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Y'all think Linaldin is hot. You should check out their fucking hot streak from the Bitcoin Bugle.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-24">0:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Marsh Mist Bars</b> <span class="cue" id="t-24" data-t="24">It's one to be reckoned with. They're all out there playing five d chess while we're all stuck in fucking four d mode or some shit, you know? It's like they're Dennis Porter's Dennis Porter or some shit, you know? I mean,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-37" data-t="37">I have my fucking life when I listen to this shit, you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-40" data-t="40">know? You have to go read,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-42" data-t="42">have you listened to that shit, you know?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-44" data-t="44">I mean, they asked me to do this fucking recording. I'm like, what the fuck am I even gonna say? You know? I mean, I'm like, listen, fuck. It's fucking I'm screwing it up right now. I'm gonna go fucking listen to people. Fuck this shit.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-55">0:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-55" data-t="55">Yeah.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-56" data-t="56">Yeah. That's why I fucked this up. Fuck.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-62">1:02</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Kaylee Welch</b> <span class="cue" id="t-62" data-t="62">Hey, guys. This is Kaylee Welch. I just wanna say I'm sorry I've been gone for a while, but I'm back for the one year anniversary of the Bugle Weekly.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-69" data-t="69">Maybe sometime soon I'll get into the reasons why I left. It was due to some personal reasons, but now those issues are handled. All that matters now is that I'm here and I'm ready to help Rod and Richard take the Bugle to the next level. I wanted to start out the show by sharing some testimonials we received from people weekly fans. Before we get into that, I just wanted to say, fuck PodCon, smoke Marlboros, and listen to forty hours of Bitcoin podcasts a week.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-95">1:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Fundamentals</b> <span class="cue" id="t-95" data-t="95">Hey, guys. Fundamentals here.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-98" data-t="98">Wanna congratulate you on a year a year of the bugle and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-103" data-t="103">really just thank you. Thank you guys for</span> <span class="cue" id="t-106" data-t="106">coming together and doing what you do.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-110" data-t="110">It meant so much to me from the first</span> <span class="cue" id="t-113" data-t="113">first time I heard you guys. I didn't know who you were. I just heard the show, and</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-119">1:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Fundamentals</b> <span class="cue" id="t-119" data-t="119">the lights came on for me. Like, oh my god. Something great now exists.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-124" data-t="124">Something really great exists in the universe and I was really really happy about it. It's probably like the way a lot of people feel when they see like Lynn Alden or Dennis Porter orange pill people and they just see what's possible for themselves.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-138" data-t="138">And that was definitely my experience hearing you guys</span> <span class="cue" id="t-141" data-t="141">but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-143" data-t="143">more so you guys really,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-146" data-t="146">you guys really spoke to my soul. You gave me</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-150">2:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Fundamentals</b> <span class="cue" id="t-150" data-t="150">music, comedy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-152" data-t="152">and ultimately friendship.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-153" data-t="153">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-154" data-t="154">you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-155" data-t="155">know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-157" data-t="157">since since really getting to know you guys, I've taken a big leap forward in what I'm giving to the world, and it's all because of what I see possible</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-167">2:47</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Fundamentals</b> <span class="cue" id="t-167" data-t="167">as a result of you guys being around and being in my corner</span> <span class="cue" id="t-172" data-t="172">and just building together.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-174" data-t="174">So,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-176" data-t="176">I'm so appreciative to know you guys, to have you guys in my life,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-180" data-t="180">to be building with you, and I see nothing but open road ahead of us, and I'm really, really excited about it. Congrats.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-190">3:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Steven Luca</b> <span class="cue" id="t-190" data-t="190">This is Steven Luca, head of private clients at Swan.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-194" data-t="194">The Bugle Weekly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-196" data-t="196">has been one of the most important developments</span> <span class="cue" id="t-199" data-t="199">in journalism and news in the Bitcoin space.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-203" data-t="203">Their hard hitting and no holds barred reporting</span> <span class="cue" id="t-207" data-t="207">has helped us all understand</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-210">3:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Steven Luca</b> <span class="cue" id="t-210" data-t="210">what the Bitcoin industry is truly about.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-214">3:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rob Hamilton</b> <span class="cue" id="t-214" data-t="214">This is Rob Hamilton, cofounder and CEO of Anchor Watch.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-218" data-t="218">Happy birthday,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-219" data-t="219">Bugle, one year old.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-222" data-t="222">It's really an incredible time in the Bitcoin industry,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-226" data-t="226">because of true, you know, bleeding</span> <span class="cue" id="t-229" data-t="229">edge journalism</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-230">3:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rob Hamilton</b> <span class="cue" id="t-230" data-t="230">that you guys are able to put on every week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-233" data-t="233">It's really an inspiration to everyone building in the space to see someone who's able to leverage the properties of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-239" data-t="239">sound money and thermodynamically,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-242" data-t="242">engineered podcasts to be able to really extend the reach. And while there are many fake journalists out there like Shinobi,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-247" data-t="247">it's it's good to see that there are,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-250" data-t="250">hard hitting journalists</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-252">4:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rob Hamilton</b> <span class="cue" id="t-252" data-t="252">like, Rod Palmer and Dick Greaser that are really,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-255" data-t="255">pushing the frontier forward.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-258">4:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Sly Guma</b> <span class="cue" id="t-258" data-t="258">This is Sly Guma, prolific Bitcoin Tweeter and top tier Bitcoin podcaster.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-263" data-t="263">I wanna congratulate the Bugle Weekly on 52,500</span> <span class="cue" id="t-267" data-t="267">blocks</span> <span class="cue" id="t-269" data-t="269">of Bitcoin podcasts produced.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-272" data-t="272">The space is much more</span> <span class="cue" id="t-274" data-t="274">thermodynamically</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-275">4:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Sly Guma</b> <span class="cue" id="t-275" data-t="275">sound with Rod Palmer and Dick Greaser leading the way of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-281" data-t="281">the news and stories that matter. Congrats, guys, and keep up the good work.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-286">4:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-286" data-t="286">I mean, let's just talk about the bugle for a second</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-289">4:49</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-289" data-t="289">here. Yeah.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-290" data-t="290">Yeah. Avi.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-291" data-t="291">Avi. Yeah. Let's celebrate the one year anniversary of Bugle Weekly podcast,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-297" data-t="297">a truly groundbreaking work in media and journalism,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-301" data-t="301">and some would even say performance art.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-304" data-t="304">Aren't you amazed at the constant stream of celebrities they're able to attract, such as Joe Rogan, Donald Trump, Morgan Freeman, and Party Ben?</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-314">5:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-314" data-t="314">Well, k w, they are certainly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-318" data-t="318">shining a light on the most important issues in Bitcoin,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-322" data-t="322">such as the trials and tribulations</span> <span class="cue" id="t-324" data-t="324">of Dennis Porter's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-326" data-t="326">hero's journey</span> <span class="cue" id="t-328" data-t="328">to attain NGU at all costs and whether some guy called Shinobi</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-334">5:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-334" data-t="334">is hot or not.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-336" data-t="336">Bitcoin podcasting has never been the same since the Bugle Weekly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-340" data-t="340">came out of the scene. I would strongly urge our listeners to tune into their show.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-345" data-t="345">And ideally, and if you haven't done so already,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-348" data-t="348">I would ideally do so by listening to forty hours per week.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-354">5:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-354" data-t="354">Welcome to this very special edition of the Beacon Weekly.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-358" data-t="358">This is Rich Greaser.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-359" data-t="359">You probably know that by now, but we're probably having some people tune in for the very first time.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-366" data-t="366">The Bugle is getting a lot of attention this week due to Maxi Madness. But</span> <span class="cue" id="t-373" data-t="373">on this podcast, the the most thermodynamically</span> <span class="cue" id="t-377" data-t="377">sound podcast in the entire</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-379">6:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-379" data-t="379">ecosystem of Bitcoin podcast,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-382" data-t="382">done by</span> <span class="cue" id="t-383" data-t="383">exceptionally credentialed journalists, This is a very special episode. This is the one year anniversary</span> <span class="cue" id="t-389" data-t="389">of the Bugle Weekly. And I think we have successfully in the past year, Rod,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-394" data-t="394">we have changed the entire landscape</span> <span class="cue" id="t-398" data-t="398">of Bitcoin podcasting</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-401">6:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-401" data-t="401">dramatically.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-401">6:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" data-t="401">Right.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-402" data-t="402">Right.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-404" data-t="404">We started out talking about,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-407" data-t="407">you know, last spring talking about</span> <span class="cue" id="t-410" data-t="410">compliance and had it was time to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-414" data-t="414">stop putting up with the noncompliance of the government and then, you know, but we were the ones that needed to be compliant.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-421">7:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-421" data-t="421">It wasn't a two way street.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-423" data-t="423">So we decided to go on a compliance strike</span> <span class="cue" id="t-426" data-t="426">in the month of May, and then we out complied the government.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-430" data-t="430">We reported that Bitcoin has already won.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-432" data-t="432">We reported on the bull market, and we</span> <span class="cue" id="t-437" data-t="437">we we set the stage for the, like, the post PodConf</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-441">7:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-441" data-t="441">environment that we live in today, where PodConf doesn't have the same control</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-446">7:26</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-446" data-t="446">that they used to. Yes. In many ways, we've decentralized podcasting,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-451" data-t="451">which has been Exactly.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-453" data-t="453">We created a movement. We've created multiple movements</span> <span class="cue" id="t-457" data-t="457">over the last,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-458" data-t="458">year with doing the podcast. We have the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-461" data-t="461">40 HPW</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-463">7:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-463" data-t="463">movement.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-464" data-t="464">We've got,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-467" data-t="467">we you know, I think a lot of people were struggling with being proud of being Bitcoin podcasters. They had some podcaster guilt.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-474" data-t="474">We've really combated</span> <span class="cue" id="t-476" data-t="476">that pretty dramatically. We brought pride</span> <span class="cue" id="t-479" data-t="479">back to being a Bitcoin podcaster. We have,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-483">8:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-483" data-t="483">we created Yeah. I think I</span> <span class="cue" id="t-485" data-t="485">think the Bitcoin podcasters were shy,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-488" data-t="488">and we helped Bitcoin podcasters stop being shy. We helped them stop being shy. We,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-494">8:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-494" data-t="494">we created,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-495" data-t="495">the intellectual silk road.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-498" data-t="498">That was a big movement.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-500" data-t="500">Probably one of the most important movements. I mean, we we've created,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-504" data-t="504">you know, while we're on friendlier terms with Podkoff, like, we</span> <span class="cue" id="t-510" data-t="510">we moved the needle pretty significantly with Podkoff. They've realized the importance</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-515">8:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-515" data-t="515">of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-516" data-t="516">playing ball with us.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-518" data-t="518">You know, before they tried to not take us seriously, and then they tried</span> <span class="cue" id="t-522" data-t="522">to come after us and and change our behavior.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-526" data-t="526">But we are</span> <span class="cue" id="t-528" data-t="528">standing victorious right now where Podkoff has actually bent the knee to us. They bent the knee to the intellectual.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-536">8:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-536" data-t="536">They're</span> <span class="cue" id="t-537" data-t="537">they're recognizing us for our accomplishments.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-541" data-t="541">So anybody that's criticizing</span> <span class="cue" id="t-543" data-t="543">us for working with Podkomp,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-547" data-t="547">you have to recognize</span> <span class="cue" id="t-548" data-t="548">and see that we're really the ones that control. And like Mars said in the intro,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-554">9:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-554" data-t="554">you know, everybody's out here playing four d chess. We're we're out here playing five d chess, just running the tables. Sure. Right. Because,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-562">9:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-562" data-t="562">essentially, you know, a lot of people have given us credit</span> <span class="cue" id="t-566" data-t="566">that I don't think we deserve,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-568" data-t="568">over the past year. So, they said that we've like discovered</span> <span class="cue" id="t-571" data-t="571">or excuse me, they said that we,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-574" data-t="574">you know, created PodComp they said that we created,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-578" data-t="578">you know, this idea that Bitcoin had already won they say that,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-583">9:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-583" data-t="583">we created all of these intellectual silk road They said that we, like, created these value for value,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-589" data-t="589">economies,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-590" data-t="590">but we did and we discovered them.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-593" data-t="593">And that's really the power</span> <span class="cue" id="t-595" data-t="595">of of discovery. And we tried to, like, sum it up and talk about it, but it's like once you notice</span> <span class="cue" id="t-601" data-t="601">the truth,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-603">10:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-603" data-t="603">you can't solve</span> <span class="cue" id="t-605" data-t="605">the the problems that you've noticed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-608" data-t="608">by yourself,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-610" data-t="610">but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-611" data-t="611">you can't force</span> <span class="cue" id="t-612" data-t="612">other people to notice the same things that you've noticed. You can show them and some people will notice,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-618">10:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-618" data-t="618">not everyone will. But once you once you have noticed, once you have discovered</span> <span class="cue" id="t-624" data-t="624">the what's real</span> <span class="cue" id="t-625" data-t="625">in your reality, that's how you begin to manipulate it. That's how you begin to transact adversarially against it. Cause that is really the solution is to notice. And once you know the truth, once you recognize it and you get good at recognizing it, you can begin to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-640" data-t="640">you know, move one step ahead</span> <span class="cue" id="t-643" data-t="643">of the rest of this, you know, monolithic</span> <span class="cue" id="t-646" data-t="646">Leviathan that's kinda moving and it's slow. It's like a big bureaucratic machine, but you've escaped from it. You could stay out of it. You're more agile than it.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-656">10:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-656" data-t="656">Yeah.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-657" data-t="657">One one of the things I wanna highlight so,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-661" data-t="661">you went on Plugged Chain Radio,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-664" data-t="664">last week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-665" data-t="665">Yeah. And, I thought it was a great episode. I would encourage people to go listen to it. You did a lot of Maxi Madness analysis. You talked about,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-674" data-t="674">the importance of it, what what all was going on, you know, just some recaps</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-679">11:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-679" data-t="679">of of what was going on.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-681" data-t="681">But one of the things I,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-683" data-t="683">really appreciated</span> <span class="cue" id="t-684" data-t="684">you talking about was,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-686" data-t="686">I don't know. I I just just generally remembering</span> <span class="cue" id="t-690" data-t="690">where we started because Blockchain was one of the first,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-695">11:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-695" data-t="695">shows to have both of us on in the beginning. They were one of the the first ones that to have me on, you know, at the start of the bugle.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-703" data-t="703">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-705" data-t="705">it definitely was a reminder of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-708" data-t="708">just how far we've come as an organization. And, you know, one of our</span> <span class="cue" id="t-713" data-t="713">our chief tenants or</span> <span class="cue" id="t-715" data-t="715">or, you know, creeds that we've carried throughout this is the importance of credentials</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-720">12:00</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-720" data-t="720">in this industry and how how much the credentials can have an impact</span> <span class="cue" id="t-725" data-t="725">on the larger industry.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-727" data-t="727">And, you know, we're we're working out here. We don't have as many resources</span> <span class="cue" id="t-732" data-t="732">as people, but when you combine</span> <span class="cue" id="t-734" data-t="734">smoking cigarettes with credentials, you could shift an entire industry. And, like, you know, one of the plug chain the blockchain guys that, you know, they were talking about to be discouraged.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-743" data-t="743">They were talking about it, you know, people having too much emphasis on the n g u and, you know, talking about the price going up and and not really being tied into,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-753">12:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-753" data-t="753">these Cypherpunk principles.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-756" data-t="756">And what I think is really important for people to understand</span> <span class="cue" id="t-760" data-t="760">is,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-761" data-t="761">you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-762" data-t="762">Podkov</span> <span class="cue" id="t-763" data-t="763">and the power that they have, all all they could really do like, they can't shape reality.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-768">12:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-768" data-t="768">They could just shape people's perspectives of reality. You know, we're the individuals that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-773" data-t="773">at the end of the day are shaping the reality. When we go out</span> <span class="cue" id="t-777" data-t="777">and we conduct a non KYC cigarette</span> <span class="cue" id="t-781" data-t="781">transaction</span> <span class="cue" id="t-783" data-t="783">and operate in the value for value economy,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-786" data-t="786">and we're practicing good privacy practices and and not using custodial lightning wallets and whatever.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-794">13:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-794" data-t="794">You know, we're we're shaping the destiny of the future, you know, and PodCon doesn't have control</span> <span class="cue" id="t-799" data-t="799">over that scenario.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-801" data-t="801">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-802" data-t="802">and there's millions of people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-804" data-t="804">doing that on a daily basis, and it's only growing.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-808" data-t="808">And,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-809">13:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-809" data-t="809">you know, this is why part comp is so alarmed is because,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-813" data-t="813">you know, people are actually using Bitcoin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-817" data-t="817">in the way that it was kinda outlined in in the white paper,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-821" data-t="821">which is very inconvenient</span> <span class="cue" id="t-823" data-t="823">for the narrative of compliance is defined.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-826" data-t="826">You know, we're we're crushing</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-829">13:49</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-829" data-t="829">that narrative, and I think it's important for, you know, our listeners to remember just the way that their perceptions are being shaped, you know, the platforms that they're using,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-838" data-t="838">the way that information's controlled.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-842" data-t="842">And you like, you really need credentials</span> <span class="cue" id="t-845" data-t="845">on your side.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-848" data-t="848">So I feel I feel pretty proud of us right now. What we've done with the show, what we've done with the Beagle</span> <span class="cue" id="t-855" data-t="855">as a whole, I think it's it's been a really worthwhile</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-858">14:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-858" data-t="858">endeavor.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-859" data-t="859">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-860" data-t="860">you gotta talk about this a lot. Like, my time in the traditional media, how soul crushing</span> <span class="cue" id="t-866" data-t="866">it was. And I I feel great. I feel on top of the world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-870" data-t="870">you know, because I'm I'm living out this this Randian philosophy,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-874" data-t="874">you know, of being the John Galt of journalism.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-878">14:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-878" data-t="878">And and I hope, you know, for our listeners that they can experience something similar,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-884" data-t="884">you know, doing things that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-886" data-t="886">that matter to them. And instead of instead of getting discouraged by, you know, what Podkoff is spewing,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-893" data-t="893">to really try and live into what their principles are and do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-897" data-t="897">what they feel is is right and necessary regardless of what everybody else is doing,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-903" data-t="903">what the TV is telling them, what PodConf approved podcasters are saying, what PodConf approved influencers are are putting on Twitter,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-912">15:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-912" data-t="912">what the pseudo spoofers,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-914" data-t="914">are are doing to to manufacture,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-918" data-t="918">consent and narratives. Like, it's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-921" data-t="921">like, don't be sad, guys. Bitcoin's already won.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-924" data-t="924">We're winning. I think I think just, like, even even</span> <span class="cue" id="t-928" data-t="928">achieving a year of doing this podcast is just proof that Bitcoin's winning.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-934">15:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-934" data-t="934">Yeah. I think the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-937" data-t="937">this discouragement,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-938" data-t="938">this distraction,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-940" data-t="940">this, letting, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-942" data-t="942">Donald Trump you know, I warned about this a few months ago that Donald Trump is able to try to change Bitcoin's logo. He's gonna try to put his hair on the Bitcoin logo,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-952" data-t="952">because then he would have control over it. He would control the meme and while he didn't literally do that yet,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-958">15:58</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-958" data-t="958">he has kind of taken over</span> <span class="cue" id="t-963" data-t="963">the the like role as president or like leader of Bitcoin. Like he's created, we're relying on him to create a strategic reserve. The markets, the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-971" data-t="971">the NGU is all contingent</span> <span class="cue" id="t-973" data-t="973">on what Donald Trump and this and the federal government and the, and the central banks are gonna do and how much Bitcoin they're going to buy and Dennis Porter and trying to get these past at the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-984" data-t="984">state level, the strategic Bitcoin reserves. And we were so focused on that that one of the most important</span> <span class="cue" id="t-991" data-t="991">aspects</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-993">16:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-993" data-t="993">of of the entire Bitcoin industry</span> <span class="cue" id="t-996" data-t="996">in maxi madness, one of the most prestigious tournament. While everybody was distracted watching</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1001" data-t="1001">CNN for their Bitcoin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1003" data-t="1003">advice, I mean, Twitter shared,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1006" data-t="1006">you know, this video of mister wonderful talking on Fox News about telling people instead of getting a hardware wallet and watching BTC sessions tutorials,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1014" data-t="1014">they should just buy it on Coinbase.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1016">16:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1016" data-t="1016">And it's like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1018" data-t="1018">that's what we're if that's what people are paying attention to instead of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1022" data-t="1022">instead of what really matters and and what is the signal.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1025" data-t="1025">That's how Teddy Bitcoins gets to sweet 16</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1029" data-t="1029">in Maxi Madness. That's a prestigious round. Like Teddy Bitcoins has taken out very well known, very well respected Bitcoin only,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1038" data-t="1038">plebs.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1039">17:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1039" data-t="1039">And like that's unacceptable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1040" data-t="1040">And like when you stop focusing on</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1043" data-t="1043">solving your problems and your community's problems and building things for yourself and building things for your community,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1050" data-t="1050">start focusing too much on politics, your</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1053" data-t="1053">Community and your culture rots</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1055" data-t="1055">your life rots</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1057">17:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1057" data-t="1057">your network rots. And I think Teddy Bitcoins</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1060" data-t="1060">is proof</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1062" data-t="1062">that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1063" data-t="1063">we just, we need</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1066" data-t="1066">to take care of our own, like, house. We need to fix our own value for value communities. We need to build the tools that we need</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1073" data-t="1073">to use Bitcoin the way we need to use it. We need to build</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1077">17:57</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1077" data-t="1077">access to always being able to get non KYC cigarettes</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1081" data-t="1081">and and being able to use Nostr.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1084" data-t="1084">And if you focus on that, I don't see how you can be discouraged because it's just so much progress and there's so much available</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1092">18:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1092" data-t="1092">to use and to Orangeville people. There's no excuse to be in Orangeville today. There's just none. Yeah. I mean, the re the reason why we listen to forty hours of Bitcoin podcast a week isn't to get</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1102" data-t="1102">extremely upset because Jason Williams is a shit coiner.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1106" data-t="1106">Right?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1108" data-t="1108">The reason why we listen to forty hours of Bitcoin podcast a week is so that we can understand what's going on in the world</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1115" data-t="1115">in order to take care of our families,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1117" data-t="1117">in order to build our parallel systems we're operating in, in in order to create a better future. That's the purpose of it. Not to not to get lost in the weeds,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1127">18:47</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1127" data-t="1127">upset about other people, you know, misbehaving.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1131" data-t="1131">Other people are always misbehaving.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1133">18:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1133" data-t="1133">You you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1136" data-t="1136">You're not going to be able</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1138" data-t="1138">to go to a family Thanksgiving</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1140" data-t="1140">and not have, you know, a nephew, a cousin,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1144" data-t="1144">you know, your uncle</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1146" data-t="1146">try to troll you and tell you that XRP is gonna flip into Bitcoin and that XRP is the new technology and that Bitcoin is like so old</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1155">19:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1155" data-t="1155">and so out of deep that like the code that they use to build it is is called rust</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1160" data-t="1160">because it's so rusty and old. And that's that first of all, that that's a lie. That was something that meme</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1166" data-t="1166">meme coiners were trolling Pleasure about.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1169" data-t="1169">It's it's it's a rumor. It's been community noted that Bitcoin is not old, but you just you're never gonna be able to avoid that. But it uses the forty hours of Bitcoin podcast per week. That gives you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1180" data-t="1180">the conviction and the time preference levels</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1183" data-t="1183">to just not be bothered by it. They're trying to trigger you. They just wanna see you flip out and fucking maybe even block them, you know, like, because then they can, they can basically screenshot it and show everybody else at the dinner table and they're really laugh at you for, for getting mad.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1199">19:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1199" data-t="1199">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1200" data-t="1200">it's just to let you it's to let you know that you don't have to do that. That you,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1204" data-t="1204">you, you don't have time to waste</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1207" data-t="1207">or doing about shitcoiners. You have forty hours of Bitcoin podcast to listen to. You have a community</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1212">20:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1212" data-t="1212">to build. You have Bitcoin fixes this. You are fixing things. Yeah. I mean, you you look at and this is why it's important to read Atlas Shrugged twice a year for front to back</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1223" data-t="1223">and to pair that with your forty hours per week, you know, because there's some pretty important lessons.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1228" data-t="1228">And and I would also suggest the fountain head. The fountain head's definitely, like, a good add</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1234" data-t="1234">to your reading list, but you you look like a a a character in the fountain head like Howard Rourke. You know?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1241" data-t="1241">He didn't he didn't get upset</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1244" data-t="1244">that other people</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1246">20:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1246" data-t="1246">were shit coining.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1247" data-t="1247">You know what I mean? He he was just out there trying to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1250" data-t="1250">trying to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1252" data-t="1252">draw up and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1254" data-t="1254">and be the best architect</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1255" data-t="1255">that he possibly could. You look at a character like Dagny Taggart.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1260">20:60</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1260" data-t="1260">You know? She she would've</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1262" data-t="1262">get</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1263" data-t="1263">lost in the weeds and have her day ruined</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1265" data-t="1265">by</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1267" data-t="1267">the fact that Wesley Mouch</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1269" data-t="1269">was out there,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1270">21:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1270" data-t="1270">you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1272" data-t="1272">causing all sort of sort of mayhem</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1274" data-t="1274">in Washington,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1275" data-t="1275">making her her jaw difficult.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1278" data-t="1278">She says she's out there trying to solve problems</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1280" data-t="1280">and be certified bad ass.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1283">21:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1283" data-t="1283">I think these are lessons that we could take and apply</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1287" data-t="1287">to our own lives,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1288" data-t="1288">the best that we can.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1290" data-t="1290">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1292" data-t="1292">you know, she she was more interested in finding</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1297" data-t="1297">out where,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1299">21:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1299" data-t="1299">where the cigarettes</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1302" data-t="1302">were being made. These these these</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1305" data-t="1305">low time preference,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1307" data-t="1307">capitalist cigarettes were being made. And this is why I refer to myself as a cigarette capitalist because I think</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1313" data-t="1313">that's that's much more of a a fruitful</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1317" data-t="1317">endeavor to be on than being Twitter's whole monitor like predator.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1321">22:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1321" data-t="1321">You know what I mean?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1323" data-t="1323">It's we have such limited time</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1326" data-t="1326">in our lives. Our our lives are very short.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1330">22:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1330" data-t="1330">Well, I would I would I don't wanna I don't wanna discourage anybody from</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1335" data-t="1335">being the next predator because</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1338" data-t="1338">the point really is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1340" data-t="1340">unless you have the discipline,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1343" data-t="1343">the conviction,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1345" data-t="1345">and like</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1347">22:27</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1347" data-t="1347">the it's not for everybody you have to have a love for the game and unless you have the ability to do it</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1354" data-t="1354">at those standards</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1355" data-t="1355">and excellence</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1357" data-t="1357">that somebody like predator does it,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1359" data-t="1359">you're wasting your time. You're going to get called out for hypocrisy. You're going to get caught up. Somebody's going to share a group chat,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1366" data-t="1366">exposing you for sending them tether on liquid,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1370">22:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1370" data-t="1370">or buying a meme coin or just, you know, even talking about buying a meme coin, like you're just gonna get in trouble for it. So unless you can just completely</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1378" data-t="1378">shut the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1380" data-t="1380">temptations of scams and unregistered securities out of your life, which most of us can't, we're just we're trying to, but we can't</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1387" data-t="1387">achieve perfection. Nobody can.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1389" data-t="1389">Then,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1390" data-t="1390">you know, just just be honest and and have some common sense and contribute</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1395">23:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1395" data-t="1395">a little bit more than, you take.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1398" data-t="1398">You don't have to be the next player. You don't have to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1401" data-t="1401">you know, report</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1403" data-t="1403">your own family members to the SEC because they use Monero</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1407" data-t="1407">to buy non KYC anime. Like, you don't have to do that. Like, it's just minor business and just and provide a way for for people to connect. Totally.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1418">23:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1418" data-t="1418">Well, I just wanna highlight,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1421" data-t="1421">so we we've been getting some heat from the Bitcoin SJWs</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1425" data-t="1425">and Maxi Madness this week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1429" data-t="1429">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1430" data-t="1430">I just wanna highlight why we've gone</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1432" data-t="1432">about things the way that we've done, why we haven't taken money from sponsorships,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1438">23:58</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1438" data-t="1438">why,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1439" data-t="1439">you know, we we focus</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1441" data-t="1441">on</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1443">24:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1443" data-t="1443">Yeah. To be sure, we do have sponsors all over our graphics, but that money's not going to us. That is all going towards whoever wins the the prediction bracket challenge.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1454" data-t="1454">They're getting a bid</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1456" data-t="1456">ax, you know, can't cypherpunk stickers, candles, and the attitude of sponsors</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1462">24:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1462" data-t="1462">are are four. It's not it's not any profit for us. But the reason why we've gone about this is, you know, the the Bitcoin SJWs are out there trying to use cancel culture</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1473" data-t="1473">against us and against the contestants in the tournament,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1476" data-t="1476">and we don't we don't have to submit to it. We have the freedom not to submit to it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1482" data-t="1482">The one the one thing though that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1485" data-t="1485">is kind of pair</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1486" data-t="1486">perilous for us is is we don't have the operating budget to afford Jewish lawyers,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1492">24:52</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1492" data-t="1492">at the moment.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1493" data-t="1493">That's something we're trying to resolve.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1496">24:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1496" data-t="1496">Yeah. So here's the thing. It's, you know, in good faith,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1500" data-t="1500">the selection committee chose</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1502" data-t="1502">64 participants and they did a damn good job, a damn good job. There was three,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1509" data-t="1509">that people really took offense to. It was Fred Kruder,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1512" data-t="1512">you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1513" data-t="1513">last I saw was a picture of him in a swan salon. I figured if he was at a swan salon with Corey that he was a Bitcoin maximalist. I was wrong apparently or, you know, I voted for him, but it wasn't just me as the committee.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1526">25:26</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1526" data-t="1526">Okay. So fine. We got that one wrong. And then somebody said</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1530" data-t="1530">that, Jason Williams going parabolic. Well,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1533" data-t="1533">when I first got into Bitcoin, he was on every Bitcoin podcast and he was friends with every Bitcoin podcast or and and people person is in PodCom today, and he had some book about you. Bitcoin is money you can't fuck with. I mean, he goes on Preston Pysh's podcast. He goes on what Bitcoin did. He I mean, I thought he was safe. Fine. Again,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1550" data-t="1550">apparently, I don't pay enough attention. And the third one was Teddy Bitcoins. I mean, come on. His name is Teddy Bitcoins.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1557" data-t="1557">Yeah. He had MSTR in his bio, but, like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1560" data-t="1560">I didn't think I thought MSTR</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1562">26:02</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1562" data-t="1562">MicroStrategy was fine. Everybody</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1564" data-t="1564">loved Sailor MicroStrategy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1566" data-t="1566">until what? Until while we put Teddy Bitcoins in the bracket. Okay. Well, here's the thing. We were trying to put shitcoiners.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1573" data-t="1573">We made honest mistakes. People make honest mistakes. But a, we have the bracket challenge so we can't just change it because somebody is upset that they lost</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1583" data-t="1583">or somebody</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1584" data-t="1584">suspects without any evidence or proof that the other person is buying thoughts to I mean, prove it. Do you what evidence do you have for this claim? So we can't just change it. We open ourselves to being sued and like Richard said, we don't have we can't afford Jewish lawyers</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1597">26:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1597" data-t="1597">to to save us from this.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1600" data-t="1600">And second of all</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1601" data-t="1601">is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1603" data-t="1603">the, you know, you talked about the cancel culture,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1606" data-t="1606">but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1607" data-t="1607">you know, we also talked about you have to deal with this in life. Sometimes there's gonna be a shit corner at your conference or on your podcast where they're going to become a shit corner later.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1616">26:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1616" data-t="1616">It maybe somebody you watch pill becomes a shit corner and it you think it hurts your reputation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1621" data-t="1621">but you have to be able to get over that and you have to you can't rely on PodConf</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1626" data-t="1626">to to cancel</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1628" data-t="1628">somebody just because you don't like, you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1631" data-t="1631">know, their tweets or you just don't like, you know, the stuff that they send DMs, to predator.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1637" data-t="1637">You just can't do that. And we can't can't cancel somebody and kick them out of our community just because we have, you know,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1644">27:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1644" data-t="1644">a theory, a conspiracy theory about that they might be a shitcoiner?</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1648">27:28</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1648" data-t="1648">I I personally</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1650" data-t="1650">I I wouldn't character</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1652" data-t="1652">characterize any of the decisions that the committee made as mistakes. I think</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1656" data-t="1656">the committee made,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1658" data-t="1658">they put a lot of thought into it. And and with something</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1662" data-t="1662">as high stakes as Maxi Madness, somebody's gonna get upset</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1666">27:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1666" data-t="1666">at the end of the day. And whether it was Fred Krueger or Teddy Bitcoins or Jason Williams,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1671" data-t="1671">you know, somebody would've gotten upset about</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1674" data-t="1674">something. You know? There there's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1676" data-t="1676">this is the problem with purity test. Right?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1680" data-t="1680">Is on a long long enough time horizon, everybody fails, and under enough scrutiny,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1685" data-t="1685">everybody fails. Like, in</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1687">28:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1687" data-t="1687">in the eyes of many maxis, I'm a shit coiner.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1691" data-t="1691">And I'm okay with that. Like, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1693" data-t="1693">I I accept the manera</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1696" data-t="1696">on this,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1697" data-t="1697">part I don't really promote it. I'm not really, you know, excited about it, but, you know, I do it. And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1704" data-t="1704">I think it's a viable way to buy non k by c cigarettes, and there's people that wanna get it as Manera. And it just doesn't really conflict with my my morals.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1714">28:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1714" data-t="1714">But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1715" data-t="1715">you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1716" data-t="1716">this is like the danger of, like, giving power to all the SJWs</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1721" data-t="1721">out there and and falling for identity politics</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1726" data-t="1726">and giving it too much power</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1728" data-t="1728">in the Bitcoin ecosystem. And I just I just don't care. I don't care that people are upset</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1734">28:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1734" data-t="1734">about Teddy Bitcoins. I think this is a good opportunity</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1738" data-t="1738">for people to get out and vote for there to be just a massive red wave,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1745" data-t="1745">for people to participate in our democracy,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1749" data-t="1749">honestly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1750" data-t="1750">and fairly, you know, to vote in person instead of vote by mail,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1755" data-t="1755">to do all these things that that can counteract,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1757">29:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1757" data-t="1757">you know, the mail in ballots,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1759" data-t="1759">that are being submitted in the Twitter polls.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1762" data-t="1762">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1764" data-t="1764">yeah, I I would have cared to I stand by all the decisions of the committees, and that that's something</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1771" data-t="1771">that's an opinion that I'll die on now. It's</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1774">29:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1774" data-t="1774">also a lesson just to, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1778" data-t="1778">don't get so emotionally</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1780" data-t="1780">attached</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1781" data-t="1781">to things that you can only control by voting for, you know, if the only thing you can do to change something is vote,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1788" data-t="1788">you know, vote or not, it's your decision, but just don't get,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1792" data-t="1792">you know,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1793">29:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1793" data-t="1793">the way it ruined your day. Well, and there should be a constellation too that you know that Teddy Bitcoins</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1799" data-t="1799">is buying bots</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1802" data-t="1802">or somebody affiliated with him is buying bots instead of buying Bitcoin.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1807" data-t="1807">You know, that that should be a constellation in of itself that that you're you have the opportunity to to cast your ballot, to buy Bitcoin, to not buy bots.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1817">30:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1817" data-t="1817">And Right. Exactly. This is this is the remote dynamics. This is why you listen to forty hours per week so you don't get</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1824" data-t="1824">upset. You realize</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1826" data-t="1826">that it's thermodynamically</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1828" data-t="1828">sound</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1830" data-t="1830">to StackSats and not buy bots.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1832" data-t="1832">It is</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1833">30:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1833" data-t="1833">thermodynamically</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1834" data-t="1834">unsound. You have energy leak.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1837" data-t="1837">Every time he buys bots instead of Bitcoin,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1840" data-t="1840">the people who buy Bitcoin only</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1843" data-t="1843">become,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1844" data-t="1844">you know,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1845">30:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1845" data-t="1845">a small percentage stronger and over time</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1849" data-t="1849">the person who's spending all their Bitcoin to buy bots is going to be poor and not be able to afford to vote Maxi Madness anymore.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1856" data-t="1856">So in a couple years,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1858" data-t="1858">doctor Adam Back will still be</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1860" data-t="1860">in Maxi Madness.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1862" data-t="1862">Teddy Bitcoins will not. He won't be able to afford it anymore. Not only that,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1866">31:06</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1866" data-t="1866">you know, I think, like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1869" data-t="1869">we all get frustrated at times. Right? We all see things that we disagree with.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1874" data-t="1874">And I think the solution to that is instead of,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1878" data-t="1878">you know, being unhappy about things is to to be the change you wanna see in the world. And one of the best ways to do that is to go start a Bitcoin podcast.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1887" data-t="1887">And you you can voice your opinion. You can you can start submitting your opinion to the free market of ideas,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1893" data-t="1893">and</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1895">31:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1895" data-t="1895">you can, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1896" data-t="1896">also contribute to the Bitcoin ecosystem and and help the price go up. Because at the end of the day,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1902" data-t="1902">the more Bitcoin podcasts there are, the higher the price of Bitcoin priced in USDT,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1908">31:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1908" data-t="1908">it will be. Exactly. So, you know, it's just</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1911" data-t="1911">it's a big competition, though. There's been some great memes. There's some great,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1916" data-t="1916">I mean, Yellow. If you listen to this, go to Yellow's timeline and look at the one. That should be a pretty good recap</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1922" data-t="1922">of day one. There's also the the Maxi Madness recap that you'll find</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1927" data-t="1927">on Twitter and on Noster, by Timmy Tether, who's doing a great job on the March, Maxi Madness,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1934" data-t="1934">you know, content stream.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1937">32:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1937" data-t="1937">Really appreciate Timmy Taylor working with us.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1940" data-t="1940">And, yeah, it's just it's been really great. And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1944" data-t="1944">we're getting more followers on social media.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1946" data-t="1946">Like I said, we're you're probably a lot of people listening to this podcast for the first time after listening to Plug Chain or</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1953" data-t="1953">or seen us on Maxi Madness,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1955" data-t="1955">on their timeline.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1957">32:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1957" data-t="1957">So,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1958" data-t="1958">yeah, tell a little bit more, Richard, about,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1962" data-t="1962">you know, what else do we do? We got music, we've got</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1966" data-t="1966">written articles.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1968" data-t="1968">We do a lot of headlines.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1970" data-t="1970">What, what more is coming? You got books coming. You got</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1973">32:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1973" data-t="1973">I don't I don't wanna say it. Maybe you can bleep it out, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1978" data-t="1978">rhymes with,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1979" data-t="1979">GBT</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1980" data-t="1980">playing cards.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1982" data-t="1982">What's what's what's what's the store?</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1985">33:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1985" data-t="1985">Well, that last one, I I kinda wanna</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1987" data-t="1987">leave on the download until we we have something shippable,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1991" data-t="1991">but that is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1993" data-t="1993">an exciting development. But, yeah, I mean, the Bugle is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1998" data-t="1998">working on</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1999" data-t="1999">doing some big things over the next year. I mean, we're we're really working at a breakneck pace to</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2006">33:26</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2006" data-t="2006">deliver the world the most thermodynamically</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2009" data-t="2009">sound</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2011" data-t="2011">products</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2012" data-t="2012">possible. So, you know, I started a new podcast this week,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2018" data-t="2018">the past week, which I'm really excited about. So I did an interview with an incredible band called Skardust. It's called Behind the Music. So as you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2026" data-t="2026">the Beagle has been engaging in a lot of music endeavors, and one of the things I wanna do is highlight a lot of musicians out there that are doing cool stuff.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2035">33:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2035" data-t="2035">And I felt like Scardust</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2037" data-t="2037">was one of those bands I wanna highlight. They produced an incredible song with an incredible music video,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2044" data-t="2044">pertaining to Bitcoin, you know, talking about</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2048" data-t="2048">the,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2049" data-t="2049">kind of the history of Satoshi</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2051" data-t="2051">leaving making the decision to leave Bitcoin. This is something a lot of new Bitcoiners don't really know about,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2057">34:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2057" data-t="2057">and I thought it was important to highlight as something very culturally relevant and valuable</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2062" data-t="2062">and highly highly produced.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2065" data-t="2065">And I wanna continue to to grow that and and find musicians that are interested. You know, we're talking with comedians</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2072" data-t="2072">in the industry,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2074" data-t="2074">you know, that there might be some</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2076" data-t="2076">ability to do overlap,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2078">34:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2078" data-t="2078">with that. We're we're looking at doing live performances.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2082" data-t="2082">That's one of the ones I'm the most excited about, so stay tuned.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2087" data-t="2087">We'll have some announcements about things that we're gonna be doing in Vegas</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2091" data-t="2091">here in the near future.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2094" data-t="2094">Yeah. I'm just I'm I'm really excited</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2097" data-t="2097">about what's going on.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2100">35:00</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2100" data-t="2100">One of the things that I think is really important to highlight,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2104" data-t="2104">you know, with the road map,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2106" data-t="2106">is we have all these people that have come alongside us</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2109" data-t="2109">to support us throughout this whole endeavor. And that that's why we're at</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2114" data-t="2114">where we're at right now.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2116" data-t="2116">We've gotten the community buy in,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2119">35:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2119" data-t="2119">from so many talented people that allow us to do what we do, whether it's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2125" data-t="2125">collaborations with Uncoverable Misfits</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2127" data-t="2127">who have been reading our articles on their show,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2132" data-t="2132">for years now, big supporters of us.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2136" data-t="2136">We're working on collaborations with them. It unfortunately,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2140" data-t="2140">you know, they've hit some roadblocks and have slowed it down, but stay tuned for that.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2145">35:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2145" data-t="2145">They're some of my favorite people, you know, supportive people like Clubchain.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2149" data-t="2149">They taught us how to use.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2154" data-t="2154">That's been incredibly valuable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2157" data-t="2157">You know, just,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2159" data-t="2159">I I mean, you look at April Fools</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2162" data-t="2162">or April first last year where Bitcoin magazine let us publish some very important articles on their,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2169">36:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2169" data-t="2169">site that was very helpful</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2173" data-t="2173">and very fun,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2175" data-t="2175">to be able to use a bigger platform</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2177" data-t="2177">like them.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2179" data-t="2179">You know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2180" data-t="2180">are working with Liberty Under Tech,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2183">36:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2183" data-t="2183">one of my favorite publications. That's the book publisher I'm gonna be using</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2188" data-t="2188">in the future. I I don't really have an interest in working with anybody else because I I love what Rayo's doing over there.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2194" data-t="2194">I don't think there's anything that fits the cypherpunk</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2197" data-t="2197">ethos</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2198" data-t="2198">in regards to book publishing</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2200" data-t="2200">more so than what he's doing, but he also</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2204">36:44</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2204" data-t="2204">has published my music on Spotify,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2207" data-t="2207">which is really cool.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2211" data-t="2211">There there's so many collaborations</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2213" data-t="2213">that we've been working on. You know, the support of Orange Mart,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2218" data-t="2218">that was huge.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2220" data-t="2220">I took a tour of the Orange Mart. They showed me around. They had the Dennis Porter Podkoff mural in there, which was I was a little bit disappointed, but they,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2229">37:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2229" data-t="2229">did an incredible video of somebody defacing it, which made me really happy.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2236" data-t="2236">Let's see. What else?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2238" data-t="2238">I think we're just gonna see more collaborations. Like, one of the things that was really cool. Meme meme factory for sure. Don't forget meme factory, Yellow.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2246" data-t="2246">Yellow has been very supportive of us, very helpful. He's been hanging out in Twitter spaces doing commentary on Maxi Madness all last week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2256" data-t="2256">Yellow has been a big supporter of us. Mean Factory had us on their show.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2261" data-t="2261">That was awesome. You know, Party Bent came on the show. We've had we've had a lot of awesome interviews with behind the podcast.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2268">37:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2268" data-t="2268">We're gonna continue to have more awesome interviews</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2271" data-t="2271">with behind the podcast.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2275">37:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2275" data-t="2275">If you remembered, if you mentioned rock paper Bitcoin and fundamentals,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2280" data-t="2280">the guys at the mesh to Dell,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2284" data-t="2284">Pies, our big supporters, Southside Dave,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2288" data-t="2288">big supporters,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2289" data-t="2289">of the podcast since day one,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2292" data-t="2292">Anchor Watch, Rob Hamilton,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2294">38:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2294" data-t="2294">Shinobi,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2295" data-t="2295">Mark Goodwin,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2298" data-t="2298">you know, all the other people in group chats,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2301" data-t="2301">macro minutes. I I I could keep going on if I forgot you. I didn't, mean to, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2307" data-t="2307">yeah.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2308" data-t="2308">Yeah. Frank Korva.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2310">38:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2310" data-t="2310">Frank Korva.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2311" data-t="2311">Yeah. I mean, I I got a ton of respect,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2316" data-t="2316">from so many so many people, you know, Optimus and Simply Bitcoin.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2321" data-t="2321">I I'm looking to do some collaborations with him. I need to follow-up with that, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2326" data-t="2326">I was teasing Opti with the potential of doing some music collaborations,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2330" data-t="2330">doing some rap songs together.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2332">38:52</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2332" data-t="2332">I think that would be a lot of fun,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2335" data-t="2335">and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2336" data-t="2336">that's something I definitely wanna follow-up on. But, yeah, I I'm just excited. Like, I I want,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2343" data-t="2343">to do a lot of more collaborations with people. I think there's gonna be a lot of opportunity. Yeah. I mean, talk about fundamentals.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2351" data-t="2351">What a great guy. I mean, that guy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2353" data-t="2353">has had a huge year. How many Bitcoin podcasts is he doing right now? He's is he up to three? He's got the I think he's up to four. He's got math, fish,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2364">39:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2364" data-t="2364">bit you know, Bitcoin on rock paper Bitcoin.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2366" data-t="2366">I think he's I think he's got one with with coffee.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2369" data-t="2369">They</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2370" data-t="2370">with Otis Bittmeyer. I mean, he's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2373" data-t="2373">he's he's got a lot of podcasts right now, and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2376" data-t="2376">he's doing all he's doing almost all of it to to Samir.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2380">39:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2380" data-t="2380">He's writing a book.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2383" data-t="2383">Yeah. Talk yeah.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2385" data-t="2385">P two p rights foundation.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2388" data-t="2388">Like, what they're doing is huge. I think it's great. Yeah. As far as far as the pipeline for the next year,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2394" data-t="2394">I think we're gonna continue to grow. I think we're gonna continue to so, like, one of the things that was the most exciting</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2401" data-t="2401">about the scar dust interview that I did</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2404">40:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2404" data-t="2404">was, Noah,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2406" data-t="2406">Grumman,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2407" data-t="2407">this very, very talented singer,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2409" data-t="2409">one of the most talented singers in the world, if not the most,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2412" data-t="2412">talented female singer in the world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2414" data-t="2414">covered your song, Rod, the forty hours per week,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2418">40:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2418" data-t="2418">which I just thought was absolutely incredible.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2423">40:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2423" data-t="2423">Yeah. It was a beautiful it was a beautiful rendition.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2427" data-t="2427">You gotta check that out. It it's was it felt really great to hear that, somebody out there with some talent and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2434" data-t="2434">appreciate it appreciation of music,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2437" data-t="2437">was able to turn</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2438" data-t="2438">put a different spin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2440" data-t="2440">on that song,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2442">40:42</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2442" data-t="2442">and give it a different sound. So it was great. It was really cool. The music stuff's fun.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2446">40:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2446" data-t="2446">Yeah. I mean, it's it's really fun. I mean, that that's one of the biggest horizons that I really wanna double down</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2452" data-t="2452">on in the future. You know, we've got somebody working on a forty hours per week music video that I think is gonna be super super highly produced.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2462" data-t="2462">I I it's just a world of endless possibilities,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2466" data-t="2466">out there</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2467" data-t="2467">that have been granted to us due to our credentials in in cigarette smoking</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2473" data-t="2473">and engaging in the value for value economy instead of just being, you know, stuck in, you know,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2478">41:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2478" data-t="2478">focusing on Michael Sailor thumbnails or, you know, whatever else.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2484" data-t="2484">And, yeah, I mean, the road map's big. The road map's big</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2488" data-t="2488">for what we wanna do with the bugle.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2491" data-t="2491">I think the live shows are gonna be one of the most important</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2494" data-t="2494">aspects of it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2496" data-t="2496">I think,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2497">41:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2497" data-t="2497">I think we're gonna have a real opportunity to do some cool stuff in Vegas that I'm really excited about</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2503" data-t="2503">on that front. But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2505" data-t="2505">I,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2508" data-t="2508">you know, I have this vision for the future</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2511" data-t="2511">of doing things like musicals</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2514" data-t="2514">and</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2515">41:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2515" data-t="2515">movies</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2516" data-t="2516">and cartoon shows. And this is something that that's cool that we we've been working on with Shane</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2522" data-t="2522">Onax.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2523" data-t="2523">Is that how you pronounce his last name? He's got some stupid French name.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2527">42:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2527" data-t="2527">Yeah. Yeah. I think. I don't know how to pronounce it either.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2531">42:11</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2531" data-t="2531">It's probably like, or</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2533" data-t="2533">something</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2534" data-t="2534">silly. It's French.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2537" data-t="2537">But he's been doing some incredible,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2540" data-t="2540">comic book artwork,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2542" data-t="2542">and I think there's a real potential to be actually publishing</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2546">42:26</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2546" data-t="2546">bugle</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2547" data-t="2547">comic books here in the future.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2550" data-t="2550">But you you look at, like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2552" data-t="2552">you know, the the impact that Kaylee had</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2555" data-t="2555">on the show,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2556" data-t="2556">raising the production level significantly,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2560">42:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2560" data-t="2560">her coming back</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2561" data-t="2561">to the show and helping out again</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2564" data-t="2564">is great.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2568" data-t="2568">I think I got I got big things.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2570" data-t="2570">I think we got big plans in the pipeline,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2579" data-t="2579">and, it's all it's all done. We're all doing this because we're getting supported</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2580">42:60</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2580" data-t="2580">by the general community,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2582" data-t="2582">which is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2583" data-t="2583">absolutely great. And I think that the support will only grow. I think the product will only get better.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2589" data-t="2589">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2591" data-t="2591">we're we're kinda tapped out on how many cigarettes that we can smoke, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2596" data-t="2596">I think Maggie Morris has had a lot of value</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2599">43:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2599" data-t="2599">as well. She's been great in the Twitter spaces over the last week assisting in</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2604" data-t="2604">in the commentary</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2606" data-t="2606">on,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2607" data-t="2607">Maxi Madness.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2609" data-t="2609">But, yeah, what about you, Rod?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2611" data-t="2611">What are you excited about in the road map</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2615">43:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2615" data-t="2615">looking forward in the future for the Bugle? I think it's just, you know, a, it's just engaging with the community.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2620" data-t="2620">I am more of a, you know, I just like to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2625" data-t="2625">evolve with the with the headlines, with the news. I'm a I'm a reporter. I have rolled punches.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2630" data-t="2630">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2632" data-t="2632">when there's an opportunity to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2634" data-t="2634">you know, engage the community,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2636">43:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2636" data-t="2636">have a tournament,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2638" data-t="2638">figure out what people like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2640" data-t="2640">and and make some content, some timely content,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2644" data-t="2644">It's working with and getting the feedback from our fans in the community,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2649" data-t="2649">that really helps</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2651" data-t="2651">me hone</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2653">44:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2653" data-t="2653">hone my</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2654" data-t="2654">my me making abilities.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2657" data-t="2657">And, yeah. And I think</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2660" data-t="2660">that, you know, before we get into the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2663" data-t="2663">the the boost,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2664" data-t="2664">thinking about the boost and like, that's the best way to, you know, engage us when you're first</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2670">44:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2670" data-t="2670">listening to forty hours per week</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2673" data-t="2673">and you first stumbled across the bugle. But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2676" data-t="2676">that's just kind of where it starts in and that's where the value value for value community kind of starts to grow right there. It's just like you're listening to forty hours. We're putting it out</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2687" data-t="2687">As we grow, like, what more what more signal can we put out and how we how can we collaborate? Totally.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2693">44:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2693" data-t="2693">I before we go into the fountain booths, I did want to mention oh, yeah.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2697" data-t="2697">Collaboration with Orange label has been awesome.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2701" data-t="2701">Working on a new clothing line,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2704" data-t="2704">that should be out in the next few weeks.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2707" data-t="2707">I want it to be really good,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2709" data-t="2709">so I'm taking my time with it. But the,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2712">45:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2712" data-t="2712">the revolution will not have good UX</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2714" data-t="2714">clothing line. Big shout out to OrangeLabel.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2718" data-t="2718">Rod's 40 HPW line, I think, is one of the best clothing lines,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2723" data-t="2723">out there. I think the comply line is pretty good,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2727" data-t="2727">But the 40 HPW line is just incredible.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2730" data-t="2730">I've got my 40 HPW</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2732">45:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2732" data-t="2732">shirt,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2733" data-t="2733">the intellectual Silk Road shirt. It's my favorite shirt that I own.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2738" data-t="2738">When I'm not wearing my my suit, It's my go to. Big fan of it. But, yeah, Orange label,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2745" data-t="2745">huge help. Awesome</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2747" data-t="2747">awesome group to be partnering with.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2749" data-t="2749">Hope to do more collaborations with other people like that in the future.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2754">45:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2754" data-t="2754">But, yeah, Timmy Tether</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2756" data-t="2756">Timmy Tether has been a great addition to the team.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2760" data-t="2760">Big fan of Timmy Tether.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2762" data-t="2762">Saved us from bad UX podcasting</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2766" data-t="2766">couple weeks ago.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2767" data-t="2767">Absolutely just completely revived the episode.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2771">46:11</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2771" data-t="2771">Huge help.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2773" data-t="2773">Adding so much value. Timmy's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2776" data-t="2776">recaps</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2778" data-t="2778">of Maxi Madness</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2779" data-t="2779">have been</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2781" data-t="2781">on point phenomenal. Be honest. Yeah. Yeah.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2785">46:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2785" data-t="2785">Let's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2787" data-t="2787">let's get into it. I mean, let's talk. Let's talk back. I mean, listen, we got when before I even open up the the app, I know we're gonna get multiple zaps, multiple boosts from Pies.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2798" data-t="2798">Pies is he was talking a few weeks ago about he was gonna put the headphones down. He's gonna give his ears some he's gonna touch some grass. He's gonna take off some time from the Bitcoin podcast,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2808" data-t="2808">but it looks like he's changed his mind.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2810" data-t="2810">And he's got got a couple of 420</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2813" data-t="2813">sats and then a 100 sats</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2816">46:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2816" data-t="2816">based from Pies.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2817" data-t="2817">Pies goes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2819" data-t="2819">yo, son,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2820" data-t="2820">I won in on the tournament,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2821" data-t="2821">but it should be a cage fight to the death.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2824" data-t="2824">Ali one ate the mushrooms and destroy anyone in my path. Fucking writing a book.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2830">47:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2830" data-t="2830">Well, apply Pies, if you listeners should probably know about the bit Bitcoin fight club. So you might be able to get in on a matchup on that one for the Bitcoin conference if you can make it, which we hope you can.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2845" data-t="2845">But</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2846" data-t="2846">a fight to the death,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2847" data-t="2847">eating and ate the mushrooms, that's that's tough. I mean, lot of big corners like mushrooms. I like mushrooms. I think they're very valuable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2855" data-t="2855">But</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2856" data-t="2856">fate a cage fight to the death is a pretty high time preference</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2860">47:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2860" data-t="2860">activity.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2861" data-t="2861">And right now, I'm trying to focus on stacking sets and and and enjoying life. And that but I'm sure there's somebody out there</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2869" data-t="2869">who would do a cage fight to the death, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2871" data-t="2871">I don't think I don't know. I feel like Pies is probably gonna win that one. He's kinda crazy in a good way.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2877" data-t="2877">But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2878" data-t="2878">yeah. If if you get that sanctioned, let us know.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2882">48:02</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2882" data-t="2882">Is next when he says 420¢</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2884" data-t="2884">as well.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2885" data-t="2885">By the way, if I can't fist fight anyone as part of the tournament, I'm going with American HODL for the win. I fucks with HODL, bruh. Larry Leppard would be my runner-up.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2895">48:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2895" data-t="2895">I mean, that's those are pretty good. Those are pretty solid picks. I think, a lot of people fuck with American HODL. Yeah. I think the boost were a little bit lower on this episode. I think it's because a lot of people were on spring break.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2907" data-t="2907">But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2908" data-t="2908">yeah, Pai's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2909" data-t="2909">I think fighting to death is a is a bad idea. And the reason why it's a bad idea is we need more Bitcoin podcasters. We need more Bitcoin podcast listeners. We cannot</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2920" data-t="2920">afford to lose them</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2922" data-t="2922">in in that regard.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2924">48:44</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2924" data-t="2924">So I think there's other ways to to settle</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2927" data-t="2927">disputes</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2928" data-t="2928">or or,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2930" data-t="2930">determine who the most macho,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2933" data-t="2933">Bitcoin podcast listener is. But, yeah. As always, Pies, your boost are definitely appreciated.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2941" data-t="2941">So on my</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2943">49:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2943" data-t="2943">on my fountain, it says anonymous</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2946" data-t="2946">for 1010¢.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2948" data-t="2948">Do you does yours have a name on it, or is yours anonymous as well? No. That's that's Bliza. That's Bliza. Bliza's a key comments, very boost most weeks.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2957" data-t="2957">Cool. Well, Bliza says, ever since the price of Bitcoin dropped, I cannot afford to pay my taxes. Now I need to find a credential tax preparer.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2966" data-t="2966">Ever since I found the Beagle, I realized how important credentials</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2970" data-t="2970">in every facet of life.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2973">49:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2973" data-t="2973">Well Oh, yeah. My suggestion on that, you know, when you're looking for</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2977" data-t="2977">a credentialed tax</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2979" data-t="2979">person,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2980" data-t="2980">their</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2981" data-t="2981">or their the race really matters. You know? You wanna find a good Jew to do your taxes for you.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2990" data-t="2990">You know, typically, when I have a question like this, I go to fundamentals,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2994">49:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2994" data-t="2994">you know, because fundamentals is Jewish, so he knows a lot of good Jewish people. You know, he's had family members that have been accountants.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3002" data-t="3002">He used to be an actuary.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3004" data-t="3004">He's a good he's a good point of reference, to get at least a referral,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3009" data-t="3009">in my opinion. He might he might disagree with me, but that's just him being humble</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3013" data-t="3013">on that regard. But, yeah, anyways,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3016" data-t="3016">we hope,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3017">50:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3017" data-t="3017">Bliza, that the price of Bitcoin will go up and, you know, one of the ways to make the price of Bitcoin go up so that you can afford your taxes</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3024" data-t="3024">is to start a Bitcoin podcast. That's the Yeah. I mean, that's</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3029">50:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3029" data-t="3029">It's getting to the point where the acceleration</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3032" data-t="3032">is creating a necessity. You can't just</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3036" data-t="3036">work forty hours a week, mining coal,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3040" data-t="3040">working at cigarette factory.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3042" data-t="3042">If you had a government job, you got fired from that, from Doge.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3046" data-t="3046">You gotta start a Bitcoin podcast</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3049">50:49</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3049" data-t="3049">and it's not gonna monetize necessarily</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3051" data-t="3051">right away,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3052" data-t="3052">but if it just pays for your your weekly cigarette consumption,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3056" data-t="3056">then, you know, that's a savings that you can use to stack more sats. Awesome.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3062">51:02</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3062" data-t="3062">I think we have another Pies boost that you missed all the way at the bottom for a 100 sats. It says v for v e hashtag 40 h p w. But</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3071" data-t="3071">the last boost</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3072">51:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3072" data-t="3072">Go ahead.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3074">51:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3074" data-t="3074">Last boost of the day from Odie</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3077" data-t="3077">40 h p w,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3079" data-t="3079">2,001</span> <span class="cue" data-t="3079">121</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3080" data-t="3080">sass, so about two cigarettes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3082" data-t="3082">a little bit over.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3083">51:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3083" data-t="3083">Says,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3084" data-t="3084">bugle boosting boosts, unbarish beliefs,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3087" data-t="3087">and bringing bullish Bitcoin back. Not a poem. Yeah. Odie wrote us a poem last week.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3092">51:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3092" data-t="3092">This week, he just he gave us that, that boost. Odie's from</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3097" data-t="3097">somewhere in the country of Europe. I think it's, like, where they have glaciers and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3103" data-t="3103">snow where you have to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3105" data-t="3105">wear a coat and smoke outside every day of the year. Some but sometimes you can smoke outside at 01:00 in the morning and it's light out. So</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3113" data-t="3113">he he's probably listening to the podcast at, like, when we're all sleeping. Very cool. Well, thank you for the boost,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3119">51:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3119" data-t="3119">Odie. And, yeah, I I mean, I really appreciated the poem last week. I thought that was,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3123" data-t="3123">very impressive.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3125" data-t="3125">Very, very impressive. That was fire.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3127" data-t="3127">Well,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3129" data-t="3129">Rod, do you got any closing thoughts to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3132" data-t="3132">wrap up the sort</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3134">52:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3134" data-t="3134">episode?</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3135">52:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3135" data-t="3135">If you're listening to yeah. If you're listening to this when it first comes out, Monday morning, Monday afternoon,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3141" data-t="3141">it's not too late to participate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3143" data-t="3143">in sweet 16 of the maxi madness. If you're listening on Tuesday morning, it's not too late to participate in the elite eight.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3150" data-t="3150">And we got the final four.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3152" data-t="3152">Then we got the fives all ending next week. So make sure you get in there, check it out, vote for your favorite maxi, make sure the you know, when you get there and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3161" data-t="3161">if you vote for your favorite</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3163">52:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3163" data-t="3163">if your favorite's American HODL, he's got a big match up against BTC sessions tomorrow.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3167" data-t="3167">Make sure you get in there, show your support. They'll let daddy Bitcoins beat</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3172" data-t="3172">Adam Back,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3174" data-t="3174">Satoshi potentially,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3175" data-t="3175">although it's probably Peter Todd.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3178" data-t="3178">Hell yeah. And,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3180">52:60</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3180" data-t="3180">keep supporting the bugle,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3182" data-t="3182">and we will keep</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3184">53:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3184" data-t="3184">delivering you the real news that you can trust. Thanks for tuning in, and we'll catch you next week. I just I I just, you know, wholeheartedly recommend to listen to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3195" data-t="3195">forty</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3197" data-t="3197">hours</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3198" data-t="3198">per week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3205" data-t="3205">Forty hours</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3207" data-t="3207">I sink.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3210">53:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3210" data-t="3210">Forty</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3212" data-t="3212">hours</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3213" data-t="3213">per week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3218" data-t="3218">Forty</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3219" data-t="3219">at worst</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3220" data-t="3220">I</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3221">53:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3221" data-t="3221">seek,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3224" data-t="3224">and that's just</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3226" data-t="3226">the start.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3228" data-t="3228">That's it. This is all I wanted to say.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3240" data-t="3240">I</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3262" data-t="3262">chain.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3281">54:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3281" data-t="3281">And that's just the start.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3287" data-t="3287">Difficulty</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3289" data-t="3289">adjustments</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3291" data-t="3291">turn my world</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3293" data-t="3293">upside down,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3294" data-t="3294">then Breedlove and Sailor dropped</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3340">55:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3340" data-t="3340">And that's</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3396">56:36</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3396" data-t="3396">And that's just the</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3401">56:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Fundamentals</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3401" data-t="3401">start.</span></span></p>