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What Bitcoin Did
What Bitcoin Did unpacks Bitcoin’s role in reshaping money, freedom, and the future of finance.
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What Bitcoin DidHas the Debt Spiral Started? | Luke Gromen
Luke Gromen is the founder of Forest for the Trees. In this episode, we discuss why the U.S. debt cycle is reaching a breaking point, how AI and geopolitics…
What Bitcoin DidMarket Chaos: Is the Bitcoin Bull Run Over? | Checkmate
Checkmate is a Bitcoin analyst known for his on-chain & macro research. In this episode, we get into the weekend’s deleveraging event across the markets, the…
What Bitcoin DidThe AI Revolution That Ends Humanity | Roman Yampolskiy
Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a computer scientist and AI safety researcher whose work explores the existential risks of artificial intelligence and the limits of…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin Core v30 Explained: Spam, Filters & the Knots Debate | Antoine Poinsot
Antoine Poinsot is a Bitcoin Core contributor and researcher at Chaincode Labs. In this episode, we dive deep into the growing divide between Bitcoin Core and…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin is Generational Wealth | Peter Dunworth
Peter Dunworth is the Director of a multi-family office and is the co-founder of The Bitcoin Adviser. In this episode, we dive into why Bitcoin is the ultimate…
What Bitcoin DidThe End of Fed Control? Bitcoin & Macro Outlook | Checkmate, Joe Carlasare, Matthew Pines
Checkmate is an on-chain analyst and founder of Checkonchain, Joe Carlasare is a Commercial Litigator and macro commentator & Matthew Pines is the Executive…
What Bitcoin DidThe Fight For Bitcoin’s Future | Samson Mow
Samson Mow is the CEO of JAN3 and former CSO at Blockstream. In this episode, we get into the growing rift between Bitcoin Core and Knots, why mistrust in Core…
What Bitcoin DidThe Fourth Turning is Here: Bitcoin vs Crisis | Brandon Quittem
Brandon Quittem is a the Author of The Mycelium of Money and VP at Swan. In this episode, we discuss the fourth turning, how history’s generational cycles…
What Bitcoin DidThe Big Print, Inflation & The End Of The Dollar | Lawrence Lepard
Lawrence Lepard is an Investment Manager and Author of The Big Print. In this episode, he explains why the dollar system is “doomed,” how inflation is as much…
What Bitcoin DidIs Bitcoin Culture Dead? | Pete Rizzo
Pete Rizzo breaks down how Bitcoin’s culture and institutions are being reshaped in 2025. From Trump’s executive orders and the creation of a strategic Bitcoin…
What Bitcoin DidWhy Every Company Will Hold Bitcoin | Freddie New
Freddie New unpacks why the next wave of Bitcoin treasury companies could change the game, and why his new venture, B Hodl, is designed to be more than just…
What Bitcoin DidInflation, Liquidity, the Fed & Bitcoin | James Lavish
James Lavish unpacks why the Federal Reserve, runaway debt, and global liquidity cycles are setting the stage for Bitcoin’s next explosive move. From…
What Bitcoin DidThe Path to $10 Million Bitcoin | Eric Yakes
Eric Yakes lays out why Bitcoin is on track for $10 million, and how cultural shifts, institutional adoption, and political realities are accelerating the…
What Bitcoin DidExposing Pegasus: How the State Spies on You | John Scott-Railton
John Scott-Railton dives into the dark world of spyware, surveillance, and state power — and what it means for our freedoms in the digital age. From uncovering…
What Bitcoin DidFrom Wall Street to Bitcoin & The Separation of Money & State | Vijay Selvam
Vijay Selvam digs into the first principles of Bitcoin, why it matters, how it works, and what makes it the greatest tool against authoritarian states. From…
What Bitcoin DidThe Real Bitcoin Revolution Is Grassroots | Rod Roudi
Rod Roudi gets into the convergence of Bitcoin, AI, energy, and freedom tech — and why grassroots adoption matters just as much as corporate treasury plays…
What Bitcoin DidPaper Bitcoin Summer | American HODL & Steven Lubka
American HODL & Steven Lubka get into the rise of Bitcoin treasury companies, unpacking how securitisation, jurisdictional arbitrage, and corporate leverage…
What Bitcoin DidThe Bull Market, Institutional Adoption & 2026 Recession? | Willy Woo
Willy Woo gets into Bitcoin’s evolving market structure, breaking down how institutional flows, ETFs, and treasury companies are reshaping the bull market. He…
What Bitcoin DidThe Bitcoin Treasury Playbook | Preston Pysh
Preston Pysh gives us a masterclass on Bitcoin treasury companies, unpacking the mechanics behind Michael Saylor’s strategy and why it has outperformed Bitcoin…
What Bitcoin DidSaving Bedford with Bitcoin | Peter McCormack
In this episode, Peter breaks down his five-year legal battle with Craig Wright, how UK libel laws were weaponised against him, and the moment the case finally…
What Bitcoin DidThe War on Bitcoin Privacy | Calle
Calle gets into into the future of financial and communication privacy, exploring how tools like Cashu and BitChat could help Bitcoiners survive in an…
What Bitcoin DidIs MSTR a Ponzi? | Lyn Alden & Andy Constan
Lyn Alden and Andy Constan go deep on Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy, debating whether they’re outright Ponzi schemes or legitimate vehicles for…
What Bitcoin DidThe State of Bitcoin Adoption | Troy Cross & Ella Hough
Troy Cross and Ella Hough break down the state of Bitcoin adoption across the U.S. and the globe, revealing what the data really says about Bitcoin’s political…
What Bitcoin DidWhy This Bitcoin Bull Market Is Different | Checkmate
Checkmate breaks down Bitcoin's market structure, why treasury companies are flooding in, and whether the four-year cycle has finally broken. We get into how…
What Bitcoin DidMetaplanet, Strategy, and the Corporate Bitcoin Race | Dylan LeClair
Dylan LeClair breaks down the rise of Bitcoin treasury companies, why corporate adoption may be hitting a “gradually then suddenly” inflection point, and…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin’s New Era: Liquidity, Macro, and the End of Four-Year Cycles | Nik Bhatia
Nik Bhatia breaks down why Bitcoin may have broken free of its four-year cycle and what that means for the next decade. We discuss Bitcoin's market maturity…
What Bitcoin DidJeff Booth | AI, Bitcoin, & The Collapse Of The Fiat Economy
Jeff Booth explains why free markets are naturally deflationary and why this changes everything. What if the entire economy is built on a lie? Jeff Booth…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin Culture vs Wall Street | Thomas Pacchia
Thomas Pacchia is the co-founder of Pubkey. In this episode, we get into the evolving culture of Bitcoin, why number-go-up narratives overshadow deeper…
What Bitcoin DidHow Bitcoin Is Changing the Financial System | Mauricio Di Bartolomeo
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo is the co-founder of Ledn, the largest consumer Bitcoin lender. In this episode, we discuss how Ledn survived the collapse of BlockFi…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin All Time High: Has the Cycle Broken? | Rational Root
Root is a Bitcoin on-chain analyst and the author of the "Bitcoin Strategy Platform" Substack. In this episode, we discuss the current state of Bitcoin’s bull…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin Treasury Companies, Mining & The Slow Grind to $1 Million | Mitchell Askew
Mitchell Askew is Head of Research at Blockware and author of The Conservative Case for Bitcoin. In this episode, we discuss the growing role of Bitcoin…
What Bitcoin DidThe Bull Market & Bitcoin vs Real Estate | CJ Konstantinos
CJ Konstantinos is the Founder of People’s Reserve. In this episode, we discuss Bitcoin’s rise as digital gold, its role in revolutionising real estate and…
What Bitcoin DidUFOs, AI & the Future of Human Consciousness | Matthew Pines
Matthew Pines is a the Executive Director at Bitcoin Policy Institute and an advisor to Skywatcher. In this episode, we explore the evolving landscape of UAPs…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin is Winning in DC | Grant McCarty
Grant McCarty is the Co-President of the Bitcoin Policy Institute. In this episode, we discuss the state of Bitcoin policy in Washington DC, how the Strategic…
What Bitcoin DidAdoption & Corruption w/ Becca Rubenfeld
Becca Rubenfeld is the co-founder and COO of AnchorWatch. In this episode, Becca tells the story of how she adopted her son from a Ukrainian orphanage…
What Bitcoin DidHow Bitcoin Will Destroy the State | Erik Cason & Jesse Posner
Erik Cason is the author of Cryptosovereignty & co-founder of Vora. Jesse Posner is a an engineer, formally at Coinbase and BitKey & the co-founder of Vora. In…
What Bitcoin DidStrategy's Trillion Dollar Bitcoin Bet | Jeff Walton
Jeff Walton is a financial analyst, a former reinsurance broker and the Founder of True North. In this episode, we break down the rise of Bitcoin treasury…
What Bitcoin DidInflation, War & $475K Bitcoin w/ Jeff Ross
Jeff Ross is a macroeconomist, bitcoiner and Founder & CEO of Vailshire Capital Management. In this episode, we discuss why Jeff believes we're entering a new…
What Bitcoin DidHyperbitcoinisation by 2032? | Erin Redwing
Erin Redwing is a former astronomer turned astrologer and the host of the Hell Money podcast. In this episode, we discuss how outer planet astrology can offer…
What Bitcoin DidIs Bitcoin Failing? | Alex Gladstein & Paul Sztorc
Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation, Paul Sztorc is Founder and CEO of LayerTwoLabs and the creator or Drivechains. In…
What Bitcoin DidWhy America Is Winning the Bitcoin Race w/ Sam Wouters
Sam Wouters is the Director of Marketing at River. In this episode, we discuss why the U.S. is emerging as the dominant force in Bitcoin adoption, how…
What Bitcoin DidThe Myth of the Dollar Collapse w/ Joe Carlasare
Joe Carlasare is a Commercial Litigator, a long time Bitcoiner, and macro commentator. In this episode, we discuss the U.S. sovereign debt debate, why the doom…
What Bitcoin DidBitcoin Core, OP_RETURN, & the Fight to Save Our Wallets w/ Matt Corallo
Matt Corallo is an Open Source Engineer at Spiral, a long time Bitcoin Core contributor and Lightning dev. In this episode, we discuss the current state of…
What Bitcoin DidHow the State Captures Bitcoin w/ American HODL
American HODL is an OG Bitcoiner. In this episode, we explore how the state may co-opt Bitcoin not by banning it, but by absorbing it into public markets…
What Bitcoin DidThe Debt Spiral, Stagflation & Why Bitcoin Wins w/ James Lavish
James Lavish is a macro investor, former hedge fund manager, and managing partner at the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund. In this episode, we explore the fragility of…
What Bitcoin DidORANGE PILLING WALL STREET W/ Jack Mallers
Jack Mallers is the Founder and CEO of Strike, and the Co-Founder and CEO of 21. In this episode, we discuss the breakdown of the post-WWII monetary order, the…
What Bitcoin DidTHIS TIME IS DIFFERENT: BITCOIN, WALL STREET & ENERGY w/ Harry Sudock
Harry Sudock is SVP at CleanSpark, one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies in the world. In this episode, we explore why Bitcoin mining is…
What Bitcoin DidIs the Fed Losing Control? W/ Matthew Mezinskis
Matthew Mezinskis is a macroeconomic researcher, host of the Crypto Voices podcast and creator of Porkopolis Economics. In this episode, we discuss fractional…
What Bitcoin DidThe True Cost of the Dollar Empire w/ Lyn Alden
Lyn Alden is a macro analyst, investment strategist and the author of Broken Money. In this episode, we discuss the structural imbalances underpinning the U.S…
What Bitcoin DidThe OP_RETURN War: Who Controls Bitcoin w/ Bitcoin Mechanic
Bitcoin Mechanic is the Chief Boiling Officer at OCEAN. In this episode, we dive deep into the battle over OP_RETURN and Bitcoin node policy. Mechanic explains…
What Bitcoin Did$100K Bitcoin: Is the Cycle Breaking? W/ Checkmate
Checkmate is an on-chain analyst and founder of Checkonchain. In this episode, we get into Bitcoin’s breakout back above $100k and what on-chain data reveals…
What Bitcoin DidThe US Government Vs Bitcoin w/ Zack Shapiro
Zack Shapiro is a lawyer and Head of Policy at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. In this episode, we discuss the Samurai Wallet case, how the U.S. government is…
What Bitcoin DidOP_RETURN, Filters & Bitcoin’s Identity Crisis w/ Shinobi
Shinobi is the Technical Editor at Bitcoin Magazine. In this episode, we get into the latest "OP_RETURN war," exploring whether the debate is a cultural clash…
What Bitcoin DidBITCOIN IS HUMAN NATURE w/ Jesse Myers
Jesse Myers is the author of the Once in a Species newsletter. In this episode, we discuss why humanity’s obsession with scarce assets may be hardwired into…
What Bitcoin DidLIVE IN BEDFORD w/ Checkmate, Preston Pysh, Lawrence Lepard, James Lavish, Matt Pines & Alex Thorn
In this episode we have three sessions recorded live at CheatCode in Bedford. In the first session, Checkmate, Preston Pysh, and Alex Thorn break down the…
What Bitcoin DidThe End of Globalisation & The Rise of Bitcoin w/ Mark Moss
Mark Moss is an entrepreneur, investor, and host of the Mark Moss Show and Market Disruptors. In this episode, we discuss why Bitcoin could 10x over the next…
What Bitcoin DidBITCOIN: A TROJAN HORSE FOR FREEDOM w/ Alex Gladstein
Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and author of Check Your Financial Privilege, Hidden Repression and The Trojan…
What Bitcoin DidBITCOIN IS WINNING w/ Matt Odell
Matt Odell is host of Citadel Dispatch, co-host of Rabbit Hole Recap, managing partner at Ten31 and co-founder of OpenSats and Bitcoin Park. In this episode…
What Bitcoin DidHAS BITCOIN ACTUALLY DONE ANYTHING? W/ Junseth
Junseth is the co-founder of the legendary Bitcoin Uncensored podcast and a longtime Bitcoiner. In this episode, we discuss whether Bitcoin has actually “done…
What Bitcoin DidTHE RISKS OF BITCOIN MINING CENTRALISATION w/ Bob Burnett
Bob Burnett is the Chairman and CEO of Barefoot Mining and board member of Ocean. In this episode, we discuss why the future of Bitcoin mining is about much…