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Bitcoin // Root & Branch Coffee, Belfast

The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England may not enter.

William Pitt the Elder

The Great Commoner (Pleb)

Any UK bitcoiners with a Ltd company and corn on their balance sheet considered liquidating it and getting it into their own names before BTC moves higher?

I’m curious, throughout this year I bought BTCTCs via UK tax efficient wrappers to sit alongside my stack.

I’ve noticed they cause me more stress than just holding and adding to my stack which I never even think about.

Is everything fiat-related tainted?

UK Boomers careening into extreme existential economic funk over the coming Starmergeddon budget @ end of Oct.

Conversations over the last week tells me there’s mass resignation at their imminent backscuttling.

A world apart from the GFY attitude from you lot…

Our kitchen appliances have all seemingly agreed to a suicide pact.

In the interests of accuracy & to avoid any accusations or the appearance of being far right, I shall now refer to ‘white goods’ as ‘white bads’.

Replying to Avatar Peter McCormack

The studio is ready, Danny's flights are booked, and next week we’ll begin recording episodes for our new podcast.

I wanted to share the reasons behind this shift as many have been asking. Three primary factors influenced this decision:

1. I hate making remote shows—I never want to do them again. These interviews need the intimacy of being in person.

2. Traveling constantly has been detrimental to my health and my family.

3. My commitments here with the football club and local community are growing.

So, the solution was clear: build a studio in the UK and produce the show locally.

We’ve secured a fantastic space in Soho, London, and we’re ready to go but given the limited number of Bitcoin guests available in the UK or those willing to fly in, it’s time to retire What Bitcoin Did.

Our new podcast will be similar in feel but will cover a broader range of topics. While some episodes will focus on Bitcoin (though less frequently), most will explore other interesting topics or people.

Having made nearly 900 episodes covering a wide range of #bitcoin topics and guests, we’re now aiming higher. By diversifying our content and guests, we hope to introduce more people to the concept of sound money through podcast osmosis. If we get this right, it will be a bigger show, if we get it wrong, well we tried.

For a long time I have felt there is a need to get out of the #bitcoin corner of the party. Real Bedford FC was a way of integrating sound money into a traditional business model. CheatCode purposely did not include Bitcoin in the title, so changing the show feels like a natural next step.

Sometimes when stuck in the #bitcoin landscape you can lose site of how other people in the world think, lose empathy for the complexities of the world. I have felt this. I'd come home from spending two weeks with Bitcoiners and be with friends and family locally and notice a distinct difference in how we see the world. As everything feels like it is going to shit, I feel like there is a bigger job to do now.

The Bitcoin podcast landscape is well served, from Marty and Odell to Natalie and Preston, from The Blue Collar guys to Stefan Livera and anyone I haven't mentioned. There’s no shortage of high-quality Bitcoin podcasts.

However, there seems to be some fatigue in the space, with similar guests and topics being revisited. With our new show we want to bring fresh perspectives and ideas, aligning with sound money where relevant—think of the shows we’ve had with the likes of Eric Weinstein and Michael Malice.

On a personal note, I’m need the challenge, test myself wider, get fit and find a good woman. I can't do this travelling all the time.

When I started the podcast my life was a shit show - divorced, coming off drugs, heading towards bankruptcy. I've had an incredible 7 years, travelled the world, made amazing friends and got to live my dream by buying my local football club.

To everyone who has helped us get this far - the guests, the listeners, the sponsors, we could not have done this without you. I am forever in your debt.

I hope you’ll check out the new show and enjoy it, though it may not be for some of you. Regardless, Danny and I will work hard to deliver the best show possible, like we always have.

Roll on The McCormack Show!

PoW. Well done Peter (Danny & crew)!

I asked Midjourney for an image of Assured Mutual Destruction…

If Brits could close read, this statement from Starmer today should scare the shit out of them.

“I’ll have to turn to the country and make big asks of you to accept short term pain for long term good. The trade-off for the genuine solution.”

I’m deeply embedded here, but this statement above feels like a direct shot across my bow.

Am very grateful for my time in Russia at the table with the elderly. Their regaling of life under the regime has proved to be a great primer.

Need to get rid of some more fiat. What would you do, stack more sats, or fit a solar array (& install a battery) to your roof?

Revocation of freedoms + increasing tax burden = totalitarianism. This frens, is the UK project. Seemed not that long ago I had to draw lines in the sand for C19, but...here we go again.

I know I've been absent of late, but a boat refit has cannabalised my clock. 9 days to completion before shakedown sail to the Scottish Whisky Festival.

"The banking system in [...] is stable"

is the new

"I tested positive but am thankful for the vaccine otherwise I could be dead."

BoE boss is telling me that as a UK business owner, inflation is my fault because I put my prices up. He's really going to love me when he finds out that as a bitcoiner, I'm also on a mission to decimate his life.

Busy of late, hence my absence, but found time to buy the dip.

Must go home, but TradingView is kind of hypnotic today.