“Historically, what do nations do when they’re on a gold standard and they need to fight a war? They just suspend the gold standard. The difference is that what Bitcoin brings is this decentralization, where if you were truly on a Bitcoin standard, someone in Washington, D.C. couldn’t just say, “We’re going off the Bitcoin standard now.” That’s the power that Bitcoin has, that you can actually have a chance at separating money and the state, and that is the most important thing in the world to do.” ~ Dave Smith
In this episode of the Bitcoin Audible podcast, I’m releasing an insightful panel discussion from the Bitcoin 2024 event, where I was joined by three brilliant minds – Mark Moss, Luke Gromen, and Dave Smith.We dive deep into a crucial topic: the intersection of government overreach, fiscal irresponsibility, and Bitcoin’s transformative potential.We explore how government control over money has fueled endless wars, cultural manipulation, and economic distortions. Our conversation delves into the ways Bitcoin, and its decentralized nature, might be the key to separating money from state control, leading us toward a future of fiscal responsibility and economic growth.Join us as we discuss the current landscape of government spending and debt, and how Bitcoin offers a crucial solution to these pressing issues.
Original episode on the Bitcoin Magazine YouTube channel (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3xazeffm)
Bitcoin Magazine Links

BTC24 playlist on Youtube (Link: https://tinyurl.com/hrwpeau5)
Bitcoin Magazine Website (Link: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/)
BTC24 Website (Link: https://b.tc/conference/2024)

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“Historically, what do nations do when they’re on a gold standard and they need to fight a war? They just suspend the gold standard. The difference is that what Bitcoin brings is this decentralization, where if you were truly on a Bitcoin standard, someone in Washington, D.C. couldn’t just say, “We’re going off the Bitcoin standard now.” That’s the power that Bitcoin has, that you can actually have a chance at separating money and the state, and that is the most important thing in the world to do.” ~ Dave Smith
In this episode of the Bitcoin Audible podcast, I’m releasing an insightful panel discussion from the Bitcoin 2024 event, where I was joined by three brilliant minds – Mark Moss, Luke Gromen, and Dave Smith.We dive deep into a crucial topic: the intersection of government overreach, fiscal irresponsibility, and Bitcoin’s transformative potential.We explore how government control over money has fueled endless wars, cultural manipulation, and economic distortions. Our conversation delves into the ways Bitcoin, and its decentralized nature, might be the key to separating money from state control, leading us toward a future of fiscal responsibility and economic growth.Join us as we discuss the current landscape of government spending and debt, and how Bitcoin offers a crucial solution to these pressing issues.
Original episode on the Bitcoin Magazine YouTube channel (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3xazeffm)
Bitcoin Magazine Links

BTC24 playlist on Youtube (Link: https://tinyurl.com/hrwpeau5)
Bitcoin Magazine Website (Link: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/)
BTC24 Website (Link: https://b.tc/conference/2024)

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Is Trump’s speech at Bitcoin 2024 a sign of genuine support or just typical political pandering? Today we explore the implications of politicians courting the Bitcoin community, questions the motives behind their promises, and explores the potential for Bitcoin to reshape the geopolitical landscape. Will the next election cycle mark a turning point for Bitcoin’s role in politics, or is this just the newest form of political grifting?
Links to check out

 The Chain of Custody: The “Mafia” Holding The Elite’s Bitcoin by Mark Goodwin and Whitney Webb (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2hkzykrv)
The Bitcoin-Dollar: An Economic Monomyth by Mark Goodwin (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4rr8a6c5)
Donald Trump Bitcoin 2024 Keynote Speech – Bitcoin Magazine YouTube (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3xz4cpbn)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bitcoin 2024 Keynote Speech – Bitcoin Magazine YouTube (Link: https://tinyurl.com/39nd3zap)
Strap In For The Bitcoin Dollar by L0la L33tz on The Rage (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3k6amk5r)Host Links
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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform, or pause and reflect.” ~ Mark Twain

“Do we need an AGI Manhattan Project? Slowly at first, then all at once, it will become clear: this is happening, things are going to get wild, this is the most important challenge for the national security of the United States since the invention of the atomic bomb. In one form or another, the national security state will get very heavily involved. The Project will be the necessary, indeed the only plausible, response.” ~ Leopold
Will the race for AGI lead to a Manhattan Project-like initiative, and how might this reshape the global order? Today we diver into the final read of “Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead” on the inevitability of the race to AGI and superintelligence and what it will mean for the free world, the economy, and the future of humanity. Don’t miss this epic conclusion.
Check out the original article by Leopold Aschenbrenner at situational-awareness.ai (Link: https://tinyurl.com/jmbkurp6)
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“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” ~ Langston Hughes

“Something else has to go down in order for something to go up. That’s why it is specifically a relative weight between all of these things… You can’t just charge $100,000 dollars for something if nobody has that money, and then think that you’re gonna sell it. You’ll never can’t sell it for that. You can’t sell something for an amount of money that doesn’t exist. Just look at the stock market. You’re just looking at money printing going into the financial system before going into everything else. That’s all it is.”~ Guy SwannOriginal episode on the Meme Factory™ YouTube channel (Link: https://tinyurl.com/ybjvz4f2)
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Meme Factory™ Twitter: (Link: https://twitter.com/MemeFactoryTM)
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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)
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It’s time to accept some hard truths. Today we are going to challenge some common assumptions about Bitcoin’s scalability, privacy, and transaction fees. Is Bitcoin really even global peer-to-peer cash for everyone? Is privacy even still in the cards for Bitcoin? Is there anything left in crypto at all? And what will be the future nature of fees when Bitcoin is a global dominant store of value, and is there an analogous market can we explore today for insight into what this market may look like in the coming decades? It’s time for a Guy’s take episode…Links to check out- Bitcoin 2024 conference (Link: https://b.tc/conference/2024)- Situational Awareness series on AI Unchained (Link: https://tinyurl.com/33rpewj2)- Ark Labs (Link: https://arklabs.to/)- Fedimint (Link: https://fedimint.org/)Host Links

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Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ~ Rumi

“I really wanted to screen share stuff with people and make it as easy as possible and I got fed up. So I was just like, okay, you know, let’s throw this up and let’s stick on a nostr log in and let’s add lightning zaps to it as a starting point. It was pushed out a bit prematurely, but… I think a lot of people want to use it.. they want a way to talk to other people where you’re not really getting tracked.We want to be able to provide a space where people don’t feel like there’s some Googly eyes watching whatever they’re talking about. And I don’t want to know either… the way I think about this is if someone comes along and subpoenas penis that server, there’s nothing there.”~ BitKarrot
What if the future of the internet lies in decentralized, peer-to-peer technologies? In this wide-ranging conversation with BitKarrot, explore the challenges and opportunities of building open-source projects in the Bitcoin and Nostr ecosystems. From the intricacies of monetization to the potential of AI integration, discover how developers are working to create a more private, sovereign internet experience. But can these grassroots efforts compete with the centralized tech giants, and what hurdles must be overcome to achieve mass adoption?
 
Links to check out 

Donate (Link: https://invincible-privacy.github.io/donate/projects/) 
Plabnet.dev (Link: https://plebnet.dev) 
Sovbiz (Link: https://sov.biz/) 
Coinos (Link: https://coinos.io/)
LNBits.com (Link: https://lnbits.com/) 

Guest Links 

Bitkarrot on Twitter (Link: https://twitter.com/BITKARROT)
Bitkarrot on Nostree (Link: https://nostree.me/bitkarrot@lnaddy.com)
Bitkarrot on Primal (Link: https://primal.net/bitkarrot)

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Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)
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“Reliably controlling AI systems much smarter than we are is an unsolved technical problem. And while it is a solvable problem, things could very easily go off the rails during a rapid intelligence explosion. Managing this will be extremely tense; failure could easily be catastrophic.”~ Leopold Aschenbrenner
As we approach a potential intelligence explosion and the birth of superintelligence, how can we ensure AI remains beneficial and aligned with the goals of furthering humanity, while navigating the complex geopolitical landscape? And what role will the United States play in shaping the future of AI governance and global security?
Check out the original article by Leopold Aschenbrenner at situational-awareness.ai. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/jmbkurp6)
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”  ~ Isaac Asimov

“Only the giant corporations are gonna have this and anybody less than a billion dollars, these won’t exist. And that was scary, I was like, this can undo what Bitcoin is doing unless we get ahead of this. Luckily I actually now think that despite the fact that there will elements of centralizing forces in AI, this will contribute more to the diseconomies of scale of the giant corporate setup and the government institutions in the sense that the bigger you are, the less it helps you.”~ Guy Swann
I had the pleasure of chatting with Preston Pysh about the fascinating intersection of AI, Bitcoin, and identity. This conversation dives deep into the transformative potential of AI and its implications for the future of decentralized systems. We explore how AI can synthesize vast amounts of information and discuss why AI models might become a decentralizing force. We also delve into the incentives driving data accumulation and why starting AI models from scratch isn’t the optimal approach. Additionally, I share my thoughts on Sam Altman’s World Coin and the growing connection between identity and AI, including how to navigate this pairing. Finally, we touch on the necessity of immediate settlement for AI advancements. Tune in to explore these compelling topics and more!Original episode on The Investor’s Podcast Network (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc7anptk)
 
The Investor’s Podcast Network Links

Preston Pysh on X (Link: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in)
Preston Pysh’s Podcast (Link: https://link.chtbl.com/TIP-BTC)
Preston Pysh Website (Link: https://linktr.ee/whitneywebb) 

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Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)
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“The former Speaker predicts “The dollar will suffer a major confidence shock” and as a result asks, “What can be done?” His immediate answer is to “start by taking stablecoins seriously.” Dollar-backed stablecoins are arriving as “an important net purchaser of U.S. government debt,” with stablecoin issuers now the 18th largest holder of US Debt. Ryan goes on to say that “if fiat-backed dollar stablecoin issuers were a country,” that nation “would sit just outside the top 10 in countries holding Treasurys,” still less than Hong Kong but “larger than Saudi Arabia,” our former partner in the petrodollar system.”~Mark Goodwin & Whitney Webb
In the shadowy world where finance meets technology, a select group of powerful players are shaping the future of money itself. From the founding of Visa to the halls of Harvard and the US Treasury, follow the intricate web connecting Wences Casares’ bitcoin vault Xapo to Wall Street giants and former government officials. As regulatory battles loom, will this new financial paradigm strengthen or undermine traditional banking and government control? Find out in Part 2 of Chain of Custody.
Check out the original article at The Chain of Custody: The “Mafia” Holding The Elite’s Bitcoin (Link:https://tinyurl.com/29v5tvy3) 
Link to check out:

“The Bitcoin-Dollar: An Economic Monomyth” by Mark Goodwin (Link: https://tinyurl.com/49sufj7t)

Guest Links

Mark Goodwin on X (Link: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in)
The Bitcoin Dollar by Mark Goodwin (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5xvud4d8)
Whitney Webb Linktree (Link: https://linktr.ee/whitneywebb) 
Whitney Webb Twitter (Link: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb)

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Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann)
Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)
Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)
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