Can sats stay fungible when markets try to make them something else? 🐱 In this conversation with The Shitcoin Insider, we explore CAT, ordinals, mailing list politics, and the strange overlap between devs, spammers, and AI-powered creativity. Bitcoin, culture, and governance collide. Listen to Chat_154 - Unpacking "The Cat" with the Shitcoin Insider on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"Our primary payment methods are crypto. Lightning is actually about 50% of all deposits on our platform. The pay per use, the extremely small fees, the final settlement of Lightning, is huge. And so I think that if we were to fast forward ten years, I think that subscriptions are going to be used less in ten years than they are now. And companies like PPQ that are offering it all in one place, on a per use model, are going to win." - Matt Ahlborg Listen to Chat_153 - Welcome to Subscription Hell with Matt Ahlborg

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"We cannot master any one particular modality in the way that a company can master that on their own when it's the only thing they do. Basically wh...

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How close are we to a world where self‑custody is treated like a crime? From DIY hardware to Cashew Ecash, this Read episode explores the shrinking space for financial freedom, and what tools still work. Listen to Read_920 - Criminalized Self-Custody by @npub17xvf...c9as on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Ever wondered what society would look like without merchants, traders, or platforms? In The Unseen Role of Intermediaries, Bastiat had thoughts - and Bitcoin might have answers. Listen to Read_919 - Frédéric Bastiat: The Unseen Role of Intermediaries by Ulrich Fromy on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"What role do intermediaries—such as merchants, distributors, and traders—play in the market? Far from being mere profiteers, these intermediar...

From cluttered subscriptions to seamless micropayments, in this Chat episode, Matt Ahlborg of PPQ AI maps a future where UX + Lightning unlocks new creator avenues. We discuss tradeoffs, costs, and adoption hurdles. Listen to Chat_153 - Welcome to Subscription Hell with Matt Ahlborg of @PayPerQ on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"We cannot master any one particular modality in the way that a company can master that on their own when it's the only thing they do. Basically wh...

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"It's almost certain [CSW] holds the record for the most number of forgeries submitted to a UK trial, a UK court case. There is nothing in any written records that exceeds the number of forgeries attributed to him. There is no written records anywhere of anyone coming close to him in terms of one person being responsible for so many forgeries, so he is almost certainly a record holder in that respect. If you think if he put that much effort into doing good in the world, think of the amount of good he could have done." ~ Mark Hunter Listen to Chat_152 - Forging Satoshi with Mark Hunter and Arthur van Pelt on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"I don't understand. And I'll never understand why people are so desperate to believe him when it is. so he puts his foot in it so many times, like again and again and again. He'll say something or do something that completely undermines something that he's previously said or done, and they for some reason, refuse to let it register. And I mean, this is something that when this whole saga, however this whole thing finishes, it's going to be the one enduring thing for me is how do people still believe him after all the lies, and why are they so determined to believe him." ~ Arthur Van Pelt Listen to Chat_152 - Forging Satoshi with Mark Hunter and Arthur Van Pelt on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Is Bitcoin a lie? Or does Bitcoin solve the very failures critics accuse it of creating? 🤔 I break down Mike Brock’s critique to explore whether Bitcoin really breeds cruelty or reveals a deeper layer of cooperation we’ve overlooked. Listen to Read_918 - Bitcoin is a Lie by Mike Brock on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"Bitcoin will fail.Because it is a lie... Because it claims truths that cannot be. That trust is defect. That property is virtue. That law, shared ...

I’m revisiting one of my most-shared videos: What Does $6 Trillion Mean? $6T sounds abstract , until you translate it into real human time and sacrifice. Money created from nothing doesn’t vanish… it erases value, warps incentives, and steals the weight of our decisions. Listen to 2Sats - What Does $6 Trillion Mean on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Bitcoin might be the best collateral humanity has ever invented. Instantly verifiable, instantly transferable, never freezes, never defaults: 👉🏻 Houses take months 👉🏻 Stocks have restrictions 👉🏻 Gold needs trust ... Maybe we’re still thinking way too small about Bitcoin. In today’s episode, we break down a powerful chapter from Bitcoin is The Ultimate Collateral to explore why Bitcoin’s perfect digital scarcity, portability, uptime, and auditability make it fundamentally different from every legacy form of collateral. Listen to Read 917 - The Ultimate Collateral by Martin Connor on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"As far as I can tell, yes, there might be a little more OP_RETURN used with a policy that's more lenient, but any bytes that go into OP_RETURN are probably bytes that don't go towards inscriptions. Those are the main competitors. I think their payments are pretty small. They have more economic density per weight, in my opinion. They will price out this spam. If you look at the prices for this stuff, they're down 30x from the top. Overall, the trend is this goes to zero—and then people stop doing it because it's expensive." ~ Murch Listen to Chat_151 - Bitcoin Technically, Ideologically, and Actually with @Murch on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"I do not know of anyone contributing to Bitcoin Core that is interested in anything else than just using Bitcoin as money. But that doesn't mean that it can only be used for money. And now there's two ways to react to that information. One is "but I only want it to be used for money" and then try to make it so. And the other one is, “well, how are they doing that and what can we do about it? And is it worth the effort of fighting this? How much harm is it? How much effort would it take to fight it?” Even if we all want this to be money, just being upset about it without a plan is a lot of energy towards not necessarily a solution." ~ @Murch Listen to Chat_151 - Bitcoin Technically, Ideologically, and Actually with Murch on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Roundtable_015 is here! 💥 A timely debate on conspiracies, culture rot, BIP444, and replay risks with the usual team - Steve, Mechanic, and Jeff. Why does the mempool feel like the battleground for Bitcoin’s future..? Listen to Roundtable_015 - Conspiracies, Culture rot, Replay Attacks and the Future of Bitcoin with @Simple Steve , @Bitcoin Mechanic and @Jeff Swann on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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What if the future of Bitcoin is decided in the mempool? I sit down with Simple Steve, Bitcoin Mechanic and Jeff Swann for a chaotic, curious round...

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Every previous money needed trust: • Trust the king • Trust the bank • Trust the institution • Trust the ledger-keeper Bitcoin flips it: Legitimacy comes from thermodynamic cost, not authority. Guys, you'll enjoy this Read as much as I did 🔥 Listen to Read 916 - The Thermodynamic Monetary Transition by Shanaka Anslem Parera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"This analysis has demonstrated through 30 universal laws, empirically validated across 16 years and $1.83 trillion in market capitalization, that ...

What’s stopping another FTX collapse? The answer starts with Proof of Reserves. 🧾 Learn what what they are, why they are so important, and how easy it is to verify it yourself using the full PoR lending platform - Ledn. 🛡️ Check out my latest 2Sats - Proof Of Reserves now on: 🔗 YouTube: 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v72h7f6-2sats-proof-of-reserves.html Massive shoutout to the sponsor of this video - Ledn.

Bitcoin meets true crime. 🕵️‍♂️ From tax scams and forged docs to courtroom chaos, Mark Hunter & Arthur Van Pelt join me in Chat_152 to dissect the unbelievable rise and fall of "FakeToshi". Listen to @Guy Swann with Mark Hunter & Arthur Van Pelt in Chat_152 on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Murch joined me for a deep dive into how Bitcoin really works - technically, ideologically & socially. We hit on: 💻 How Core contributors organize & fund work 🔥 The OP_RETURN debate 🤝 Collaboration, conflict & keeping Bitcoin united A great chat that cuts through the noise. Listen to Chat_151 - Bitcoin Technically, Ideologically, and Actually with @murchandamus on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Ever notice how frustration sparks your best work? In this week’s read, we riff on Adam Mastroianni’s “Thank You for Being Annoying” - exploring how irritation might just be your most honest compass. Being irritated might just be your secret creative fuel..! ⛽Attach AI Image Listen to Read_915 - Thank You For Being Annoying on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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I dive into Adam Mastroianni’s piece “Thank You for Being Annoying” and use it as a launchpad to rant about work, love, and why being constan...

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