Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail $133 million in revenue. 47% growth year over year. During a bear market. In this special edition of the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach sits down with founder and CEO Adam O'Brien and capital markets expert Halston for a full breakdown of what Bitcoin Well accomplished in 2025 — and where the company is headed in 2026. Topics covered: how Bitcoin Well's three business units performed...

Send us Fan Mail Most people analyze the Middle East through religion, ideology, or ethnic conflict. Useful frames — but incomplete ones. If you want to understand why wars never end and why the same regions keep bleeding across decades, follow the printing press. In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach reads his original essay "How Iran Is a Creation of Fiat Money" — a deep div...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Works - Mining and Proof of Work Forget the guy in a hoodie with a digital pickaxe. Forget the villain's lair boiling the oceans. Neither image is even close to accurate. Bitcoin mining is network security. It's the mechanism by which every transaction gets written, validated, and locked in permanently - without a bank, government, or central aut...

Send us Fan Mail The Great Data War of 2026: Why Bitcoin's "Civil War" Is Actually Proof It's Working Bitcoin is having another one of its famous arguments. And if you're new here, you might think the sky has fallen. It isn't. What's being called the Data War is the latest flashpoint in a debate that's been simmering since Casey Rodarmor launched the Ordinals project in 2023, essentially using a l...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin has touched $76,000 as the global landscape shifts under our feet. With the US and Israel at war and the energy markets in haywire due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, we are at a structural inflection point for the global financial system. In this session, Zach and the Peruvian Bull dive into why the "flight to safety" isn't leading to gold, but to Bitcoin. We disc...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: The 3 Biggest Bitcoin Myths Most people's first exposure to Bitcoin was a headline. Bitcoin crashes. Bitcoin used by criminals. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme. And if that's all you've seen, skepticism is a rational response. But before you write it off, let's make sure you're working from accurate information — not recycled talking points. In this video we break...

Send us Fan Mail Reads 7: Michael Saylor Vs Bitcoin Well In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well, Zach dives into two powerful blog posts that challenge the current state of Bitcoin adoption and reclaim the meaning of financial sovereignty. Blog 1: Bitcoin Doesn't Need Another Michael Saylor This piece by Conrad Fitzpatrick argues that while Michael Saylor was the hero we needed for instituti...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Actually Works - Transactions and the Blockchain Most people picture a Bitcoin wallet like a digital safe; coins rattling around on a hard drive somewhere. That mental model is wrong, and it's costing people clarity on how this whole system actually works. In this video, we break down exactly what happens when you send Bitcoin: what UTXOs are and...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Reads: The Hidden War on the Family (and How Bitcoin is the Solution) What's really destroying the family? Most people blame culture, technology, or moral decay. But what if the root cause is the money itself? In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well Podcast, we dig into a powerful essay arguing that fiat currency has silently dismantled the economic and moral fou...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Answers 4: Is Bitcoin Dead? With Bitcoin's price swinging by 50% in a few short months, the "Bitcoin is Dead" headlines are back in full force. But if you're only looking at the price, you're missing the most important feature of the system: volatility is a reflection of humanity. In this video, we dive into why centralization is the only real threat to Bitcoin and wh...

Send us Fan Mail Is Jane Street manipulating Bitcoin the same way they allegedly front-ran the Terra Luna collapse? In this episode, I sit down with Robert Rios (@peruvian_bull on X) and Robert from Infranomics (@infraa_ on X) Joined Feb 27th 2026 to break down the Terraform Labs lawsuit, the suspicious 10am price slams traders have been watching for months, and what it all means for Bitcoin. We a...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists 3 - The Bitcoin Whitepaper What is the Bitcoin White Paper, and why does it still matter in 2026? On October 31st, 2008, while the global financial system was melting down, an anonymous developer named Satoshi Nakamoto released a blueprint for a new world. It wasn't about getting rich or speculative trading; it was about autonomy. In thi...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Reads 5: Code, Beauty and the Void Is Bitcoin's greatest weakness its design? For 15 years, the Bitcoin protocol has operated with perfect uptime—no crashes, no bailouts, and no central point of failure. Yet, the average person is still terrified to use it. This is the Adoption Wall . In this deep dive, we explore why the problem isn't that Bitcoin is too complex for...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Answers: 3 - What is Self-Custody? Understanding the importance of custody is the difference between having a number on a screen and owning the greatest asset on the planet. If you don’t understand custody, you don't really understand Bitcoin. In this video, we break down why custody (the simple question of who controls the asset) is the single most revolutionary chan...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists 2 - The Cypherpunk War for Digital Cash Bitcoin wasn't a miracle, it was the final move in a 40-year chess game. 🤯 Most people think Bitcoin appeared out of thin air in 2008. In reality, it was the culmination of decades of failure and innovation by a group called the Cypherpunks. From David Chaum's Digicash to Adam Back's Hashcash, thi...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Reads 4: The Philosophy of Liberty and Why Bitcoin Matters Bitcoin is hovering in the mid-$60,000s, and the fear index is flashing panic . But if you are hyper-focused on price, you are missing the entire point of why Bitcoin was created . In this episode of the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach Addair steps away from the noise of the market to read his foundational essay, "...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists - 1- The Failures of Fiat Money Is your money melting in your pocket? 💸 Discover why the 2% inflation target is actually a design to steal your wealth. Most people think inflation is like the weather—something that just happens. In reality, the fiat system is a "Proof of Stake" model for governments where money has no cost to produce. I...

Send us Fan Mail If a third party can freeze your life savings at the push of a button, do you actually own your money? In this deep-dive episode of the Bitcoin Well podcast, we explore the inseparable link between money and human freedom. From the historical seizure of gold in 1933 to the modern-day freezing of bank accounts in Canada and beyond, the message is clear: trust is a vulnerability. We...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains 0: What is Money? - 3 - The Fall of Gold and the Fiat Trap Gold was the ultimate money for 5,000 years. So how did it lose to paper? The answer isn't just economics—it's physics. ⚛️ Gold is heavy, dangerous to transport, and slow. To speed up trade, we invented a "Layer 2" solution called paper receipts. That convenience introduced a fatal flaw: Trust. In thi...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Answers: 2 - How Does Bitcoin Have Value if its not Backed by Anything? People say Bitcoin is "fake" because it isn't backed by anything. But is the US Dollar backed by anything? Is Gold? The answer will surprise you. 🤔 In this video, Adam O'Brien (CEO of Bitcoin Well) dismantles the biggest myth in finance: that money needs to be "backed" by something physical to ha...

Send us Fan Mail Why does it feel like "Capitalism" is failing and "Socialism" is rising? The answer isn't in the voting booth—it's in the printing press. 🖨️ In this episode of Bitcoin Well Reads , we explore the terrifying convergence of the American and Chinese economic models. Whether you call it "Corporate Welfare" or "State Socialism," the engine is the same: Fiat Currency. We analyze the wor...

Send us Fan Mail **Explains 0: What is Money? 2 - The Rise of Gold ** Why did the Egyptians, Romans, and Aztecs all choose the same yellow metal for money? They never met, but they all came to the same conclusion. 🤔 It wasn't magic, and it wasn't a decree from the gods. It was brutal free-market competition. In this episode of "What is Money?", we explore The Rise of Gold . We break down the phys...

Send us Fan Mail In 1945, humanity invented a technology that made total war impossible. In 2009, we invented a technology that made total financial control impossible. ⚛️₿ Welcome to the premiere episode of Proof of Thought , a new series exploring the deepest philosophical questions of our time. In this episode, we read an article by Bitcoin Weller Uli that draws a chilling parallel between the...

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains 0: What is Money? 1 - Pre-Gold Money In order to understand Bitcoin, we have to understand what money is! Join us in the first episode of a three part introduction to the concept of money and trade itself. This podcast explains how trade occurred before money and what the first things used as money were.

Send us Fan Mail Are you worried you missed the boat on Bitcoin? You aren't alone. But the truth is, you aren't too late; you're just early to the biggest shift in human history. 🌍 In this debut episode of Bitcoin Well Answers , Adam O'Brien (CEO of Bitcoin Well) answers the most common question in crypto: "Is it too late?" The answer isn't about price charts. It's about the fundamental brokennes...