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Dec 22, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
WBD752 - The End of the World as We Know It with @_whitneywebb. We discuss:
- Power of independent journalism
- Unveiling uncomfortable truths
- The Elon Musk paradox
- Potential co-opting of #Bitcoin

whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-en…
Image “There is a fight being had right now about the future of #Bitcoin and you have to decide which side you’re on.”
— Whitney Webb
Mar 22, 2023 10 tweets 6 min read
The Economic Report of the President (ERP) is the annual report by the Council of Economic Advisers.

It’s the first ERP since 2019 to mention #Bitcoin. Now it effectively has its own chapter.

It’s a hot mess. Strap in.
1/9 🤦‍♂️Intro kicks off with this 💩

To confirm #Bitcoin:
- has fundamental value as an asset & as tech
- is used in many places where fiat currencies fail
- provides 1.4 billion unbanked access to financial services
- enables quick, cheap, final settlement anywhere in the world
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Mar 22, 2023 4 tweets 6 min read
WBD635 - Why Progressives Need #Bitcoin with @ktreywalsh. We discuss:
- Being a progressive #Bitcoiner
- Why young people feel hopeless
- Tax, spending & deficits
- What #Bitcoin Can Do for Gen Z

whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/why-pr… “We’ve politicised everything...For the left: what is their approach? For the right: what is their approach? And it’s because the political system is broken. And obviously, most of the listeners and we know it’s also the financial system is completely broken.”
— Trey Walsh
Mar 20, 2023 4 tweets 5 min read
WBD634 - Bitcoin’s Operation Chokepoint with @DoombergT. We discuss:
- A growing cancer of corruption
- Crypto’s precedent - Operation Choke Point
- Why #Bitcoin will become a target
- The need for a bill of financial rights

whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoi… Image “Ejection from the banking system can be random. Happens for political reasons...it’s more devastating than being on probation for having been convicted for something, because not being able to bank in 2023 is akin to not being able to function in society.”
— Doomberg
Nov 23, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
NY has become the first state to start constraining PoW mining

Worth noting that advocates backing this aren’t following the science & experts' opinions

e.g. @jyn_urso @thetrocro et al

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Hydro accounts for 73% of NYs renewable energy generation.

Worth remembering then that #Bitcoin mining in NY did this…

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Nov 23, 2022 4 tweets 5 min read
WBD584 - Finding Bitcoin Signal with @JeffBooth. We discuss:
- The blockchain trilemma
- Why inflation is theft
- Building a society based on truth
- #Bitcoin’s network effects

whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/findin… “Theft in money will divide us all, and that theft in money will take us likely to war and maybe the end of human species… or it will concentrate all control in very few super overlords... It’ll look like China’s social credit system on steroids.”
— Jeff Booth
Nov 21, 2022 4 tweets 5 min read
WBD583 - The FTX Contagion with @jespow. We discuss:
- Mt Gox & FTX
- Contagion in the industry
- Proof of reserves
- The regulatory implications

whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-ft… Image “I think we can’t lose sight of what we’re really fighting for here, which is all of those people to be included in the financial system, financial privacy, the separation of money and state; these things are way bigger than any centralised exchange.”
— Jesse Powell
Sep 23, 2022 4 tweets 5 min read
WBD558 - Can #Bitcoin Fix the Political System? With Logan Bolinger (@TheWhyOfFI). We discuss:
- Political incentives, polarisation & media bias
- Failure of trust in politics
- Monetary education: political elite
- Bitcoin’s promise of definancialisation
whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/can-bi… Image “Is the world that we want to live in, one where we need to hyperfinancialize every aspect of an individual’s life because financial conditions on a macro level are such that you have to finacialize your whole being in order to keep up or get ahead?”
— Logan Bolinger
Sep 23, 2022 9 tweets 6 min read
For those who still dismiss #Bitcoin, let’s see what it’s doing the help circular #Bitcoin economies around the world:

#1: @Bitcoinbeach
Teaching over 100 high school students about #Bitcoin & giving them sats

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#2: @LakeBitcoin
The Kaboom project, that’s using very old equipment & waste cooking oil that would otherwise pollute a local lake, to mine #Bitcoin for a Guatemalan community, inspiring other local communities:

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Aug 23, 2022 7 tweets 6 min read
Why you're probably wrong about #bitcoin, energy, & climate change...

If #Bitcoin fails it would negatively impact:
• Grid stability
• Most effective methane abatement
• Rapid scaling of renewables
• Utilisation of stranded renewable energy

The world needs #Bitcoin.
1/6 Combining work by @DSBatten & @ArcaneResearch:
#Bitcoin mining would eliminate .15°C warming using waste methane w/ 416 TWh
• Bitcoin energy consumption needs to grow at a 40% higher rate
• Assuming .4 BTC fees per block, #Bitcoin price would need to be > $1 Million

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Aug 22, 2022 4 tweets 5 min read
WBD544 - What’s Happened Between Ukraine and Russia with Matthew Mežinskis (@crypto_voices). We discuss:
- Russia’s imperialistic invasion
- Baseless justifications for the war
- Ukrainian’s clear sovereign rights
- Update on the war & how people can help
whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/whats-… “We’ve lived with this, we’re done with this. Look, you are now invading Ukraine, we’re not going to stand for it, and we’re certainly not going to side with people who say that Russia’s security interests are the problem here.”
— Matthew Mežinskis
Apr 1, 2022 4 tweets 5 min read
WBD483 - Innovating on Bitcoin with Steve Lee (@moneyball). We discuss:
- Spiral enabling lightning integration
- Creating a decentralized and secure Bitcoin wallet
- Block’s aim for an open Bitcoin mining ecosystem
- Zero-cost decentralised Bitcoin mining
whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/innova… “If it’s too hard to manage your own keys... a few global custodians hold all the keys and that’s unlikely to result in the Bitcoin that we know and love... so it’s very important that a sizable percentage of Bitcoin users are controlling their own keys.”
— Steve Lee
Jul 26, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
WBD377 - Fuck You Passports with @KatieTheRussian. We discuss:
- Flag theory
- Jurisdictional arbitrage
- The process of getting a 2nd passport
- Accelerating sovereign individualism

whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/fk-you… show graphic “As the world becomes borderless for us remote workers and people with borderless money...we don’t see the borders anymore; and because of that the borders will start to fall.”
— Katie The Russian