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Bitcoin Needs a Crisis | Rob Wallace

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Aired Mar 30, 2026 · 1h 24m · Last boosted Apr 4, 2026

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Rob Wallace from Bitcoin News is not your typical Bitcoiner, this is a guy who spent four years living in Shanghai, bought his first 2.2 bitcoin at an ATM in 2016… only to have them stolen at a Las Vegas airport. We cover the macro chaos unfolding around us, why Eastern Europe might be civilization's last immune system, and what the Fourth Turning actually looks like from the inside. We dig deep into the corporate Bitcoin treasury mania: who's holding the line and who already blinked. Mainly, we discuss why the next wave of bitcoin adoption will come from a crisis. ...

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This reminds me of the first book I read on blockchains « The Truth Machine ». Always building your reputation, still as anonymous as you choose, and your reputation still has value. Way down the line, but could you imagine a « sorry » button? And a « forgiven » button? Seems people either say nothing for fear of becoming a meme, or hide behind burner accounts, and have no guard rails. Wouldn’t it be nice to feel you could fuck up and make amends?
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This is the second or third podcast I’ve heard Saif share this theory and the more I struggle with it the more it is influencing my thinking. This was a sad hard fork. How do we avoid them in the future?
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It’s a great day when Rock Paper Bitcoin drops. My favorite bitcoin podcast. These guys will be massive when more plebs graduate to the pioneer status.
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Very good episode about the IMF, bitcoin adoption, El Salvador and more. Highly recommend. Tons of great info. @npub1gaxapm9t9… @npub1rxysxnjkh…
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I got to meet Fundamentals and do a quick interview for the My First Bitcoin documentary in Prague last week. I’ve listened to every Rock Paper Bitcoin episode since @npub1phvflpwfk… put me onto them last year. These guys are pioneers. Onward!
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Genuinely enjoying this space, so different than “number go up” 24/7, thank you for that. Question, is there any folklore around the 21 million number? Why did Satoshi decide on 21? Many thanks.
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A number of questions…how is Elon less of a ruler, by definition, not trying to be argumentative, and do we not delay the process of embracing the power of decentralization when we speak about the « rulers » we don’t hate like they are somehow better than the ones we do? If Elon wants my support tokenize and dentralize X and buy some of the coins.
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This was one of my two favourites podcasts recently. For the same reason. Both guests, Simon Dixon here and Lyn Alden on Peter McCormack’s show, were outside of their usual comfort zone, and did great jobs framing things for the audience. It got me thinking how we need to meet people where they are. Cheers
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This was one of my two favourites podcasts recently. For the same reason. Both guests, Lyn Alden here and Simon Dixon on Coin Stories, were outside of their usual comfort zone, and did great jobs framing things for the audience. It got me thinking how we need to meet people where they are. Cheers
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Mechanic’s points about spam and scammers are spot on. “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” It’s important for people to grasp that Bitcoin could potentially end up like email- where there are a few centralized node runners in a walled garden to prevent spam. What datum is doing is critical. Quit pissing in the mempool !
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Fantastic conversation @npub1dg6es53r3… + @npub1s05p3ha7e… The control system and the open, secure decentralized protocol bounded by energy cannot coexist indefinitely. That is why we are witnessing the current attempt to l centralize bitcoin and make it an asset. Bitcoin is money. 2026 is the year of using it.
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Would anyone here consider a Land Value Tax (Georgism) as part of the solution for sprawl and in efficient building models?
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“Everything you own, owns a piece of you.”
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