The Sovereign Life with Dale Warburton

This week’s episode features Checkmate, a leading on-chain analyst who recently launched a new on-chain analytics platform, checkonchain. In this discussion with Checkmate, we cover a wide range of issues including: 0:00 Intro 4:28 His bitcoin journey 8:10 Checkonchain is your personal Bitcoin trainer 12:44 What he sees in the bitcoin data 25:52 Is bitcoin hitting the mainstream? 30:13 Bitcoin mea...

Today's episode is with Phil Geiger, the VP of Product Marketing at Unchained Capital, a bitcoin native financial services company offering collaborative custody multisignature vaults and loans for bitcoin holders. As the price of bitcoin continues to rise, it's become increasingly important to ensure your stack is adequately protected. Multi-signature collaborative custody is the gold sta...

Today's episode is with Canadian-based CFA Rajat Soni who has 10 years' experience working in the financial sector who also happens to know his way around the real estate market. In this discussion, Rajat offers his thoughts on what's wrong with the current financial system and how bitcoin is the life raft for those feeling disillusioned. Aside from talking Bitcoin, we also got into re...

Today's episode is with Joe Carlesare, a litigation attorney and partner at Amundsen Davis LLC who is an active investor and proponent of Bitcoin since 2015. As a former lawyer, it was refreshing talking to someone who has their finger on the pulse when it comes to all things Bitcoin and law. This was a wide-ranging conversation on all manner of topics from macro through to Bitcoin and crypto...

Today's episode is something a little different - it's a solo episode where I discuss: - Bitcoin Alive 2024 - Takeaways from BA 2024 - Pros and cons of real estate investments I've got a Master's in real estate and have spent the better part of a decade in the sector, so at this stage, I'm comfortable saying that I know my way around the asset class. In this episode, I dive int...

Today's episode is with Andrew Page, the founder of Strawman, an investment club that focuses on small cap ASX-listed shares. As an equity-focused investor who also understands Bitcoin, this is a great episode to share with friends who are in traditional finance or otherwise financially literate/understand equities, real estate and bonds. It sometimes takes someone from within your own world/p...

Today's episode is with Joe Consorti, an analyst at Bitcoin market research firm, The Bitcoin Layer, and advisor at Theya Bitcoin, a new mobile multi-sig solutions focused on Bitcoin only . In this discussion, we start off with an overview of the US economy and macro economic conditions, followed by an assessment of the current Bitcoin market, Bitcoin ETFs, institutional adoption and more. Tim...

Today's guest is Piers Cockram, the founder & CEO of Mineracks, a Brisbane-based Bitcoin company that offers ASIC sales & hosting, as well as Bitcoin self-custody training for both beginners & seasons veterans alike. Piers' technical background makes him the ideal guest to breakdown some of the more technical concepts in Bitcoin - from encryption & entropy through to best p...

Today's guest is Anil Patel, a self-described pleb, but more accurately, is a Bitcoin author and educator whose "Bitcoin Handbook" is one of the best at taking complex topics and breaking them down into simple terms. In this episode, we a variety of topics of the day, as well as going into some of the concepts laid out in his book. Timestamps: (0:05:05) – Anil’s introduction into Bit...

Today's guest is Ben van Hool, the COO of JAN3, a Bitcoin technology company focused on expanding access to Bitcoin and financial freedom around the world. In this episode, we discussed JAN3's mission, the company's new AQUA mobile wallet, as well as how Ben was promoting Bitcoin through his wildlife conservation efforts. Absolutely love it! Timestamps: (0:03:30) - Adopting Bitcoin Cap...

Today's episode of The Why Bitcoin Show is with Jake Woodhouse. Jake is a former podcast host, investor and media personality in the Bitcoin space that inspired me to start my own podcast. And for that, I'll always be grateful. In this episode we discussed: (08:10) – What is Jake up to? (12:25) – Content creation, Nostr & censorship (17:49) – Real estate investing (37:04) – Bitcoin ETF...

Today's guest is Vijay Boyapati, a former Google engineer, author and student of Austrian Economics, whose "Bullish Case for Bitcoin" is one of the more compelling explanations for Bitcoin yet. Timestamps: (03:09) – Bitcoin ETFs, the significance (07:23) – Impact of GBTC (10:38) – Bitcoin price, swallowing up some of gold’s market capitalisation (14:44) – Technology adoption curve fo...

This week's guests are Dylan & Chris, two Aussie Bitcoiners who decided to take the plunge and start Australia's first Bitcoin-only conference in 2023. It worked. So the boys (and girl in the background) are back at it in 2024, this time promising an even bigger and better event packed with signal. Bitcoin is alive in Australia and it was a pleasure chatting with the fellas about the c...

This week’s episode of The Why Bitcoin Show is with Checkmate, a leading on-chain analyst with Glassnode Analytics, a platform providing insights into what is happening with Bitcoin on the base layer. In this discussion with Checkmate, we cover a wide range of issues including: * Key insights into what is happening on-chain in Bitcoin in 2024, and what we saw in 2023 * Self-custody the impact of t...

Today's episode features @britishhodl23 - a former real estate and gold investor who after discovering bitcoin, realised there was no second best. ⌛ TIMESTAMPS ⌛ 0:00:51 - British Hodl's introduction to Bitcoin 0:03:56 - Real estate deals 0:13:00 - Generation wealth and dynasties 0:25:06 - Bitcoin as pristine collateral 0:34:23 - BTF ETFs help push asset mainstream - hyperbitconisation 0...

Today's episode is with Peter Dunworth of The Bitcoin Adviser, a professional service assisting people around the world to buy, secure and manage their own bitcoin. In this special episode, we look ahead to 2024 and discuss some of the key themes in the world of macro and Bitcoin. Peter has some controversial takes that may prove to be prescient or another Bitcoin prediction gone awry. Time wi...

Today's episode is with Peter Dunworth of The Bitcoin Adviser, a professional service assisting people around the world to buy, secure and manage their own bitcoin. In this special end of year episode, we look back at 2023 and discuss some of the key themes in the world of macro and Bitcoin including: 0:04:43 – Big picture theme of 2023 0:07:23 – Macro themes in 2023: regional banking crises &...

Today's episode is an extremely unprofessional display of Aussie Bitcoiners talking smack, opining about all sorts of things and generally having a laugh. Basically a get together with some of my favourite peeps in the Bitcoin world. 0:04 – What’s happening in Daz’s world & intros 0:04:14 –Ordinals, UTXOs 21:24 – Boomers, Bitcoin, Custody and ETFs 34:29 – Keeping humble when the market shi...

This is part two of a two part series with Michael Dunworth, one of the most fascinating voices in the Bitcoin industry. We discuss:   0:01:17 – Bitcoin is like staring into the abyss 0:03:05 – Dopamine rants, social media and energy fields! 0:17:10– Grounding, magnetism and whatnot 0:22:45 – Rogue AI 0:26:16 – Bitcoin bull market & consciousness 0:37:52 – Advice for folks in the bull market Y...

This is part one of a two part series with Michael Dunworth, one of the most fascinating voices in the Bitcoin industry. We discuss: 3:00 – Vibes are high, the bull market is here   19:20 – Learning from bear markets  26:49 – High fees and custody trade-offs 37:00 – Bitcoin is a giant sinkhole of energy   46:00 – Inequality, Bitcoin and energy You can follow Michael on Twitter (@MichaelDunwort1) f...

Today’s guest is Bob Burnett, the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining , a company focused on the development of “horse-class” mining sites, and vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources. Bob has spent over 35 years as a technologist including 13 years at Gateway, Inc., a Fortune 200 personal computer company, where he led the company’...

Today's guest is former forex trader turned full-time Bitcoin podcaster, author, investor, traveler and digital nomad, Daniel Prince. In this discussion Daniel shares his journey about following the path less travelled, changing careers, working in Bitcoin, travel, homeschooling and the importance of finding your community. For anyone looking to break the mold and live life on your own terms,...

Today’s guest is Phil Champagne, the author of The “Book of Satoshi” and “Bitcoin v.s. Altcoins: The Battle for Dominance”. He’s a student of the Austrian School of Economics and an investor with an interest in commodities, Bitcoin and real estate (both residential and commercial). In this episode, we touch on what makes Bitcoin different, what Phil has learnt through his study of other cryptocurr...

⁠Today’s guest is Rob Warren, the manager of mining operations and analysis at Riot Platforms, a $2bn Nasdaq listed Bitcoin miner in the US. ⁠ Timestamps: 0:05:30 – Crossing paths with Rob 0:07:40 – Rob’s background 0:11:47 – Bitcoin fixes this, a nuanced take 27:55 – Odd bed fellows, conservatives and cypherpunks 33:13 – Transitioning to a good faith economy 42:43 – The most outrageous thing that...

Today's episode is with Peter Dunworth of The Bitcoin Adviser, a professional service assisting people around the world to buy, secure and manage their own bitcoin. Peter is back by popular demand to discuss the macro environment and everything in between. Timestamps: 0:05:29 – Sport, bread and circuses 0:09:11 – Some recent key indicators 0:13:40 – Bitcoin decoupling and Larry Fink’s endorsem...