Bittersweet listening to this, and although nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx and nostr:npub16le69k9hwapnjfhz89wnzkvf96z8n6r34qqwgq0sglas3tgh7v4sp9ffxj almost discredited their entire body of work by suggesting that some random rowboat guy is a better athlete than Michael Jordan (thanks Jack Mallers for setting the record straight), this one really felt like a timestamp on the whole space.
When I got into #bitcoin in earnest in 2020, after a tumultuous dalliance with it in 2017, I never thought it would prove to be the journey it has - financially, socially, politically, and intellectually.
In mid-2022 I got a DM from Danny about going on the show. I flew out to Bedford to hang, record a show, and see a Real Bedford game. Needless to say, it was a pretty thrilling experience, and both Danny and Pete were extremely warm and welcoming dudes.
Pete’s generosity of time and spirit remains underrated and under-appreciated, and it will be sorely missed.
I was ostensibly invited on because I had been writing and publishing a lot about progressive politics and its increasingly uneasy relationship with Bitcoin. At the time, and perhaps because I was still clinging to my longtime identity as a progressive, I still believed the two were congenial.
Even though my views have changed and evolved significantly since that recording, and even though I was probably a little early and a little green in my podcasting career to effectively articulate all my thoughts at the time, the experience is one I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.
WBD was an integral part, an essential part of my #bitcoin journey. Without it, I’m probably in a different situation. And I know I’m not alone in that opinion.
The pantheon of guests throughout the years have been some of the most influential voices in my life.
In my house the joke is I’m either quoting Shakespeare or nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, T.S. Eliot or nostr:npub10cxz2h7n6rumfpuf49zt4uvm7skzqk5u25vesp0tzdtnkvsnwjyqaffcj3 . And it’s true. That’s how my brain works. But it’s also a testament to the show as a kind of real-time mapping of the space. Pete and Danny were like Lewis and Clark exploring the topography of the Bitcoin movement and reporting back
I could go on forever, but suffice to say it’s bittersweet listening to the last episode. Sad that it’s ending, but excited for the next chapter of the show.
Onward! nostr:note1amkk2gq4zqgrzf27dxel0f8alj06r8a9pma0ugltqr9cxwp5lgpsa77slz
