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We will be your guide through the separation of money and
state we're back. We took a little bit of a break
due to the biggest Bitcoin conference on the face of the
Earth Bitcoin 2023. So amazing seeing a lot of you
guys in the flesh in person. Really really appreciated.
All the hugs, all the love Opti You know, got his cherry popped,
he was on the analyst desk for the first time.
I think he I think he absolutely killed it so exciting times but
I think the signal was really some of the talks to me
personally. One of my favorite was RF K Jr.
Who is currently running for president, and he said some
things that we're going to talk about today.
And of course, another highlight for me personally was Tulsi
gabbard and she had an incredible speech.
As well. And I got to meet her in person,
which was, it was amazing. So, definitely highlights.
And the reason I'm focusing on those two specifically, is
because we've seen, did this trend of partisanship
specifically when it comes to bitcoin, like, it was the
Republicans that are being a little bit more open-minded to
it, but what I, and I said this also at the conference, the fact
that it's two Democrats or Tulsi gabbard that was a Democrat, she
kind of stepped away but RFK jr. Who's running as a mark rat,
right? So now it's bipartisan and this
is exactly what we want to happen.
We don't want Bitcoin to become a partisan issue because it's
not a partisan issue. It helps everybody equally
right. So beautiful.
Beautiful Trend. And again, I can't believe we
have a person who's currently in second place trailing Joe Biden.
You know, basically making the case for bitcoiners as to why
bitcoiners should vote for him. And we've said this, Many times
on the show, it's not Red vs. Blue Republican versus Democrat
it´s, Orange versus green. And I'm glad he's on the party
of green, you know? So very, very bullish about
that. But before we start the show,
when I bring up my legendary co-host.
Always optimistic Opti. How you doing today, bro?
How do you feel crazy crazy week, man?
I feel great. I was just telling out everyone
in spaces. It was an absolute Love Fest and
it feels good to get your battery recharged with fellow
lunatics out there. So, you know, shouts out to
every single. One of you guys that came up to
me, showed me love it, meant a lot.
It's really inspiring that, you know, Nico and I can just talk
into a computer and provide you guys value, and you guys
incorporate us into your life and it's just, it blows my mind,
this internet stuff. This this magic internet money
really is an incredible incredible technology and tldr
guys, we are winning and it's becoming more and more obvious
that we are winning. It is World and everyone else is
just living in it. So it feels good, man.
It really, it really feels good to be on this side of Bitcoin
content creation and seeing all the work that the Bitcoin mag
team. Did all the work that all the
bitcoiners did at the conference.
And it's just beautiful, man. It's just it really does feel
good in that. Obviously, I would have liked to
stay in Miami, a little longer, but hey, we got to get back on
the mission and get back to work.
So, here we are. Here we are, but Nico.
I can tell I can tell. Oh, you're still recovering a
little bit. Your voice isn't fully back.
Yeah, I'm recovering a little bit, my hair.
My hair is still Kim. Is this guy?
My hair is still tipped. If you guys want to know what
happened, watch the previous live show.
I think that we recorded last Tuesday.
Also want to bring up very special guest, and actually a
good good friend of mine. Consider him a brother, Chris
Alamo. He's also the genius.
He's he's, he's a lot of the lot of the brains behind the, the
media organization over there. Coin magazine.
How You Doing? Crystal Mo absolute, by the way.
Absolutely slayed it. On the analyst desk.
This guy was such a professional vote for Chris.
I would vote for Craig would totally vote for Chris too.
I don't want that responsibility.
I saw vague saying simply Bitcoin recovering from Miami.
Bitcoin magazine is definitely recovering from Miami, but no,
truly a pleasure is guys. Thank you for having me here.
You guys crush it on the news desk, as well.
So glad to give you guys the opportunity to be up there.
I had a fun time. Yeah, man.
Well, I'm happy to hear. In the show.
And today, we're going to talk about some things that happen at
the conference probably throughout the week.
We're going to talk about some things that happened the other
throughout the conference. But today, specifically we're
going to, we're going to cover RFK, Junior and some of his
comments, some videos that he was in and we'll take it from
there. Anyways, guys, no more delay.
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made a fortune, it's only again, it's only in hindsight where
these things become obvious. So this is what I want to talk
about today. The big news is Robert Kennedy
jr. Related.
To President, Kennedy of the 1960s.
I got assassinated and he made, he made his first public
appearance as a presidential candidate.
The Bitcoin 20:23 conference. That's a very big statement,
right? So, in politics or these
announcements, don't take these types of things lately.
It's not a coincidence. It was a, it was a strategic
move and I'll play a part of his speech that he made that.
He said all the right things like this is, he was Very pretty
well, prepared to talk to bitcoiners.
I'm going to play it for you guys and then we'll talk about
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I want to conclude by saying, as almost everyone in this room is
aware of the link between Bitcoin and democracy and
freedom. And that's why almost everybody
I met that. I need who is involved in,
Bitcoin is passionate about it. It's, they're not passionate
because it's an interesting currency are passionate because
of the deep representation of a deep need that we have our
Liberty and democracy. See and the promise that this
innovation has to guarantee those virtues.
Oh. And we we are now living in this
age of TurnKey totalitarianism with this emerging technology,
which can Empower totalitarian regimes.
And our job is to try to build and fortify Democratic
institutions at the same rate as that totalitarian, instruments
are being expanded and their power.
Things like AI, which really are going to threaten democracy at
its base. We need to not be chipping away
at our Democratic institutions. We need to be fortified in the
ones that exist and building new ones in the biggest most
important. One on the horizon is Bitcoin,
because it can't be manipulated all of you.
I know are here again, not because you love it currency,
but because you love our country, love democracy, love
freedom, and in that sense, your support of Bitcoin, puts you in
the same category as the framers of the Constitution that gave us
that bill of right that created these democratic.
Matush ins and you are the current manifestation of that
impulse. So thank you all very much for
everything. Thank you for being part of this
movement. Yeah, absolutely I heard someone
mention you know that something about his voice eat so he has a
he has a neurological disability now that that's why he speaks
that way for anyone who doesn't know.
Anyways so I actually kind of wanted to focus on some things
that he said as well specific things that he would protect as
president. And I know a lot of You're
inherently anti-politics, you're inherently anti-politics
politicians. And the the case that I always
make is sure maybe after the transition politics become
irrelevant, if you read the book, The sovereign individual,
they make that they make a case for that.
Right? I tend to agree with the theory
but it's during the transition period that politicians can make
your life a living. Hell specifically if you live
in, in a certain jurisdiction, right?
So you know, like I always said, There's going to be an
inevitable clash between the party of green, the party of
orange and we better hope we have as many people.
Powerful people influential people on the side of orange
when that class happens or maybe there isn't a class.
Maybe this is like, it's a slow, it's a slow transition.
Anyways, goes on to say, quote as president, I will make sure
that your right to hold and use Bitcoin is in in voluble.
Kennedy said, I am an ardent. Fender and a lifelong defender
of civil liberties. As was his, you know as was his
relative John F Kennedy. And Bitcoin is both an exercise
and a guarantee of those freedoms who none of these law,
none of these lawful and peaceful protesters had violated
any law. But suddenly they found that
they could not access their money, their bank accounts to
pay their mortgages or feed their families, quote.
When I witnessed this devastating use of government
repression. I really realized for the first
time how free money? Is important as free expression.
Of course, he's talking about the the the trucker's protest,
which I might add, you know, Bitcoin magazine did an
incredible job supporting. I know that you guys released a
cover specifically covering that.
So I'm very thankful for you guys doing that over there,
Chris goes on to say, Kennedy has publicly expressed his
support for Bitcoin since May 20, 23 acknowledging, a
knowledge. In its separation from other
cryptocurrencies and indicating that legislator legislature.
You should support its development rather than hinder
it as with regulations. Like the B administration's
proposed tax on energy used by miners on stage.
He reinforces distaste for such regulations and he outlined the
steps. His administration would take to
drive Bitcoin innovation in the u.s. goes on to say, firstly
first I will defend the right of self custody of Bitcoin and
other digital assets. He said second I will uphold the
uphold the right to run a node at home.
Third I will I'll defend use neutral industry, neutral
regulation of energy forth. I will make sure that the United
States Remains the Global Hub of Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies. I will reverse the government's
growing hostility towards the industry.
Finally said that he would look closely at whether individuals
like Ross ulbricht, the founder of darknet Bilk.
The founder of Silk Road, who received a double life sentence,
where prosecute were prosecuted, quote, for actual crimes, or as
a meme to crap. Crap.
Down on crypto, went on to say I will consider parting him and I
will act very quickly to do so not direct confirmation.
But yeah. And I think that the most
influential part of all, this is the fact that this was his first
major Pub. No.
His first public appearance as an official presidential
candidate, this is crazy. I could not have imagined it to
go this quickly. He sends, you know, the original
Announcement by name, bouquet, lay Bitcoin 2021 like things
have moved so quickly. The end, I said this on the
analyst desk, I'm going to say it again here.
There is a nonzero chance that we have a pro Bitcoin anti CBD.
See president in the White House in 2024, not only on the
Democratic side, but also on the rub Republican side with
Governor Ron DeSantis and he just signed into law in the
Eight State of Florida and anti Central Bank.
Digital currency bill. This is absolutely incredible.
We know Trump doesn't like Bitcoin.
He's very blunt about why he doesn't like it.
He says the quiet part out loud and then the by demonstration,
they don't like to say the quiet part out loud but they clearly
don't don't like that. So, you know, and the reason for
that is simple, we've talked about this many times we've
beat. We've beat this dead horse a
million times and you know, the Santa said it right?
Just not just crazy. Bitcoin are saying it, obviously
they want to control the bunny, you control?
Money, you control people and they want to maintain the
privilege of being able to create money for free that the
rest of us have to work for, right?
So these politicians that have benefited tremendously from the
system, obviously going to be a hostile Bitcoin, but I want to
applaud the Bitcoin magazine team.
You guys did an incredible job, getting him all seats also Tulsi
gabbard as well. I suspect these Bitcoin
conferences, they're amazing because they break the echo
chamber. Aren't people that irregular go
on bitcoin podcast? These are mainstream officials
that are talking about this and they're talking about the ethos
of Bitcoin of the benefits of Bitcoin.
So, you know, hats off to you Chris and the whole Bitcoin
magazine team. You guys absolutely slate it and
I can't wait for Bitcoin, 2024 in Nashville.
What type of guess you guys are going to book their that's going
to be very, very exciting as well.
So Chris, what's your take? And then we'll pass it on top.
Opti. Yeah, definitely.
I got a lot of points. I think it was a great
conversation. It's definitely doing really,
really well on YouTube. So obviously the mainstream, the
masses are loving it as well. First point you mentioned the
lightning Network, I know Bitcoin gets hit a lot by
calling it a boomer technology, you know, a lot of other
cryptocurrencies. Say there's no innovation, it's
not fast, it's slow takes 10 minutes.
He mentioned that you can donate using the lightning that Mark, I
think that's fast and political candidate presidential,
political candidate to accept Bitcoin.
He knew the difference between on chain Bitcoin, and lightning,
you know, lightning Network and the light, using the lightning
Network to donate, I think it was very fascinating that he
mentioned the Canadian. Truckers we have the chance,
Nico Opti, and myself to talk to be TC sessions and talking
about, like, learning from the mistakes of the Canadian
truckers protest. And obviously, when you use the
aunt, when you use on chain Bitcoin, there's inherent risk
to being kyc. So if you bought your I mean,
from kyc exchange, when the Canadian government did a
Crackdown basically they were able to say, hey Kris, bought it
from Finance coinbase, whatever exchange, you strike Swan,
whatever. And if they force companies to
Doc's, who bought Bitcoin and what the addresses were from,
basically you can get docks when you're using the lightning
Network. It's not inherently private for
someone that's receiving the Bitcoin, but it is more private
for someone sending Bitcoin. So this is a good thing for
donations. If I'd wanted to donate to RFK,
I don't have to Doc's Who I Am by sending it over the lightning
Network. I think this is a very important
thing. It keeps anonymity involved and
it helps protect basically that if someone gets in office is
that they don't like this Bitcoin thing, you donate to
RFK, you're like on a list. Now, for the government, this is
a way to keep it more private, which I think is a big one
percent. Like like I said, this was a big
thing for the masses. Obviously, RFK is a Kennedy.
He it's like a family name. Obviously, his uncle was a
president. That was unfortunately.
It's a sedated back in the 60s but he's a known name.
That's Well known to like the masses and people all over the
world. So I think this is very
important because you're like hey you know RFK, the Kennedys
always talking about Bitcoin, I've never heard about Bitcoin
before or oh like, wow. This is very interesting.
It was that a Bitcoin conference and its first time talking, was
that a Bitcoin conference that's interesting.
It makes someone that's never heard of Bitcoin or it's like
their first touch point to be like.
Wow, a presidential candidate is thinking about Bitcoin.
Maybe this is important technology important protocol
and important money that I should look into.
So I hope that this helps break up the masses to understand and
go Oh, like down the rabbit hole of what is bitcoin.
I think it's very important that we had Vivek ramaswamy.
Who's a republican? We had Tulsi gabbard who is an
independent or she was a Democrat, what like leaning more
Republican, conservative. And now, she's kind of an
independent and then we had RFK, who's a Democrat.
So we basically have covering all our bases that at this is
bipartisan money. This is not a partisan issue,
you know, it's four, Democrats, four, Republicans, or people
that are politically homeless. Like, I think it's, that's very,
very important. One more thing and I hate to put
my Niko Jones hat on Here but Bitcoin magazine.
We're obviously monitoring a lot of you know, conservative
Twitter, profile handles Democratic Twitter profile,
profile handles and all this the Democrats or I forget which
handle it was but they were listing if Biden is going to run
in 2020 for, you know, basically Biden was at the top, then
Kamala Harris was second then Clinton and there's a list of
other Democrats. RFK was not listed as a
potential for winning the election and showing percentages
of like what people think they were.
And then there was also another other column for if he doesn't
run, it was basically Kamala. Harris was the top then then
Hillary Clinton was second and then a bunch of other Democrats.
Once again, he was not listed in the poll for either for thinking
that he has a chance of winning. And there were some Democrats
that were like polling at less than half a percent.
It's like, oh, it's very interesting that they didn't
include Robert Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy jr.
On their polling list for potential candidate to win.
So very, very interesting. Why the mainstream media and the
mainstream? I guess, the political leap to
the Democratic class are not including them.
Even though he is a Democrat by name.
Very, very interesting. I will reiterate one last point.
I'll send it over to you guys Q. My good friend Q guy.
Amy, that was on the news desk. A bunch for us at this year's
conference. He said, don't trust verify,
he's like we've been burned. One too many times by
politicians, he will say that. He really loved what RFK was
saying, he said his scriptwriter and everything, they nailed it
on the head in this talk. He thinks it was the best of the
three political candidates for talking about Bitcoin and
everything, but don't trust verify We've been burned one too
many times by Eric Adams of New York and many other politicians
basically, using Bitcoin to try and grift to try and gain votes
to try and gain their donations. Only for them to do a 180 and
flip on us and say, oh, Bitcoins bad for the environment or
mining is bad for the environment.
So while I am very happy with RFK, you know, making his first
stop at our conference and like, saying to the masses, like this
is definitely good for people to wake up and learn about Bitcoin,
but don't trust them like, you know, believe in their actions
not in what they say. So I'll be very very interesting
to see if he gets Office or even what he says throughout the
trail regarding Bitcoin going forward.
So I hope that was a good recap back over to you optio when he
wasn't no and I can't read her reiterate that enough.
Like Chris, I think you hit the nail on the head, right.
It's it don't trust verify, you know, but I think the signal and
you buried the lead there, a little bit was if you see
independent polls, he's actually in second place is 19% support.
And the Democratic, I don't call it mainstream media anymore.
Or I think independent content creators are like the mainstream
media now. And I think that, you know, as
time progressed in next, 5-10 years Legacy, Media will
continue to die off. And like the truth Sayer is that
were on Legacy Media and Chris me and you have gone back and
forth on this. Like one of the biggest
proponents of Bitcoin was Tucker.
Carlson second, most popular broadcaster in the world.
Trailing Joe Rogan 3.5, average views, and listens per episode,
and he was taken off air, right? So, it's interesting, right?
Like the But per the Bitcoin supporters for some reason, it's
like this can't happen. And one other interesting part
is like the apparently, the Democratic National Convention,
they don't even want to have a debate between RFK and bited.
They don't even want to allow debate.
So and that is unprecedented in American history.
Like that doesn't happen, right? This is this is some crazy
totalitarian stuff. I think this is not just a
Democrat thing. I think this is the unipart He
fighting back trying to protect their moat trying to protect
their privilege of being able to create money for free.
That everyone else has to work for in order to fund the endless
Wars and all the other programs and things of which, you know,
the bill overcharged for certain things and they'll pocket the
difference, right? It's not a coincidence that
Nancy Pelosi and you know to just to name one there's plenty
have hundred million dollar, net.
Worths how do you and Elizabeth Warren to say it?
Straight have, you know, 50 to 100 million dollar net where
it's, and they're on a government salary out, is that
happened, you know, a lot of questions there.
So, you know, it makes sense why they would fight back anyways.
Opti, what's your take on this? I know that opt he's not a fan
of politicians whatsoever. So what's your take on this
brother? Yeah, well obviously I agree
with you guys and my take is a little more cynical which is
kind of what Q was saying, like chefs out to the big Corner that
wrote RFK speech or rather maybe just briefed him.
Come on bitcoin because he absolutely slayed it.
RFK basically said, almost all the right things and it is
beautiful to see that the Bitcoin message is getting
outside of just all of us on Twitter.
And what do we talk about all the time here?
It's the importance of breaking, the Bitcoin Echo chamber and
like I say it all the time and Niko mentioned like I am
fundamentally distrustful politics but something that Nico
told me and it really, really sunk in is we don't have to
trust him if his incentives are aligned with Bitcoin.
Then we may be On the Vanguard of a new political game.
And let's not forget that politics is all about power and
the money printer fuels that power.
So I think we are starting to see a New Horizon here and it's
kind of kudos to the Bitcoin mag team and all of us that are
trying to break out of the echo chamber because we don't have to
convince each other about Bitcoin being right.
It's about trying to convince the Normie out there that.
Hey, maybe we have something here that you want to use.
That will improve your life that Escapes you from the Fiat Rat
Race. So it is very interesting to see
a Pradesh, presidential candidate or potential
presidential candidate, endorse Bitcoin again cynical.
Take as someone that skeptical politics, it does feel a lot
like I like Bitcoin. Send me Bitcoin Vibes so I will
be a little mindful of not being fully endorsing a presidential
candidate but again it's something we say all the time
that Bitcoin is breaking into the mainstream.
Aim and bitcoiners are becoming one of the biggest and largest
voting blocks in the world. So I love hearing him.
Talk about what we talked about and I don't think we need to be
allowed to use Bitcoin. The Imperial City has no power
here. You don't need permission to run
an Ode to stack SATs and take Bitcoin into self.
Custody, it's permissionless monetary Network by Design, the
most inclusive and fair money in the world.
So it is awesome to see. It starting to become a
bipartisan issue. But again I'm a I'm a paranoid.
Big corner. I'm skeptical politics in
general because we know like Chris said that we've been
burned in the past. Yeah, Opti just following up off
that we're seeing the sovereign individual play out politician.
Bitcoin doesn't need politicians politicians, need Bitcoin,
that's for the point that we're at right now.
Very hundred percent 100%. So we'll stay on top of this
guy's as it develops but uh holy crap.
I can't believe we are here in the movie.
Have boy oh boy have things escalated very very quickly it
was really you know 2020 Bitcoin 2021.
This is Jack mahler's speech, 9 bouquet Lee and things have
accelerated. And I think next cycle, Michael
sailor is going to be Vindicated in the public company front and
on the nation. State level 9 bouquet is going
to be Vindicated as well. And I know we're over the Target
because the Legacy corporate media is absolutely going
bananas. And you know, they're trying to
spin it and the trying to misrepresent it and they're
doing everything in their power, to try to throw things at this.
But, you know, it's just, it's going to be undeniable, you
know, the, the next cycle. So 2024 End of 2020 for heading
into 2025. Anyways, everybody.
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So some news coming out of Europe Mika and what's
interesting about me cuz you know, in Christine Lagarde off
these ex-girlfriend who you know, is hell-bent on String
Bitcoin because Opti broke her heart or maybe it was the other
way around. I have no idea Abdi clearly did
something, but basically she referred to this as you know
what she hoped that the Mika was going to be used to cut off the
clothes, the Escape valve so to speak.
And that's her term, right? And you know in the Fiat system
if there's an escape valve people are going to use it.
Christine does Christine lagarde's words is not my words
so it finally passed. It was it was unanimously
passed. I'm gonna get into the details
of what it is. So it says EU Council sounds on
Mika regulation new reporting requirements on crypto assets.
It goes on to say the eu's council which represents 27
member states, unanimously approved, the markets and crypto
assets regulation making the block set up set to be the first
major jurisdiction in the world with crypto licensing.
Regime Mica requires crypto firms such as wallet providers
and exchanges to seek a license to operate across the block and
stable coin is Issuers to hold suitable reserves.
The rules are expected to be rolled out from 2024 quote
ministers. Also agreed on new measures to
for script over providers to disclose details of their
customers Holdings to tax authorities, which will be
shared within a block in a bid to avoid stashing funds and
secret overseas wallets, that's the part that I got.
I want you guys to pay attention to That's not how it works.
What do you mean? Secret overseas wallets that?
Maybe that applies to how the current banking system works
River. That's a very big tell it tells
you a lot, right? Because that's how they perceive
this thing they're trying to apply the old mechanisms of
control, and they're trying to apply that onto something of
which they can't look, they can regulate the on and off ramps,
all they want. I feel like that's what they're
going to put the most pressure on.
I also suspect Fact that you know especially mobile wallets.
Like if you download a mobile wallet and you have an iPhone,
you know, you have to go through the App Store approval process
which is very easy for governments to knock on the door
of apple and say, Hey, listen, you can't allow people to
download a wallet unless that while it has kyc built-in,
right? And I think this is where this
is heading. So it goes on to say, quote, the
agreed on a requirement that from January 20 26 service
providers obtain the name of sin Is and beneficiaries and crypto
assets, regardless of the amount being transferred.
Remember, it was $1000. First I was like no no no a
thousand dollars is okay, not they got rid of that all
together. Now it's report everything and
it goes on to say there was also an agreement on amending rules
on how member countries cooperate with each other in
taxation to cover transactions in crypto assets and on
exchanging information on Advance tax rulings for the
wealthiest individuals, right? But I think again You have to
combine this with what the proposed regulations, where,
from the IMF and it's a big tell because the proposed regulation
from the IMF which are very similar to what Europe rolled
out with Mika is the IMF said, the quiet part out loud, they
said the there these regulations are an attempt to stop the
adoption of Bitcoin, right? So the IMF is saying the reality
of why they want to do this. We've talked about the financial
act action task force. Many times on the show, it's an
N unelected. It's a nun, elective
Administration that basically gives guidance to the world
about what their financial Financial regulation should be,
it's always under the guise of money, laundering terrorism, you
know, drugs etc, etc, etc. And again kind of saying the
part of The Quiet part allowed, it's important that you connect
the dots, because if you just see Mica by itself, you be like,
Nico, you're seeing things. But if you Connecting the dots
Point paints a different story. So Financial action task force,
pushes Pakistan to ban Bitcoin, urges G7 to enact stricter
Financial surveillance. Pakistani government is set to
ban Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in the country.
Following the financial action. Task force Guidance, with the
wild Financial action, urges more countries to adopt its
surveillance regime. So like, you know, I think this
is just the first step in Europe like we Really know what the
financial action task force, and they advise every country in the
G7 what to do. So they did, they already
telling they're already telling you what they want.
They want this thing, banned outright and then connect us
with opt. He's ex-girlfriends words the
Escape valve, right? So this is just a slow creep and
this is why it's so important to connect it with RF K Jr.
In the beginning, this is why it's so poor important to have
you know influential people on both sides of the political
aisle, saying the quiet part out loud.
Say Saying, as to why they want to ban this saying, as to why
they want Central Bank, digital currencies, it's not bitcoiners
saying this, it's it's RFK jr. It's Rhonda Santa's, it's Tulsi
gabbard. And they're literally telling
you it's because they want to control you.
It's not Bitcoin or saying this. It's them saying that bitcoiners
did say it first though. Quote Pakistan will ban
cryptocurrency services from operating in the country and
never lie and never legalized crypto Trading Pasha said,
Banning crypto was one of the requirements set by the
financial action task force, which remove Pakistan from its
grey list in October. You see how they do that, right?
Will remove you from the grey list, but you got a band
Bitcoin. It's very similar to you guys.
Remember what, what the conditions were for Argentina?
If I if the IMF were to give them a bailout, what did they
say to the Argentine government? You must be incentivise.
The adoption of Bitcoin. Mmm.
So is it really about money laundering?
Is it really about money laundering?
Goes on to say quote the grey list contains countries the body
considers deficient and anti-money laundering and
counterterrorism financing measures but they are working
with it to remedy their shortcomings.
Cryptocurrency has been gaining increasing popularity in
Pakistan with the annual trading.
Volume going up to 25 billion up from approximately 18 to 20
billion banks in Pakistan. Have already started, informing
customers that crypto currency trading is illegal.
It goes on to say. This attempted band comes at a
time of political turmoil for And while quote, the Pakistani
Rupees value has fallen a staggering 57.4% against the
dollar over the past year. So I'm going to say this because
I think this is the part where it's ended, it's an indefensible
position for them, they want you to lose the money that that
decreases in value. They're forcing you to use a
money. This is not only happening in
Pakistan. This happened in Nigeria.
This happened in Argentina in Argentina as the most disgusting
out of everything. Ng. 104 percent inflation.
Supposed to the IMF was held was set up, right?
And I and I asked Alex gladstein point-blank about this for at
the thank God for Bitcoin event and we had a fireside chat and I
asked him, I said they're lying, aren't they?
Right. And it's about power and
control. So, the IMF is not, you know,
the IMF in the financial action task force.
I don't believe them. This is not about money.
Laundering is about protecting. Their moat is about destroying.
That escape valve. And if it means forcing people
to endure 57 percent inflation or 104 percent inflation, they
don't care. That's fine.
What is a bigger threat to financial stability of the
individuals of these countries Bitcoin or dealing with 57 to
104 percent inflation? What do you think is a bigger
threat to financial stability of these countries?
Obviously the inflation but It's a threat to the IMF and the
financial action task force moat and that's what this is about.
Don't get gas-lit, don't buy into these.
But will buzz words that they keep saying money laundering,
Financial stability, volatility bullshit, make them ask the
question, make them answer the question because they do not
have a response to it. That's why the treasury avoids.
It like the plague. People are not opting out into
Bitcoin because they want more efficient payments people are
opting out Into Bitcoin because they want to use a money that
doesn't fucking steal from them. That is the reason that they're
opting out, they don't have a response to that make them
answer that question, pressure them color within the lines, you
got to do what you got to do it right?
Make them answer that question, very simple question, why are we
being forced to use a money that steals from us?
Why are we doing that? Money can exist now.
And Bitcoin has proven this money can exist that.
Not only does it do Only does it not steal from you but it
actually increases in purchasing power over time and that's
something that we have to continue to highlight.
And that's something that we have to continue to expose and
our memetics are much better than theirs.
They have a narrative, they have lies and misrepresentations and
spin. We have the truth on our side,
all we got to do is highlight the truth.
If enough, people wake up to this reality and take self
custody we win and there's nothing they can do about it.
Anyways, pass it on to you Chris and then Opti yeah, definitely I
think One of the most important wallets that is going on right
now. You mentioned kind of like with
mobile wallets. There's issues with that if the
App Store decides to band use of mobile Bitcoin wallets.
Mutiny wallet, is a team by Tony Benn the car, man.
And Paul Miller, they're trying to do a web-based wallet.
So meaning, as long as you have connection to a web browser, you
can use this wallet and basically, they're integrating,
you know, Bitcoin core and a lightning node running on the
web, which is very, very cool and it's awesome.
It's a way to skirt around. A lot of the mobile restrictions
If they hit Google and apple saying like you're not allowed
to list these in the Google Play Store in the App Store.
One thing that's very, very funny though that's kind of
missed by many bitcoiners actually.
Europe shot themselves in the foot.
What I mean by this is they're obviously trying to push for
stricter and harsher Financial regulations but what many people
didn't realize something that passed I think in 2021 or 2022.
So just very recently they basically want a lawsuit, the
the EU won a lawsuit against Apple, saying that apple had
monopolistic practices. Is by only listing, the App
Store. Obviously, when you have an
iPhone, you can only use the App Store to download apps since the
EU one, this lawsuit against Apple.
It means that Apple has to open up to third party app stores.
Meaning that in theory, even when you list a nap, like a
Mobile iPhone app, and you have to go through the Apple approval
process developers. Now, with this lawsuit, passing
an apple losing, they have to welcome third party app store.
So meaning that you guys like Opti Chris and Nico could have
an app store and we could list Bitcoin apps in there.
So obviously, maybe even though the EU would be like, hey, Apple
were saying that you have to ban iPhone apps, but the EU already
passed a law saying that Apple has to force and allow
third-party stores and apps. So even though that they're
like, they can put pressure on Apple to do things with apple
being forced to use third party stores on their devices going
forward. I think it's implemented in
beginning of 2024. So right when these restrictions
are coming into place, basically I hope that it would be even
funnier if where there's ways to go around it by these three.
Party stores. Last the, the FAFSA.
The, the, the financial action task force are fucking losers.
What do I mean by that? We didn't vote for them.
Me, co-opting myself, did not vote for them.
People in Europe, people in Africa, people in Asia, they're
not voted. Voted in their appointed by
like, bureaucratic bureaucratic leaders.
So it's rulers. Like, it's not rules without
rulers, its rulers and they dictate the rules.
They have like worse, I mean, what is it?
They catch one percent of money laundering and fraud charges.
That means that they fail Scent of the times, if that's a
fucking business, they go out of business.
If that's like an employee they're fired.
They are like these Gatekeepers that get to be in place and like
basically have the ears of many of the world leaders at G7
Nations and Nations all over the world and they can to try and
enact their policies. So it's a load of fucking
bullshit in the FAFSA. They're a bunch of fucking
losers and Bitcoin is going to put them out of business even
worse. Like, like, you know, we said
that they, I said that they fail 99% of time because money
laundering and like fraud a captain's.
I mean you just want to hit HSBC or JP Morgan if you have enough
money, they'll gladly help launder your money or fucking
help you with wire fraud and shit.
So it's really fucking stupid. Last and final point is you
don't ban Bitcoin. You ban yourself from the
benefits of Bitcoin so I feel really bad for the citizens of
Pakistan obviously. I think they're peer-to-peer
markets are going to explode in growth and that's a good thing
for the people that are using it.
But I think it's a shame for the people that are, you know
worried about what could happen going up against nation states.
I understand there's Risks. If you're trying to use Bitcoin
when your government is telling you can't, there's obviously
inherent risks and bitcoiners are trying to build tools that
can prevent them from finding out who you are.
And basically using those rules and laws that they change on a
whim to try and hurt their citizens and keep them in the
cage, that is the Fiat system back over you guys know
beautiful, beautiful. And and I completely agree in
terms of, you know, this is an unelected body.
But, and I'm really glad that you brought up that point about
the lawsuit against Apple. That might ended up biting them
the ass. Now what's going to be really
interesting is if they walk it back?
Yeah. Oh yeah.
Like that's the thing. Like but they were saying that
apple is being a monopolistic hegemony and that they have to
let you know, competition come in and can't just be the App
Store. So it's very, very interesting
that like, these third-party app stores are going to show up and
like, oh Apple band, all these apps or they're not allowed to
use Noster or whatever Damas. Like but then we have like the
Bitcoin or store and we're going to list all the things that we
want that to go in there. Yeah. 100% And it's, you know,
and I Says all the time. Like one of my favorite features
of Bitcoin is that it exposes incentives, right?
So it exposes the in the true incentives of what these people
are all about. Are they truly about money,
laundering terrorism, and all these things.
Or they really about protecting their moat, it's becoming
clearer and clearer and clearer and clearer.
They don't give a flying F about that stuff.
What they really care about is having the control, being The
Gatekeepers, being the intermediaries of who's entitled
to use money. Who's not entitled to use money.
Anyways, pass it on to you Opti and then we'll hit the culture.
Well, first and foremost foremost, Chris go off King,
let's go. Okay, my thoughts are all this
regulation or over-regulation is just proves to me that the
powers that be are scared. They are doing their best to
control, not only Bitcoin, but their traditional system, and
they can over-regulate all they want.
And it's their attempt of trying to slow adoption or rather
trying to stop adoption. But they can't control Bitcoin.
They have lost control of their system.
And you think that they can control this system that was
literally designed for them. Not to control like it, they
really are dinosaurs and Relics of the past and they're
clamoring for a control right now.
And it's becoming more and more obvious that we can't be naive
in our thinking that. Oh, they just don't know what's
going on. I think we can kind of lean into
the fact that like they are doing their best to not expose
their game and they're just trying to do it with of course,
the guidance. Or the view that this is for
your protection, from Financial criminals, and terrorists, and
money launderers, and all this stuff.
But it really does sound like projection.
Like Nica pointed out, you know, hidden offshore wallet.
Sounds very familiar. I think we've heard this story
before and it has nothing to do with Bitcoin but you know maybe
I'm being naive or more like a tinfoil hat here but I don't
think this will have any effect. This is just them trying to
clamor for control and maybe to the average person.
Out there. This may seem like, oh, they're
doing some good. But hey, Bitcoin will find a way
to Route around this. And like I said, the
powers-that-be can't even control their system.
That is totally surveilled. And you think that they can do
this to bitcoin, which is designed for them, not to
control. And what do we say here all the
time and Chris said it, you know, can't ban Bitcoin.
You can only ban yourself from Bitcoin or the benefits of
Bitcoin. So hey, I hate to see this
happen but I think moving forward, we will be seeing a lot
more of this happen as The governments of politicians
Central planners of the world exposed their hand and tell us
who they really are, they want to completely control you.
Well, we have the tools to stop that from happening and it's
called opting out and holding Bitcoin, taking Bitcoin in the
South custody running the nodes. This is what you need to do.
It's very simple, it's cut and dry.
Do not get bamboozled by all the noise stick to the signal, run
the network for yourself, and take Bitcoin into South custody
and opt out of The madness 100% Optimas.
We will win. This guy's just got to keep on
the pressure. Keep on the pressure.
Keep educating. Keep keep getting the message
out there. It's not, it's not a Red vs.
Blue, it's not left versus right.
That's a description. That's the divide and conquer.
It's Orange verse green. And I think over time more and
more people will wake up and you'll see you'll see people of
different ideologies coming together.
Bitcoin is the great unifier. Fix the money, you fix the
world, and we're going to win. Staying.
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Anyways, Opti, what are we talking about today?
My friend, we're talking all things conference, and I think
it's, I'm really glad that we got Chris on today because I
really do think that people underestimate the importance of
this conference. And we talked about it earlier
in the show about breaking out of the echo chamber.
And I think you guys absolutely killed it.
I know this year that the conference was a little smaller
than in the past but I was sitting there and I had a
profound Epiphany, watching, all you all of my friends on the
analyst desk and I'm like, wow, we are putting on like a
professional ESPN stream for Bitcoin and we are breaking into
the mainstream Consciousness. And I know you guys got a lot of
a lot of flak this year Chris. But how do you think the
execution of this year conference, verse those in the
past and what are you happy about?
What are you proud of? What you guys did today or
rather this Weekend? Yeah.
No, it's truly an honor and a privilege to put on this
conference. We are trying to the mission of
Bitcoin magazine is hyper bit quantization.
So bringing Bitcoin which we see as a superior money for the
world and individuals and trying to spread it to the masses.
So yeah, like I'm very proud. I was running the news desk.
I got the moderate on the news desk as well.
So it was a lot of work and a lot.
As you can tell by my voice, my voice is shot.
But I had a blast being on the desk with you guys.
You guys crushed it as well. But yeah, really great
conference. I mean this is something that is
definitely difficult to execute. People don't realize all the
work that goes in behind the scenes.
It was a smaller conference obvious because the bear Market
but we were building the foundations.
Having three presidential candidates be here like this is
huge. Bitcoin 2024 is going to be in
Nashville. It's going to be a month or a
couple weeks before Democratic and primaries for both the, the
primaries for both the Democratic and Republican
parties. T.
So, you know, hopefully we'll have more presidential
candidates. And even more talks about
Bitcoin, obviously, debating CBD.
Sees, the president's are the presidential candidates are
trying to push those things. Hopefully, we'll have the
counter narrative or the candidates that see, Bitcoins
actually a way better alternative than forcing your
citizens into this slave money. That is cbc's, like I said,
execution of this event, I thought was excellent.
Obviously there's always room for improvement and we're trying
to build it, make it better and better each and every year.
And last, my final thing is I want to say thank you to the In
Miami. They welcomed Us in 2021 when
many other cities were turning us away.
They were threatening to shut us down.
They were calling us, you know, we were killing people's
grandmother's. They had a bunch of choice words
for things that we were doing trying to do an event of that
large in 2021 and 2022. We don't need to get into the
ramifications of that or what people were calling us in that
regard. But yeah, like it was.
Truly an honor. They welcomed us and we went
there for three years, we had a competitive bidding process for
What cities we wanted to go to next and we see Bitcoin is a
global money and obviously have the Bitcoin Amsterdam
conference. We're doing that again this
year, we're really excited to do, but we're trying to bring
this to many cities across the world, not just the United
States, but all over the globe. So we're really excited for
things that were rolling out. Look forward to all the like so,
obviously Bitcoin 2024 Nashville, Bitcoin Amsterdam at
the tail end of this year. And then kind of expanding from
there. I'm not sure we're going to go
next. Our conference teams keeping
that close to the chest but really, really excited to bring
this large. The masses.
I hope you guys had a great time at the event and yeah, that's a
pretty much all I got for now, let's go.
Absolutely love it. And yeah, we kind of talked
about this in the beginning of the show, but I'd like to
re-emphasize because Chris you and I had this conversation in
person and it's very interesting how the conversation at the
Bitcoin conference, you know, rolled out.
And it was very interesting to see the political nature of
everything going on at the conference.
And I really do think there is Is a lot to be learned by
understanding that, yes, maybe we do have our own perspectives,
but we are moving the Overton window here.
And we are trying to do our best to get the everyday person to
get into Bitcoin to understand why we Bitcoin.
And hey, if it takes some of these presidential candidates,
some of these people that are a little better known than all of
us to get that conversation going.
I think this is something that we can lean into to spread the
Bitcoin message. What's your thoughts on this?
Chris? Yeah definitely.
I mean I think I don't need to preach to you guys.
Why Bitcoin is a great thing, you guys do this every day.
But if we can wake up the masses and you know, hyper Bitcoin eyes
to the world, I know Cory was always mentioning.
You know, the goal is orange, killing the next 10 million
bitcoiners and I think that this event is a launch pad or like a
platform for making that happen, you know, having RFK having
Tulsi gabbard having Michael Lewis, having all these
different people that affect the mainstream, mind buyer.
So, the narrative obviously Miko loves Tucker.
Carlson, and he is obviously the second most important person we
were in communication, with his team.
He couldn't make it this year because he has a lot going on,
but he was at Bitcoin 2022 and he loved the event.
And like, obviously, Michael sailor naive buchelli.
Max Keiser helped, Orange, Peel him along the process.
We would love to have him for 2024.
So maybe this is my pre-emptive asked to get Tucker Carlson at
the conference maybe as from more of the independent
journalist route at side of things now that he's left Fox.
But yeah, I mean, it's a great event in our thing.
Is he pushing it to the masses that we're not trying to force
people to use Bitcoin but we're just trying to show people.
My proof of work that Bitcoin is a better money.
It doesn't devalue over time, it actually goes up in value over
time. And to, basically teach people
about the system that they're trapped in when they're stuck in
Fiat. Yeah, one of it 100%.
So and I want to ask you this Chris like what is the like in
the the? Because there's always one
memorable moment. What was the highlight of the
lat? Out of the way I wanted to ask
the same 12, let's give it a two part.
What was your personal highlight and then?
What do you think? Was the conference highlight?
Whoo. All right, my personal highlight
was being on that news desk being able to run the new
systems here was awesome. Obviously got to be on the desk
with all of my friends you guys up on the desk as well.
You know, being with some people that I look up to like, Preston
pish, Michael sailor, Caitlin long was really cool and just
everyone that I got to share the desk.
Was it was truly an honor of moderating that something that
stuck out. Obviously I think RFK is
definitely one of the big ones and yeah, just watching all of
my friends. Obviously, I work at Bitcoin
magazine watching us execute this event in the midst of a
bear market and we were able to, we got a lot of compliments.
Obviously, we see the gripes on Twitter basically, you know,
making fun of things that we did and yeah, granted there are
mistakes and things we can definitely look back and you
know, afterwards go through with a fine-tooth comb and kind of
iterate for next year in Nashville, which were really
excited for. But I think we execute an event.
Pretty flawlessly and I'd love your thoughts.
Thoughts Opti Nico, like, what are your thoughts on the event?
In general, I thought it was great.
I had a blast, like I said before, you know, I got to see
what it means to be a Bitcoin content creator on the back end,
and I've seen it on the front end and it really should not be
underestimated how much effort it takes to put on something of
this nature. I don't know if you guys
noticed, but it was a highly professional conference.
It, I literally was sitting here and I'm like, wow.
This reminds me of like an ESPN broadcast about Bitcoin.
I absolutely love it. And then, of course, my personal
highlight is you guys giving me the nod, me being on the news
desk and then just kind of hanging out rubbing elbows with
all my friends, and it's always just a Mecca.
A little trip of Refreshments of hanging with my friends being
revitalized charging my battery. And, of course, hey, I'm a huge
fan of Miami, but I'm excited to get to Nashville.
I've never been and I hear a lot of good things from some of my
friends that work over at Bitcoin mag.
So I'm excited to get over there.
Yeah, you're in for a treat Opti.
Obviously Bitcoin magazine we are headquartered is there,
there's Bitcoin Park and then we'll be at the National
Convention Center for the conference.
So I'm sure there's gonna be an awesome side events at our
headquarters at the. Yeah.
At the headquarters epic when Park so there's going to be a
lot of fun stuff. And yeah I mean I tweeted this
morning I hope everyone made back home safe.
It was just it's a bummer that it like it happened in a Flash.
Like I wish I had more hours in the day to hang out talk and
meet with more awesome bitcoiners.
It's definitely something that like kind of fills you with
hope. Fills you with happiness and
joy, being with your friends, watching your friends,
absolutely crush on the news desk.
I'm referring to, obviously you guys opting Miko and just kind
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at their Booth all weekend. Anyways, you guys already know.
This is your favorite portion of the show that mean review where
you guys send us memes and we review them and then you guys
give us your scores in the chat. Wait who made this?
Honestly let me get there. Hold on hold on hold on hold on.
Okay you know the deal tweets or the Bullet memes are the
artillery. We are in an information War.
Guys continue to get the calls of actions continue to ridicule
the corporate press continue. To keep your friend spirits up
and make them laugh. Make some funnies this is the
way. Anyways, as Niko ask me, I don't
remember. I don't remember who made this
one. This one was dropped in our
telegram, actually, it was truth truth, he's he's joined the
team, helping us on the back and do some stuff.
I'm pretty sure he's the one that made it, if, if I'm wrong,
forgive me. Anyways, this first meme is the
touching of the tip ceremony. And as you can tell, Nico still
has the blond tips and we got the The Super Saiyan, what's
that? I don't know what this is
called. Anyways, we got sessions and
Nico here and there's a screenshot, the topic goes,
let's touch tips. Broski.
And then they touch tips and look at me, go sighs.
He's literally out of body and it goes what's happening.
And you can see on the bottom, the eyes turn into laser eyes,
and it goes bit, power activated.
Okay, this next one, shouts out the Darth coin.
Everyone was very surprised that I'm On a small dork on YouTube
and they're like, Opti, how are you?
So yelped. Anyways, we got the classic
Dogecoin. Cody hips.
Could just go to the gym and eat a lot of protein.
Anyways, we got the big, big Doge dog here and it goes off
the BTC. 2023 licking like a huge chat.
And then simply Bitcoin Opti looking like a small dork do
too. Okay, absolutely love it.
All right, this next one is Bye Sally.
Shout out the sale and we got a picture here of Sally, with Big
Sean, and the lovely mrs. Sessions and BTC sessions
himself. And you can see they're all
wearing black shirts and it was predicted inflation and they're
all tiny in comparison to Big, Sean Harris, which is the actual
inflation. Shout the Big, Sean Harris, he's
a monster. All right, this next one is at
Maxie's club and it goes 40 to already and we got the classic
classic meme template of someone in a car.
With a friend, but this someone is yellow and it goes what a
nice day to know that you are also a Bitcoin Maxi and the
person in the passenger seat goes.
Yes, I have all my Bitcoin on exchanges, and then yellow
kicks. A person out of the car and it
goes, what a nice day without you.
Because you don't understand that it's not your Bitcoin if
it's only on an exchange. Okay.
This next one is by Jose as bam and it just goes hashtag Bitcoin
and I really like this because this is the energy.
I think this is what a lot of bitcoiners.
Maybe feel internally but also Also, some of them are actually
living this In the Flesh and we got this, you know, heroic Chad
conquer here. That is Conquering, a new world,
it goes how my grandchildren will imagine me fighting for
Bitcoin in the third and fourth epochs, a warrior of Truth,
okay? This next meme is by RT B TC and
it goes, please understand hashtag Bitcoin and I think this
is a Xavier mr. X from Wolverine but I could be
wrong and it goes me trying to make my friends and family
understand It can before it's too late and you're just using
all the mental power, you can to try to explain to people that
they need to hold Bitcoin or they might get rug pulled by the
Legacy Financial system. This next one Nico might be a
little contentious and but I think this one's hilarious.
So shout out the Psychedelic bar in the goes birth control.
Effectiveness condoms 99% birth control pills, 99% dressing like
a wizard at a Bitcoin conference 100%.
All right, if you score in the chat as we cover hours live, and
An honor of the Bitcoin conference.
I'm going to give it my speaker past that is still on my wrist
was I was gonna get a bowl to but yours isn't on you, cut
yours is there cut its cut and it's next to my speaker pass for
first year. I spoke had the privilege of
speaking at a Bitcoin conference as Bitcoin 2021.
So it's I'm going to put it right next to that.
I love saving saving the memories.
But anyways Chris what's your what's your name score?
Yeah. So my score is these beautiful
proof of Paint card playing cards.
So they aren't, you know, the house of Fiat is what it's
called, House of Fiat cards. Also, for people that are
subscribers to the gatekeeper issue that we dropped at the
conference, the beautiful picture of Julian Assange on the
cover, anyone that is a subscriber, you will get a
limited edition Joker, Julian Assange card as an insert in the
magazine. So you pick up these and then
put in the Julian Assange. But yeah, they're beautifully
there died but done by proof of paint, if you order them at the
coin magazine.com. I'm in the art section.
I know they're deck of cards but they're beautifully.
Well, done, it supports him as an artist.
Yeah, I can't recommend them enough.
Can't wait to crack this. Open crack open a cold cup of
cold beers and and have a good one there.
Yeah. And then also, if you go to Art,
go to the art, tab up there up on the top and then go to Fiat
House of Cards. Yep.
And I know they are a little pricey, the work that he put
into them was a lot of work, there's a revenue split between
us and him and yeah I mean they're beautiful.
Just like some of the annotations on there.
They're really really awesome so yeah can't wait to crack into
these and use them very very cool.
All right everybody let's get to the meme scores but first cue
the epic music. Alright Opti.
Wait a second. No, no, no, no, no, we can't do
that. We have to give a shout-out to
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Sorry guys, I took a week break for the conference opting out
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I'm wearing the classic camo represent hoodie.
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It's super awesome, opt he's wearing the Bitcoin merch.
It's the Bitcoins the Bitcoin angel with an AK-47 and his
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discount. All right, I'm gonna go before
you go can confirm that. Niko's closet is just full with
a bunch of camo hoodies. All he's got, I love represent
LTD. I was going to wear my shirt but
I wear at the And it smelled like crap.
So you know guys with everybody not wearing it, but do the the
clothing. They're super comfortable.
It looks good. You're supporting simply Bitcoin
is no brainer. Yep.
And it's a Bitcoin company to there.
They accept Bitcoin. If you want to pay if you want
to pay in SATs, all right, Opti now cue the epic music.
Alright, Rave elevator, I give the memes, the Miami sun tan
everyone got on the first day, okay?
Okay, the p man van. I give these out these memes.
He's too. Apollo 21, all the coffee
vitamins and meet Opti enjoyed on the way to Miami, I can
confirm and it wasn't just coffee the max Trotter.
I give the mean Scotch. Give the memes 93 amazing
lightning guides by Darth Point. Shout Out Darth point.
He's holding it down on the simply Bitcoin telegram.
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Join our awesome telegram group and shout out to Darth coin for
holding it down. Alright Opti let's get back to
the scores. And thank you doc going to love
you but I got the last one. All right, Phil.
See I gave the memes a 2024 Bitcoin conference without
hoody. Okay.
It's the buzzer, it's the
buzzer. All right guys, thank you so
much for tuning in to another episode of Simply Bitcoin live.
Guys, I'm going to be taking my first break first break that
I've taken in three years. Basically, three years that I
started this channel. So But the show will go on Opti
will be in the host seat, from Tuesday to Friday, holding it
down with our boy, Rustin. And I'll be back on either
Monday or Tuesday of next week, but it will be the same regular,
simply Bitcoin show and you guys are in good hands with Opti.
I've been training them up and he's been, he's been living.
He's been living up to the pressure.
To say the least opt. He's been absolutely killing it.
I'm super super blessed. Do you know have them as my
co-host and I consider him a brother and you guys are in good
hands, but before we wrap up the show, when I give a shout-out to
our awesome guests, also consider him a brother as well.
The one, the only, the legendary Chris Alamo Chris.
Thank you so much for joining us today.
Why don't you tell everybody where they can find you on the
interwebs? Yeah best place to find.
Me is Chris Elaine 06 on Twitter.
Thanks so much for having me guys.
I hope everyone that went to bitcoin 2023 that had a blast
and you one that couldn't make it.
I hope you get your It's to bitcoin 2024 or Bitcoin
Amsterdam would love to have you give you a hug and meet space
and chat it up and hang out in the evenings after the
conference. And yeah, guys, keep doing what
you're doing. Nico, enjoy your break, you
deserved it. You've earned it my life, man.
You crushed it at the conference.
You are like a brother to me. So, really appreciate all the
hard work that you did not just here, but at our conference, it
really, really means a lot to us.
So, thank you so much, man. That man, I appreciate you guys
having me, like I said, totally a privilege and, you know, happy
to be a part of this. Yes.
And it's really, really, really something special that you guys
that you guys throw every year. And and you know, I we I kind of
get a background in to how difficult these things are to
pull off based on my work. Not only at simply but also a
swan and it's incredibly difficult and you guys make it
look extremely easy. Anyways, Chris, thank you so
much for joining us today on simply Bitcoin live, guys.
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Here, let me, let me bring a few people up.
I am going to pick on a few people that I know we're hanging
out with me in Miami as well so we can recap a few things.
One second, let me bring some people up, hold on.
But yeah man, what a what a great time.
I absolutely had a blast. I love Miami.
I know. Everyone says that.
Miami is a Fiat shit. Coin City but I absolutely love
the city. It's it's beautiful anyway.
Is will go. Let's start with bird.
I think he's been up here. The longest how you doing?
Thoughts two sets going once. Going twice.
No.