Bitcoin is not a think that anyone understands. It is not money. It is not property. It is not any “thing” and you are nobody to limit it to any of these things. Bitcoin is a clue to a bigger puzzle. The clue is not useful to people who think they already know the answer. Bitcoin is valuable - ONLY - to people who can acknowledge that they don’t understand what it is and what it’s here for. Perhaps it’s entire value is to make us inquirers because the people who “think they know” are most certainly NGMI

I converted Saylor's MIT dissertation "A Machivellian Approach to Economics" into a YouTube series. This particular video is highly revealing about the way Michael Saylor views executive power and the impact of societal norms on executive ability.

If you are not hopeful of humanity, you’re not going to navigate owning and HODL’ing Bitcoin very well. NGU requires no faith in humanity. But getting through your fears of what people will use the chain for and how they will leave it for our descendants requires a strong faith in our better selves prevailing as a species. Bitcoin won’t alter humanity or fix a God-damned thing unless we allow it to and that requires the utmost faith that humans will make it work.

https://fountain.fm/episode/KzeFjvfXki57vyS6MrwN Did Phish snub the Grateful Dead? Did they snub Bitcoiners? We get into it!!

https://fountain.fm/episode/3o0UmYJ2m19ACy0jXChI I did an absolute banger with Steven Lubka. Don’t sleep on this one.

AI seems a lot like amphetamines. Great to use for a month (or two if you’re really building something new) then take some time off to recover and build real world scaffolding for what your AI did. Ppl who use AI for their jobs all day are going to end up having psychotic breaks. Only self employed people have the ability to take weeks off to touch grass exactly when they need to.

@Keith Gardner | Branta might be the most important man in Bitcoin. If you don’t spend your Bitcoin, you’re not HODL’ing something as valuable as you think it is. Bitcoin could be the best and most powerful money in the world but not without @Keith Gardner | Branta - I don’t make the rules.

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Fundamentals of Fundamentals • Fixing Bitcoin Payments w/ Keith Gardner • Listen on Fountain

In this episode, I sit down with Keith Gardner, founder and CEO of Branta, to unpack a deceptively simple but critical missing piece in Bitcoin: pr...

At long last, our proverbial technical editor @allen joins @npub1emdt...c9aw and I on screen to have a unique mathematical conversation. Allen is our first guest and we couldn't be more honored to have him!

@Keith Mukai | BRANTA.PRO might be the most important man in Bitcoin. If you don’t spend your Bitcoin, you’re not HODL’ing something as valuable as you think it is. Bitcoin could be the best and most powerful money in the world but not without @Branta - I don’t make the rules.

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Fundamentals of Fundamentals • Fixing Bitcoin Payments w/ Keith Gardner • Listen on Fountain

In this episode, I sit down with Keith Gardner, founder and CEO of Branta, to unpack a deceptively simple but critical missing piece in Bitcoin: pr...

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@Keith Gardner | Branta might be the most important man in Bitcoin. If you don’t spend your Bitcoin, you’re not HODL’ing something as valuable as you think it is. Bitcoin could be the best and most powerful money in the world but not without @Branta - I don’t make the rules.

https://fountain.fm/episode/K5xoXTil4Rp609x5i0RM I had such a great conversation with @Delgado's Fuego It’s incredible to just make friends like this in real time! You want to listen to this one!!

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Back on the Chain • Sphere Recap #3: Richard Greaser goes to a Phish Show • Listen on Fountain

In this episode, we keep the Sphere recap rolling with our friend Richard Greaser, reliving a high‑vibe Phish night shared by a motley Venn diagr...

What happens when @npub1s4t5...azvc attends a Phish concert? The 1st turning is what happens.

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Fundamentals of Fundamentals • Thank God For Discourse w/ Jordan Bush • Listen on Fountain

I sit down with Jordan Bush to trace an unlikely arc—from a chance connection at PubKey’s Danish Christmas lunch to a candid deep-dive on faith...

Things have to be hard. That’s where trust in God is paramount. Nothing matters more. Jordan Bush and I really get into it. We also show how civilized people on different sides of polarizing debates can be on common ground and build together. I have much love for Jordan and loved this conversation.

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Magic Internet Math • Vegas Recap and Elliptic Curve Point Operations • Listen on Fountain

The Study guide: https://ecc-study-guide.magicinternetmath.com/guide.pdfIn this episode, I (Brian) finally introduce myself properly and Rob and I ...

Big things are happening with Magic Internet Math. I announced I’d be starting Philly Bitdevs with a math track. You can just do things!

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Back on the Chain • Sphere Recap #2: Goin to ClownTown w/ Liz P • Listen on Fountain

In this episode, we’re back on the chain with our first post-recap conversation featuring our friend Liz, fresh off two Phish-at-the-Sphere shows...

The greatest Bitcoin meetup ever continues to tell its story

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Back on the Chain • Back on the Chain at the Sphere: Tits Resolved! • Listen on Fountain

In this episode, I take you inside our unforgettable Phish-at-the-Sphere weekend wrapped around the Bitcoin conference—a once-in-a-lifetime colli...

Our time in Vegas was capped off by an extremely special Phish show at the Sphere. Started a podcast about Phish and Bitcoin's connections Did 40 Episodes while starting to collect phans Then Phish schedules their Sphere run coinciding with the BTC conference We all go to a show together. It was magical all the way around