Guns N' Bitcoin Newsletter

If criminals threaten your life to steal your bitcoin, what's your plan to defend yourself? In this episode we speak with Coinsure, a Python programmer and former police officer, who at one time guarded the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Coinsure gives us a primer on physical security in bitcoin.

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Increase the value of bitcoin by education, time, and giving

Giving bitcoin with a tandem of strategy of education + timelocks increases the chance of successful investing and adoption. This episode features Cory Klippsten, the Founder of GiveBitcoin, a company that allows you to “Buy Bitcoin for friends and family, timelock it, and we’ll teach ’em what they need to know”.

HIGHLIGHTS

The gift that people most want to receive is either something thoughtful, or money. With Bitcoin, you can give both.How does bitcoin compare to other things, such as a savings bond, assets held in a trust.Does a person’s financial situation make bitcoin a poor fit? Or a better fit?Chicken and egg – need education to appreciate bitcoin, but need bitcoin as skin in the game to care about learning about bitcoin.Could bitcoin be a bad gift? What if given at top of a market is bitcoin is unlocked at bottom of market?

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Give Bitcoin WebsiteCory Klippsten On TwitterEducational Bitcoin BooksGuide – Getting Started With Bitcoin

Sound money is necessary but insufficient to create prosperity Do Austrian Economics principles apply to bitcoin as it functions today? And if so, how do those principles enable bitcoin to help poor people? What other factors besides sound money are necessary to create prosperity? In this episode, Ragnar debates these questions with Stephan Livera, a […]

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The poorest people can’t invest in bitcoin. They don't have enough money to pay rent or buy food. How are they going to sit on $50 for four years? And this isn't just in 3rd world countries. This is in Western countries. In fact, a lot of people in Western countries.

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Today’s guest is Jeff Kelman, who is writing his master’s thesis at Gratz College on the role of guns in the holocaust and other genocides. We delve into the strongest argument for the right to bear arms and the undeniable evil of the state using asymmetric armament to slaughter millions of civilians. There’s a saying, "Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. Jeff’s scholarship provides the historical facts and rigorous analysis to remember the past to prevent future genocides.

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essica Solce is the Director, Producer, and Co-Editor of No Control, a highly acclaimed documentary about Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed's efforts to unleash 3D printed guns upon the world. In this episode we discuss the film and connect to the present state of 3D printed guns and the various hydras that have spawned from the government clampdown on Defense Distributed.

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There are risk takers, and then there's Jake Hanrahan. He immerses himself in the most dangerous corners of the world as the founder of Popular Front - an independent, member funded conflict journalism collective. In this episode, Jake shares his extensive experience covering irregular warfare. We discuss hard hitting topics including: the dangers and strengths of tribes and religions, tactics guerrilla fighters have to fight off superior forces, gun ownership in Europe, the true causes of school shootings, how the demise of families and society lead to violence, and the fallout of technology and "cancel culture".

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Do you want to unknowingly break gun laws with 3D printed firearms? Do you want to make it easy for lawyers or angry ex-spouses to seize your bitcoin? If not, listen to this episode, where continue our conversation with BitcoinGun Lawyer.

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This episode might keep you out of jail. Know the law, so that you don't break it, but also, so you can use the law to fully exercise your right to defend your life, liberty, and property.

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We will obsolete regimes of control with technology. Today’s guest is the Nicola Tesla of ammunition. Austin Jones is the Cofounder and Chief Engineer at the non-profit research organization Atlas Arms. Their first concept in development is the Dagny Dagger project – a new type of legally-unrestricted handgun ammunition which in 9mm Luger is able to penetrate […]

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