Bitcoin Study Sessions

Tibor Fischer’s My Bags Are Big – a legit, award-winning novelist (Under the Frog, one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists) who just dropped a sharp, funniest, most atmospheric Bitcoin novel. It reads like the screenplay to a Guy Ritchie movie. Quirky characters, weaving and odd stories, and a sometimes-cynical yet ultimately optimistic philosophical bend. And underneath is what you'd expe...

We unpack Bitcoin as true resistance money — the tool that cuts out managers, mediators, and makers (banks, payment rails, central banks) who surveil, control, and manipulate. No more outsourcing your life to third parties whose incentives aren’t yours. We go deep on the cypherpunk vision. The veil of ignorance (and why Grant pushes back hard), sour grapes bias, what Bitcoin actually is as a socia...

Watch the doc. Then watch this pod. You’ll come away less obsessed with “who” Satoshi was… and far more inspired to become the kind of person who could have been.“Revolutionaries don’t get to stick around and enjoy the fruits. Sometimes the revolution needs them gone.” New here? Subscribe for more unfiltered Bitcoin philosophy, documentary breakdowns, and wayfaring-man energy. The lodges are open...

If you’re tired of surface-level Bitcoin talk and ready for the red-pill layers most people never reach, hit play. Nick Land’s first pass is better than most people’s final draft — and this conversation might just be your gateway drug to acceleration, teleological thinking, and first-tier Bitcoin optimism. New here? Subscribe for more unfiltered explorations of Bitcoin as civilizational software....

Lucas & Grant rip through A Lodging of Wayfaring Men by Paul Rosenberg — the forgotten 2002 banger that reads like a blueprint for Satoshi, Silk Road, network states, and the entire freedom tech revolution. A ragtag crew of scientists, hackers, and rebels builds Gamma: an encrypted peer-to-peer marketplace + digital money that the state can’t control. They launch “Breakers” to flush fear from your...

Mauricio Carvalho recently published "Beyond Money, Hedge, and Energy: Evaluating Bitcoin as Power Projection Technology" as an evaluation of the claims made by Jason Lowery's Softwar thesis. Where do we stand? This paper is an empirical evaluation of nine falsifiable predictions. In just three years, five have been confirmed and one partially realized. The future is Softwar.

Bitcoin is political philosophy. Freedom, manifest in code. Erik Cason's sharp observations plunge the sword of sovereignty deep in the heart of the monster. Without the ability to control money, the state cannot control the people. We should all rejoice. Aren't we all people? Is not control both a burden on the oppressed and the oppressor? The virtuous cycle has begun. We are no longer on opposit...

The Question Concerning Technology (ep #067) This is not a "number go up" conversation. It's about how technology shapes your soul. @Erikcason gets it. And he kindly offers you the same path he took. In prepping for our conversation on Cason's "Cryptosovereignty", we found he'd left a homework assignment: read Martin Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology" for context. Dutifully, we oblig...

The Silk Road never died. It evolved into the Milk Road 🥛 Decentralized markets, uncensorable payments, food freedom. This convo with Calvadev is thoughtful, hopeful, technical and philosophical. Few people building have the moral grounding, technical chops, genuine love for life, and kind soul that Calvadev brings to the table. You can see it come out in this conversation. Listen to a builder wh...

Bitcoin Study Sessions #065 We teleport to Bitcoin Jungle from the Bitcoin Prairie, and the tan Tarzan of surf, sand, and sovereign speech walks us through the trees. Paul Keating is pure life. From barreling fastballs to getting barreled in the surf, he lives a live of pure joy. The man IS a bitcoin standard. Health, community, family, movement. Paul is building the Primal community thanks to the...

If you think Bitcoin is just “number go up,” listen to this. Bitcoin isn’t a trade in Venezuela. It’s survival. Sultan lived it—mined under corruption, escaped hyperinflation, and now sees Bitcoin as the key to rebuilding his country. This episode is powerful, personal, and real.

Farm Journal just put Bitcoin on the cover. We explain why it matters. 🌾⚡️“If you own dirt, you can’t get hurt” is one of the biggest lies in agriculture. Land is inflated. The dollar is dying. Farmers are forced to overspend to dodge taxes. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is: • finite • portable • better collateral than land or cattle

The state steals money. Platforms steal speech. Bitcoin fixes the first. Nostr fixes the second. Max Hillebrand on sovereign identity, censorship resistance, and why Nostr is inevitable.

Bitcoin isn’t about number go up. It’s about who controls the rails—and what survives when fiat fails. 🎙️ On Bitcoin Study Sessions , we sat down with Ivan Makadonsky (Chief of Staff at Breeze ) to talk Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, and the future of value. Key takeaways 👇 ⚡ UX > ideology Decentralization doesn’t matter if it feels broken. Nostr’s UI is fine. The UX still sucks. 🌍 Adoption happens...

We just unpacked The Mandibles —and it feels less like fiction every year. 🇺🇸 Dollar collapses 💳 US renounces its debt 🌍 New global currency 🥫 Food shortages, gold outlawed 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 A family forced to confront what wealth actually is As money dies, so do identities. As comfort disappears, morality shifts. Survival replaces ideology. The real question isn’t will this happen — it’s who adapts...

The smartphone didn’t just change culture. It triggered a digital apocalypse. In this episode of Bitcoin Study Sessions , we dive into James Poulos’ Human Forever and what the digital age is doing to the human soul. We unpack: • The Cyborg Theocracy — tech as God, elites as priests • The Digital Swarm — algorithms and bots reshaping humanity beyond control • The Death of Memory — lived experience...

Episode 58 is a BANGER! Disclaimer: nothing said constitutes legal or tax advice :) IF you don't know @AdamSimecka, you will. He's the founder of @MannaBitcoin, one of the best and most entertaining follows on X, and a truly genuine man. Adam is rare - a combination of talent, passion, drive, and grit. From Air Force firefighter to entrepreneur, he has proven the courage and fortitude to succeed....

Brady Swenson co-founded Swan Bitcoin and created perhaps the most iconic bitcoin meme in existence: "Tick Tock, Next Block." Continuing our exploration of Bitcoin and Time, having romanced through der Gigi and traipsed by Nick Land, we do our first video breakdown - Swenson's talk at BTC Amsterdam 2025. Satoshi originally referred to a "timechain", not blockchain. Debt is pulling future wealth in...

part two of a three part series. Capital is not what you think it is. A non-human entity engaged the cybernetic process of perfection known as capitalism. Fine-tuning with no limitations, it will advance beyond human control. The Singularity. Digital money, digital intelligence, and robotics. No humans needed. We are not controlling the system. We are errors in it, holding it back from reaching te...

part three of three Capital is not what you think it is. A non-human entity engaged in the cybernetic process of perfection known as capitalism. Fine-tuning with no limitations, it advances beyond human control. The Singularity. Digital money, digital intelligence, and robotics. No humans. We are not controlling the system. We are errors, wrenches in the gears being ground out as the machine reach...

Capital is not what you think it is. A non-human entity engaged the cybernetic process of perfection known as capitalism. Fine-tuning with no limitations, it advances beyond human control. The Singularity. Digital money, digital intelligence, and robotics. No humans. We are not controlling the system. We are errors, wrenches in the gears being ground out as the machine reaches terminal velocity. H...

We just talked to Jeff Booth - what did we come away with?

Bitcoin Study Sessions #052 Jeff Booth - Freedom If you’ve ever felt something is deeply wrong with the world but also felt an inexplicable optimism about the future — this episode is for you. The most mind-expanding Bitcoin conversation you’ll hear all year. @JeffBooth melts minds This is NOT another “number go up” chat. This is Jeff at his absolute deepest: ❤️ Why love & belonging is the hidden...

The internet digitized land, AI & robotics take over labor, and bitcoin dematerialized capital. Jonathan Kirkwood's essay, "Digital Industrialization, Land, Labor, and Capital," focuses on the impact of digitization on these three fundamental aspects of business and industry.

Key Topics: Tokens vs. Ledgers The Double Spend Problem Bitcoin as a Timekeeping Mechanism Causality and Unpredictability in Digital Space The Difficulty Adjustment Summary: The podcast begins with an introduction to Der Gigi's article "Bitcoin is Time," which explores the concept that Bitcoin has its own unique understanding of time, separate from the conventional measurement of seconds, minutes,...