The mempool has calmed down, the mempool has calmed down, thank… 
Was Barry the first show to continue sound from the episode in the credits instead of music? It’s usually just ambient noise of bugs chirping, but it’s such a powerful thing I’m surprised it isn’t used more.
Wake up, check mempool…guess they’re still degening 
Thanks for the reminder. Half way through but got distracted. Need to finish in the next week.
Sort of hesitant to even go here, but anyone have thoughts about RFK Jr.'s sudden interest in bitcoin? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/robert-kennedy-jr-make-campaign-debut-bitcoin-conference-rcna83123
Someone is giving him surprisingly decent talking points. Even does an ok job an energy FUD, but it seems likely someone on his staff is prepping him rather than something he really understands…I suppose that’s true of most things any candidate is discussing
Sounds like a real one, I got freaked out when told I had to open a Romanian bank account and wire money, so took 2 more years until Coinbase would let me ACH
We let him park his van in the fray parking lot, and even though he didn’t have to, spent 20 minutes hanging out and talking with people befor heading to the event somewhere else on campus, genuinely cared 🫡
Graduated ‘09 and actually helped host RP at my fraternity. Was the most genuine politician I’ve ever met after 4 years of college in New Hampshirite
I never considered myself a liberal, but I listened to NPR daily for years, subscribed to the NYT for years, because I wanted to have a sense of the fancy liberal perspective.
Both completely lost me over time.
For NPR, it was a slow burn that eventually extinguished when I no longer had a commute. For NYT, it was firing James Bennet for publishing an op ed from a sitting senator.
Now I primarily subscribe via substack and patreon. News is a commodity, and I’ll pay for opinions from individuals I trust. There are no publications I trust at this point
New podcast is out. Episode 66 with Adam Back, Jameson Lopp and Austin Alexander.
https://www.bradmills.ca/podcast/jameson-lopp-adam-back-austin-alexander-on-bitcoins-evolution
I went to Satoshi Roundtable in Dubai recently & a highlight of the trip was getting to finally meet Adam Back.
I've never met Dr Back before, although I've interacted with him online quite a bit - he was just like you'd expect him to be - thoughtful, brilliant and tuned in.
Satoshi Roundtable has turned into a bit of a "crypto" event over the last few years, with the who's who of shitcoiners attending the event and focusing conversations on bubble bullshit like NFTs, web3 and DeFi nonsense ... but Bruce has done a great job of trying to prioritize Bitcoin and Bitcoiners at the event.
For that reason, a good contingent of Bitcoiners still go to SRT.
There was an opening ceremony at the event where hundreds of industry participants were brainstorming on the most interesting topics to discuss at the event.
Bruce had a "VIP" table in the center with some esteemed guests which included some government officials, royal family members and Adam Back :)
Aside from hanging out poolside and during roundtable sessions with Dr Back, I got to spend some time playing pickleball and hanging out in the hot tub with Jameson Lopp, discussing the Casa adding ETH situation among other things.
I also shared a drive back from Abu Dhabi with Austin Alexander and we got into a heated debate over bitcoin scaling & bitcoin culture and then getting in a good workout at the resort gym the next morning.
I figured that this was a great time to get a podcast done with 3 folks who I respect to discuss some important topics like bitcoin scaling, sidechains, and bitcoin culture.
Hope you enjoy the convo.
If you get any value out of my podcast, please leave me a fun review at ratethispodcast.com/bitcoin and I'll read it on the next episode!
I’m halfway through, and it’s one of your best!
Switching over to #onlyzaps
Rajwinder, stop trying to make web3 happen! It’s not going to happen!
One day
Is there a good article with the tldr on stamps? I tried googling bitcoin stamps, and apparently there are a lot of physical stamps I’m not interested in
It’s a thing now if it wasn’t
We made it to Friday https://giphy.com/gifs/its-friday-393kszFi2PuCEopURN
As I just got on YouTube: “want to be a consistent trader? Then stop doing this! (Video of drawing triangles)”
I cut it off at that point, but it’s hilarious that even the scam ads are now neging the triangle drawers
“We no longer state that we anticipate ongoing rate increases will be appropriate” - JPow