You can now watch all four of the films in my Follow the Money Series:
- FTM #1: Bitcoin in El Salvador
- FTM #2: Inflation, The Hidden Tax
- FTM #3: Dear Elizabeth Warren
- FTM #4: Argentina's Inflation Crisis
whatbitcoindid.com/wbd-films
Now available:
"Follow the Money Part 5 - Lebanon, Life After the State."
Here I travelled to Lebanon to see how the country is rebuilding itself following the collapse of any effective government.
Big thanks to @irisenergyco for sponsoring this film.
I’ve tried to be reasonable and engage on your points but it’s a waste of time trying to do this with someone who only comes with insults and doesn’t actually engage on the points raised.
I hope you find what you are looking for. Have a nice day.
Thanks mate. I don’t think some people understand how much we get pulled in different directions from the different political views or ideologies held. We just try and keep our platform open and help people navigate complex topics.
If you think everyone who sees the world differently from you sucks you are going to have a tough time.
It is a big complex world. People are from different ages, geographical, cultures, parents, influences. Most arrive where they are from a combination of factors.
There will be no unified thought or monoculture. What I hope is there will be less corporate media influence, separation of government and money and ways of working together better.
Have a nice day.
When people have so much hate for some they definitely have hero’s elsewhere.
Anarchy-capitalism is an ideology nobody is near. Even Milei as an anarchy-capitalist is having to increase freedom for Argentinians from within the framework of the state.
It’s fine to be idealistic but some people have to get out there and do the work. This is why I appreciate people like Dave Smith and Rand Paul, they understand and play the game but don’t change their convictions.
Most of these little angry people who shout statist this, statist that live in the most free places in the world.
Yet here I am having the conversations and here you are with “an opinion”.
As I said, plenty of your heroes agree with me.
To be honest I never understood the hate for nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx.
Watching the show #whatbitcoindid introduced me to lots of great people in the space and I learned a lot from them.
He is obviously a hard working guy and from my perspective it is obvious that he cares about #bitcoin. Ironically the first episode I watched is the episode where nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx roasted him about the bankrupted sponsors. Still if I could have been contributed even %1 of nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx to the Bitcoin I would feel better about myself. 🤷🏻
It’s fashionable with people who have a narrow view of the world. I’m willing to bet a lot of money I’ve been to more countries and spoken to more people than them.
I’ve seen all types of governance, geography and culture. When you travel you develop a broad view rather than narrow.
Age helps too. You get older and wiser.
Yes, I have spoken to almost everyone and many of your heroes actually share the same view. Many realise this tips the scales in terms of regulatory protection and adoption.
Again thanks for listening.
The fact that you open with an insult and purposely spell my name correctly makes it hard to take you seriously.
If you grow up and want to actually do this seriously feel free to drop me a message or email. Happy to discuss my thoughts.
Either way, thanks for listening.
Just a word of advice, don’t join hate pile-ons, as you get older you’ll look back and probably be embarrassed.
I’m pro democracy because everything else is terrible. Many democratic states have fallen to dictatorships. Never seen one fall to anarcho-capitalism.
Freedom is something you fight for. If you listen to my interview with Dave Smith I align with his Libertarian views in that it is best to fight for freedom within the structure of the state.
I hate government now but I know there are things worse and evil. I honestly find the whole “statist cuck” thing boring and childish which is why it doesn’t appear in many conversations as serious.
If I run a business that people will depend on me and tying that business to Bitcoin’s success in financial terms automatically puts in you a very real time window. I bet it must be a relief for him because it is a step toward the mass adoption. Especially in UK they are in a much more slippery slope in terms of regulation and everything. So USA taking this step at this point in time might help him.
But coming to your point that he is a statist. At the end of the day he is not a complete and hardcore anarchist. As far as I’m aware he never claimed go be also in the environment of UK it is much more difficult to be one than a person living in USA. And to be honest I am not myself huge fan of the idea living without the idea of sone type/shape or form of government. I live in the Middle East and I see what happens to the people when the governments fail and how the violent and chaotic it can be. But if it means anything to you I don’t see myself as a statist as it is a more complex matter than 1 or 0 like many things in life. For example I like the idea of constitution. It is like the whitepaper of Bitcoin. It gives rules. Defining property rights. Protecting life of people. I’m not saying current systems are good or working as they should be (obviously they don’t) but I always feel like pointing fingers to nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx is just #friendlyfire in the #bitcoin space.
I would love the idea of agreeing on the base layer that Bitcoin is a good thing that gives you allies that you wouldn’t think that you would stand together with. If you disagree with something on a higher level still make it okay somehow because you know he stands for bitcoin.
Pretty mature response, appreciated.
nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx are you going to visit downtown at all on your #toronto trip?
Not sure, here for two days. We have a meetup tonight.
The Financial Times #bitcoin New Years Resolution. 
Many so-called bitcoin podcasts like nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx did the opposite and ruined their listeners lives for ad-rev.
Choose your causes wisely. Malignant narcissism is rife in the "Bitcoin space".
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I didn’t ruin anyone’s lives.
Only one of those companies sponsors the podcast. Ledger is a great Bitcoin wallet.
Oh man, it was hard to stay composed in this one. I nearly burst out crying myself.
Thanks for sharing nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m, WBD is still missing an appearance from you.
What an absolute honour it was to interview Fran Finney, the wife of legendary #bitcoin OG Hal Finney.
Hal wrote the first ever #bitcoin Tweet, the famous "Running Bitcoin", which we have on the back of our Real Bedford shirts.
Support Fran in everything she does!
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/running-bitcoin-with-fran-finney