“Bitcoin is one of the only functioning free markets we have left.”

@jack mallers dropped this pearl of wisdom during our chat at @BTC Prague.

“There’s not enough filthy fiat to support all this debt and spending.”

I am finally back online after running the official livestream news desk at @BTC Prague.

We did 24 interviews over 3 days at the event, with our interview with @jack mallers a big highlight.

I’ll be dropping loads of snippets from here on out! Please repost if you enjoy what I’m putting out!

The genesis of Satoshi Skates - my new skate brand 🛹

Two iconic boards to start this journey.

Deck 1: The Genesis

Deck 2: The Whitepaper

Skateboards made for Bitcoiners!

Join the waitlist - https://satoshiskates.com/

Introducing Satoshi Skates🤘🛹

I’ve launched a Bitcoin-inspired skateboard company, starting with 2 iconic prints!

If you’re interested in ordering a board, please sign up for the waitlist via the website - https://satoshiskates.com

Bitcoiners please ❤️&🔂

"Bitcoin OGs, NOT MINERS, are the real BTC price setters."

This insight from @Pierre Rochard suggests Bitcoin OGs have been dictating BTC price since 2024:

"Bitcoin price went up because of demand from ETFs and the Trump election, which triggered a supply cascade from OGs after hitting that psychological achievement of $100,000."

Rochard said that there's a clear supply and demand imbalance which was typically dictated by miners in the first 3 Bitcoin halvings.

"If we just go back to economics 101, we've always talked about the mining getting halved, right? So then the supply is getting halved. The reality is that if you look at the marketplace, the exchanges, the volumes, they far surpass the quantity of Bitcoin getting mined," Rochard said.

Check out the full conversation from Ep.1 of The Lumen Podcast on YouTube 👇

https://youtu.be/TMJxS-zoIdA?si=uprTKUJh_EBb3Jof

"We either adopt Bitcoin or we embrace chaos."

Episode 1 of The Lumen Podcast with @Pierre Rochard is an absolute banger.

"Bitcoin is going to $1M, $10M, $100M, $1T." 🤯

"The US government is run by Bitcoiners." 🏦

"Bitcoin is Epstein-proof." ⚡️

"People said @Michael Saylor is going to choke and sell all the Bitcoin. When Bitcoin goes up, $MSTR is going to rip."

The full episode drops later today. ❤️ & 🔁

Subscribe to the YouTube channel - youtube.com/@thelumenpodcast

After years of planning, I am launching a Bitcoin-focused interview show.

The Lumen Podcast ☀️

It's a great pleasure to start this journey with Ep. 1 feat. @Pierre Rochard

Please subscribe to the YouTube channel,❤️& 🔁

https://youtube.com/@thelumenpodcast?si=1FYrjnYtpFqX31u1

Brian Armstrong deserves an award for evangelising Bitcoin at WEF in Davos.

France’s central bank governor said he trusts central banks more than “private issuers of Bitcoin”

Armstrong hit back immediately: “Bitcoin is a decentralized protocol, there’s actually no issuer of it.”

So, does @Michael Saylor consider Bitcoin to be money 🤔

It’s a question I put to @Saifedean Ammous when we caught up earlier today.

According to the author of The Bitcoin Standard, which has orange pilled millions of people, Saylor sees Bitcoin as a unique, hard asset.

“One of the metaphors he uses is that it is like crude oil, in that it is a hard asset. And just like Standard Oil once refined crude oil into refined products like kerosene and gasoline, he sees Strategy’s role as.refining ‘crude Bitcoin’ into financial assets that people can use”.

This is a fascinating anecdote of Saylor’s Bitcoin thesis.

But Saifedean also reminds us that despite what Saylor might think about Bitcoin, it’s still money and will only become more valuable as long as the fiat money printer exists.

Ever wondered how @Saifedean Ammous discovered Bitcoin?

His famous book, The Bitcoin Standard, has orange-pilled millions. I’ve always wanted to ask Saif about his history with and impact on Bitcoin.

We sat down for a wide ranging chat at Bitcoin Amsterdam.

This is the backstory behind his Bitcoin journey AND a TL;DR of his newest book - The Gold Standard.