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2-Bit IdiotsEP99: For The Kids - Bitcoin Art Competition WinnersThis is the big one!
Today, we put some Bitcoin (1,432,047 Satoshis to be precise) in the hands of kids. It’s theirs, they own it, and we don’t have any say in how they save it or spend it.
I’ll not spoil the results here, but I do have some thankyous to give.
The Artists and their Parents
Bowdog Jr; Charlotte; Jasper; Evie; Harriet; Niels; Regan; India; Luna; Archer; Sabine; Frankie; Sena; Bellemy; Claudia; Samuel; and, Ava.
The Judges
2023-08-2528 min2-Bit IdiotsEP98: Weekend at Bernie'sWe’ve always wanted to do an “Orange Pill Live” episode, to test our abilities in answering the questions of a precoiner and to see if (during the course of a podcast) we could convince someone to buy themselves their first Bitcoin.
That was the intention of this episode, but in the time it’s taken us to schedule the pod with Bernie, he’d already got himself off zero!
However, Bernie is Brendo’s mate, so we thought we’d go ahead with the call and press record anyway, and only publish it if we thought it mi...
2023-08-2253 min2-Bit IdiotsEP97: Double Dunworth*** Get your first 3 months free with The Bitcoin Adviser when you use referral code "SECURE" at www.thebitcoinadviser.com/contact
If you’ve not heard Peter Dunworth’s valuation model for Bitcoin (frankly, what are you doing with your life), go back and listen to episodes 70 and 77, but although he’s been spruiking it all over town and asking someone to challenge it, no one has...until now.
We, completely unfairly invited Pete back on under false pretences and then hit him with “his nemesis waiting in the green room”. We wanted to see if we coul...
2023-08-071h 422-Bit IdiotsEP96: The Purest Truth We’ve Come Across with JesseJesse (@Jessenostr) is a cafe owner (Rise Mofo in Toukley) and former pastor based on the Central Coast in NSW, Australia. This one was an absolute pleasure to do. I hope you get as much from it as we did. We hope we offend you all at least once. Deal with it, it’s fine.
We discuss:
Emerging from the Bitcoin wilderness
Was COVID the orange pill tipping point for learning
Starting a Central Coast Bitcoin meetup after attending the Newcastle meetup
I, Pencil
https://www.youtu...
2023-08-021h 182-Bit IdiotsEP95: ABIB, Banking, Scams and Conspiracy with Jeremy MajidJeremy Majid is the CEO of the Australian Bitcoin Industry Body www.bitcoinindustrybody.org.au whose mission statement is:
“To serve as a voice for the Australian Bitcoin Industry. We welcome open and constructive dialogue with Government and Media and are available to assist with any and all Bitcoin related matters.”
There will be sceptics amongst you (I’m one of them), but not about the intentions of ABIB, more the willingness of government to engage in an honest and sincere dialogue. In this one we discuss the problem and how ABIB can be part of the s...
2023-07-281h 202-Bit IdiotsEP94: Reverse Kanga’s and Upper Deckers with Daz BeaIf you don’t know what they are, whatever you do, don’t look it up or listen to this podcast.
There is no one that can segue from high voltage power transmission to upper decker’s and back quite like Daz Bea. Yes, what’s happening in our world right now is damn serious, but we all need to find the fun in it too and that’s why we keep asking Daz onto the pod.
He brings a wealth of knowledge around electricity, net zero targets, issues and opportunities in Australia and beyond, is a founding...
2023-07-241h 372-Bit IdiotsEP93: Life’s a Breez with Ivan Makedonskiwww.breez.technology has been around for a while, and to be honest I didn’t know much about it, so when Ivan reached out to have a chat it seemed like as good a time as any to start learning.
Located in Sofia, Bulgaria, Ivan (@Nackoo2000) is the Chief of Staff (Chief of Stuff) and first non-developer to work for Breez. He’s my favourite type of bitcoiner...the ones that are here for the mission first, knowing the money will take care of itself.
We discuss:
Primal o...
2023-07-171h 112023-07-141h 112-Bit IdiotsEP92: Bitcoin Karma with Scott, Mallory and Charlotte SibleySome would call it Karma. The more you try to do good, the more good seeks you out.
We started the Kids Art Competition with a modest 200,000 Satoshi’s to give away and our fingers crossed, but at time of writing, that prize is now 1,222,047 sats. Cool, right (thanks to all the supporters).
We also got an e-mail from Scott and Mallory Sibley, whose daughter Charlotte wanted to enter the competition, and they wanted to add a few prizes as well (if that didn’t disqualify Charlotte!)
They have k...
2023-07-0844 min2-Bit IdiotsEP91: Can 88 Bitcoin Maxis Buy a Golf Course with MirbooHodlWe start with a quick shill for the Australian Bitcoin Industry Body’s petition for the RBA to hold 2% of assets in Bitcoin. More details at:
https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN5167
CLOSING DATE FOR SIGNATURES IS 12 JULY 2023.
For more details, listen to this discussion with Dale and Jeremy on The Why Bitcoin Show:
https://fountain.fm/episode/cRv5zTAB4DiYoTqCdFs1
Brendo and I are golfers...not great golfers, but we try. So, when MirbooHodl / GreatGrandMan (Dom. A Nostr maxi. Npub below) reached out a cou...
2023-07-0359 min2-Bit IdiotsEP90: The Million Dollar Giveaway - Hats and BrendoWe've had a lot of smart guests recently, which is great, but sometimes your brain needs a break and just needs to listen to Brendo (yeah ok...me too).
In this pod we address all the low-brow issues of the day like:
Brendo not washing for 5 years and wasting so many sats on fixing a shitcoin tiler’s mistake.
How should we vett guests
Family feuds
The art competition prize up to 837,000 sats!
Details at https://bitcoin-first.com/kids-art-competition/
Giving away a million d...
2023-06-2332 min2-Bit IdiotsEP89: Who Has the Best Hair with @btcessexAnyone we’ve met in person will verify that my hair isn’t one of my strengths. Brendo would claim it’s one of his, but that’s a matter of opinion. So, you’d be forgiven for wondering what the hell we’re doing talking to a hairdresser on the podcast.
Frankly, if you’d asked us a month ago if that would ever happen, I imagine a hearty laugh would have been the response. But...a month is a long time in Bitcoin!
Aaron reached out to have a chat and told us t...
2023-06-151h 002-Bit IdiotsEP88: Kids Art Competition (SPECIAL)Do you have a creative kid? Are you always talking about Bitcoin? Could they create a piece of art that is their interpretation of what it is you go on about all the time?
To celebrate reaching 100 shows on the 2-Bit Idiots podcast, we’ve decided to run a Kids Art Competition and give away 50,000 sats to the winners in each age group.
The Rules
There are 4 ages categories (4 and under, 5-8, 9-12, and 13-16). Age on 31/7/23
We will accept a maximum of 21 entries in each catego...
2023-06-1309 min2-Bit IdiotsEP87: Orange-Pilling Countries with Samson MowWhile most of us spend years trying to convince our cousin/sibling/mum that we’re not crazy and that “it might make sense just to get some in case it catches on”, there are others among us that are operating at an altogether higher level. Samson Mow is one of those people.
As the CEO of JAN3, he’s working on nation-state adoption and accelerating hyperbitcoinization, but he didn’t set out to do that, it just happened one day.
He kindly took some time out of his hectic schedule to hang out wi...
2023-06-0944 min2-Bit IdiotsEP86: Another Bloody Dunworth with @MichaelDunwort1It's like buses. You don't see one for ages and then 2 come along at once! But seriously, Christmas dinner at the Dunworth’s must be an interesting experience.
Michael is the time travelling bitcoiner, that has locked Bitcoin in 2140 to ensure miners still have an incentive to mine even once the final block reward is issued. That’s a great story – it's a wonderful story – but you may have heard it at Bitcoin Alive, a bush bash or on another podcast that Michael has done (we’d recommend EP96 of Meyrick’s Dabbling Path, EP5 with Discoveri...
2023-06-051h 092-Bit IdiotsEP85: The Auckland Elbow with @Bitkiwi1 and @satstothemoonLurk on Twitter – Tick
Attend a BushBash – Tick
Wearing the Bitcoin Alive T-Shirt – Tick
What next - Maybe it’s time for you to cross the ditch?
We sit down Paul and Dan (2/3 of the Bit Kiwi movement) to find out exactly how things are in New Zealand (Paraparaumu) at grass roots level, the projects they are involved in and hear just how loose meetups are in Auckland. We also discuss:
Getting children to buy beer to gain KYC free sats ;-)
Remembering Anon...
2023-05-221h 022-Bit IdiotsEP84: Building Resilience into your Business with @PaulbuybtcPaul is a husband, dad, business owner and now bitcoiner, based in Victoria, Australia.
We first met at a BitcoinBushBash (are you noticing a theme) in 2022, again at Bitcoin Alive in 2023 and now he joins us on the pod to tell his story.
This one will resonate with business owner/operators who have had to navigate through a difficult few years, since that thing which we cannot mention and the government overreach in response to the thing that we cannot mention. You know the thing. THE THING.
But mo...
2023-05-1554 min2-Bit IdiotsEP83: How to Make Bitcoin a Lifestyle with @mary_imasuenWe’re testing ourselves. We’ve been around this sausage-fest so long that we’re not sure if we can still talk to girls.
But we outright refuse to do it for diVersiTY’s sake. Meritocracy in all things. And quite frankly, this young woman is way ahead of most of you guys.
Once Brendo got passed his awkward giggling, we discuss:
The Scottish accent being better than the Aussie
Whilst freelance writing during a gap-year from studying Law, a client wanted to pay with Bitcoin.
The reg...
2023-05-101h 012-Bit IdiotsEP82: Satoshi ‘73 with @roger__9000Bitcoin sends you off in directions you never dreamed you would go. In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be helping Roger at a woman’s wellness Bitcoin chocolate making session. A bunch of words I never thought I’d use in the same sentence! But here we are.
Roger is first and foremost a lovely guy, but he also has a unique story...so let’s tell it:
We discuss:
The origins of his pseudonym
My Captain Pugwash facts were NOT true
Bitcoiners as constant dream...
2023-05-011h 292-Bit IdiotsEP81: Seize the Day with @beefbackbetter (Chapter 4)We’re telling a story. We didn’t set out to tell a story – in fact we rarely set out with any coherent plan – but we’re telling a story, nonetheless.
This is Owen’s story.
He’s an Aussie with a background in organic farming certification. We first met at a Bitcoin Bush Bash in 2020, visited his farm in 2021 (Episode 22), spoke to him from his El Salvador scoping trip in May 2022 (Episode 43) from next door to Mrs Bukele (Episode 61) and now here we are again. It’s a fascinating progression of a doer rather tha...
2023-04-271h 032-Bit IdiotsEP80: Bitcoin Alive After PartyAre you home? Did you survive?
A huge shout out to @lungdoge, @dylanhashmurray and Jess (the @BitcoinAlive team) for putting together a fantastic first Bitcoin Only conference for Australia.
We’re yet to speak to someone who didn’t enjoy the day, and the opportunity it gave so many solid bitcoiners to be in the same city at the same time.
Many of us milked it and made it a loonnngggg weekend. Too many people to thank, but you know who you are.
2023-04-2134 min2-Bit IdiotsEP79: Smart as Saylor – Hats and BrendoIt’s been all interviews the last little while, so we thought it was about time we burned our listener stats and did another Hats and Brendo.
It’s largely inane waffle, but there’s some good stuff in there too, including:
Why Brendo takes his shorts off in my house.
Bitcoin Alive
When: 15th April 2023
Where: The Roundhouse, Sydney
Tickets: www.bitcoinalive.io
Discount: 10% off with codes HATS or BRENDO at checkout
Property debt
Fixed rate mortgage...
2023-04-0356 min2-Bit IdiotsEP78: Behind Enemy Lines with @Dale21M(Pushing this one out quickly for those making the trek to Beechworth. Have a great weekend)
Those of you that pay attention (or those that attended the last bush bash at Murrurundi) will recognise Dale from there, but for those that don’t, we wanted to have him on the pod to give us an insight into the incentives at play in shitcoin land, working behind enemy lines for a shitcoin publication.
Dale is a South African who has lived in Australia for 5 years. His background is in law and political philoso...
2023-03-241h 022-Bit IdiotsEP77: Crazy Numbers with @dunworth_peterPUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Please listen til the end as Pete will blow your tiny mind.
We spoke with Pete just a few short weeks ago (EP70) about what high-net-worth clients think of Bitcoin. You liked him. Actually, you liked him a lot. A lot of you tuned in... thank you.
We got nowhere near the end of that conversation, as we also wanted to talk to him about inheritance planning. So, he kindly agreed to go again. Settle in and pour yourself a coffee, this is a long one! ...
2023-03-202h 012-Bit IdiotsEP76: Bitcoin Mining with Renewables in NZ with @simonocollinsThere’s nothing a bitcoiner enjoys more than bursting a mainstream narrative.
If we really are “bOiLinG tHE oCEans”, why is it that Simon and his colleagues at www.Stackr.co.nz are Bitcoin mining with renewable energy and providing stability to the electricity grid in New Zealand’s South Island. It really is a head scratcher, isn’t it.
We talk to Simon about:
The abundance of energy sources the further south you go in New Zealand (Hydro, Wind, Solar and Geothermal)
Flexible demand management to lift the performance of the grid
T...
2023-03-131h 112-Bit IdiotsEP75: Empty Passenger Seat with @JoeMartinMusicBitcoiners branching out into other industries is great, but what I really want to see is people in other industries adopting Bitcoin.
I’m particularly keen for musicians, athletes and sports teams to figure this out (shout out to Perth Heat for leading by example). That's why I was very excited to discover Joe Martin.
Joe is a singer-songwriter who is a musician first but also a bitcoiner. He gets it, and the best bit...he’s good!
We want Joe to be able to take a message to his friends in the music i...
2023-03-091h 002-Bit IdiotsEP74: Bitcoin Alive FOMO Update with @lungdoge and @dylanhashmurrayWhen: 15th April 2023
Where: The Roundhouse, Sydney
Tickets: www.bitcoinalive.io
Discount: 10% off with codes HATS or BRENDO at checkout
With less than 6 weeks to go, we catch up with the boys from Bitcoin Alive (Chris and Dylan) to find out how the planning for Australia’s first big-scale, Bitcoin Only conference is going.
When we last spoke in mid-December (EP67) they had just announced the event and location, but tickets hadn’t been released and speakers hadn’t been confirmed. Less than 3 months on (which I’m sur...
2023-03-061h 052-Bit IdiotsEP73: Bear Market Crickets with @dazbea1 and Special Guest3 is the magic number. 4, and we talk all over each other (I’m probably the worst at it).
But hey, we wanted to have a special guest and we got a special guest. We just didn’t count on the crickets!
This episode contains the following ramble:
Non-existent pods
Sydney sleeping arrangements
Diet and addictions
Coals versus Gas
Lake Tinaroo
www.lookingglasseducation.com
Who is it for?
Assumed knowledge
Follow up courses
Creating timeless content
School curriculum
Bitcoin for beginners
Book launch
Block 777,777
...
2023-02-271h 122-Bit IdiotsEP72: Talking the Corn with @GazLarkingI finally stepped out of Brendo’s shadow and did one of these interview thingies by myself. Turns out the tech side is way easier than he makes it sound!
The problem though, is that Gary (Gaz) and I can talk the corn! I think it was 3 hours 53 minutes to be precise, but don’t worry we only recorded an hour or so.
Gaz is as bullish on Bitcoin as the rest of us, but his knowledge and life experience also gives him a perspective on risk that many of those that have recently been rekt...
2023-02-131h 102-Bit IdiotsEP71: Can I Speak to Your Manager - Hats and BrendoIt’s easy to talk a big game. Backing it up is harder. However, what we’ve found over the last 7 years, is that the closer you align yourself with Bitcoin, the better things turn out.
Look at all aspects of your life; health; work; relationships; family; education et al and apply the Bitcoin filter. Allow it to affect your decision making and voila...things magically improve.
Brendo and I talk all things Bitcoin, with tangents along the way:
Stopping smoking
Bitcoin Alive ticket discount
10% off. Use code “HATS” or “BRENDO”
https://bitcoina...
2023-02-061h 052-Bit IdiotsEP70: What the High-Net-Worth think of Bitcoin with @dunworth_peterPeter Dunworth runs a multi-family office representing high-net-worth clients based in Sydney, Australia. In this context we’re talking about “sophisticated investors” with an income of more than $250k or assets of more than $2.5m.
Our conversation touches on:
Our prize winner, fraternising with the enemy and leech trauma
Bitcoin custody and estate planning
Bitcoin being the rational choice when considering all major asset classes
Providing conservative financial/investment advice for those 60+
Being cognitive of your own biases
Property
Capital destruction in bonds
Preservation of capital being the No.1 concern
Asymmetric risk
Peak debt
Being a professio...
2023-01-231h 332-Bit IdiotsEP69: Paging @TerlaWe tried to give away 111,000 sats but Terla hasn’t got in touch! Terla...are you out there? Call me. DM me. Swipe right.
Anyway...Happy New Year bitcoiner. It’s good to be back.
Just Brendo and I today talking shit and helping you pass the time until hyperbitcoinisation, or at least until next week when we have a really good guest. Seriously...next week is important.
For now, we talk:
Not being able to give away sats!
Price. Is it a temporary pump?
Global recession incoming
Doxx jar binned
...
2023-01-1431 min2-Bit IdiotsEP68: Christmas Doxx Jar GiveawayThe Bitcoin conversation in this one is minimal at best, but there are free sats to be won, so you might have to listen to find out if you’re the winner!
Thanks to everyone that’s contributed to the podcast this year. Guests, listeners, boosters, sat streamers, trolls, people that gave us gifts, everyone at the bush bash and all the Twitter psychopaths. We appreciate you all.
Bitcoin will fix the world. It’s the only money. But...IT’S ONLY MONEY. Take some time off at Christmas with your people and enjoy life. Otherwise, wha...
2022-12-2447 min2-Bit IdiotsEP67: Bitcoin Alive – Saturday, April 15th, 2023 – Sydney, AustraliaThe list of large-scale Bitcoin only events is growing all over the world, but we didn’t have one in Australia. Until now.
Quick Links
Twitter
@BitcoinAlive
@dylanhashmurray
@lungdoge
Website
www.bitcoinalive.io
Frustrated by the time and expense required to attend the conferences overseas, Chris, Dylan and Jess have decided to put that right.
On Saturday, 15th of April 2023, Bitcoin Alive will make its debut. A single day confe...
2022-12-201h 022-Bit IdiotsEP66: The Bitcoiner Next Door with @plebHODLBadgerWe live in the sticks. We’re happy living in the sticks. You couldn’t pay us enough (even sats!) to live in the city. The problem with living in the sticks, however, is that you may be the only bitcoiner.
That was true until Brendo came along. 2 of us fighting the good fight.
But...it turns out we weren’t even the first in our part of the sticks. Enter plebHODLBadger!
We’ve found another Maxi and he has a friend too! 4 of us. IN THE STICKS! More Bitcoin Maxis than Post Offices. We’re...
2022-12-051h 042-Bit IdiotsEP65: Murra RoundupThis is our light-hearted take on the Bitcoin Bush Bash in Murrurundi, NSW.
It was just as expected. A few words that spring to mind:
Welcoming. Old friends. New friends. Honest (sometimes brutally). Intellectually Stimulating. Steak. Beers. Art. Proof of Work. Growing. Committed. Humble. Curious. Family. Fun.
That was our third and certainly not our last. We’d love to make it to QLD, VIC and WA to attend theirs someday. Let’s see.
Most importantly. If you haven’t yet been to a bush bash and you’re wondering whether to co...
2022-11-2757 min2-Bit IdiotsEP64: Hats and his Weird Questions - Hats and BrendoIt’s nearly Bush Bash time again, so here’s one for the road.
On the agenda today:
Welfare checks from your postman
Weird questions
Sugar is the biggest shitcoin
Lightning node problems
The friend that will tell you when you look like shit
Why citadels won’t work
Our favourite bush basher
Are you prepared to not be liked
Grayscale and Coinbase
Proof of Reserves are a shitcoin
Microstrategy
Volcano bonds
How did you feel safe as a child
Taking responsibility for yourself
Can you trust Bitcoin more than you trust yourself
Why yo...
2022-11-2342 min2-Bit IdiotsEP63: Fly Ninja - Hats and BrendoPossibly our best work. Definitely Brendo’s.
Other than Fly Ninja we cross off the latest big topics:
The Albury Shushing Conference
The FTX shitshow
Solvency, Liquidity and Contagion
Fiat term deposits are the same as staked shitcoins
Bank runs
Learning hard lessons
Holding your own Bitcoin
Giving hope to drain the hope
Hitler
Diversification
Leaning into the thing you don’t want to do
Gay earrings
Drink while you think
Grass roots
Tipping your favourite player
Pod Shout-outs
www.twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash
www.twitter.com/H...
2022-11-1432 min2-Bit IdiotsEP62: While We Wait with @danWilczBitcoin is a game of patience. Daniel has been here a while and has shown more patience than most.
Founder of HardBlock.com.au – Australia's oldest Bitcoin only exchange – he's stayed true to his principles since finding Bitcoin in 2013. There have been hurdles and challenges along the way. Brendo and I sat down with him to hear his story and seek his advice. It left us with plenty to consider. We discuss:
What it’s like being in Bitcoin full-time for 9 years
Starting a Bitcoin business 4 months after discovering Bitcoin
Jumping in on the 2013 pr...
2022-11-071h 15
2-Bit IdiotsEP61: Back Again with @beefbackbetterIt’s great having new guests on to tell us how they found their way to Bitcoin or explaining what they are doing in the Bitcoin ecosystem, but it’s also interesting to follow a story and see the progress over time.
Owen is an example of the latter. We first met at the OG Bitcoin Bush Bash in Murrurundi in 2020, then we travelled to his farm in northern NSW to check out his beef operation (EP22). We spoke again as he went over to El Salvador on a scouting mission to see if it really was somewh...
2022-10-3156 min2-Bit IdiotsEP60: Guess Who's Back - Hats and BrendoLife’s been busy, but thanks for sticking around and waiting for us to put out another pod. Thanks also to Brisket and Daz for stepping up with some quality content while we were away.
Reasons (excuses) and topics today include:
Did we miss each other?
Getting out of your bubble
The Twitter detox
Being scammed for billion-dollar notes in Zimbabwe
How normal people operate in a country that has persistently high inflation
How to get money out of the country (without Bitcoin)
How missing the boat helps you talk about Bitcoin
Is be...
2022-10-241h 00
2-Bit IdiotsEP59: What to do if You Can’t Afford Bitcoin – Hats and BrendoWe’ve all got that friend that “can’t afford Bitcoin” or says, “it’s too risky”, right? Well, this episode is for them.
Please forward it on to them and we’ll talk them through risk free and no cost ways to earn Bitcoin (sats).
Links to all the ways discussed in this episode can be found at:
www.bitcoin-first.com/earn
(Fountain –Breez – Fold – Lolli – Satsback – Thndr Games – Zebedee – Bitcoiner Jobs – Accepting Bitcoin)
We also go off on our usual tangents, including:
2022-10-0453 min
2-Bit IdiotsEP58: The Pan-demic, Beef, and Health InsuranceHats is away and Brendo don't do show notes.
Suffice to say, and as you'll hear, this was an easy ep to record...
Pod Shout-outs
https://twitter.com/modernTman
https://twitter.com/dazbea1
https://twitter.com/BTCBrisket
https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss
www.2bitidiots.com
2022-09-3040 min2-Bit IdiotsEP57: 2 Itty Bitty IdiotsEven if we get Morpheus himself, these 2 will always be our favourite guests.
Today, we welcome Itty and Bitty (our daughters) onto the pod to tell us what they know about Bitcoin, how annoying Bitcoin dads are and to give a kid's perspective on all these things we keep going on about.
I think they surprised themselves with how much they know, and it just proves that if kids can ‘get it’ there’s no excuse for anyone else not to.
Plus, it’s a doxx fest, so it’s gonna cost us!
2022-09-261h 052-Bit IdiotsEP56: Bitcoin 4 India with @AbhilashNair11We were wrong.
We keep doing pods with plebs from all over the world looking for how things are different where they are. And the answer is always...they’re not. Brendo even broke into “We Are the World” (sorry).
This week it was our pleasure to chat with Abhilash Nair (Abi) from Hexa Wallet (hexawallet.io) the first product from BitHyve. A fully remote team, predominantly based in India, the conversation focussed on Abi’s personal journey, the parallel journey of the Hexa Wallet and the Bitcoin 4 India conference on November 5th and 6th in Goa. We...
2022-09-191h 042-Bit IdiotsEP55: Learn to Love the Bear - Hats and BrendoWe’re back where we belong. My dingy garage. But, we do have a piece of art on the wall now. It’s a $50 note that we’re calling “nostalgia”.
No guest this week I’m afraid, just Brendo asking stupid questions and then humouring my ranting responses. We cover:
Modern art. That banana.
Remembering every person you’ve ever met
Taking time off Twitter and not checking the Bitcoin price
The build, slog, patience phase is where you prepare for the bull
Forcing someone to become a hodler
Bitcoiners that don’t yet know about Bitcoin
Muun walle...
2022-09-1252 min2-Bit IdiotsEP54: The Dabbling Path with @MeyrickDabsI know, I know...we’ve been slack. More accurately, I’ve been slack, and Brendo’s been pulling his weight (I know right!). Feeble excuse given in the pod. Sorry.
But we’re back, and you’ll be pleased to hear we have a guest. Meyrick kindly invited us on to his pod (Meyrick’s Dabbling Path) a month or so ago, and we decided to continue the conversation here. Born in India but now an Australian citizen, he brings a different perspective that we are keen to hear more of. Bitcoin is for everyone, and we all need to...
2022-09-051h 122-Bit IdiotsEP53: Finding your Conviction with @RHodlrLet’s be honest. HODLing through a bear market is difficult. But you know what’s more difficult...coming in at the all-time high, and still HODLing.
Rauri (twitter.com/RHodlr) is a relatively new bitcoiner (he’s just approaching his 1st anniversary), but he has a rock-solid conviction and we wanted to know where it comes from. We dig into the following to find out:
Orange-pilled by @BronzeFozzz
Winemaking and balancing the demands of work and family life
Mental health challenges
Green candles versus reality
A value system that seeks truth and the importance of curiosit...
2022-08-131h 092-Bit IdiotsEP52: The Saddest Episode Ever – Hats and BrendoWe’ve had a review...and it’s not good. To be fair, it was good for Brendo and shit for me. You can’t please all of the people all of the time. We’ll try to please some of the people some of the time.
Other than our mediocrity, we discuss:
Brendo’s best ever tweet
First-hand experience of struggle and poverty
Divergence of consumer debt and savings
The battle of the $50 and why Brendo might get fired
The Bitcoin Bush Bash wrap-up
https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash/status/1554332450917994496
Coping with CPI round the wor...
2022-08-061h 002-Bit IdiotsEP51: Dox Fest – Hats and BrendoThe quality of guests on the Australian Bitcoin Podcast hit a new low this week, so we thought we’d drop one at the same time, to go head-to-head with Justin.
Hope this gives the bitcoiners heading home from Yeppoon some low-brow content after having your brain tested over the weekend.
We discuss:
What we’ll do with any boosts and streams
Back to the Future
Brendo not being fazed by the bear
The pros and cons of being “all in” Bitcoin
Managing consumer debt
Why banks don’t act in your best...
2022-07-311h 112-Bit IdiotsEP50: Becoming Antifragile with @TalejThere are bitcoiners who are made, and there are bitcoiners who are born. The former are to be respected. They have a different perspective on life, but when presented with new information, they change their mind. Totally logical, but all too rare. However, the latter have always been bitcoiners. They’ve had a Bitcoin mindset forever; Bitcoin just didn’t exist.
Michael – @Talej – is definitely in the second group, and his recent article in Bitcoin Magazine proves it.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/becoming-antifragile-with-bitcoin-and-beyond
In this conversation we dig deeper in...
2022-07-241h 242-Bit IdiotsEP49: Haggis is Back!One of the things I’m enjoying the most about doing the pod, is that we are starting to develop a little community of like-minded, no-nonsense bitcoiners. So, it’s great to have one of them back for another chat, to see where things have changed since we last spoke, what we got right and what we got wrong.
Scotland has given the world many things, from the TV and telephone to the fridge and the toaster, but none of it is better than Haggis. So, if you need a good Bitcoin twitter handle, @Haggis...
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2-Bit IdiotsEP48: The Brendo and Daz ShowBrendo doesn’t have many good ideas, but every now and then he surprises us all. I hope you enjoy the intro.
He appears on podcasts more often than Nic Carter shills a shitcoin, but since Brendo was eating his steak (not a euphemism) it seemed only fair that we have @dazbea1 back on to tell us where we’re going wrong in life.
Strangely though, for a Queenslander, the more you dig with Daz the more interesting he becomes...and it turns out...Brendo can sing, so it really just begs the question, what exact...
2022-07-041h 222-Bit IdiotsEP47: Orange-Pilled by Dad with @bi_t_crispyLast time out, we finished recording early and had a bit of spare time. We could think of nothing to say to each other! So, we put out a tweet to see if anyone was up for a pleb chat, and I’m delighted to say we got Crispy (www.twitter.com/bi_t_crispy)
With zero planning and zero agenda, what you get is a totally natural conversation, and it turns out, Crispy’s a top bloke...but then, he is a bitcoiner, so...
* Win 30,000 Sats *
Crispy is also about...
2022-06-261h 052-Bit IdiotsEP46: Bond to Unbind – Bitcoin and El Salvador with @Iam_SatoshiWe all talk about Bitcoin in El Salvador, but what do we really know?
Brendo and I speak to “Bond to Unbind” Director and Producer Tomer Kantor, who wanted to know the answer to that question, so he bought a plane ticket, picked up his camera and went to find out for himself.
We found the documentary to be an honest portrayal of how Tomer found it. No hype, no hopium, just a real representation of the opinions of Salvadorans less than a year after President Bukele announced the Central American country would...
2022-06-1947 min2-Bit IdiotsEP45: The Tax Man Buys Bitcoin – Hats and BrendoBrendo had the shits, that gave me the shits and now we’re back talking shit. Hi.
If any of these tasty nuggets grab your attention, press play:
Congratulations to Matt and Marty
Tubby Little Library Waddlers
Would you like to know what guests are coming on so you can ask them a question?
2-Bit Idiots show stats
Anchorman
Plugging the other Australian podcasters
Shitcoins are a car crash it’s hard not to look at
Inflation is now stealing (at least) 1 month of your salary
Explaining why Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) is not a...
2022-06-1244 min2-Bit IdiotsEP44: Back to Work – Hats and BrendoThis one felt a bit depressing as we were doing it, but listening back, it doesn’t sound that bad. I’m definitely not being contacted by advertising companies looking for a salesman! Let us know what you think.
This week’s a Hats and Brendo episode, where we discuss all the important topics and some things that will make you laugh (mostly at us):
My complete ignorance of Marvel
My goggles joke that seemed good in my head, but was a complete flop
How long ago 1 trillion seconds was
Human inability to comprehe...
2022-05-2949 min2-Bit IdiotsEP43: On the ground in El Salvador with @beefbackbetterDon’t Trust. Verify. That’s the oft repeated mantra in Bitcoin circles. But how many of us practice what we preach?
We first met Owen at the inaugural @BitcoinBushBash in Murrurundi, and subsequently travelled to his farm in northern NSW to learn why a Bitcoin maximalist would move into regenerative organic beef production (EP22). So, when we heard that he had gone to El Salvador to judge for himself what is really happening there, we wanted to hear all about it.
In this conversation we discuss:
Taking the opportunity to leav...
2022-05-2051 min2-Bit IdiotsEP42: Through the Looking Glass with @dazbea1 and @sebbunneyHow do you convince friends and family that Bitcoin is the solution? First, they must understand the problem.
Fortunately, Daz and Seb have you covered. Through www.lookingglasseducation.com they have created their first FREE course entitled Debt, Inflation and the Bigger Picture.
The course is written in a way that makes it accessible to all and presents Bitcoin as an option (the best option) to protect your financial security. However, it in no way forces that on the student and simply offers the information and tools that allow you to think for yourself.
D...
2022-05-1659 min2-Bit IdiotsEP41: Bitcoin Might Tank (but where else are you going to go?) - Hats and BrendoLet’s address the elephant in the room. Bitcoin is tanking. I mean, I’ve seen worse, but it’s not fun. In these situations, you must keep asking yourself “where else am I going to go?”.
We encourage you to look for alternatives. But once you have, and have evaluated them objectively, you’ll be back stacking sats and feeling grateful you get the chance to do it so cheaply.
In this episode we discuss:
Tanking shitcoins
Halving humpday
A long time thinking nothing has happened, but then the perspective you get when you...
2022-05-0745 min2-Bit IdiotsEP40: Knut Svanholm - Lure Out the Beast“Imagine, everything there is and everything that will ever be, divided by 21 million” @knutsvanholm
I’m going to do something a bit different with these show notes. I’m giving you the questions we had for Knut, to let you be the judge of whether we stuck to the script. I hope the answer is “somewhat”, but I also hope you enjoy the off-script chat as well:
Q1. Are you still a pleb?
Q2. What was the lightbulb moment for you in the Infinity / 21m idea?
Q3. What is...
2022-05-011h 502-Bit IdiotsEP39: Stupidity or Wilfully Deceptive? – Hats and BrendoWe’ve recovered from the visit of Fozz (just) and we’re back with a Hats and Brendo, giving you our opinion (we know nobody asked for it) on this week in Bitcoin and the drama on Twitter. We cover:
Being a scammer being a pre-requisite of operating a bank in the UK.
Why you should never use PayPal, or at least never hold any significant value there.
Earning Bitcoin on Fold via the Spin Squad. use.foldapp.com/r/ALTHXAUK (referral link which will give you 5000 free sats)
Guy Swann’s wizard scar.
https://twitter.com/TheGuySwann/status/1...
2022-04-2550 min2-Bit IdiotsEP38: Drunk in Meatspace with Bitcoin Bush Bash Alumni @bronzefozzzWe love the internet. We love Bitcoin. But we also love the real world, and there’s nothing better than hanging out with proper bitcoiners in meatspace.
*WARNING* This one gets messy. Fozz arrived armed with beer and port, I may have chipped in with one of the good whiskies (I give the cheap stuff to the normies), and Brendo contributed nothing and stacked sats instead (not true, he now has his own beer shelf in my fridge!) The language gets colourful, and the slurs get worse as we go.
You’ve been warned. Proceed at your o...
2022-04-171h 482-Bit IdiotsEP37: Should we Kill the Pod and just Invite You Round Instead? – Hats and BrendoBased on the feedback (1 person told us once) you love Hats and Brendo episodes. So, by “popular demand”, here’s another one. It’s taken me 5 days to get this one out, so I’d imagine it’s all irrelevant by now, but you’re going to listen anyway, so here’s what you’re going to hear:
Is criticism of Bitcoin 2022 warranted
Stable coins. Tokens pegged to fiat! Don’t do it.
Macro fire from Lawrence Lepard
The Powell Pivot
Blaming Bitcoin for an economic crash
Cancelling debt
MMT is here in Australia
Pegging and Sounding
Why UBI is ultimately dis...
2022-04-121h 012-Bit IdiotsEP36: Are You Ready for a Bitcoin Holiday with @bitcoin_hostel?Hats: “I know nothing about audio mate, have you got that covered?”
Brendo: “Sure. I’m your man”
Hats: *facepalm emoji
[Apologies (particularly to Albert) for the sound quality on this one, but the content is good.]
You may have seen Albert (@bitcoin_hostel) go viral recently, with his “We are building a Bitcoin Hostel at one of the most beautiful beaches in Europe” tweet. We wanted to get him on the pod to tell you the full story. It’s exciting, and what’s more, you can be part of making it...
2022-04-061h 122-Bit IdiotsEP35: Every Road Leads to Bitcoin – Hats and BrendoWe’re out of isolation and back in the dungeon. So basically, I’ve just walked down the stairs and Brendo’s allowed to visit again. The rock and roll lifestyle of a Bitcoin podcaster. We can’t all be influencers, I guess.
As usual we hit all the big topics:
Surviving covid
Floods in Australia
“cHAnge thE CoDE”
If you’ve got 100,000 sats you’ve got enough (but get more)
Jack Mallers and Apple
Should Bitcoin Magazine give a platform to scammers
Pragmatism
Who we reject from the pod
Quadriga QX
Kraken enabling lightning withdrawals
HardBlock
China’s...
2022-04-0141 min2-Bit IdiotsEP34: Clips, Boosts and Streaming Sats. Is Podcasting 2.0 the next Bitcoin Orange-Pilling Trojan Horse with @MerryOscarIf you’ve been listening to us recently, you can’t have missed us waxing lyrical about Fountain app (www.fountain.fm), so, we were delighted that Oscar Merry accepted our invitation to come on and tell us all about it.
We were aware of some of the implications of podcasting 2.0, but this episode will give you an insight into Oscar’s vision for the future and how we all benefit. We talk about:
The Bitcoin back-story starts with a tech/engineering background, the ignored introduction by a friend and a bullishness for podcasts and audio in gene...
2022-03-2649 min2-Bit IdiotsEP33: DMT, LSD and dare we say NFTs with @StarfuryFlamesWe first met Sven at the inaugural Bush Bash at Murrurundi, and have been following his work since then. I’m sure you’ll have seen some of it on Twitter or heard about it on other pods, but if not, go check out his feed @StarfuryFlames.
Here’s a high-level rundown of the topics covered, in a refreshingly open, honest and personal conversation:
The story and meaning behind the Twitter handle.
Falling deep and quickly into Bitcoin in 2017, coming with a libertarian mindset and a software engineering skillset, he went “all in” early.
Why he felt the ne...
2022-03-141h 122-Bit IdiotsEP32: Hotel California Shushing Conference – Hats and BrendoBrendo is on tour, and he left me in the dungeon. So much for teamwork! But we didn’t want to let our loyal fans (both of you) down, so the show must go on. General ramblings again tonight. Here’s the talking points (apologies for Brendo’s filthy mouth):
Was Adam Back an extra on NCIS
80% good pod. 15% abysmal pod. 5% private
Lightning over Fountain podcasting
Why everything will stream Sats
Value for Value
Perth Heat and why we should all be buying their merchandise
NZ protests and us being desensitised to extreme behaviour
Rivet Gold
Jerome Powell stating the...
2022-03-0750 min2-Bit IdiotsEP31: Wannabe Pete, Muttley and all things Bitcoin – Hats and BrendoIt really is fun to sit down to record a pod and have no idea what direction it’s going to go. This week we predominantly discussed library policies. I know, I know that sounds unbelievably depressing, but I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised...seriously!
If that’s not for you, then maybe something else from the following list will be:
Brendo looking tired and my hair looking amazing.
My struggle orange-pilling my family, and everyone at Brendo’s work being sick of him.
Why we laugh like Muttley and a little girl. Forget alpha, we’re not...
2022-02-2848 min2-Bit IdiotsEP30: Your Sat Count is your Score, with your Favourite Assassin @BitcoinSampoInterview time again, and this week I’m out of my depth, while Brendo shines! I know...who’d have guessed?!
Our guest is @BitcoinSampo, and we’re delighted to go international again. We want to hear perspectives from all over the world and get out of our own echo chamber. So, we’re (virtually) off to Finland.
Despite sounding like an assassin, Sampo is a prolific Twitter poster about both Bitcoin and human rights. An English teacher by profession, he currently operates a small business that offers translating services, most recently in the gaming industry.
2022-02-211h 042-Bit IdiotsEP29: Sats on the Beach – Hats and BrendoHat’s and Brendo episode tonight guys...switch off now if you hate these ones. Kidding, of course, and thanks for coming on this journey with us.
As usual, it’s just the 2 of us riffing on the current news stories and how they affect Bitcoin...or should that be how Bitcoin affects them.
We cover:
The “hot asian chick who wants to know how our trade is going”.
Podcast 2.0
Brendo’s thought process
Hats in the bath
Episode BTC065 of the We Study Billionaires podcast:
What does the BIS, IMF and Wo...
2022-02-1828 min2-Bit IdiotsEP28: Despair, Depression, Hope and Purpose. Psychology meets Bitcoin with @mission_bitcoinJustin is the education, content and privacy lead at HardBlock (the oldest Bitcoin only exchange in Australia), helping no-coiners become bitcoiners and bitcoiners become self-sovereign and privacy conscious. But – perhaps more importantly – he is a psychologist who is bringing those skills into the Bitcoin economy.
We’ve been wanting to do pod about depression/hope/desperation/purpose for a while now, but (understandably) no one has wanted to come on the pod to open themselves up to that. So, the next best thing is to look at those issues from a professional perspective and Justin knocks this one ou...
2022-02-131h 352-Bit IdiotsEP27: In a Land of Liars the Truth-Teller is the King – Hats and BrendoWe squeezed in a quick Hats and Brendo before we spoke to @DazBea1.
We discuss:
Rogan (190 million downloads a month) and free speech. Why is he being cancelled now? The vast majority of people are afraid, and that fear is being exploited.
Removing your content from Spotify purely for engagement.
The ongoing saga with Bitbo.
Brendo’s low time preference chest freezer for Hats the cow (resilience), dryer and using as much energy as he can. Next up a Bitcoin miner.
2 Bit Idiots is (almost) available on Fountain app.
How we make the pod.
Why I dress...
2022-02-0833 min2-Bit IdiotsEP26: @dazbea1 – The Venn diagram of a bitcoinerIf you could pick a skill set to hit the ground running in Bitcoin, you’d struggle to be ‘luckier’ than Daz. A sparky by trade, with a science degree in engineering, experience in marketing, an interest in macroeconomics, an ability to communicate (written and spoken) and an all-round good bloke...he’s a Venn diagram of a bitcoiner.
He started stacking in March 2020 – coming from the value investing angle (ht Preston Pysh) and has contributed lots already since he spends “most of my waking time” on Bitcoin. Read some (all!) of his work at:
www.dazbe4.medium...
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2-Bit IdiotsEP25: Is Anyone a Bitcoin Maximalist? - Hats and BrendoFeels like a while since we’ve done a Hats and Brendo. Let’s be honest, the guest shows are better, BUT these are the ones where we just muck about, say whatever garbage comes into our heads and see if we can trigger each other. It’s a lot of fun.
We can’t even promise it’s always going to be Bitcoin related (even though everything is if you try hard enough). In this we discuss:
Water parks, CrossFit, old-man injuries and the noise you make getting into a bean bag.
Brutal honesty.
Why Star Trek is s...
2022-01-271h 04
2-Bit IdiotsEP24: Don't Listen if You’re Hungry with @BTCBrisketThis one is an open riff with a fellow pleb. There was no agenda and no list of questions to get through.
Brisket is a beef maximalist. He was a bitcoiner waiting for Bitcoin, when he was introduced via the Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Shawn Baker, Zach Bitter with Saifedean Ammous and Michael Goldstein as guests (Episode 28).
As a self-described “fat bastard” we talk about his 10-year journey trying to figure out his best diet and how carnivore was the last one he tried and the one that’s had the most impact.
He tells us of the health benefits...
2022-01-211h 182-Bit IdiotsEP23: Hard Money with Richard JamesRichard James (@rjames_BTC) is best known in Bitcoin circles as the creator of the films Hard Money, Petrodollars and Anatomy of the State, but he’s also a small business owner from Melbourne, Australia who holds his balance sheet in Bitcoin. He’s a proper bitcoiner!
We first met Richard at the Murrurundi Bitcoin Bush Bash, where unfortunately Brendo let us all down with his audio skills 😉 and the quality was just not good enough to include in the roundup. So, we wanted to make up for it and sit-down with Richard long-form and discuss his Bitcoin s...
2022-01-151h 322-Bit IdiotsEP22: If You Want to Eat Beef in the Future, You'd Better Own Some Bitcoin with OwenOwen is a bitcoiner and cattle farmer who we first met at the Bitcoin Bush Bash in 2020. He gave a Bitcoin for Beginners presentation then and followed that with a Regenerative Agriculture presentation in 2021.
There’s no better way to learn about something than to see it for yourself, so Brendo and I jumped in the car and headed north to visit the farm and see his farming philosophy in action. We met his Mum, Jordy the dog (named after Jordan Peterson) and the cows. If lunch is anything to go by, his methods work!
You...
2022-01-061h 292-Bit IdiotsEP21: Is Peter Schiff the World’s Greatest Dad – Hats & BrendoHappy New Year. Hope you’ve all survived hanging out with your normie family, and that you’re suitably refreshed and ready to smash it in 2022.
If you like hearing us ramble about nothing in particular, this is the show for you!
As well as talking about the disgraceful state Brendo got himself into at New Year, we also talk about:
Orange-pilling another neighbour, learning to follow your gut instincts and where to send people first
Do price drops test your resolve
Why all price predictions, heroe...
2022-01-0351 min2-Bit IdiotsEP20: Why We Are All Still Shitcoiners - Hats & BrendoWe lied to you. We said we would do interview/us/interview/us and it’s been all interviews recently. It’s hard to say no to people though, and it’s great to get other people’s perspectives to help you refine your own. We hope you’ve enjoyed them too.
This week, however, it’s back to just the 2 idiots in the garage, with very little preparation, just spit-balling about Bitcoin. You could say that the lack of preparation was lazy (and you’d be right), but it also means you get our genuine opinions, as we have them, an...
2021-12-1659 min2-Bit IdiotsEP19: Perth Heat Go All In on Bitcoin – with @CBO_21Once you truly see the potential in Bitcoin, you go all in, and don’t look back.
This week, we learn from THE Bitcoin Baseball team’s CBO (Chief Bitcoin Officer) Patrick O’Sullivan, that the first movers are Perth Heat. www.bitcoinperthheat.com
We go right back to the start of Patrick’s Bitcoin story – the first Christmas lunch orange-pilling – all the way to his appointment as CBO, and what that means for the team.
We discuss:
His research, self-directed education and conscious decision to share his...
2021-12-1253 min2-Bit IdiotsEP18: Bitcoin Bush Bash Round UpThe weekend was awesome, the audio is appalling. As I frequently remind him, Brendo is responsible for the audio, so please direct complaints his way.
I’ll not doxx anyone here, but just summarise to say 40-50 bitcoiners rocked up to Murrurundi (rural New South Wales) for the 4th bush bash. It’s the first time we’ve returned to a town, and we’ll definitely be back. There are also ‘bashes’ in Beechworth (VIC) and Yeppoon (QLD). We’d love to see TAS, SA, WA, ACT and NT events as well.
Special mention to @hodloncomrades and...
2021-12-0940 min2-Bit IdiotsEP17: We Have a Troll with BowDog - @philip_bowmanActually no, that’s not strictly true... Brendo has a troll. Call us naïve, but what better way to engage than to invite him on the pod. And it turns out, we all got on well. Why? Because we’re all bitcoiners, that’s why.
Frankly, I wish Brendo had got a harder time, but apart from a few sly digs, BowDog let him off easy. 😉
This was a fun one for us. We spoke about:
How we all come in from different angles (BowDog came the Austrian economics route) but arrive at the same pla...
2021-12-061h 142-Bit IdiotsEP16: There’s No Such Thing as a Bitcoiner with @BTCSchellingPtThe giants of Bitcoin Australia just keep showing up on the 2-Bit Idiots pod, and there is no better than WizardofAus. I’m also pleased to say it was our first meatspace interview, as Wiz joined us for a BBQ (before the mics were turned on) and whisky (while they were on).
The pod had 2 main topics - Security and the Bitcoin Bush Bash:
Security
Security is a journey. Having Bitcoin is better than not having Bitcoin. You don’t need to be running a 3 of 5 multi-sig, with multiple hardware devi...
2021-11-291h 492-Bit IdiotsEP15: Brendo’s Tattoo and all the Dongs - Hats & BrendoHats and Brendo shoot the shit about all things Bitcoin. This week we cover:
Elon Musk, THAT Twitter poll, unrealised capital gains and could he be selling stock to buy Bitcoin. Are FAANG stocks becoming yesterday’s news.
Tim Cook is now holding Bitcoin (and eTh) but Apple has no plans to purchase. We talk about when that will change and whether it’ll be company led, or shareholder forced.
Hats says that Laser Eyes are a shitcoin, and it didn’t go down well.
Why wildly swinging markets are your opportun...
2021-11-121h 032-Bit IdiotsEP14: Free Bitcoin Rewards with Lolli’s Matt SenterQuick fire pods this week, and this time our guest is @MattSenter, CTO, Co-Founder of Lolli.com and Jason Mamoa lookalike.
Mostly based in North Carolina and launched in 2018, Lolli is a service which requires no technical skills, but allows people to earn Bitcoin rewards whilst shopping online, without having to buy it directly.
Through their browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari), iOS app (with Android beta testing shortly) or website, Lolli generates leads for a retailer, for which they receive a commission, and they pass on the lion’s share to the shopper in...
2021-11-0948 min2-Bit IdiotsEP13: Football, Politics, Bitcoin and Haggis Maximalism with @haggishodlWhen you sit down with a Scotsman to talk Bitcoin, the conversation inevitably turns to freedom.
We start with a shout-out to Haggis’ meatspace mate @anaveragesalmon who helped his transition from “buying Bitcoin to speculate in a myth” to becoming a “freedom coin stacker”.
Haggis tells us how during the first lockdown in Scotland he turned to Bitcoin education (multi-tasking with podcasts and being one of the plebs on Twitter) day and night to learn “what Bitcoin is, what it can do and what it plans to do...and how it’s going to change the world...be...
2021-11-071h 142-Bit IdiotsEP12: Titanic or Bitcoin – Time to Choose - Hats & BrendoWe have a couple of guests over the weekend, so thought we’d squeeze in an extra ‘Hats and Brendo’ episode for you.
We riff on:
The Commonwealth Bank (Australia’s biggest bank with 15.9 million customers) announcing they are adding ‘digital assets’ to their banking app, and why that’s a good and a bad thing.
Why no one likes a guy without a cake.
Coinbase adding up to $1m Bitcoin collateralised loans. We discuss why that brings the Michael Saylor speculative attack opportunity to everyone.
Why fiat curren...
2021-11-0547 min2-Bit IdiotsEP11: Why Crematoriums will be the new Singapore - Hats & BrendoHats and Brendo riff on all things that have caught their attention this week in Bitcoin.
Why technology is difficult, and why that’s no different in Bitcoin. If you find it easy, you must become the go-to person in your friend and family group.
Toxic Brendo trends on Twitter Business and Finance and tells us why he looks through all financial advice books for mentions of Bitcoin, and why most of the content is crap. If you want a list of good Bitcoin books, go to www.bitcoin-first.com/learn
We discuss wh...
2021-10-3048 min2-Bit IdiotsEP10: Hope – Straight Outta Campton with @camilacamptonCamila Campton, the Swan Force lead at Swan Bitcoin, joins us to discuss what makes all of us willing to talk about Bitcoin 24/7.
A self-described newbie with a willingness to learn, Camila is crushing it with Swan, who first approached her to work on their social media but is now also presenting the Bitcoin En Espanol show with Javier Bastardo @criptobastardo from Venezuela.
She sees herself as an educator and describes how Bitcoin makes you more selfless and loves building a toolbox of resources to help people learn.
She first started learning about...
2021-10-251h 142-Bit IdiotsEP9: How to Escape Inflation in Turkey (and everywhere else) with @efeciniThe Turkish Lira is in freefall and the central bank just cut interest rates by 2 percentage points, making things significantly worse for Turkish people.
This week we are joined by Efe - twitter.com/efecini - a Turkish Bitcoin maximalist, who tells us what it's really like.
Efe was the translator of the Bitcoin Whitepaper into Turkish on bitcoin.org. He's also just about to start a Bitcoin podcast and newsletter that translates useful Bitcoin resources into Turkish, for Turkish people. Check out twitter.com/BitcoinVeDiger (translates as “Bitcoin and Other Things”)
Although Efe wa...
2021-10-221h 062-Bit IdiotsEP8: Stay Humble Stack Yachts - Why Fat Lazy Brendo Won't Clean His Pool - Hats & BrendoIn this episode we talk Bitcoin freestyle. No plan, just see where it takes us. We end up talking about:
The housing ‘boom’. Why you think you’re getting rich but aren’t.
Hats love for Jeff Booth, and why the ‘growth forever’ system is unsustainable.
Skirting around the ‘C’ word.
Inflation and why the CPI metric looks bad but doesn’t even tell the whole bad story.
Depression, and how Bitcoin can help you regain hope. Also, being “overwhelmed” by all the people you can’t save.
Domains, and how we’re...
2021-10-151h 162-Bit IdiotsEP7: Bitcoin Glossary with @_k3tan (frequently used terms explained in plain English)Do you keep hearing about Bitcoin, but have no idea what anyone is talking about? Do bitcoiners use terms that you don’t understand what they mean? Do you feel like you’re asking a ‘stupid question’, so rather than look ‘stupid’ you just don’t ask?
If any of that sounds familiar, this is the pod for you.
We sit down with @_k3tan from @ministryofnodes to break down the most common terms you’ll hear and explain them in plain English.
If you already know 90%, but want a refresher on the remaining 10%, use...
2021-10-101h 312-Bit IdiotsEP6: Do You Want Free Bitcoin? - Hats & BrendoOf course you do!
Does that title seem a bit spammy? It does, yes. But, it is possible, and this pod will tell you how.
Many people still think you must buy a whole Bitcoin, and at around AUD65k a coin you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s out of reach for the everyday person.
However, this is not true. In the same way as $1 is made up of 100 cents, 1 Bitcoin is made up of 100,000,000 sats (short for Satoshis). So, each Satoshi only costs around $0.0006. Everyone can afford that!
@Bitcoi...
2021-10-041h 032-Bit IdiotsEP5: Are We Right About Bitcoin? (Bonus) - Hats & BrendoIn this episode @BitcoinBrendo asks @StackingHats the question all real bitcoiners ask themselves regularly... “Are we right about Bitcoin?”
The answer might surprise you!
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The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts...
2021-09-2901 min2-Bit IdiotsEP4: DCA your Self-Managed Super Fund with @AP_Bitcoin‘Andy ∞/21M’ is from England and now lives in Australia. He started looking around for answers about money and savings around the time of the COVID crash, and has in a short time, become a Bitcoin maxi and Self-Managed Super Fund DCAer.
In this episode we dig into his fall down the rabbit hole, to help us understand why he considers Bitcoin his long-term savings solution to ensure his own financial security and that of his family.
He tells us how he has changed from a more “hand-to-mouth" existence, to someone with a low time preferenc...
2021-09-2559 min2-Bit IdiotsEP3: Central Banks, Fiat Mining, Coconut Shells and Sex Dungeons - Hats & BrendoWelcome back and thanks for sticking with us.
In this episode Hats gives us an idiot’s guide to Central Banking and why it is their policies and actions that are making you, and almost everyone else, poorer.
Using a simple analogy (and if Hats can come up with it, it must be) we guarantee you will understand the problem and why Bitcoin is the solution. We also discuss the idea of Fiat Mining, what it is, and why it may be the best thing you can do right now.
Brendo gives us an exclusive on his kinetic energy Bitcoin mi...
2021-09-1730 min2-Bit IdiotsEP2: Daniel Prince: The (Not So) Toxic Bitcoin MaxiI (Hats) had a DM exchange with Daniel a bit over a year ago, but other than that, we didn’t know each other. So, when we released our first episode (and had a few podcasting issues) I decided to reach out again to ask for some advice.
Daniel’s podcast Once Bitten, is one of our go-to pods for all things Bitcoin, and in the last couple of years he’s really established himself as not only a great host and interviewer, but as a source of reliable content.
There was no need for him to...
2021-09-111h 062-Bit IdiotsEP1: Back Story - Hats & BrendoA first attempt at a Bitcoin podcast (or any podcast) by @StackingHats and @BitcoinBrendo.
The purpose of the pod is to introduce Bitcoin to listeners in a way that is not filled with jargon and is approachable for the everyday person.
Along the way, we hope to bring on guests that will either teach us something about Bitcoin, or just tell us the story of how and why they got involved. If that sounds appealing to you, and you'd like to have your voice heard, please make contact on Twitter via the @2BitIdiots account.
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