2-Bit Idiots

Bitcoiners branching out into other industries is great, but what I really want to see is people in other industries adopting Bitcoin. I’m particularly keen for musicians, athletes and sports teams to figure this out (shout out to Perth Heat for leading by example).  That's why I was very excited to discover Joe Martin. Joe is a singer-songwriter who is a musician first but also a b...

When: 15th April 2023 Where: The Roundhouse, Sydney Tickets: www.bitcoinalive.io Discount: 10% off with codes HATS or BRENDO at checkout With less than 6 weeks to go, we catch up with the boys from Bitcoin Alive (Chris and Dylan) to find out how the planning for Australia’s first big-scale, Bitcoin Only conference is going. When we last spoke in mid-December (EP67) they had just announced the...

3 is the magic number.  4, and we talk all over each other (I’m probably the worst at it). But hey, we wanted to have a special guest and we got a special guest.  We just didn’t count on the crickets! This episode contains the following ramble: Non-existent pods Sydney sleeping arrangements Diet and addictions Coals versus Gas Lake Tinaroo www.lookingglasseducation.com Who is it for? Ass...

I finally stepped out of Brendo’s shadow and did one of these interview thingies by myself. Turns out the tech side is way easier than he makes it sound! The problem though, is that Gary (Gaz) and I can talk the corn! I think it was 3 hours 53 minutes to be precise, but don’t worry we only recorded an hour or so. Gaz is as bullish on Bitcoin as the rest of us, but his knowledge and life experience...

It’s easy to talk a big game.  Backing it up is harder.  However, what we’ve found over the last 7 years, is that the closer you align yourself with Bitcoin, the better things turn out. Look at all aspects of your life; health; work; relationships; family; education et al and apply the Bitcoin filter.  Allow it to affect your decision making and voila...things magically improve. Bre...

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We tried to give away 111,000 sats but Terla hasn’t got in touch!  Terla...are you out there?  Call me.  DM me. Swipe right. Anyway...Happy New Year bitcoiner.  It’s good to be back. Just Brendo and I today talking shit and helping you pass the time until hyperbitcoinisation, or at least until next week when we have a really good guest.  Seriously...next week is impor...

The Bitcoin conversation in this one is minimal at best, but there are free sats to be won, so you might have to listen to find out if you’re the winner! Thanks to everyone that’s contributed to the podcast this year.  Guests, listeners, boosters, sat streamers, trolls, people that gave us gifts, everyone at the bush bash and all the Twitter psychopaths.  We appreciate you all. Bitcoin w...

The list of large-scale Bitcoin only events is growing all over the world, but we didn’t have one in Australia.  Until now.  Quick Links Twitter @BitcoinAlive @dylanhashmurray @lungdoge Website www.bitcoinalive.io Frustrated by the time and expense required to attend the conferences overseas, Chris, Dylan and Jess have decided to put that right. On Saturday, 15th of April 2023, Bitcoin A...

We live in the sticks.  We’re happy living in the sticks.  You couldn’t pay us enough (even sats!) to live in the city.  The problem with living in the sticks, however, is that you may be the only bitcoiner. That was true until Brendo came along.  2 of us fighting the good fight. But...it turns out we weren’t even the first in our part of the sticks.  Enter plebHODLBadger...

This is our light-hearted take on the Bitcoin Bush Bash in Murrurundi, NSW. It was just as expected.  A few words that spring to mind: Welcoming.  Old friends.  New friends.  Honest (sometimes brutally).  Intellectually Stimulating.  Steak.  Beers.  Art.  Proof of Work.  Growing.  Committed.  Humble.  Curious.  Family.  Fun...

It’s nearly Bush Bash time again, so here’s one for the road. On the agenda today: Welfare checks from your postman Weird questions Sugar is the biggest shitcoin Lightning node problems The friend that will tell you when you look like shit Why citadels won’t work Our favourite bush basher Are you prepared to not be liked Grayscale and Coinbase Proof of Reserves are a shitcoin Microstrategy Volcano...

Possibly our best work.  Definitely Brendo’s. Other than Fly Ninja we cross off the latest big topics: The Albury Shushing Conference The FTX shitshow Solvency, Liquidity and Contagion Fiat term deposits are the same as staked shitcoins Bank runs Learning hard lessons Holding your own Bitcoin Giving hope to drain the hope Hitler Diversification Leaning into the thing you don’t want to do Gay...

Bitcoin is a game of patience.  Daniel has been here a while and has shown more patience than most. Founder of HardBlock.com.au – Australia's oldest Bitcoin only exchange – he's stayed true to his principles since finding Bitcoin in 2013.  There have been hurdles and challenges along the way.  Brendo and I sat down with him to hear his story and seek his advice.  It left us wit...

It’s great having new guests on to tell us how they found their way to Bitcoin or explaining what they are doing in the Bitcoin ecosystem, but it’s also interesting to follow a story and see the progress over time. Owen is an example of the latter.  We first met at the OG Bitcoin Bush Bash in Murrurundi in 2020, then we travelled to his farm in northern NSW to check out his beef operation (EP...

Life’s been busy, but thanks for sticking around and waiting for us to put out another pod. Thanks also to Brisket and Daz for stepping up with some quality content while we were away. Reasons (excuses) and topics today include: Did we miss each other? Getting out of your bubble The Twitter detox Being scammed for billion-dollar notes in Zimbabwe How normal people operate in a country that has per...

We’ve all got that friend that “can’t afford Bitcoin” or says, “it’s too risky”, right? Well, this episode is for them. Please forward it on to them and we’ll talk them through risk free and no cost ways to earn Bitcoin (sats). Links to all the ways discussed in this episode can be found at: www.bitcoin-first.com/earn (Fountain –Breez – Fold – Lolli – Satsback – Thndr Games – Zebedee – Bitcoiner J...

Hats is away and Brendo don't do show notes.  Suffice to say, and as you'll hear, this was an easy ep to record... Pod Shout-outs https://twitter.com/modernTman https://twitter.com/dazbea1 https://twitter.com/BTCBrisket https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss www.2bitidiots.com

Even if we get Morpheus himself, these 2 will always be our favourite guests. Today, we welcome Itty and Bitty (our daughters) onto the pod to tell us what they know about Bitcoin, how annoying Bitcoin dads are and to give a kid's perspective on all these things we keep going on about. I think they surprised themselves with how much they know, and it just proves that if kids can ‘get it’ ther...

We were wrong. We keep doing pods with plebs from all over the world looking for how things are different where they are.  And the answer is always...they’re not.  Brendo even broke into “We Are the World” (sorry). This week it was our pleasure to chat with Abhilash Nair (Abi) from Hexa Wallet (hexawallet.io) the first product from BitHyve.  A fully remote team, predominantly b...

We’re back where we belong.  My dingy garage.  But, we do have a piece of art on the wall now.  It’s a $50 note that we’re calling “nostalgia”. No guest this week I’m afraid, just Brendo asking stupid questions and then humouring my ranting responses.  We cover: Modern art. That banana. Remembering every person you’ve ever met Taking time off Twitter and not checking the Bitcoi...

I know, I know...we’ve been slack. More accurately, I’ve been slack, and Brendo’s been pulling his weight (I know right!). Feeble excuse given in the pod. Sorry. But we’re back, and you’ll be pleased to hear we have a guest. Meyrick kindly invited us on to his pod (Meyrick’s Dabbling Path) a month or so ago, and we decided to continue the conversation here. Born in India but now an Austr...

Let’s be honest.  HODLing through a bear market is difficult. But you know what’s more difficult...coming in at the all-time high, and still HODLing. Rauri (twitter.com/RHodlr) is a relatively new bitcoiner (he’s just approaching his 1st anniversary), but he has a rock-solid conviction and we wanted to know where it comes from.  We dig into the following to find out: Orange-pilled by @Br...

We’ve had a review...and it’s not good.  To be fair, it was good for Brendo and shit for me.  You can’t please all of the people all of the time.  We’ll try to please some of the people some of the time. Other than our mediocrity, we discuss: Brendo’s best ever tweet First-hand experience of struggle and poverty Divergence of consumer debt and savings The battle of the $50 and why B...

The quality of guests on the Australian Bitcoin Podcast hit a new low this week, so we thought we’d drop one at the same time, to go head-to-head with Justin. Hope this gives the bitcoiners heading home from Yeppoon some low-brow content after having your brain tested over the weekend. We discuss: What we’ll do with any boosts and streams Back to the Future Brendo not being fazed by the bear The p...