The Sovereign Life with Dale Warburton

Today’s guest is Edward Cafarella, a passionate Bitcoin educator who runs the Bitcoin Mentor Spaces sessions on X. He's obsessed about educating new bitcoiners on how bitcoin can provide freedom and has been doing so for over 10 years! Edward can be found on X at @LiveFreeBTC or you can book a session with him at Bitcoin Mentor here . You can follow Edward's writing at https://www.edwardca...

Today’s guest is Nathan Fitzsimmons, the operations director at Bitcoin Mentor and decade-long advocate for sound money, specializing in Austrian Economics and Libertarian Philosophy. Since 2007, he has been working in medical research, but after falling deep down the Bitcoin rabbit hole in 2020, he’s pivoted to educating others on Bitcoin, the importance of self-custody, and best practices for se...

Today’s guest is Mike Leftakes - a finance graduate with experience in FX markets who shifted focus and moved entirely to the Bitcoin world. Today, he’s an Account Manager for the Bitcoin Conference and is also a colleague of mine at Bitcoin Mentor. In this discussion with Mike we touched on Bitcoin strategic reserves, what aligns us as Bitcoiners, hyperbitcoinization, what lies ahead in 2025 and...

Today’s guest is Andrew Page, the founder and managing director at Strawman, one of Australia’s leading private investment clubs specialising in small cap ASX listed equities.  Andrew is one of the rare equity analysts who fundamentally gets the bitcoin thesis and it was fascinating diving into all things Bitcoin and traditional financial markets. In this episode we touched on a range of topics in...

Welcome to the Christmas Special, a casual AF laugh on all things Bitcoin with some of my favourite people in the Bitcoin space - Daz Bea, Bitcoin Brendo and Stacking Hats.  This is not your typical episode - it’s more akin to a bunch of a Bitcoiners gathering around, having a drink and talking all things Bitcoin.  It’s wild and loosey goosey, so you surely shouldn’t expect any timestamps!  You ca...

Today’s guest is Jesse Berger, an outspoken advocate for Bitcoin and freedom, and in 2020 he self-published Magic Internet Money: A Book About Bitcoin . Like a spoonful of sugar to help the orange pill go down, the book uses plain language to introduce readers to a variety of topics such as banking, cryptography, economics, governance, and more, shattering popular misconceptions while illuminating...

Today’s guest is Chris Wessels, a writer and deep thinker who I’ve met through the Bitcoin Mentor. Chris is a thoughtful individual, experienced and well-read, so we covered a ton of topics including: Recent price action crossing $100k  The Sovereign Individual thesis  The unravelling of Western societies  The importance of self-custody To learn more about Chris and his work, check out his blog ht...

Today’s guest is the co-founder of Bitcoin Mentor, Mike Cook.   Mike has a background in private equity and launched Bitcoin Mentor together with the legendary Ben Perrin, otherwise known as BTC Sessions.  Mike is on a mission to help onboard the next wave of Bitcoiners into Bitcoin and in this conversation, we touched on a range of topics including:  The inspiration to founding Bitcoin Mentor  Wh...

Bitcoiners aren’t necessarily known to be witty or charismatic, but my next guest Gary Mahmoud is! An actor who first bought bitcoin in 2013, Gary is a libertarian-inclined Bitcoin proponent who has spent the better part of a decade figuring out the best way to self-custody bitcoin.  When not exploring the world of Bitcoin, Gary is a working actor often playing doctors and lawyers on various New Y...

To all my laser-eyed friends in Bitcoin, it may be time to take off the laser eyes as we dance around $90k. In this episode with leading on-chain analyst James Check, otherwise known as Checkmate of Checkonchain, a Bitcoin person trainer if you will, tailored for investors and finance professionals, to provide market analysis, in-depth educational content and data-driven insights to cut through th...

Today's episode is about unpacking what one of the world's largest asset managers has to say about Bitcoin. A $5 trillion juggernaut, Fidelity has been one of the early institutional movers when it comes to Bitcoin and their explanation of why "Bitcoin first" is well worth understanding. Ultimately, Bitcoin doesn't care what Fidelity thinks, but for many people, they do care what a highly influent...

Today's episode is with writer, speaker and real estate entrepreneur, Leon Wankum. From Bitcoin-backed loans to Bitcoin attracting monetary premium away from the $330 trillion real estate sector, this conversation touched on a wide range of topics that I think you'll find fascinating. You can follow Leon on X at https://x.com/leonwankum https://leonwankum.com/ or visit his website at or you can su...

I'm back baby after a little hiatus! Awesome to get behind the mic and share my thoughts around BlackRock's Bitcoin thesis - https://www.blackrock.com/us/financial-professionals/insights/bitcoin-unique-diversifier. There are some interesting inclusions and exclusions to their thesis, as well as the way BlackRock views the role of the asset. Stick around to the end to find out how the plebs differ...

In this episode, I chatted with the man formerly known as Bitcoin Gandalf on Twitter, or Daniel Sempere Pico as he is known these days. Daniel is a former real estate man that transitioned into the the digital economy in 2020 and since then, has reinvented himself as a social media marketing guru with a special expertise in the Bitcoin industry. I was fascinated by Daniel's journey and thoughts on...

In this episode, I chatted with an unsung Bitcoiner from Far North Queensland, a real self-custody guru by the name of Codey Martin. Codey is an ex-military man and Brazilian Jiu-Jitusu expert who is also the first mentor to join the Bitcoin Mentor Australia team. He’s got a cracking story as to how he got into Bitcoin and in this discussion, shares his thoughts on self-sovereignty and best practi...

In this episode, I chatted with an absolute legend of a Bitcoiner, the man with the silkiest voice in Bitcoin and fellow African, Okin. Okin is a man who wears many hats - he's a podcaster, poet, digital entrepreneur, Bitcoin investor/educator/miner/node runner. He's also the founder of OKIN Trading Enterprises & runs both Bitcoin Mining Namibia & EasySats. Timestamps: 01:41 Living in Nami...

It's official! I'm a partner in Bitcoin Mentor Australia and I could not be more excited. Tune in for more details. Also in this this episode with Jake, we discuss the trade-offs involved in owning your own property as a Bitcoiner, as well as the trade-offs when making an investment in life. Timestamps: 01:34 Living in QLD vs VIC 8:45 BitcoinMentor.io helps everyone 21:34 Should you buy a house? 2...

Real estate is the preferred investment asset for speculators in Australia and in many parts of the world. But is the juice worth the squeeze? From my perspective, absolutely not. The risk-reward is simply not there relative to Bitcoin. In this episode I outline 13 reasons why I think it's worth considering selling your investment property and buying bitcoin instead. As always, you do you. I don't...

Okay, so you understand Bitcoin is different to crypto, right? But how confident are you in explaining the difference? It's not good enough to call everything else a shitcoin or tell people to "have fun staying poor". As Bitcoiners, we need to have a coherent, cogent and articulate framework for helping ordinary people understand what makes Bitcoin different to every other crypto. I...

Today's episode is something a little different - it's a solo episode where I discuss jurisdictional arbitrage. So often I hear Bitcoiners talking about how terrible their country is, whether it's the US, Australia, Canada or UK. But in reality, few (IMO) have done the necessary work to consider the alternatives. Firstly, there are some real limitations in terms of alternatives - legal...

Today's guest is Ketan, a well-known Bitcoin security expert based out of Australia who amongst many things, is an advocate for privacy and running your own node. In this episode, we spoke about the importance of privacy and what you can do to fundamentally secure your Bitcoin stack. With great power comes great responsibility, and self-custody is indeed a great responsibility. If you're k...

Today's guest is the co-founder of Looking Glass Education and author Seb Bunney, a well-known Canadian Bitcoiner who has written two superb books - "B is for Bitcoin" and "The Hidden Cost of Money". In this episode, we tackle the question of why the financial system as it exists today is fundamentally broken and unfair. We also decided to do a little Bitcoin FUD-busting 10...

Today's guest is the one and only Jeff Booth, an author, technology entrepreneur and founding partner of ego death capital - a Bitcoin venture capital fund focused on investing in bitcoin layer 3 projects. This was an eye-opening discussion and I learnt a lot from the conversation including how Jeff sees the world, the importance of Bitcoin and where ultimately all of this is going in the futu...

Today’s episode features Sam Callahan, a Senior Analyst at Swan Bitcoin and host of Swan Signal. Sam is super knowledgeable about macro, finance and history, so it was an absolute pleasure picking his brain on all the "big picture" topics of the day, as well as Bitcoin. Timestamps: (2:45) The era of fiscal dominance explained (7:53) History of the Fed's independence (14:08) Are we in...

Today’s episode features Joe Burnett, the Senior Product Marketing Manager at Unchained Capital out of Austin, Texas. Joe has written a superb report titled “Your Wealth is Melting”, where he looks at Bitcoin relative to all other investment asset classes, including real estate. I found his thoughts on real estate particularly fascinating, so he was the perfect guest to answer the question: “Shoul...