1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,880 Bitcoiners, welcome back to the Bitcoin Magazine podcast. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,440 We have a special edition of the show for you today. 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,280 But before we get into it, I want to make a shout out that I 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,040 will be going to Bitcoin Amsterdam October 12th through 5 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,840 the 13th. In Amsterdam we are going to be 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,520 bringing back the most influential and biggest event in 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,260 Europe. To Amsterdam and we are going to 8 00:00:22,260 --> 00:00:25,980 be talking Bitcoin With so many incredible bitcoiners across the 9 00:00:25,980 --> 00:00:30,020 globe and throughout Europe. Bitcoin is under fire in Europe 10 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:35,020 and we are planting our flag. Europe is Bitcoin territory, so 11 00:00:35,340 --> 00:00:39,100 come see us at Bitcoin Amsterdam October 12th through the 13th. 12 00:00:39,260 --> 00:00:43,300 Get your tickets now. Ticket prices are going up every 13 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:47,500 single month, so do not wait less than 90 days until the 14 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:50,820 event and. For everyone who is listening, 15 00:00:50,900 --> 00:00:54,980 you can get 10% off if you use promo code VM LIVE. 16 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:59,700 But with that, let's jump into this special version of the 17 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,620 Bitcoin Magazine Podcast. We are gonna be talking about a 18 00:01:02,620 --> 00:01:05,780 competition that Bitcoin Magazine Pro is doing with 19 00:01:05,780 --> 00:01:10,220 Samara Alpha, our alpha competition to find the next 20 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:13,450 great Bitcoin fund. Manager. 21 00:01:13,570 --> 00:01:17,850 We have $1,000,000 in seed funding and access to the Samara 22 00:01:17,850 --> 00:01:22,090 Alpha platform up for grabs for that next great performer, that 23 00:01:22,090 --> 00:01:25,810 next great fund manager. And I am here with my colleague 24 00:01:25,810 --> 00:01:28,410 Sean, and we are going to talk about this competition. 25 00:01:28,490 --> 00:01:32,530 We're going to talk about who should be applying for this huge 26 00:01:32,530 --> 00:01:37,610 prize and what winners will be getting as part of winning the 27 00:01:37,650 --> 00:01:40,450 Alpha competition. So without further ado, Sean, 28 00:01:40,490 --> 00:01:42,570 welcome to the Bitcoin Magazine podcast. 29 00:01:43,010 --> 00:01:45,810 Let's get right into it. Yeah, this is such an exciting 30 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:48,610 opportunity to see Ki mean. I can confidently say this is 31 00:01:48,610 --> 00:01:51,290 the most exciting project I've worked on since being here with 32 00:01:51,290 --> 00:01:54,890 Bitcoin Magazine, and it's just an unbelievable opportunity for 33 00:01:54,890 --> 00:01:57,850 all the plebs out there. If you think that you have what 34 00:01:57,850 --> 00:02:01,890 it takes to be an emerging fund manager, if you think that you 35 00:02:01,890 --> 00:02:05,010 have the skills you have the strategy, if your fund is doing 36 00:02:05,010 --> 00:02:08,009 well, or if you just started and you really believe in yourself, 37 00:02:08,009 --> 00:02:09,410 this is something you should apply for. 38 00:02:09,810 --> 00:02:12,010 It's $1,000,000, but the prize is way. 39 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,640 Greater in value than $1,000,000 because you're also getting 40 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,920 access to tomorrow's signature seating platform and their 41 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:22,280 state-of-the-art software service that funds, you know, 42 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,360 use on Wall Street and anywhere in between. 43 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,040 You know, state-of-the-art technology that a typical 44 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,480 emerging fund manager isn't going to have access to. 45 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,760 But you could and all you got to do is apply. 46 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,640 Applications have been unbelievable so far and we're 47 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:38,920 getting close to the finish line. 48 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:40,640 So if this is something that interests y'all. 49 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,680 Don't hesitate, go ahead and apply. 50 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:49,960 Today the landing page is www.b.tc slash conference slash 51 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,480 Bitcoin dash alpha. You can see it on the screen 52 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,400 right here. It's super simple. 53 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,920 All you got to do is Scroll down and hit this apply now button. 54 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,240 And like I said, y'all you don't want to wait. 55 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,240 Applications are due on the 31st and we're getting lots of them 56 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,880 and there's some really awesome competition. 57 00:03:08,230 --> 00:03:12,350 Yeah, so Sean, let's scroll back to the front here and maybe talk 58 00:03:12,350 --> 00:03:14,910 about what the competition is all about. 59 00:03:14,910 --> 00:03:17,110 You kind of jumped right into this opportunity. 60 00:03:17,350 --> 00:03:21,910 Pretty much what's happening is Samara builds technology for 61 00:03:21,910 --> 00:03:24,310 funds. Bitcoin Magazine actually tried 62 00:03:24,310 --> 00:03:28,030 to start a fund once and we quit because it was too hard to get 63 00:03:28,030 --> 00:03:33,310 everything going in time. But if we had been using Samara, 64 00:03:33,470 --> 00:03:35,830 we would have been able to do it turn key. 65 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,000 So they came to us, they've been doing a lot in the space, 66 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,880 they've been investing in Bitcoin development and they 67 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,640 wanted to invest in a new Bitcoin fund manager, give them 68 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:55,240 seed capital and give them access to their turnkey solution 69 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,210 for funds. The, the seating platform. 70 00:03:59,210 --> 00:04:01,730 So you know, we can go into that. 71 00:04:01,970 --> 00:04:04,930 But really, you know from there we started putting this 72 00:04:04,930 --> 00:04:09,290 competition together where we are trying to go out into the 73 00:04:09,290 --> 00:04:13,850 Bitcoin world, the followers of Bitcoin Magazine and help Samara 74 00:04:13,850 --> 00:04:19,010 find this next great trader, this next great Bitcoin fund 75 00:04:19,010 --> 00:04:21,610 manager. So that's who we're looking for. 76 00:04:21,690 --> 00:04:25,730 We're not looking for a new VC. We're not looking for someone 77 00:04:25,730 --> 00:04:27,760 who. Has never traded before in their 78 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,680 life. We're looking for someone who is 79 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,920 allocating capital, looking for someone who's trading Bitcoin 80 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,760 and finding success in their strategy and looking to scale 81 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,640 that up. So you know that is the type of 82 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:45,000 person that we're looking to bring into the competition and 83 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,360 looking to give an opportunity to pitch to Samaras executive 84 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,040 team and win this competition. And the winners are sorry the 85 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,240 the finalists are going to go all the way to Bitcoin Amsterdam 86 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,160 which I. Started the show with October 87 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,640 12th and the 13th and they're going to be able to get 88 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,960 announced on the main stage and the winner is going to be 89 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,840 crowned in Amsterdam. So that's coming up quick. 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,600 And Sean like we talked about the deadline is coming up really 91 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,960 quickly. I think this, this program is 92 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:21,040 going to be posted very shortly here, but July 31st is the 93 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,640 cutoff. So from that point on we have a 94 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:27,680 extensive. You know, kind of pitch 95 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:31,440 competition that goes on with the finalists as well as some 96 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,840 due diligence before we fly everyone out to Amsterdam and 97 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,200 and and crown the winner. So Sean, I don't know if you 98 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,160 want to go back to the landing page, if you want to add some 99 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,960 more color here, but ultimately I think it's a really exciting 100 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:50,680 competition, obviously huge implications for the winner and 101 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,840 I think it's a great collaboration between Samarra 102 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:57,590 and Bitcoin Magazine Pro. Yeah, CK it it's an unbelievable 103 00:05:57,590 --> 00:05:59,510 collaboration. You know what? 104 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:03,030 What Samara has been doing in the space for a while now, 105 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:06,310 they've been looking for investors as part of their whole 106 00:06:06,310 --> 00:06:10,710 business model is to look for talented emerging fund managers 107 00:06:10,710 --> 00:06:12,470 and people that have that strategy. 108 00:06:12,870 --> 00:06:15,030 And now they're trying to do this in a very big way with 109 00:06:15,030 --> 00:06:17,550 Bitcoin. And, you know, they put their 110 00:06:17,550 --> 00:06:19,670 money where their mouth is. It's it's evident when they 111 00:06:19,670 --> 00:06:23,950 donated, I believe it was $150,000 to Brink. 112 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:28,030 For Bitcoin development and Bitcoin is something they 113 00:06:28,030 --> 00:06:31,110 believe in and they see the value of this emerging asset 114 00:06:31,110 --> 00:06:32,910 class. And now they've partnered with 115 00:06:32,910 --> 00:06:36,510 Bitcoin Magazine Pro to help someone that's listening to this 116 00:06:36,510 --> 00:06:39,030 get their fund off the ground and going in a big way. 117 00:06:39,950 --> 00:06:43,830 And like you said, you know, this is, this is not for a VC or 118 00:06:43,910 --> 00:06:45,990 or anything like that or a media conglomerate. 119 00:06:45,990 --> 00:06:49,670 This is for a person with a strategy or a group of people 120 00:06:49,670 --> 00:06:56,820 that are starting a fund, so. You know, it's the track record 121 00:06:56,820 --> 00:06:59,780 is a little bit flexible, but you need to be able to prove 122 00:07:00,180 --> 00:07:03,460 that you have some track track record on paper. 123 00:07:04,220 --> 00:07:06,020 But beyond that, the Sky's the limit. 124 00:07:06,020 --> 00:07:08,900 You just need a good strategy and self belief and you could 125 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:11,740 have $1,000,000 in access to Samara's signature seating 126 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:15,500 platform. So Sean, let's just scroll 127 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:20,380 through this landing page so folks can, so folks can kind of 128 00:07:20,380 --> 00:07:22,420 see all the information that we're presenting here. 129 00:07:22,420 --> 00:07:26,260 So obviously Y'all had the opportunity to see the intro 130 00:07:26,260 --> 00:07:30,780 here, the award again, the winners going to get $1,000,000 131 00:07:30,780 --> 00:07:33,660 in seed capital. So that way they can bootstrap 132 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:38,860 their startup hedge fund and on top of that, like we said, 133 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:42,460 they're going to get access to Samara management. 134 00:07:42,890 --> 00:07:46,850 Seating platform and all the other resources that they make 135 00:07:46,850 --> 00:07:50,370 available to funds who are operating within their 136 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:53,610 ecosystem. Sean, do you want to jump over 137 00:07:53,610 --> 00:07:59,570 to Samar's landing page so we can take a little bit more of a 138 00:07:59,570 --> 00:08:03,610 look into what is their seating platform and how it can be 139 00:08:03,610 --> 00:08:08,970 useful to folks who are trying to trade and manage a large 140 00:08:08,970 --> 00:08:13,280 amount of money in Bitcoin? Yeah, CK, we can look right here 141 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,720 at Samaras landing page. They have digital assets. 142 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,600 They have a digital assets platform 3 pronged system. 143 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,000 The flagship fund that they have is their multi strategy fund and 144 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:31,280 it provides access to diverse markets and it's basically just 145 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,200 cryptocurrency hedge fund that's actively managed. 146 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,320 Then they also have the seating platform, which is going to 147 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,840 drive a lot of value for the winner of this particular 148 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,830 contest. And it's just going to allow 149 00:08:41,830 --> 00:08:45,270 them to harness their deep networks and help the new 150 00:08:45,270 --> 00:08:48,990 startup Crypto manager demonstrate their potential and 151 00:08:48,990 --> 00:08:53,190 connect with others of similar expertise and use their 152 00:08:53,350 --> 00:08:56,030 technologies. And then we also have the 153 00:08:56,030 --> 00:09:00,430 middleware solution, which is some state-of-the-art PAAS 154 00:09:00,950 --> 00:09:05,390 technology. It's a service that they can use 155 00:09:05,390 --> 00:09:07,750 and it's going to put them right up there with the capabilities 156 00:09:07,750 --> 00:09:10,490 of the big boys. And a lot of smaller emerging 157 00:09:10,490 --> 00:09:13,890 funds and fund managers just really don't get an opportunity 158 00:09:13,890 --> 00:09:16,290 like this, especially not for free. 159 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:20,090 So this, you know, I can't state enough that this prize is much 160 00:09:20,090 --> 00:09:22,290 more than just the $1,000,000 cash they're given. 161 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:26,250 Yeah. So just to give a little bit 162 00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:31,370 more color, you know the the Samara seating platform and 163 00:09:31,770 --> 00:09:37,210 their overall turnkey solution, that is what will be. 164 00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:41,500 Delivered to the winners with the turnkey solution. 165 00:09:41,580 --> 00:09:45,220 You know, we discussed with folks from Samara, you know 166 00:09:45,220 --> 00:09:47,100 about what you know comes with that. 167 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:52,860 That is the ability to, you know, have a bank account to API 168 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:57,980 into all of the different major exchanges and platforms that 169 00:09:57,980 --> 00:10:01,980 Bitcoin trades on. It is the ability to in the 170 00:10:01,980 --> 00:10:07,660 future use. ChatGPT esque interfaces in 171 00:10:07,660 --> 00:10:12,900 order to code up programmatic, programmatic trading and it's 172 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:18,860 really a turnkey all in one solution for leveraging a a 173 00:10:18,860 --> 00:10:20,540 hedge fund. It's everything that you need 174 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:25,220 and on top of that they're trying to seed a lot of 175 00:10:25,220 --> 00:10:28,580 different great strategies. So they're trying to network and 176 00:10:29,220 --> 00:10:32,980 and connect managers as well with a great group. 177 00:10:34,210 --> 00:10:40,210 Of different skilled managers, So Samara is looking to do more 178 00:10:40,210 --> 00:10:43,930 than just create SAS. They're also looking to invest 179 00:10:43,930 --> 00:10:47,130 in great strategies and cultivate a great community 180 00:10:47,130 --> 00:10:51,130 around it. And like Shawn said, we can 181 00:10:51,130 --> 00:10:54,770 maybe jump over to the Bitcoin Magazine article. 182 00:10:55,560 --> 00:11:01,760 They are committed to Bitcoin, so Bitcoiners founded the Samara 183 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:06,960 platform and Samara Alpha, and from there they have a group of 184 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:13,200 institutional traders and fund managers who are operating it. 185 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:18,080 And they have a deep appreciation for the Bitcoin 186 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,800 revolution and what needs to happen for Bitcoin to be 187 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,880 successful. So they put their money where 188 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:29,720 their mouth is at Last spring, they noted 6 figures to Brink, 189 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,880 which is one of the leading organizations that are 190 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,960 developing open source Bitcoin software, in particular Bitcoin 191 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,760 Core. And you know, they're looking to 192 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,200 do more within Bitcoin. Again, that's why they partnered 193 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,520 with Bitcoin Magazine. That's why we're really excited 194 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,400 about this competition. And again, you know, there are a 195 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,040 lot of the humble stat stackers who are just squirreling away 196 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,560 Bitcoin, but there's also a lot of really talented fund managers 197 00:11:55,560 --> 00:12:00,000 and traders out there who want to play in the playground that 198 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,320 is the Bitcoin markets. So Samara is looking for the 199 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,400 best and newest and brightest. Talent out there and they're 200 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:12,120 looking to see them. So yeah, I mean do we want to go 201 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,680 back and just kind of talk through this call to action. 202 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:20,280 The date, July 31st is a hard cut off because we do, you know, 203 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,640 need to go through some extensive, extensive 204 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:28,120 presentations from finalists to really see who is going to take 205 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:33,120 home this $1,000,000 of seed funding and access to the Samara 206 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:38,040 seating platform. But at the same time, there is 207 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,600 still time. So that's why we're doing this 208 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,800 show, to inform folks so that way they know about this 209 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,000 opportunity to take your trading and your fund to the next level, 210 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:51,120 to come to Bitcoin Amsterdam and get presented on the Mainstage 211 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,720 and to be a part of the Samara ecosystem. 212 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:58,840 Yeah. And I'll add to CK that talking 213 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,440 to Roy and the rest of the team over at Samara. 214 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,720 You know, they're really about it and they really understand 215 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,200 the space and they're really passionate about it. 216 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,640 And anyone could just give away $1,000,000. 217 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,920 Not many would, obviously Samara would, but they wanted to do 218 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,760 something a little bit extra. They wanted to make this 219 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,720 meaningful, they wanted to make it about the community, they 220 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,280 wanted to make it about the network. 221 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,440 And that's why we're bringing the finalists to Amsterdam, 222 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,680 right? There's a lot of exposure 223 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,200 involved. There's a lot of community 224 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,080 involved. They're setting them up with 225 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,720 their. Signature software to make sure 226 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,640 that they can be successful and you know, it goes back to their 227 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,200 history. Donating to Bitcoin core 228 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,760 development. You know, Samara is a platform 229 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,480 and an organization of people that truly get it and they're 230 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,520 truly for Bitcoin and they want to actually do something here 231 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,160 that's meaningful and add some real value to the space, not 232 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:54,600 just give money away. Well, I mean and in the money is 233 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,000 not being give away this is seed funding so. 234 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,560 Money is being invested. Money is being invested in. 235 00:14:00,990 --> 00:14:05,110 In in great Bitcoin traders and that's our job, is to bring as 236 00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:08,190 many great Bitcoin traders as possible to apply for this 237 00:14:08,190 --> 00:14:11,990 competition. So again, if this sounds like 238 00:14:12,030 --> 00:14:16,990 you are a good fit, jump on hit apply. 239 00:14:17,390 --> 00:14:19,670 What is the landing page again Sean? 240 00:14:19,910 --> 00:14:28,550 The landing page is www.b.tcslashconferenceslashbitcoin-alpha. 241 00:14:30,830 --> 00:14:34,030 All right. And you know, I think with that, 242 00:14:34,110 --> 00:14:37,710 you know, maybe we can jump over to some frequently asked 243 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:43,230 questions about the competition. So, Sean, you know, again, I, 244 00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:45,550 I've been talking a bunch of folks who are interested in this 245 00:14:45,550 --> 00:14:47,390 competition. They're interested in the seed 246 00:14:47,390 --> 00:14:51,510 funding and they're curious, hey, I'm a VC in Bitcoin. 247 00:14:51,750 --> 00:14:55,670 Is this competition for me? What's the answer there, Sean? 248 00:14:56,780 --> 00:14:58,820 Yeah, absolutely. CK I've heard this question a 249 00:14:58,820 --> 00:15:01,380 lot too, and unfortunately the answer is no. 250 00:15:01,380 --> 00:15:03,780 If you're a VC, this competition's not for you. 251 00:15:03,860 --> 00:15:06,380 We're looking for someone that wants to have a trading 252 00:15:06,380 --> 00:15:09,340 strategy, someone that does have a trading strategy. 253 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:12,140 VC is great. We encourage you to keep doing 254 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:13,580 it. I think it's awesome that you're 255 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,580 doing it. It's a very cool world, but it's 256 00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:17,420 it's not the world of this competition. 257 00:15:18,140 --> 00:15:21,580 We're looking for active traders and fund managers for this 258 00:15:21,580 --> 00:15:24,300 specific competition. OK. 259 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:29,820 So the next question is, hey, does it matter if I have more of 260 00:15:29,820 --> 00:15:34,900 a programmatic trading strategy versus if I am making each 261 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:36,860 individual trades myself manually? 262 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:39,820 What is the platform optimized for? 263 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:44,100 Yeah, absolutely. It doesn't matter, right? 264 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:48,100 We wanna hear all the trading strategies we just want people 265 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:51,210 with. Passion and drive and talent. 266 00:15:51,290 --> 00:15:53,890 And if you think you have a winning strategy, no matter 267 00:15:53,890 --> 00:15:56,850 where it falls on the spectrum, we want to hear you. 268 00:15:57,450 --> 00:16:00,370 If it's a good one, you're going to have a really great chance to 269 00:16:00,370 --> 00:16:02,970 win. You know the competition is 270 00:16:02,970 --> 00:16:06,810 steep, but we want to hear all the strategies and Samara's 271 00:16:06,850 --> 00:16:10,370 platform is going to be great for helping out anything that 272 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:16,970 you can think of or strategize. Okay, Here's another one is So 273 00:16:17,330 --> 00:16:20,370 this is obviously a competition that's presented by both Samarra 274 00:16:20,370 --> 00:16:23,330 and Bitcoin Magazine Pro. What do people get from Bitcoin 275 00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:27,090 Magazine? So Bitcoin Magazine is actually 276 00:16:27,090 --> 00:16:29,970 gonna be offering some fantastic coverage of the winners. 277 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:32,930 So we're gonna run stories on the winner. 278 00:16:33,570 --> 00:16:37,210 We're gonna do follow-ups six months out and a year out to 279 00:16:37,210 --> 00:16:39,650 just check in on you, see how you're doing. 280 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,520 Obviously, if you're a finalist, you're also going to get some 281 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,200 publicity along with that as well. 282 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,880 You'll be our guest in Amsterdam. 283 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,840 You'll get some coverage from being a finalist, but for that 284 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,560 winner you're going to get an awesome deal with some publicity 285 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,120 coming out of Bitcoin Magazine, even a year out from winning 286 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,000 this contest. Awesome. 287 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,320 Yeah. And I mean, I think just, you 288 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,680 know, being associated with this competition and winning, I think 289 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,000 that's a huge, huge plus. Last competition, our last sorry 290 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,920 last question I got for you is like what are the qualifications 291 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,240 really. I know on the site you know it's 292 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,720 talking about 25% annual bias returns. 293 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:23,480 You know what what are the the hard cut offs here for folks who 294 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,839 who want to try their hand at this competition? 295 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:32,240 Yeah, the only two hard cut offs are that you have some provable 296 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,160 track record of some sort. And that you're focused on 297 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,480 Bitcoin. We, you know, we don't want 298 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:44,920 altcoins, we don't want stocks, bonds, any sort of other asset, 299 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:49,120 Bitcoin focused and some sort of provable track record. 300 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,960 You know, obviously with different unique strategies, 301 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,240 things fluctuate, right? People are going to have 302 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,720 different metrics that they hit, but we're looking for the 303 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,480 vision, we're looking for the strategy. 304 00:18:00,990 --> 00:18:03,950 And so the two non negotiables there are that you can prove 305 00:18:03,950 --> 00:18:06,710 some sort of track record and that your interest is in 306 00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:11,070 Bitcoin. All right, Sean, so I know I 307 00:18:11,070 --> 00:18:13,670 said that that was the last question, but I guess this is 308 00:18:13,670 --> 00:18:16,670 the real question. What's the application process 309 00:18:16,670 --> 00:18:19,550 like when someone hits apply, what can they expect? 310 00:18:20,030 --> 00:18:21,910 Yeah, the application is super easy. 311 00:18:22,150 --> 00:18:24,350 You just hit apply now. It takes you to a very quick, 312 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:27,550 simple to fill out Google Form and that's our stage one form. 313 00:18:28,050 --> 00:18:31,330 So just fill out that information as descriptively as 314 00:18:31,330 --> 00:18:33,890 possible, give us as much detail to work on here. 315 00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:38,010 And then, should you move on to that second stage, you'll 316 00:18:38,010 --> 00:18:42,810 receive an e-mail from myself on behalf of the competition team 317 00:18:43,010 --> 00:18:44,970 inviting you to apply for a second form. 318 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,090 And the second one will be a bit more detailed. 319 00:18:47,090 --> 00:18:50,930 It'll go into a little bit more nuance of your strategy and some 320 00:18:50,930 --> 00:18:54,210 of the metrics that you hit. And from there, if you should 321 00:18:54,210 --> 00:18:56,850 move on, you'll actually get to do some awesome. 322 00:18:57,310 --> 00:19:01,710 Calls with the Samara team themselves and it's going to be 323 00:19:01,710 --> 00:19:04,270 a awesome environment to just kind of share with them where 324 00:19:04,270 --> 00:19:07,550 your heads at what your strategy is and that'll be where they 325 00:19:07,550 --> 00:19:10,830 have the vetting process to arrive at their finalists that 326 00:19:10,830 --> 00:19:14,910 we bring to Amsterdam. All right. 327 00:19:14,910 --> 00:19:18,350 Well, Sean, thank you so much for coming on the show, talking 328 00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:21,990 about this competition again, This is the first time that 329 00:19:21,990 --> 00:19:24,310 Bitcoin Magazine has done a competition like this. 330 00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:27,660 We won't. You to Samara Alpha for coming 331 00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:30,660 on board and and you know really inspiring it. 332 00:19:30,820 --> 00:19:33,700 You know we want to give a huge shout out to everyone in the 333 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:36,020 community. Thank you for listening. 334 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:39,860 If this sounds like a great competition for you please jump 335 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:44,820 over to B dot TC forward slash conference forward slash Bitcoin 336 00:19:44,820 --> 00:19:48,260 Dash Alpha and apply the day again. 337 00:19:48,260 --> 00:19:52,860 That cut off is July 31st 2023 so. 338 00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:55,850 People always procrastinate. People always apply late. 339 00:19:56,090 --> 00:19:59,650 Don't make that be you, OK? Apply today. 340 00:19:59,770 --> 00:20:01,370 Make sure you get through that process. 341 00:20:01,610 --> 00:20:04,970 And if you're a finalist, you're going to Amsterdam, so that's 342 00:20:04,970 --> 00:20:06,490 awesome. And if you win, that's 343 00:20:06,490 --> 00:20:09,810 $1,000,000 in seed funding that has access to the seeding 344 00:20:09,810 --> 00:20:14,450 platform and much, much more. Sean, any last words before we 345 00:20:14,450 --> 00:20:15,650 wrap this one up? Yeah. 346 00:20:15,650 --> 00:20:18,850 Thank you so much for having me. CK, it's been a pleasure. 347 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:20,690 It's been great to share this with everybody. 348 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:24,220 And like CK said, I can't emphasize enough, the 31st is 349 00:20:24,220 --> 00:20:26,180 the cut off. If you wait till then, we can't 350 00:20:26,180 --> 00:20:28,500 help you. So you know, we want to get this 351 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:31,180 in the right hands. We want to showcase some awesome 352 00:20:31,180 --> 00:20:33,820 strategies. We know that our audience is 353 00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:36,020 some of the best and brightest minds in the space. 354 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:39,100 And so it could very well be one of you listening right now that 355 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:42,180 is going to win this $1,000,000 in seed funding. 356 00:20:42,780 --> 00:20:45,580 So it'd be a shame if you don't fill that out by the 31st. 357 00:20:45,580 --> 00:20:47,940 So don't even wait, Just go do it now. 358 00:20:48,260 --> 00:20:49,900 That's what I want to leave the audience with. 359 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:51,340 You know, this is an awesome opportunity. 360 00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:55,320 Just jump on it. All right, Sean, thanks again 361 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,760 for coming on. To all the listeners, thank you 362 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,680 for listening to this special edition of the Bitcoin Magazine 363 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,440 podcast. If you are a Bitcoin trader, 364 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,240 make sure to apply. I think there's a great 365 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,800 opportunity. And for everyone else, come to 366 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,560 Bitcoin Amsterdam, October 12th through the 13th. 367 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,280 It's going to be absolutely incredible. 368 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,280 It's going to have its unique European flavor and of course, 369 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,720 Bitcoin Magazine signature event execution. 370 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,920 We bring together the best and the brightest. 371 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,520 We put on the best. Events in the world for Bitcoin, 372 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,600 so until then, I'll catch you guys later.