Bitcoin Audible

I break down four of the biggest lies we’re told about inflation, from the idea that prices must always rise to the fantasy that GDP growth means we’re getting richer. I show how money printing, cheap debt, and fake economic metrics quietly transfer real wealth from workers and savers to the already powerful. If you’ve ever wondered why everything feels more expensive and more fragile, this is a quick demolition of the stories we’ve been sold.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Introduction

(00:00:21) - Everything should always get more affordable

(00:01:16) - Corporate greed cannot cause real inflation

(00:02:42) - Inflation only hurts the economy

(00:04:16) - GDP is not a useful metric

(00:05:37) - Closing thoughts

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

Bitcoin captures the gains directly, while in dollar terms they are inflated away."

~ Early RIders

In this episode I read and unpack “The Singularity Stack” by Early Riders, a framework that follows energy as it becomes compute, intelligence, agent work, and finally settles in money. I connect that thesis to Bitcoin, arguing that only a fixed-supply asset can actually capture the deflationary gains of AI-driven productivity instead of inflating them away. Along the way, I walk through my own AI and peer-to-peer-powered production stack as a concrete example of how fast this feedback loop is already moving.

Check out the original report: The Singularity Stack by Early Riders (Link: https://earlyriders.com/singularity-stack/)

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In this breakdown of the Ledger supply chain hack, I walk through how a tiny hardware implant turned legitimate hardware wallets into seed-stealing spy devices. I cover who’s actually at risk, why buying from resellers is a ticking time bomb, and what self-custody conditions are now non‑negotiable for serious bitcoiners. This isn’t the end of self-custody but a painful step we have to take to make it robust enough for the world we’re heading into.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - The Great Hackening continues

(00:02:05) - Resellers and attack surfaces

(00:02:38) - Timeline and who's at risk

(00:03:53) - Inside the Ledger implant

(00:06:06) - Genuine check still passed

(00:07:00) - Who is actually at risk

(00:09:51) - Is self-custody dead?

(00:13:37) - What does this change

(00:15:45) - Conclusion

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I break down the biggest lie we've all deeply internalized about the economy: that prices are just supposed to go up. In a productive and advancing society, almost everything should actually be getting more affordable over time.

Using a very simple analogy, I show exactly how the creation of new money quietly robs us of the prosperity our hard work should be delivering.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Everything should get cheaper

(00:01:06) - The apple economy

(00:01:58) - Counterfeit money

(00:02:20) - Lost productivity gains

(00:02:43) - Printing as silent theft

(00:03:31) - Who is to blame?\

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Guy's Take on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@GuysTake)

Guy Swann on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)

Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)

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

Max has been using AI agents to solve challenging computer science problems for White Noise and the Marmot protocol. We talk about the possibility that we are moving toward a future where the average user base for a custom piece of software is exactly one person. I share how I sent my AI agents after a spam caller company to track down the CEO's personal cell phone, and Steve explains how he's automating his bar's point-of-sale system with some interesting techniques.

But we don't just stick to software. We also discuss the need for open-source modular and repairable hardware. And of course, we cover the latest in the Bitcoin space. We review the latest exploits, how exchanges are handling flagged coins, and Steve pitches an incredibly clever way to measure Bitcoin's true purchasing power without ever looking at the fiat price.

It was a wild conversation with the guys about where this whole decentralized, peer-to-peer future is actually heading.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Episode intro

(00:09:42) - AI cycle and Freedom tech update

(00:38:29) - Sovereign Engineering cohorts

(00:41:27) - AI, decentralization, and the global brain

(00:48:33) - Responsibility, hierarchy, and decentralized companies

(00:57:59) - Open source cars, power tools, and hardware

(01:25:41) - Current Bitcoin drama

(01:47:19) - Measuring Bitcoin purchasing power with UTXO size

(01:56:29) - Marmot protocol and MLS group encryption explained

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Max Hillebrand Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/y4bsmpkk)

Max Hillebrand's website (Link: https://towardsliberty.com/)

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⁠Bitcoin Audible on X⁠ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)

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