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Unfiltered conversations with builders, thinkers, and operators in Bitcoin and beyond. Exploring the systems we trust, why they work (or don't), and what comes next.

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NEW EPISODE

Your AI agent is about to need a wallet. It's going to rent compute, buy API credits, and pay for services. Right now most people solve this by handing over their credit card.

That means every transaction your agent makes is in your name, on your card, and tied to your identity.

@Roland at @Alby built another way. We talk about what self-custody looks like when the machines start spending and why the infrastructure Bitcoiners built for human freedom turns out to be exactly what agents need.

S03E07 is available now.

https://fountain.fm/episode/GELkOA1AbmPUPUFZHX7l
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James Lee spent over two decades in the data brokerage business, then switched sides. He now leads the largest US organization focused on helping victims of identity theft.

Full episode tomorrow.

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“All it takes is the political will or the political mistake to turn it on. And it's there.”

John Robb flew Tier 1 special operations, built tech companies, and now maps how surveillance scales. His assessment: every piece of a totalitarian AI system already exists. An AI assigned to every person. Real-time manipulation. Automated punishment. All assembled by corporations building normal products.

What stops it, according to Robb? Not much. Not Bitcoin. Not encryption.

What individuals can do: pair with AI now, control it locally, stop feeding centralized systems your intelligence.

S03E04 is out now for supporters, tomorrow for all:

https://fountain.fm/studio/OIYZniSDb9jd3Pb78CpF/IAcYeLXGG9VqvP7SeuLS
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“The big concern is the emailification of Bitcoin.”

@Aaron van Wirdum spent 13 years covering Bitcoin and wrote The Genesis Book tracing its lineage back to DigiCash in the 90s. His warning: the protocol survives, but everyone interacts through custodial middlemen. SMTP still exists. Nobody runs their own mail server.

We talk pre-Bitcoin failures, the block size wars, mining centralization, and why incremental regulation is a bigger threat than a 51% attack.

S03E03 is out now for supporters, tomorrow for all.

https://fountain.fm/episode/Go9j4PIZm0XIV5f2v9dV
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NEW EPISODE

Enron had “integrity” on the wall. FTX didn't bother. Both collapsed.
Jason Hughey on why organizational betrayal isn't random—it's designed in. The same signal suppression that starved Soviet grocery stores is happening in your company's Slack channels.

His fix: Principle Based Management. Hire for virtue over talent. Let decisions flow to people with local knowledge. Stop treating employees like resources.

S03E02: Companies Don't Keep Promises. People Do.

Out now for supporters, public tomorrow.

https://fountain.fm/episode/zvmY5AzkCF8nEIHbKoFz