“We’re basically at a fork in the road. I think that there’s a good chance we go the wrong way and you end up with a situation like China.
We need to build these tools that serve Liberty and not tyranny. And we need to design these systems correctly. And then on top of that, I think, as I pointed out earlier, you know, we have an opportunity to build a better product than the tyrannical systems, you know, now before, before you’re in too deep. So we need to do that so that people aren’t, aren’t lured by that.”

Are we steering towards a future where technology amplifies human potential, or are we drifting into a realm where control overshadows creativity? We are joined by the creator of CASCDR today to delve into a discussion that explores the role of Ai in our future and how we can utilize it to decentralize markets, service provision, and change the structure of productivity in a way that can bring it far closer to us and our needs. What does that future look like, and how do we build to get there?

Links to check out:

⁠Range by David Epstein ⁠(Link: https://davidepstein.com/range/)⁠
CASCDR App⁠ (Link: https://cascdr.vercel.app/)⁠
Where Goo Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson⁠ (Link: https://tinyurl.com/49ec9zaa)
⁠PlebLab⁠ (Link: https://www.pleblab.dev/)
⁠Jupiter Notebook⁠ (Link: https://jupyter.org/)

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“We have the fork wars, we have a culture that understands the importance of nodes and widespread enforcement of a protocol and its rules. Unlike shitcoins, which couldn’t care less about it… So this node orientation in Bitcoin is is critical to it not being a shitcoin. So spam has come in and they start trashing the blockchain and exploding the UTXO set and making every block almost four megabytes, which was supposed to be a theoretical maximum we were never actually supposed to see because no one thought we would just fill it up with witness data… This is a ridiculous guys. It’s an attack. They’ve stated it as an attack when they came out and just went “I want to bloat the UTXO set because it’s the worst thing you can do in Bitcoin”.”
~ Bitcoin Mechanic
 
In this episode, I talk with Bitcoin Mechanic about the current state of Bitcoin, focusing on the regulatory environment, the vital role of self-custody, and the challenges facing privacy and autonomy in the digital age. We delve into the complexities of maintaining operational security in the face of increasing regulatory oversight, and consider in what ways we can balance the needs of miners with those of everyday users and node runners to maintain a healthy network ecosystem.
 
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Bitcoin Mechanic on X (Link: https://twitter.com/GrassFedBitcoin)
Bitcoin Mechanic on Youtube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@bitcoinmechanic)
Ocean Mining (Link: https://ocean.xyz/)

 
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“This is a fancy way of saying that you need money to make markets, and you need decentralized, open, digital money to make decentralized, open, digital markets. Furthermore, higher layers require lower layers to exist, but lower layers benefit from the value created at higher layers. However valuable layer one Bitcoin can be as a new global money, it can become significantly more valuable if we recognize it as a crucial technical building block to building markets with the potential to disrupt many other human networks.”
~ Dhruv Bansal, Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington
 
How can we think differently about what is actually occurring at the base layer of Bitcoin and what it enables, to extend it to the more tangible and understood problems of internet centralization, abusive platforms, censorship, and so many other prevalent problems in our networks today? If we can break each of these problems down into their smallest, and simplest parts, and one-by-one solve each of those problems, can we begin to actually solve the broader concerns of permission-less communication, scalable decentralized payments, service provision, and global openly accessible networks of all kinds? Can we re-decentralize the internet, with Bitcoin? Find out in a fantastic new piece from the crew at AxiomBTC and written by the incredible set of authors, Dhruv Bansal, Ryan Gentry, and Allen Farrington. You’d be a fool to skip this episode.
 
Check out the original article at The Bitcoin Stack. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/582zh742)
 
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Dhruv Bansal, on X (Link: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal)
Ryan Gentry⁠ on X(Link: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry)
Allen Farrington⁠ on X (Link: https://twitter.com/allenf312)

 
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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
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“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. To the naive mind that can conceive of order only as the product of deliberate arrangement, it may seem absurd that in complex conditions order, and adaptation to the unknown, can be achieved more effectively by decentralizing decisions and that a division of authority will actually extend the possibility of overall order. Yet t

“I think Americans are used to seeing people arrested for bullshit technicalities and thrown in jail for long periods of time. But in the rest of the world, it is quite uncommon. For a non-US Bitcoin entrepreneur, the US is a scary and dangerous place. American authorities seem resourceful, competent, and motivated to destroy your life just to prove a point. This line of thinking is not paranoia, nor is it cowardice.” ~ Francis Pouliot
 
We dive into a piece from Francis Pouliot, the CEO of Bull Bitcoin, today that dives into the toxic waters of U.S. regulations that seem to strangle innovation at every turn. As the US govt tightens their grip and “non-compliance” of an absurdly defined regulatory leviathan threatens decades in prison, how can the Bitcoin community protect what makes Bitcoin important? Join us as Guy, along with a special guest, unravels the complex web of control and compliance reshaping the landscape of digital currency. Could this be the dawn of a new era of resistance within the bitcoin world?
 
Check out the original article at ⁠Bitcoin Drain in the USA⁠. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n6raf5d)
 
Links from the show:

Atomic Habits by James Clear (Link: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits)

 
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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
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“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” ~ Tony Robbins
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How close are we to realizing the dream of personal AI? Dive into the potential of small, efficient AI models that enhance our self-awareness and improve our lives without compromising our privacy. Could these advancements lead us to a future where we not only manage but truly own our data, understanding ourselves better than any corporation could? Join us as we explore the fascinating possibilities of personal AI.

Links to check out

Atomic Habits (Link: https://tinyurl.com/hjcajxc)
Facebook’s LLM transparency tool Hugging Face Demo (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4c9cmzhw)
Clone yourself with Delphi A (Link: https://www.delphi.ai/)
The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects (Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdzetyax)
The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mt6ca37k)
The Pile (Link: https://pile.eleuther.ai/)

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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
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“The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption.”
~ Clayton M Christenson

“The Samurai wallet developers have been arrested. The government has responded with their opposition to the motion of dismissal in the tornado cash case. Phoenix wallet has withdrawn from the United States. Does one need to have control over the funds to be a money transmitter? Is the lightning network, is Bitcoin, is even self-custody and your home node illegal?

The past week or so in Bitcoin has seen a flood of new developments, unfortunate events and clarifications and demands from government regulatory agencies. And it has quite clearly spooked a lot of people in the Bitcoin industry. What does it all mean and how should we respond? It’s time for a guys take episode.”

I took on a whirlwind of pressing issues facing the Bitcoin ecosystem amid a slew of government actions that appear to target privacy and financial sovereignty. What does the arrest of the Samurai wallet developers, the exodus of Phoenix wallet from the U.S., and the broader implications for Bitcoin’s legal landscape mean for the future of digital privacy and self-custody? I dissected these developments with a critical eye, questioning the balance between regulatory oversight and the fundamental right to privacy. Tune in for a deep dive into the legal, technical, and societal impacts of these unfolding events.

References from the episode:

David Zell’s tweet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/22ppa7yt)

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“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone. I guess I just missed my friend.”
~ Red, Shawshank Redemption

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How can AI be harnessed to manage and enhance personal and professional digital interactions more effectively? In this episode of “AI Unchained,” explore the essential tools and concepts needed to apply AI in self-hosted environments, navigate the intricacies of vector embeddings, and integrate AI seamlessly into your digital workspace. What modular approaches and AI skills are essential as coding becomes more automated? Dive into these questions and more with host Guy Swan.

Links to check out

⁠Devs Who Can’t Code #1 – Build a To Do App
(Link: https://tinyurl.com/29taj247)
⁠Devs Who Can’t Code #2 – Build a Bitcoin Price Tracker
(Link: https://tinyurl.com/38bw54sy)
⁠Unleashed.chat⁠ (Link: https://unleashed.chat/)
⁠NLTK, SKlearn, RE⁠ (Link: https://tinyurl.com/537h53m8)
⁠LM Studio⁠ (Link: https://lmstudio.ai/)

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⁠[Guest Name] on X⁠ (Link: https://twitter.com/guest)
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“The internet assumed NOTHING and it won because it had the basic, robust, open building blocks upon which all the innovation actually occurred. The same thing has happened with Bitcoin over the last 15 years and is now starting to happen with Nostr.
And it’s right on time, because the gateways to the internet have centralized to such a degree that the very topography of the web is changing. Access to this open bazaar is being threatened because the applications who were once gateways, have started to become gatekeepers.
To fix this, and to fundamentally fix the internet, we need to upgrade the Internet stack and establish a new suite of superior products, services and applications that compete on value, not on gatekeeper economics.
~ Aleks Svetski

How did we get from the open, decentralized bazaar that was the internet protocol, to the centralized, platform siloed experience we find ourselves in today? And by discovering how we got here, can we begin to see the path to getting out of the trap we have wandered into? Today we have an incredible article and concept brought to us by author, entrepreneur, and regular guest on the show, Alek Svetski on something they discovered in their process of building a Bitcoin LLM (Spirit of Satoshi), and how it uncovered a value case for Nostr that may very well change the nature of what we can build. You do not want to miss this read and my take to follow, I promise. Let’s dive in!

Check out the original article at Reviewing Reviews (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4dxmvtes)

References from the show:

Spirit of Satoshi (Link: https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/)
#010 – Tools for Running Local LLMs (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/x3kYiyPzYsCA2nOLoh0O)
#012 – A Big Leap Forward for Local LLMs (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/X7FwvJWqXDaQA4E2MUgV)
Amber App (Link: https://amber.app/)

Guest Links

Aleks Svetski on X (Link: https://twitter.com/svetskiwrites)
Aleks Svetski on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3y992h32)
Aleks Svetski Website (Link: https://svetski.info/)

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⁠Bitcoin Audible on X⁠ (Link: htt

“As we discussed in Entering the Bitcoin Renaissance, our last edition, Lightning Labs CEO and Co-Founder Elizabeth Stark told The Block, “a major narrative of the next cycle will be the bitcoin renaissance, and it has already begun in full swing.” Only a few months later, and that is proving to be quite prescient!”
~Ryan Gentry
 
Today we dive into a piece from Lightning Labs, “The Bitcoin Renaissance: How Lightning Will Connect Everything” that details out the major advances in the ecosystem of layer 2’s on Bitcoin, the surge in development excitement, the multitude of projects unveiled in the past few months, the increasing connection between lightning and Ai, and the projects to keep en eye on as we head into another Bitcoin cycle. If you want a picture into the Lightning ecosystem and the many projects solving problems and creating new value, this is the read to queue up.
 
Check out the original article at The Bitcoin Renaissance Is in Full Swing: How Lightning Will Connect Everything Off-Chain. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2wzjyc2b)
 
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Ryan Gentry on X (Link: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry)
Ryan Gentry on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yrch2yvy)

 
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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
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“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.”
~ Richard P. Feynman
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“What are we actually about? It’s to an extent an open question. It’s not like the Cypherpunks knew at all. It’s part of our job to continue to try and figure it out. In a way we’ve been given this Arthurian sword or something. This very powerful thing. And so it’s like, what are we going to do with it? I think that’s a big part of our homework.”
~ Tuur Demeester

Tuur Demeester joins us to day as we dig into Bitcoin’s past halvings and market cycles and how they compare to today. With 12 years of perspective, where are we in reference to the larger trends and what may lie ahead in the coming future? Tuur is deeply knowledgeable on the macro landscape and in seeing how the pieces of the puzzle fit together, explains the differences that allow us to know that Bitcoin’s destiny will not end up like gold’s, and a worthy note, he is also incredibly bullish. The world is changing, and Bitcoin is changing it. Don’t miss this excellent conversation with Tuur Demeester

Links to check out:

The Bitcoin Reformation – by Tuur Demeester (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc6n8scc)
CryptoQuikRead_243 – Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation (Link: https://tinyurl.com/avna4j89)
How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3f2u2rev)
Strong Towns Website by Charles Marohn (Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/)
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (Link: https://t.ly/dejM2)
The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry  (Link: https://tinyurl.com/ymzrk7z8)
The Capital Strip Mine by Allen Farrington (Link: https://tinyurl.com/m48ueuzk)

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Tuur Demeester on X (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5dk93w6m)

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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
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