2-Bit Idiots

There are bitcoiners who are made, and there are bitcoiners who are born.  The former are to be respected.  They have a different perspective on life, but when presented with new information, they change their mind.  Totally logical, but all too rare.  However, the latter have always been bitcoiners.  They’ve had a Bitcoin mindset forever; Bitcoin just didn’t exist. Michae...

One of the things I’m enjoying the most about doing the pod, is that we are starting to develop a little community of like-minded, no-nonsense bitcoiners.  So, it’s great to have one of them back for another chat, to see where things have changed since we last spoke, what we got right and what we got wrong. Scotland has given the world many things, from the TV and telephone to the fridge and...

Brendo doesn’t have many good ideas, but every now and then he surprises us all.  I hope you enjoy the intro. He appears on podcasts more often than Nic Carter shills a shitcoin, but since Brendo was eating his steak (not a euphemism) it seemed only fair that we have @dazbea1 back on to tell us where we’re going wrong in life. Strangely though, for a Queenslander, the more you dig with Daz th...

Last time out, we finished recording early and had a bit of spare time.  We could think of nothing to say to each other!  So, we put out a tweet to see if anyone was up for a pleb chat, and I’m delighted to say we got Crispy ( www.twitter.com/bi_t_crispy ) With zero planning and zero agenda, what you get is a totally natural conversation, and it turns out, Crispy’s a top bloke...but then...

We all talk about Bitcoin in El Salvador, but what do we really know? Brendo and I speak to “Bond to Unbind” Director and Producer Tomer Kantor, who wanted to know the answer to that question, so he bought a plane ticket, picked up his camera and went to find out for himself. We found the documentary to be an honest portrayal of how Tomer found it.  No hype, no hopium, just a real representat...

Brendo had the shits, that gave me the shits and now we’re back talking shit.  Hi. If any of these tasty nuggets grab your attention, press play: Congratulations to Matt and Marty Tubby Little Library Waddlers Would you like to know what guests are coming on so you can ask them a question? 2-Bit Idiots show stats Anchorman Plugging the other Australian podcasters Shitcoins are a car crash it’...

This one felt a bit depressing as we were doing it, but listening back, it doesn’t sound that bad.  I’m definitely not being contacted by advertising companies looking for a salesman!  Let us know what you think. This week’s a Hats and Brendo episode, where we discuss all the important topics and some things that will make you laugh (mostly at us): My complete ignorance of Marvel My gogg...

Don’t Trust. Verify. That’s the oft repeated mantra in Bitcoin circles. But how many of us practice what we preach? We first met Owen at the inaugural @BitcoinBushBash in Murrurundi, and subsequently travelled to his farm in northern NSW to learn why a Bitcoin maximalist would move into regenerative organic beef production (EP22). So, when we heard that he had gone to El Salvador to judge for hims...

How do you convince friends and family that Bitcoin is the solution?  First, they must understand the problem. Fortunately, Daz and Seb have you covered.  Through www.lookingglasseducation.com they have created their first FREE course entitled Debt, Inflation and the Bigger Picture. The course is written in a way that makes it accessible to all and presents Bitcoin as an option (the best...

Let’s address the elephant in the room.  Bitcoin is tanking.  I mean, I’ve seen worse, but it’s not fun.  In these situations, you must keep asking yourself “where else am I going to go?”. We encourage you to look for alternatives.  But once you have, and have evaluated them objectively, you’ll be back stacking sats and feeling grateful you get the chance to do it so cheaply. I...

“Imagine, everything there is and everything that will ever be , divided by 21 million” @knutsvanholm I’m going to do something a bit different with these show notes.  I’m giving you the questions we had for Knut, to let you be the judge of whether we stuck to the script.  I hope the answer is “somewhat”, but I also hope you enjoy the off-script chat as well: Q1. Are you still a pleb? Q2...

We’ve recovered from the visit of Fozz (just) and we’re back with a Hats and Brendo, giving you our opinion (we know nobody asked for it) on this week in Bitcoin and the drama on Twitter.  We cover: Being a scammer being a pre-requisite of operating a bank in the UK. Why you should never use PayPal, or at least never hold any significant value there. Earning Bitcoin on Fold via the Spin...

We love the internet.  We love Bitcoin.  But we also love the real world, and there’s nothing better than hanging out with proper bitcoiners in meatspace. *WARNING* This one gets messy.  Fozz arrived armed with beer and port, I may have chipped in with one of the good whiskies (I give the cheap stuff to the normies), and Brendo contributed nothing and stacked sats instead (not true,...

Based on the feedback (1 person told us once) you love Hats and Brendo episodes. So, by “popular demand”, here’s another one.  It’s taken me 5 days to get this one out, so I’d imagine it’s all irrelevant by now, but you’re going to listen anyway, so here’s what you’re going to hear: Is criticism of Bitcoin 2022 warranted Stable coins. Tokens pegged to fiat! Don’t do it. Macro fire from Lawren...

Hats: “I know nothing about audio mate, have you got that covered?” Brendo: “Sure.  I’m your man” Hats: *facepalm emoji [Apologies (particularly to Albert) for the sound quality on this one, but the content is good.] You may have seen Albert (@bitcoin_hostel) go viral recently, with his “We are building a Bitcoin Hostel at one of the most beautiful beaches in Europe” tweet. We wanted to...

We’re out of isolation and back in the dungeon.  So basically, I’ve just walked down the stairs and Brendo’s allowed to visit again.  The rock and roll lifestyle of a Bitcoin podcaster.  We can’t all be influencers, I guess. As usual we hit all the big topics: Surviving covid Floods in Australia “cHAnge thE CoDE” If you’ve got 100,000 sats you’ve got enough (but get more) Jack Malle...

If you’ve been listening to us recently, you can’t have missed us waxing lyrical about Fountain app ( www.fountain.fm ), so, we were delighted that Oscar Merry accepted our invitation to come on and tell us all about it. We were aware of some of the implications of podcasting 2.0, but this episode will give you an insight into Oscar’s vision for the future and how we all benefit. We talk about: Th...

We first met Sven at the inaugural Bush Bash at Murrurundi, and have been following his work since then.  I’m sure you’ll have seen some of it on Twitter or heard about it on other pods, but if not, go check out his feed @StarfuryFlames. Here’s a high-level rundown of the topics covered, in a refreshingly open, honest and personal conversation: The story and meaning behind the Twitter handle....

Brendo is on tour, and he left me in the dungeon.  So much for teamwork!  But we didn’t want to let our loyal fans (both of you) down, so the show must go on.  General ramblings again tonight.  Here’s the talking points (apologies for Brendo’s filthy mouth): Was Adam Back an extra on NCIS 80% good pod. 15% abysmal pod. 5% private Lightning over Fountain podcasting Why ever...

It really is fun to sit down to record a pod and have no idea what direction it’s going to go.  This week we predominantly discussed library policies. I know, I know that sounds unbelievably depressing, but I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised...seriously! If that’s not for you, then maybe something else from the following list will be: Brendo looking tired and my hair looking amazing. My s...

Interview time again, and this week I’m out of my depth, while Brendo shines!  I know...who’d have guessed?! Our guest is @BitcoinSampo, and we’re delighted to go international again.  We want to hear perspectives from all over the world and get out of our own echo chamber.  So, we’re (virtually) off to Finland. Despite sounding like an assassin, Sampo is a prolific Twitter poster a...

Hat’s and Brendo episode tonight guys...switch off now if you hate these ones. Kidding, of course, and thanks for coming on this journey with us. As usual, it’s just the 2 of us riffing on the current news stories and how they affect Bitcoin...or should that be how Bitcoin affects them. We cover: The “hot asian chick who wants to know how our trade is going”. Podcast 2.0 Brendo’s thought process H...

Justin is the education, content and privacy lead at HardBlock (the oldest Bitcoin only exchange in Australia), helping no-coiners become bitcoiners and bitcoiners become self-sovereign and privacy conscious. But – perhaps more importantly – he is a psychologist who is bringing those skills into the Bitcoin economy. We’ve been wanting to do pod about depression/hope/desperation/purpose for a while...

We squeezed in a quick Hats and Brendo before we spoke to @DazBea1. We discuss: Rogan (190 million downloads a month) and free speech.  Why is he being cancelled now?  The vast majority of people are afraid, and that fear is being exploited. Removing your content from Spotify purely for engagement. The ongoing saga with Bitbo. Brendo’s low time preference chest freezer for Hats the...

If you could pick a skill set to hit the ground running in Bitcoin, you’d struggle to be ‘luckier’ than Daz.  A sparky by trade, with a science degree in engineering, experience in marketing, an interest in macroeconomics, an ability to communicate (written and spoken) and an all-round good bloke...he’s a Venn diagram of a bitcoiner. He started stacking in March 2020 – coming from the va...