"When Cypherpunks wrote that privacy is necessary in order to establish democratic society in digital age, that's a profound statement, because you do look at states in which people do not have privacy, they can't have freedom in the digital age." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with UNCLE ROCKSTAR. We discuss the political landscape, the importance of privacy in the digital age, and the role of developers in creating freedom tech, the impact of social media...

"One in seven Americans hold [Bitcoin]. They're in every district. They're in every congressional district. They are in every party. They are part of every political ideology. We're everywhere. We are everywhere and we are many in number." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Troy Cross. Troy is a Professor of Philosophy at Reed College and a FUD-busting Bitcoiner. He recently published a report on Bitcoin Adoption in the United States:...

“If Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and the big banks decided to gang up on Proton, they can still do the same thing to us today, right? So from that moment to today, I think I've always been the advocate of how can we get this powerful concept [Bitcoin] that enabled Proton to survive 10 years ago and make it more widespread and make it more common? Because I think the future of business, democracy, freedom, it really depends on this.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker...

"The best way to fight tyranny is through comedy... The most effective way to fight these people is actually not through brute force but to laugh these people out of relevancy." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Alex Strenger about White Dudes for Kamala, going viral at the DNC, mocking the establishment into oblivion, how to troll, the power of satire, right and left wing hypocrisy, Bitcoin, Nostr, and a whole lot more. ALEX’S LINKS: Fountain:...

"If someone wants to change Bitcoin in a way that is detrimental to even a minority of the Bitcoin users, they're probably going to be unsuccessful because there's going to be vehement pushback." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with MURCH. Murch is a computer scientist, engineer at Chaincode labs, co-host of Bitdevs and the Chaincode Podcast, and moderator of the bitcoin stack exchange, answering literally thousands of questions about Bitcoin over the years....

"When you make it as a Bitcoiner, you deserve it because you took the risk that most other people don't take because they're too afraid." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with The Coin Dad, creator of the Bitcoin Mining Museum. We get into how the museum got started, walk through the history of bitcoin mining, talk about mining centralization risks, small-town America mining Bitcoin, mining Bitcoin at home, and a whole lot more. The Coin Dad on X:...

“Coming out of a bear market, everyone who's been daily DCAing, everyone who's just been using Bitcoin as their savings and they save regularly, when they're all in the green, I think that that is a signal. That's a signal that the bull market's starting again.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker Wicked Smart Bitcoin Bitcoin data visualization, about HODL waves, why dollar cost averaging is the best way to save in Bitcoin, bull market signals, bitcoin mining and...

"I will sell every Bitcoin I ever own, and I will invest every dollar back into the industry that helps the world the most." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Gary Cardone about why he donated 12.8 bitcoin to Donald Trump, censorship, why Bitcoin needs better marketing, decreasing the size of the government, the digital transformation, the 2024 election, and a whole lot more. Gary on X: https://x.com/GaryCardone ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use...

"The goal of the government should be to leverage the fiat system as it is to protect American lives and American prosperity as much as it can while hedging bets on what I think the future will be, which will be Bitcoin, because we all know that the fiat dollar won't be around forever." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Samuel Armes about lobbying against CBDCs, Bitcoin and politics, Trump vs Kamala, and a whole lot more. Samuel on X:...

"If we take care to build good stuff in an honest, transparent way–and this is also why open source is so incredibly important–then we can build a new financial system that actually scales without compromising on the core values." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks STADICUS. Stadicus is an IT engineer and the Product Lead at BitBox. We cover a range of topics around Bitcoin self-custody, open-source software, the Dark Skippy attack, and a whole lot more. For...

"it's literal magic… We're doing magic with magic internet money using free and open protocols that a bunch of weirdo and cypherpunk hackers built because they cared about financial privacy. They cared about being able to do peer-to-peer stuff. It exists, and it's here." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with NiftyNei (aka Lisa). Lisa is a a developer, Bitcoin and lightning protocol expert, and educator through her Base58 Bitcoin engineering school. She also...

"Bitcoin is neutral and these other cryptocurrencies are not. They have insiders, whether it's founders, whether it's boards, whether it's companies… Bitcoin is a neutral internet money and these other projects aren't." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Bradley Rettler. Brad is the Director of the new University of Wyoming Bitcoin Research Institute and co-author of “Resistance Money.” They discuss the launch of the Bitcoin Research Institute, what Bitcoin...

"It doesn't matter if the existing system prints $2 trillion, $8 trillion, $50 trillion. It's just different pieces of paper. And Bitcoin measured against a piece of paper will look like it's going up. But all prices relative to Bitcoin are actually going down and will forever." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Jeff Booth about inflation vs deflation, Fedi and open protocols, the price of everything vs Bitcoin, and how to play a different game and break...

"Bitcoin education doesn't matter. The product of Bitcoin education does. So what we are doing here is a means to an end. The end is empowerment, the end is agency, the end is sovereignty." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with John Dennehy, founder of My First Bitcoin (Mi Primer Bitcoin), about Bitcoin education, sovereignty, and building the future we want to see. SUPPORT MY PRIMER BITCOIN ON GEYSER: https://geyser.fund/project/miprimerbitcoin JOHN'S...

"In order to keep this orderly and things from collapsing overnight, you have to keep printing more and more and more dollars. There's no choice. And every central bank in the world knows this....You’re going to have to figure out Bitcoin. It’s not going away.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Joel Heyman. They discuss the U.S. dollar and how the Federal Reserve has no choice but to print money to avoid a total collapse, Bitcoin as a tool for savings,...

“What gives me hope is that we have some degree of control of our future. That we can build things rather than just ask for things to change around us.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Lyn Alden. They discuss open-source freedom technologies like Bitcoin, Nostr, the Lightning Network, Ecash, fedimint, and Fedi, explore the idea of a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, why corporations should put Bitcoin on their balance sheet, what the Federal Reserve will do...

“Over the coming months, [Fedi] will eventually become fully AGPL open source, so that we don't just use the best freedom technologies. The Fedi app itself becomes a freedom technology.” On this episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Obi Nwosu, the CEO of Fedi. Today, Fedi just officially launched globally – you can head to fedi.xyz and download their app right now. Fedi is a decentralized, all-in-one freedom-tool super app that allows you to connect with your community, chat...

"I've got 12 words. You can't take my money… that's the beauty of this system. We finally got a weapon that allows us to actually destroy their system… and by the way, it needs to be destroyed." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Lawrence Lepard. They discuss the broken fiat system and the Federal Reserve Cartel, the idea for a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve floated by Trump/RFK/Lummis, corruption and crime in the government, if "Bitcoin Fixes This," and a...

"One of the biggest things Bitcoin has taught me is that proof of work matters and empty promises do not. Put another way: fiat is talk, Bitcoin is action." On this episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker breaks down some news from the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, digs into Trump's speech, and takes a deep dive into inflation. ARTICLE VERSION: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/words/f/trump-inflation-the-bitcoin-conference You can support THE Bitcoin Podcast on Geyser here:...

"The world is changing fast, and things are going to get f*****g crazy. But we’ll be OK because we have Bitcoin, we’re winning, and we’re building a parallel system outside of the broken fiat one. Take care of your family, take care of yourself, and take care of your future. Put another way, focus on what can be, unburdened by what has been." On this Bitcoin News Roundup, Walker covers the latest news in Bitcoin, then zooms out to give perspective on the Donald Trump assassination attempt,...

"If I were the devil, I would promote a system where money, the lifeblood of an economy, is controlled not by tangible assets, but by mere promises and the whims of policymakers." In this bonus episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, I adapted "If I Were the Devil" -- a 1965 radio broadcast by Paul Harvey. If you like this sort of short-form bonus episode, share it with your friends, family, and strangers on the internet (and tag me). ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the...

"The sim swappers don't care if they can spend 20 minutes and take $3 ,000 from you. That's a pretty good payoff. But at this point with all these data breaches, it's made it so easy that everybody's become a target at this point." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Mark Kreitzman, General Manager of Efani Secure Mobile. EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER...

"There's no excuse anymore to not help someone who's suffering on the other part of the world because Bitcoin connects you and the only disconnection is actually in your mind and your heart and in your intent. So that's what's beautiful. Bitcoin actually gives us the choice to do good." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with "MetaMick" -- cofounder and CEO of Geyser. DONATE TO GAZA PROJECT You can support THE Bitcoin Podcast on Geyser here:...

"Bitcoin is such an incredible thing, because if you don't have Bitcoin, what is your hope about the future?" On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation. ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for... > > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > Check out BitcoinConsulting.us > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards...

"If I didn't know who I'd be, how would I feel about Bitcoin? I could wake up tomorrow to be Michael Saylor. I could wake up to be a Venezuelan farmer. I could be a dissident journalist in Russia. I could be Julian Assange recently out of prison." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Andrew Bailey, an interdisciplinary professor at at Yale-NUS College (Singapore) and scholar whose work spans philosophy, politics, and economics. Andrew, together with fellow...