579: Lost & Found

Imho we have let the crypto skeptics get inside our heads. I think as a community we should lean into the fact that boost are powered by bitcoin. As a small business, I’m grateful to have support in a hard asset. It’s helped me fight inflation and keep my head above water. Bitcoin is an intelligence test, and I don’t need everyone in the world listening. I want a great audience, not the biggest audience possible. These are things we should lean into as a podcasting community trying to offer an alternative to mainstream crap. Go Podcasting!

Just wanted to say I really appreciate the work you guys do behind the scenes for the us Podcasters out here! Also +1 to the idea of putting an on-chain Address in the funding tag. I’ve definitely heard from a few listeners that would support via onchain, because that’s where they already have their stats.

Nevermind. Found the answer to my question. The key is the ‘spread’ that an exchange uses. Paying 2 fees with Strike or Cash could end up being cheaper than 1 fee from an exchange that doesn’t force me to use their custodial wallet.

Just got my hardware wallet. Is there a way to purchase bitcoin/sats directly to the device. If I purchase with Strike/Cash/etc., then transfer to the hardware wallet address, won’t I pay 2 transfer fees? If there’s a way to avoid one of those fees, I’d love to know.

Proud Canadian and bitcoiner here. Is our pm and government prefect hell no but If you want to talk about National embarrassment invite you to play any recent speech of your President. Do i agree with the deepening trade with china, no, but as Canadians we can make our own deals with the Chinese rather then lock in step with the US and the current admin of weapons grade incompetence.

Sometimes you gotta take your medicine. Everyone keeps saying we’re living through the moment Bitcoin was built for. This week I get into why I think that’s just a bunch of crying in the streets.

Getting reports of boosts failing from Fountain.fm, so test boooost/zaaap!

Fresh episode! This one is mostly my take on the Bitcoin Core drama/arbitrary data storage battle that really heated up this week.

Congratulations on EP 100, you deserve much more then this small boost!

TWiB 100 is out, and it’s a big one! Come for the macro, and stay for the FUD busting at the end! Enjoy 🍻

Also the 444 locking up utxos is the stupidest thing I've heard. If I'm a bad actor I'm not doing that kinda thing with my life saving stack. I'm using a wallet I just made and a hand full of sats from a BTC ATM.

I think if Trump was serious about bringing back manufacturing to the US you would see those around him investing in that sort of thing. This would be the investment opportunity of a lifetime. Instead you see those folks going to him to get special deals and exemptions to keep doing what they are doing. It's all about being the gate keeper and having control and not about setting American up for success.

My theory is weak hands are liquidating btc to get ready for the SpaceX IPO to hop on that wagon. Between the shit going on with the sp500 lining up for spacex and the AI bubble, I think we are in for quite the show of Wall Street shooting up, but then flop on it's side.... Keep humble stack sats and see you all on the other side of this mess in a few years.

Fresh TWiB and it’s packed with research. Key Topics: AI pump and its distortion of Q1 U.S. GDP growth Unprecedented valuations and financial challenges of upcoming AI IPOs (SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, XAI) Circular revenue models and rapid hardware obsolescence in the AI industry Impact of rising interest rates and inflation on debt-laden AI companies Geopolitical risks, energy shocks, and the depletion of strategic petroleum reserves Bitcoin's performance compared to AI stocks and the "digital gold" narrative SpaceX's significant Bitcoin treasury holdings MicroStrategy's evolving Bitcoin strategy The Clarity Act and its implications for stablecoins and surveillance Misinformation regarding U.S. seizure of Iranian "crypto" Discussion of a potential U.S. "strategic Bitcoin reserve" Bitcoin as an "information arbitrage" and its future price potential Bitcoin network fundamentals and long-term stacking strategy Enjoy!

What hurricane? Thanks, Mike, for sacrificing your prep time for us listeners. We don’t deserve you!

I noticed that the “Activate Linux” project has a NixOS flake: https://github.com/MrGlockenspiel/activate-linux

An app pick to make you laugh: https://github.com/Anupya/dadjoke-cli

So excited about LIT support in Castamatic, great work!

Happy to help test / transition things at Jupiter Broadcasting as app’s transition off the Alby API. After listening today, my biggest concern would be losing the info in the TLV record. And how to handle the transition in our value tags.

Very happy Framework 13 owner here. I have it ‘docked’ most of the time, but it’s driving 2 32” curved USB-C displays and it’s own screen. The only time I notice any fan noise is when watching YouTube videos for an extended period. I love the hot-swapping ports and the repairability, though I haven’t had to repair anything because it’s been incredibly reliable. It probably helps that I use external keyboard and mouse most of the time. Currently running Plasma 6.2 on Fedora 40. YMMV, but I am very happy with this purchase.

Killer value to the community this week in taking time to talk patiently with Rob at Libsyn. Good work! Really been enjoying the board meetings recently. Happy belated birthday Podfather 🍻

Sending a little love from the new Fountain update! 🫡

No message. Just felt wrong missing a week to BOOST.

Why did the immutable operating system go to therapy? Because it was feeling a little "unchangeable" and needed to work through some "persistent" issues! But in the end, it just had to "commit" to being itself and "roll back" its anxiety!

Long time listener, first time Booster! Love it!

+1 for the newbie video. Would love to see it too! My spending sats are held like this: streaming sats go to Alby (because I listen in Castamatic); boosting sats are in Fountain. Still working on my holding workflow. For now, I’m just stacking them in Cash.app and Strike.

Appreciation boost! Sometimes you just feel the need!

"ho ho ho now i have a machine gun" that's all you need to certify die hard as a Xmas movie. Also Chris with the flooding you guys had a while back did that make your rethink getting your ham ticket? Any meshtatic activity when it was all going down?

Oh hey now there bud, our CN tower ain't no copy of your Seattle needle, it's over triple the size. Also I'm assuming you had to experience Pearson International, it's Canada's own little slice of hell.

I'm DCAing once a day at the moment. what I would love is to be able to DCA every block. Just a few little stats, symbolically buying my sliver of the new stats being mined.

This Week in Bitcoin 120 is OUT! We pick up right where we left off after a historic couple of weeks. With some very good long-term signs for Bitcoin. Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/oUfv7KZfztfznV7Ia03C YouTube: https://youtu.be/gz7yq4oswi4

From DOGE to Bessent breaking out the checkbook and buying his own supply. I’ll explain why Treasury is buying back its own bonds, and why Bitcoin is ripping on the news. Plus some Bitcoin Core32 news, wallet security updates, and more. Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/mINbvSG83CfjIsCCRoAE YouTube: https://youtu.be/eF5VA-ogQMo

Some quick macro, then we get into why BIP-110 failed. I have thoughts. And I brought the receipts. Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/h6lhMkYx4bERAAPXZXTf YouTube: https://youtu.be/RWyu5YanEGU

A new TWiB is out. I guess I’m at the anger phase over this Coldcard situation. But there’s a lot of other important stuff in this episode too. Enjoy! 🍻

A Fresh TWiB is OUT: https://fountain.fm/episode/UWgdr9MLVIo4Z1UHWy3S YouTube: https://youtu.be/icity09i_KM Things are moving quick this week, and I do my best to get you up to date with nothing but signal. Enjoy! 🍻

Fresh TWiB is out! Don’t miss this one, enjoy! 🍻

A fresh TWiB is OUT. King Dollar is back, the debasement trade is supposedly dead, and Bitcoin is left testing the one question that matters: what happens when Saylor stops buying? Foutain: https://fountain.fm/studio/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/nfKPiMVds7O… YouTube: https://youtu.be/bHcefWnhxzM Enjoy 🍻