When I’m not podcasting, I’m shitposting on LinkedIn and doing long-term damage to my employability for short-term laughs.

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I may not be perfect, but my principles have a spine, my bookshelf has receipts, and my beliefs don’t require a permission slip from the state. Libertarianism isn’t a trend, it’s a values system: think freely, read deeply, question everything (especially authority), and take radical responsibility for your own life. I know what I stand for: voluntary exchange, individual liberty, honest debate, and what I stand against, coercion wrapped in good intentions. Not contrarian for sport. Not edgy for attention. Just intellectually consistent, aggressively curious, and allergic to centralised control. Imperfect? Obviously. Statist? Absolutely not. #LibertyMindset #ReadMoreObeyLess #PrinciplesOverTrends #AntiStatist #IntellectualIndependence

Blending in, minding our business… until someone forgets we’re peaceful *by choice*, not by weakness. 😴🐺 Bitcoiners: low-key until tested, then suddenly very awake. #Bitcoin #Bitcoiners #StayHumble #DontTreadOnMe #PeacefulNotWeak

Recently, I sat down with my favourite Canadian Bitcoiner, Seb Bunney, someone who has dedicated a large part of his life to helping others think more clearly about money. What stood out wasn’t just the conversation around Bitcoin itself, but how deeply monetary systems shape human behaviour. As Seb puts it, “everything is downstream of money.” When money is broken, incentives quietly shift. Time horizons shorten, trust erodes, and even personal decisions how we approach relationships, careers, and family become more transactional than intentional. Conversations like this matter because they zoom out. They remind us that money isn’t neutral infrastructure. It’s a social force that influences how we value our time, our work, and each other. Exploring these second- and third-order effects is where real understanding begins, far beyond charts or price action. Seb’s work is a reminder that understanding money isn’t about becoming an economist it’s about becoming more intentional as a human. If we want healthier relationships, longer-term thinking, and better outcomes collectively, it starts by examining the foundation we all stand on. Seb is the co-founder of Looking Glass Education and the author of two books, including the bestselling The Hidden Cost of Money. This discussion also touches on modern dating and relationships, showing just how far-reaching the impact of money really is. 🎧 Watch / Listen here: YouTube: youtu.be/dGu6rzRFvnw Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/1neRPWL1lkjvjrLkqOt3 Huge thanks to our sponsor HardBlock Get $10 when you sign up with Australia’s longest-running Bitcoin-only exchange:

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When governments debase money, they almost never say “we’re reducing the value of your savings.” They use technical terms instead. You’ll hear phrases like: • Quantitative easing • Liquidity injections • Balance sheet expansion • Monetary accommodation • Asset purchases • Stimulus measures • Emergency support All of these describe the same core action: creating new money without creating new goods or productivity. From a technical perspective, the justification is usually framed as: • preventing deflation • supporting aggregate demand • stabilising financial markets • maintaining credit availability These sound neutral. Even responsible. But notice what’s missing from the language. They almost never say: • dilution of purchasing power • transfer from savers to debtors • erosion of real wages • stealth taxation via inflation Because those words describe the outcome, not the mechanism. Money debasement works best when it’s gradual, indirect, and hard to explain. That’s why it’s wrapped in technical jargon instead of plain language. You still have the same number in your bank account. It just buys less over time. That’s not a bug in the system. It’s the feature. #MoneyDebasement #InflationExplained #FinancialLiteracy #MonetaryPolicy #WealthAwareness

I love the free market so much it personally humbled me today. 🥹 Used branding I shouldn’t have. I made a mistake and I will fix it.

I launched a new format called News Block and had to seriously get over myself 😅 I love beauty. I love polish. I love things looking cute. But between launching a podcast and shipping consistently, production has been… very not that. So for now: speed over perfection. This is a short clip from the very first Honest Money News Block, a 2025 highlights wrap before it becomes a weekly update. And yes… remember the Senator Gerard Rennick saga from last year? Hehe. In 2025, Bitcoin Australia dominated global headlines, not because of price, ETFs, or regulation, but because an Australian senator managed to reduce monetary theory to its most basic test: edibility. Senator Gerard Rennick went international after declaring Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme on the grounds that you can’t eat it. A devastating critique. Apparently, if an asset isn’t digestible, it’s worthless. It was a truly special time on Australian Bitcoin Twitter. 😁 Also excited to announce our season sponsor: HardBlock, the OGs of Bitcoin exchanges, helping Australians stack sats since 2014. If you’re in Australia and want to get started with Bitcoin, HardBlock is the country’s longest-running Bitcoin-only exchange. They’re offering a $10 sign-up bonus here: 👉 hardblock.com.au/join/honestmoney

One of our own needs a hand. Many of you may have crossed paths with Vinny at a local Bush Bash or around the community. He’s had a really rough run with his health recently and is now facing urgent jaw surgery. Any support, whether it’s a donation or simply sharing this around, would mean the world and help show him he’s not doing this alone. 🙏🧡

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Philipp, CEO of Lendasat, shares why he’s excited about Arcade, a new Bitcoin Layer 2 built on the Arc protocol. For small Bitcoin-backed loans, waiting for confirmations just doesn’t make sense. Arcade enables instant transactions, making quick, low-value loans actually practical. It’s early, experimental, and very new, but Lendasat is already building on it. 👀 Fast Bitcoin loans might be closer than you think. #Bitcoin #BitcoinL2 #Arcade #BitcoinLoans #ArcProtocol

Merry Christmas #Austriches 🎄 As the year comes to a close, I just want to pause and say thank you. To everyone who’s listened to Honest Money, shared an episode, reached out, or quietly tuned in each week, this year truly wouldn’t have been what it was without you. Honest Money exists because of a thoughtful, curious, and grounded community, and I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you. In 2026, I’m looking forward to expanding the show with new formats, including a News Block focused on local Bitcoin adoption here in Australia (and Oceania), the innovation happening down under, regulatory updates as they unfold, and the local builders and community doing the work on the ground. Thank you for being here, for your support, and for your trust. Enjoy the break, take care of yourselves and your people, and I’ll see you in the new year. 🧡 Anja & Axel

We booked the venue, so all you have to do is save the date for 2026. 🧡

When Bitcoiners build lending platforms, they don’t copy TradFi, they rethink it. They design for censorship resistance, self-custody, and edge-case resilience. That’s why platforms like Lendasat include tools such as the Doomsday Tool, built specifically for extreme, worst-case scenarios. As Philipp explains, Lendasat’s Doomsday Software is designed for the moment the platform itself disappears, whether due to regulatory shutdown, a black swan event, or the team simply being gone. If that happens, borrowers still have a path to recover their funds. Using their seed phrase, contract backup data, and a uniquely generated NSEC, users can verify their setup end-to-end and communicate securely outside the platform with the lender. No trust assumptions. No platform dependency. Just a clear recovery path when everything else breaks. Because Bitcoin isn’t about convenience at all costs. It’s about control when it matters most. #Bitcoin #Nostr #CensorshipResistance #SelfSovereign #SelfCustody

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🎄 Ahead of Christmas, the best episode I can bring you is this. Real tools to help you keep more of your Bitcoin. 🎙️ Episode 19 of Honest Money Show goes deep into Bitcoin-backed lending with Philipp, Co-Founder & CEO of @Lendasat. Why this one matters 👇 • Borrow against BTC without selling • Master LTV, rates & volatility before you need liquidity • The full loan lifecycle (happy and unhappy paths) • No rehypothecation • Same UTXOs in, same UTXOs out • KYC-free, peer-to-peer borrower ↔ lender • Learn safely by lending to yourself • Earn as a lender • Built by Bitcoiners, for Bitcoiners 🎧 Full episode here: youtu.be/z58LmIfDMbk #Bitcoin #BitcoinBackedLoans #BitcoinLending #HonestMoneyShow #Freedom #FreedomTech