Last day on our anniversary trip, and I wanted to share how unique this spot was. Pretty cool to have a Mountain Range on one side, and the ocean on the other.

I just wrapped up recording this week's Self-Hosted, which will be out Friday. That means I'm done for the week early! My wife and I are taking our small car on a few-day road trip around the Olympic Peninsula to celebrate our upcoming anniversary. I have lived in Washington my whole life and have never really explored this beautiful area of the state. But it's been a while since I road-tripped in anything but the RV. It feels unsettling to leave all my stuff behind, and I don't know how you people do it! I gotta sleep in some strange bed? Weird! 😅 I can't bring my shitter with me? Crazy! But most of all, I won't have all my tech... I'm just bringing my Pixel, and I don't plan to use it for anything besides maps. I hope we have a lot of fun and get to recharge our batteries. If you're in the area and see a little black car zoom by, give us a 👋

🎉 This Week in Bitcoin is back after my holiday break and with a whopper. I packed the episode. Fiscal dominance is taking stage, and I think Bitcoin will benefit, but I'm not nearly as bullish on 2025 as most, and I think I have the receipts to back it up: Plus, I had a chance to review the Blockstream Jade and Block's BitKey wallets and discuss how they compare to each other and the ColdCard. Don't miss the excellent links in the show notes either; cream of the crop: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/41 In your player of choice: https://episodes.fm/1733733790/episode/OTQzNzE0YjAtMzE3Ni00OWI0LTg1OWQtN2E0Yjg5NjgwODc3

Santa got Levi the Pod Dog some things to keep him warm on winter walks. 😋 Merry Christmas!

Why did the market tank when the Fed cut rates? And are normies finally realizing inflation is staying higher for longer? I break it allll down, and why I'd rather not see an Executive Order to create a #Bitcoin Reserve in the US, but there is at least one upshot. 🎉 Enjoy, it's the last planned episode of the year! 🎅 https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/the-15-trillion-tantrum

🎉 My biggest episode yet! $100k seems to really have freaked some people out, I can't overstate how stupid some people are getting. I bust the biggest FUD since #Bitcoin hit $100k, and much more in this super sized edition of This Week in Bitcoin: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/100k-worth-of-fud

What's wild to me is how most of the free software and #Linux community is just totally sleeping on Bitcoin. Still. Let's not lose sight of the fact that #Bitcoin is open source code. Just because most of the open source community don't recognize or celebrate what an achievement $100k is, that doesn't take away from how historic it actually is. Bitcoin is not some Apple product or something Elon is selling, it's owned by the people because "everyone" else slept on this technology for 14+ years.

$100k! Not gonna lie, it does feel like a bigger deal than $20k did. What's even more impressive is just the insane amount of trading volume happening right now. When do these people sleep? 😉

Hey #nostr frens 👋 I think Bitcoin adoption might be the best thing to happen to the dollar system, and I discuss my thoughts around #Bitcoin backed loans, and why everyone can calm down about the Bitcoin ETFs. It's all in this week's episode, catch it in your player of choice: https://episodes.fm/1733733790/episode/YmYzZmIzYWYtOTY1NS00MjZhLTkyZDMtNmI2ODEyZmRlZDcz?view=apps&sort=popularity

Why do we need taxes when we print money?

Does anyone have experience with CoinOS https://coinos.io ? Can you put Alby Hub in front of it? I'm looking for easy wallet options for people that want to get started Boosting podcasts.

Ok, don't shoot the messenger on this one: I'll make the case that Shitcoins are sticking around for a long time. I don't love it, but I think I make a strong case why Bitcoiners just need to get used to it. Also, if you think all the MSTR hype is just because they're buying/hodling Bitcoin, you're missing half the strategy, which is bullish for #bitcoin. I break it down with clips from the 🐴 mouth! Enjoy 🍻 https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/uncle-mikes-bond-bananza

#Linux 6.12 is a massive release that makes a noticeable improvement on my desktop. Buuuut if you're using ZFS you'll need to wait a little bit.

A few things are blowing my little mind this week. 🤯 Bitcoin just teased $90k for a second there. It was not that long ago that $9k was the all-time high. Now, it's the ATH daily candle! When #Bitcoin was a baby, it took 9 years to go from $0 to $20k. We made over $20k in price movement last week. The scale movement is a whole new level.

👋 imho - The real trick to enjoying #Bitcoin is to embrace the dips, and enjoy the rips! BOY are we ripping recently. But is it just the Trump trade, or is there something more fundamental behind the pump? I try to answer that this week: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/36

Now that Trump pulled off a win, it's time to keep track of his promises to Bitcoiners. In today's episode I breakdown 9 promises made, starting with freeing Ross and any timelines Trump provided: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/35 Enjoy! 🍻

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Bitcoin is set up to win so hard, regardless of who wins the election. A real wave is building, and that momentum that is unstoppable, and I brought the receipts to prove it in this week's TWiB: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/33

Wow. Read how this Microsoft proposal nails why they should consider stacking Bitcoin. They really should try this.