Loved this format Chris, this would be a great model for a members feed I think. The next step on my node is to set up Alby hub and NWC to connect my Primal wallet to my LND node. I’m still not zapping on Nostr yet (shame). I’d like to hear more about OpenCode. Do you run that in the terminal or with the GUI? Which models do you connect to? You said you use it to ssh into your node to review configs and settings, I’d love to hear more about how you’re using OpenCode to manage your nodes. Thanks.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 97: The New Operator • Listen on Fountain

Managing a Bitcoin node is changing. We dig into the tools and guard rails that let agents monitor, maintain, and interact with your stack without ...

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Great interview Cody, this really got me thinking. It seems like many of us are no longer questioning narratives or thinking adversarially and we’re weaker for it. I no longer think Bitcoin is a done deal and all we have to do is sit on our stacks and post toxic memes to anyone who disagrees with us. I think there’s a lot of work to do and we’re a lot further from our goals than most Bitcoiners realize. Really enjoyed Roger’s takes and your questions. Thanks.

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The Transformation of Value with Cody Ellingham • Neoliberalism and Bitcoin with Roger Huang • Listen on Fountain

Neoliberalism is the political-economic system that has dominated the world for 40 years, but what does it really mean and how does it relate to Bi...

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Hey Chris. I want to echo some of the other comments here and say that TWIB is a highlight of my week and that the signal and value you provide is awesome. The fact that you live and breathe Open Source and live off V4V means the content is of the highest quality. It seems like all the other Bitcoin pods have either lost their values, sold out to advertisers or just gone bat shit crazy, so we need you here buddy. I’d like to see more of the membership for TWIB and think there must be opportunities there for you. An Open Source Bitcoin community centered around TWIB, learning new skills and helping each other out, I’d be a part of that. Over and out.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 96: System Stress • Listen on Fountain

War spending, mounting financial fragility, and a rare flash of clarity made this a bigger week than it may have seemed at first. Episode Links �...

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Thanks for the signal Chris, as always. Can you help us understand the game theory for BIP110 in relation to mining. If they have very low hashrate (<10%) can this still cause a disruption and potential chain split? My initial thoughts were that they won’t get a significant amount of hash so it will just die on the vine. But the proponents of 110 are talking like they can still force a counter fork if they have minority hash. Maybe I’ve got this wrong so can you talk us through this pls.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 95: Follow the Incentives • Listen on Fountain

AI job loss fear is everywhere, and the latest Bitcoin FUD is coming from names you already know. I break down how these narratives get made, who b...

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Loved this episode. Hearing Mehdi’s personal story over decades and his insights into how things were in Iran before the revolution was fascinating. Listening to a conversation like this is a much better way to understand what’s happening there now than all the headlines and clickbait on MSM. Bravo Cody and Medhi. Thank you.

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The Transformation of Value with Cody Ellingham • 1979: Iranian Diplomat Escapes the Revolution | Mehdi Bassiri • Listen on Fountain

RECORDED 26th February 2026.In the 1970s Mehdi Bassiri worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Imperial Government of Iran, including as a...

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Boost for the road! I’d like to hear your opinion on Open Source LLMs. If an LLM is Open Source, how much can we know about the security and telemetry of that model? If the source code is visible and we can audit it, can we be reassured of what’s being logged or used for training, or is it still a black box? I’m having a debate with a friend at the moment, he says that LLMs are black boxes, even if they are Open Source. What say you?

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A question about nodes and one for Wes. What is Nix Bitcoin? I hear you talk about Nix on LUP, and as I understand it Nix is a distro, but maybe it’s not? And how does Nix Bitcoin fit in? Is it a node implementation? Or not? Help me out with this one please. For Wes: What would it take for more Open Source believers to get into Bitcoin more? I’d love to hear his thoughts on this, hopefully you have some time on the road for some Bitcoin chat. Safe travels.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 94: Cope, Narratives, and Dark Pools • Listen on Fountain

Bitcoiners find evidence of market manipulation, and Wall Street calls it liquidity. This week: dark pools, Jane Street, AI capital rotation, and w...

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Has AI affected my job? Yes, in a positive way. I am self employed and take care of clients’ website and e-commerce infrastructure. AI allows me to do way more than before. An example is testing, I use AI to write scripts to automate testing, saves me hours each time. AI helps me troubleshoot issues on tools I have very little experience with. And this is just the beginning, I haven’t even gone deep into the Agent world yet. AI is going to disrupt and create opportunities at the same time. It’s up to all of us to make sure we’re in the right place to benefit.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 94: Cope, Narratives, and Dark Pools • Listen on Fountain

Bitcoiners find evidence of market manipulation, and Wall Street calls it liquidity. This week: dark pools, Jane Street, AI capital rotation, and w...

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The bear market getting you down? BIP110 doing your head in? Well here’s just what you need, all of you! A Bitcoin meetup in New Zealand. We run these really relaxed and friendly meetups, called Bitkiwi, three times a year and all Bitcoiners are welcome. We often have overseas Bitcoiners come along too. The next one is real soon, we’ll let you off Chris cos I know you’re at Planet Nix. But next time. Everyone welcome!

Bitkiwi XV - March 7th, 2026, Christchurch

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This Week in Bitcoin • 93: Manufactured Bitcoin Crisis • Listen on Fountain

AI is getting the blame for deflation, but other forces may be driving it. What happens to Bitcoin in a world of falling prices? Then: BIP-110 and ...

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OpenClaw Question: What are the pros and cons of self hosting OpenClaw on a server in a home LAN? After looking at my options, I thought I’d try hosting the agent on a Pi at home. But a friend pointed out malware and security vulnerabilities and suggested a VPS. What would you suggest? (And can you recommend a good VPS service suitable for this task)

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Part 2: I’d love to hear more about your node config on Bitcoin Core and what version you’re running. I’ve been holding off upgrading and am still running v28 but as v31 is coming out soon I think I need to upgrade to keep within the maintenance window. What configuration changes have you made to the defaults and what do you suggest for version updates and basic config changes?

This Week in Bitcoin • 92: Bears Smell Blood • Listen on Fountain

The macro shifts, the media smells blood, and Bitcoin is back on trial. I dismantle the latest attacks and the whale tactics behind the dips. Plus,...

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+1 for ppq.ai This has been my go to AI for about a year now. It’s built by a Bitcoiner, you get discount when you pay in Sats and if you pay over LN, there’s zero KYC and the built in privacy of Lightning. Use it with a VPN (like Mullvad, also paid for in Sats) and offers pretty good privacy for general use. You can connect via a browser or with API keys. I use it for general topics or learning, not for anything private is sensitive. You can connect to all the latest models and it’s really good value as you pay per query (PPQ). There are more and more online services like this that accept sats and if we’re going to get the world using Bitcoin as money, these are great places to support the global P2P Bitcoin economy.

This Week in Bitcoin • 92: Bears Smell Blood • Listen on Fountain

The macro shifts, the media smells blood, and Bitcoin is back on trial. I dismantle the latest attacks and the whale tactics behind the dips. Plus,...

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Could you give us some beginners tips for trying OpenClaw. In a FOSS way, what’s a safe way to play with this without losing the farm. I was thinking of spinning it up on an old Raspberry Pi 4 I’m not using. How do you think that would work? I’d like to play around with this but aren’t quite ready to unleash it on my main computers. Thanks. https://fountain.fm/episode/DuEsFuxQuEdGNcZLv5FM View quoted note →

Part 2… When sentiment is low (and fuck me, it is as low as I have ever seen it), my happy place is a deep technical rabbit hole. When the price is crashing or the sky falling in, work on your skills and learn new things. Like running your own node on a self hosted Linux server. This week I’m hardening my node and learning all about reverse proxies. It really is the gift that keeps on giving and if you don’t get rich off Bitcoin, you’ll have some valuable skills to hit the job market with!

This Week in Bitcoin • 91: The Wrong Kind of Hawk • Listen on Fountain

Power shifted, expectations broke, and markets blinked. Short-term thinking is being rewarded again, even as the long-term bill quietly grows. Epis...

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Bitcoin meetups and events are the best. Meeting other Bitcoiners IRL is like being reunited with old friends. I attend all the meetups and events I can and even travel to some. I would definitely attend a TWIB event. Thanks for the quality content every week, and for the laughs too! Gotta keep smiling (and stacking) through the bear :)

This Week in Bitcoin • 91: The Wrong Kind of Hawk • Listen on Fountain

Power shifted, expectations broke, and markets blinked. Short-term thinking is being rewarded again, even as the long-term bill quietly grows. Epis...

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I listened to your summary of OpenClaw on LUP (3 times actually to get my head around it!). What’s your take on the Bitcoin angle here? With agents talking and dealing with each other autonomously, how does Bitcoin fit in to this? We’ve heard that AI agents can’t use fiat, and Bitcoin keys and wallets can be generated and used by agents, is this the moment we actually see this happen? Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 90: Dollar Drama • Watch on Fountain

The dollar drama is exposing plans that would otherwise remain hidden. Gold is responding immediately. Bitcoin is not. Understanding why matters mo...

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I wonder if a V4V model would work for Bitcoin educational content? Someone creates a guide for TWIB, if people find value they boost or zap, and the Sats are split between the creator, TWIB and the platform. Kind of like outsourcing the creation of educational content but with zero risk to you. I haven’t seen this model live in the wild but wondered if it could work. What do you think?

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This Week in Bitcoin • 89: The Wrong Moment • Listen on Fountain

The world’s financial order is cracking in public, not theory. Gold is acting first, Bitcoin isn’t, and that disconnect tells a harder story th...

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Part 2: Do you see any opportunities in the Bitcoin education space through TWIB? Memberships and courses, educational content? And are there any ways to “open source” any of this via V4V community contributions or something like that? I see why you’ve done with Linux Unplugged and wonder if it’s possible to do a TWIB version of this. Anyway, some thoughts to ponder. Your show drops on Thursday in my part of the world, and I always look forward to “TWIB Thursdays” now.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 88: Fed Credibility Collapse • Listen on Fountain

This week’s Fed chaos wasn’t random. It was the bill coming due. As Powell’s record is challenged in public, the market is being forced to re...

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Hey Chris It was interesting to hear you say that you look at each of your shows as businesses. Tell us more about the vision for TWIB. Do you see it following the same path as LUP, with V4V, memberships and bonus content, but no paid ads? Are there other unique things you’re considering for TWIB? TBC in the next boost.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 88: Fed Credibility Collapse • Listen on Fountain

This week’s Fed chaos wasn’t random. It was the bill coming due. As Powell’s record is challenged in public, the market is being forced to re...

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Keep the value coming Chris. I would love to see podcasting 2.0 replace the paid advertising model. There’s nothing worse than listening to “Bitcoin” podcasters shill treasury companies, custodial services and even telling you not to bother with holding your own keys. (Insert vomit emoji here). Keep it up and May the force be with you.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 87: The Curve Ball • Listen on Fountain

The story keeps changing. The macro is adjusting. A curveball no one saw coming might complicate things for Bitcoin. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sa...

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