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Roundtable_010 – Generational Rug Pulls and The End of Bitcoin

June 30, 2025 Guy Comments Off

We are BACK with the roundtable, after 2 long and crazy months and more to cover than the judge examining Craig Wright’s forgeries. We dive into chain archaeology, the mempool spam wars, Zoom weddings in Utah, why nobody actually wants to run a node, and whether DARPA invented Rust to destroy humanity. Also, are we fixing decentralization or just soft forking our way into creative bankruptcy? Strap in for Roundtable #10 — it’s chaos, clarity, and a little conspiracy.
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Read_888 – The Cypherpunk Banking Stack is Coming

June 26, 2025 Guy Comments Off

The future of banking and payments will be run on old laptops and built by rebels. But really. As inspiration from Callebtc’s announcement of successful multinut payments, Marty gives a short but interesting rip on where ecash is headed, and we get the audio today in my lovely voice followed by an unnecessarily long rant about network lock in and how to prevent it, what the “one step back” period of our evolution might look like, and why pessimists are dumb. Lets go.
Check out the original article: Pay Attention: The Cypherpunk Banking Stack Is Coming (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3wkchtk2)

References from the episode:

Multi-nut payments tweet by @CalleBTC (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2pbxmazj)
Ten31 (Link: https://ten31.vc/)

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Read_887 – A Half Baked Thesis on Stablecoins

June 23, 2025 Guy Comments Off

“As will become clear as the argument progresses, I actually think the outcome to which I am building up is where things have to go. I think the technical and economic incentives at play make this an inevitability rather than a “choice””~ Allen Farrington
What if the stablecoin boom isn’t a threat to Bitcoin, but a stepping stone? In this episode, I dive into Allen Farrington’s “A Half Baked Thesis on Stablecoins” and follow it with a massive guy’s take unpacking the implications. Are stablecoins a betrayal of Bitcoin principles, or are they the Trojan horse for Bitcoin-native infrastructure? What happens when fiat settles over Lightning? And how could ecash and Taproot Assets reshape everything we thought we knew about digital money? There’s a quiet revolution happening at the payments layer—and the stablecoin debate might just be the signal buried in the noise.
Check out the original article: A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins (Link: https://tinyurl.com/y442kkkc)

References from the episode:

Layered Money by Nik Bhatia (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yndssenp)
Check Your Financial Privilege by Alex Gladstein (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4s3n595a)
Only the Strong Survive by Allen Farrington (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3au8zmtr)
One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization by Dee Hock (Link: https://tinyurl.com/348ykwh9)
Electronic Value Exchange: Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System (History of Computing) by David Stearns (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2e69874x)

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THE REAL Chat_135 – Do One Thing and Do it Right with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

June 21, 2025 Guy Comments Off

Apologies listeners,The wrong accidentally uploaded the wrong audio in the last episode post. That episode has now been taken down, and this is now “THE REAL” Chat_135!Sorry to keep you guys hanging on this one, which is a truly fantastic episode.Enjoy!***”I think there’s a very clear distinction between inflation and hyperinflation.One is a rational response to an increase in the money supply. Right? So if the money supply is increasing by 10%, you increase the price of your assets by 10%. That’s inflation.Now, hyperinflation is emotional. Hyperinflation is a forced liquidation of your assets and your currency. And you’re doing a market sell order not knowing what the price of sale is. You just want out. You will take anything.”~ Mauricio Di Bartolomeo
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo’s story starts with the collapse of Venezuela, but it’s not one of defeat — it’s about resilience, conviction, and building tools for sovereignty. In this conversation, we talk about why Ledn is returning to its Bitcoin-only roots, why the crypto lending space is headed for trouble, and what it actually takes to survive a bear market.
Mauricio shares how mining Bitcoin helped his family escape hyperinflation, why capital controls are more familiar to most of the world than freedom, and what makes a good lender when the tide goes out. We also dig into why removing features can be a sign of strength, not weakness — and how building slowly, honestly, and with proof of reserves can sometimes be the real edge.
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Chat_135 – Do One Thing and Do it Right with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

June 20, 2025 Guy Comments Off

“I think there’s a very clear distinction between inflation and hyperinflation.One is a rational response to an increase in the money supply. Right? So if the money supply is increasing by 10%, you increase the price of your assets by 10%. That’s inflation.Now, hyperinflation is emotional. Hyperinflation is a forced liquidation of your assets and your currency. And you’re doing a market sell order not knowing what the price of sale is. You just want out. You will take anything.”~ Mauricio Di Bartolomeo
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo’s story starts with the collapse of Venezuela, but it’s not one of defeat — it’s about resilience, conviction, and building tools for sovereignty. In this conversation, we talk about why Ledn is returning to its Bitcoin-only roots, why the crypto lending space is headed for trouble, and what it actually takes to survive a bear market.
Mauricio shares how mining Bitcoin helped his family escape hyperinflation, why capital controls are more familiar to most of the world than freedom, and what makes a good lender when the tide goes out. We also dig into why removing features can be a sign of strength, not weakness — and how building slowly, honestly, and with proof of reserves can sometimes be the real edge.
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Take_100 – You Already Own Nothing, Are You Happy?

June 18, 2025 Guy Comments Off

What if everything you think you own in the financial system—your stocks, your retirement, your savings—could be taken away in an instant, not because of your own mistakes, but because the institutions holding them are “too important” to fail? Today we finally unpack the horrifying reality behind asset ownership in today’s fiat-driven world, laid out in the shocking work from David Rogers Webb, The Great Taking. Are we living through the final act of centralization, where the only real escape is opting out entirely?
You already own nothing, are you happy? It’s time for a Guy’s Take episode.

Mentioned Links & Resources:

The Great Taking P1: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/jdtLvkhU4WnkOP4zQMA4)
The Great Taking P2: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/oRAgQIOhb2zCCZVwsYpS)
The Great Taking P3: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/0OXwF9eimcw8UAx1Nz2g)
The Great Taking P4: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/CZUyoWaoWL1Kqr64Y4ER)
“The Unsettling of America” by Wendell Berry (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yr53duba)
Read_862 – Full Steam Ahead: All Aboard Fiscal Dominance (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/quWlCWkDZ8JAC9Bx1cJi)
Chat_135 – Do One Thing and Do it Right with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (Next episode, coming soon!)

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Read_886 – FFR75 Technologies of Freedom and Oppression

June 11, 2025 Guy Comments Off

“In Hunan, an elderly woman in a wheelchair died outside a bank after being forced to appear in person to withdraw her own money for medical care. Too weak to pass mandatory facial recognition scans, she collapsed after repeated failed attempts.”~ FFR #75
Technology is moving at an incredible pace, but the question is which direction is it moving? I increasingly believe we are on two divergent paths at the same time and headed for a collision course between two very incompatible worlds. Today we dive into Financial Freedom Report #75, with news from China’s monetary expansion, new potentially authoritarian measures from Bukele, demonstrations of technological oppression, and powerful new tools for technological freedom. We are in a race, and there still remains a critical question for which path wins in the end. Find out in today’s episode with a long guy’s take to follow.
Check out the original article: HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #75 (Link: https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-67/)
Playlist of OFF videos to watch (Link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLySuULQGe1XZOtxRDAsdze2K7ZcQ6DLo3)
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Chat_134 – Bitcoin Stream Test #162 [Meme Factory™]

June 10, 2025 Guy Comments Off

Catch up with me and the crew on this re-release episode from “Meme Factory™.” Greg, Sean, Yellow, and Rusty bring their unique vibes to the table, making this chat as fun as it is insightful. We explore Bitcoin’s role in today’s financial landscape and how perceptions of it have shifted over time. It’s a laid-back conversation that’s all about sharing good insights and a few laughs.
Big thanks to the “Meme Factory™” crew for letting me drop this one on Bitcoin Audible. Here is the original episode on the Meme Factory™ Youtube channel.
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Read_885 The Great Taking [P4]

May 29, 2025 Guy Comments Off

“Only the Federal Reserve System was designed to survive and take over all assets and banking activities. Only the Federal Reserve Banks and those selected and controlled by the Federal Reserve were allowed to reopen. The Federal Reserve was also indemnified by the government, i.e. the public, for any losses. And so, large-scale closure of banks and taking of bank deposits is not unprecedented. Holders of cash in banks are unsecured creditors, with no enforceable claim to their money. […] All deposits and assets will be taken by the “protected class” of secured creditors. This is where it is going.” ~ David Rogers Webb
Its time for the conclusion of “The Great Taking,” In Part 4 we explore how the 1933 Bank Holiday wasn’t a rescue, but a carefully orchestrated wealth transfer that created the template for today’s coming collapse. With derivatives worth more than the entire global economy “backed” by comically unfunded FDIC insurance, and central bank digital currencies ready to replace the old system with absolute control, are we witnessing the final phase of the greatest theft in human history?
Check out the original article The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb. (Link: https://thegreattaking.com/read-online-or-download)
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Read_884 – The Great Taking [P3]

May 28, 2025 Guy Comments Off

“Inevitably following the “Everything Bubble” will be the “Everything Crash.” Once prices of essentially everything crash and all financial firms rapidly become insolvent, these collateral management systems will automatically sweep all collateral to the Central Clearing Counter- parties (CCPs) and Central Banks.The trap, into which all nations have been herded, is ready and waiting to be sprung.”~ David Rogers Webb
Continuing our dive into Part 3 of David Webb’s incredible piece not he structure of the beast that has been designed to consume the global financial system through the undermining of all securities and contractual ownership across the financial system. A trap has been laid, but if we cannot see or understand it, we won’t be able to protect ourselves from it. The rabbit hole goes deeper.
Check out the original article The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb. (Link: https://thegreattaking.com/read-online-or-download)
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Roundtable_010 – Generational Rug Pulls and The End of Bitcoin

Read_888 – The Cypherpunk Banking Stack is Coming

Read_887 – A Half Baked Thesis on Stablecoins

THE REAL Chat_135 – Do One Thing and Do it Right with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

Chat_135 – Do One Thing and Do it Right with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

Take_100 – You Already Own Nothing, Are You Happy?

Read_886 – FFR75 Technologies of Freedom and Oppression

Chat_134 – Bitcoin Stream Test #162 [Meme Factory™]

Read_885 The Great Taking [P4]

Read_884 – The Great Taking [P3]

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