

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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Jul 10, 2021 • 1h 18min
Clancy Rodgers: Conspiracy Science, The Mark Of The Beast, Basic Bitches & Bitcoin Ransom
"I'm not leaving the world for my children the way the boomers left the world for us."
In this wide ranging conversation with Clancy Rodgers from Citadel 21 U.S. who is also a Hodling Artist, Tolling Queen, Big Titty Toxic Bitch & the author of What Happens When Walmart Buys $1 Billion Of Bitcoin? recently published in Bitcoin Magazine, Clancy zooms in to talk about how her family's photos were hacked, the death of her ego, shitposting on Facebook & Twitter, the 2020 election, Obama, Melinda & Bill Gates, the Clinton Foundation, woke left cancel culture, civil war, Covid-19, the CDC, the memes & toxicity, normies, the battle between dark & light, her fuck you status & how Bitcoin holds everyone accountable & so much more.

Jul 7, 2021 • 1h 43min
Pierre Rochard: Bitcoin FOMO, ADHD, Post Internet Stress Disorder & Speculative Attacks
Pierre Rochard has been involved with Bitcoin as a researcher, investor, and software developer since February 2013. He co-founded the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute to curate the best primary source literature on Bitcoin and cryptography. In addition to developing Bitcoin software, Pierre is an outspoken advocate for Bitcoin's decentralized governance. In 2017 he began co-hosting the Noded Bitcoin Podcast. Pierre is widely recognized as an authority on the investment case for Bitcoin.
We discuss:
- Is Gresham’s law the most misunderstood law in monetary economics
- How 2021 separated the fixed from the variable
- Is China preparing an attack on Bitcoin
- How do external parties see bitcoin
- What drives bitcoin adoption
- Is the dollar cooked
- Bitcoin FOMO, ADHD & PISD
- Is El Salvador the real deal
- How many genocides has the UN prevented
- Btc price action, speculative attacks, China, El Salvador, the banks, NYDIG, CBDCs, commercial banks, Jack Mallers, France, nuclear power, Brad Sherman, Cypress, bank bail-ins, Thiers Law, Gresham’s Law, cultural marxism, HELOCs, George Soros, super cycles, Mircea Popescu and so much more

Jun 30, 2021 • 1h 20min
Michael Krieger: Bitcoin is a Parallel Opportunity to Build a Parallel Civilization
"We’re not entering a dark age, we’ve been in one."
Michael Krieger gradually recognized that his true passion centers upon writing on issues of significant societal importance given the extremely challenging times we live in. This realization culminated with his losing interest in financial markets & eventually launching his website Liberty Blitzkrieg in early 2012.
In this very special conversation we discuss:
- Leaving the crowded streets of Manhattan for the open spaces of Boulder
- How vaccine passports are a red line
- Is humanity forking
- Will there be free-range humans & caged humans
- Are they trying to fundamentally change America & the nature of who we are
- Was 2020 the nadir
- How the entire 21st century has been a disaster for the U.S.A.
- Gardening, cycles, dealing with nature & happenstance
- Lehman Brothers, 9/11, Elon Musk, Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump, El Savlador, the Berlin Wall, psy ops, egotism, the pleb network, memes, Bitcoin & so much more

Jun 29, 2021 • 1h 38min
Stephen Chow: Image is a Rapture, Bitcoin & the Art of Patronage
Stephen Chow is an art patron - 100% of his savings goes to supporting his favorite living artists.
His goal is to support living artists from as many cultures as he can, working in a wide variety of mediums and cultural traditions. He would rather sponsor ONE new masterpiece from an artist of his choosing, at his own expense, knowing full well that it could fail, than be given ALL of the lost masterpieces in the history of art.
In his free time, he transcribes Bitcoin podcasts into the written word.
In this chat we discuss:
- Finding works that leave a legacy
- Connecting with artists
- How many neglected geniuses don't have an audience
- Does the patron influence the work
- The idea behind patronage
- The effects Bitcoin has had on his mission
- & more

Jun 22, 2021 • 1h 19min
Dylan LeClair: The Conclusion of the Long Term Debt Cycle & the Rise of Bitcoin
“Everybody is up to their eyeballs in debt, but they can’t make the price of credit any cheaper.”
Dylan LeClair is the author of The Conclusion of the Long Term Debt Cycle & the Rise of Bitcoin. He writes content about on-chain analytics & the financial markets for Bitcoin Magazine.
We discuss:
- How bitcoin is designed to pump forever
- Are we at a midcycle peak
- Is it risky to borrow to buy btc
- QE, UBI, El Salvador, the Triffin Dilemma, Michael Saylor, how cash is trash & more

Jun 14, 2021 • 1h 32min
Vijay Boyapati: The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, Valuation Frameworks & Cycles
"Bitcoin is the most important innovation to happen to money in 1,000 years." - Vijay Boyapati
In this very special episode, Vijay returns to talk with Ced about his new book the Bullish Case for Bitcoin & where we are in this cycle.
We discuss:
- What are the common mistakes made during a bull run
- How a bull market tests your conviction more than a vicious bear market
- Is the current cycle different than prior cycles
- El Salvador, nation state adoption, inflation & the Berlin Wall
- How Bitcoin poses an existential threat to government monetary policy
- Bitcoin as a collateral asset
- Gartner hype cycles, Bitcoin's fundamentals, the Lindy Effect & tulips
- Will countries ban proof of work mining
- Mike Hearn, Ron Paul, big tech, Google, Silicon Valley, altcoin season, QE, AMC, Gamestop, meme stocks & so much more

Jun 7, 2021 • 1h 47min
Nozomi Hayase: The Fiat Matrix Control System, Transhumanism & Liberation Psychology
In this mind-blowing conversation with the author of Wikileaks: The Global Fourth Estate, History is Happening, Nozomi Hayase & I discuss:
- Did we trade authenticity for acceptance
- Is pyschology used to move public opinion & manufacture consent
- The stadium of democracy
- The post-human future, superhumans & is humanity forking off
- How Bitcoin affects our connection to reality, natural law & instinct
- Snowden, Assange, MLK Jr, God, religion, Jesus, liberation psychology & much more
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Jun 3, 2021 • 1h 29min
Javier Bastardo: The Crisis in Venezuela, Hyperinflation, Dollarization & Bitcoin
In this conversation, I speak with Javier Bastaro, a journalist for Cointelegraph, based in Caracas, Venezueala about hyperinflation, dollarization, the diaspora and the political, economic and human crises in Venezuela.
Will Venezuela turn into the new Cuba? How bad did things get in 2016? How deep is the current crisis that Venezueala is facing?
"Bitcoin makes you understand how deeply and important money is to the realization of the individual and to the realization of the citizen."

May 31, 2021 • 50min
NVK: The History of Coinkite, Moscow Time & Making Dope AF Bitcoin Products
NVK is the Co-Founder & CEO of Coinkite, the company behind uber-popular Bitcoin hardware products like the Coldcard, OpenDime, BlockClock & several other dope ass pieces of hardware that allow users to engage in Bitcoin safely & conveniently.
We discuss:
- The origins of Coinkite, Coldcard Wallet, Opendime & the BlockClock Mini
- How Bitcoin products are pinatas for security
- What sets the Coldcard Wallet apart
- Common errors, misconceptions & advice around Bitcoin security
- & more

May 29, 2021 • 1h 48min
Phil Gibson: The Sound Money Music Revolution, End the Fed & Economic Earworms
In this wide-ranging chat with Phil Gibson aka Mr Pseu the host of podcast A Boy Named Pseu, we wax philosophically about music, culture & freedom in society today, our love for musical earworms, music as a universal language, his Bitcoin rabbit hole story & how Bitcoin is a beautiful & poetic response to the 2008 crisis & not just a random occurence & so much more in this free-flowing conversation I had with one of the freshest & dopest Bitcoiners around.