
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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Apr 16, 2023 • 1h 43min
BCB105: PRESTON PYSH: Navigating Economic Turbulence, Fragile Bonds & The Rise of AI
Preston Pysh, co-founder of The Investor’s Podcast Network, stops by BCB Pod for the 3rd time to chop it up with Josh & Dan on a variety of subjects, including 2023 Bitcoin projections, increasing global economic fragility, aliens, artificial intelligence, the ideological impacts of Bitcoin, and the Bible.
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
Bond Calculator Preston Used
The Investor’s Podcast
“The Bible Tells Me So” by Pete Enns
The Bible For Normal People Podcast
Lex Fridman #368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
“The Beginning of Infinity” by David Deutsch
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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.
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Apr 9, 2023 • 1h 15min
BCB104: JOE CONSORTI: Recession, Real Estate, Banks & Left Nipples (Macro Update)
Joe Consorti stops by BCB for a macro update covering possible looming recession, the state of commercial real estate, the banking crisis, credit markets, Bitcoin’s place amidst the mayhem, and left nipples.
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ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Bitcoin Layer
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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.
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Apr 2, 2023 • 1h 14min
BCB103_DOM BEI: Work For The HARDEST Money.
Dan and Josh are joined by Dom Bei. Dom is a Fire Captain at Santa Monica FD and former Union President of local 1109. Dom was recently the host at the Strongest Firefighter contest at The Arnold, and is working on his stand up comedy chops. Dom has recently released an article titled “Proof of Workforce” which is linked below.
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WE COVER:
Firefighting
Financial Literacy
Counterparty Risk
Our Feelings
Protecting the Middle Class
Pensions
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Proof of Workforce
Dom’s Substack
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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
Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow Dom @Beiwatch1
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Mar 26, 2023 • 1h 10min
BCB102_YAN PRITZKER: Free Markets, Liberty & Sound Money
Dan and Josh are joined By Yan Pritzker, Co-Founder and CTO of Swan Bitcoin. Yan spent the last twenty years as a software developer and entrepreneur focusing on tech startups. Yan is the author of the book Inventing Bitcoin, the best technical book for Bitcoin beginners in our view.
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WE COVER:
Current Banking Problems
Fiat Games
Socialism/Communism & The Soviet Union
Targeted Orange Pilling
Bitcoin is for terrorists
Bitcoin Tech
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Inventing Bitcoin
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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
Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow Yan @skwp
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Mar 18, 2023 • 1h 33min
Basics_04: How Bitcoin Works (A Distributed Ledger)
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 4. In this chat Daz, Seb, Dan & Josh dive into the mechanics of HOW the Bitcoin protocol & network function. They unpack what problems Bitcoin solves and the manner in which it solves them. This is part 4 of a multipart series.
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
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WE COVER:
What problems did Bitcoin solve & how does it solve them?
Distributed ledgers & decentralization
Security through math, cryptography & game theory
Tokens vs ledgers
Single socks
WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC:
Daz’s pick — The Blocksize Wars by Jonathan Bier
Seb’s pick — “A Primer on Bitcoin Mining” from NYDIG
Josh’s pick — “Bitcoin Is Time” by Gigi
Dan’s pick — Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker
ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Bitcoin Whitepaper
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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
Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow Seb @sebbunney follow Daz @dazbea1
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Mar 12, 2023 • 1h 33min
BCB100_BRANDON QUITTEM: Bitcoin is a LIVING Organism (and a sewer rat)
Brandon Quittem, Head of Marketing at Swan Personal joins Dan and Josh for a wide ranging, and downright cosmic discussion.
Procreating
Bitcoin and Energy
Pioneer Species
Mycelium
The 4th Turning
Viking bad behavior
Kardashev civilizations
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Watch VIDEO of this chat on YouTube here
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ITEMS MENTIONED
Brandon Quittem’s Site
Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species
Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History
Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money
The 4th Turning Book
The Sovereign Individual Book
ABOUT BRANDON QUITTEM:
Brandon is the Director of Onboarding at Swan. He is a prolific author in the Bitcoin space, his writing strikes at the intersection of ecology, evolutionary biology, and Bitcoin.
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Mar 4, 2023 • 1h 19min
BCB099_CK SNARKS & CHRIS ALAIMO: NOSTR, Ordinals & Bitcoin 2023 Preview
CK Snarks & Chris Alaimo of Bitcoin Magazine stop by BCB to unpack nostr, ordinals, compounding decentralization, new developments on Bitcoin, and the upcoming Bitcoin 2023 Conference in Miami.
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Watch VIDEO of this chat on YouTube here
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ITEMS MENTIONED
Bitcoin 2023 Conference (Use Code “BCB23” for 10% OFF!!)
Cosmic Bitcoin Podcast w/ CK Snarks
Bitcoin Information Theory by Aaron Segal
Bitcoin 2022 Conference Recap w/ Dan & Josh on Millennial Investing
Why Dumb Networks are Better by Andreas Antonopoulos
BCB087_MATT HILL: Taking Back Digital Sovereignty
OP_VAULT
AnchorWatch
ABOUT CK & CHRIS ALAIMO:
CK is the General Manager at Bitcoin Magazine. Chris Alaimo is Multimedia Producer at Bitcoin Magazine.
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Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow CK Snarks @CK_SNARKs, follow Chris Alaimo @ChrisAlaimo6
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Feb 25, 2023 • 1h 42min
BCB098_LARRY LEPARD & GREG FOSS: Bitcoin For Boomers
Greg Foss and Lawrence Lepard join Josh and Dan for an uncensored rip! We always appreciate Greg and Larry. Their willingness to give us their unfiltered opinions is a breath of fresh air! This discussion centers around explaining Bitcoin & the current macroeconomic environment to our parents' generation, while ripping apart some public figures who seem disingenuous in their appraisal of this asset.
WE COVER:
Bitcoin explanation for boomers
Foss getting cliffed out on skis
Lepard’s hatred for Charlie Munger and Ivy League cucks
Bitcoin’s ultimate value
Is the bottom in for Bitcoin?
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Younger Next Year (Chris Crowley)
Looking Glass Education
Poor Charlie’s Almanac
The Bitcoin Standard
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ABOUT GREG FOSS:
Greg was a high yield bond trader for 32 years. Since retirement he has spent his time and energy educating people about finance. Greg has been instrumental in creating Looking Glass Education, an educational platform designed to educate the world about finance, economics, and Bitcoin.
ABOUT LAWRENCE LEPARD:
Lawrence is a partner at Equity Management Associates. He devotes much of his time to financial education and is generous in sharing ideas. He has a libertarian worldview and has a deep understanding of Austrian Economics. A long time hard money advocate, he was quick to grok the fundamentals and world changing potential of Bitcoin.
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
Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, Greg Foss @FossGregfoss, Lawrence Lepard @LawrenceLepard
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Feb 18, 2023 • 1h 37min
BCB097_TROY CROSS: Learning HOW to Think
Philosophy professor Troy Cross (PhD) joins Josh & Dan on a meandering discussion centering on HOW we should think. These 3 explore religion, Christianity, orthodoxy, as well as both the wonders and perils of the “Bitcoin community.” Troy is a professor of philosophy and humanities at Reed College; previous to that he held positions at Yale and Oxford.
WE COVER:
Religion, Christianity & open inquiry,
The intellectual journey & resisting dogmatism
Death & Life
The fiat treadmill
Socialism
Artificial intelligence’s connection w/ Bitcoin & energy
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Bitcoin Policy Institute
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
ABOUT TROY CROSS: Troy Cross is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College where he teaches courses on the philosophy of religion, color, and the philosophy of mind, as well as lecturing in the humanities program. Prior to coming to Reed in 2010, he held positions at Yale and Merton College, Oxford. Cross’s philosophical research interests center on foundational issues in metaphysics and epistemology, but has also been involved in bitcoin for over a decade, cultivating interest in a number of bitcoin-related issues in that time, most of all, the question of bitcoin mining’s present and future environmental impact.
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:
Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, you can follow Troy Cross @thetrocro
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Feb 11, 2023 • 1h 33min
Basics_03: What Constitutes Good Money?
Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 3. In this episode we examine what constitutes good money, examining monetary history with an eye on what produces the ultimate money–Bitcoin. We draw a contrast between hyperinflated and sound money, as well as unpack what monetary tools are most prone to work in the digital age. Josh & Dan are joined throughout this series by Seb Bunney and DazBea of Looking Glass Education.
**Error in the intro** - the Bitcoin 2023 Conference Promo code is "BCB23" (not BCB)
FULL BITCOIN BASICS SERIES HERE
WE COVER:
The characteristics of good & bad money
Weimar and Zimbabwe hyperinflation
Gresham's Law
Thier’s Law
Game theory
Path dependence
WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC:
Daz’s pick — Swan Signal w/ Leopard and Foss
Seb’s pick — Ethics of Money Production (Jorg Guido)
Josh’s pick — The Sovereign Individual (Reese-Mogg/Davidson)
Dan’s pick — 7th Property (Erick Yakes)
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Looking Glass Education
Blue Collar Bitcoin Resources Page (includes ColdCard guides)
Seb Bunney website/newsletter — The Qi of Self-Sovereignty
“When Money Dies” by Adam Fergusson
Their’s Law
The Sovereign Individual
SHOW SPONSORS:
BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We’ll be there! Join us for the world’s largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference
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. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
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 a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin
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.
—TIPS: strike.me/bcb (tips open on Twitter)
TWITTER: Follow Daz @dazbea1, Follow Seb @Sebbunney, Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC, Follow Looking Glass @LookingGlassEdu
EMAIL: Send us questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
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