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Today is August 29th, 2022, we cover the Bitcoin, use the
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Today, we have a very special show lined up but first Famous
Opti coming back from the Block boom, I don't know about famous
as why? No, he's tells me I have leveled
up. I'm no longer just a daedelus
pleb celebrity. I think I'm moving up in the
ranks. But yes guys, awesome.
Awesome weekend. I am going to cover it in the
daily culture. I'm going to cover the bit
block. Boom.
And why, you know why I feel people should go and what I take
out from this. So, this is what my sections
going to be. Today, it's a little different
than you Well, but this is the daily culture and I think that
this is a great great moment to take to make this point since
I'm still Fresh Off The Experience.
So that's what I'm covering today, Nico, I'm excited.
And today in the news we have, we're also going to cover a
little bit about what was talked about during bit block.
Boom, Ross Stevens. I'll tell you a little bit about
him in a second, but he announced check this out.
Very, very, very interesting name.
He called it in Wolf's clothing and that apparently is a Bitcoin
lightning Network accelerator. What a name?
I wonder what the names about,
but anyways, let's start the show, shall we?
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Anyways at the time of recording the Bitcoin prices at twenty
twenty thousand three hundred and thirty we did dip below 19k
over the weekend. I hope you guys stack because I
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baby. Anyways, anyways, didn't declare
posted a really interesting video over the weekend, and I
wanted us to react to it. Apparently, it was the Minnesota
fed president. I can't pronounce that.
I'm sorry, guys. His name is Nell.
Neel Kashkari. Thank you, optio.
Wow optic. Could read today after bit
block? Boom.
Everything changed on the advantages of Central Bank,
digital currencies. Anyways, let's see what he has
to say and then we'll talk about it in a second.
I'm pretty skeptical. I keep asking anybody anybody at
the fed or outside in the FED to explain to me what problem, this
is solving addition, I can send anybody in this room five
dollars with venmo right now, right now seriously.
So what is it that a CBC could do that venmo.
Can't do. And all I get is a bunch of hand
waving I get about, well, maybe it's better for financial
inclusion. Maybe it's better for
cross-border remittances. Maybe, is there any evidence
that it is and, you know, they said, well, what about China?
China is doing it? Well, I can see why China would
do it if they want to monitor every one of your transactions,
you could do that with the Central Bank, digital currency.
You can't do that with been Mo. If you want to impose negative
interest rates, you could do that with the Central Bank,
digital currency. You can't do that with venmo.
And if you want to directly Tax customer accounts, you could do
that with the central bank. Occurrence, you can't do that
with been Mo, but I get why China would be interested.
Why would the American people before that?
How long until he gets fired? Or suicided how long?
Because I think he's saying what all bitcoiners have been saying
and it's funny after him saying that connect.
The dots guys, remember, what the UN report was saying,
advocating for Central Bank, digital currencies, the world
economic forum advocating for a central bank, digital
currencies. Now you heard it from someone
that works at the American Center.
T'rul Bank, literally saying parroting.
What bitcoiners have been saying this can and will be used for
systems of control. If the UN was really concerned
about financially inclusivity, they would push something like
Bitcoin but the problem is that if you push something like
Bitcoin, that means less control for them so it's exactly what
what Neil said, right. It's like he's kind of going in
this. Like, like they're In this
bartering phase where they're trying to justify this
totalitarian system in their heads so that everybody else
goes along with it. But in reality, it doesn't do it
better look at the end of the day and I think it was a leader
Bob that said this, right? And I remember when he first
told me, I was like, no, but they're going to implement
Central Bank says, he's like dude, everything's digital
already right? Think about it.
Like, you know, I know some places use cash.
I know some of you like cash, right.
But the majority of transactions for most people is through Debit
card is through the financial rails, right?
And if you live in the United States, they're extremely
developed right. There's so many options.
There's PayPal, there's cash app, there's venmo, right?
So it already does these things. There's L right already, does
these things? Why do they want to implement
this on top of it? Well, the reason that they came
up with it in the first place is to try to remain relevant in the
eyes of Bitcoin. That's why that's why they came
up with this. They wouldn't if they wouldn't
have done anything, if it wasn't for Bitcoin.
So Central Bank, digital currencies are Just an attempt
by governments in order to remain relevant and afters after
which Bitcoin was invented. But now you're hearing it from
the horse's mouth itself, you're hearing it from the people that
stand the most to benefit from a central bank, digital currency
what they can. And if history is a teacher,
what they will be used in order to abuse their populations in
order to control their populations, right?
So anyways, I don't think that guy's going to be working at the
FED very low naughty. What are your thoughts, bro?
Well to be honest it's just like a wow moment, I did not see
this. This narrative coming from Neel
Kashkari dunking on cbc's on my bingo card.
So this is a pretty awesome video in my opinion considering
like you said, you know, bitcoiners I've been saying this
for a long long time and now it's like we say it all the time
you can't stop the signal and we Set it on this show so many
times that CBD sees is just PR like Bitcoin has forced The
Narrative and the powers that be have to spin this narrative so
that they can coop the movement that is Bitcoin.
And you know remember the last time that Neel Kashkari was in
the news is when he was saying that the FED can print infinite
dollars and then they rolled it back and like oh wait, no we
don't just print money, you know, the with there's all this
yada, yada yada bullshit and it's like amazing that we're
that we're seeing this narrative.
And I think this is just kind of further further cements the idea
that Nico says it all the time. You know, there is no cohesive
unit of evil people out there that are doing this stuff.
Like there is some some high-level people that you can
almost guarantee are like the evil ones that are working
collectively but that's a small handful of people.
The majority of people are just individuals like you and I and
the incentives are set up in such Way, where they have to
continue to kick the down down the can down the road.
They have to, you know, they just work a normal job, they're
trying to survive and they're working within a certain
framework. And I think we have this view
right here with Neel Kashkari. You know like he understands
what as bitcoiners understand. It's like everything's already
digital guys. There is no, there is no move to
digital dollars is like, the dollar is already digital.
This is just a PR spin because like I said, they understand
that. That the Bitcoin narrative is so
strong that they have to co-op that narrative any way possible,
so that they can confuse the people out there that don't have
the time to look down and do the Deep dive research.
You know, people Nica's taught me this a lot.
It's like, people only have enough time to read the
headlines. And if you get a catchy
headline, that's all that really matters.
If people aren't really spending the time to dig in the weed and
read the meat and the substance of Articles.
So they just have good good. Headlines and they just keep
pushing that narrative down until you know, the truth comes
out. And here we have it, you know,
can't stop the signal. Everything is already digital
CBC is trash. And and now we have someone that
is within the system saying the same thing as as Bitcoin or so
what, you know, Bitcoin is right.
Again, bitcoiners day winning, feels good, always being right.
Nico. I like it's kind of hard staying
humble. Sometimes, I'm not gonna lie
like we're always right always right.
Boom. Boom.
I mean it's just it. Look, once you The game theory,
once you appreciate people's incentives, you kind of
understand where this is going and here's Loco, right?
And I think he brings up a really good point.
He says, Central Bank, digital currencies is gets rid of the
middleman from person to Fed as this.
They don't have to deal with smaller Banks and that's very
true. What a lot of people don't talk
about what Central Bank digital currencies is that they would
absolutely destroy retail Banks, right?
So Bank of America, Wells, Fargo City Bank, a central bank,
digital currency would make it so that the citizen would have a
direct Account with the Federal Reserve itself.
Meaning the citizen would have a direct money account with the
government. How freaking scary is that man?
Anyways, anyways, this is what we're fighting against this is
what we say. And we don't over exaggerate.
When we say it, it's either Bitcoin and freedom or Central
Bank, digital currency slavery. That's the future that we're
heading to. But anyways, Opti, let's get to
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Anyways, this is Rob Stevens, that's him.
Shout out to our friends at Bitcoin magazine for the awesome
articles like always Russ Stevens.
Everyone is the guy when Michael sailor did a presentation,
right? When he was feeling most bullish
and he was stacking. It was the middle of the bull
market. He did a presentation called it
was basically Bitcoin for institutions and Ross.
Stevens was the person that made the pitch.
He was the the front line for the Bitcoin for institutions.
And this is New York digital Investment Group also known as
NY dig and they're responsible for not Only advocating for
Bitcoin as an alternative to Fiat, but also pushing Bitcoin
for institutions, right? And check out what he announced
over the weekend at a bit block. Boom, satellite event at
Bitcoin, Commons in Austin Texas.
He launched a light Network accelerator project.
I love the name in Wolf's clothing and we're going to talk
a little bit about that name because I know opt he's all
about the spiritual stuff like that.
I wonder what that name could mean I'm going to obviously give
my perspective Abdi of his Is anyways, article goes on to say
Ross Stevens CEO of Stoneridge Holdings, Group, and executive
director of New York digital Investment Group subsidiary,
made an impromptu appearance at B Block.
Boom in Austin, Texas for a special announcement
participation and the microstrategy corporate strategy
program, an interview with the famous Bitcoin, proponent
microcellular, he goes on to say, quote, I want to live in a
world of rules, not governed by rulers of the, basically,
mirroring with bitcoiners always, say, write rules without
rulers. From the Bitcoin, Commons
Stephen shared that NY dig will launch a lightning accelerator
project. The reality is that this year,
the progress in Bitcoin and lightning is staggering month
after month after month. The nodes on Lightning are
growing. This is true.
We've gone over the glass note, hope IAM data many times with
you guys. The accelerator is geared
towards individual Founders and small teams develop developers
working on Lightning Taro covenants And precede seed
series a company's transportation and lodging will
be provided for serpents from anywhere around the world.
The the program will be run in eight week cohorts.
This there will be 8 to 20 miles per cohorts world-class mentors
with office hours. The cohorts will be exclusively,
non remote. There will be significant seed
capital for each team with already recruited investors and
full-time. In-house expertise people who
are interested can apply at apply.
I add wolf NYC dr. Stevens closes speech with we're
I mean for you Fiat let's work tirelessly to make Finance to
centralize let's work tirelessly to make money to centralize or
how we would say it simply Bitcoin.
Let's work tirelessly to separate money from State.
Anyways, look piece of signal here.
The fact that he's willing to do this in the depths of the bear
market after Bitcoin fell 70%, plus is a really good sign.
The fact that lightning Network continues to grow even after
Bitcoin fell 70%. Plus, it's exactly why we don't
do price speculation on this show because it's missing out on
what is actually the signal, the signal.
Is that the honey badger isn't stopping zoom out and look at
what's happening, right? BlackRock just announced in the
last couple weeks, I suspect they waited till the bear
Market. They just announced That they're
getting into Bitcoin. Black Rock has nine point five
trillion dollars under assets. Intel announced that they're
making a Bitcoin mining chip Samsung announced that they're
selling Bitcoin. They want to launch a Bitcoin
exchange in Korea and South Korea.
Bro. The stars are aligning.
You won't recognize the Bitcoin World in five years time and
here it is. Pushing more Bitcoin.
Ation if you're an entrepreneur, if you have an idea for
lightning, now you have someone that could potentially fund your
idea. If you don't have the expertise
at putting a company together. Now you have a resource for you
and I think the signal there is the name of which he named this
right in Wolf's clothing. I think it's very apparent.
I don't think Bitcoin needs to hide.
I think it could just show everyone to the world exactly
what it is and connect this with the Central Bank, digital
currencies. And this is why they're trying
to scramble. This is why governments are
trying to scramble in order to remain relevant because they get
a tremendous amount of power from being the Monopoly, on the
creation of money, that was until Bitcoin.
Holy crap, I've never been so bullish, but they're not going
to go gently into that good night.
They're going to try to fight it.
But I know what, I know with you guys.
I know this is the with the solidarity that we all share
with the with the goal with the end goal that we all want
separation of money and state, we're not only going to win
this, we're going to motherfucking conquer.
Anyways Opti, what are your thoughts, brother?
First and foremost on the name? I hey, you know, I'm just
reminded of the saying, like a sheep in Wolf's clothing and at
what does that mean? What does that mean?
I mean, it looks like we are, you know, we're just like very,
very docile, you know, like but we're, you know, we're not doing
anything over here guys. It's not that big of a deal.
But yo, it's like we are out here dominating and taking over
the world like I agree after this weekend and bit block.
Boom, it really does feel like bitcoiners are just out here,
dominating completely, and 100%. And it's like, you said, men,
it's first and foremost, like, wow, you know, Mega funding of
lightning and and having that push of of like guys, like
lightning is going to explode but, you know, people are still
saying that lightning is vaporware, is too clunky, it's
too hard. You know, it's never going to
work. And then you see stuff like
this, where it's like, okay people need to zoom out.
Humans will innovate and we just continue to stay winning you
like big Corner. Stay winning big Corners build
in the bear markets. Now we have mega corporations
that are bitcoiners are are not even Mega corporations, you
know, Big Time Players, movers and shakers that are doubling
down on bitcoin that are doubling down on lightning and
it's just so bullish to be on the front lines with you guys.
It just it makes me super excited after this weekend to
just see everything that is happening in Bitcoin.
I hope you guys caught some of the presentations at other than
the stuff had bit block. Boom because it's just back to a
narrative that I've been saying. Along on the show a lot on the
show. Bitcoin is crossed the
mainstream Rubicon. We've been saying it a lot, you
know. What's the mean first, they
ignore you. And then they mock you and then
they fight you. Well, we are definitely in the
then they fight you stage, but what does that also mean that,
if you flip go on the flip side, people are doubling down and
they see what we see. Like, we say it all the time,
you can't stop the signal. And so people's incentives are
becoming aligned with Bitcoin. Has Bitcoin will eat the world.
Technology does eat the world and furthermore Bitcoin isn't it
a technology on top of the internet?
Which is already eating the world.
So it's just it's amazing what Bitcoin has been able to do in
13 years and furthermore it's amazing to see what lightning
has been able to do and what 45 years or something.
So it's still relatively new and it's just absolutely kicking ass
out there but look People talk shit all the time about me.
Always saying bullish on the show because I just, I get so
excited on this show every time we cover stuff.
So if I put my tinfoil hat on, you know, maybe I'll ask the
people or maybe Nico has a view on.
This is like, is this a narrative spin?
Or people are going to start to say that the?
Oh, this is the co-opting of lightning, you know?
Like this is this is like you know, the powers that be
creating a shit coin on top of lightning or whatever like you
hear that talk on. Internet and on Twitter and it's
like, I don't think so. But I see where people are
coming from, is because pick owners.
So paranoid, like everything makes us paranoid and we're
always thinking adversarially and we're always thinking of how
this can can be a bad thing that we kind of forget.
Like, you know, this is fucking amazing, you know, you now you
have fun like you were saying, if your lightning developer you
have an idea for lightning or a product that you don't know how
to make. It happen completely.
Now you have someone that is willing to put their money,
where their mouth is in Bat, great ideas that are being built
on lightning and this is just further proof that bit Corners,
breed entrepreneurs. And if you are really a bit
Corner, then you should be trying to create the products
that you want to see. And now we have people that are
willing to help people create those products.
And I'm just so excited. And you said it yourself right
now, there was that clip you did over this weekend about, I
think, Would be TC sessions. And you said something on the
lines of like, we will not recognize what Bitcoin is in 5
years. In 10 years, it's just going to
be so different than what it is now at the, you know, like right
now, we still have relatively small Market, guys.
Like, there's not that many bitcoiners go out into the real
world and talk about talk about Bitcoin to people and they're
still sitting there like shut up.
Like I don't care about Bitcoin like don't talk to me about
Bitcoin but this is why we show up every single day and I have
had a really cool conversation with Pete Rizzo at B Block.
Boom. And I just told him like, yo, I
love that article, you just wrote Because I've been saying
the same thing of like, spread the good word about Bitcoin.
Push the positive narrative narratives about Bitcoin because
the world needs to know that there is a solution to the
problems that they're experiencing in their life and
that is Bitcoin. And here we are, you can't stop
the signal more people are doing what US average bitcoiners are
doing pushing Bitcoin adoption, doing whatever they can to go
100% full time. Into Bitcoin and you know fix
the world, fix the money, fix the world and help Humanity free
itself so that we can create a fucking better world.
Amen. Planet Earth.
Amazing, amazing, amazing amazing.
Anyways, Speaking of the powers that be are going to go gently
into that good night we covered this when this happened, right?
And just kind of doubling back to this.
This was August 21st is as last year's 2021 is an article by
Mackenzie Seagal us and we covered this, right?
We said when the United States pulled out of Afghanistan they
shut off Afghanistan from the Global Financial system.
And the only thing that still worked for Afghan he's was
Bitcoin, right? So just to read the headline for
audio listener, says, inside Afghanistan's.
Cryptocurrency underground as the country plunges into
turmoil, turmoil. Just going to read a quick quote
and then going to get into the breaking news and Afghanistan.
We don't have platforms like PayPal venmo lures L member
guys, connect the dots. Remember what Neil the the
person that worked at the Federal Reserve said right about
United States has developed Financial rails off Gana Stan.
Obviously doesn't says Afghanistan still mostly
operates as a cash economy. So money and ho tax crypto
wallet won't help him put dinner on his table, however, but it
does give him peace of mind that some of his wealth is
safeguarded against economic instability at home.
Now this article came out today is by Bloomberg.
The headline of the article says Taliban band crypto in
Afghanistan, arrest, dealers of tokens Afghan Central Bank and
Closed a nationwide ban on cryptocurrencies this month and
the Taliban regime has arrested several dealers who defied
orders to stop trading digital tokens according to a senior
police police official, the Crackdown comes after some
Afghans turned to cryptocurrencies to preserve
their wealth and keep it out of the talibans reach crypto has
become a popular way of moving money in and out of the country
which is shut off from the global banking system due to
sanctions leveled on the militant group.
The Central Bank think about how fucked up this is, right?
And this is what we always talk about.
How Bitcoin moves, the Baton only Bitcoin, by the way, crypto
provides a false sense of sovereignty that will continue
to be exposed. As the years goes on the, we
last week. When the treasury sanctioned,
the Privacy tool, tornado cash, and it was exposed, and everyone
came to the realization that holy crap.
The US Government Can potentially sanction aetherium
because etherium Is run by Jeff Bezos controlled by the US
government. So crypto provide provides a
false sense of financial sovereignty.
Only Bitcoin provides that full Financial sovereignty because it
emphasizes on decentralization. Anyways, think about how fuck
this is before. Bitcoin.
The people of Afghanistan were being screwed by two sides by
the US government placing sanctions on Afghanistan and by
the Afghanistan government itself, Now, came Bitcoin and
for the first time, an individual in Afghanistan could
transact with another individual overseas without the need to
deal with the US government. And all the, the the financial
system that it's captured and without dealing with death, can
ease, The Afghani government, that happens to be the Taliban.
And of course, we always say Bitcoin is the money of enemies.
Bitcoin gives individuals, Freedom, they never which had.
So now you have The Afghani government freaking out and
saying, holy crap. We can't control people as much
as we'd like, Because of Bitcoin and you have the US government
specifically, the US Treasury which Cynthia, lummis claim
cleared up this weekend at B Block.
Boom, taking a very similar stance.
We can't have individuals have this much freedom.
Dude, that story in Afghanistan gave me chills because it was
obvious that it was coming. When a government bans Bitcoin
it's out of self-preservation, it is of no benefit to its
citizens. And again highlighting the
failed policy of us sanctions which will be an excuse of which
they will attack Bitcoin in the future.
I thought sanctions Were Meant to, you know what, they always
pitch us off regime change. Obviously that hasn't worked in
North Korea. That didn't work in Venezuela.
That didn't work in Cuba and who are the real victim of these
sanctions, the people of those countries and that was
highlighted and Afghanistan. When people got cut off from the
financial system and now there is Bitcoin and Bitcoin gave him
that hope but of course, now The Afghani government itself, said,
no, you can't have that either. We want Total power and control.
And by the way Central Bank, digital currencies are literally
a worst nightmare. They will be able to turn your
account and a flip of a switch that will be a wet dream for the
Chinese that what they're what they're already implemented.
That would be a wet dream for the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The only thing that is standing that gives individuals to
freedom to transact the freedom to vote with their feet, pick up
everything they own and just leave is Bitcoin, of course,
they're going to, you know, say crypto provides that as well.
Crypto provides a false sense of financial sovereignty.
And I think people are going to learn that as time progresses If
you're in stable coins, if you were in Luna, or if you and Dee
USD, see, if you're in tether you can and will have your shit.
Frozen Bitcoin is the only thing that is immune to the fucking
Fiat politics. That is happening.
Anyways dude, this is crazy. So Afghanistan, followed the
path of China. They're trying to strong-arm,
their citizens to use a currency of which the government's can
control. And I think this really
highlights the Ruiz from The Sovereign individuals.
Its Bitcoin is exposing the real incentives of governments
governments are being shown to self preserve themselves, rather
than serve the citizens, they're supposed to protect.
It's becoming incredibly obvious that some people in the US
government believe that the government is by the government
for the government rather than the government being by the
people for the people. Bitcoin.
Exposes everyone's incentives. And here it is doing again.
The Taliban ban, Bitcoin, Afghanistan.
Good luck. Like, in China.
I don't think it will work anyways, Opti, what are your
thoughts? Go off?
King go off. I mean my first thought is just
is it's a simple mean, you know like trust me citizen.
This is for your own good. Like we're going to protect you
from the Bitcoin price volatility.
There were going to protect you from speculation.
It's like low, of course. This is the narrative is it's
just it's such a simple narrative and I'm just reminded
of Christine lagarde's quote of if there's an exit door, people
will use it. These people understand that
Bitcoin is the exit door. They're going to have to clamp
down on this. And I really like this comment
that level 99 slacker put in the chat and you guys judge
something by its enemies. China banned Bitcoin, the
Taliban Banning Bitcoin and central banks around the world
want to ban it like it again. It feels so good to be a bit
corner. We just stay winning.
It's like okay, come at me, Bitcoin can't be stopped.
It has what we right now is like a little under half a trillion
dollar bounty on bitcoin and all these people can really do is
spin a PR Narrative of like oh you know orange coin bad.
Like we already have the meme guys orange coin bad and and
what we just stay winning like Bitcoin, just continues to get
adopted biblical, you know more people are out there, stacking
more businesses are trying to build on bitcoin.
There's more UPS on bitcoin. It's like I said, I said a
minute ago Bitcoin has crossed the mainstream Rubicon and they
can't they can't stop it. They and you know like let's go.
I say it all the time you know like you can't ban Bitcoin, you
can only ban yourself from Bitcoin.
So I love seeing stuff like this because we just, we're so close
to the news. Now, that every time you see
something like this, I always have a silver lining.
You know, like it's Optimus field for a reason.
I just stay optimistic on stuff. Like this is like, yeah.
Okay. Of course, you know, like some
Tyrant out there. Some authoritarian figure is
trying to stop Bitcoin and trying to free or stop people
from becoming free in their transactions.
It's like this is why we Bitcoin, this is good for
Bitcoin, it will just proved once again, you can't ban
Bitcoin, you can only ban yourself from Bitcoin and any
government out there that is going to try to ban Bitcoin, it
just proves our point for us, your government, Doesn't care
about you. The state fucking hates you.
They do not want you free. They want you tagged and bagged
like they don't want you healthy.
So like just the heuristic, I like do the opposite of what the
government tells. You don't break any laws but
like do the opposite of what they tell you and you're gonna
be healthy, you're going to be free.
You're going to live a good life like it's very it's a very
simple simple. Heuristic Fiat has corrupted the
incentive so bad that unfortunately what?
You're saying is true, right? Like it and the last two year,
two or three years. It's become incredibly obvious
that they don't have their, your best intentions at heart.
They have their, they're incentivized to protect
themselves, to help themselves. And why is that dude, they don't
need you, they don't need your approval, they have an unlimited
money. Printer, that pays for any crazy
idea that they come up with and you that are forced to earn in
that said currency, right? Forced to go along with it while
they extract wealth from you to pay for themselves and Bitcoin
is a silent protest. It's the peaceful Revolution and
saying, yo I'm sick and tired of being stolen from.
I don't want to do this anymore, and in the process of existing,
of the process of it, doing that, all of these governments,
whether it's the Taliban, whether it's the US government,
whether it's the EU, whether it's China, right?
At least trying to do. Don't hide its true intentions.
At least they're just like, you know, like you know what, like
fuck this. The Taliban is like, you know
what? Fuck this, you know, the US
government. You are kind of going in this
like, it's to protect you, man. No, no, it's to protect their
ability to create money out of thin air at your expense.
And that's what Bitcoin is a protest against.
That's why we will win because the incentives are much stronger
than their coercion and I'm really looking forward for them
to expose them. Elves more and more, and more,
and more to the point and the sovereign individual also
predicted this, they're going to continue to get more and more
and more desperate and you're going to see things out of your
governments that you would have never ever thought.
Thought imaginable ten years ago.
I mean they did just hire 87,000 IRS agents in the u.s. even
though and they named the bill literally inflation reduction
act crazy times, take your Bitcoin into self custody D.
It is a hell of a roller coaster ride where we go.
Before we go, you reminded me of that stat that you said last
week, about the fact that the u.s. government is the biggest
employer in the world. It's like we live in a world of
bureaucrats pushing papers and telling, hard-working
individuals what to do. It's just like the strongman
meme, you know like weak man? Create strong men.
This is where we're at guys like the the paper pusher.
Yes exactly like that that you know, the paper pushers out Are
telling people what to do and and it's just like the Fiat blow
is getting to such a point where it's the bubble is going to pop.
And and you know, hopefully you have some hard skills and you
have, you know, you have your Bitcoin, you have your Bitcoin
in cold storage and you can provide the value and get the
Bitcoin like guys, serve your fellow man, provide the value,
use your skills to build something.
Stop being a paper pusher because the paper pushers are
trying to Incentivize a world where the paper pushers, get
more of the pie and it's like, bro, they are stealing from you
and they aren't even hiding it anymore and then they're telling
you with a straight face to like this is for your protection
citizen. It's insane.
It's absolutely insane, clown, World confirm.
But if you're watching this, you're ahead of the curve, you
know, bit Corner, stay winning. It's it's so beautiful.
But only if you take Bitcoin into self custody and ideally
you should be running your own note because if not your
Something someone else has. But anyways Opti let's get to
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for us today, brother? Before I get into my segment
today. How's that photo of Nico?
He's looking kind of wild, bro. That hair that I have.
You looking wild dog. But yes, okay, I absolutely love
that, that we had the Pacific Bitcoin, you know, add right
before this. Because like, like I said in the
spaces and I said in the beginning of the show, guys, I
just came back from bit block. Boom, and I had an absolute
great time and so I want I want to help push this Narrative of
guys. You should be going.
Ooh, these Bitcoin only conferences it again, it's not
necessarily about what is being said on the stage because you
could always watch these presentations after the fact,
the reason you go to these conferences and you can see, you
know, there's a lot of cool speakers.
Like the thing about these guys is when you're at these
conferences they're just regular people guys.
Like they are so open and willing for you to come up a
conversation with them, you know, give them.
Give them some Some you know, give them some love, giving them
the dabs and they're there for the most part.
Awesome people. And again the reason you come to
these conferences is because look I am full-time Bitcoin now.
But I understand that a lot of you out there are still have one
foot in the Fiat world and one foot in the Bitcoin world.
And at times as we tell you guys all the time, you feel like you
are crazy. You feel like how do other
people not? See what I see?
And then you come to a conference and you know
sometimes it's only one so you once a year maybe twice a year
maybe three times a year. If you're really lucky and you
realize like wow there is more people out there like me there
is more solid bitcoiners that are putting in the work that
that see the world. Like I see that are completely
asleep and it's refreshing guys. Like it is so inspiring to be
around a room full of Just the best smartest brightest,
funniest people in the world and you just hang out.
And you have beers, you eat you eat dinner, you know, you chill
by the pool, you do Lobby calling you do pool Khan, and
this is why you go to. This stuff is like me and Nico.
For instance, we went to B Block, boom, two years ago, or
maybe three years ago now, it was 2020 or three conferences
ago and we didn't know each other.
We were hanging out in Discord. We've been on Twitter for four
years, you know, going back and forth and we, you know, we had
our friends her for Jim. Basically show the conference to
us, he's like, yo, guys, like you need to go to this
conference. Like this is exactly where you
need to go. And this year, I was kind of, I
was kind of like poking fun at Nico.
He's like, bro, you need to go like Network.
I'm like, I'm not a networker bro, like I just hang out with
my friend but he was right. Like this year, is the first
time I worked the conference as like a professional Bitcoin as a
corporate bit corner, you know, and it was absolutely Best time
of my life. Not only did we get like a
really awesome house with a bunch of my Bitcoin Twitter
friend and we just had the best time together just chillin when
I was at the conference working, it was the most fun time ever.
I was just having the best time on Spaces.
I was grabbing every person, every Bitcoin her.
I could, I could, you know that I recognize and just bringing
them in and just having the time of my life like yo it was it's
almost like A dream. It's almost surreal to be
hanging out with all these people.
Rubbing shoulders with the with these people and realizing,
they're just like you, they're just humans that have put in the
work that our big Corners that understand what is going on and
there was a point. I hope you guys watch the
presentations. Like I absolutely love the Jimmy
song presentation. I missed the Jack mahler's
presentation but apparently it was fire and the thing and then
I'm going to reference the little speaking moment that
Surfer. Jim went up.
And talked about, he's like, look guys, when you're at these
conferences, just say hello to someone right next to you.
You may not know who he is. He may, he may just be an
average bit corner. But if you just say hello to the
guy next to, you never know who you're sitting next to you, you
have no clue what they do in their life.
And it reminds me of what gasps said in her little tidbit is
like, look, you come to these conferences, you're probably
tired of your Fiat. Life, your Fiat job and you're
like how can I escape the rat race?
How can I find a way? Way to do the things that I'm
here to do on planet Earth and you just talk to someone right
next to you and you're like yo, like what do you do?
Oh wow, that's cool. Like I have these skills.
Does your company need this kind of person there you know?
And you you just you'd be pleasantly surprised at who
you're hanging out with and what they need and again, like I say
it all the time, provide the value and you will get the
Bitcoin. So you can want to go to these
conferences. Because first and foremost, Are
absolutely the funniest things ever.
Like hey, I this may not be the best, you know the best she'll
but like you don't even need to go to the conference just be
around the conference and it's going to be worth your time
guys. I know as a bit corner, you know
in toxic bit corner, like don't scam yourself out of your future
wealth, like don't spend your sets, but I fundamentally think
that spending your SATs to go to this stuff is flow is more worth
it than the SATs that you're trying to hold on.
To like this is an experience that is worth the SATs that you
want to go to the stuff because like not only are you going to
be hanging out with the movers and shakers of Bitcoin and you
can potentially get a job or whatever if you want to network
at the event by all means you can do that.
But what I love to do it, I just go to these.
I have a great time with my friends.
And before I am full-time Bitcoin, like people people most
people know now, I live with bitcoiners.
So I do this every single day like this is The feeling you get
at a Bitcoin conference is the feeling that I have every single
day of my life. So you guys out there that are
still in the Fiat world, you want to go to these Bitcoin
conferences because one it's going to revitalize your hope in
humanity. It's like, oh my God, like, my
life can be like this all day every day, if I put in the work
and now like me and my roommate were joking is like, well, you
know, everyone's gonna, you know, everyone left the
conference and they went home and Like our conference
continued. Like our Vibe is still the same
thing as all day every day and I just want to show this, you
know, this is just me, plugging myself for a moment.
But look, I look at these. Like awesome photos.
I have here P from Bitcoin Magazine, with, I'm sitting
there with Matt Adele like I, you know, I had, I had a moment
where I brought in Stephane, lovera and a case on right next
to me, and I was just like mine blow, like, what is going on?
You know, I had the crypto couple right there.
I had not bring. Now, I was just like, I was
trolling everyone in real time and but like, giving you guys an
awesome experience, you know, I sat with TC meditation, man, and
Aussie and other shit posters and meemers and bitcoiners that
that I just hang out with, on the internet and just to feel
the love in real time. It was absolutely amazing.
Look at this, this photo from TC.
It's like, look, Ma, I'm an influencer.
Like, look at me, I look awesome.
Like, what is going on? Like is this real life?
My camera came off. Wow, Nico.
Amazing amazing. But guys you want to go to this
stuff. This is why you do it.
I hope, I hope you guys go to the conference because you need
to experience this stuff in real time.
I say it all the time, the verified Bitcoin Network that
you are building on Twitter, needs to extend into real life.
You need to continue to build these connections and and
literally build with them guys. Like hashtag, I am building
hashtag. It's a great time hashtag.
Make sure you go to a Bitcoin conference and, you know, just
plug Gary and and the bit block. Boom.
We had a great time. I'm hoping that we're going to
be back there next year with Nico there in the flesh because
it'll be so much more fun when it's both of us there, dude.
Like oh yeah, it was such a great time.
Again, you need to make it to these conferences.
There. They're absolutely the best time
in the world and, you know, spend your sets for a good time.
Spend your stats for a good purpose, do not just hold your
SATs forever. I am not telling you to dump
your cold storage. I'm just saying, you know, this
is your life in. Enjoy it a little bit, smell the
roses, the money that you're saving is supposed to be spent
for good causes so that you can live the life that you want to
live. And I think that going to this
stuff is more than worth it. And and the effects and the
ripples that come out of this stuff, it lasts a lifetime, man.
Like, I'm building the where I'm living and who I live with.
Like it's because I went to these conferences, and because
we realized like, oh my God, like, we're fucking awesome,
man, like, and we're going to continue to spread that energy.
In and day out. And if you're still in the
field, guys, like come to these experiences so that you can feel
the Vibes and you can continue to push this, this energy back
in your normal life. When the Fiat world is trying to
Pummel you and grind you to the ground.
Stay strong. Stay positive.
We are winning and this just further proves my point that we
are winning when you hang out with people just like you and
everyone is just so convicted and just so like let's go you
know it's it's so awesome. Maybe Koran it is.
It is so it is so, you know it really what Bitcoin conferences
are. It's dude, their freedom
conferences. Like if V is the freedom Vibes
that you get there, like, Jimmy song was like, dude, we need to
make truth great again, I tweeted that out like three
weeks ago, you know total coincidence, right?
But it's that, that you're on the same mindset.
And the problem is that when you chill with, you know, your Fiat
friends, people that haven't taken the Bill yet.
They don't see what you see. There's still being strung along
right? Either by money, either by the
media, when you chill with the group of 100, 200 300
bitcoiners, dude, they're in sync with you.
They might not have all your likes, all your taste, but you
could tell that you see the world.
The way that these people see the world and its really a fresh
of breath air, right? So I don't mean to cut you off,
but people are Concerned about the optic aspects of this stuff.
Look you can be like you can wear Master if you want like, if
you're, if you're proud, if you're concerned with privacy,
you know, I get it, there is a trade-off here.
You know, you can experience a human aspect behind bitcoiners,
but I say it all the time. Be proud to be a big Corner.
Look like I wore a mask for the first whatever.
Like three months of being on this show and now it's like I
think doxing has been the best experience of my life.
Not telling everyone to Doc's. You, we need or not.
Corners, but also, we need public facing bit Corners
because everyone will be a Bitcoin.
ER, yeah. And that just, it is what it is.
Protect yourself, be smart, but man, you should come to this
stuff. It's absolutely the best time
ever 100%. And yeah man, it's it's if
you're looking for a job if you're looking for you know to
get to know the people that you see all the time and you know
and I'm sure you consume Bitcoin media, you will get to meet them
in the flesh in person you'll be able Able to strike a
conversation with them. Bitcoiners are some of the
nicest people on the face of the planet.
Don't believe the toxic labels, the toxic labels are there
because shit Corners don't like being exposed so rather than you
know acknowledging what you're saying and debating what you're
saying they just try to censor you with names, right?
So ignore that, like I said go to one.
If you can the bit block, boom. One was just recently, Pacific
Bitcoins coming up also. Bitcoin mag is throwing one.
In in Amsterdam, I'm sure they're going to throw another
one back in Miami as well. So yeah, you definitely want to
go to try to want to try to go to the one of these conferences.
Each one has a totally different vibe, right?
So yeah, man. Whoops, anyways Opti it's a
favorite part of the show, bro. It's the part of the show that
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Well of course, of course, we are here for Memes guys and you
already know what your score. I know.
I know I know I'm doing it right now.
Put your main review score. I kind of thought that there was
another ad there that, but anyway, I I'm still my brain
isn't fully back. I had way too much fun, my
dopamine levels and serotonin levels were off the charts.
So I need to come back to normal life but put your main review,
score in the chat guys, before the last meme, so that we can,
you know, read them on this on this.
The show and Nico. I still don't have the the memes
are artillery in the information world?
Yeah, I got you. I got you.
We need this.
I'll get. I said I got you.
I got you. All right so memes are important
because tweets tweets are bullets but memes are artillery.
And this narrative trench warfare that were fighting
hand-to-hand on the battleground of the internet against Central
bankers and governments. All right guys.
So the first one I love this one considering that I just got back
from bit block, boom. And in my opinion, all the
people there are fucking rock stars.
Like they are the coolest people, the smartest people, the
funniest people. And it's just, it's such a good
vibe. And so this one's by at Maxi
Club he goes 133, top one and it got a Bitcoin killed, the Fiat
Star as like a Pepe, the frog in his robe with a Bitcoin cone.
He's just strobing out having a good time.
I love this name. Is it good vibe?
This next one, I'll guess a little more controversial, this
by a beauty on. He goes KY caml hashtag Bitcoin
and it's a guy in a box with eyeballs everywhere.
Roof deep. There's a central bank, digital
currencies right there, bro. That's trust what, they are,
true. Also also, okay, next one,
following the last meme, I thought these two together
complimented themselves really well.
And this one's by my friend run, the banks or at empty underscore
Banks and it's Braveheart, know Mel, Gibson in Brave, heart with
blood on. Is and he goes that moment.
You realize not, everyone wants freedom and this is something we
say all the time on this show, you know, people are willing to
exchange their their freedom for safety.
And if you do that, you're going to get red guys.
What's Nico? Say all the time freedom is
uncomfortable. Freedom is risky.
The the utopian world that these these Psychopaths want for you.
It's just a world where you have traded all your freedom for your
Safety guys. And and you know, the people out
there that do this that that are, you know, they tell you to
play it safe. They tell you to do this.
And it's like, man, I like freedom, I like my personal
freedom. I'm a human.
Let me take my risk in my life and I'll handle the
consequences. I, this is what I think it means
to be a Bitcoin or taking full responsibility of your actions
and knowing that, hey, man, Freedom isn't free, and it isn't
safe so, but as a person of means is a person that provides
value someone with skills. Freakin human, you will be able
to handle it. Weak times, create strong men,
and we're in this moment where we have strong, men being
created. Exactly, dude, the Bitcoin
Revolution is impossible without more individuals taking personal
responsibility. We are in clown world today
because too many people Outsource that responsibility.
There's the responsibility of the storage of money, the
responsibility for seeking information to other sources and
those Sources, have abused that power people are starting to
wake up, but that we can't win this.
We can win this. If people don't start taking
ownership over their motherfucking lives.
Anyway, zybax bars, BTC pens. I see your comment says, what if
the last name sucks, though? Could rug pull my score bro?
You know I'm putting out fire memes.
Doug. Come on anyways.
This next one is by investing.com and it's on that
one. You know the cat meme little.
Yeah. Lady yelling at the cat and the
blonde lady goes. You said inflation would be
transitory and it's got Jerome Powell with the cat face and it
says, it's transitioning to hyperinflation.
Okay, there's next one is by a trough m', and it's a, it's a
quote, and it goes stealing proper.
It's like a letter or a poster. It says, stealing property
through violence and murder and then it's a guy and he's sitting
there thinking like sounds too rude.
And so they change the narrative and Instead of stealing property
through violence and murder. The note says Taxation.
And everyone clapped. Oh my God, it just sounds so
much better guys, taxation is theft.
It's coercion. They force you.
They tell you buy guns and by scaring you into a cage that you
need to pay this or else sounds like violent to me.
This next one, I will put this one in last week.
Dan dark pillows back on Twitter.
I loved and dark pill. He's a, he's a OG Bitcoin,
anion, and of course, he's gonna dunk on Craig Wright and it's a
book. Here's a book by Craig Wright,
and it says, how to alien Everyone by being an absolute
cunt. Oh, man, black, he turned black
belt. Oh my god.
Well, apparently due to your camera, I don't know.
I think, I think my, I think I'm too hot over here because your
boy is sweating right now. So, I think, I think my AC isn't
working right now. Anyways, this Laughs meme is by
relay app and it goes here and it goes someone pointing on a
map where is France, and he goes here and then some little kid
pointing where is Brazil and he goes here and the last one is,
where's your love for Bitcoin? And it is here in my heart.
I added this one guys because I just came back from bit block,
boom. And this is, this is just how it
feels man. It really does feel like a
community of a people as Nico said, a freedom conference, you
know, there There's so much love being spread at these
conference. Everyone is absolutely positive
and focus on building and and Understanding what the problem
is but critiquing everyone with the idea of like, look, this is
not personal. I'm not here to attack you, I'm
here to help this movement become better and and this is
how it what I, you know, this is how I feel Bitcoin like Bitcoins
changed my life. It's changed my mind, it's
changed my friend. It's changed where I live.
Like I have so much love for Bitcoin.
I have so much love for my Bitcoin friends and you know
like this is why of dedicate all my time to bitcoin.
This is why I'm in space is all. All those hours because I
fundamentally believe that Bitcoin helps humanity and I
don't know what else I could be doing that is better than that.
So you know, the love for Bitcoin is definitely in my
heart and to shout out to everyone, I was hanging out this
weekend, it was absolutely awesome.
I had I got I got to like, show love to staff on the barren.
Maddow don't tell them in person.
Like yo you guys changed my life like I would not be here without
your guys's podcast, like it's just a special moment, man.
You guys need to go to this. Laughs.
This is why you Bitcoin that, you know, or it may be just your
local meet up, like it's a different vibe but like yo, it
really is absolutely awesome. I would you give those memes
bro, I got it. I'm sorry Nica I'm sorry on that
note I got this mean by BTC pans and it says fuck the fucking
fuckers. Ha ha ha.
All right, I'm gonna give it something that I just got
recently in the mail if you know, you know, the bit box is
0-2 Bitcoin. Only.
In swiss-made, Hardware wallet. That's what I'm going to give
it. That's what I'm gonna give that
those means. But anyways guys, this is the
meme review, simply Bitcoin me move you live.
That means, right? The memes yourself, put it in
the chat and we will read them off.
First meme score is by the man, the myth, the legend himself,
BTC pins. I give those memes my bit block,
boom, swag bag. Next we got red rope irate,
those, memes, and Ozzy wheelchair.
Don't know what that means. But alright.
Alright, next one. Bye Max.
I give me means a Yorkshire Tea Bag.
Oh, that's great. All right.
Next one by extent, most this memes, cut so deep.
I give them a 42 inch, paper cut blade recently sharpened.
Ow. Ow, that, that hurt.
I'm just reading those in that her.
All right, next one by, nope, no.
Today I give those memes all the bodies and beauty.
And be Ron's basement. All right, all right, the plebs
trolling, The plebs, Irate those memes, my salty.
Oh man II, love my salty balls. Okay, next one, but I D, I give
those memes, 80 Dells. And to Justin moons, wow, and
John damn bit box to with the plastic still on.
I like MIT like it's mint. It is mint, it is mint.
Anyways, guys, going Once going twice going three times.
All right, that's the mean review.
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Let's roll this one out. Yeah.
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