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Tim Niemeyer — Author of History Echoes Bitcoin — joins Josh and Dan for a stimulating discussion about the characteristics of Bitcoin in the context of history.  These characteristics have been with us into antiquity, Tim has highlighted some of the most relevant in his book.
WE COVER:
The Iroquois Confederacy
Getting Drunk at a Wedding
Communism V Capitalism
Incentive’s Rule the World
History Echoes Bitcoin
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE 
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
History Echoes Bitcoin
Bitcoin Exemplifies Fair and Transparent Rules
Helicopter Parents and Snowflake Kids
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home!  The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as  any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.  Use code BCB or Click the link for 5% off here 
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets.  Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th.  Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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AMERICAN HODL was born to come on Blue Collar Bitcoin. This week he fulfills his destiny. Josh, Dan & HODL explore a wide variety of topics, from surviving bear markets to drivechains to Bitcoin vulnerabilities.
WE COVER:
Why you should reproduce
Drivechains & sidechains
Cancel culture & Trump
September 11 and the years since
Handling the Bitcoin highs & Lows
Passing money on to your children
How HODL thinks Bitcoin could be vulnerable
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Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home!  The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as  any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.  Use Code BCB or Click the link for 5% off https://heatbit.com/?ref=BCB
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM — code BCB for 10% off tickets.  Happening this OCTOBER 12-13th.  Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
X → find Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, find AMERICAN HODL @AmericanHodl8 
NOSTR → Blue Collar Bitcoin Pub Key: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
YouTube → Subscribe Here
Instagram & TikTok → find them on our website
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Jason Maier — author of A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin — joins Dan & Josh for a discussion about bringing Bitcoin to a wider audience.  In a world filled with animosity towards opposing perspectives, it’s important to have an open mind and actually LISTEN to other viewpoints.
WE COVER:
Why we ALL want better money
Meatheaded Competitions
A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin
Get out of your Political Bubble
Green Energy/Bitcoin & Progressives
Bitcoin is not Inevitable
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE 
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin (C. Jason Maier)
Jason's website
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home!  The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as  any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.  Use Code BCB or Click the link for 5% off https://heatbit.com/?ref=BCB
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Code BLUE
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — promo code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM / BITCOIN 2024: promo code BCB for 10% off tickets.  Amsterdam happening this October 12-13th.  Bitcoin 2024 happening July 25-27, 2024. Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
You can follow Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, and you can find Jason @cjasonmaier 
Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
Video on YouTube — Subscribe Here
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Steven Lubka, Head of Private Clients & Family Offices at Swan Bitcoin, unpacks the loaded and often misunderstood phenomena of inflation and whether or not Bitcoin truly serves as protection against it.
WE COVER:
Common inflation misconceptions
What Bitcoin does and doesn’t protect against.
The pitfalls of command & control economies
Bitcoin and high net work individuals
Sunning your balls
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE 
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
Bitcoin and the True Meaning of Inflation by Steven Lubka
SHOW SPONSORS:
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home!  The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as  any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets.  Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th.  Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
You can follow Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, and you can find Steven Lubka @DzambhalaHODL
Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
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EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 9. Daz Bea, Seb Bunney, Dan & Josh discuss the misconceptions and FUD surrounding Bitcoin 
Full Bitcoin Basics Series here
BCB Pod disclaimer here
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
WE COVER:
Will the government ban Bitcoin?
Does Bitcoin have intrinsic value?
Does Bitcoin waste energy?
Will another cryptocurrency supplant Bitcoin?
Is Bitcoin better than stuffing cash in someone's bra?
Is Bitcoin too Volatile?
Is Bitcoin a Ponzi?
RESOURCE PICKS:
Daz & Seb’s new book B is for Bitcoin: The Essential Guide to All Things Bitcoin does and EXCELLENT job covering Bitcoin technicalities (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Essential-Guide-All-Things/dp/B0C1JDKS7Q)
Josh’s Pick: 7 Misconceptions about Bitcoin by Lyn Alden (https://www.lynalden.com/misconceptions-about-bitcoin/)
Daz’s Pick: Debunking All The Bitcoin Misconceptions One by One
Seb’s Pick: Saylor Series on What is Money Show (Robert Breedlove) 
Dan’s Pick: Addressing the Ponzi Scheme Characterization by Lyn Alden
Extra Pick:  Bitcoin: Fee-Based Security Modeling by Lyn Alden
GET CODLED:
The overprotective approach to self custody.  Receive help from Daz or Seb themselves to help walk you through your custodial setup.
LookingGlass/CODL
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home!  The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as  any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
CROWDHEALTH — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB24” for 10% off tickets early bird ticket sales for Nashville, July 25-27, 2024 b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets.  Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th.  Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow Daz @dazbea1, follow Seb @Sebbunney
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EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com

Hedge fund manager, CFA & macro analyst James Lavish stops by BCB to discuss recession dynamics, competition with the dollar, the sovereign debt spiral & more.
WE COVER:
Big Game Fishing
Where’s The Recession?
QE, monetary policy & “money printing”
Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset, USD Hegemony, BRICS Rising 
US Credit Rating Downgrade
BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE 
Watch video of this chat on YouTube here
ITEMS MENTIONED:
The Informationist Newsletter by James Lavish
The Macro Compass by Alfonso Peccatiello
Once In A Species by Jesse Myers 
SHOW SPONSORS:
HEATBIT— Earn Passive Income while heating and purifying the air in your home!  The Heatbit is a Bitcoin miner that can produce up to $25 of Bitcoin per month while using the same amount of energy as  any regular heater. HEAT. PURIFY. EARN. REPEAT.
CROWDHEALTH BTC — Visit joincrowdhealth.com/bcb and use code BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $49/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care.
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE go to https://www.swanbitcoin.com/premium/blue-collar-bitcoin-experience-swan-premium-for-free/ and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Server Lite: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Server One: Perfect for someone who wants to run 25-35 services Server Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com
BITCOIN 2024: promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
BITCOIN AMSTERDAM promo code “BCB” for 10% off tickets.  Happening THIS OCTOBER 12-13th.  Get tickets early for the best price! Visit b.tc/conference/amsterdam
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
SOCIAL MEDIA
You can follow Josh & Dan @blue_collarbtc, and you can find James @jameslavish
Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
Video on YouTube, Subscribe Here
EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com