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Ben Perrin

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  1. 10 h fa

    Economic Hitman Exposes The Playbook Being Run On The World Right Now | Dixon & Perkins

    Mentor Sessions EP 111: John Perkins & Simon Dixon on the Nvidia Regime Change, the Economic Hitman Playbook, El Salvador & Who Really Runs the World Hours before Nvidia's board met to decide Jensen Huang's fate, Simon Dixon called Nvidia "the easiest company to regime change." He holds 2 to 3% of the shares and no super voting rights, and Simon is deeply suspicious that the spy story we're being told is the real story. Sitting next to him is John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, who was trained in exactly the kind of leverage now making headlines. Perkins explains how his job was to bury resource-rich countries in debt until they voted the way Washington wanted, and why China's economic hitmen are now beating America at its own game. Simon picks up where John left off: loading companies with debt, installing boards, and the super-majority voting structures that decide which CEOs can be removed. For the first time publicly, he tells the story of economic hitmen joining his table in El Salvador, playing back a recording of his private meeting, and the IMF refinancing the volcano bond out of existence. From the Strait of Hormuz to the petrodollar, from Epstein to AI, this is a map of who the politicians actually work for, and why both men believe the real battle now is digital sovereignty: your own keys, your own data, your own money. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Economic Hitman Playbook Deployed Worldwide Today 2:50 - China's Belt And Road Versus US Debt Strategy 5:18 - Investment Banking Role In Debt And Corporate Control 7:35 - Operation Ajax 2.0 Targeting The Petrodollar 9:15 - Decade Working In Iran And Strait Of Hormuz 11:31 - Finance Now Directs The Military Industrial Complex 16:19 - Venezuela Regime Change And Oil Company Interests 18:08 - Greenland Grab And Epstein Intelligence Connections 20:15 - Nvidia Spy Scandal And How Hitmen Are Trained 25:45 - Who Profits From Ukraine Syria And Hormuz Conflicts 31:37 - Nvidia Is The Easiest Company To Regime Change 33:24 - Oligarch Revolving Door And Rising Public Rebellion 47:24 - Economic Hitmen Inside The Bitcoin Space 48:37 - Building A Bitcoin Volcano Bond In Iceland 50:08 - El Salvador Volcano Bond And IMF Intimidation 55:04 - AI Stablecoins And The Emerging Control Grid 1:01:15 - Digital Revolutionaries Taking Sovereign Control 1:05:47 - Spiritual Battle And Building Local Community 1:08:13 - Follow John Perkins And Simon Dixon Online 🔗 Links & Resources: → John Perkins: https://www.johnperkins.org → John Perkins on X: https://x.com/jperkinsauthor → The Art of the Steal: https://www.johnperkins.org/art-of-the-steal → Simon Dixon: https://simondixon.com → Follow Simon Dixon on X: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwit → Simon Dixon on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@SimonDixon21 Previous Episodes: ⚡Brent Johnson & Keith Dicker: https://youtu.be/QCgW8RlTu5Q ⚡Lawrence Lepard & Mark Valek: https://youtu.be/jTuJ8PXhRV4 ⚡Jameson Lopp: https://youtu.be/Irt0jKj7ISw 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Bitcoin mining for investors seeking Bitcoin ownership and potential tax benefits - https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #Nvidia #EconomicHitman #Geopolitics #JensenHuang #JohnPerkins #SimonDixon #RegimeChange #DeepState #Petrodollar #StraitOfHormuz #IMF #FinancialIndustrialComplex #Bitcoin #BTC #ElSalvadorBitcoin #BitcoinBond #SelfCustody #DigitalSovereignty #MentorSessions #BTCSessions

  2. 2 gg fa

    "The Safest Way To Use A Computer Is To Never Turn It On" | Jameson Lopp

    Mentor Sessions EP 110: Jameson Lopp on AI Cyberattacks, Security Debt, Multisig Self-Custody & Wrench Attacks Jameson Lopp, co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa, says the safest way to use a computer is to never turn it on. With Binance losing $6.3 billion and AI tools finding holes faster than anyone can patch them, decades of security debt are coming due, and Bitcoin was only the first target. In this Mentor Sessions interview, Nathan and Jameson break down why builders need to attack their own systems with AI before somebody else does, how AI-driven worms and swarms could become very difficult to wipe off the internet, and the minimum self-custody setup Jameson suggests for anyone you care about. You'll hear why a single-signature wallet is still a single point of failure, how the Ledger supply-chain attacks and fake Trezors make the case for spreading trust across vendors, why agentic coding tools can show "malicious compliance," and why Jameson warns everyday users against pointing AI agents at their own computer. Plus: a scammer told Jameson he gets paid $850 for every Google account he cracks, and the wrench-attack repository has now passed 800 known cases. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 The Safest Computer Is One You Never Turn On 0:37 Bitcoin Was Ransacked. Is Everything Else Next? 1:27 Security Debt Is Coming Due 2:55 Will We Ever Reach a Secure Steady State? 6:25 Should Software Development Slow Down? 9:46 Can New Hardware Fix Security? 12:31 Could Compilers Be Compromised? 14:14 How Lopp's Self-Custody Views Have Changed 17:55 Usability vs Security at Casa 21:52 The Minimum Setup for Someone You Care About 26:10 Miniscript, Covenants and Reactive Security 30:38 Ledger Supply-Chain Attacks and Fake Trezors 33:24 Why Multi-Vendor Multisig Wins 36:08 Inside Casa: Hacking Yourself With AI Agents 41:26 The Testing Framework That Catches AI Slop 43:29 Should You Point AI at Your Own Computer? 48:31 AI Worms and Swarms We Can't Stop 51:12 Wrench Attacks Pass 800 Known Cases 53:49 Where Wrench Attacks Come From 55:02 Actionable Steps: Update Everything, Trust Nothing 57:34 The Google Scammer Who Gets $850 Per Account 59:33 Where to Follow Jameson Links: Jameson Lopp on X: https://x.com/lopp Casa: https://casa.io Physical Bitcoin attacks (wrench attack) repository: https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks Drop your setup in the comments: what's the one security change you're making after this episode? ⚡Previous Episode: Lepard & Valek: https://youtu.be/jTuJ8PXhRV4 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Bitcoin mining for investors seeking Bitcoin ownership and potential tax benefits - https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #JamesonLopp #BitcoinSecurity #AISecurity #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #MentorSessions #SelfCustody #Multisig #Casa #Cybersecurity #WrenchAttack #HardwareWallet #SocialEngineering

  3. 5 nov

    "The Markets Are In Denial" But Not For Long | Lepard & Valek

    Mentor Sessions EP 109: Lawrence Lepard & Mark Valek on the Sovereign Debt Crisis, the Fed Trap, Gold, Silver & Bitcoin America's debt just blew past $40 trillion, interest now costs more than the entire military budget, and yet gold and Bitcoin are both down on the year. Larry Lepard of Equity Management Associates and Mark Valek of Incrementum explain why the debasement trade stalled and what sets it off again. In this conversation you'll learn why Valek sees a melting system against Lawrence Lepard's Big Print, why higher short-term rates trap the Fed under fiscal dominance, and which stress signals are flashing right now: European sovereign spreads, commercial real estate delinquencies, AI debt, and private equity funds gating withdrawals. You'll hear why central banks have been net gold buyers every year since 2010 and stepped up their buying after 2022, why Larry thinks Bitcoin already bottomed near $58K, Valek's case for ETF concentration risk, and the market levels both are watching going into 2027. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Melting System Vs The Big Print 4:07 - The Fed Has No Lever To Fix Inflation 8:52 - Fiat Currency Is A Religion 12:23 - Sovereign Debt Crisis And Extreme Volatility 14:23 - Europe's Credit Spreads Flash A Warning 16:39 - Cracks In AI Debt, Private Credit And Gated Funds 20:16 - They Will Always Choose To Print 23:27 - Hank Paulson's Break The Glass Warning 27:50 - The Fed And Treasury Are Trapped 30:50 - Is A New Bretton Woods Coming? 34:04 - The Money Printer Joke 37:28 - Greenspan: The Power Is Intoxicating 40:27 - Who's Selling Gold To Central Banks? 44:49 - The Third Inning Of The Sovereign Debt Bubble 47:10 - Is Europe The Next Catalyst? 54:42 - Where Bitcoin Stands After The Hacks 57:11 - Does Gold Move Before Bitcoin? 59:03 - Mark's Unpopular Take: Bitcoin ETF Concentration Risk 1:04:45 - Silver Back Below $50 Is A Gift 1:07:03 - Copper, Silver And The Commodity Squeeze 1:10:31 - When Does The Big Print Happen? 1:12:28 - Gold Can't Default 1:14:45 - What To Watch Going Into 2027 Guests: Lawrence "Larry" Lepard (Equity Management Associates, author of The Big Print) and Mark Valek (Incrementum, co-author of the In Gold We Trust report). 🔗 Links & Resources: → Larry Lepard / EMA free quarterly letter: https://www.ema2.com → Follow Lawrence Lepard on X: https://x.com/LawrenceLepard → Mark Valek / Incrementum: https://www.incrementum.li → In Gold We Trust report: https://ingoldwetrust.report → Follow Mark on X: https://x.com/MarkValek This is a Mentor Sessions deep-dive for the regulars. Drop your read in the comments: does the Fed print before this bubble deflates, or does the market crack first? Tell us where you're positioned. ⚡Previous Episode: Brent Johnson & Keith Dicker: https://youtu.be/QCgW8RlTu5Q 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #SovereignDebt #LawrenceLepard #MarkValek #Gold #Bitcoin #Silver #LarryLepard #DebtCrisis #FederalReserve #AIBubble #PrivateCredit #InGoldWeTrust #TheBigPrint #MentorSessions #BTCSessions

  4. 3 nov

    No One Alive Has Seen What's About to Happen to the Bond Market | Johnson & Dicker

    Mentor Sessions EP 108: Brent Johnson & Keith Dicker on the Bond Market, the Dollar, Gold & the Next Money Rotation The rest of the world owes an estimated $110 trillion in US-dollar debt they can't print, and a rising dollar is what could force the defaults. Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital and Keith Dicker of IceCap Asset Management lay out why a strong dollar and higher Treasury yields can coexist, what actually causes de-dollarization, and how to position before the next liquidity shock. In this conversation you'll learn why Johnson reads October's sharp Treasury rally as a snapback after record-short positioning, why Dicker warns the bond market peak is behind us and bonds may be a brutal long-term hold, and why a falling dollar index is actually re-dollarization, not the collapse everyone expects. You'll see why both managers treat gold as portfolio insurance that gets sold first in a crisis, why energy could become the next crowded trade if the Middle East stays hot, and how a closer Fed-Treasury 'shotgun wedding' could reshape dollar policy as great-power competition heats up. You'll walk away with a concrete way to stress-test your exposure to bonds, equities, gold bullion, and cash against a range of outcomes. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - October Treasury Rally And Dollar Strength 2:33 - Is The Bond Peak A Bear Trap? 4:36 - Why Higher US Rates Are Not Catastrophic 6:35 - Defining Inflation As Rising Prices 7:13 - Rising Yields And Dollar Strength Explained 9:08 - Global Government Debt Financing Crisis 11:07 - Will Sovereign Bond Markets Force Central Bank Intervention? 13:18 - Why Global Chaos Favors The United States 15:03 - The 110 Trillion Dollar Global Debt Problem 17:01 - What Could Actually Break The Dollar System 17:46 - Dollar Index As De-Dollarization Gauge 24:23 - Gold Bitcoin And Oil Underperforming Amid Chaos 27:05 - Iran Nuclear Risk And Market Signals 33:57 - Gold As Portfolio Insurance And Core Holding 37:29 - Energy As The Next Market Euphoria Trade 39:13 - Expecting A Tech And AI Correction 42:25 - Prepare For A Crash Instead Of Waiting 47:29 - Canada US Economic Ties And Energy Exports 52:45 - The Fed Treasury Shotgun Wedding Thesis 58:06 - Will America First Survive The Next Administration? 1:02:23 - Year End Outlook Be Prepared For Everything 🔗 Links & Resources: → Brent Johnson / Santiago Capital: https://santiagocapital.com → Follow Brent on X: https://x.com/SantiagoAuFund → Brent Johnson on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MilkshakesPod → TransAtlantic TakeAway (Brent Johnson & John Butler): https://www.transatlantictakeaway.com → Keith Dicker / IceCap Asset Management: https://icecapassetmanagement.com → Follow IceCap on X: https://x.com/IceCapGlobal → The Loonie Hour (Keith Dicker): https://www.looniehour.ca ⚡Previous Episode: Brandon Quittem & Walker America: https://youtu.be/Lci53xJgAFw 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #BondMarket #BrentJohnson #KeithDicker #MentorSessions #BTCSessions #Bitcoin #SovereignDebt #TreasuryYields #USDollar #DollarMilkshake #DeDollarization #GlobalDebt #FederalReserve #InterestRates #StockMarketCrash #MarketCorrection #EnergyStocks #SectorRotation #GoldInvesting #SantiagoCapital #IceCapAssetManagement #MarketVolatility

  5. 29 ott

    It's Not Just A Fourth Turning, Every Cycle In History Is About To Collide | Quittem & Walker

    Mentor Sessions EP 107: Brandon Quittem & Walker America on the Convergence of Historic Cycles History has only lined up like this twice in 300 years: 1776 and 1914. Walker America tracked 12 major historical cycles and found that in both eras nearly all of them turned at once. Today, 7 of 12 have turned, and the count is climbing. Brandon Quittem and Walker break down where we really sit in the Fourth Turning, why every Fourth Turning in American history has ended in war, how the long term debt cycle points to a soft default on the dollar, and what the rise and fall of empires tells us about the years ahead. They also dig into generational amnesia, the strongman phase, the Gray Champion, and whether Bitcoin and AI make this time genuinely different. Brandon makes the case for Bitcoin as a pressure release valve on a system under strain. They close with practical steps to prepare: managing debt, protecting savings, building community, and staying high agency through turbulent years. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:04 - Where Are We In The Fourth Turning? 1:38 - The Fourth Turning Explained 5:21 - Every Fourth Turning Has Ended In War 6:06 - The Economic And Tech Cold War 7:47 - Walker's Super Cycle Theory 11:17 - History Has Only Lined Up Like This Twice 12:11 - Ordinary Families Pay First 15:25 - Bitcoin And AI: Is This Time Different? 19:57 - The Long Term Debt Cycle And Soft Default 21:48 - Why This Time Is Not Different 25:04 - How Generations Repeat The Cycle 40:56 - Polybius And The Cycle Of Governments 46:07 - Generational Amnesia 50:06 - The Strongman Phase: El Salvador 51:33 - The Gray Champion And Republic Renewal 56:57 - What Could Disrupt The Cycles 57:40 - Bitcoin As A Pressure Release Valve 1:08:02 - Which Cycles Have Turned And What's Next 1:19:12 - How To Prepare: Wealth, Debt, Income 1:21:50 - Build Your Community 1:27:33 - The Astrological Cycles 🔗 Guests: Brandon Quittem on X: https://x.com/Bquittem Brandon's essays: https://brandonquittem.com Walker America on X: https://x.com/WalkerAmerica ⚡Previous Episode: Broken Country Filmmakers Mira Metter & Mike Werry: https://youtu.be/JzY9L3vQdt4 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #FourthTurning #Bitcoin #SuperCycleTheory #NeilHowe #StraussHowe #BTCSessions #MentorSessions #HistoryRepeats #Cycles #Macro #DebtCycle #Dollar #AI #Anacyclosis #Polybius #Prepare #BrandonQuittem #WalkerAmerica

  6. 27 ott

    "Not One Thing Has Gotten Better" | Canada Is Rotting In Real Time

    Mentor Sessions EP 106: Broken Country Filmmakers Mira Metter & Mike Werry on Canada's Collapse, Healthcare, Housing, Taxes and Government Control Canada used to be the envy of the world. Now people are asking whether they can survive here, let alone raise a family. Mira Metter and Mike Werry, the director and producer of the documentary Broken Country, spent months traveling the country to find out what broke and when. Their verdict a year later: not one thing they covered in the film has gotten better. They break down why Canadian hospitals run at 100 to 120% occupancy when 80% is considered safe, why roughly 20% of Canadians have no family doctor, and how a country of 40 million ended up with fewer MRI machines than Pennsylvania. On housing, prices have climbed about 375% in 20 years, going from roughly 2.5 times annual income in the '90s to 9 times nationally and 19 times in Toronto and Vancouver. We also get into rising taxes, immigration policy, censorship bills and cameras turned off in Parliament, the federal government's own 2040 social mobility scenario, Alberta and Quebec separatism, and why this is a warning for Americans watching the same policies at home. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - Canada From Envy Of The World To Survival 3:33 - What's Wrong With Canadian Healthcare 4:00 - Hospitals Running At 100-120% Capacity 5:29 - 20% Of Canadians Have No Family Doctor 6:42 - Fewer MRI Machines Than Pennsylvania 7:20 - Hospitals Funded On Last Year's Patients 10:03 - Healthcare Worked Until The Early 90s Cuts 12:37 - Canada's Hidden Two-Tier Healthcare 15:43 - Rural ER Closures Costing Lives 20:31 - Can Canadian Healthcare Be Saved 24:08 - ER Doctors Abused And Burned Out 26:12 - Addiction, Homelessness And Housing 27:03 - Housing From 2.5x To 19x Income 27:55 - Housing Up 375% In 20 Years 29:03 - How Housing Got Dumped On Cities 31:01 - Rent Eating Half Your Paycheck 33:49 - The Five-Year Mortgage Renewal Shock 35:12 - The Money Printing Behind It All 43:20 - Can Housing Ever Correct Without Breaking The Banks 48:01 - How Canada's Government Failed 49:36 - Safe Supply And The Opioid Crisis 52:30 - Censorship Bills And Cameras Off In Parliament 55:43 - Government-Subsidized Media 58:31 - Bill C-22 And Digital Privacy 1:01:38 - The 2015 Immigration Shift 1:06:54 - Youth Unemployment And Temporary Foreign Workers 1:09:55 - Entrepreneurs Leaving For The US 1:11:31 - Wasted Resources: Ring Of Fire, LNG, Hydro 1:17:10 - Walking Away From The US Trade Deal 1:19:46 - Does It Get Worse Before It Gets Better 1:20:52 - The Government's Own 2040 Warning 1:22:39 - Alberta And Quebec Separatism 1:25:52 - A Wake-Up Call For Americans 1:26:50 - Not One Thing Has Gotten Better 1:28:45 - Where To Watch Broken Country ⚡ Watch Broken Country: https://brokencountry.com ⚡Previous Episode: Max Hillebrand & Ben Perrin: https://youtu.be/GYyHcPEaS3Y 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #BrokenCountry #Canada #CanadaCollapse #CanadaHousingCrisis #CanadianEconomy #CanadaHealthcare #CostOfLiving #ImmigrationPolicy #GovernmentOverreach #FailedState #AlbertaSeparation #MiraMetter #MikeWerry #MentorSessions #BTCSessions

  7. 20 ott

    Every Way To Outsmart Hackers, Big Tech And The Government | Max Hillebrand & Ben Perrin

    Mentor Sessions EP 105 | Max Hillebrand & Ben Perrin on GrapheneOS, White Noise, Local AI, KYC-Free Bitcoin and Privacy Guerrilla Warfare If you click next, next, next on mainstream tech, your privacy is fucked. But Max Hillebrand (White Noise, Marmot protocol, author of The Praxeology of Privacy) and Ben Perrin (BTC Sessions, Sovereign Sessions) argue the tools to route around surveillance have never been better. With an old laptop, an AI agent, Nostr and Zapstore, you can now build and ship a freedom tech app without knowing how to code. From there, they walk through a practical privacy stack: Pixel phones running GrapheneOS (8, 9 or 10, not the 11), Linux laptops, password managers, paying privately with gift cards and prepaid cards, Wasabi Wallet and peer-to-peer Bitcoin, Zapstore, Tor VPN, Amber and White Noise for encrypted messaging, local AI and trusted execution environments, self-hosting on an old laptop, quantum risk to encryption, and why privacy matters for honest price discovery. Timestamps: 0:00 Cold Open 0:41 Privacy Guerrilla Warfare: Can We Route Around the Grid? 2:37 Build an Anonymous App Without Coding 6:19 Why Your Data Is So Valuable 7:38 Google Maps and Your Location Data 9:40 GrapheneOS, Organic Maps and Linux 10:53 Is the Privacy UX Gap Closing? 15:23 Moving the Cultural Needle on Privacy 20:12 Starting a Private Device Setup 24:46 OS-Level ID Verification 25:41 Best Pixels for GrapheneOS: 8, 9, 10, Not the 11 27:05 Linux Laptops and Operating Systems 28:54 Face Scan vs PIN 30:27 Passwords and Password Managers 32:19 Paying Privately With Gift Cards and Prepaid Cards 35:07 Spending Bitcoin Through Friends 37:13 Wasabi Wallet and On-Chain Privacy 38:21 Getting Bitcoin Without KYC 41:38 Zapstore, Tor VPN, Amber and White Noise 48:00 How the Marmot Protocol Works 55:52 How Disappearing Messages Work 57:57 Private AI and Running Local Models 1:01:29 Talking to Your AI Agents Through White Noise 1:07:37 Private Cloud AI With Maple and PPQ 1:08:43 Trusted Execution Environments: Cypherpunk Magic 1:14:35 Self-Host Your Data on an Old Laptop 1:17:14 Is Quantum a Threat to Encryption and Bitcoin? 1:25:09 The Economic Case for Privacy 1:29:00 Ben's Blond Streak Disguise 1:29:55 Where to Find Max, Ben and White Noise Tools mentioned: GrapheneOS, Organic Maps, Debian, Qubes OS, Pop!_OS, Omarchy, Framework, Apple Lockdown Mode, KeePass, Silent.Link, Bitrefill, Coincards, Garmin Pay, Wasabi Wallet, Lightning, Hodl Hodl, Bisq, RoboSats, Zapstore, Tor VPN, Obscura VPN, Amber, White Noise, Marmot protocol, MLS, Nostr, Nostr VPN, FIPS, Routstr, Cashu, Fedimint, Bionic, Maple, PPQ.ai Max Hillebrand (Nostr only): https://towardsliberty.com White Noise: https://whitenoise.chat Sovereign Sessions (tutorials): https://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions ⚡Previous Episode: Jim Rickards & Simon Dixon: https://youtu.be/djc-F6TPfos 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #BitcoinPrivacy #GrapheneOS #Nostr #MaxHillebrand #BenPerrin #WhiteNoise #WasabiWallet #LocalAI #SelfHosting #FreedomTech #Cypherpunk #Bitcoin #BTCSessions #Privacy #Zapstore

  8. 15 ott

    CIA & Wall St. Insider Confirms the Plan to Freeze Your Money | Dixon & Rickards

    Mentor Sessions EP 104 | Jim Rickards & Simon Dixon on the petrodollar, who runs the world, the AI bubble, dollar collapse, gold vs Bitcoin, stablecoin bank runs and frozen bank accounts. Two wars, a quiet Russian diesel deal, and a $2 trillion AI build-out that one of these guests calls the greatest bubble in history. James Rickards and Simon Dixon sit down to map who is actually calling the shots in the Iran and Ukraine conflicts, and what it means for the dollar, gold, and your Bitcoin. Rickards war gamed finance as a weapon for the Pentagon, advised the CIA on financial threats, and was general counsel at Long Term Capital Management when the Fed stepped in. In this conversation you'll learn why he argues the debasement trade is nonsense and the dollar is getting stronger, why China's yuan can't become a reserve currency, and why he believes an unregulated stablecoin bank run could trigger a panic in the Treasury market. Simon Dixon pushes back with the view that war is the product, that the petrodollar is being quietly renegotiated as China becomes Saudi Arabia's main oil buyer, and that both gold and Bitcoin matter in the programmable control grid he sees coming. You'll also hear a sharp breakdown of the AI bubble, why superintelligence won't be achieved, and the latest supply-chain attacks on hardware wallets. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:33 - Who Is Calling The Shots In These Wars 2:33 - Who Really Controls Ukraine's Leadership 3:38 - Why Iran Has No Exit Strategy 6:46 - US-Russia Deal That Could End Two Wars 9:25 - Why Only China Russia And US Matter 12:16 - Simon Dixon: War Serves The Power Structure 15:13 - Midterms Weapons Shortages And Trump Agenda 18:46 - Seventy Years Of Petrodollar Monetary History 23:47 - Bigger Picture Above Trump And World Orders 26:19 - Why The Debasement Trade Is Nonsense 29:05 - China's Gold Reserves And Yuan Limitations 32:08 - Using Inflation To Solve The Debt Problem 33:09 - Petrodollar Shift From Saudi Arabia To China 49:26 - Two Trillion Dollar AI Infrastructure Bubble 55:42 - Why Superintelligence Cannot Be Achieved 56:11 - Ice-Nine Freezing Accounts And Redemptions 1:00:06 - Rickards Bitcoin Casino Chip Metaphor Explained 1:01:08 - Stablecoin Bank Run Risks On The Horizon 1:03:55 - Simon Dixon Stablecoins Versus Bank Deposits 1:26:48 - Hardware Wallet Attacks Targeting Self Custody 1:31:49 - Simon Dixon New Book Game Of Money 🔗 Links & Resources: James Rickards newsletter - https://rickardswarning.com Simon Dixon on X - https://x.com/SimonDixonTwit This one is for the people trying to make sense of the whole board at once, not just the headlines. If that's you, join us live for the next Mentor Session and drop your take on war-is-the-product vs the-dollar-is-fine in the comments. We read them. ⚡Previous Episode: Michael Howell: https://youtu.be/Tzyifqs-Bg0 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Casa MultiSig & Inheritance: https://casa.io/sessions 10% Off First Year Promo Code SESSIONS ⚡ Sponsored by Trezor - Get Your Safe 7 Today: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=352&aff_id=1088 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #Bitcoin #JamesRickards #SimonDixon #Petrodollar #DollarCollapse #AIBubble #Stablecoins #CBDC #Gold #GoldVsBitcoin #DeDollarization #IranWar #Geopolitics #SelfCustody #BTCSessions

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Get your dose of Bitcoin with weekly news roundups and "Why Are We Bullish" panel shows featuring Bitcoiners from around the world!

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  • Creatore
    Ben Perrin
  • Anni di attività
    2020 - 2026
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    684
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