Mike is Lightning Ventures's Managing Partner and Co-Founder. From punk rock to venture capital, the dude's got some stories. We go deep down the Bitcoin Venture Capital rabbit hole in this episode, so whether you’re a Bitcoin founder or aspiring founder looking for advice, an investor looking to put some money in Bitcoin-only companies, or just a pleb who like to hear Bitcoiners talk shit about shitcoiners, this episode is for you. Mike also digs into some of the Bitcoin companies he’s passionate about, and these are definitely names you should pay attention to.

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Walker talks with Brett Morrison, creator of TrueVote – an open-source solution for tamper-proof ballot data, built on Bitcoin, opentimestamps, and Nostr.

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"WE'RE the terrorists? No, you guys are the f***ing terrorists. We're just trying to protect our money from you psychopaths."

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"Bitcoin is the tool that is touching these peoples' lives. It's not fiat money, it's not some credit card… It's Bitcoin."

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The Bitcoin News Roundup: get the biggest stories and find out what grinds Walker's gears this week.

SHOWNOTES: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/words/f/bitcoin-news-roundup---the-bitcoin-podcast

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"If we allow ourselves to just be coerced into giving away our rights and our sovereignty and our power and our finances, then a lot of very scary things can happen, and we can sleepwalk into totalitarianism, and we want to avoid that at all costs."

Walker talks with Emmy award winning journalist and host of Coin Stories podcast, Natalie Brunell, on this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast.

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Walker reads “What is Austrian Economics? The Economics of Liberty” by Peter St Onge on this Bitcoin Out Loud episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast

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What is Austrian Economics?: https://www.profstonge.com/p/the-economics-of-liberty

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IS PETER MCCORMACK A STATIST CUCK?!

Walker talks with Peter McCormack, host of What Bitcoin Did, on this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast. They discuss Peter’s journey creating What Bitcoin Did, interviewing El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, libertarianism, statism, adopting Bitcoin for his football (soccer) team Real Bedford, and much more. Peter also discusses his prior statist cuckery and his thoughts on libertarianism and government.

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Bitcoin News Roundup: Walker covers the last two weeks of news, including Bitcoin Landfill Mining, Halving + 93% mined, FinCEN, Fiat Inflation, Nostr, Debt, Microstrategy + Saylor, & More

Article version: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/words/f/bitcoin-news-roundup-november-3-2023

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On the 15th anniversary of the Bitcoin White Paper, Walker reads it out loud.

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