Taking Care of Bitcoin

Today we answer the question: Can Bitcoin Become Worthless?

We examine whether Bitcoin can become worthless, defining worthless as when no one subjectively sees value in something. We argue that historically money becomes worthless mainly through uncontrolled supply expansion and inflation—citing Weimar, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and noting the U.S. dollar has lost 97% of its purchasing power since 1913 alongside roughly 1000x ...

TCB Re-Hash with Matt Marfil: Volatility, Self-Custody, ETFs, and Fiat Debasement

Today we revisit Matt Marfil, three and a half years after our November 2022 talk near Bitcoin’s ~$15,700 low, discussing its rise to 126k and pullback to 60k. Matt still views Bitcoin as inflation-proof, non-government-manipulable money but finds price uncertainty difficult; the host argues price is “advertising,” while ETFs brought institutional...

Today we answer the question: Why Does Bitcoin Have Value?

• Bitcoin isn't backed by anything
• Monetary parameters that give something value
• Absolute scarcity
• Decentralization/Trust minimization
• Security/Immutability
• Bitcoin is digital property rights
• Global, neutral money

And more!

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Tale from the front lines: accused of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business!  Today we talk with Dave Scotese about...

• Discovery of digital scarcity
• Difficulty of replicating Bitcoin
• First mover advantage
• Psychology of asset valuation
• Accusation of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and money laundering
• The system understanding Bitcoin as a threat to its power structure
• Hubris of the political class
• Bitco...

Bitcoin is for Non-Profits!

  Today we talk with The Bitcoin District Initiative Founder and President Trey Musgrave about...

• Patience required to build Bitcoin conviction
• Importance of building a Bitcoin circular economy
• Paradigm shifting from speculative asset to superior money
• The asset is the network
• Hurdles to merchant adoption
• Clarifying Bitcoin is not crypto
• Bitcoin attacks succumbing to mathematical inevitability
• Cash is a liabi...

Today we check back in with TCB Episode 7 guest Mike Albert!

  We discuss...

• Intersection of Bitcoin and Artificial Intelligence
• Bitcoin as a tool to pay down the national debt
• Bitcoin store of value vs. medium of exchange
• Difficulty of valuing Bitcoin
• Bitcoin repricing the world
• Future of Bitcoin mining
• Update on Bitcoin energy use
• Need for quantum resistance

And more!

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Today we answer the question: Can Bitcoin Scale to Become a Major Payment Network?

• Bitcoin transactions per second
• Bitcoin is a protocol, not a product
• Scalability challenges
• Evolutionary process of monetization
• Scaling solutions
• Outlook for Bitcoin as a payment network

And more!

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Bitcoin is for Entrepreneurs!

  Today we talk with Bitcoin Timber Company Founder Shane Anthony about...

• Never ending learning in Bitcoin
• The Bitcoin Timber Company
• Repurposing Bitcoin mining heat
• Bitcoin is not a waste of energy
• How Bitcoin changes incentives
• Inflation pushing people toward Bitcoin
• Rotational redistribution
• Extraction built into the fiat system
• Idea of Bitcoin as money being increasingly accepted

And more!

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Bitcoin is for Chief Marketing Officers!

  Today we talk with Sovreign CMO John Balkam about...

• Aligned incentives in Bitcoin
• Ethical businesses need ethical money
• Effects of inflation on small business
• Bitcoin as a brand amplifier
• Decreasing transaction costs
• Paradigm shift of deflationary money
• Bitcoin treasury company dynamics
• Parallels to internet adoption
• Necessity of Bitcoin for business survival
• Rise of open protocols

And more!

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Bitcoin is for Developers!

  Today we talk with developer Josh Swift and hear his amazing story about recovering Bitcoin from 2010!

• Early days of Bitcoin
• Rediscovering Bitcoin over a decade later
• Bitcoin is hope for a better future
• Personality types that gravitate toward Bitcoin
• Lack of financial education
• Motivation for open source coding
• Incentives of Bitcoin
• Self-custody best practices
• Great minds contributing to Bitcoin

And more!

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Today we answer the question: What Happens When Bitcoin is Lost?

• Self-custody means self-control
• Bitcoin never leave the network
• Common causes of lost Bitcoin
• Consequences of lost Bitcoin
• Will we "Run out of Bitcoin?"
• Divisibility supports growth

And more!

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Bitcoin is for Policy Advocates!

  Today we talk with Michigan Bitcoin Trade Council Executive Director Amber Harris about...

• Need to understand the problem to see the solution
• Bitcoin is a non-partisan issue
• Educating legislators on Bitcoin
• Economic damage caused by money printing
• Trump vs. The FED
• Opportunity for individuals to front run
• Possibility of a new monetary regime emerging
• Protecting against the mathematical reality of accel...

Bitcoin is for CPAs!

  Today we talk with Certified Public Accountant and Entrepreneur Betsy Morem about...

• Risk happens fast
• Bitcoin is not an investment, it's a monetary migration
• S-curve of technology adoption
• Timeframe for Bitcoin to become a medium of exchange
• Stablecoin proliferation
• Adapt or die moment for businesses
• Bitcoin destroying the hidden tax of inflation
• Monetary regime change on the horizon
• Do not miss the digital g...

Today we check back in with TCB Episode 18 guest Mark Young!

  We discuss...

• The innovation of digital scarcity
• Primary demand drivers
• Approaching a threshold of inevitability
• Remaining addressable market 
• Generational shift toward digital assets
• Wealth inequality driven by fiat debasement
• Inevitable debt spiral
• First mover advantage
• Working for money that respects you
• Inability to "redistribute" Bitcoin
• Ownership is not control
• M...

Bitcoin is for the Shipyard!

  Today we talk with Sheet Metal Mechanic Russell Thomas about...

• De-mystifying self-custody
• Bitcoin emerging as a safe haven asset
• It is not a trade, it's a monetary migration
• Bitcoin as a bearer asset
• The discovery of digital scarcity
• Bitcoin draining the fixed income market
• Filters on Bitcoin
• Are there any other uses for blockchain?
• Will Bitcoin be currency?

And more!

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Yes, THE Jason Maier, author of A PROGRESSIVE'S CASE FOR BITCOIN!

  Today we talk with Jason about...

• Concern over continued politicization of Bitcoin
• Recent political wins for Bitcoin
• Hostility of the prior presidential administration
• Need for Democrats to differentiate themselves on Bitcoin
• Lack of fundamental fairness in the current economic system
• Myth that inflation is required for a healthy economy
• Paradox of requiring growt...