

The Bitcoin Matrix
Cedric Youngelman
Let's explore Bitcoin, the future of money and the social, cultural, economical and philosophical implications of this new technology. Hosted by Cedric Youngelman.
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Oct 27, 2021 • 1h 21min
Mark Moss: The Last Time These 3 Cycles Converged The Whole World Changed
The Bitcoin 2022 Conference celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use the code BitcoinMatrix for 10% off at http://tixr.com/pr/BitcoinMatrix/26217 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mark Moss is a Student of History, Sound Money Advocate, Freedom Maximalist, the host of the Mark Moss Show on Youtube and the first nationally syndicated radio show about Bitcoin on I Heart Radio. In this fascinating conversation, Mark and I discuss how three revolution cycles are happening at once, how that effects the political, economic, social, technological, financial, cultural spheres, peak globalization, the rejection of centralization, censorship, massive wealth transfers, how solutions are supposed to come to problems, the war on information, Bitcoin and how you can prepare. I hope you enjoy this fantastic rip as much as I did. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Mark Moss on twitter at @1MarkMoss Follow Mark Moss online at https://www.1markmoss.com/optin1632748012468 Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter at @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter at @CedYoungelman iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinitunes YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoingoogle https://www.facebook.com/TheBitcoinMatrixPodcast Web: https://bitcoinmatrix.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinspotify

Oct 18, 2021 • 2h
Tomer Strolight: Bitcoin Is For Everyone
The Bitcoin 2022 Conference celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use the code BitcoinMatrix for 10% off at http://tixr.com/pr/BitcoinMatrix/26217 _____________________________________________________________________ Tomer Strolight 丰 Slayer of Lies 丰 Lover of Truths returns to the show to discuss our current crisis of meaning, how society is divided in so many ways, moral codes, acting on principles, pragmatism, the golden rule, the platinum rule, the unnamed rule and the bitcoin rule. In this very special conversation, Tomer and I cover two more of his dope af pieces, Bitcoin Is For Everyone and The Bitcoin Rule. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Tomer Strolight on twitter at @TomerStrolight Follow Tomer on Medium at https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/ Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter at @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter at @CedYoungelman iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinitunes YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoingoogle https://www.facebook.com/TheBitcoinMatrixPodcast Web: https://bitcoinmatrix.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinspotify

Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 14min
Vijay Boyapati on Cypherpunks, Satoshi & Bitcoin's Nuclear Option
In this very special chat, Vijay Boyapati returns for the third time to discuss where we are in the current Bitcoin cycle, his macroeconomic outlook, the history of the cypherpunk movement, Satoshi, the power to control the transmission of value, Facebook's Libre, and Bitcoin's Nuclear Option. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Bitcoin2022 Conference which celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use my affiliate code for 10% off. My affiliate code is: BitcoinMatrix My affiliate link is: tixr.com/pr/BitcoinMatrix/26217 Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Vijay Boyapati on twitter at @real_vijay Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter at @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter at @CedYoungelman iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinitunes YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoingoogle https://www.facebook.com/TheBitcoinMatrixPodcast Web: https://bitcoinmatrix.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinspotify

Oct 6, 2021 • 1h 51min
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo on Bitcoin Savings, Credit, Collateralized Loans, Hodling with LEDN and Leaving Venezuela
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of LEDN.IO. LEDN provides financial products with a mission to help clients across the globe unlock the power of digital assets to build wealth for the long term. Operating in over 100 countries, LEDN offers interest-bearing savings accounts and Bitcoin-backed loans, enabling clients to access dollars or additional Bitcoin without needing to sell any of their existing holdings. Mauricio grew up in Venezuela where he and his family learned about Bitcoin. Now based in Canada, Mauricio holds HBA and MBA degrees from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario in Canada. Mauricio is also the author of Why Proof of Reserves is Important to Bitcoin published in Bitcoin Magazine. I am really excited to share this conversation that I recently had with Mauricio. We go hard on Venezuela, Bitcoin savings, credit, & collaterlized loans programs, the pros and cons, the risks and benefits, the ins and outs of the financial services industry, El Salvador, Mauricio’s background and more. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know Mauricio and the team over at LEDN.IO these past few months and I think you guys will really enjoy this rip. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Bitcoin2022 Conference which celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use my affiliate code for 10% off. My affiliate code is: CEDRIC2022 My affiliate link is: tixr.com/pr/CEDRIC2022/26217 Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Mauricio Di Bartolomeo on twitter at @cryptonomista Follow LEDN at @hodlwithLedn Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter at @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter at @CedYoungelman iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinitunes YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoingoogle https://www.facebook.com/TheBitcoinMatrixPodcast Web: https://bitcoinmatrix.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinspotify

Sep 27, 2021 • 1h 14min
Morgen Rochard on Building Wealth, Eliminating Financial Stress, Achieving Financial Freedom & Bitcoin
Morgen Rochard is a Certified Financial Advisor, Certified Financial Planner, Registered Life Planner, podcaster, founder of Origin Wealth Advisors and the author of Personal Finance, The Simplified Beginners Guide to Eliminating Financial Stress, Building Wealth, and Achieving Financial Freedom. At Origin, Morgen focuses on driving personal connections and getting to the root of the financial success of her clients. This is a natural extension of her mission to help others live their most fulfilled, financially stress-free lives. Morgen’s approach is designed to help her clients find peace of mind with all aspects of their situation – financial and beyond. As a Registerd Life Planner her role is to help others truly live their passion. This framework helps clients explore what is most important to them, dive deeper into what they want to prioritize, and remove any obstacles that may get in their way. We discuss risk management, diversification, asset allocation, money worship, making huge economic life decisions, weddings, retirement, renting vs buying, how to raise financially successful kids and the acceptable amount of chairs that one should own. I hope that you enjoy this one as much as I did. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Bitcoin2022 Conference which celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use my affiliate code for 10% off My affiliate code is: CEDRIC2022 My affiliate link is: tixr.com/pr/CEDRIC2022/26217 Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Morgen Rochard on twitter at @MorgenRochard Buy Morgen's book: https://amzn.to/37mgyN0 Check out her company at www.originwa.com Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter at @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter at @CedYoungelman iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinitunes YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoingoogle https://www.facebook.com/TheBitcoinMatrixPodcast Web: https://bitcoinmatrix.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinspotify

Sep 21, 2021 • 2h 7min
Bitcoin is Inevitable & Surfer Jim Can Prove It
You will not want to miss this epic rip with the Bitcoin Radical. In this wide-ranging and free-flowing conversation with gnarley libertarian, independent thinker & truth seeker Surfer Jim, the Bitcoin Radical, we cover his life-long passion of surfing, the parasites that write rules on paper, Chamath, shitcoins, regulatory capture, toxic maximalism, Bitcoin's immaculate conception, integrity, honesty, trustworthiness, the desire to do good, the seven habits of highly effective people and why Bitcoin is even money. I hope that you enjoy this fantastic chat as much as I did. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Bitcoin2022 Conference which celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use my affiliate code for 10% off My affiliate code is: CEDRIC2022 My affiliate link is: tixr.com/pr/CEDRIC2022/26217 Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Surfer Jim on twitter at @surferjimw Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter at @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter at @CedYoungelman iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinitunes YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoingoogle https://www.facebook.com/TheBitcoinMatrixPodcast Web: https://bitcoinmatrix.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinspotify

Sep 13, 2021 • 58min
Ben Kaufman: The Young, Shadowy, Super-Coder on Leaving Israel, Building Specter & Dropping Truth Bombs
Ben Kaufman is a young, shadowy, super-coder, unlicensed software engineer, coding at Specter Wallet and Chief Conspiracy Theorist at Clown World Today News. In this very special episode, Ben calls in from an undisclosed location to discuss leaving Israel, building the open-source Bitcoin project Specter Wallet, utilizing the Bitcoin Network as an underground railroad system for the 21st century and deplatforming. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Bitcoin2022 Conference which celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use my affiliate code for 10% off My affiliate code is: CEDRIC2022 My affiliate link is: tixr.com/pr/CEDRIC2022/26217 Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Ben Kaufman on twitter at @_benkaufman Chief Conspiracy Theorist at @cwt_news Coding @SpecterWallet Substack: https://benkaufman.substack.com benkaufman.info Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter at @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter at @CedYoungelman iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinitunes YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoingoogle https://www.facebook.com/TheBitcoinMatrixPodcast Web: https://bitcoinmatrix.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinspotify

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Sep 8, 2021 • 1h 52min
Tomer Strolight: Rich or Poor, Bitcoiners Have What Money Can't Buy
"The only way to learn is to begin by admitting to yourself: 'I don't know'. This is also the only way to be free." - Tomer Strolight Tomer Strolight is a long time bitcoiner who has recently started writing prolifically about the insights he has gained over the years. Tomer is the host of For The Love Of Bitcoin podcast and a popular writer within the Bitcoin space. Tomer Strolight strives for and believes in sovereignty, truth and integrity. In this very special chat, Tomer reads from and we discuss the following amazing pieces of his: - "Rich or Poor Bitcoiners Have What Money Can’t Buy" - "Bitcoin is a Test" - "Why Everything That Should Hurt Bitcoin Only Makes It Stronger" - "Why Bitcoin is the Most Important Thing Happening in the World Right Now? I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did as Tomer really brings the wisdom, lots of beautiful insights and his calming demeanor in this fantastic rip. This episode was brought to you by LEDN, Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2022 conference. LEDN.IO is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. If you want to see what it’s all about and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix. Bitcoin2022 Conference which celebrates bitcoin over 4 days (April 6-9th, 2022) with 4 different passes. The four days include Industry day, 2 days of main events and speakers, and lastly, a festival day which is a day of music and networking. Prices will continue to rise over the next few months so get in early and use my affiliate code for 10% off My affiliate code is: CEDRIC2022 My affiliate link is: tixr.com/pr/CEDRIC2022/26217 Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Tomer Strolight on twitter @TomerStrolight Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter @CedYoungelman

Aug 31, 2021 • 1h 31min
Adam O AKA Denver Bitcoin on the Oil & Gas Industry, Bitcoin Mining & Digital Wildcats
"What happens when the oil & gas lobby become pro bitcoin? Do we even need a #btc lobby at that point!?! The Oil & Gas industry is really powerful and really wealthy!" - Adam O Adam O AKA Denver Bitcoin is the business development officer for the US market for Upstream Data, a company that pairs modular bitcoin mining datacenters to natural gas engines, to convert waste energy (natural gas), into the best form of money the world has ever known - bitcoin. Adam is a pioneer in this emerging industry, and he brings a ton of passion and energy to Bitcoin mining and the upstream oil and gas industry. His articles have been published in Bitcoin Magazine and Coinbeast Media where he also provides 1 on 1 consultations on bitcoin mining. Denver Bitcoin is also the co-founder of Stranded Energy Investments. We discuss the oil & gas industry, bitcoin mining, the moralization of the production and consumption of energy and those crazy digital wildcats that are squatting on magic internet money getting it from stranded and wasted energy sources. “The government pioneered the shitcoin” This episode is brought to you by LEDN. LEDN is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. LEDN is the first digital asset lender with transparency and security of a formal Proof of Reserves attestation - raising the bar in the space. If you want to see what it’s all about, head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix and get $50 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan. Get started earning interest now on your Bitcoin and USDC with the industries best rates Or, use your Bitcoin as collateral with LEDN Loans to get quick access to dollars or double your bitcoin savings with the popular B2X Loan. Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow AdamO on twitter @DenverBitcoin Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter @CedYoungelman

Aug 23, 2021 • 46min
Adam Kownacki on Boxing, Brooklyn, Taking Care of Unfinished Business & Bitcoin
In this chat with heavyweight boxing contender Adam Kownacki we talk about his time growing up in the Polish neighborhood of Greenepoint, Brooklyn, how he got into boxing, experiencing his first loss, his upcoming rematch with Robert Helenius in Las Vegas this October and proving yourself. This episode is brought to you by LEDN. LEDN is a secure, simple and easy to use platform for managing and growing your digital wealth. LEDN is the first digital asset lender with transparency and security of a formal Proof of Reserves attestation - raising the bar in the space. If you want to see what it’s all about, head over to start.ledn.io/bitcoinmatrix and get $25 free in USDC when you take out your first LEDN loan. Get started earning interest now on your Bitcoin and USDC with the industries best rates—at 6.1% APY on your first 2 BTC and 8.5% for all your USDC. Or, use your Bitcoin as collateral with LEDN Loans to get quick access to dollars or double your bitcoin savings with the popular B2X Loan. Make sure to subscribe, listen, learn and share the Bitcoin Matrix podcast. Folllow Adam Kownacki on twitter @AKbabyface Follow the Bitcoin Matrix on twitter @delabtcmatrix Follow me on Twitter @CedYoungelman