2-Bit Idiots

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  • EP41: Bitcoin Might Tank (but where else are you going to go?) - Hats and Brendo

    Let’s address the elephant in the room.  Bitcoin is tanking.  I mean, I’ve seen worse, but it’s not fun.  In these situations, you must keep asking yourself “where else am I going to go?”.

    We encourage you to look for alternatives.  But once you have, and have evaluated them objectively, you’ll be back stacking sats and feeling grateful you get the chance to do it so cheaply.


    In this episode we discuss:

    • Tanking shitcoins
    • Halving humpday
    • A long time thinking nothing has happened, but then the perspective you get when you summarise the last year.
    • Africa leapfrogging straight to Lightning
    • Fountain splits
    • $6.5 trillion in US treasury bonds due to mature in the next 12 months.
    • Rebranding quantitative easing
    • Sanctions are doing the opposite of their intended purpose.  Russia doubling income from oil and gas sales to the EU.
    • Weimar hyperinflation
    • Elizabeth Warren. The Karen’s Karen.
    • Why Brendo doesn’t want to be a politician.
    • Swimming in a non-existent tidal pool and reading in a non-existent library.
    • Will the next big news be a group of countries adopting Bitcoin?


      • Tweet of the Week

      https://twitter.com/eabrosius/status/1521158195141562369


      Dick of the Day

      Property “Investors”


      Brisket’s Doxx Jar

      Hats 1900 Sats

      Brendo 2300 Sats

      Daz 100 Sats – paid!


      Pod Shout-outs

      https://twitter.com/fountain_app

      https://twitter.com/parkeralewis

      https://twitter.com/BTCBrisket

      https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh


      Contact Us

      www.2bitidiots.com

      www.twitter.com/StackingHats

      www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

      46 min
    • EP40: Knut Svanholm - Lure Out the Beast

      “Imagine, everything there is and everything that will ever be, divided by 21 million” @knutsvanholm


      I’m going to do something a bit different with these show notes.  I’m giving you the questions we had for Knut, to let you be the judge of whether we stuck to the script.  I hope the answer is “somewhat”, but I also hope you enjoy the off-script chat as well:


      Q1. Are you still a pleb?

      Q2. What was the lightbulb moment for you in the Infinity / 21m idea?

      Q3. What is toxic maximalism? (The shitcoiner term for the truth) and should we all try to be more pragmatic?

      Q4. If countries are just ideas, what is the future of countries on a Bitcoin standard?

      Q5. Are our fiat rulers ignorant or wilfully deceptive?

      Q6. Politicians are great at kicking the can down the road.  How much further can they kick it?

      Q7. As you’ve become more well known in the Bitcoin world, has that restricted you or changed any of your behaviours?

      Q8. What is your opinion of fractional reserve exchanges?

      Q9. First El Salvador, now the Central African Republic.  Who next?

      Q10. What’s next for you?


      Knut has been a huge influence in my thoughts and conviction around Bitcoin.  I would strongly recommend you pick up his books:


      Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics - https://amzn.to/3ktOywc

      Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined - https://amzn.to/3vvGHV8

      Bitcoin: Everything Divided by 21 Million - https://amzn.to/3KyUXke


      and read the articles he’s written for Citadel 21.  Specifically:

      Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole (Volume 5)

      https://www.citadel21.com/deeper-down-the-rabbit-hole

      Imagine Reimagined (Volume 8)

      https://www.citadel21.com/imagine-reimagined


      Pod Shout-outs

      https://twitter.com/JeffBooth

      https://twitter.com/gregzaj1

      https://twitter.com/FractalEncrypt

      https://twitter.com/hodlonaut

      https://twitter.com/TheGuySwann

      https://twitter.com/IoniAppelberg

      https://twitter.com/camilacampton

      https://twitter.com/SusieBdds

      https://twitter.com/PrinceySOV


      Thanks to our Wise Furry Yoda.

      1 hr 51 min
    • EP39: Stupidity or Wilfully Deceptive? – Hats and Brendo

      We’ve recovered from the visit of Fozz (just) and we’re back with a Hats and Brendo, giving you our opinion (we know nobody asked for it) on this week in Bitcoin and the drama on Twitter.  We cover:

      • Being a scammer being a pre-requisite of operating a bank in the UK.
      • Why you should never use PayPal, or at least never hold any significant value there.
      • Earning Bitcoin on Fold via the Spin Squad. use.foldapp.com/r/ALTHXAUK (referral link which will give you 5000 free sats)
      • Guy Swann’s wizard scar.
      • https://twitter.com/TheGuySwann/status/1517569952756154378
      • What do you own that can’t be taken from you?
      • Becoming known as the Bitcoin guy in your circle of friends.
      • Get on Breez or Fountain and support your favourite podcasters.
      • Dorsey’s behaviour shift since leaving Twitter.
      • Should Elon buy Twitter?
      • The block reward in 2108 is 149 sats.
      • Michael Saylor on Lex Fridman.
      • Most maximalist arguments are just 2 people talking on a different timeframe.
      • A Bitcoin ETF in Australia.
      • Brendo triggers me with an Australian Financial Review article (see Dick of the Day).
      • Why young people don’t have any trouble seeing digital value.
      • Julian Assange


        • Tweet of the Week

        https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1516728074922229761


        Dick of the Day

        Tom Richardson from the Australian Financial Review


        Pod Shout-outs

        https://twitter.com/SimonDixonTwitt

        https://twitter.com/maxkeiser

        https://twitter.com/SwanBitcoin

        https://twitter.com/fold_app

        https://twitter.com/trylolli

        https://twitter.com/DrBitcoinMD

        https://twitter.com/_t_o_o_r_a_j_

        https://twitter.com/fountain_app

        https://twitter.com/LukeGromen

        https://twitter.com/haggishodl

        https://twitter.com/econoalchemist


        Contact Us

        www.2bitidiots.com

        www.twitter.com/StackingHats

        www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

        51 min
      • EP38: Drunk in Meatspace with Bitcoin Bush Bash Alumni @bronzefozzz

        We love the internet.  We love Bitcoin.  But we also love the real world, and there’s nothing better than hanging out with proper bitcoiners in meatspace.

        *WARNING* This one gets messy.  Fozz arrived armed with beer and port, I may have chipped in with one of the good whiskies (I give the cheap stuff to the normies), and Brendo contributed nothing and stacked sats instead (not true, he now has his own beer shelf in my fridge!)  The language gets colourful, and the slurs get worse as we go.

        You’ve been warned.  Proceed at your own risk.


        A quick overview of what we covered:

        • A ridiculous amount of name-drops.  We were all guilty.  I’ll include some below, sorry if I missed you out.
        • Fozz’s move into farming, his long-term plans and how Bitcoin will get him there.
        • Why those with addictive personalities love (and stick with) Bitcoin.
        • Health, ethics and hope for the future.
        • The joy of orange-pilling friends and family.
        • Bitcoiner v Bitcoiner debates
        • Fractional Bitcoin exchanges
        • Fozz pushes back on my Spend and Replace idea. Tell us who’s right.
        • Drum kit sales
        • Vijay Singh versus Vijay Boyapati
        • 1 hr 34 min gets interesting!


          • Book recommendations:

          The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous

          https://amzn.to/3rrOAbZ

          21 Lessons by Gigi

          https://amzn.to/3rywPYp


          Pod Shout-outs

          https://twitter.com/giacomozucco

          https://twitter.com/evoskuil

          https://twitter.com/BitarooExchange

          https://twitter.com/_k3tan

          https://twitter.com/parman_the

          https://twitter.com/BTCSchellingPt

          https://twitter.com/roryhighside

          https://twitter.com/dergigi


          Contact Us

          www.2bitidiots.com

          www.twitter.com/StackingHats

          www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

          1 hr 49 min
        • EP37: Should we Kill the Pod and just Invite You Round Instead? – Hats and Brendo

          Based on the feedback (1 person told us once) you love Hats and Brendo episodes. So, by “popular demand”, here’s another one.  It’s taken me 5 days to get this one out, so I’d imagine it’s all irrelevant by now, but you’re going to listen anyway, so here’s what you’re going to hear:

          • Is criticism of Bitcoin 2022 warranted
          • Stable coins. Tokens pegged to fiat! Don’t do it.
          • Macro fire from Lawrence Lepard
          • The Powell Pivot
          • Blaming Bitcoin for an economic crash
          • Cancelling debt
          • MMT is here in Australia
          • Pegging and Sounding
          • Why UBI is ultimately disastrous for poorer people
          • Maxi’s needing the last word, and why they are the immune system
          • Bitcoin consuming everything
          • Should there be an edit button on Twitter, and what’s Elon’s game
          • Latvia and Slovakia paying for gas in Rubles
          • Economies failing
          • Nocoiners easier to orange-pill than shitcoiners
          • Bitcoin to $1m or Eth to $0
          • Are you Dave Gorman
          • Could you live to 1000
          • Anti CBDC campaign
          • Mining Bitcoin better than a rental property


            • Tweet of the Week – Lawrence Lepard

            It’s not a tweet, it’s the podcast with Preston Pysh and Lawrence Lepard.

            Listen to this before you listen to us:

            https://play.fountain.fm/episode/7592484100


            Brisket’s Doxx Jar

            Hats 900 Sats

            Brendo 1300 Sats

            Daz 100 Sats – paid!


            Pod Shout-outs

            https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine

            https://twitter.com/BitcoinMemeHub

            https://twitter.com/HermesTrading1

            https://twitter.com/Pete_Winn

            https://twitter.com/LookingGlassEdu

            https://twitter.com/Inchhighprivate

            https://twitter.com/SymbolSatoshi

            https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin


            Contact Us

            www.2bitidiots.com

            www.twitter.com/StackingHats

            www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

            1 hr 2 min
          • EP36: Are You Ready for a Bitcoin Holiday with @bitcoin_hostel?

            Hats: “I know nothing about audio mate, have you got that covered?”

            Brendo: “Sure.  I’m your man”

            Hats: *facepalm emoji

            [Apologies (particularly to Albert) for the sound quality on this one, but the content is good.]


            You may have seen Albert (@bitcoin_hostel) go viral recently, with his “We are building a Bitcoin Hostel at one of the most beautiful beaches in Europe” tweet. We wanted to get him on the pod to tell you the full story.  It’s exciting, and what’s more, you can be part of making it happen.  In the pod we discuss:


            • His first touch point with Bitcoin was in school but fell down the rabbit hole in 2016/17.
            • He’s an architect by profession and has seen first-hand the frustrations of contracting to government organisations.
            • Why governments need to get out of the way, and why building the Bitcoin economy is the peaceful alternative.
            • The struggles of being unvaccinated and working in Germany, and the pressures of home working.
            • Building a Bitcoin hostel combines his (and his girlfriends) interests in travel, architecture, interior design, meeting diverse people and of course Bitcoin.
            • Going viral on Twitter and being shocked by the positivity and support.
            • Inspiration from El Salvador.
            • Inflation creeping into the conversation globally.
            • Why Portugal?  (Culture/Nature, Price and Low Taxation)
            • Why it’s possible to find free land.
            • Making the connections needed to make the project a success.  A Bitcoin grassroots project.
            • Architectural competition to design the hostel.
            • Stimulating an economy with pro-Bitcoin regulation, and the need for certainty in the regulatory environment.
            • Elon Musk building a factory in Berlin without building permits. Red tape can be cut if there is the will (see the situation with Ukrainian refugees).
            • Hostel stories. (Would make a great podcast!)
            • Follow Albert's journey at www.bitcoin-hostel.com and reach out if you have skills or knowledge that can help make this idea a reality.


              • Thanks Albert.


              Brisket’s Doxx Jar

              Hats 900 Sats

              Brendo 1300 Sats

              Daz 100 Sats – paid!


              Pod Shout-outs

              https://twitter.com/PrinceySOV

              https://twitter.com/maxkeiser

              https://twitter.com/stacyherbert

              https://twitter.com/tallycoinapp


              Contact Us

              www.2bitidiots.com

              www.twitter.com/StackingHats

              www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

              1 hr 13 min
            • EP35: Every Road Leads to Bitcoin – Hats and Brendo

              We’re out of isolation and back in the dungeon.  So basically, I’ve just walked down the stairs and Brendo’s allowed to visit again.  The rock and roll lifestyle of a Bitcoin podcaster.  We can’t all be influencers, I guess.

              As usual we hit all the big topics:

              • Surviving covid
              • Floods in Australia
              • “cHAnge thE CoDE”
              • If you’ve got 100,000 sats you’ve got enough (but get more)
              • Jack Mallers and Apple
              • Should Bitcoin Magazine give a platform to scammers
              • Pragmatism
              • Who we reject from the pod
              • Quadriga QX
              • Kraken enabling lightning withdrawals
              • HardBlock
              • China’s exposure to US Treasuries and how they’ll reduce it
              • Limiting exposure to sanctions
              • The budget in Australia and securing critical supplies
              • Clipping on Fountain
              • The rack of hats
              • Should we document the Perth Heat journey?


                • Dick of the Day

                Greenpeace and that Ripple schmuck.  I won’t even say his name.


                Tweet of the Week - Bitcoin Baddie

                https://twitter.com/0xBitcoinBaddie/status/1507791165948575748?s=20&t=12p9ztvI-Hu7R9jXoL3HSA


                Brisket’s Doxx Jar

                Hats 900 Sats

                Brendo 1300 Sats

                Daz 100 Sats – paid!


                Pod Shout-outs

                https://twitter.com/clockwork_prior

                https://twitter.com/jackmallers

                https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash

                https://twitter.com/hodloncomrades

                https://twitter.com/BTCSchellingPt

                https://twitter.com/dazbea1

                https://twitter.com/HardBlockBTC

                https://twitter.com/gladstein

                https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh

                https://twitter.com/fountain_app

                https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm


                Contact Us

                www.2bitidiots.com

                www.twitter.com/StackingHats

                www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

                42 min
              • EP34: Clips, Boosts and Streaming Sats. Is Podcasting 2.0 the next Bitcoin Orange-Pilling Trojan Horse with @MerryOscar

                If you’ve been listening to us recently, you can’t have missed us waxing lyrical about Fountain app (www.fountain.fm), so, we were delighted that Oscar Merry accepted our invitation to come on and tell us all about it.

                We were aware of some of the implications of podcasting 2.0, but this episode will give you an insight into Oscar’s vision for the future and how we all benefit. We talk about:

                • The Bitcoin back-story starts with a tech/engineering background, the ignored introduction by a friend and a bullishness for podcasts and audio in general
                • Building games on Amazon Alexa
                • Fountain started with the idea of curating pods with clips (playlists) and integrating Bitcoin wasn’t part of the plan
                • How to discover and share the best insights from podcasts
                • The open nature of podcasting 2.0
                • Fountain contributing to Bitcoin orange-pilling way faster than most of us managed
                • Streaming Bitcoin (sats) over the Lightning network to your favourite creators
                • “Boosts” (a tip with a message) to help you connect with your audience
                • Putting the control of the listening experience in the hands of the listener
                • Are podcasters adjusting their content to reflect the interests of their listeners
                • Using listener comments in show content
                • Why the advertising model will not be replaced by value-for-value (yet)
                • Supporting podcast guests with splits
                • Exposing podcasters to Bitcoin for the first time
                • Decentralisation and interoperability of podcasting apps
                • Streaming sats becoming normal in all disciplines
                • Lightning comments enabling listeners to help other listeners and hosts interact with their listeners


                  • Brisket’s Doxx Jar

                  Hats 400 Sats

                  Brendo 300 Sats

                  Daz 100 Sats – paid!


                  Pod Shout-outs

                  https://twitter.com/adamcurry

                  https://podcastindex.social/@dave

                  https://twitter.com/the_Bowdog

                  https://twitter.com/THNDRGAMES


                  Mere Mortals Podcast

                  https://play.fountain.fm/show/j1bfwVHlTy5lVlPPiRRX


                  The Kevin Rooke Show

                  https://play.fountain.fm/show/P6XXuSPg6f2rj4ECB0fT


                  Contact Us

                  https://2bitidiots.com

                  https://twitter.com/StackingHats

                  https://twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

                  50 min
                • EP33: DMT, LSD and dare we say NFTs with @StarfuryFlames

                  We first met Sven at the inaugural Bush Bash at Murrurundi, and have been following his work since then.  I’m sure you’ll have seen some of it on Twitter or heard about it on other pods, but if not, go check out his feed @StarfuryFlames.

                  Here’s a high-level rundown of the topics covered, in a refreshingly open, honest and personal conversation:

                  • The story and meaning behind the Twitter handle.
                  • Falling deep and quickly into Bitcoin in 2017, coming with a libertarian mindset and a software engineering skillset, he went “all in” early.
                  • Why he felt the need to contribute
                  • Anacho-capitalism, fire dancing and freedom maximalism
                  • Bitcoin being the tool for job
                  • BitTorrent as the proof of concept
                  • Different paths to the same destination
                  • Running an organic muesli business
                  • Motion graphics, After Effects and self-taught in Illustrator
                  • Bringing together your personal skill set, and getting paid to do the thing you love
                  • Appreciating working within constraints
                  • Shadowbans
                  • Fuel prices are going to wake people up
                  • Psychedelic festivals, personal experiences and therapeutic use of drugs
                  • How do creative people work for Bitcoin
                  • The importance of positivity
                  • The moral quandary of NFTs
                  • Spending your sats with other bitcoiners. Should you stop being “tight”.
                  • “I am actually a graphics programmer”. Love it!


                    • Book recommendations:

                    Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - https://amzn.to/3MXQrhU

                    Food of the Gods by Terrence McKenna - https://amzn.to/3CGlaez


                    Brisket’s Doxx Jar

                    Hats 400 Sats

                    Brendo 300 Sats

                    Daz 100 Sats – paid!


                    Pod Shout-outs

                    Stefan Molyneux – Freedomain

                    https://twitter.com/aantonop

                    https://twitter.com/the_Bowdog

                    https://twitter.com/joerogan

                    https://twitter.com/johnkvallis

                    https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash

                    https://twitter.com/SuperRare

                    https://twitter.com/PerthHeat

                    https://twitter.com/InfiniteFleet

                    https://twitter.com/dergigi

                    https://twitter.com/BitcoinerJobs


                    Contact Us

                    https://2bitidiots.com

                    https://twitter.com/StackingHats

                    https://twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

                    1 hr 13 min
                  • EP32: Hotel California Shushing Conference – Hats and Brendo

                    Brendo is on tour, and he left me in the dungeon.  So much for teamwork!  But we didn’t want to let our loyal fans (both of you) down, so the show must go on.  General ramblings again tonight.  Here’s the talking points (apologies for Brendo’s filthy mouth):

                    • Was Adam Back an extra on NCIS
                    • 80% good pod. 15% abysmal pod. 5% private
                    • Lightning over Fountain podcasting
                    • Why everything will stream Sats
                    • Value for Value
                    • Perth Heat and why we should all be buying their merchandise
                    • NZ protests and us being desensitised to extreme behaviour
                    • Rivet Gold
                    • Jerome Powell stating there is room for more than 1 reserve currency
                    • No one understands freedom more than Iranians!
                    • Why what politicians say is now completely hollow rhetoric
                    • US National debt
                    • What happens when you can’t buy Bitcoin
                    • The upside of your Bitcoin is way greater than the downside of your debt
                    • Everything bitcoiners say is coming true
                    • The twitch
                    • Has your favourite family member changed because of Bitcoin
                    • What’s the next thing you’re going to do in Bitcoin
                    • Lightning nodes
                    • The cost of puppies
                    • Is alcohol (or everything that isn’t Bitcoin) a shitcoin
                    • Why consequences must matter again


                      • Dick of the Day

                      We didn’t have one...so Brian Armstrong.


                      Tweet of the Week - Cedric Youngelman

                      https://twitter.com/CedYoungelman/status/1499071798419369990


                      Brisket’s Doxx Jar

                      Hats 400 Sats

                      Brendo 300 Sats


                      Pod Shout-outs

                      www.twitter.com/adam3us

                      www.twitter.com/PerthHeat

                      www.twitter.com/fountain_app

                      www.twitter.com/Breez_Tech

                      www.twitter.com/SwanBitcoin

                      www.twitter.com/the_Bowdog

                      www.twitter.com/_k3tan

                      www.twitter.com/BTCsessions

                      www.twitter.com/BTCBrisket

                      www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin


                      Contact Us

                      www.2bitidiots.com

                      www.twitter.com/StackingHats

                      www.twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo

                      51 min

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                    The journey from Normie to Bitcoiner.