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Plays Sax 🎷 Stacks Sats! Leaving my Twitter nym and starting anew with my actual name.

Since it was close enough for me to drive there, I went to Vegas for the Bitcoin Conference. I bought the tickets the day after Nashville 2024 when they announced it would be in Vegas.

What an amazing experience to see so many many of my favorite podcasters, influencers and other psychopaths in person. And as I was walking in to pre register here's the fist person I saw... Wow!

Hello NOSTR - part 2.

Well, I just put up a little post of my playing. I'll start adding to it as I go along. I want to mention that my entire life is norms and I've been a BTC stacker for the last four years. The first purchase I made was when it was $50K the first time. So still trying to catch up to you OG's. I'm just a musician, after all.

Thanks brother! First sax solo on NOSTR should be up there. Had to dial down resolution so it would fit the file size limit.

And seeing you in Vegas was great. Four years stacking sats by myself in Normie-land and nobody I know is a Bitcoiner other than a couple of orange pills. But still, they're just "and I have some bitcoin too" kind of people. I'm 99.97% BTC and a few hundred dollars. I had to actually get some dollars to go to the conference. But it was amazing to be in a room of ALL bitcoiners. First one I saw was Adam Back. Freaked me out.

I think I mentioned I am a saxophone player. Here's a clip from gig at a local club a couple months ago on a tune called "Alone Together"

...And there's a file size limit. Ok. I have to cut it back a bit. Sorry for an abrupt ending.

https://blossom.primal.net/3b382671995792ec3746a330e78f083f3e317e01585f3ec2691c6e64e6477e66.mov

Replying to Avatar GregZaj

IYKYK

The "Fuck the State" panel was great. No beard threw me off for a minute.

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Nice to look out the window and there's the sea. And a little bird also enjoying the view.

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Going to nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r?

Everyone gets a #Nostr onboarding card preloaded with 2,100 sats at check-in:

Oooooh! Wish I got one of those when I checked in at Vegas for my first BTC conference. New here and just activated my wallet and need to add some sats to it. Hope I get a few followers and zaps. 😃

Greetings to all you NOSTR folks. I guess this is my introductory post to say hi and hope to get some followers here. I have a nym X profile but no human followers. Just bots.

I thought I’d start again on this platform with my real name. I’m a jazz saxophonist and have played all over the world. I currently reside in northern AZ.

I’ll break this up into a few posts and hopefully I’ll have some views on it eventually.

HELLO NOSTR!

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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!

Congratulations Peter!

This is my first post from my brand new NOSTR account with my real name. I had a Twitter nym and have finally made the move here although not set up a wallet or or even have a profile pic, but this was the first post I saw after logging in on my phone.

Thank you for WBD. It (and you) were instrumental in my education and transition from shitcoin rugpull to Bitcoin only maxi.

We had differing opinions on some things, especially during the plandemic, but I never yelled and trolled you because we all had to come to our own equilibrium.

But all the success to you on the new show and it will be great. You understand how to interview people and draw the best from them. I’ve learned a lot from you and all the guests you’ve had.

Thanks so much and GFY! 😂

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