“Long term, the dollar is going down, but short term you can plan one month for the other in dollars better than in Bitcoin. If people are not ready for Bitcoin, just go use USD as long as you can before dollar hyperinflation. It's like Noah's Ark. It's going to rain. We build the Ark; we don't have to force people on board. Just wait there. And when you feel ready to swim, come aboard.” ~ Giacomo Zucco Listen to Chat_162 with on Bitcoin Audible with , available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/bhPzNOjp0vOxhzf5iurM 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATvWS_9wNfk 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76zxu2-chat-162-plan-b-el-salvador-with-giacomo-zucco.html

From the "death" of the 4-year cycle to the role of stablecoins and the fight against the surveillance state. 🌍🇸🇻 I pulled Giacomo Zucco aside at the Plan B conference for a live update on the state of the Bitcoin world. We cover the bargaining phase, the Cypher Tank initiative, and why KYC is a step backward for humanity. Listen to Chat_162 with on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/bhPzNOjp0vOxhzf5iurM 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATvWS_9wNfk 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76zxu2-chat-162-plan-b-el-salvador-with-giacomo-zucco.html

You want to connect a device? Scan a QR code, you're connected. You want to share some files? Talk files. You want to share a folder that you can see, it will look everything in the folder, and then you can just look and scroll through that list on your phone. The underlying engine is simple, it obscures all that stuff away and it works with WebSocket and RPC to communicate so you can just basically build any kind of web app you want on top of it. There's no server, there's not even a networking page. You get a link, or a QR, you connect, and your devices can talk to each other." ~ Learn more about PearDrive in The User Doesn't Care About Your Mission talk from on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/jfXO4Tytf0HdxfPgTARv 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hnnYgrOuVKU 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76c4u6-guys-take-104-the-user-doesnt-care-about-your-mission-re-upload.html

Everything is Fake and Gay. Or is it just the timeline getting weirder? 🤡🌎 Join me and the usual suspects as we oscillate between bullish milestones and the dystopian reality of AI interactions. We also ask the hard questions about Block's layoffs and the potential fallout of the current Bitcoin soft fork proposals. Listen to Everything is Fake and Gay with , and on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/oxLMGpN0DWflVPFHZmbg 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/2s19fW4LiZ0 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76lrn2-roundtable-018-everything-is-fake-and-gay.html

Is the era of "one-size-fits-all" software coming to an end? Today, we are reading Max Hillebrand's fascinating take on how AI and the open source movement are teaming up to liberate users from modern SaaS bloated with telemetry. Are we truly ready for the era of hyper-personalized software? Listen to Read_934 - The Code Liberation by on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/ES2CKtjRnHfVmqBSWXHz

The average user does not care about your sovereignty. It hurts to admit, but looking at the current state of freedom tech, the friction is undeniable. It’s 2026, and syncing files between devices is still migraine-inducing. We keep trying to sell the philosophy when we haven’t even mastered the basic utility. This is exactly why I'm building Pear Drive: scan a QR code, devices connect, files flow. No servers, no friction. Are we building the tools people want, or just the tools we want them to care about? Listen to The User Doesn't Care About Your Mission on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/jfXO4Tytf0HdxfPgTARv 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hnnYgrOuVKU 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v76c4u6-guys-take-104-the-user-doesnt-care-about-your-mission-re-upload.html

Does the spec create the code, or does the code discover the spec? In this episode, we dive into Jesse Posner's fascinating concept of The Secret to Vibe Coding. We explore the shift toward agentic workflows where the AI might just know your goals better than you do. Is this the entry point into a new era of software philosophy? Listen to The Secret to Vibe Coding by on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/XZwfb9vLLAPimDZEJRuN

“People don't consider the tax advantage of this... if you convert all of your heating to mining Bitcoin, your energy bill to mine the Bitcoin is a deduction. ...therefore you've just turned your heat bill into a full tax deduction.” ~ Cade Peterson Listen to Bitcoin is Tangible with Cade Peterson on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/0ipEPoPzahVZS6mU2tGK 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/iPGiPjlxrnE 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75yo22-chat-161-bitcoin-is-tangible-with-cade-peterson.html

"In our town, Wells Fargo had a building, and the building was originally built and called the Custer County Bank. Then Wells Fargo left our town. Now what used to be Wells Fargo is now a Bitcoin mine." ~ Cade Peterson Listen to Bitcoin is Tangible with Cade Peterson on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/0ipEPoPzahVZS6mU2tGK 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/iPGiPjlxrnE 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75yo22-chat-161-bitcoin-is-tangible-with-cade-peterson.html

Germany, France, and the U.S. have all agreed at the Munich Security Conference: The world order is officially dead. In this Read, we explore Ray Dalio's chapter on how external order crumbles into disorder and war. But more importantly, we look at the role of the monetary system in driving this collapse. Is Bitcoin the exit ramp? Listen to The World Order Has Broken Down by Ray Dalio on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/Ip3xamq8czBC1tutOtC1

What if your heating system actually paid you back? Cade Peterson joins me to to discuss the fascinating economics of mining for heat. We explore his journey from Air Force mechanic to building Bitcoin-heated fortresses. Stop burning money and start earning it! Listen to Bitcoin is Tangible with Cade Peterson on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/0ipEPoPzahVZS6mU2tGK 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/iPGiPjlxrnE 🔗 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v75yo22-chat-161-bitcoin-is-tangible-with-cade-peterson.html