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This is the big one!   Today, we put some Bitcoin (1,432,047 Satoshis to be precise) in the hands of kids. It’s theirs, they own it, and we don’t have any say in how they save it or spend it.   I’ll not spoil the results here, but I do have some thankyous to give.    The Artists and their Parents  Bowdog Jr; Charlotte; Jasper; Evie; Harriet; Niels; Regan; India; Luna; Archer; Sabine; Frankie; Sena; Bellemy; Claudia; Samuel; and, Ava.    The Judges  Our kids    Those who kindly...

We’ve always wanted to do an “Orange Pill Live” episode, to test our abilities in answering the questions of a precoiner and to see if (during the course of a podcast) we could convince someone to buy themselves their first Bitcoin.  That was the intention of this episode, but in the time it’s taken us to schedule the pod with Bernie, he’d already got himself off zero!  However, Bernie is Brendo’s mate, so we thought we’d go ahead with the call and press record anyway, and only publish it...

*** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact    If you’ve not heard Peter Dunworth’s valuation model for Bitcoin (frankly, what are you doing with your life), go back and listen to episodes 70 and 77, but although he’s been spruiking it all over town and asking someone to challenge it, no one has...until now.  We, completely unfairly invited Pete back on under false pretences and then hit him with “his...

Jesse (@Jessenostr) is a cafe owner (Rise Mofo in Toukley) and former pastor based on the Central Coast in NSW, Australia. This one was an absolute pleasure to do. I hope you get as much from it as we did. We hope we offend you all at least once. Deal with it, it’s fine.    We discuss:  Emerging from the Bitcoin wilderness  Was COVID the orange pill tipping point for learning  Starting a Central Coast Bitcoin meetup after attending the Newcastle meetup  I, Pencil  ...

Jeremy Majid is the CEO of the Australian Bitcoin Industry Body www.bitcoinindustrybody.org.au whose mission statement is:  “To serve as a voice for the Australian Bitcoin Industry. We welcome open and constructive dialogue with Government and Media and are available to assist with any and all Bitcoin related matters.”  There will be sceptics amongst you (I’m one of them), but not about the intentions of ABIB, more the willingness of government to engage in an honest and sincere dialogue....

If you don’t know what they are, whatever you do, don’t look it up or listen to this podcast.  There is no one that can segue from high voltage power transmission to upper decker’s and back quite like Daz Bea.  Yes, what’s happening in our world right now is damn serious, but we all need to find the fun in it too and that’s why we keep asking Daz onto the pod.  He brings a wealth of knowledge around electricity, net zero targets, issues and opportunities in Australia and beyond, is a...

www.breez.technology has been around for a while, and to be honest I didn’t know much about it, so when Ivan reached out to have a chat it seemed like as good a time as any to start learning.  Located in Sofia, Bulgaria, Ivan (@Nackoo2000) is the Chief of Staff (Chief of Stuff) and first non-developer to work for Breez. He’s my favourite type of bitcoiner...the ones that are here for the mission first, knowing the money will take care of itself.    We discuss:  Primal on Nostr...

Some would call it Karma.  The more you try to do good, the more good seeks you out.    We started the Kids Art Competition with a modest 200,000 Satoshi’s to give away and our fingers crossed, but at time of writing, that prize is now 1,222,047 sats. Cool, right (thanks to all the supporters).    We also got an e-mail from Scott and Mallory Sibley, whose daughter Charlotte wanted to enter the competition, and they wanted to add a few prizes as well (if that didn’t disqualify...

We start with a quick shill for the Australian Bitcoin Industry Body’s petition for the RBA to hold 2% of assets in Bitcoin. More details at:  https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN5167  CLOSING DATE FOR SIGNATURES IS 12 JULY 2023.    For more details, listen to this discussion with Dale and Jeremy on The Why Bitcoin Show:  https://fountain.fm/episode/cRv5zTAB4DiYoTqCdFs1     Brendo and I are golfers...not great golfers, but we try. So, when MirbooHodl / GreatGrandMan (Dom. A...

We've had a lot of smart guests recently, which is great, but sometimes your brain needs a break and just needs to listen to Brendo (yeah ok...me too).    In this pod we address all the low-brow issues of the day like:    Brendo not washing for 5 years and wasting so many sats on fixing a shitcoin tiler’s mistake.  How should we vett guests  Family feuds  The art competition prize up to 837,000 sats!  Details at https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition/   ...

Anyone we’ve met in person will verify that my hair isn’t one of my strengths. Brendo would claim it’s one of his, but that’s a matter of opinion. So, you’d be forgiven for wondering what the hell we’re doing talking to a hairdresser on the podcast.    Frankly, if you’d asked us a month ago if that would ever happen, I imagine a hearty laugh would have been the response. But...a month is a long time in Bitcoin!    Aaron reached out to have a chat and told us that we needed to hear about...

Do you have a creative kid? Are you always talking about Bitcoin? Could they create a piece of art that is their interpretation of what it is you go on about all the time?  To celebrate reaching 100 shows on the 2-Bit Idiots podcast, we’ve decided to run a Kids Art Competition and give away 50,000 sats to the winners in each age group.    The Rules  There are 4 ages categories (4 and under, 5-8, 9-12, and 13-16). Age on 31/7/23 We will accept a maximum of 21 entries in each...

While most of us spend years trying to convince our cousin/sibling/mum that we’re not crazy and that “it might make sense just to get some in case it catches on”, there are others among us that are operating at an altogether higher level. Samson Mow is one of those people.    As the CEO of JAN3, he’s working on nation-state adoption and accelerating hyperbitcoinization, but he didn’t set out to do that, it just happened one day.    He kindly took some time out of his hectic schedule to...

It's like buses. You don't see one for ages and then 2 come along at once! But seriously, Christmas dinner at the Dunworth’s must be an interesting experience.    Michael is the time travelling bitcoiner, that has locked Bitcoin in 2140 to ensure miners still have an incentive to mine even once the final block reward is issued. That’s a great story – it's a wonderful story – but you may have heard it at Bitcoin Alive, a bush bash or on another podcast that Michael has done (we’d recommend...

Lurk on Twitter – Tick  Attend a BushBash – Tick  Wearing the Bitcoin Alive T-Shirt – Tick  What next - Maybe it’s time for you to cross the ditch?    We sit down Paul and Dan (2/3 of the Bit Kiwi movement) to find out exactly how things are in New Zealand (Paraparaumu) at grass roots level, the projects they are involved in and hear just how loose meetups are in Auckland. We also discuss:  Getting children to buy beer to gain KYC free sats ;-)  Remembering Anon's names in real life  ...

Paul is a husband, dad, business owner and now bitcoiner, based in Victoria, Australia.     We first met at a BitcoinBushBash (are you noticing a theme) in 2022, again at Bitcoin Alive in 2023 and now he joins us on the pod to tell his story.     This one will resonate with business owner/operators who have had to navigate through a difficult few years, since that thing which we cannot mention and the government overreach in response to the thing that we cannot mention. You know the...

We’re testing ourselves. We’ve been around this sausage-fest so long that we’re not sure if we can still talk to girls.  But we outright refuse to do it for diVersiTY’s sake. Meritocracy in all things. And quite frankly, this young woman is way ahead of most of you guys.    Once Brendo got passed his awkward giggling, we discuss:  The Scottish accent being better than the Aussie  Whilst freelance writing during a gap-year from studying Law, a client wanted to pay with Bitcoin.  ...

Bitcoin sends you off in directions you never dreamed you would go.  In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be helping Roger at a woman’s wellness Bitcoin chocolate making session.  A bunch of words I never thought I’d use in the same sentence! But here we are.    Roger is first and foremost a lovely guy, but he also has a unique story...so let’s tell it:    We discuss:  The origins of his pseudonym  My Captain Pugwash facts were NOT true  Bitcoiners as constant dreamers or the most...

We’re telling a story. We didn’t set out to tell a story – in fact we rarely set out with any coherent plan – but we’re telling a story, nonetheless.    This is Owen’s story.     He’s an Aussie with a background in organic farming certification. We first met at a Bitcoin Bush Bash in 2020, visited his farm in 2021 (Episode 22), spoke to him from his El Salvador scoping trip in May 2022 (Episode 43) from next door to Mrs Bukele (Episode 61) and now here we are again. It’s a fascinating...

Are you home? Did you survive?  A huge shout out to @lungdoge, @dylanhashmurray and Jess (the @BitcoinAlive team) for putting together a fantastic first Bitcoin Only conference for Australia.  We’re yet to speak to someone who didn’t enjoy the day, and the opportunity it gave so many solid bitcoiners to be in the same city at the same time.  Many of us milked it and made it a loonnngggg weekend. Too many people to thank, but you know who you are.  For those who didn’t manage this...

It’s been all interviews the last little while, so we thought it was about time we burned our listener stats and did another Hats and Brendo.    It’s largely inane waffle, but there’s some good stuff in there too, including:    Why Brendo takes his shorts off in my house.  Bitcoin Alive  When: 15th April 2023  Where: The Roundhouse, Sydney  Tickets: www.bitcoinalive.io   Discount: 10% off with codes HATS or BRENDO at checkout    Property debt  Fixed rate mortgage...

(Pushing this one out quickly for those making the trek to Beechworth. Have a great weekend)    Those of you that pay attention (or those that attended the last bush bash at Murrurundi) will recognise Dale from there, but for those that don’t, we wanted to have him on the pod to give us an insight into the incentives at play in shitcoin land, working behind enemy lines for a shitcoin publication.    Dale is a South African who has lived in Australia for 5 years. His background is in law...

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Please listen til the end as Pete will blow your tiny mind. We spoke with Pete just a few short weeks ago (EP70) about what high-net-worth clients think of Bitcoin. You liked him. Actually, you liked him a lot. A lot of you tuned in... thank you.  We got nowhere near the end of that conversation, as we also wanted to talk to him about inheritance planning. So, he kindly agreed to go again. Settle in and pour yourself a coffee, this is a long one!  If...