The Fiscal Engine Is Failing And Bitcoin Is The Spark

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Good Luck Killing Bitcoin w/ Key Pleb (JWP83)

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Key Pleb joins me to explore "vibe coding" on Nostr, the rise of AI as a replacement for Google, how investors can now use AI to evaluate Bitcoin vs assets like real estate, the mission behind Code Orange Developer School, the growth of Bitcoin House Bali, and how earning hard money and spending weak money is a game changer.

KeyPleb is the co-founder of Bitcoin House Bali and Code Orange Devs.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Vibe Coding on Nostr

2:53 - What is Vibe Coding?

8:15 - AI is Replacing Google Search

9:13 - Using AI as in Investor: Bitcoin vs Real Estate

14:35 - Bitcoin Indonesia Conference 2025

16:43 - Code Orange Developer School

23:10 - Bitcoin Startup Building

34:34 - Good Luck Killing Bitcoin

43:37 - KeyPleb’s Journey to Bitcoin and Bali

47:51 - Earning Strong Money, Spending Weak Money

51:28 - Life in Lithuania

56:39 - How to Connect with KeyPleb

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A few days ago I played my first live poker tournament in ~2 years.

Poker is a game where I previously gave 6.5 years of my life — attempting to master & improve at every aspect of the game: mathematical, psychological, and emotional.

My career ended with a realization that my job was slowly killing me, both physically and mentally. I found the lifestyle to be very draining as it often required late nights, long hours of sitting and staring expressionless, and I noticed my emotions slowly becoming numb over time. I found being around gamblers all day to be unhealthy for my soul.

Losing is a big part of the job which isn’t fun, but you get used to it, and eventually, I found winning to be miserable, as winning requires someone else to lose, which is at best a net-neutral energy exchange. I realized humanity isn’t becoming a better place as a whole by this type of work.

Exactly two years ago today, I went to my first international retreat simply looking for rejuvenation as I was feeling depleted, but I came out of the experience realizing all of the things I’ve described above. It was a powerful experience for me and I continued to discover my true self over the next couple years through travel and meeting new people in different industries.

It’s been a fun journey with many ups and downs, but I’m so happy I took the leap of faith and trusted my intuition. Now that I’ve competed in a live poker tournament again, I was able to reenter the casino with new eyes. Even though I haven’t done any work on my game, I felt very sharp making decisions. I was able to advance to the final day of the tournament, which is tomorrow, qualifying in the top 9 out of 73 players in my flight.

I’m a highly competitive guy so I did enjoy competing, especially when I lost a hand, and got to analyze and pinpoint exactly why I lost and how I can adjust for the next hand. It was enjoyable to put together a strategic game plan for each new level as the blinds increased as we were now forced to put in a higher percentage of our stack each hand.

But the reality is that all of my realizations still hold. I could feel my emotions getting zapped slowly but surely once again. I could feel the emptiness within me as I managed to knock out players of lesser skill.

Luckily, I’ve been loving the depth of one-on-one mindset coaching and can’t wait to bring that energy into in-person retreats, centered around nourishment, rejuvenation, movement, nature, and the kind of real, in-person connection we’re all craving more of.

Poker will always hold a special place in my heart — I gave a lot to it, and it’s a beautiful game that brings people together from all walks of life. But I don’t plan to return to it consistently. I may play the occasional tournament as a lesser hobby, but I feel so much healthier — mentally, emotionally, and physically by stepping away from that world.

So the lesson I want to leave you all is this: If you’re feeling drained by something you once loved, you’re not broken — you’re evolving. Trust that feeling. It might just be your soul calling you into something greater.