The Bitcoin Matrix (Cedric Youngelman)

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In this episode, Cedric engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Ben Hart, the world's oldest competing breakdancer. Together, they delve into a wide range of fascinating topics, including wokeism, counter-culture, social media, bitcoin, the importance of success skills not taught in schools, and the power of challenging the prevailing narrative. Tune in for an enlightening discussion that will leave you inspired and questioning the status quo.

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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.

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For episode #150 Cedric sits down with Robert Malka to discuss nihilism, existentialism, AI & Bitcoin. Robert Malka is a researcher, philosopher and Bitcoiner.

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Freelance artist Jessica Vaugn is a writer, photographer and model who is best known for her work with the legendary brand Playboy. Jessica started tumbling down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole in 2020. She says that it completely changed her life and the way she views the world. As a freelancer, she’s always been keen on making independent choices. But it wasn’t until the pandemic lockdowns, that she realized government-run economic systems limited her personal freedoms. 

Aleks Svetski is the host of the dope af Wake Up podcast, the Founder and CEO of Bitcoin Exhange - Amber, the Editor of the Bitcoin Times, the author of several seminal and influential pieces including Utopian Dystopias, Discrimination and Diversity, Dumb People, Resistance is not Futile, Why Liberty Matters and the Rise of the Individual.

Zooming in from on location in El Salvador, the three of us had a wide ranging conversation about reinvention, the balkanization of America, Covid, depression, slave labor in China, Hollywood, identity politics, betrayal,  cultural detoxing, chemical zombies, is the MMA fight game analogous to all of life, getting arrested for not wearing a mask and how levels of consciousness are similar to floors in a Manhattan skyscraper.

In this episode Cedric sits down with the Plate Licking Pleb for an awesome conversation on acceleration theory, procreation maximalism, the Canadian Bitcoin Conference and why meeting plebs in real life is so dope.

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"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.

Jimbo, the author of Orange Coin Good: The Value of Bitcoin sits down with Cedric to discuss:

- Why green paper is bad

- How money really enters the system

- How have humans prevented cheating throughout history

- The role of reciprocity in human evolution and behavior

- What is the perspective of a holder

- How scarcity is the feeling of not having enough of something

- The invention of digital rivalry 

- How we measure the value of the things that we buy

- How Bitcoin is the thing against which all other opportunities have to justify themselves

- How unit bias effecfts the price of Bitcoin

- Meme the change you want to see in the world

- And so much more in this wide-ranging, free-flowing conversation about Bitcoin, economics and human behavior

In this episode, Cedric sits down with Isaiah Jackson, author of Bitcoin & Black America to discuss:

- the effects of the Federal Reserve & inflation on the Black middle class

- the relationship between Black America & the media

- the Golden Age of Black businesses & entrepreneurship

- the circulation of the Black dollar

- the state of household wealth in black america

- how the Black community should prepare for the next 100 years

- & so much more

In this fun but poignant episode Cedric sits down with Dan and Josh, two firefighters and the co-hosts of the Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast.

We talk finance, we talk economics, we talk shit and of course we talk about the most important monetary technology of the 21st century and how bitcoin is like a slippery hog in this awesome rip. 

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In this episode Cedric sits down with Tomer Strolight to discuss his amazing piece Hello. I Am Bitcoin.

Is artificial sweetener really sweet? Is artificial intelligence really intelligent? Is an artificial limb really a limb? These are philosophical questions that can be answered in many ways. Tomer is good at that.

Tomer has been involved in Bitcoin since 2013 and has been writing publicly under his name about it since 2021. He is the Editor-in-Chief at Swan.com, a leading Bitcoin onramp. He has also written and narrated the short Bitcoin film "Bitcoin Is Generational Wealth" (available on YouTube).

His articles appear on Bitcoin Magazine, Swan.com/signal, tomerstrolight.medium.com, Citadel21.com and more. You can find him regularly tweeting at twitter.com/tomerstrolight

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Bitcoin 2023 will be back in Miami Beach one more time! Education, celebration and hyperbitcoinization will once again be on the agenda. Join us May 18-20, 2023. Use the code MATRIX for 10% off your tickets at b.tc/conference/

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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?

In this episode Cedric sits down with Bob Burnett to discuss the miners trilemma, the crucial role of wild horses in bitcoin mining and Satoshi's Heel.

• Is mining infrastructure a vulnerability that could take down Bitcoin?
• Why wild horses, the unruly mustangs of the bitcoin world, must make up a larger proportion of hash rate for optimal security
• Why public mining companies cannot exist within the ethos of Bitcoin
• The critical importance of bitcoiners to stop using the term ASIC to describe a mining server.

Bob Burnett is the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, a company focused on the development of “horse-class” mining sites, and he is a vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources. Bob has spent over 35 years as a technologist including 13 years at Gateway, Inc., a Fortune 200 personal computer company, where he led the company’s product development efforts as Chief Technical Officer. He has founded several companies in the Bitcoin mining space and is an evangelist and educator for Bitcoin and its importance to the world’s future. 

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River has a level of service that is unheard of in this industry.

Sure you’ve bought bitcoin before but have you tried River. See and feel the difference for yourself at River.

The world is grasping the importance of decentralized money with limited supply. Your friends and family could use your help realizing it. River’s river’s referral program will add $20 in free bitcoin to both of your accounts.

To get started and find out for yourself, use the link in the show notes and get $20 free when you buy Bitcoin at river.com or on the river app. 

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Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

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Bitcoin 2023 will be back in Miami Beach one more time! Education, celebration and hyperbitcoinization will once again be on the agenda. Join us May 18-20, 2023. Use the code MATRIX for 10% off your tickets at b.tc/conference/

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In this smart and insightful episode Cedric sits down with Phil Geiger from Unchained Capital to discuss his articles All 21 Million Bitcoin Exist Already, 21 Million is Non-Negotiable, multi-sig, Bitcoin key management and how bitcoiners trade short-term volatility for long-term stability. I hope that you get as much out of this one as much as I did. 

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A kind man with too many credits to list, Andy Edstrom is perhaps the greatest asset in the argument for Bitcoin's dependability down the line. We touch on economic trade-offs, 9/11, the Patriot Act, & the deceit of government-backed fiat. This episode gives the definitive answer to the age-old no-coiner question: Why buy Bitcoin? 

In this very special episode Pete Rizzo & Cedric discuss what happened when Bitcoin's creator dissapeared. 

Pete Rizzo is a Bitcoin journalist since 2013. Pete is Editor at Bitcoin Magazine and Editor-at-Large at the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange. He conducts archival research on Bitcoin's history, working to highlight and identify the people and events that most impacted its development.

Check out the article here: The Last Days of Satoshi

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In this episode, I chat with American HODL, a legendary voice in the Bitcoin space. He opens up about how Bitcoin helped secure his family’s financial future, and why most of us underestimate the radical transformation $100 million Bitcoin will bring.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

01:18 – Welcome Back, HODL

03:30 – Bear Market Conviction

04:40 – Trade Wars & Uncertainty

07:16 – Bitcoin as an Infinite Game

09:57 – From Speculating to Saving

11:56 – Orange-Pilling Family

15:37 – Leading with Self-Custody

21:03 – Security & Simple Living

23:47 – Resentment from the Fiat World

26:02 – Emotional Toll of Volatility

29:27 – Spartan Class Bitcoiners

32:37 – Capital Allocation Strategy

35:17 – Rise of the Bitcoin Mafia

37:47 – $100M BTC & Global Shifts

40:59 – ETFs, Self-Custody & Citizenship

45:02 – Governments Want Your Keys

47:52 – Fourth Turning Vibes

50:58 – Bretton Woods 2.0

55:39 – Helping Others with Bitcoin

58:22 – Bitcoin’s Emotional Rollercoaster

01:05:02 – Lessons from Past Cycles

01:11:32 – Long-Term Wealth Tactics

01:14:57 – Bitcoin & Relationships

01:18:12 – Prepping for the Bull Run

01:21:27 – Final Wisdom

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Thank you for listening!

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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In the 100th episode Cedric sits down with Kenny Florian to discuss his near-death experience in Brazil, Ju-Jitsu, MMA, the UFC, reality tv, chokeholds, dealing with anxiety as a kid, running towards fear, preparing for the unknown, thinking about things conceptually, being creative in the moment, his rabbit hole story and being free.

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Bitcoin 2022 will be held on Miami Beach from 6-9th April and you can use code BitcoinMatrix at check out to get a 10% discount. 

All tickets are transferrable and 100% refundable if you are unable to travel due to Covid Restrictions. 

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Welcome to our special interview with Peter Dunworth, where we will be exploring the fascinating concept of valuing Bitcoin as the world's first triple point asset.

Peter Dunworth is one of the most optimistic and intelligent speakers in the Bitcoin space and has burst onto the scene this year because of his deep thinking surrounding the future implications of Bitcoin.

During this incredible rip, Peter will shed light on how Bitcoin leads us to an event horizon in finance and a singularity in economics.

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Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

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Creator of Cosmic, CEO & co-founder of Lolli, and Bitcoin visionary Alex Adelman jacks in to talk about how he hit such huge heights so quickly, the importance of surrounding yourself with positive people in your business endeavors, and what started his mission to make Bitcoin accessible to all. How to earn and get rewarded in Bitcoin.

In this episode Cedric sits down with geopilitical and intelligence risk analyst Lee Slusher to dicsuss the Russia / Ukriane conflict and his related articles Amateur-Hour Armageddon, Rubble and Rhetoric, and Western Leadership and Other Myths.

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Lee Slusher is an intelligence and geopolitical risk expert with twenty-five years of analytical and operational experience supporting the U.S. intelligence community and special operations, as well as the private sector. He has worked with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, the U.S. Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, the National Ground Intelligence Center, and the Department of Defense’s cryptologic community. 

Lee is a published author at the national level, accomplished at analytical research, writing, and briefing. He is skilled in a range of analytical, geospatial, and data mining applications. Lee holds a strategic security master’s degree from The George Washington University, and is a three-time alumnus of the Defense Language Institute, achieving fluency in Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Farsi. His professional education includes numerous courses at the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Joint Military Intelligence Training Center. In addition, Lee is a graduate of the Counterinsurgency Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. He completed five deployments to combat zones, and provided on-the-ground analytical and advisory support to numerous NATO nations, as well as Ukraine and Taiwan.

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Economic oracle, political soothsayer, & co-founder of WTFHappenedIn1971.com, Heavily Armed Clown is a force to be reckoned with. His insight into 20th century monetary policy, history, & the path forward solidifies Bitcoin's rightful place as the future of money. So wtf did happen in 1971?

Sovereignty through mathematics, absolute scarcity, and Bitcoin as an emergent lifeform. This conversation touches on the truly visceral, fibral, animalistic connectivity human beings have to the very idea of Bitcoin and its functions. What happens when you divide everything by 21 million?

For this intellectually invigorating episode Cedric sits down with Jeff Booth to discuss his most recent piece Finding Signal in a Noisy World.

"Wherever you have more energy, storage & compute you have more ideas & we live on top of those ideas & that is human progress."

Jeff Booth is a visionary leader who has lived at the forefront of technology change for 20 years. He led BuildDirect, a technology company that aimed to simplify the building industry, for nearly two decades through the dot-com meltdown, the 2008 financial crisis, and many waves of technological disruption. 

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In this wide ranging chat with Christopher Gimmer, the co-founder of Bitbo.io & Snappa.com we discuss how to turn your life into a giant flywheel and:

- Why Snappa is holding Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset 
- Why it pays to play the long game 
- Building a great team 
- Scaling to $1M ARR with a marketing flywheel
- Purchasing the Snappa.com domain for $40,000
- Co-founding Snappa: from idea to product market fit
- & so much more

Robert Breedlove sits down with Ced to discuss:

- Is Bitcoin the incorruptible substance that alchemists strived for

- How the Central Bank is the greatest institution of tyranny in human history & will Bitcoin disrupt it

- Why ancient wisdom such as yoga, meditation & pyschedelics like ayahausca are making a return

- How property rights are the expression of the human territorial imperative

- Can we be sovreeign on a Fiat Standard?

- How inflation is a cancer on the socioeconomic & moral fabric of reality

"We're transcending the false statist dichotonomy between capitalism & communism & Bitcoin enables a new mode of socioeconomic organization I'm calling sovreignism." - Robert Breedlove

In this extremely bullish conversation Ced sits down with Luke Mikic to talk about the unwinding of the petrodollar system, exponential technology in the digital age, network effects, technological S curves, the big fish who will trigger escape velocity, moon math based on bitcoin’s total addressable market, the coming Bitcoin supercyle and why the volatility will increase from here.

Luke Mikic is just another Bitcoin pleb, whose mind has been captured by the Bitcoin rabbit hole ever since discovering Bitcoin in 2017. He believes we’re living through the most consequential years in human history, as we’re watching the separation of money and state and the transition into the digital age.

His mission is to drag as many no-coiners down this rabbit hole with him, by providing financial education to the masses. He considers himself lucky enough to be working 24/7 in the space under many different hats, as an educator and content creator in the Bitcoin space.

He works as a full-time writer and researcher for Mark Moss, he works part time as a contributor to the CoinBeast social media accounts, he also writes articles part-time for Amber, as well as co-hosts the Bitcoin Made Simple Podcast. After leaving Australia for good in 2022, he works online, and has the privilege to travel the world, meeting Bitcoiners and exploring citadels.

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For 10% off your tickets to Bitcoin Day Naples use the code "Matrix" at https://bitcoinday.io/naples23

Bitcoin 2023 will be back in Miami Beach one more time! Education, celebration and hyperbitcoinization will once again be on the agenda. Join us May 18-20, 2023. Use the code MATRIX for 15% off your tickets at b.tc/conference/

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In this episode, Cedric sits down with CJ Konstantinos who is all in on Bitcoin as pristine collateral and the ultimate reserve asset for the internet economy.

CJ is fired up about Strategic Bitcoin Reserves and Bitcoin bonds, calling them game-changing tools to fix negative real rates, rescuing failing pensions, and creating a more sustainable economy.

In CJ’s eyes, we stand at a historic turning point—these innovations aren’t just solutions; they’re the key to restoring trust and securing America’s dominance in a rapidly unfolding Bitcoin-driven future.

0:00 - Intro

2:00 - CJ’s background

10:30 - Why Bitcoin Is the Reserve Asset of the Internet Economy

13:40 - Bitcoin vs Fiat: A Truth Machine in a World of Lies

16:40 - How Bitcoin Outpaces Fiat as a Store of Value

22:00 - The Fiat Collapse and Hyperinflation Warning

24:33 - The Case for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

26:35 - Bitcoin Bonds: A Revolutionary Financial Tool

30:20 - Municipal Bitcoin Bonds

32:30 - The Compounding Growth of Bitcoin 

38:00 - The Dollar is the perfect L2 for Bitcoin

41:30 - The Parameters of a Strategic Bitcoin reserve

44:55 - Redefining Risk with Bitcoin Bonds

53:07 - Higher Lows: Bitcoin as Savings Technology

59:20 - Bitcoin’s Future Price Potential

1:01:00 - Beyond the Commodity Cycle: Bitcoin as Money

1:03:50 - How Inflation turn into Hyperinflation

1:07:00 - CJ’s Orange Pill Story

1:21:00 - Parameters of Bitcoin as Collateral

1:25:00 - People’s Reserve

1:31:30 - Middle Eastern Countries already accumulate a Bitcoin Reserve

1:34:00 - Closing Thoughts on Bitcoin’s Role in a New Economy

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I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Finally if you could write a five star review for The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts that would really help get the word out and help new listeners find the show.

Thank you for listening!

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.

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In this episode, Ali Hamam talks about converting Tahini's Restaurant's cash reserves into Bitcoin. Topics include Ali's Bitcoin journey, leaving Egypt, empowering communuties and an important message for the Muslim community.

Bitcoin is a fungus. If you cleave a piece off, you're just making more. It cannot be stopped, no matter how hard governments, detractors, or other obstacles may stand in its way. Brandon and  Ced ponder a potential Second Civil War, psychedelics, Millennial thinking vs Zoomer thinking, and where we stand in The Fourth Turning. In all of this turmoil, how does Bitcoin reduce suffering?

In this episode, I'm joined by Paul Tarantino, Chris Sullivan and John Burnett to dive into Bitcoin’s potential to either liberate or enslave us, and whether it’s already being captured by the very forces we’ve been fighting against.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 – Intro

01:22 – Bitcoin: Trojan Horse or Trap?

08:40 – Prepping for Fiat Collapse

15:00 – The Great Taking: You own Nothing Already

21:20 – Is War Inevitable?

26:55 – Bitcoin vs. CBDCs

32:25 – Who Really Created Bitcoin?

38:40 – Mind Control & Programming

44:40 – Free Energy & Bitcoin Mining

50:00 – The Final Awakening

55:40 – Escaping the System

1:01:55 – Hidden History of Money

1:08:10 – War on Human Potential

1:15:30 – Bitcoin as Humanity’s Shield

1:22:40 – Preparing for What’s Next

1:30:50 – Technology as a Weapon

1:39:05 – The System is Collapsing

1:46:30 – Final Warnings

1:52:10 – Closing & Where to Find Guests

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing. Thank you for listening!

Assassination markets, global economic outlook, The Fed, China, the list of topics covered is ENDLESS on this very special episode with 3 of the brightest minds in Bitcoin. This episode was LIVE on our Twitter and Periscope, so be sure to give @DeLaBTCMatrix a follow for more special engagements with the freshest and dopest Bitcoiners. The election may be over, but after this chat, one thing is clearer than ever: Bitcoin always wins.

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. 

In this episode Cedric sits down with Market Analyst Joe Consorti from market research outlet The Bitcoin Layer to discuss viewing bitcoin through a global macro lens, large scale defaults, FTX, price distortions and why rates lead the dance.

Joe Consorti is best known as a Bitcoin Analyst, but he’s also walked the stage at a bodybuilding competition when he was 17. Not to mention, Joe is also the founder of a 6-figure painting company as a 21-year-old. Joe has quickly made a name for himself in the world of Bitcoin, but as you’ll see from our conversation with him, he has a lot to share about viewing Bitcoin through a global macro lens. 

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Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

https://store.coinkite.com/promo/B81AD35FE804254094F9

Recently, I decided to partner with crowd health to help fix the healthcare system.

You’re challenging the traditional status quo, then why are you still paying expensive insurance premiums? Experience the freedom and affordability of cash payments and community-funded healthcare with CrowdHealth. Go to joincrowdhealth.com and use code MATRIX now and experience freedom from health insurance by utilizing Bitcoin.

Right now you can get your first six months for just $99 per month. 

Bitcoin 2023 will be back in Miami Beach one more time! Education, celebration and hyperbitcoinization will once again be on the agenda. Join us May 18-20, 2023. Use the code MATRIX for 15% off your tickets at b.tc/conference/

Make sure to search for Bitcoin Matrix in your podcast app and click subscribe! And if you have the time please leave a review wherever you listen.

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Justin Rhedrick is best known as the Bitcoin Vegan & a Bitcoin Educator. After getting released from prison, Justin was tired of running the rat race, the seemingly never-ending paycheck to paycheck cycle & that’s when he decided to learn about Bitcoin.

We discuss:

- His opportunities & plans coming out of prison

- Breaking cycles

- Mindset of an early adopter

- How to stop caring about obstacles

- Levelling up & staying the course

- How there is no privilege here

- & more

In this episode Cedric sits down with American HODL to talk about how bitcoin is the best drug on earth and how the bitcoin mafia is going to take over the world.

"YOU GOTTA BELIEVE THAT YOUR LIFE CAN BE BETTER. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE BITCOIN STORY & THAT YOU CAN BE A PLAYER HERE & YOUR LIFE CAN MATTER & IT'S A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE GAME WHERE YOU MAKE THE DECISION." - AMERICAN HODL

"IT'S THE BEST DRUG ON EARTH. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT. EVERY BULL CYCLE TOP I FEEL LIKE I AM JUST MAINLINING COCAINE RIGHT IN TO THE VEIN." - AMERICAN HODL

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• Theya is a simple and secure multi-sig vault for BTC self custody. Download the app on your phone today and go multi sig to secure your Bitcoin for generations. GET SIX MONTHS FREE HERE: theya.us/cedric
• Aupa energy bars: A new kind of energy bar, live life untamed, Question everything. Use the code MATRIX at eataupa.com for a discount off your purchase.

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• The Florida Beef Initiative - Discover their premium beef selections, like the Florida Pasture Beef Box, and join a movement that's restoring Florida’s local economy one juicy, grass-fed, succulent steak at a time. Visit The Florida Beef Initiative to be part of the change.

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Finally if you could write a five star review for The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts that would really help get the word out and help new listeners find the show.

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In this deeply, fascinating conversation author and frequent guest Vijay Boyapati sits down with Cedric to discuss:

- How this bitcoin cycle is different

- Educating politicians in DC 

- The Fermi Paradox

-The Great Filter, black swan events, artificial intelligence and if we will wipe ourselves out

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In this epic rip with Dr Saifedean Ammous we discuss his third and latest masterpiece Principles of Economics or as he describes it in this conversation his manifesto and ultimately his base case for civilization. We definitely get deep in this episode especially towards the end when we get into Saife's advice for marriage, fatherhood and life.

Saifedean Ammous is an internationally best-selling economist and author. In 2018, Ammous authored The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, the best-selling book on bitcoin, published in 37 languages. In 2021, he published The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization, available in 12 languages. In May 2023, Saifedean published his latest book, Principles of Economics, a comprehensive textbook in economics in the Austrian school tradition.

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Affiliates:

• Aupa energy bars: A new kind of energy bar, live life untamed, Question everything. Use the code MATRIX at eataupa.com for a discount off your purchase.
• Hodlers Official is the Team Bitcoin merch and memorabilia company for Bitcoin’s biggest fans! Go to hodlersofficial.com today and get your Team Bitcoin gear and use the code MATRIX for 10% off your entire purchase!
• The Florida Beef Initiative - Discover their premium beef selections, like the Florida Pasture Beef Box, and join a movement that's restoring Florida’s local economy one juicy, grass-fed, succulent steak at a time. Visit The Florida Beef Initiative to be part of the change.
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Finally if you could write a five star review for The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts that would really help get the word out and help new listeners find the show.

And thank you for listening!

Let’s enter the Bitcoin Matrix with macroeconomic guru Dr. Jeff Ross for a brilliant discourse on markets, finance, growth investing, volatility, inflation, portfolio allocation, the future of bitcoin cycles, and the psychology of investing.

Dr. Jeff Ross is the founder and managing partner of alternative asset manager Vailshire Capital Management and Vailshire Partners as well as a board certified diagnostic radiologist.

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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.

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In this episode Cedric sits down with the CEO and Founder of River for an interesting conversation around buidling River, his rabbit hole story and how River Financial is dedicated to providing financial products and services that enable their clients to harness the transformative possibilities of Bitcoin.

CypherSafe has a long heritage of creating quality (and I think beautiful) metal products. Their parent company, Numberall has been doing it since 1930. With bitcoin slowly changing people’s time preference, they feel it’s a great time to focus on making artistic, metal items. People can again start to appreciate an item for it’s beauty, and the craftsmanship it took to make it.

Their first go is the Bitcoin Reuleaux Triangle. It’s a fusion of engineering, geometry, artisanship, and bitcoin.

It’s overall shape is the Reuleaux Triangle, named after Franz Reuleaux. He was an engineer in the 1800’s who formalized Kinematic Theory,

Of course the obvious nod to bitcoin is front and center with the Bitcoin ₿ logo.

They strived to achieve a beautiful look with the ₿ face textured for an almost diamond coated look. Along with making the ₿ a raised engraving, which creates a beveled edge to enhance the smaller details.

All of this is done in titanium

We hope you find the Bitcoin Reuleaux Triangle as beautiful as we do!

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In this episode Cedric sits down with Jackson AKA MacroJack21 for in-depth convesation on how the history of money best resembles Plato's Allegory of the Cave and the control mechanisms being built around us as part of the agenda for the Great Reset.

MacroJack has a background in traditional financial services spanning investment research, investor relations, and business development. He has worked at both large established Wall Street firms and small startups.

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In this episode, I sit down with Jeff Booth to dive deep into the mathematics behind a $43M Bitcoin, the economic contradictions of inflation, and much more.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

02:38 - What’s Going On With the Economy

04:16 - How the Current System Creates Insecurity

11:36 - Are We in a Breakdown Phase?

15:39 - Bitcoin, Lightning, and Stablecoins

17:46 - The Inescapable Nature of the Credit System

25:52 - Why Medium of Exchange Use Matters

30:41 - Stablecoins as “Guaranteed Loss Coins”

33:57 - The Role of Self-Custody in Bitcoin Adoption

38:21 - Polling Bitcoiners: Self-Custody, Nodes, and Spending

43:51 - Will Robots Want Money?

47:07 - Building the Decentralized Counterbalance

47:12 - Is Inflation the Greatest Lie Ever Told?

51:34 - One Bitcoin = $43 Million?

55:39 - Will Bitcoin Have a Bigger Impact Than the Internet?

57:51 - What Could Stop Bitcoin?

59:30 - Ross Ulbricht’s Release

1:00:36 - Josh Mandell, Price Predictions & Shared Wisdom

1:04:49 - Compassion for Precoiners and Everyone Else

1:07:37 - Final Thoughts

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Thank you for listening!

In this episode Cedric sits down with Clemenza from The Meat Mafia Podcast to discuss the fundamental problems in our food and healthcare system, how the food system is corrupt and trying to poison us and why he advocates for carnivore and animal based forms of eating.

Harry co-hosts The Meat Mafia Podcast. His principles are simple: eat real foods, buy locally, and cook your own meals. Harry is also a competitive low-carb ultra-endurance athlete, having completed Ironmans, 100K ultra-marathons, marathons, and numerous triathlons.

This podcast is brought to you by River.

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Bitcoin 2023 will be back in Miami Beach one more time! Education, celebration and hyperbitcoinization will once again be on the agenda. Join us May 18-20, 2023. Use the code MATRIX for 10% off your tickets at b.tc/conference/

Make sure to search for Bitcoin Matrix in your podcast app and click subscribe! And if you have the time please leave a review wherever you listen.

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In this episode Cedric sits down with Daniel Bayerdorffer, the founder of CypherSafe.

CypherSafe is a Numberall Stamp & Tool Company DBA owned and operated by Daniel Bayerdorffer, a third-generation maker and inventor. Bayerdorffer has continued the tradition started in 1930 by his grandfather, the founder of Numberall, by venturing into new territory with two Numberall DBAs: Reuleaux Models, which has revived the practice of building kinematic models for academics, hobbyists, and collectors, and CypherSafe. Founded in 2018, CypherSafe’s goal is to provide important security tools for  Bitcoin.

We discuss his background as a third generation machinist, BIP39, his rabbit hole story, utilizing creativity and making things as a way to build a sense of pride, securing your bitcoin and when his dog Archie ate his Trezor he was inspired to build tools to help bitcoiners avoid single points of failure. 

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In this episode, Cedric sits down with Mark Goodwin to talk about why we shouldn’t trust BlackRock, their plan to ETF everything and then tokenize the world on a universal ledger.

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Perpetual world traveler Katie Ananina drops in from the mountains of Guadalajara, Mexico to talk sovereignty, Muay Thai, Flag Theory, & the benefit of never slowing down. Have you got your FU Bitcoin, your FU passports, and your FU mentality yet?

In this episode, I chat with Graham Krizek, the founder and CEO of Voltage Cloud. We break down the Lightning Network’s speed, scalability, capital efficiency, and the groundbreaking Fidelity Digital Assets report created in collaboration with Voltage.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Introduction to Graham Krizek & Voltage

01:51 - What is the Lightning Network?

04:15 - How Voltage Powers the Lightning Ecosystem

05:45 - Graham’s Background

07:56 - The Fidelity & Voltage Lightning Report

10:06 - How Lightning Channels & Hops Work

12:54 - Routing Payments and Non-Custodial Yield

14:58 - Channel Structures & Capital Efficiency Trends

16:30 - Public vs. Private Channels & Total Network Capacity

18:25 - Transaction Value vs. Transacted Capital

20:38 - Adoption Trends in Lightning

21:32 - Payment Speed, Hops & Network Efficiency

23:31 - Lightning vs. Blockchain Scalability

24:43 - Success Rates on the Lightning Network

26:03 - State of the Lightning Ecosystem

27:33 - New Verticals: Nostr, Podcasting 2.0 & AI Agents

30:22 - The Convergence of Stablecoins & Lightning

32:49 - Lightning’s Resilience & Long-Term Vision

35:01 - What Will Drive Lightning’s Mass Adoption?

36:33 - Advice for Bitcoin-Focused Small Businesses

37:56 - Is Lightning Delivering on Its Promise?

38:08 - B2B Integrations & Lightning as an Infrastructure Layer

39:00 - Why Lightning Doesn’t Get the Spotlight (Yet)

40:35 - What Graham is Most Excited About in 2025

42:00 - Final Thoughts & Where to Find Voltage

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Thank you for listening!

Former banker, current author, & long-time poker player Jesse Berger goes all in on his new book Magic Internet Money, winning The Economist's MBA Investment Case Competition, & outlasting notorious poker brat Phil Helmuth at the tables in Vegas. What is the magic of Bitcoin and how can you wield it?

Nik Bhatia is a financial researcher, CFA charterholder, and Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Securities where he teaches Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities. Previously, Nik worked the US Treasuries trading desk for a large institutional asset manager and has extensinve trading experience in money markets and interest rate futures.

After starting his teaching career, Nik felt the urge to bring his research on both the international monetary system and Bitcoin together as one to write Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies. He has a BA in Social Sciences from USC and a Masters in Finance from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. 

We discuss US Treasuries, the Gold Florin, the discipline of hard money, how banks use their balance sheets to create money, the US vs China, CBDCs, are financial panics avoidable in a fractional reserve system, Hal Finney and so much more. 

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Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Luongo to discuss if the current financial system can survive without Bitcoin. 

We also get into what Tom thinks about ending the federal reserve immediately, the odds that trump can make it to inauguration day alive, and of course we cover how Tom thinks all the different markets will perform during all of this.

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I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Finally if you could write a five star review for The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts that would really help get the word out and help new listeners find the show.

And thank you for listening!

Ced sits down with Jordan Bush, co-author of Thank God For Bitcoin to explore the ways in which the current monetary system is broken & what can be done to fix it. We look at how Bitcoin is redeeming the ills of society & how the ongoing transition to sound money is a source of hope for a broken world. 

In this episode, Cedric chats with Yan Pritzker, the author of Inventing Bitcoin, CTO & co-founder of Swan Bitcoin and former CTO & co-founder Reverb. Topics include Yan's experiences building companies like Swan and Reverb, what Bitcoin is and how it works, leaving Russia at 7 years old, capital controls and more. We encourage you to read his incredible book, Inventing Bitcoin, available wherever books are sold!

In this episode, Cedric sits down with Lawrence Lepard, to catch up on the state of the economy in 2024, where we are with the ETFs and Bitcoin. 

Larry Lepard first purchased BTC in 2013. Partner of Fund focusing on "sound money". Partner of Bitcoin Opportunity Fund. Outspoken advocate for sound money and ending The Federal Reserve and the Keynsian driven lie.

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Affiliates:

• Use the code Matrix for 10% off your tickets for Bitcoin Day Miami on May 11. Bitcoin Day Miami is designed to forge lifelong connections between expert speakers and all good people anywhere on their Bitcoin journey It also has quickly become my favorite bitcoin conference. Bitcoin Day Miami brings you high-caliber speakers that are only seen from a distance at the big shows and instead brings everyone together in the same room for a strategic day of vision and action. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to level up your Bitcoin game! Get your tickets today at https://bitcoinday.io/miami24 
• Aupa energy bars: A new kind of energy bar, live life untamed, Question everything. Use the code MATRIX at eataupa.com for a discount off your purchase.
• Hodlers Official is the Team Bitcoin merch and memorabilia company for Bitcoin’s biggest fans! Go to hodlersofficial.com today and get your Team Bitcoin gear and use the code MATRIX for 10% off your entire purchase!
• The Florida Beef Initiative - Discover their premium beef selections, like the Florida Pasture Beef Box, and join a movement that's restoring Florida’s local economy one juicy, grass-fed, succulent steak at a time. Visit The Florida Beef Initiative to be part of the change.
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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?

In this deep & wide ranging conversation with John Vallis, the host of the Bitcoin Rapid Fire podcast we sit down to discuss the most important virtues in his life: truth, freedom, curiosity, possibility & how after an unforgettable year, he's most bullish on Bitcoiners.

John Vallis is cool as fuck and this chat with him was such a blast. 

Just fuck me already Bitcoin.

In this fun rip Ced sits down with Big Sean Harris to discuss playing b-ball professionally in Europe, memetic warfare, why everything is basketball & how Bitcoin, numbers and ball don't lie. 

We also cover how going broke helped Sean understand money, to be honest with himself, realize that money is just another game, if meme factory even exists, Shaq, Kobe, Lebron, Michael Jordan and what’s going on with the 2024 halving party that he’s planning with some other crazy bitcoiners. 

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If you want to support the show and see us so grow so that we can continue to bring you the freshest and dopest conversations in the space, make sure to subscribe and give us a 5 star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Please tell your friends and family about the Bitcoin Matrix podcast and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to support the show with sats, value for value style you can now stream the Bitcoin Matrix podcast on the Fountain app.

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In this fresh & timely chat, Flip from Bitcoin Magazine & I discuss:

- A very exciting day in Bitcoin, $10k candles & Elon Musk

- Bitcoin 2021 FOMO, surprises & anticipation

- Bitcoin as a ubiquitous data layer

- Proof of existence, decentralized identity & sparse data

- How Bitcoin is really a global database for deriving truth

- Working at a media company squarely in the middle of a financial revolution

- His rabbit hole story & how Bitcoin made him think deeply about freedom

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

In the show's debut, host Cedric Youngelman talks about the world of Bitcoin with renowned expert on the investment case for Bitcoin, Pierre Rochard. Topics include Pierre's origins in the space, the role of technology in reducing the cost of self-defense, Breonna Taylor and more.

Let’s enter the Bitcoin Matrix with Jeffrey A Tucker. 

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In this cosmic episode Cedric sits down with Nozomi Hayase to discuss the art of being human, why Bitcoin is a humanistic alternative to technological salvation, how Bitcoin is a currency of loves that inspires action for peace and how the creation of Bitcoin restored the feminine principle of interconnectedness. 

Nozomi Hayase was born and grew up in Japan. When she was young, C. S. Lewis's fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe captured her imagination. Inspired by this story of a moral battle, she aspired to become a writer to tackle the dilemma of good and evil. As a young adult, she moved to the United States. From civil rights to the peace and free speech movements, she saw the story she loved as a child unfold in ordinary people's struggles for freedom in America.

In 2010, WikiLeaks' publication of the Collateral Murder video was a turning point. She found the impulse for social justice carried onto a global stage, with the Internet becoming a battleground. She is a columnist and essayist whose writing is dedicated to liberate potent forces in history that allow us to participate in creating the future. She holds an MA in human development and a PhD in psychology, and has years of experience teaching adolescents.

Nozomi explores the psychological and philosophical implications of Bitcoin in her work. 

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

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Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

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Bitcoin 2023 will be back in Miami Beach one more time! Education, celebration and hyperbitcoinization will once again be on the agenda. Join us May 18-20, 2023. Use the code MATRIX for 10% off your tickets at b.tc/conference/

Make sure to search for Bitcoin Matrix in your podcast app and click subscribe! And if you have the time please leave a review wherever you listen.

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In this rip with Tom Luongo we dive deep into his thesis on the great demoralization, the great acceleration, the counter revolution, the comfortable wolves, fainting goats, the nuts and the sluts.

Tom Luongo is a Former Research Chemist, Amateur Farmer, Anarcho-Libertarian and Obstreperous Austrian Economist whose work can be found on sites like Zerohedge, Lewrockwell.com, Bitcoin Magazine and Newsmax Media.

Tom is the Owner of the Gold Goats and Guns blog and publisher of the Gold Goats ‘n Guns Newsletter in which he attempts to connect the false narratives of geopolitics to viable long-term investment theses.

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International man of mystery Aleks Svetski shares his views on Trump, sovereignty, and the worldwide lockdowns. He expands on his previous works on individualism and statehood, & the role of the layman in subconsciously promoting tyranny. In a world seemingly hurtling toward centralized power, how can Bitcoin be the key to stopping it?

In this deeply philosophical conversation Cedric sits down with Knut Svanholm, the author of Sovereignty Through Mathematics, Independence Reimagined and his latest tour de force Bitcoin: Everything Divided By 21 Million to discuss his background as a deck officer, how time preference is connected to civility, existential inflation, how with Bitcoin knowing is owning and the map is the territory, memetics, suicide bombers and how Bitcoin forms a symbiotic relationship with its host. 

Shoutouts to Fractal Encrypt, Hodlnaut and Jeff Booth.

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In this episode, Cedric sits down with British Hodl, a former gold and real estate investor turned Bitcoin advocate, about his journey into Bitcoin and his mission to help others secure their financial future.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

01:24 - The Mission to Get to One Bitcoin

07:52 - Failing Traditional Savings

11:03 - Today’s Good Investor

12:43 - Trump & Bitcoin

15:11 - BlackRock & Bitcoin

17:38 - Bitcoin as Collateral

18:32 - Strategic Bitcoin Reserves

21:01 - MicroStrategy & Bitcoin

24:35 - Valuing Bitcoin

29:05 - Are Cycles Over?

32:11 - Spending vs. Selling

39:51 - El Salvador & Bitcoin

52:02 - Bitcoin’s Mission

56:15 - British Hodl’s Role

1:02:45 - Future of British Hodl

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing. 

Thank you for listening!

In this episode, we have the pleasure of diving into an insightful interview with the remarkable Ben Justman, affectionately known as "The Bitcoin Wine Guy." Ben's philosophy of embracing the journey rather than seeking shortcuts has not only shaped his approach to making natural wine but has also led him to a profound understanding of life's true essence.

Throughout the interview, Ben shares his wisdom on various topics, including his passion for winemaking, his journey with Peony Lane, his unwavering belief in betting on himself, and the profound impact that bitcoin has had on his life.

Get ready to be inspired and enlightened as we delve into the mind of this creative and visionary individual.

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In this very special and informative episode Cedric sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the Davos crowd, where their power comes from, Trump, Brexit, Russia, China, Putin, Xi, Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve, bitcoin, gold, bazookas, guns, the Great Reset & so much more.

Tom Luongo is a former research chemist and financial/political commentator specializing in the intersection of geopolitics, financial markets, gold and cryptocurrencies. Publisher of the Gold Goats 'n Guns blog and podcast and the monthly Gold Goats 'n Guns Newsletter through Patreon Tom is a veritable OG in crypto writing his first article on bitcoin in July 2010. He is also the editor of Newsmax's Ultimate Wealth Report as well as a contributor to Financial Intelligence Report newsletters.  

His work regularly appears on Zerohedge, Investing.com, and Lewrockwell.com. He lives on his hobby farm in N. Florida with his family, 5 dogs, a dozen goats and some ducks.

He doesn't jog but enjoys even a cheap cigar. 

This conversation was incredible and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. 

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.

Race car driver and former professional baseball pitcher C.J. Wilson zooms in to discuss:

- Dealing with setbacks and playing through pain

- Life as a game and a series of calculated bets

- Not letting anything get in your way

- His Bitcoin rabbit hole story (of course)

- 10 ways to be an All Star Bitcoiner

- and much more 

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In this important episode Cedric sits down with Alex Gladstein the Chief Strategy Office for the Human Rights Foundation to discuss France's history of monetary colonialism, the mechanics of the CFA system, Senegal, assassinations, economic apartheid & how Bitcoin fixes this. 

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Mark Yusko, Founder, CEO & CIO of Morgan Creek Capital & the Managing Partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets sits down to discuss:

- the difference between price & value
- hanging out with the bad guys
- the importance of conviction
- cash as an investment
- the mathematics of loss
- the 3:15 train problem- the fads, the frauds & the phonies
- demographics as destiny
- in & out politics
- how money over IP is a substantive, transformative, technological advance
- & much more about Bitcoin & investing

Bitcoin is a currency, sure, but few outsiders know about the vibrant and growing community that gives it personality, allure, & staying power. Go down the rabbit hole with "the guy who does stuff" for Bitcoin Magazine, CK Snarks.

Stephan Livera sits down with Ced to explore Austrian Economics from the Bitcoiners Perspective. We discuss:

- How did government intervention make money what it is today
- Is the government drinking your milkshake
- How does number go up technology really work
- Does fiat remove the future consequences of our bad decisions
- How does soft money cut against the role of the family & community
- What are the issues with fractional reserve banking
- Is this the final cycle
- & much, much, more

In this episode, Cedric sits down with wealth management expert Andy Edstrom to discuss Bitcoin’s market cycles, the challenges of holding during bull runs, and the evolving dynamics of property rights in a decentralized world.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

01:29 - Andy’s Background

03:59 - Reflections on Past Episodes

04:59 - LA Fires and Resilience

09:29 - Private vs. Public Solutions

14:29 - Emotional Impact of Disasters

18:29 - Property Rights and Bitcoin

22:29 - Ownership Durability Explained

25:29 - Bitcoin Market Cycles

29:29 - Bitcoin’s Long-Term Price Potential

32:59 - Holding Bitcoin Through Bear Markets

36:29 - Selling vs. Borrowing Bitcoin

42:29 - Real Estate vs. Bitcoin as Investments

46:29 - Bitcoin Price Manipulation

53:29 - Transparency in Bitcoin vs. Stocks

58:29 - Institutional Adoption of Bitcoin

1:03:29 - ETFs and Wealth Managers’ Role

1:09:29 - Closing Thoughts on Bitcoin’s Future

01:09:25 - Bitcoin and Programmability

01:11:08 - Closing Thoughts

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Thank you for listening!

In this episode Cedric sits down with Smeet Bhatt the CEO and co-founder of Theya to discuss counterparty risk, simplifying bitcoin multisig, Bitcoin accelerationism and how Bitcoin enables a Second Renaissance.

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Age ain't nothing but a number when it comes to NikCantMine. His perspective on the utility of Bitcoin is timeless and deep. Topics include his tenure as a writer and social media manager at Bitcoin Magazine, the Founding Fathers as savage Bitcoiners, the opportunity cost between Bitcoin and University, & 10 things Nik learned as The Bitcoin Zoomer that EVERYONE should know.

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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. 

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Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp, CEO & CTO of Casa join me to talk about the world of multi-signature, hardware wallets, personal security & more. 

We discuss:

- The dos & don'ts of Bitcoin key management & security

- The differences between wallet types

- The spectrum of security options 

- The tradeoffs between security & convenience

- Hardware wallets, paper wallets, multi-sig, seeds vs seedless, decoy wallets, honeypots & the $5 wrench attack

- How Casa secures your bitcoin

- & more

In this episode, I chat with Eric V. Stacks, a cannabis producer, consultant, and proud Bitcoin Maxi, about his incredible journey from the underground cannabis scene in to embracing Bitcoin as a form of hard money.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 – Intro

01:12 - Eric V. Stacks Background

06:20 - Eric’s upbringing and distrust of pharmaceuticals

08:38 - Becoming a legal cannabis producer in California

09:38 - The economic rabbit hole and discovering Bitcoin

14:29 - Building a cannabis business in the gray market

17:41 - The state’s attempt to regulate an existing billion-dollar industry

20:04 - Regulatory hurdles and corporate takeover

20:57 - How legalization changed the risk dynamics

25:15 - Early spiritual influences and outside-the-box thinking

26:14 - Dropping Out & Rejecting Credentialism

31:33 - From Trimming to Growing: Building a Cannabis Career

36:45 - Corruption, Compliance & the 280E Trap

41:50 - The Broken Incentives Behind Cannabis Regulation

47:16 - Bitcoin as a Tool for Sovereignty and Economic Freedom

52:04 - Final Reflections on Decentralization and Freedom

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Thank you for listening!

In this remarkable episode Cedric sits down with Jesse Meyers AKA Croeus to discuss three of his seminal pieces. 

- Bitcoin And The American West

- Why The Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin

- How Early Are We?

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Dave takes you down the darkest goddamn hole he's ever gone down.

In this captivating three-hour rip, Dr. David B. Collum and I explore the perplexing question of how individuals can be led to make decisions that ultimately prove self-destructive and antithetical to their own interests and values.

Dr. David B. Collum, MA, MS, Ph.D. is a Professor at The Cornell University. He received a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University in the City of New York. His research interests are Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physical Organic Chemistry, Organolithium Chemistry, Organosodium Chemistry, Kinetics, Reaction Mechanism.

With Dave's background in Austrian economics and his vast knowledge of history, he offers a unique perspective that will leave you questioning the world around you.

Strap in, open your mind, and prepare to embark on a journey that will challenge your beliefs and expand your understanding of history's lessons in the Great Bamboozle with Professor David B Collum.

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Join is for the 6TH YEAR AS WE TALK ABOUT BITCOIN! The last weekend in August. Gary Leland who’s been on the show twice for two fantastic conversations has rented an entire town for the welcome party that Thursday night.

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In this very special episode, Cedric sits down with Michael Saylor to discuss how Bitcoin is a union that offers hope for the individual struggling against the oppressive force of the collective and why it is the best chance we have to heal our world and rise above the chaos.

Michael Saylor is the Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy (MSTR), a publicly traded business intelligence firm that he founded in 1989. He is also the founder of Alarm.com (ALRM), named inventor on 40+ patents, & author of the book “The Mobile Wave”. He founded & serves as trustee for the Saylor Academy (saylor.org), a non-profit organization that has provided free education to over 1 million students. He is an advocate for the Bitcoin Standard (hope.com). He has dual degrees from MIT in Aerospace Engineering & History of Science.

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If a large expense comes up, CrowdHealth will help negotiate and crowdfund the bill for you.

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of being invited on the Byte Federal Podcast and sitting down with my good friend Paul Tarantino for an engaging conversation about Bitcoin’s transformative impact on personal identity, global economics, and investment strategies.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 – Intro

01:34 – Cedric’s introduction

03:54 – Thoughts on X app lately

07:54 – Analyzing Trump’s 1st year after taking office

12:10 – Making the Case for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

14:59 – Omega candle

17:27 – Psychology behind the Bitcoin cycles

23:04 – The opportunity cost of not having Bitcoin

30:02 – Real Estate vs Bitcoin

34:54 – Dissecting the Normie’s way of thinking

41:14 – How Bitcoin changes your identity

45:49 – How Cedric got into Bitcoin as an Accountant

53:04 – Bitcoin’s modern era

58:04 – Now is Bitcoin’s time to shine

1:01:35 – The state of the Dollar if War comes

1:09:09 – The accounting of Bitcoin

1:16:34 – Microstrategy’s position

1:26:02 – How Corporations and Nation State protect their Bitcoins?

1:28:50 – ETFs with in-kind distribution

1:32:04 – The success stories of Bitcoin

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Thank you for listening!

In this episode Cedric sits down with Robert Breedlove to discuss his seminal piece The Number Zero and Bitcoin. 

Sponsors:

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• Theya is a simple and secure multi-sig vault for BTC self custody. Download the app on your phone today and go multi sig to secure your Bitcoin for generations. theya.us/cedric
• Aupa energy bars: A new kind of energy bar, live life untamed, Question everything. Use the code MATRIX at eataupa.com for a discount off your purchase.

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Robert Breedlove is a freedom maximalist, a philosopher, writer, and podcaster who is eager to spread the message that Bitcoin is Honest Money.

His essay on The Number Zero and Bitcoin is a must-read and is among dozens of his profound writings in the space. Robert believes Bitcoin will profoundly shift society in the same way the discovery of the number Zero did.

Robert hosts the popular What is Money? podcast, exploring a question that Robert says is the rabbit that leads us down the proverbial rabbit hole. 

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Today’s episode with Bob Burnett, the CEO of Barefoot Mining who has become a good friend and mentor to me was recorded several weeks ago but I still think there is a tremendous amount of signal in here as Bob always packs a punch. We talk about wars over hash rate, Bob’s most famous patent, the future of block space, how countries could possibly be sovereign in a bitcoin world and towards the end of our conversation we turn to some tough, hard topics like suicide, retirement, quality of life and true happiness.

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Bob Burnett is the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, a company focused on the development of “horse-class” mining sites, and he is a vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources. Bob has spent over 35 years as a technologist including 13 years at Gateway, Inc., a Fortune 200 personal computer company, where he led the company’s product development efforts as Chief Technical Officer. He has founded several companies in the Bitcoin mining space and is an evangelist and educator for Bitcoin and its importance to the world’s future. 

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In this important and eye-opening episode Cedric sits down with Sam Callahan from behind enemy lines to talk about the Bank of International Settlements, it's formation and dubious history. 

What exactly is the BIS? What do they do? Do they have a moral compass? Why is there a bank above all governments? Why is it not accountable? What have they learned from China about social control? How much data do they have access to? Is there a war on cash? What can be done?

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For the 200th episode, I sat down with our good friend Pierre Rochard, who makes his record-setting sixth appearance on the show to discuss the Trump assassination, Elizabeth Warren’s puzzling crusade against Bitcoin, divine intervention, Chartalism, Munchausen Syndrome, why Bitcoin stands above governments and how they can play speculative defense.

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This was one of my favorite conversations from 2020, when I first started the show, that I want to share again at this particular moment. I think this episode encapsulates such a wide range of ideas about bitcoin, bitcoiners and monetary freedom and expresses them is such an entertaining and dramatic fashion. 

From white collar worker to poker player to Twitter jail. Relevant Peter Schiff has the juice. He hard-forked the irrelevant Peter Schiff Classic with his biting tweets aimed at the frivolous world of fiat. Learn about his origins in the "real" world, the fall of Mt Gox & Silk Road, and monetary censorship.

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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.

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One of the only people who can make the technical aspects of the BTC blockchain sound fun, Guy Swann tackles topics from Taproot to Lightning. A hardcore Libertarian, Guy delves into his origins in both Bitcoin and Libertarianism as it relates to money, social dynamics, and the world. How much will you learn from the guy who read everything about Bitcoin?

Did China concoct a global conspiracy to destroy the world as we know it? Is modern day central banking slavery? Is coronavirus even real? JW Weatherman has answers and you have ears. Let's go.

In this episode Cedric sits down with Seb Bunney to discuss his phenomenal new book The Hidden Cost of Money. So, If you’re looking for a conversation that breaks down how money impacts our relationships, politics, planet, culture, authenticity, mass formation psychosis and authoritarianism then this is it.

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Seb's journey into the financial world is unique among his peers. In the early stages of his career, he navigated the rugged mountains of BC, Canada, as a backcountry mountain bike guide and coach.

Yet, a sense of incompleteness lingered. As a result, during his spare time, he delved into the complexities of real estate, financial markets, and the fundamental structures that underpin our economy. Seizing an opportune moment during the pandemic, Seb strategically moved into the financial space, leveraging his diverse experiences for a unique perspective. 

Since departing the world of mountain biking, Seb has transitioned his passion for education to the digital landscape. His teachings now focus on the macroeconomic landscape, particularly the intricacies of our monetary system. 

Seb's commitment to supporting others on their educational journey led him to co-found the educational platform Looking Glass. Additionally, he has authored works such as "B is for Bitcoin" and "The Hidden Cost of Money," further solidifying his dedication to knowledge sharing and financial awareness.

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"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