"Prosperity happens because you have good money and you have a community that trades. Government is the opposite of that. It is literally cancer. The fiat system is cancer. We have cancer. And you cannot fix cancer. You cannot just get radiation every week. You have to cut it out." In this RANDOM RANT, Walker and Guy Swann discuss FEMA, Hurricane Helene, government corruption, the illusion of ownership in modern society, poverty as the default state of existence and that true prosperity arises f...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 9 min
"They have to create wars . They have to create chaos in order to bring about a new world order . It's that simple. And anyone that thinks that this is a conspiracy theory, go f***ing do the work!" On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Efrat Fenigson . Efrat is an independent journalist, a Bitcoin and freedom maximalist, and the host of Your The Voice Podcast. This episode is quite unique, because Efrat lives in Tel Aviv and in the middle of our conversation she...
Oct 01, 2024•2 hr 3 min
"Everyone just gets gravity. Everyone gets the protocol and we all live within that. And that's a rule without rulers. And I think Bitcoin is like gravity where it's just everyone gets free and open source money. Everyone gets programmable money, programmed and designed to maintain its purchasing power. And that's a rule." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Adam O'Brien, the founder & CEO of Bitcoin Well. We talk about Adam’s experience getting debanked b...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 48 min
"Bitcoin implicates the First Amendment. As a system for collecting and communicating information ranging from payment data to art, bitcoin is speech. As a statement of protest against the government’s monopoly over money, bitcoin is expressive conduct. And as a collection of individuals that share bitcoin’s hard-coded principles of individual liberty, anti-censorship, and anti-debasement, bitcoin is an expressive association. Bitcoin is free speech protected by the First Amendment and therefore...
Sep 26, 2024•55 min
"What is lacking in order to make the developing countries as prosperous as the United States is only one thing. Capital. And, of course, the freedom to employ it under the discipline of the market and not the discipline of the government." In this Austrian Audible episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker reads Lecture 5: FOREIGN INVESTMENT , from Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow by Ludwig von Mises, AKA Mises' Six Lessons Make sure to subscribe to "THE Bitcoin Podcast" wherever y...
Sep 25, 2024•37 min
"We the Cypherpunks are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We are defending our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail forwarding systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money. Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can't get privacy unless we all do, we're going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it. Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don't ...
Sep 24, 2024•6 min
“The only barrier that you would not join Nostr right now is because the other platforms have more users and they can use that as leverage today. But that's not going to be the case in many years… those who are starting to get their followers already on Nostr are taking a significant advantage over everybody else because they're to grow faster. And we all know how network effects happen. It just so happens that on Nostr, the network effects themselves are owned by the creator.” On this Nostr Tal...
Sep 22, 2024•2 hr 5 min
“What if Bitcoin were to monetize to reach some parity with gold in the next five, 10, 15 years… How should the United States make decisions now to maximize its advantage relative to its adversaries if that scenario were to pass?” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Matthew Pines. We explore the potential future of Bitcoin, particularly its possible parity with gold, and discusses the strategic decisions the United States should consider to maximize its econom...
Sep 20, 2024•2 hr 6 min
"When you look at the historical track record of fiat currencies, if you run out the clock long enough, they all go to zero. And that may be what's happening here. Bitcoin is demonetizing arbitrary process. And that's its promise to me." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Bill Miller IV, Chief Investment Officer of Miller Value Partners. The conversation explores the nature of Bitcoin as a superior accountability system compared to fiat currencies, value inve...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 25 min
With Peter McCormack closing down What Bitcoin Did , you may be feeling lost, unsure of what Bitcoin podcast to fill the gaping void left by Peter’s absence… Look no further than THE Bitcoin Podcast , a show for newcomers and seasoned psychopaths alike. Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (w...
Sep 17, 2024•3 min
"When Cypherpunks wrote that privacy is necessary in order to establish democratic society in digital age, that's a profound statement, because you do look at states in which people do not have privacy, they can't have freedom in the digital age." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with UNCLE ROCKSTAR. We discuss the political landscape, the importance of privacy in the digital age, and the role of developers in creating freedom tech, the impact of social media al...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 44 min
"One in seven Americans hold [Bitcoin]. They're in every district. They're in every congressional district. They are in every party. They are part of every political ideology. We're everywhere. We are everywhere and we are many in number." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Troy Cross. Troy is a Professor of Philosophy at Reed College and a FUD-busting Bitcoiner. He recently published a report on Bitcoin Adoption in the United States: https://www.thenakamotop...
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 53 min
“If Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and the big banks decided to gang up on Proton, they can still do the same thing to us today, right? So from that moment to today, I think I've always been the advocate of how can we get this powerful concept [Bitcoin] that enabled Proton to survive 10 years ago and make it more widespread and make it more common? Because I think the future of business, democracy, freedom, it really depends on this.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 31 min
"The best way to fight tyranny is through comedy… The most effective way to fight these people is actually not through brute force but to laugh these people out of relevancy." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Alex Strenger about White Dudes for Kamala, going viral at the DNC, mocking the establishment into oblivion, how to troll, the power of satire, right and left wing hypocrisy, Bitcoin, Nostr, and a whole lot more. ALEX’S LINKS: Fountain: http://fountain...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 47 min
"If someone wants to change Bitcoin in a way that is detrimental to even a minority of the Bitcoin users, they're probably going to be unsuccessful because there's going to be vehement pushback." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with MURCH . Murch is a computer scientist, engineer at Chaincode labs, co-host of Bitdevs and the Chaincode Podcast, and moderator of the bitcoin stack exchange, answering literally thousands of questions about Bitcoin over the years. M...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 58 min
"When you make it as a Bitcoiner, you deserve it because you took the risk that most other people don't take because they're too afraid." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with The Coin Dad , creator of the Bitcoin Mining Museum . We get into how the museum got started, walk through the history of bitcoin mining, talk about mining centralization risks, small-town America mining Bitcoin, mining Bitcoin at home, and a whole lot more. The Coin Dad on X: https://x.co...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 44 min
“Coming out of a bear market, everyone who's been daily DCAing, everyone who's just been using Bitcoin as their savings and they save regularly, when they're all in the green, I think that that is a signal. That's a signal that the bull market's starting again .” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker Wicked Smart Bitcoin Bitcoin data visualization, about HODL waves, why dollar cost averaging is the best way to save in Bitcoin, bull market signals, bitcoin mining and hashra...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 58 min
"I will sell every Bitcoin I ever own, and I will invest every dollar back into the industry that helps the world the most." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Gary Cardone about why he donated 12.8 bitcoin to Donald Trump , censorship, why Bitcoin needs better marketing, decreasing the size of the government, the digital transformation, the 2024 election, and a whole lot more. Gary on X: https://x.com/GaryCardone ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use pro...
Sep 02, 2024•2 hr 4 min
"The goal of the government should be to leverage the fiat system as it is to protect American lives and American prosperity as much as it can while hedging bets on what I think the future will be, which will be Bitcoin , because we all know that the fiat dollar won't be around forever." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Samuel Armes about lobbying against CBDCs, Bitcoin and politics, Trump vs Kamala, and a whole lot more. Samuel on X: https://x.com/samuelar...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 21 min
"If we take care to build good stuff in an honest, transparent way–and this is also why open source is so incredibly important–then we can build a new financial system that actually scales without compromising on the core values." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks STADICUS. Stadicus is an IT engineer and the Product Lead at BitBox. We cover a range of topics around Bitcoin self-custody, open-source software, the Dark Skippy attack, and a whole lot more. For links...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 41 min
"it's literal magic… We're doing magic with magic internet money using free and open protocols that a bunch of weirdo and cypherpunk hackers built because they cared about financial privacy. They cared about being able to do peer-to-peer stuff. It exists, and it's here." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with NiftyNei (aka Lisa). Lisa is a a developer, Bitcoin and lightning protocol expert, and educator through her Base58 Bitcoin engineering school. She also host...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 48 min
"Bitcoin is neutral and these other cryptocurrencies are not. They have insiders, whether it's founders, whether it's boards, whether it's companies… Bitcoin is a neutral internet money and these other projects aren't." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Bradley Rettler. Brad is the Director of the new University of Wyoming Bitcoin Research Institute and co-author of “Resistance Money.” They discuss the launch of the Bitcoin Research Institute, what Bitcoin c...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 40 min
"It doesn't matter if the existing system prints $2 trillion, $8 trillion, $50 trillion. It's just different pieces of paper. And Bitcoin measured against a piece of paper will look like it's going up. But all prices relative to Bitcoin are actually going down and will forever. " On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Jeff Booth about inflation vs deflation, Fedi and open protocols, the price of everything vs Bitcoin, and how to play a different game and break ou...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 52 min
"Bitcoin education doesn't matter. The product of Bitcoin education does. So what we are doing here is a means to an end. The end is empowerment, the end is agency, the end is sovereignty." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with John Dennehy, founder of My First Bitcoin (Mi Primer Bitcoin), about Bitcoin education, sovereignty, and building the future we want to see. SUPPORT MY PRIMER BITCOIN ON GEYSER: https://geyser.fund/project/miprimerbitcoin JOHN'S LINKS: X:...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 42 min
"In order to keep this orderly and things from collapsing overnight, you have to keep printing more and more and more dollars. There's no choice. And every central bank in the world knows this….You’re going to have to figure out Bitcoin. It’s not going away.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Joel Heyman . They discuss the U.S. dollar and how the Federal Reserve has no choice but to print money to avoid a total collapse, Bitcoin as a tool for savings, moneta...
Aug 11, 2024•2 hr 14 min
“What gives me hope is that we have some degree of control of our future. That we can build things rather than just ask for things to change around us.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Lyn Alden . They discuss open-source freedom technologies like Bitcoin, Nostr, the Lightning Network, Ecash, fedimint, and Fedi, explore the idea of a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, why corporations should put Bitcoin on their balance sheet, what the Federal Reserve will do next...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 44 min
“Over the coming months, [Fedi] will eventually become fully AGPL open source, so that we don't just use the best freedom technologies. T he Fedi app itself becomes a freedom technology. ” On this episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Obi Nwosu, the CEO of Fedi. Today, Fedi just officially launched globally – you can head to fedi.xyz and download their app right now. Fedi is a decentralized, all-in-one freedom-tool super app that allows you to connect with your community, chat privat...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 41 min
"I've got 12 words. You can't take my money… that's the beauty of this system. We finally got a weapon that allows us to actually destroy their system… and by the way, it needs to be destroyed." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Lawrence Lepard. They discuss the broken fiat system and the Federal Reserve Cartel, the idea for a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve floated by Trump/RFK/Lummis, corruption and crime in the government, if "Bitcoin Fixes This," and a whole l...
Aug 02, 2024•2 hr 1 min
"One of the biggest things Bitcoin has taught me is that proof of work matters and empty promises do not. Put another way: fiat is talk, Bitcoin is action. " On this episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker breaks down some news from the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, digs into Trump's speech, and takes a deep dive into inflation. ARTICLE VERSION: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/words/f/trump-inflation-the-bitcoin-conference You can support THE Bitcoin Podcast on Geyser here: https://geyser.fund/pro...
Jul 31, 2024•34 min
"The world is changing fast, and things are going to get fucking crazy. But we’ll be OK because we have Bitcoin, we’re winning, and we’re building a parallel system outside of the broken fiat one. Take care of your family, take care of yourself, and take care of your future. Put another way, focus on what can be, unburdened by what has been." On this Bitcoin News Roundup, Walker covers the latest news in Bitcoin, then zooms out to give perspective on the Donald Trump assassination attempt, Joe B...
Jul 22, 2024•25 min
