In this episode we are joined by FractalEncrypt, the Bitcoin artist who has created amazing works such as the Bitcoin Full Node Sculptures and the Timechain codex. We discuss Fractal’s approach to art, the role of art in Bitcoin, and how anyone can contribute to Bitcoin in their own way, there’s a special story there. Connect with Fractal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FractalEncrypt Visit Fractal's Website: https://timechainartifacts.com/ 00:01:58 - Welcoming FractalEncrypt 00:05:08 - Key to t...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 28
In this episode, we are joined by Rune Østgård, the Norwegian author of “Fraudcoin: 1000 Years with Inflation as a Policy” a book covering the history of money, inflation and the birth of central banks. In this conversation, we go from Viking times to today's monetary system, and we discuss the importance of bitcoin in our quest to regain monetary freedom. Connect with Rune on Twitter: https://twitter.com/enur72 Rune's Nostr pubkey: npub1sv4zk080fvt4f3982u5kffzdkex3nm0kylky29um2xws5h4wsxvswtsrw4...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 27
Jason Maier, author of the upcoming book "The Progressive Case for Bitcoin" joins Knut Svanholm and BtcPseudoFinn on this episode of the Freedom Footprint Show! Join us as we discuss Jason’s book, its premise, and its goals as we explore mathematics, praxeology and politics. We’ll take a deep dive into the environmental argument for bitcoin, property rights, and the fragility of society and civilization. Connect with Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cjasonmaier Keep track of the Progressive...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 26
Giacomo Zucco is a toxic bitcoin maximalist, entrepreneur, and educator, known for his sometimes controversial positions. In this episode we discuss various topics such as personal bias, tribalism, and the role of education in the perception of state and power. We also talk about being politically offensive and the role of maxis in the future of bitcoin and the world. Connect with Giacomo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco Giacomo's Website: https://www.giacomozucco.com/ 00:02:42 - Wha...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 25
Luke Broyles joins the Freedom Footprint Show to discuss why #bitcoin is the least risky asset and why its success is inevitable. We also cover the “fake political divide”, misinformation and its relationship with the corruption of money and the social media discourse. Connect with Luke Broyles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/luke_broyles Check out Luke's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCTmQYBKMA0RirWUHK5-V85Q 00:02:25 - Introduction to Luke Broyles 00:05:52 - How Knut First Blew Up 0...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 24
Joe Nakamoto is a Bitcoin journalist, writer, filmmaker, and traveler. One this episode, we talk about Joe's experience working for a crypto publication while being a bitcoin maxi, his orange pilling mission and the importance of supporting people through the orange pilling process. We also dive into the importance of long-term reputation online, the problem with idolizing personalities in the Bitcoin space, and the effectiveness of "guerilla orange pilling”. Connect with Joe on Twitter: https:/...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 23
Ben de Waal joins the Freedom Footprint Show to discuss libertarian socialism and much more. From the concept of the free market to property rights, and the non-aggression principle, this episode is packed with interesting topics. We touch on big issues like national defense and immigration all while exploring alternative models of society. Ben is VP Engineering at Swan Bitcoin, a Father, Polymath, Linguist, Technologist, Neuropharmacologist, Philosopher, Humanist, Libertarian Socialist/Anarchis...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 22
Angelo Morgan-Somers is the author of Do Bitcoin - The future of money and what you need to know. He shares his background including a near-death experience, then we dive in to thought-provoking topics including reasons to include crypto in the Bitcoin discourse, the nature of free speech, and what society will look like during hyperbitcoinization. Connect with Angelo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Angelo_Somers 00:05:40 - Appealing to Newbies and Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts With Do Bitcoin 00:1...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 21
Pietro Battistella, author of "Bitcoin, Technics and Time" talks to us about his relationship with Bitcoin and the development of his book. Learn about history, philosophy, mythology and technology as our hosts Knut Svanholm and BtcPseudoFinn discuss the inevitability of the discovery of Bitcoin and its impact on the concept of time for individuals and society. Connect with Pietro on Twitter: https://twitter.com/batpie Get Bitcoin, Technics, and Time: https://konsensus.network/product/bitcoin-te...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 20
BTCparadigm is a contributor to Wasabi Wallet, and is very knowledgeable on Bitcoin privacy. He joins Knut Svanholm and BtcPseudoFinn to tell us about achieving Bitcoin privacy with Wasabi. The conversation then pivots to philosophical topics including objective truth, the nature of religion, and free will! Connect with BTCparadigm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTCparadigm And Telegram: https://t.me/BTCparadigm Check out Wasabi Wallet at: https://wasabiwallet.io/ 00:03:47 - BTCparadigm's Backg...
Feb 14, 2023•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 19
Jonathan Leger of Regarding Bitcoin joins Knut Svanholm and BtcPseudoFinn to discuss escaping from a cult, only to realize that the whole world is under the cult of fiat! What follows is a deep conversation on the relationship between Bitcoin and religion. Check out Jonathan's Substack: https://jonathanleger.substack.com/ Jonathan's Nostr: npub1t9a59hjk48svr8hz6rx727ta6kx53n5d6fw8x26vsua0zytpl87sa6h4uw Jonathan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jleger2023 00:02:10 - Introduction 00:04:04 - Going Pu...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 18
The space cat himself, Hodlonaut, joins Knut Svanholm and BtcPseudoFinn on the Freedom Footprint Show to talk about his recent challenges, getting through life with Stoicism, the nature of religion, and of course, Bitcoin! Connect with Hodlonaut on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlonaut Visit Citadel21 Magazine: https://www.citadel21.com/ 00:03:51 - Introducing Hodlonaut to the Freedom Footprint Show 00:04:24 - Hodlonaut's Background and Ongoing Legal Fight 00:12:02 - Citadel21 Magazine 00:21:12...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 17
Prince Filip of Serbia joins the Freedom Footprint Show to talk about his Bitcoin journey, from debuting on Serbia's top late-night show to meeting Michael Saylor, all the way to working with Jan3 to spread Bitcoin nation-state adoption. South Park gets significant attention as you would expect, and the show ends with a long discussion on the role of monarchy in the modern world, including how monarchy might look under a Bitcoin standard. Connect with Prince Filip on Twitter: https://twitter.com...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 16
Peter Young from the Free Cities Foundation joins the Freedom Footprint Show to share how free cities are advancing freedom through Bitcoin and other freedom technologies and ideas. Connect with Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/petermiyoung Connect with the Free Cities on Twitter: https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound Connect with the Liberty in our Lifetime Conference on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LibertyIOL More Free Cities info and Links: Website: www.free-cities.org New Free Cities Podc...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 15
André Loja joins the Freedom Footprint Show to share his Bitcoin journey which has lead to exciting things on his home island of Madeira! The FREE Madeira Project is advocating for Bitcoin on Madeira and has big plans to improve the lives of the people of Madeira through Bitcoin. Connect with André on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreloja Find out more about FREE Madeira at their website: https://www.freemadeira.com/ 00:01:04 - Introduction to André Loja 00:02:44 - André's Bitcoin Journey 00:07...
Jan 10, 2023•57 min•Ep. 14
Santos Hernandez joins the Freedom Footprint Show to introduce Emeralize, a new education platform described as a cross between Substack and Udemy and powered by Lightning! Santos also shares his views on education and his educational background, which have both informed the development of Emeralize and underline why it's important to spread quality education while providing earning potential for educators. Connect with Santos on Twitter: https://twitter.com/5antoshernandez Follow Emeralize on T...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 13
Björn Tisjö is a Swedish former politician turned Bitcoin author and translation editor, working on growing Bitcoin adoption locally in Sweden. Björn is the editor of the Swedish edition of the Bitcoin Standard and is about to release his own Bitcoin book in Swedish. You can find Björn on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/bjorntisjo The Swedish version of the Bitcoin Standard is available here: https://konsensus.network/product/sverige-bitcoinstandarden/ Björn's book is Bitcoin Handboken and you...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 12
Matteo Pellegrini is the founder of Orange Pill App - a new Bitcoin social network for connecting with local Bitcoiners to build the circular Bitcoin economy and to speed up hyperbitcoinization. Matteo joins the Freedom Footprint Show to tell us his story, including his background in economics and entrepreneurship, his Bitcoin Orange Pill journey, and all about Orange Pill App. You can find Orange Pill App at their website: https://www.theorangepillapp.com/ More Orange Pill App links: https://li...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 11
Troy Cross joins the Freedom Footprint Show and discusses Bitcoin Philosophy with Knut Svanholm. The conversation is wide-ranging, including comparing praxeology and decision theory, ethics, the natural state of money, the benefits of printing money (none), and much more. You can find Troy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetrocro 00:00:21 - Introduction and welcoming Troy to the show 00:01:53 - Being an "actual" philosopher means nothing 00:04:27 - Constructs and models of Bitcoin 00:06:50 - Th...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 10
Tomer Strolight (possible Knut Svanholm clone) joins the Freedom Footprint Show to discuss interesting projects and the nature of Bitcoin and truth. You can find Tomer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomerStrolight Get Tomer's book Why Bitcoin for free: https://event.swanbitcoin.com/whybitcoin/ You can also buy his book at: https://www.blurb.com/user/TomerStrolig The Blocksize War article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/block-size-war-soldier-freedom 00:00:00 - Preview Clip 00:01:17 - Intro...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 9
Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur and sound money philosopher. Max joins the Freedom Footprint show to deep dive into praxeology, the theory of human action underpinning Austrian economics, and to explore the connection to Bitcoin. You can find Max on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax Max's website is https://towardsliberty.com/ And check out Wasabi Wallet at https://wasabiwallet.io/ 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:02 - Max Hillebrand joins the Freedom Footprint show 00:03...
Nov 29, 2022•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 8
Annonymal is the first Bitcoin metal band, aiming to orange pill metalheads, and metal-pill bitcoiners at the same time! We discuss the philosophical connection between Bitcoin and metal, how metal music is resistance against stateism, and the influence of music on all our lives. You can find Annonymal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Annonymal_btc To support Annonymal's album, check them out on Geyser.fund: https://geyser.fund/project/anonymal Annonymal is also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.co...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 7
Jeff Booth joins the Freedom Footprint Show to discuss the latest European Bitcoin conferences, Bitcoin monetary properties, and more about the FREE Madeira project. You can find Jeff on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JeffBooth The Price of Tomorrow is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405 Jeff's article Finding Signal In A Noisy World: https://medium.com/@JeffBooth/finding-signal-in-a-noisy-world-57497df06a35 Information about the FRE...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 6
Knut discusses the FREE Madeira project in the middle of a busy month filled with conferences. No guest this time, but there's still plenty of musing and philosophizing. Information about the FREE Maderia project can be found at their website: https://www.freemadeira.com/ 00:00 - Intro 06:53 - Borderlessness in the Bitcoin age 09:01 - Element Zero video with Ioni Appelberg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12zBLvoVRFQ 16:36 - Evolution of Knut's ideas over time 22:02 - Metaphors for Bitcoin and ...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 5
Daniel Prince of the Once Bitten Podcast joins the Freedom Footprint Show to discuss his perspective on education, as well as multiple ongoing Bitcoin projects including the Orange Pill App, Bitcoin Racing, and some to-be-announced news about Madeira. 00:00:00 - Introduction to Daniel with special guest Lauren 00:16:16 - Atoning for Fiat sins, and abolishing the state education system 00:22:22 - Danial pours a beer better than Stephan Livera 00:22:36 - Greedy capitalist villains will not exist u...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 4
Rob Brinded joins the Freedom Footprint show to discuss his upcoming book "Central to Decentralised Mind" Mentioned in the show: Gigi's talk at Baltic Honey Badger 2022: https://youtu.be/C7ynm0Zkwfk Luke's appearance on Bitcoin Rapid Fire Plebcast: https://youtu.be/HAsauvzyLFY Rob's Contact Information: https://www.robbrinded.com/ https://www.masterless.life/ https://twitter.com/RobBrinded Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FootprintShow https://twitter.com/KonsensusN https://twitter.com/...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 3
Ioni Appelberg joins the Freedom Footprint show to discuss his upcoming book "Abundance Through Scarcity" Mentioned in the show: Information about the campaign defending Hodlonaut can be found at https://www.defendingbtc.com/ Ioni's Contact Information: https://www.youtube.com/c/IoniAppelberg https://twitter.com/IoniAppelberg Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FootprintShow https://twitter.com/KonsensusN https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm https://twitter.com/OmniFinn https://twitter.com/Btc...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 2
The Freedom Footprint show is launching live on Bitcoin Infinity Day! Join Knut Svanholm and Niko and Luke from Konsensus Network for this new Bitcoin philosophy show. In our first episode, our launch party on Bitcoin Infinity Day, we introduced the Freedom Footprint concept then discussed topics ranging from the purpose of HODLing to the potential for the coming sat squeeze. Mentioned in the show: Information about the campaign defending Hodlonaut can be found at https://www.defendingbtc.com/ a...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 1
