Luke de Wolf spent years securing oil pipelines and power grids. Now he is applying that hardcore cybersecurity mindset to Bitcoin. We debated the very real security risks facing the network right now, and why treating it as critical infrastructure is fundamentally non-negotiable. The decisions we make today will decide if this system survives long-term. Listen to Chat_170 - Can Anything be Secured in the Digital Age? with & on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/AtXufLKEacq8h6v567oo 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/cj5oV4fDyBo 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7bak2a-chat-170-can-anything-be-secured-in-the-digital-age-with-luke-de-wolf.html

I sat down with Steve, Mechanic, and Jeff because someone needed to cut through the noise on Taproot, chain bloat, and real censorship vs. spam. Steve brought fresh data on network users right now. And Mechanic made the wildest case: the healthiest miners might be the ones willing to operate at a technical loss. We also tore apart the ETF flow obsession and looked at a wallet cracked by AI after eleven years. Listen to Roundtable_021 - The Fight is Never Over with , , & on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/KNdIKAKu6JCEcwouiECB 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/T-BxMNJUs_M 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7b0toc-roundtable-021-the-fight-is-never-over.html

“Try to get a package into Iran. Can't do it. Try to get dollars into Iran. Not a chance in hell. Get Bitcoin into Iran? You don't do anything different. It's not even a thing that you have to do. It just works. And there's nothing Iran can do about it. Which is probably why they're being very serious about it from the Strait of Hormuz. Their position is: well, if we can't do anything about it, the U.S. government can't do anything about it. You know, what do you do? I really think that's the path to a Bitcoin standard. It's not that we've got super devotees, and we've explained Austrian economics to people, and someone has to be convinced that sound money is better than fiat money. Nah, it's just going to be the thing that kept working when everything else stopped.” Listen to Chat_169 - Bitcoin Proving its Case with on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/x6O2BKPByw0IKiitJvV5 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Si-_nA9Yzjw 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7apfay-chat-169-bitcoin-proving-its-case-with-walker-america.html

“All of monetary history actually explains all the wars. It explains all the conflicts. It explains why one country won and beat another country. But what do you hear about? The kings, the great battles. But, you know, the real mover was gold. The real story was that a currency couldn't sustain its level of inflation, or its level of fraud from its kingdom, as well as a competing kingdom could. The real stories are gunpowder. The real stories are technological as to what shaped the world. While the political and dramatic stories that we tell about the people and the events are brilliant and fun because they're human stories, largely, they are the consequential outcomes of built pressures from technological and monetary shifts.” Listen to Chat_169 - Bitcoin Proving its Case with on Bitcoin Audible with , available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/x6O2BKPByw0IKiitJvV5 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Si-_nA9Yzjw 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7apfay-chat-169-bitcoin-proving-its-case-with-walker-america.html

Bitcoin is being embraced by the U.S. financial system and the Iranian regime at the exact same time. Both sides know they can use it without the other one threatening it. That puts it in an insanely unique place in a world where there are no other monies that work like that anymore. Listen to Chat_169 - Bitcoin Proving its Case with on Bitcoin Audible with , available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/x6O2BKPByw0IKiitJvV5 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Si-_nA9Yzjw 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7apfay-chat-169-bitcoin-proving-its-case-with-walker-america.html

We spent decades telling an entire generation that if they just wait and work hard, they'll get the payout. Well, the payout got inflated away. Right now, everyone is arguing over generational wealth gaps, and John Carter breaks this down perfectly using a twisted version of the classic marshmallow experiment. His argument is devastating. It forces you to ask if high time preference is just a symptom of a society that broke its promises. Can sound money actually reverse the damage? Listen to When the Experimenter Fails the Marshmallow Test by John Carter on Bitcoin Audible with available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/v23MgHs3JBoCBrtPOvGi

Is a self-proclaimed Rothbardian actually running one of the most inflationary presidencies in Argentine history? It sounds crazy, but the data points directly to yes. We were promised a totally different approach to money, yet debt is soaring and the currency keeps diluting. The disconnect between his political rhetoric and the actual economic policy is staggering. In today's read, we take a dive into Milei's legacy so far. Listen to Milei's Austrian Scam by the Numbers by on Bitcoin Audible with - available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/HoUcDTqmGUgc0uLubaok

"I hope a substantial chunk of the network hashrate online is distributed into these low-energy states, building energy systems where hashrate is solving a utility function, not aiming to be a profitable mining operation. Meaning they're solving real problems for people's paychecks, they're solving real problems for people's load balancing, helping balance the grid, monetizing solar, and heating your home. In this sense, hashrate becomes synonymous with building energy infrastructure. That's my vision." ~ Tyler Stevens Listen to Hashing for Heat with Tyler Stevens on Bitcoin Audible with , available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/y43OS1W8RB7xWM5eE8II 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/w6IDXDNl9nk 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7a5xh6-chat-168-hashing-for-heat-with-tyler-stevens.html

"If it gets colder at night, the miner will ramp up 200, 300, or 400 watts. The miner's wattage is what's wiggling and the temperature of the house is what's flat, instead of the heat being flat and the temperature of the house wiggling." ~ Tyler Stevens Listen to Hashing for Heat with Tyler Stevens on Bitcoin Audible with , available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/y43OS1W8RB7xWM5eE8II 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/w6IDXDNl9nk 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7a5xh6-chat-168-hashing-for-heat-with-tyler-stevens.html

Did you know a quarter of global energy is used just for "comfort heat"? Imagine if we generated all that warm air and water using Bitcoin miners instead. I had an incredibly fun chat with Tyler Stevens about the hashrate heating movement and what happens to Bitcoin's security budget when normal people start heating their homes with ASICs. Catch the full conversation below. Listen to Hashing for Heat with Tyler Stevens on Bitcoin Audible with available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/y43OS1W8RB7xWM5eE8II 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/w6IDXDNl9nk 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7a5xh6-chat-168-hashing-for-heat-with-tyler-stevens.html