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Chris Fisher
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Editor-in-chief at Jupiter Broadcasting

Anything you want to k ow about Red Hat or RHEL 10? I'm on the ground at Summit in Boston.

Fresh episode! This one is mostly my take on the Bitcoin Core drama/arbitrary data storage battle that really heated up this week.

https://fountain.fm/episode/xUOwVQh6OodM7ARZx4Tq

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Have you ever wondered what the original Linux conference is like? It’s more fun than you might think. We share the experience of LinuxFest Northwest!

https://fountain.fm/episode/RwNaCUBUe5goppa994RN

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I feel like a lot of the things I’ve been covering the last few weeks really came together in this episode. Hope you find it valuable!

https://fountain.fm/episode/MgU6hM5tuFJsFll8dMHO

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I'm back from my trip with a PACKED This Week in Bitcoin.

https://m.primal.net/Pdfy.mp4

Everything that has happened in the last two weeks can be explained in two words: cheap debt. I get deep into it this week.

Full episode: https://fountain.fm/episode/YlRXbCciYcBFVU8vcQNH

Player of choice link: https://episodes.fm/1733733790/episode/ZWQ0NTdiZGYtYjZjOC00YmUyLTgzMmYtNTM3ZTVlM2UxYjEy?view=apps&sort=popularity

Bitcoiners may feel rugged, but zoom out: the U.S. sees stablecoins as a route to dollar dominance, making everything else in crypto secondary.

Bitcoin doesn't need them; the stablecoin industrial complex does.

Bitcoin doesn't need anything from these people. But the stablecoin industrial complex (every major bank wants in) needs them badly. So, incentives were always going to align.

I don't think this means the Bitcoin Reserve idea is dead, but it does mean it's taking a back seat to what they think is the "bigger picture."

Are you enjoying the cheap seats?

I think people have the wrong perspective on the recent dip. Considering a global trade war is heating up, the Memecoin bubble is collapsing, stagflation is setting in, and AI money is slowing down, Bitcoin is doing great.

But the bumpy ride is far from over, and I explain why in today's This Week in Bitcoin: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/48

Grab it in your app of choice: https://episodes.fm/1733733790/episode/NjgzOTQwNTItODc4My00OWQxLTlmYzEtMmI1MmQ0NTAzNmRi

Have you ever wondered why Bitcoin tends to sell off on news of higher inflation - when it's supposed to be the greatest inflation hedge ever? I get into that and a lot more this week, enjoy!

https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/why-bitcoin-sells-when-inflation-goes-up_638749855507515104

Player of choice: https://episodes.fm/1733733790/episode/ZTUzZTVlODItMWU5MS00YjMxLWJlMmQtZDE2Y2EwZjE2YzU5

I've been a little quiet over here, heads down on today's episode of This Week in #Bitcoin.

All the Bitcoiners following the Fed, or looking historical cycle charts are in for a big shock. There's a new boss in town! Catch today's episode here: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/45

Or in your favorite podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733733790/episode/MTc2NWNjZTMtZjEwYS00ZDEyLTlmYTctYTYwZDMzYWMzZTk0

We're recording episode 600 of LINUX Unplugged today! We'll be live in just under 3 hours from this post.

Join us over in our #nostr chat at: https://jblive.tv

Fair point, I guess you could put it - the war went hot this week. Money is getting moved around, favors are being called on this week, "emergency videos" are being released, etc.

πŸŽ‰ It's out a bit late so I could slip in the latest news, but a fresh This Week in Bitcoin is out, and I'd love it if you checked it out.

I recap why the Bitcoin community declared war on Ripple/XPR this week, why I think Trump is walking into an economic trap and much more!

On Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/KfmPnNMUUXP4EKC98M3R

On the web: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/44

Nearly $1.5tn in stock market value wiped out today on the news of DeepSeek being cheap. And people say Bitcoin is risky. 🀣

The hits keep coming when the market is already down!

πŸ“° JUST IN - Chinese DeepSeek AI launches multimodal "Janus-Pro-7B" model with image input and output.

"This new model beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion across GenEval and DPG-Bench benchmarks."

It's already posted, too: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/Janus-Pro-7B

And it's also under the MIT License.

The market might be taking a beating on this news, but in the long term, this surely only increases competition, right? I'm already hearing talk of "AI's Sputnik Moment."

Chances are, in my humble opinion, that in the long term, this only serves to pump the AI bubble harder and faster.

What do you think?

Last day on our anniversary trip, and I wanted to share how unique this spot was. Pretty cool to have a Mountain Range on one side, and the ocean on the other. https://v.nostr.build/Xiq9Wx3qO1HfZSnJ.mp4

I just wrapped up recording this week's Self-Hosted, which will be out Friday. That means I'm done for the week early!

My wife and I are taking our small car on a few-day road trip around the Olympic Peninsula to celebrate our upcoming anniversary.

I have lived in Washington my whole life and have never really explored this beautiful area of the state.

But it's been a while since I road-tripped in anything but the RV. It feels unsettling to leave all my stuff behind, and I don't know how you people do it! I gotta sleep in some strange bed? Weird! πŸ˜… I can't bring my shitter with me? Crazy! But most of all, I won't have all my tech...

I'm just bringing my Pixel, and I don't plan to use it for anything besides maps.

I hope we have a lot of fun and get to recharge our batteries. If you're in the area and see a little black car zoom by, give us a πŸ‘‹

πŸŽ‰ This Week in Bitcoin is back after my holiday break and with a whopper. I packed the episode.

Fiscal dominance is taking stage, and I think Bitcoin will benefit, but I'm not nearly as bullish on 2025 as most, and I think I have the receipts to back it up:

Plus, I had a chance to review the Blockstream Jade and Block's BitKey wallets and discuss how they compare to each other and the ColdCard.

Don't miss the excellent links in the show notes either; cream of the crop: https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/41

In your player of choice: https://episodes.fm/1733733790/episode/OTQzNzE0YjAtMzE3Ni00OWI0LTg1OWQtN2E0Yjg5NjgwODc3

Santa got Levi the Pod Dog some things to keep him warm on winter walks. πŸ˜‹

Merry Christmas!

Why did the market tank when the Fed cut rates? And are normies finally realizing inflation is staying higher for longer?

I break it allll down, and why I'd rather not see an Executive Order to create a #Bitcoin Reserve in the US, but there is at least one upshot.

πŸŽ‰ Enjoy, it's the last planned episode of the year! πŸŽ…

https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/the-15-trillion-tantrum

πŸŽ‰ My biggest episode yet! $100k seems to really have freaked some people out, I can't overstate how stupid some people are getting.

I bust the biggest FUD since #Bitcoin hit $100k, and much more in this super sized edition of This Week in Bitcoin:

https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/100k-worth-of-fud

I'm fine with whatever to be clear, enjoy your xmr if you want. I just think it is ironic you're saying that on a platform known for zaps, and talkin to a guy who's podcasts are supported by folks sending their sats.

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From where I am sitting, I see a lot of people buying things and sending sats around.

I hear that argument all the time, but you sorta ignore all the volume on the Lightning network, and on-chain to buy it.