"look what we have now, it's like literally death. The US dollar is like extremely toxic, right? It bombs countries every time it needs a pump. So you know like just moving from like you know bomb based monetary system to like you know voluntary based imperfect system, it's already like again a million times win." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with NVK. ***** GET YOUR BITCOIN OFF EXCHANGES: Go to bitbox.swiss/walker and use promo code WALKER for 5% off the Bitbox02 Bitcoin-only hardware wallet. ***** NVK's Links: Nostr: https://primal.net/nvk X: https://twitter.com/nvk Bitcoin Review Podcast: https://twitter.com/BitcoinReviewHQ ***** WALKER’S LINKS: NOSTR: https://primal.net/walker X/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/walkeramerica https://twitter.com/titcoinpodcast WATCH ON YOUTUBE or RUMBLE Website: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/ TIMESTAMPS: 04:00 Introduction and Background 06:12 The Significance of Bitcoin 07:32 The Impact of Having Children 09:08 The Current State of Bitcoin Adoption 10:40 The Future of Noster and E-Cash 13:27 The Waves of Bitcoin Adoption 15:14 The Potential of Nostr 16:50 The Benefits of Unleashed.Chat 19:29 The Open Source Models of AI 27:37 Bitcoin for Anyone, Not Everyone 30:05 The Changing Landscape of TradFi 33:21 The Winning Nature of Bitcoin 36:02 The Importance of Savers 39:10 Debates and Upgrades in Bitcoin 40:29 The Value of Running Old Nodes 41:00 Bitcoin's Lack of Officiality 42:53 The Complexity of Bitcoin Dynamics 43:33 The Role of Economic Nodes 45:29 The Economic Power of Dumping Forks 46:11 Historical Precedence of Forks Trending Towards Zero 46:35 Activation Methods and Economic Nodes 47:44 Transaction Validation Throughput and Fork Support 48:08 Game Theory and Economic Incentives 50:40 The Futility of Rare Sats and Ownership 51:44 Understanding CTV and Covenants 59:26 The Market's Ability to Work Itself Out 01:01:52 The Future of AI Compute and Bitcoin Payments 01:06:47 Exciting Developments in Bitcoin Tech 01:14:12 Advice for Entrepreneurs in the Bitcoin Space