Jonathan Kohn is a Venezuelan born Energy professional with experience in Land and BIS management for the oil and gas industry. Prior to founding BitPetro, Jonathan served as VP for Balanced Energy LLC, where he was responsible for the development and capitalization of over 70 drilling projects in Texas. BitPetro was founded in 2014, it focuses on the use of data science to provide land research and acquisition services focused on the intersection of Bitcoin and the Energy industry. Mr. Kohn als...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Robert Breedlove is a digitally fluent finance and operations executive (CEO/CFO/COO/CIO) with broad spectrum leadership experience across the enterprise tech, consumer tech, corporate finance, international M&A, tax strategy, wealth management, Bitcoin, and cryptoasset domains. Robert holds a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Finance and a Master’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business. His mission in life is to maximize freedom for humanity. ...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Has the bottom hit for the current cycle? The truth is that I don’t know. Further the truth is math never lies and hence it doesn’t matter. I actually called the bottom once the cycles top was established at 14,400 and I say yes, we have hit bottom. Yet when I say, “never be this easy again” I am referring to the next 2 years leading up to the next halving. There are so many ways to stack right now, let’s talk about some of them and why bear markets are for building. Join Me Today to Discuss… Wh...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 34 min
Gabriel Custodiet is host of The Watchman Privacy Podcast and the author of a bestselling privacy guide on Amazon. He has published many episodes on the use and accumulation of private/sovereign Bitcoin, and produces a Bitcoin privacy course that describes the process of owning, using, and acquiring Bitcoin in a radical way. Gabriel is currently writing a book on the basics of Bitcoin, re-explaining what it is in hopes of waking up the masses of people who have incorrectly learned how to use it ...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Parker Lewis, an Austin native, is a veteran of the banking and asset management industries. After coming to the conclusion that bitcoin would become the global reserve currency, Parker joined Unchained Capital, helping build the company into one of the most trusted technology and financial services brands in bitcoin. Parker is also the author of the renowned Gradually, Then Suddenly Blog Series on bitcoin. He joins us today to discuss why he feels Bitcoin will in time become the world’s reserve...
Oct 18, 2022•2 hr 18 min
Today I am joined by Gary Leland founder of Bit Block Boom and host of “The Bitcoin Boomer” podcast. Gary is also one of the original gangster podcasters going back so long in his podcasting that he is one of the few current podcasters that have actually been in the game longer than me. Honestly Gary is a legend in the podcast industry and in the world of the internet as a whole. Having been ahead of both curves since the very beginning with literally hundreds of successful initiatives behind hi...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 47 min
Today I am joined by Jonathan Chester, founder and CEO of BitWage. We will discuss how his service allows anyone to receive all or part of their salary in Bitcoin no matter who they work for with no need to onboard their employer. Oh and how about Bitcoin in your 401K plan? Yea we are going to talk about that too! Jonathan Chester is founder/CEO of Bitwage. Jonathan has been in the Bitcoin industry as an early adopter since 2013, running Bitwage, the most popular payroll & invoicing platform...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Today I am joined by “Kati the Russian” to discuss the concept of Plan B passports. We discuss Flag Theory, jurisdictional arbitrage, the cost of a second passport, the sovereign individual and a ton more. Katie was born and raised in Russia. as a former pro sailor and national champion, she got a US green card and at the age of 21 she immigrated to the US. 6 years later Katie is a CEO of PlanBpassport.com, a Bitcoiner and wannabe Sovereign Individual. Join Us Today to Discuss… What is Flag Theo...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Today I wanted to go solo on a variety of bitcoin and lightning network topics I see popping up a lot in listener emails, youtube live chat and especially on Bitcoin Twitter. There is a lot going on, good news, FUD and some actual misinformation. You know real “misinformation” not the MSM version of the word. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why do I prefer the Fold Card over something like “BlockFi” – Get Fold How do I use bitcoin to pay for gas or buy groceries Why do so many shitcoin projects fail s...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 43 min
Today I am joined by Jesse Markowitz to discuss the Start9 Embassy server from a customer’s perspective. I have had Matt Hill on twice about digital sovereignty via Start9’s technology. But I thought the perspective of an end user might really bring value to our audience. Jesse is a Computer Enthusiast and programmer for over 35 years. He has an engineering Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He started looking at Bitcoin i...
Sep 06, 2022•2 hr 5 min
Blake Greiner is the founder of Muskminers who have bitcoin miners hosting sales and operations at Texas and Louisiana. They mine and host on wasted flare gas based energy. The flare gas is otherwise burned off without generating a usable asset. Essentially, muskminers take stranded energy and creates a usable asset known as bitcoin. Right now there are massive amounts of wasted and stranded energy all over the world. Not just oil well gas flares either. For instance ever large landfill in the U...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 34 min
Today Nate from Voltage joins me to discuss the lightning network, advances in bitcoin and how Voltage cloud services can allow you to deploy powerful lightning nodes in under 5 minutes. The typical Voltage customer is developing apps and wallets on the lightning network, but the service is very affordable and I have been personally running a Voltage node to learn about the technology for about two months now. Nate is the current head of Support and Education at Voltage. He has been with the com...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 45 min
As an early(ish) adopter, Jeremy has had his finger on the pulse of the Bitcoin world since 2016. He has helped shape the industry by being a part of several crypto related start-ups, such as Obelisk Inc., Foundation Devices, and most recently as the Customer Service Manager for Fold Inc. Being well versed in a wide variety of topics and best practices, Jeremy has led multiple workshops, both domestically and abroad. His passion for helping others become self sovereign and financially secure per...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 42 min
Mick Morucci is the co-founder of Geyser, a reward-based crowdfunding platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning network. He built Geyser to help creatives, developers, educators launch their initiatives through the support of their community. By building on Bitcoin’s lightning network Geyser enables what Mick calls “borderless crowdfunding”: crowdfunding that can happen regardless of geographical barriers, is fully interoperable with other platforms on the lightning network without any platform barr...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 33 min
The lightning network took a long time to really develop into what we were waiting for. In fact it is still maturing but it is now to the point where we are building layer three apps on top of Lightning’s layer two. That is a fancy way of saying, we are using bitcoin to monetize what we commonly call “smart phone apps”. Consider apps like Fountain.fm, Breez, etc that monetize podcasting. Users earn sats, send sats and communicate with hosts. But this is just the beginning there are already apps ...
Aug 02, 2022•2 hr 31 min
Texas Slim is a 7th generational Texan on a mission to improve the health and security of our local communities. To do so he is expanding market access to quality animal protein by building decentralized networks of value-aligned ranchers, processors, distributors, butchers, grocers, restaurants, and consumers. Slim is focused on providing tools and access to the tools necessary, including bitcoin, to form more secure localized food supply chains. Slim has been traveling around the country for 3...
Jul 26, 2022•2 hr 4 min
Jeff Vandrew Jr is a licensed attorney and a certified public accountant and financial planner. Jeff is a leading voice in the bitcoin industry on IRAs and tax planning and has featured in Bloomberg Law, CoinDesk, and Bitcoin Magazine. At Unchained Capital, Jeff leads the development of retirement and inheritance services to support Unchained’s clients with their long-term bitcoin savings. Jeff also develops open-source software on the side. Jeff joins us today to discuss sovereign retirement wi...
Jul 21, 2022•59 min
On Episode 10 we are Joined by Brian Harrington of BrianHarrinton.org and ChoiceApp.io to discuss using bitcoin as base money. We will also discuss funding your retirement with bitcoin, bitcoin vs. fiat, can btc be used without the internet, how to use BTC for community building, localism and a ton more. If Bitcoin is not usually your topic of choice, trust me you don’t want to miss this one anyway. The world is changing and survival means adaptation. Honestly this may be one of the best shows o...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 50 min
Jesse is a Computer Enthusiast and programmer for over 35 years. He has an engineering Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He started looking at Bitcoin in 2012 – but not seriously (didn’t keep any). He got back into crypto in 2017, purchasing books online for crypto and learning how it works. In 2019 he was answering questions for family and friends and even giving talks for small groups. By 2020 and throughout 2021 he tra...
Jul 19, 2022•2 hr 10 min
Today I am joined by “The Podfather” himself, Adam Curry to discuss how he was part of the birth of podcasting itself and the technology he is developing to empower podcasters and their communities to connect, avoid censorship and exchange value for value with no interference from the banking system. Today Adam is best known as the co-host of his show No Agenda which is one of the longest running podcasts online today. He also built Podcast Index allowing podcasters and listeners to exchange val...
Jul 13, 2022•2 hr 13 min
Recently I made a simple post on twitter, it was simply, “tell me what questions you would like me to answer or talk about in relation to Bitcoin”. A metric ton of questions poured in. So many there is no way I can do them in one episode. So I will do about 10 of them today. We will handle many of them on future episodes. This is what we will cover today… Does sub dividing Satoshis actually make bitcoin inflationary? What is bitcoin maximalism vs. “toxic maximalism” and what would I call myself?...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Today we are joined by Natalie Brunell host of Coin Stories and The Hard Money Show. Natalie has had a fantastic journey starting out as an award winning main stream journalist. She has over time transitioned to fully independent journalism and dedicated her time and talent to exploring everything Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Her popular show, Coin Stories, features interviews with Bitcoin thought leaders about their backgrounds, conviction for BTC, and headlines related to finance and eco...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Guy Swann is literally ,“The Guy who has read more about Bitcoin than anyone else you know.” Guy is a speaker, Podcast Host, Educator, Narrator, Filmmaker, & Entrepreneur who went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole in 2011 & has never been able to find his way back out. At 1,000s of hours reading, exploring, & engaging with works on the topics, Guy is well versed in the Economics, Philosophy, Cryptography, History, Game Theory, Energy dynamics, Politics, & Revolutionary nature of the B...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 59 min
Today we are going to talk about the Lightning Network which is a “Layer 2” solution for bitcoin transactions. If that sounds complicated, don’t worry I will help you make sense of it all today. There is a lot of Fud about Lightning, generally this comes from shitcoiners in general but mostly from Bitcoin Cash holdouts who chant nonsense such as, “Bitcoin Cash is the Real Bitcoin”. The reality is Lightning is exactly the type of solution bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned for bitcoin...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 51 min
This is going to be a very basic episode but one I have been asked to do many times. I am going to talk about how to actually buy, hold, transfer and spend bitcoin using various services. Today specifically we will talk about four platforms to buy bitcoin one. Those will be CoinBase, Swan Bitcoin, Strike and CoinEx. I will also cover how to send bitcoin with two of those platforms, those will be Strike and CoinBase. Further I will cover how to “spend bitcoin” without actually spending your bitco...
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 36 min
In this episode we discuss how bitcoin actually works, why it works and why it is the hardest money ever created. We discuss the genesis of bitcoin and its developer, Satoshi. We discuss common myths from shit coines as to “What Satoshi wanted” and how it is a flawed appeal to authority fallacy. I explain why the claim that mining is “solving complex math problems” is absolutely not what mining is. How bitcoin is really backed by “security” and why if you don’t have bitcoin in your portfolio rig...
Jun 12, 2022•1 hr 5 min
In the first official episode of The Bitcoin Breakout we discuss…. What is money How does money obey the laws of energy How all money is nothing but an agreement and a ledger No Entry Accounting – cash, gold, etc. Single Entry Accounting – link Double Entry Accounting – link Triple Entry Accounting – link How all Money is useless unless it has something to “account for” How that applies to cryptocurrency but in some ways it has the highest “intrinsic value” of all Monetary Creation, Manipulation...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 26 min
