

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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Jan 13, 2021 • 1h 41min
Yuri de Gaia: Building Bitcoin Kingdoms, Monarchies & Your Inner Citadel
Yuri de Gaia, Partner at BTC Reserve HQ, Founder of Liquiditi HQ, host of Citadelium, Bitcoin blogger and author of Bitcoin as a Sucession Tool sits down with Cedric to discuss: - How to deal with Imposter Syndrome - How do you build your inner Citadel - Is there an end to material desire - How Bitcoiners are better people - Does Bitcoin changes your brain and habits - How to scam the planet using neuralistic and subliminal messaging via material perceptions - What is the difference between the sheep and the shepard - What is the natural hierarchical order of humans - Why he chose to move back to Russia - Advantages of Liquidity and federated sidechains - And so much more

Jan 11, 2021 • 1h 15min
Ben Prentice: The History of Central Banking & Inflation
In this wide-ranging conversation with the co-founder of the website, blog and meme WTF Happened in 1971? Ben Prentice and Cedric discuss: - The history of coin clipping - What the temptation to money printing must be like - Is their a 500 year Central Banking cabal - The history of bank holidays and the suspension of the redemption of specie - What is the most scary thing to people in power - Central Banking monetary colonialism and the next 100 years - What is the biggest problem with inflation - How do Central Banks compete with each other - The future of CBDCs - Do we need UBI or not - Ben's Bitcoin and Austrian economics rabbit hole story - How the meme WTF Happened in 1971? was born - How Julian Assange was the body cam to the whole world - And so much more

Jan 5, 2021 • 1h 24min
Nico: Bitcoin Gave Me Purpose
Nico is a Venezuelan American entrepreneur who found himself immediately drawn to Bitcoin because of the immense implications the technology has to change the world and himself. Nico and Ced chat about: - Getting everything he ever wanted growing up - How the 2008 financial crisis changed everything for him - Dealing with loss through escapism - Bitcoin gave him reason to get up - Why he dropped out of college and flew to Venezuela - Why his Uncle was mining in the Venezuelan "bush" with generators and a used helicopter - Why he left Venezuela - The new counterculture of responsibilty Nico co-founded BITVOLT.com, a miner hosting company. Nico currently produces @SimplyBitcoin_, a 10 minute weekday show on YouTube tailored to deliver daily news from the Bitcoin-Maximalist-Pleb perspective. Follow Nico on Twitter @BITVOLT7

Jan 4, 2021 • 1h 19min
Dominic Frisby: Bitcoin Is the Pin not the Bubble
Dominic Frisby author of Life After The State, Bitcoin: The Future Of Money, and magnum opus Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future zooms in with Cedric to discuss: - Why does every Cuban father want his daughter to be a prostitute - His journey down the goldbug and libertarianism rabbit hole in 2005/2006 - How humans learn best through the spoken word and ear - The hunt for Satoshi - Are we freer now - Were we freer in The Stone Age - How technology enables us - How Covid has accelerated everything - Big Tech vs The State and who will win - How income tax will be harder to collect in the future - Brexit, Trump, and social media - The future of Hollywood, Film and Stand-Up - How governments have set a new precedent to shut down economies - and much more

Dec 30, 2020 • 1h 2min
Jeff Booth: Bitcoin is the Forcing Function in the Age of Inflation
Jeff Booth, the author of The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future, zooms in with Ced to discuss: - How money and inflation are constructs of our time - How pricing is an illusion out of money printing - How do you measure the productivity growth of technology - US, China, CBDCs, and The Great Reset - Is it too late for governments to stop Bitcoin - How Bitcoin is our best chance for a peaceful transition - much more

Dec 17, 2020 • 48min
The Bitcoin Rabbi: Technology, Spirituality & Judaism
The Bitcoin Rabbi, author of Bitcoin Money: A Tale of Bitville Discovering Good Money, sits down with Cedric to discuss Bitcoin, technology, spirituality, economics and ethics. Happy Holidays!

Dec 4, 2020 • 1h 17min
Jeff Vandroux: A Post-Capitalist Future, Distributism & Bitcoin Muscle
CPA, attorney, coder, bodybuilder & founder of Keykeeper Bitcoin IRA Jeff Vandroux outlines his thesis for how markets are an ouroboros that devour themselves and how the establishment of social democracy is inherent to the arc of capitalist development. Charity, Welfare, and Usury: The Capitalist Paradox? Is the goal of modern social democracy to expand inequality? Will the U.S. go full servile state?

Dec 2, 2020 • 50min
Joe Rodgers: 3D Printing, Guns & Bitcoin
Joe "Join Or Die" Rodgers sits down with Ced to present the case for ultimate sovereignty through self-sufficiency. 3D printing isn't just for making little toys anymore, kids. What would you make if you had the resources?

Nov 30, 2020 • 1h 1min
Daniel Prince: Bitcoin Is For The Children
Long-term family traveler & fellow Bitcoin podcaster Daniel Prince drops knowledge on raising children while constantly abroad, how to deal with ever-shifting societal norms, & how to talk to your kids about Bitcoin. A super insightful episode with a special drop-in from Daniel's Once BITten co-host & daughter Lauren!! How will you teach the youth about Bitcoin?

Nov 25, 2020 • 1h 24min
Pierre Rochard, Jimmy Song, Katie the Russian, Knut Svanholm & Surfer Jim: A Very Bitcoin Thanksgiving
Cedric hosts a virtual Bitcoin Family Thanksgiving Feast with some of the biggest minds in the culture. The discussion is almost too wide ranging to pin down to the normal couple of topics in here, so we're just going to ask you what we asked our esteemed guests: What are you thankful for in 2020? This episode was streamed LIVE on our brand new YouTube channel at https://tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube. Throw us a Like and Subscribe if you dig the show so we can grow and keep bringing you bigger and better shows with the worlds hardest Bitcoiners!