SHOW SPONSORS:
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT. Use code BCB or Click the link for 5% off here
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
X → find Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, find Saif @saifedean
NOSTR → Blue Collar Bitcoin Pub Key: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
YouTube → Subscribe Here
Instagram & TikTok → find them on our website
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Nov 4, 2023 • 1h 33min
BCB133_SAIFEDEAN AMMOUS: Austrian Economics & Brutal Takedowns
Saifedean Ammous, economist & author of The Bitcoin Standard, discusses topics such as Austrian vs. Keynesian economics, surviving in a university setting, marketable skill sets, sh*tcoins & Ethereum, Bitcoin dominance, cast iron vs. stainless steel pans, and a takedown of modern art.

Oct 28, 2023 • 1h 31min
BCB132_LUKE GROMEN: Back To The Future with Neutral Reserve Assets
Luke Gromen, founder of FFTT LLC, joins Josh & Dan to discuss macro environment, gold & Bitcoin, ETF manipulation, position sizing, the debt spiral unwind, the importance of energy, the multi-polar world, and why the world is NOT ending.

Oct 21, 2023 • 1h 17min
BCB131_DANNY KNOWLES: Bittersweet Bitcoin ETF
Danny Knowles, executive producer and co-interviewer on What Bitcoin Did, joins Josh & Dan to explore the cons of a Bitcoin ETF. They discuss the impact on price, digital freedom & sovereignty, Bitcoin adoption, opportunistic politicians, inflationary vs. deflationary money, American obesity, and behind the scenes of What Bitcoin Did.

Oct 13, 2023 • 1h 36min
Basics_10: How Bitcoin COULD Fail
The podcast discusses the potential risks and challenges Bitcoin could face in the future, including deflationary money, nation state bans, technical challenges, and incentive problems. They also explore the dynamics within the Bitcoin community and the conflation of technology and happiness. The chapter emphasizes the importance of adaptability, caution, humility, and open-mindedness towards potential risks and uncertainties in Bitcoin.

Oct 4, 2023 • 1h 21min
BCB129_DOM BEI: Bitcoin Empowering The Everyday Earner
Fellow firefighter, the legend Dom Bei, joins Josh & Dan to explore Bitcoin’s significance for average folks and everyday earners. They also chat about Proof of Workforce, a non-profit Dom has started to assist workers, unions, and businesses with Bitcoin adoption & education.
WE COVER:
Cocaine pinkies
Calling people “bud”
Why is Bitcoin important for wage earners?
Explaining Bitcoin at the firehouse
Proof of Workforce
Pacific Bitcoin Festival
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Hidden Cost of Reshoring by Lyn Alden
Proof of Workforce
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT. Use code BCB or Click the link for 5% off here
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
X → find Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, find Dom @Beiwatch1
NOSTR → Blue Collar Bitcoin Pub Key: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
YouTube → Subscribe Here
Instagram & TikTok → find them on our website
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Sep 24, 2023 • 1h 2min
BCB128_TIM NIEMEYER: History Echoes Bitcoin
Tim Niemeyer — Author of History Echoes Bitcoin — joins Josh and Dan for a stimulating discussion about the characteristics of Bitcoin in the context of history. These characteristics have been with us into antiquity, Tim has highlighted some of the most relevant in his book.
WE COVER:
The Iroquois Confederacy
Getting Drunk at a Wedding
Communism V Capitalism
Incentive’s Rule the World
History Echoes Bitcoin
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
History Echoes Bitcoin
Bitcoin Exemplifies Fair and Transparent Rules
Helicopter Parents and Snowflake Kids
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT. Use code BCB or Click the link for 5% off here
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
X → find Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, find Tim Neimeyer @tim_niemeyer_
NOSTR → Blue Collar Bitcoin Pub Key: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg3
YouTube → Subscribe Here
Instagram & TikTok → find them on our website
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Sep 16, 2023 • 1h 21min
BCB127_AMERICAN HODL: Wisdom For Surviving The Bear
AMERICAN HODL was born to come on Blue Collar Bitcoin. This week he fulfills his destiny. Josh, Dan & HODL explore a wide variety of topics, from surviving bear markets to drivechains to Bitcoin vulnerabilities.
WE COVER:
Why you should reproduce
Drivechains & sidechains
Cancel culture & Trump
September 11 and the years since
Handling the Bitcoin highs & Lows
Passing money on to your children
How HODL thinks Bitcoin could be vulnerable
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT. Use Code BCB or Click the link for 5% off https://heatbit.com/?ref=BCB
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening this OCTOBER 12-13th. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
X → find Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, find AMERICAN HODL @AmericanHodl8
NOSTR → Blue Collar Bitcoin Pub Key: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
YouTube → Subscribe Here
Instagram & TikTok → find them on our website
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Sep 9, 2023 • 1h 13min
BCB126_JASON MAIER: Why The Left & Right Can Agree On Bitcoin
Jason Maier — author of A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin — joins Dan & Josh for a discussion about bringing Bitcoin to a wider audience. In a world filled with animosity towards opposing perspectives, it’s important to have an open mind and actually LISTEN to other viewpoints.
WE COVER:
Why we ALL want better money
Meatheaded Competitions
A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin
Get out of your Political Bubble
Green Energy/Bitcoin & Progressives
Bitcoin is not Inevitable
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin (C. Jason Maier)
Jason's website
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home! The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT. Use Code BCB or Click the link for 5% off https://heatbit.com/?ref=BCB
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Code BLUE
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — promo code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM / BITCOIN 2024: promo code BCB for 10% off tickets. Amsterdam happening this October 12-13th. Bitcoin 2024 happening July 25-27, 2024. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
You can follow Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, and you can find Jason @cjasonmaier
Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
Video on YouTube — Subscribe Here
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
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