Jameson Lopp is a cypherpunk and co-founder of Casa.
In this episode we discuss how privacy in the US and bitcoin are UNDER ATTACK. And Testnest v3 is also UNDER ATTACK.... by Jameson Lopp?

Chapters

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:30 Why Jameson Lopp is attacking Bitcoin Testnet
• 12:10 The State of Bitcoin Mining Post-Halving
• 20:30 Lopp's view on current bitcoin mainnet development like OP_CAT
• 24:15 Privacy is under attack
• 29:00 Our gainz are under attack
• 35:00 Outro - resist the narrative wars!

Links

• Jameson's website has many great bitcoin resources: https://lopp.net
• ⁠Follow Jameson on Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/lopp
• Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support

What is cloud-computing and why is it a paradigm we should be uncomfortable with? Matt Hill of @Start9 joins Value Stack Podcast for a discussion about the current state of computing and why self-hosting and running a home server is more important than ever before. StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services. Check out the chapters below!

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:28 How did we get to the cloud computing paradigm?
• 03:30 Computer client and server architecture explained
• 11:30 How does relying on centralized servers affect freedom?
• 15:00 How are servers and clients designed differently?
• 18:05 The fight over privacy, personal data, and politics
• 26:55 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin?
• 29:10 Does technology push sovereignty forward?
• 37:20 How culture, education, and technology are interlinked
• 42:25 Why trust is essential in a flourishing human society
• 46:30 About Start9 and StartOS - Run a Sovereign Personal Server
• 52:30 Why SaaS needs to disappear
• 01:00:11 Why StartOS is fully FOSS
• 01:11:00 DNS, encryption, Google and search
• 01:14:33 On censorship and ransomware
• 01:19:58 Why running a home server is more secure than cloud computing
• 01:26:30 Why you should start with self-hosting a password manager like Vaultwarden
• 01:31:09 What’s on the StartOS roadmap?
• 01:37:16 How Start9 is building a new product category - the personal server
• 01:45:00 Daemon and Freedom TM book recommendations- Daniel Suarez
• 01:47:15 How is StartOS different than UmbrelOS, CasaOS, etc?
• 01:58:23 The AI and LLM revolution
• 02:03:43 IoT and the future of the computing paradigm
• 02:13:55 Outro

How do you get a job in the bitcoin industry? Is bitcoin even an industry? What kind of skills are companies in the bitcoin industry looking for? Are crypto and bitcoin companies looking for different things? How will an ETF change the industry? What sort of mindsets help bitcoiners get hired?
In Episode 46, I'm joined by Eric Podwojski of Bitcoin Talent Co to talk all about bitcoin jobs and wrap up with a little bit of reflection, mindfulness and motivation on working in an industry and on building things we enjoy.
If you're looking for a job in bitcoin or your company has roles to fill, this is an episode for you about bitcoin culture and hiring in the bitcoin industry. Check out the chapters below!

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro - Let’s do less podcasts in 2024
• 2:45 What would you do if you were rich AF?
• 4:40 Starting Bitcoin Talent Co
• 5:50 Bitcoin vs Crypto Companies
• 7:15 How do you find bitcoin jobs?
• 8:15 What personality traits help bitcoiners get hired?
• 11:30 What kind of skills do you need to work in bitcoin?
• 16:00 Can you get a bitcoin job in a bear market?
• 18:30 How to get a job in the bitcoin industry?
• 21:00 How do bitcoin adoption incentives work?
• 26:00 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin?
• 28:45 On reading books and building skillsets
• 31:00 How do you define the bitcoin industry?
• 37:00 Flex hiring and TalentOS through Bitcoin Talent Co
• 41:00 Does prior industry experience matter in bitcoin?
• 42:00 Skills to help you get hired in the bitcoin industry
• 50:00 The importance of consistency in content creation
• 52:00 Becoming indifferent to price action and monetary gains
• 1:01:00 On paradigm shifts
• 1:04:00 On making an impact with content creation
• 1:08:00 Self-awareness and behavior patterns
• 1:10:30 On meditation, motivation, and facing mortality
• 1:17:00 The Story of the Stonecutter
• 1:21:30 Libraries are cool again in 2023
• 1:24:00 Making commitments
• 1:25:15 The Bitcoin Tao draft excerpt
• 1:31:00 On the ever-changing nature of life
• 1:35:30 How writing and journalling helps process emotions
• 1:38:30 The importance of atomic habits
• 1:39:45 Outro

Sam Callahan and Beau Simon join me for a 2023 year-in-review of the bitcoin markets episode to wrap up the year for Value Stack Episode 45. We talk market cycles and how SBF, CZ, and other people are now going to jail. We talk about interest rates and how the economy has done this year, make predictions on monetary policy, talk the halving and 2024 bitcoin price predictions and more.

Chapters

0:00 Intro 5:57 What happened with interest rates in 2023? 15:00 Regional banking crisis of 2023 17:00 Bitcoin mempool fees all time high 20:00 Bitcoin ETF and BlackRock 26:10 RIP Charlie Munger 28:40 SBF, CZ, Etc all going to jail 33:00 Is a Bitcoin ETF approval good for Bitcoin? 48:12 FedNow launches in 2023 55:00 Too big to fail US banks 59:00 Federal reserve 2024 policy predictions 1:03:00 Lyn Alden post-ww2 bond thesis correlation 1:07:00 Millennials and the 2023 housing market 1:17:30 Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act 1:19:30 Bitcoin hashrate doubles in 2023 1:23:40 2024 Bitcoin halving predictions 1:25:30 Reflecting on lessons from the last cycle 1:28:30 Personal highlights of 2023 1:39:40 Revisiting our 2023 predictions 1:40:30 2024 Bitcoin predictions

⁠Follow Sam and Beau on X: https://x.com/samcallah // https://x.com/shaperfunds Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support

Here's a 2 hour conversation on life and surviving bear markets as a bitcoiner. Rob and Rick have both been on the show before and for this one we were LIVE in the CryptoCloaks print shop. We talk about mining, the insane math behind hashing SHA256 , cycles of equipment upgrading and how to deal with heat from mining and equipment, and a whole lot of messing around. Check out the chapters below! ____________________________________ ⁠Follow Rick on X: https://x.com/RickFromCloaks Follow Rob on X: https://x.com/BikesandBitcoin Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support ____________________________________ Chapters 00:00 Intro - without an introduction 5:30 Computers are hot 9:00 On starting a small business with bitcoin 11:15 How to repurpose heat from bitcoin mining 15:45 Mining downtime and ASIC repair 18:00 Why's there so much performance variation across ASICs? 23:25 Bitcoin mining is a brutal business 26:55 Rob's poetic ode to the beauty of hashing 30:35 How does the bitcoin difficulty adjustment work? 32:30 On exponential growth and really big numbers 35:45 Rob's alan watts interpretation 36:35 Why is Rick still operating in his basement? 40:00 Rick explains the CryptoCloaks printing operation 43:20 Rob teaches about how mega bitcoin miners make money with electricity 53:30 On achieving and goal-setting 56:30 On risk-taking and running a business 1:02:15 On becoming more family-oriented because of bitcoin 1:10:05 Is bitcoin a faith-based community? 1:12:55 On grokking bitcoin and it going mainstream 1:20:00 Talking about cycles of life and the fourth turning 1:26:45 On loving "the process", cycles of life, kids, and hashing 1:30:00 How mining pools changed bitcoin mining forever 1:34:45 When will the general population adopt bitcoin? 1:37:00 Why we stopped talking about bitcoin during the holidays 1:45:35 On mentally HODLing through bitcoin bear markets 1:54:00 Generations of bitcoiners 1:58:08 How will a bitcoin ETF change the market environment? 2:00:30 Are we screwed when baby boomers leave the workforce? 2:03:45 Bitcoin adoption in developing countries 2:05:30 Outro - words of wisdom from Rick & Rob

David Croisant is a passionate free-thinker and advocate of sovereign and open source technologies.
He and I sat down to discuss common and alternative forms of government, how money affects organization of groups, if bitcoin can lead to better ways of organization, and ask the question - do people really want to be free?
Check out the chapters below and if you enjoy it, consider supporting the show.

Chapters

• 00:00 What is anarchy?
• 1:55 Why did governments come about and stay in power?
• 5:10 Why are citizens ignorant about government laws?
• 8:20 Whose responsibility is it to keep governments in check?
• 12:00 How does the public education system affect government power?
• 13:35 Money, power, the church, and government control
• 16:00 Societal structure today is designed government overreach
• 20:00 How can we take back power into the citizens hands?
• 24:20 Why do bitcoiners “unplug” sooner than the general population?
• 28:00 Will governments ever embrace bitcoin?
• 34:30 Why do we even need money?
• 39:00 Government ideals vs reality
• 43:30 Does technology increase or decrease freedom?
• 47:15 Why do people trade freedom for convenience?
• 51:45 Cycles of creation and destruction
• 1:02:30 Paths to “waking up”
• 1:06:45 How can society work in a world without stated rules?
• 1:10:10 How education and media keep citizens in the dark
• 1:14:15 How do collective and individual incentives align?
• 1:17:15 Imagining very large perspectives to re-examine society
• 1:22:00 Taking sovereignty of the mind
• 1:33:00 What ways can we spread sovereign ideas?
• 1:37:00 Learning from self-reflection and observing others
• 1:41:00 Outro: You Matter

Zechariah Schaefer, CFP®, is the founder of Ascent, a next-generation wealth management & tax firm helping Founders, Tech Professionals, & Crypto Investors to reduce taxes, build wealth intentionally, & invest wisely. Due to his firm's unique Gen Z & Millennial niche, flat-fee model, & his 10,000+ social media following, Zechariah's been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Investopedia, & more.

In this episode, we discuss a financial advisor's perspective on bitcoin, and how this asset is a growing part of younger investors' planning. We talk about practical ways that people can improve their own financial position, debt and leverage, philosophies of value and diversification, and more.

If you're interested in how bitcoin can serve as a part of a sound financial plan, this episode is definitely for you! Check out the chapters below!

The best place to get in touch with Zechariah is his LinkedIn, but we’ve also included his other links below.

LinkedIn
Twitter
Ascent Personal Finance
Instagram⁠
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Chapters

• 00:00 Intro
• 1:40 Why should someone still consider a financial advisor in 2023?
• 4:40 How do financial advisors compete in an automated investing world?
• 7:45 Why did you start your own RIA instead of joining a big firm?
• 11:55 What areas of advice do millenials in tech need help with?
• 26:10 Most common Gen-Z financial planning mistakes
• 31:00 How do you create a beginning financial plan?
• 33:45 How do you think about debt in 2023?
• 37:00 Discussing personal residence real estate as an investment
• 39:00 How do you define "value"?
• 44:20 Asset allocation for crypto investors in 2023
• 51:00 Considering children and family in a financial plan
• 53:06 Bitcoiner's take on retirement accounts and social security
• 56:00 Money printing, bitcoin, CBDCs and predicting our future monetary system
• 1:05:00 Custodial bitcoin
• 1:08:40 Outro - General tips to improve your own financial position