Bitcoin Audible

The Enshittification of Everything

I bet you’ve noticed it too. Everything we buy just seems cheaper, flimsier, and worse than it used to be. Some call it the "enshittification" of everything. And almost

Chat_180 - Invalid Checksum: How I Almost Lost My Bitcoin Stack with STACKTOTHEFUTURE

"There's a lot of emphasis on the moment at how AI is making everything less secure, and that is a part of the story. Of course, any tool, any powerful tool has its advan

Read_950 - The Internet Is Under Attack

"This isn't one bad week. It's the start of something we all need to be prepared for. Just look at the numbers. Security firm CrowdStrike says the attacks it sees that l

Everything Is a Lie (Inflation Edition)

I break down four of the biggest lies we’re told about inflation, from the idea that prices must always rise to the fantasy that GDP growth means we’re getting richer. I

Read_949 - The Singularity Stack

"The cost of intelligence keeps falling toward the cost of electricity, and everyone will share in what that intelligence can do. Bitcoin captures the gains directly, wh

Ledger Wallet Spy Implants (The Great Hackening Continues...)

In this breakdown of the Ledger supply chain hack, I walk through how a tiny hardware implant turned legitimate hardware wallets into seed-stealing spy devices. I cover w

Everything Should Always Get More Affordable

I break down the biggest lie we've all deeply internalized about the economy: that prices are just supposed to go up. In a productive and advancing society, almost everyt

Roundtable_025 - This Time, It's Actually Different

We finally stopped being lazy and brought a guest onto the Roundtable. Max Hillebrand joins Steve, Jeff, and I to talk about the absolute madness happening in the freedom

The AI Crisis

In this Take, I break down why the biggest AI labs, while deeply unprofitable sitting on massive future compute obligations, are racing toward trillion-dollar valuations.

Chat_179 - Back to What Matters with Cory Klippsten

***"The dollar is going to continue to lose purchasing power. Bitcoin is going to continue to gain purchasing power. It's going to keep on happening over the rest of the

The Great Hackening of 2026

In this Take episode, I break down the “Great Hackening” ripping through Bitcoin right now – from Coldcard’s catastrophic entropy bug to Liquid’s recent 4,000 BTC exploit

How Does Bitcoin Self Custody Recover From This? (Coldcard Q&A P3)

In this third Coldcard Q&A, I tackle entropy, device trust, DIY signers, and why I’m leaning harder than ever on multi-sig. I walk through why understanding encryption mu

Roundtable_024 - The Aftermath

The roundtable is back, but we're missing a familiar face. Mechanic has officially stepped down from Ocean, so it’s just Jeff, Steve and I digging into the aftermath of B

Was it all a "Retirement Attack"? (Coldcard Q&A P2)

In this episode I continue unpacking the Coldcard RNG disaster, wrestling with whether it was malicious or just shockingly incompetent design and attitude. I walk through

Is Rolling Your Own Entropy The New Standard? (Coldcard Q&A P1)

In this Guy's Take, I walk through listener questions and comments on the Coldcard random number generation failure and what it really means for Bitcoin self-custody. We

Chat_178 - Our Burden To Carry with American HODL, Erik Cason, and Brandon Quittem

***"In the early days, the average user could probably use a Coldcard and know the amount of entropy required. The average Bitcoin user today, no clue. And so the times h

Learning the Wrong Lessons

Thousands of careful Bitcoiners just got wiped out by a Coldcard entropy bug, and I use this episode to push back hard on the idea that self-custody is dead, and "don't t

Chat_177 - Security Is Just a Hard Problem with Lloyd Fournier

***"I think that self custody is not going to be dead. I think that there is going to have to be a group, a vanguard of people that do this and take it seriously. The rev

BIP110 vs UASF: Do the Suitcoiners Control Bitcoin?

In this episode, I unpack the claim that BIP110’s failure proves corporate miners and suitcoiners now control Bitcoin. I walk through the real dynamics between miners and

Chat_176 - Is Every Conspiracy True? with Talip

***"Today can you also use Coinbase to sell your coin? Yes. But can you guarantee that if Coinbase disappears, your funds will be with you? No. Because, it is, at the end