Cypherpunk’d

Kent Halliburton (Sazmining) grew up on a cranberry farm in Oregon, spent a decade in solar, and now runs a Bitcoin mining company from the jungle in Peru. This one goes deep. We get into why buying your Bitcoin on an exchange makes you a consumer instead of a producer, the 2013 split that broke how the community thinks about mining, "fiat hashers," and why the pubcos pivoting to AI might actually...

After 49 years as a nurse, three children raised alone, and a husband lost to Agent Orange, Karen Faye saved every dollar she could into 1.67 Bitcoin. In April 2026, a phishing letter — sent to her real address with her real name, using data leaked in @Ledger's 2020 CRM breach — took it all. In her honor, we built Faye: a free scam-check tool. Point your phone at any letter, email, or message. Get...

Bruce Barone Jr. and his 10-year-old son Brucie Barone III join Cypherpunk'd to break down Civic Bitcoin, the Time Chain mythology, and why the most ingenious innovation in human history doesn't need any marketing to win. Bruce spent five years transforming Naples' Fifth Avenue South into one of the most exclusive commercial districts in the country. Now he's plugging Bitcoin into the financial DN...

William D. Cohan and Tyler Maroney spent four years hunting the most famous ghost in financial history. They interviewed Michael Saylor, Gary Gensler, Bill Gates, Sam Bankman-Fried, Katie Haun, Joe Lubin, Brian Brooks, and 25 other Bitcoin and crypto heavyweights. Almost every single one of them told them to stop. In this episode of Cypherpunk'd, the investigative duo behind the upcoming documenta...

In this episode of Cypherpunk’d , we sit down with Mike Revy — former Lehman Brothers trader turned crypto founder — to unpack the hidden mechanics of money, credit, and the global financial system. From surviving the 2008 financial collapse to discovering Bitcoin in its earliest days, Mike shares an unfiltered perspective on how Wall Street actually works — and why the current system may be funda...

Today's guest is Jason Leibowitz (@LeboBTC), head of business development at Meanwhile. Jason is a Wall Street veteran who has been in the trenches since 2013, moving from the trading floors of TradFi and leading blockchain strategy at Credit Suisse before helping build the first-ever life insurance company denominated entirely in Bitcoin. In this episode, we move past the price action and get int...

Michelle Weekley spent years inside the Foreign Direct Investment world - touring China's ghost cities, watching data get fabricated to suit government narratives, and witnessing how the global elite operate behind closed doors. Then she escaped. Using Bitcoin. Now she's a global corruption whistleblower and Director of Product at ByteFederal, fighting on the front lines against Chokepoint 2.0 and...

Is Bitcoin under a coordinated internal attack? In this explosive episode of Cypherpunk’d, host Matty Ice sits down with legendary Bitcoin Core developer and Ocean CTO Luke Dashjr to discuss the "Node War" of 2026. Luke reveals why he believes Bitcoin Core v30 is a "malicious attack" on the protocol, facilitating the storage of "illegal data" and "spam" that threatens the network's decentralizatio...

In this episode of Cypherpunkd, we sit down with Natalie Brunell — Emmy-winning investigative journalist, host of Coin Stories , and author of Bitcoin Is for Everyone — to unpack how the 2008 financial crisis reshaped her family, her career, and her worldview. Natalie shares her deeply personal story of watching her parents lose their home during the Great Financial Crisis, the disillusionment tha...

Is Bitcoin the ultimate "hyper-lubricant" for a world currently defined by violence? In this penultimate episode of our deep dive into "Everything Divided By 21 Million," we sit down with Knut Svanholm to explore Chapter 11: Transition. We move past the technical and into the philosophical, discussing how Bitcoin acts as a refinery that separates virtuous individuals from the "sludge" of legacy sy...

Is Bitcoin the ultimate "hyper-lubricant" for a world currently defined by violence? In this penultimate episode of our deep dive into "Everything Divided By 21 Million," we sit down with Knut Svanholm to explore Chapter 11: Transition. We move past the technical and into the philosophical, discussing how Bitcoin acts as a refinery that separates virtuous individuals from the "sludge" of legacy sy...

In Episode 10 of our Everything Divided by 21 Million series, I sit down with Knut Svanholm to talk about Bitcoin adoption—and why he says “Bitcoin is not for everyone. It’s for anyone.” We get into what that distinction really means, the responsibility of taking control of your keys, why proper on-chain Bitcoin will probably be for the few, and how scaling pushes adoption into layers (second laye...

Is everything you’ve been told about deflation a lie? In Episode 9 of our 12-part series on the groundbreaking book "Everything Divided By 21 Million," we sit down with legendary Bitcoin philosopher Knut Svanholm to dismantle the "government daycare" version of economics. We dive deep into why deflation is the natural state of a free market, why the "free lunch" is the root of all evil, and why tr...

In this episode of Cypherpunk'd, I sit down with author Knut Svanholm ( Everything Divided by 21 Million ) to discuss the terrifying link between central banking and global conflict. We explore the "Consensus Mechanism of Fiat"—World War—and why inflation isn't just an economic annoyance, but a form of modern-day slavery. If you’ve ever wondered why the world seems to be in a state of constant con...

In Episode 7 of the Infinity Series, we sit down with world-renowned Bitcoin philosopher Knut Svanholm to explore the symbiotic relationship between humanity and Bitcoin. We dive deep into the "why" behind the technology—from escaping government dependence to the discovery of absolute mathematical scarcity. This isn't just a talk about price; it’s a deep dive into the game theory of survival, the...

In Episode 6 of our 12-part deep dive into Knut Svanholm's "Everything Divided By 21 Million," we explore one of the most fascinating concepts in Bitcoin philosophy: memetics and the unstoppable spread of ideas. KEY TOPICS COVERED: • Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene" and the birth of memetic theory • How ideas evolve and survive like biological genes • Martin Luther's printing press revolution:...

"If the people of the nation understood our banking and monetary system, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." — Henry Ford. In Episode 5 of the Infinity Series, Paul sits down with philosopher and author Knut Svanholm to peel back the layers of the greatest moral crisis of our time: the fiat monetary system. We dive deep into the "Non-Aggression Principle," the reality o...

Is the consensus mechanism of the US Dollar actually World War? In Episode 4 of the Infinity Series on Cypherpunk'd, we sit down with Bitcoin philosopher and author Knut Svanholm to dismantle the "energy FUD" and explore the terrifying reality of our current monetary system. We discuss the chilling parallels between Robert Oppenheimer and Satoshi Nakamoto, how inflation funds the military-industri...

In Episode 3 of the Everything Divided By 21 Million series, we dismantle the illusion of ownership in "Fiat Land." Matty Ice sits down with author and philosopher Knut Svanholm to explore why you don't actually own your home, your gold, or your bank account—you merely possess them until the state decides otherwise. We break down the terrifying reality that 97-98% of all money isn't even physicall...

Is Bitcoin a discovery of physics or just financial code? In Episode 2 of the Infinity Series, we sit down with Knut Svanholm (Author, Bitcoin: Everything Divided by 21 Million) to dismantle the biggest lie in modern economics: that Central Bankers are the "experts." In reality, they are failed alchemists who print value out of thin air. We explore the "Element Zero" theory—the idea that Bitcoin i...

What if inflation is “mass time theft,” money is a rigged game, and Bitcoin is humanity’s upgrade from caves to the stars? In this first episode of Cypherpunk’d, Matty sits down with Bitcoin author and philosopher Knut Svanholm to demolish everything you think you know about money, time, and freedom. This episode sets the foundation for the entire series by examining: - Why “time is the only truly...

EVERYTHING DIVIDED BY 21 MILLION — Official Series Trailer What if everything you think you know about money, freedom, and human civilization is wrong? Join us for 12 groundbreaking episodes with Bitcoin philosopher Knut Svanholm (@knutsvanholm) as we explore his viral book "Everything Divided by 21 Million" — a complete philosophical demolition of the fiat system and humanity's path to a post-vio...

The truth about Bitcoin custody that wealth managers won't tell you. Fresh from the Naples Family Office Wealth Management Symposium, we sat down with Alex Stanczyk (combat veteran & former gold fund manager who's helped family offices acquire over $1 billion in Bitcoin), plus the entire Bitcoin Well team - Chantel Lillycrop-Kostiuk, and Riley Combs - to discuss the custody crisis, institutional a...

The dollar is failing, inflation is theft, and the world’s superpowers are moving gold in secret. In this episode of Cypherpunk'd, we sit down with Alex Stanczyk (@alexstanczyk), a combat veteran, former gold fund manager, and Managing Director at Swan Bitcoin. Alex has guided family offices through over $1 billion in Bitcoin acquisitions, but before that, he spent a decade in the gold industry. H...

Top 1% podcaster and high-performance coach Shawn French (@TheDeterminedSociety) joins Cypherpunk'd to demolish the myths of overnight success and external validation. In this deep and raw conversation, Shawn shares his story of having a "full-blown identity crisis" after his D1 baseball career at LSU ended, and how he rebuilt his life by fixing himself first. He reveals the moment his mindset shi...