Building BTC Prague with Matyas Kuchar | Bitcoin Infinity Show #155

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Mattas, welcome to the
Bitcoin Infinity Show.

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Nice to have you here.

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Knu, thank you for having me.

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And uh, uh, greetings from Czech
Republic to all your listeners.

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Oh, fantastic.

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The land of the fenestration, one of my
favorite, uh, words in politics ever.

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Yeah.

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Uh, for those of you that don't know,
Mattas is one of the two brothers

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that are organizing the B2C Prague
Conference, a conference, which I think

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you should definitely go to this year.

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mid to late June.

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It's 18.

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No, it's the 19th to the 21st of June.

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And you can view use code
Infinity for 10% off your ticket.

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So let's get that out of the way.

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Uh, first.

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So, um, Matts maybe, uh, maybe before
we get into the questions, uh, can

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you give, uh, our listeners a little
more of A-T-L-D-R on yourself?

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Uh, we've had your brother on, but not
you, so, so if you just introduce yourself

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a bit, we'll, we'll get to know you a bit.

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sure.

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So my name is Mattias and I've
been organizing Bitcoin events, uh,

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with my brother Martin since 2020.

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We started in C Republic in Little
City Ova with event in Covid time.

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When we hit it, we, we kind of.

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acted like a honey badgers.

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We don't care about covid.

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And we, we did it and it took a great
traction because even during lockdown,

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we attracted 500 people the year after it
was, uh, 1000 people the year after 2000.

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And that lead us to the year 2023 when
we decided to organize, um, um, the

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international event, which is BTC Pro.

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So now it's been, it's been five years
since we will, we organize events for

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people who likes to meet in the real
space because it's, it's really important.

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It, it, it, uh, absolutely speed up
your process of understanding Bitcoin.

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And neither me or Martin are, uh, tahi.

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We, but we always like to, um, uh,
meet people and organize, um, different

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kind of occasions and parties.

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So we, we figured this will be
our contribution to network and.

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Um, apparently like, yeah, it works.

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People, people love it.

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Uh, last year we welcomed,
almost 8,000 people.

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We had 200 plus speakers.

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Uh, Michael Sailor is coming for a
third time, so this is, this is a

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good sign that we are doing something
right and the expo is full of, full

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of great Bitcoin only companies.

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So, um, that was just a, a very
short summary of what we are doing.

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Other than that, I like music,
uh, party and self sovereignty.

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Mm-hmm.

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Oh, fantastic.

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I mean, B2C Prague, like I,
I, I was on a space yesterday

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and I, I told everyone that.

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The, usually the smaller the conference
is, if it's a Bitcoin only conference,

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the higher the signal to noise ratio.

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But GUE is the exception because
it's a, it's a fantastic big

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conference, but you manage to keep
the signal to noise ratio really high.

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Uh, there's not a lot of bitcoiners there.

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It's, it's very high signal.

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And, uh, yeah.

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So, so con congrat, uh, uh, kudos to
you for two great conferences so far.

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They've both been fantastic.

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Thank you.

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You know, we are doing conferences
for, for us we always think like what

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the conference should be like that.

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So we like it.

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And me and Martin, we
are hardcore bitcoiners.

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Of course.

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We've been through this whole alco uh,
cycle, like it's a part of the evolution.

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So we have a compassion for
people, but we don't have a

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compassion for those companies.

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Now, and speaking of, of coins and the,
the, the Bitcoin market and the bitcoin

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market, like what, what's, what's your
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Bitcoin and like what, what do you think
is going on and what's happening there?

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Yeah.

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Well, I think, uh, being a
Bitcoin now is, is great.

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Uh, the sentiment is,
what's the right word?

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It's electric.

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It's not just a bull market.

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It's uh, it's really a mental shift.

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And people who laughed at us five
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with questions, serious questions.

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The institutions are jumping in,
um, uh, trying to write this wave.

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Politicians are, uh, scratching
their hats and scrambling up.

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so here's the thing, like
five years ago, it wasn't sure

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that Bitcoin is real to stay.

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It was sure for us, but now it's
really becoming so real that.

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no one is like against it anymore, or
maybe this is just my bubble feeling,

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but I think that we are crossing the
chasm from, ly ly adopters or maybe

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even late adopters to ly majority.

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And this, comes with a great
opportunity for everyone.

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So if you become Bitcoin, uh,
before everyone else, it's

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very, very good thing to do.

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And I would say that those who,
uh, adopt this technology will

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gran benefit greatly from it.

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And, I think that this is the last
time when we really can jump in before

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the majority, so the time is sticking.

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And, I think that the real
FOMO will happen in, in this

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year or maybe the year after.

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And that's why I'm here, like talk
about BTC product because for those

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who are curious and who want to
jump in, um, maybe they, they are

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seasoned bitcoiners, but they also,
uh, might be a newcomers because

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until now it was kind of a no-no from.

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From different reasons, but
now it's pretty obvious that

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Bitcoin is here to stay.

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And, at BTC Prague or pretty much
every other event, you get this

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conviction that is a real thing.

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You see so many people with similar
values, with, uh, very smart arguments,

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which are against this fiat, uh,
experiment, which is clearly ending

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because everyone see the inflation.

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Everyone has this feeling
that the system is erect.

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I. And that you need to
do something about this.

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Like even, even like really everyone
like Joe and Joe and Jim from the

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street, everyone knows that something is
rigged and you need to defend yourself.

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And Bitcoin is here to, to help
you to overcome this heart period.

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And if you come to the conference,
it's, uh, it's pretty, it's pretty easy

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to get the education, the networking.

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You need to be sure that you start and
you benefit greatly very, very quickly.

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You don't get this feeling from internet
because the internet is full of chaos.

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It's very difficult to find the signal
in the sea of the, of the noise.

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So I really think that
becoming a bitcoin now matters.

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And, uh, the moment of the
transformation, when the crowd

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is still a little bit uncertain.

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Is important because when the crowd
is, sure, and you will see everything

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in, in the mainstream every week,
uh, you will see the news in, in

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mainstream, but that's maybe not
the, the not the time to, to jump in.

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No, uh, I, uh, agree with all of that
and I, I just like to pick your brain.

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Do you believe, like, when the majority
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that there's, there will be a last cycle,
like a, a, a one cycle to end them all?

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Uh, where, where we just
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mm-hmm.

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Mm-hmm.

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Well, I think that, uh, and I'm not
sure it is very difficult question.

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I think no one knows the answer,
but Bitcoin is technology and

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it will be probably, uh, copying
somehow the bell curve, which is the

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adoption curve of every technology.

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So it might be very similar
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So probably we will see a
huge hockey stick and then it

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will start to slow down again.

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So it's a scur.

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And, uh, how long will will the,
the, the parabolic move, uh, be?

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Uh, I don't know.

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It might be, it might be even
like few decades, I would say.

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Yeah.

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Um, or maybe not because we don't
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I, I, I have no idea.

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It can be fast.

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It can be really fast.

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I. By adoption of people, but
we have so much money in the

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world and that will take time.

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the Bitcoin is like a black hole,
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monetary energy from every other asset.

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And, I think that that
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It can take decades from, for people
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good to diversify to real estate.

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Yeah, it's better to buy Bitcoin.

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This can take time.

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But if we are talking about adoption,
that people will start to using, uh, using

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it on day-to-day move and that, uh, uh,
the fiat, um, experiment will disappear.

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That can, that can take, uh, a little
bit, uh, a little bit less time.

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I, I totally agree.

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I mean, the, um, the Scur is applicable
to the people adopting Bitcoin.

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But, uh, maybe it's not applicable to
all the money because there's always

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more money and more productivity.

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And as the mar, as the economy grows,
there's always more money so that that

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doesn't have to level out somewhere.

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It could just theoretically
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Like nothing stops this
train, as Aslin likes to say.

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Um, so, and, and another thing about,
um, adoption, like the best way to, to

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actually get to experience how superior
Bitcoin a is, is to go to a, a conference,

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preferably a big one because you have
so many people that you can actually

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use it with and see how, how smooth
and, and uh, how how great using Bitcoin

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is, how great an experience it is.

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And it's, it's so frictionless and, uh,
don't ask for permission, just do it.

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Uh, the more of us that do the, the,
the more uns, the, the quicker the

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unstoppability of this will unfold.

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Yeah, sure.

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Like I, I have so many examples
in C Republic you can pay

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with Bitcoin for everything.

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Like I was just in a restaurant with
my friends few days ago and I showed

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them how I pay with Bitcoin and I paid,
paid the bill, uh, with Bitcoin in

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random restaurant in my little city.

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We have more than a thousand
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Uh, our biggest, uh, online
retailer, ALZA is like Czech.

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Amazon is accepting Bitcoin and
lighting, uh, since 2014, I think.

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So you can buy pretty much any
electronics or, uh, household attempt,

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uh, toys, pretty much everything
what you imagine for Bitcoin.

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So it's already here.

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It's just that the knowledge of.

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this technology is not,
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We are already living in the future,
and if you are aware of this,

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you want to be aligned with this
future where you need good money.

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And that means becoming a bitcoin.

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That means using Bitcoin
for your own good.

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And it can be, uh, it can defer someone,
use it only for saving money, someone

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using for payments, someone using
for, uh, buying their household items.

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But someone is using it for
international transfers, which

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is also, uh, uh, super cool.

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Yeah, not waiting three
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Uh, this money's, uh,
censorship resistant.

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There are so many perks, which are
just a hundred times better than the

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previous technology, previous money.

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Absolutely.

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And, and there's no coincidence that
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ahead of the curve here because you, in
your country, you have a long tradition

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of resistance to, to authority, uh,
whether it be your home government or, or

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the Soviet Union trying to run you over.

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Uh, but, uh, and all, all sorts of things.

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So tell us a bit about that.

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Why, why Prague and the Czech Republic
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okay.

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There are like, checks have been
I think always very geeky nation.

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Uh.

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We are, we are well known as, uh,
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who are finding new solutions.

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Because we have, we,
we are a small nation.

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We don't feel particularly
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We've, we've been always ruled by someone.

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Um, and this made us a
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And people knew that they need to work
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Um, and this especially, uh, and
especially talking about the last

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attack when we were under the
communism regime where there,

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there was nothing on the market.

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And if you wanted to have a, a, for
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or something, something nice for your
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So People have this craftman culture.

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And, when Bitcoin came into tuition,
uh, in 2008, 2009, um, few smart

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people already started to geeking,
geeking about it in Prague, um, in,

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in the, uh, hackerspace Burm lab.

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And those were the people who were lying
down the foundation for Bitcoin ecosystem.

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So, uh, in this hackerspace, the first
ever, mining pool, happened to, to be,

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to be founded slash pool working until
now with, uh, more than 1 million Bitcoin

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being mined now operated by brains.

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Another great check based,
uh, bitcoin company.

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it that, that was in a year,
2010, if I'm not mistaken.

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then 2012, the first ever hardware wallet
was, uh, made in Czech Republic in Prague

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by stick and slash sat lips with BIP 39.

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The seed phrase, it was also discovered
in, in Czech, or 2013, the general bytes,

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uh, the biggest Bitcoin ATM manufacturer
by Kara Kowski also made in Prague.

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And, uh, we, we've always had
very close to libertarian and

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anarchical capitalistic thinking.

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So there was this black three floor
building par in 2014 where all

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those cipher punks and, uh, and
geeks and hackers were coming and,

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and, and talking about Bitcoin and
this, because we started very early.

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The Czech Bitcoin community
started very soon.

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We had the time to,
understand, to learn about it.

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You know, that it takes
time to understand Bitcoin.

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you can speed it up
only, only, only a bit.

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And because we had time, it
snowballed until now where we

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have like a huge Bitcoin community
with 10 million inhabitants.

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Czech Republic has, more than
1 million Bitcoin enthusiasts.

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Those are just numbers from some,
some research and many, uh, bitcoin

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companies are, um, based in Prague
because, uh, the culture here is just,

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just really cool and, and really great.

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And even the government recognized this.

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And recently, uh, our president, uh,
signed a law where, uh, you don't need

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to pay, um, the capital gain taxes after
holding your Bitcoin for three years.

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So the, we have a time test for Bitcoin.

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And the second part of this law was
that, uh, the companies have a right

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for, uh, corporate bank account because
those companies had had, uh, a lot of

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problems 'cause the, the, the foreign,
uh, banks were closing their accounts

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and, and trying to, uh, screw them with,
with this this sneaky, sneaky attack.

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So now, um.

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It seems that the government recognized
the, the opportunity and want to establish

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Czech Republic as somehow Bitcoin Capital
of Europe with Chick Crown having, um,

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uh, as our, as our currency, not Euro.

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This is something what gives me, gives
me a real hope for, for the future,

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even though I'm coming a little bit
from the more, um, grassroots movement.

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So I don't praise politics and, and
governments and central bankers, but

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even me, uh, I, I, I feel, I feel kind of
proud, uh, about, about this, uh, and, um.

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I'm, I'm only, uh, only waiting when I
will see, uh, more and more news from, uh,

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from, from Czech, uh, coming to the world.

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Like recently, it was a Mikko, the
Czech, uh, Czech National Bank Governor

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when he stated out that, uh, Czech
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Bitcoin as a part of the reserve.

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And of course, they were, uh, the,
the next day they were slapped on

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their fingers by Christine Leg.

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Uh, but, but I think it
doesn't, doesn't matter.

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And, uh, the game terror is already,
already in play and it just about

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the time when the whole world will
see it, and as it is worked for

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individuals, if you are first.

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You have, uh, better opportunity
and, and better leverage it.

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It works.

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Same for, for countries and, um, and, and
Czech Republic, uh, definitely can be one

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of those countries in Europe similar to
El Salvador in, in, uh, in Latin America.

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Yeah, it's, it's super, uh.

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Super bullish news, all of it.

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Uh, uh, definitely.

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And speaking of Christine Laggard, I
saw a tweet the other day where, uh,

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from the European Central Bank of, of
how to spot a counterfeit Euro bill.

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And I think it's so ironic because all
of them are counterfeit, in my opinion.

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And the, the only re, the only way
to know that no one is printing more

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of the monetary unit you're using
is to actually know every single

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transaction that goes on in that system.

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And there's only one way to do
that, and that is to run a Bitcoin

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node and check for yourself.

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That's the only, that's the
only way you can know that, that

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no counterfeiting can happen.

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So, uh, so yeah, run a node.

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That's how you, that's how you
know all the other currencies can

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and will be counterfeited either
by central banks, by normal banks,

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or by some other evil entity.

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Uh, that's, that's just what happens.

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The incentive is too strong.

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Yeah.

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I don't want to even start talking
about European Union and those Brussels

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elites, or they call themselves elites,
but they, they, they have no idea.

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They're, they're out
already from this game.

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Just,

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No, the there elites only in
the sense of like that they are

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the most successful parasites.

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I.

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So, uh, you mentioned parallel
police there shortly, like

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what's happening there?

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I heard a rumor that it is
closed down or something.

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Is is that true?

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Uh, it's closed down in the
sense that it, it's, it changed

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names, it changed somehow.

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Ownership.

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Um, I think the culture, what was
there, um, has kind of died and changed.

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Um, and, uh, honestly, I, I haven't
been there for, for some time,

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so, uh, I, I, I, I don't know.

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No, because I, I know this.

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PA Police was never a Bitcoin only place.

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Right?

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There was a, a lot of ery going on there.

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Even though this, it was born before the
distinction was even possible to, to make

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for most people it because it it's been
there since, yeah, since, uh, since when?

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Like 2010, 2011,

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Uh, I think a little bit later,
like 2014, I would, I would guess,

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Yeah.

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But still before the whole, before
the Bitcoin standard and the whole,

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uh, introduction of bi Bitcoin
versus Bitcoin narrative, uh, that

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simply wasn't there in the beginning.

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So, so these are, these are the, the
true original cipher punks that have just

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been fighting for, uh, your freedom to
do whatever the fuck you want, basically,

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You know, I really like,
I really like Par Police.

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It's, it's very respectable, um, place
from the sense that in, in Czech we

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had this law that every single, um,
business which is serving people needs

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to have this, uh, electronic cashier.

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And they were the only one who refused
that because they were not accepting cash.

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And they, they went away with it.

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They were really, I think they were
the only, um, only ca cafe in the

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whole Chi Republic who didn't have
this, this electronic cash system,

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which was mandatory by Czech law.

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It's, uh, they, they, they showed
the middle finger and they won.

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Um, and, and regarding the, the
Bitcoin area there, um, they were

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really focused on Bitcoin a lot.

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I would say 90, 95%.

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But because I think because of the, uh,
of the, they were kind of blockchain

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agnostic, let's say, very politely.

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So there were some, some, uh, Ethereum
people and, and, and even, uh, Monero.

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But I, I think that they were
kind of selective even from

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the, from the shitcoin part.

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They selected only the
best of those shit coins.

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The least worst anyway, so, so yeah.

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Yeah.

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I, I can, I can very much
recommend you visit the place

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because it's such a cool place.

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And also right across the street,
there's one, uh, there's a great,

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uh, restaurant, uh, uh, with a lot of
good meat, like, uh, Texan barbecue

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sort of joint that I can't remember
the name of, but that's great too.

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I mean, look at that.

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Look at how your collection could look.

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Uh oh.

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So, uh, yeah, where are we, where, where
do we want to take this conversation?

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Uh, anything more about Prague in the
Czech Republic that people ought to

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know, like, uh, anything else you want
to talk about in that, in that area?

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Uh, well, uh, I never, uh,
let the opportunity to shell

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BTC Prague on the table.

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So I think that this year is, um, and
I. I've been thinking about about the,

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the next phase of, uh, Bitcoin adoption
a lot because with BTC Prague, we

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always, uh, try to adapt to the market.

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And, uh, with, with every bull market,
we get a huge wave of newcomers.

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And this brings a question,
who are the newcomers?

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This bull market?

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And those newcomers are different
than in last bull market because

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of the legitimization of Bitcoin.

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Because bitcoin is getting, um,
attraction from politicians and

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institutions, we can see them in,
in news with, in, in a positive way.

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I think that the next wave
of people are kind of.

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Normie middle class, Jim and Joe May
be wearing suit, and they will be, of

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course, coming for the, uh, for, for,
for the money part of, of the equation

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of the movement because they, they feel
threatened by, by inflation and they will

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be looking for something to save their
money, but also they feel like this might

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be a similar opportunity as internet was
in early nineties, if you, they, they

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don't want to became, uh, blockbusters
of this Bitcoin time or Codex or Nokia.

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So I think that there are many people
who, uh, who feel, hmm, ambition.

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And they want to use this, uh,
this opportunity of Bitcoin for

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their own good to, uh, to have a
better salary in their company.

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So they want to became this
go-to guy, this bitcoin guy

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in their, in their company.

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And maybe they even were
studying Bitcoin for a few years.

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So they are not absolute newbies,
but it was not very, um, easy to come

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up to their boss and say, Hey, boss,
let's do something with Bitcoin.

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Because until now the boss
would just kick them out.

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Don't, don't talk, uh, bullshit with me.

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Yeah.

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Uh, bitcoin is, is, uh, money for, uh,
for criminals or something like that,

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or is boiling oceans or pick your fat.

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But now I think that this is the time
when, if you are a Bitcoin in a company.

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You can go to your boss, you can say,
Hey boss, I see there is opportunity to

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use Bitcoin for this and this purpose.

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Because if you are a good employee
in your fiat job, you see this small

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opportunities lying on the table and
pick your, pick your, pick your favorite.

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Yeah.

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Um, and uh, your boss can tell
you, okay, yeah, that's a,

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that's actually a good idea.

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Let's spend some time on it.

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Let's, let's, let's research.

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And, and you can, you can go to BTC Prague
and, and really learn about those use

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cases because we are not the first one
who, who are, who is thinking about this.

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The wheel is already being, uh, developed
and you can just pick, uh, a guide,

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uh, playbook which fits to your needs
and apply it for your own company, for,

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uh, your own, um, uh, like ambition.

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And if you do it right, you can just like,
um, raise your hourly rate in your company

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to double, triple, or pretty much every,
any, any, uh, what you, what you imagine

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as it was in early days of the internet,
if you knew how to operate with internet,

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if you knew how to do webpages, um, you
just had a huge, uh, huge, uh, leverage.

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Against, um, against your, uh, against
the, the, the whole other job market.

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So I think this is, this is the, this
is the real opportunity to really, to

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really start thinking about Bitcoin as
a part of your, of your job and applying

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it to other aspects of your life.

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I really think that Bitcoin is a level
of technology and it gives you the

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opportunity to, to grow in a matter
that it wasn't possible until now.

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It opens up absolutely new doors, which
are very easy to open and, and it's,

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it's, um, it's with almost no risk.

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One thing is that you, you very
rarely hear, hear the phrase,

446
00:29:39,946 --> 00:29:41,806
uh, yeah, I don't like Bitcoin.

447
00:29:41,806 --> 00:29:46,456
But, uh, I find the underlying
blockchain technology very interesting.

448
00:29:46,606 --> 00:29:48,226
You don't hear that anymore, right?

449
00:29:48,316 --> 00:29:52,726
Because people know that, that phrase,
it just reveals your ignorance.

450
00:29:52,726 --> 00:29:56,086
It tells other people how stupid
you are when it comes to this stuff.

451
00:29:56,236 --> 00:30:00,796
So the only people using that,
that particular, uh, phrase is, is

452
00:30:00,796 --> 00:30:05,206
politicians and, and central bankers
and such, like the, the distinction

453
00:30:05,206 --> 00:30:09,106
between Bitcoin and everything
else is just becoming so, so clear.

454
00:30:09,526 --> 00:30:09,916
Yeah.

455
00:30:09,916 --> 00:30:11,416
So I have a question for you, Knut.

456
00:30:12,106 --> 00:30:14,296
What do you think it will be?

457
00:30:14,386 --> 00:30:17,986
Uh, the, the scam of this bull market?

458
00:30:18,076 --> 00:30:23,476
You know, last bull market, it was,
it was, uh, um, orals and, and before

459
00:30:23,476 --> 00:30:29,086
that it was like altcoins different
different colors of all the I altcoins.

460
00:30:29,506 --> 00:30:32,176
Before that it was a ICOs.

461
00:30:32,356 --> 00:30:34,396
So what do you think will be this market?

462
00:30:34,396 --> 00:30:36,076
Because I'm sure it will be something.

463
00:30:37,306 --> 00:30:41,986
Yeah, I mean the meme coins are sort,
sort of already dead, I think like Trump

464
00:30:41,986 --> 00:30:44,536
coined and that's, uh, crap was like peak.

465
00:30:44,656 --> 00:30:49,336
Uh, well, how, if the President
of the United States makes, makes

466
00:30:49,336 --> 00:30:52,186
one and that does the same fucking
rug pool as everything else,

467
00:30:52,186 --> 00:30:53,506
like where do you go from there?

468
00:30:53,536 --> 00:30:55,066
I think meme coins are over.

469
00:30:55,486 --> 00:30:58,306
Uh, I do however, think that this, uh.

470
00:30:59,551 --> 00:31:03,722
Bitcoins on Bitcoin thing, uh, I
worry that that might have a, a

471
00:31:03,931 --> 00:31:08,491
resurrect itself because that's
very, it's a very damaging thing.

472
00:31:08,491 --> 00:31:13,291
It, it does, uh, clog up the UTXL set
and make, make Bitcoin transactions

473
00:31:13,291 --> 00:31:17,791
more expensive for everyone and
make, uh, starting your own node,

474
00:31:18,061 --> 00:31:19,351
uh, more expensive for everyone.

475
00:31:19,351 --> 00:31:24,901
So, so I, I hope that that's over and
there are some positive, uh, signals.

476
00:31:24,901 --> 00:31:30,031
Like for instance, when the so-called
taproot wizards raised $30 million at the

477
00:31:30,031 --> 00:31:31,831
same time, blockstream races a billion.

478
00:31:31,831 --> 00:31:34,952
So like, we're, we're sort
of winning that war too.

479
00:31:35,671 --> 00:31:38,161
Uh, and, uh, I, I like that.

480
00:31:38,281 --> 00:31:40,531
Um, but yeah.

481
00:31:41,461 --> 00:31:46,261
There might be the next, uh, uh, I, I
mean, I view all of the coins and all of

482
00:31:46,261 --> 00:31:51,601
the scams that, uh, follow in the wake
of Bitcoin as some type of attack vector.

483
00:31:51,781 --> 00:31:53,491
Uh, they are the attack.

484
00:31:53,611 --> 00:31:59,761
Uh, um, and the next one might be
political that, uh, if, if we let pol

485
00:31:59,761 --> 00:32:06,601
politicians, uh, decide what a node
is, for instance, or, or let them, if a

486
00:32:06,601 --> 00:32:10,951
politician says it will be legal to run
a Bitcoin node in our country, and then

487
00:32:10,951 --> 00:32:15,451
they, they get to define what a Bitcoin
node is, and that's very dangerous.

488
00:32:15,451 --> 00:32:17,071
Like this needs to be.

489
00:32:17,761 --> 00:32:20,911
Run by people who don't give
a shit what politicians say.

490
00:32:20,911 --> 00:32:25,111
That's like, uh, if we start
obeying and, uh, following rules,

491
00:32:25,111 --> 00:32:26,431
we're not bitcoiners anymore.

492
00:32:26,491 --> 00:32:28,036
Like we, we need it.

493
00:32:28,041 --> 00:32:32,821
It needs, it's, uh, an arco
capitalistic ethics to, to actually

494
00:32:32,821 --> 00:32:36,301
work because otherwise it becomes
centralized and then it's fucked.

495
00:32:36,301 --> 00:32:37,321
It's just another shit coin.

496
00:32:37,351 --> 00:32:38,971
I, I don't believe that would happen.

497
00:32:38,971 --> 00:32:44,581
I'm insanely, uh, bullish on Bitcoin
and, and, uh, convinced about, about

498
00:32:44,581 --> 00:32:50,371
its robustness, especially after how
spectacularly, gloriously the, uh,

499
00:32:50,401 --> 00:32:53,161
block size wars were won back in 2017.

500
00:32:53,161 --> 00:32:54,631
We were like unstoppable.

501
00:32:55,261 --> 00:33:00,181
Uh, but yeah, there will probably,
there will be more scams.

502
00:33:00,361 --> 00:33:04,981
However, they, they are way more
insignificant than they were back in 2017.

503
00:33:05,281 --> 00:33:10,261
Like right now, the entire
altcoin market is, is just how

504
00:33:10,261 --> 00:33:11,761
much Bitcoin moves in a day.

505
00:33:11,851 --> 00:33:12,811
That's the equivalent.

506
00:33:12,811 --> 00:33:14,041
Like, so Bitcoin is.

507
00:33:14,386 --> 00:33:15,196
Enormous.

508
00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:17,836
It's, it is like an
ant fighting a mammoth.

509
00:33:17,866 --> 00:33:19,576
Like it's, it's, it's nothing.

510
00:33:19,786 --> 00:33:24,196
They make a lot of noise because
what, what's the expression?

511
00:33:24,496 --> 00:33:26,896
E empty cans, uh, make more noise.

512
00:33:27,256 --> 00:33:29,656
Uh, and this is what the,
the shit point market is.

513
00:33:29,656 --> 00:33:35,506
So they insanely, uh,
optimistic about Bitcoin.

514
00:33:35,566 --> 00:33:39,346
I, I think the scams will, there
will be another wave of scams.

515
00:33:39,346 --> 00:33:40,606
Hard to tell what it is.

516
00:33:41,086 --> 00:33:46,366
Uh, but hopefully people are smart
enough to not fall for it, uh, anymore.

517
00:33:46,486 --> 00:33:49,126
Like, or less people, at least.

518
00:33:49,456 --> 00:33:51,661
There's always another idiot to fool.

519
00:33:51,916 --> 00:33:54,616
But, but yeah, fewer and fewer every time.

520
00:33:55,111 --> 00:33:55,321
Yeah.

521
00:33:55,321 --> 00:34:00,721
Well, even smart people were falling
for scams past two, uh, bull markets.

522
00:34:00,721 --> 00:34:01,201
Right.

523
00:34:01,261 --> 00:34:08,461
It's not, uh, it's not, um, I, I feel, I
feel like it, it is a part of the learning

524
00:34:08,461 --> 00:34:14,491
process to fall for some scam and, and
pay for it because it, it gives you a very

525
00:34:14,491 --> 00:34:18,271
hard lesson, which is almost transferable.

526
00:34:18,301 --> 00:34:18,541
Yeah.

527
00:34:18,541 --> 00:34:24,301
Someone can, can teach you about this,
but if you don't, um, if you don't feel

528
00:34:24,301 --> 00:34:31,411
the pain, uh, you, you don't think in a
way that you, you, you learn the lesson.

529
00:34:32,176 --> 00:34:32,446
No.

530
00:34:32,476 --> 00:34:37,366
And, uh, in order to fool a smart person
or a, uh, an above average intelligence

531
00:34:37,366 --> 00:34:42,766
person, you need to sound so smart
that they feel that they're not really

532
00:34:42,766 --> 00:34:46,636
following you, which, which is sort
of what Ethereum did for a long time.

533
00:34:46,726 --> 00:34:51,616
Uh, the, the word salad matched
the code salad, so to speak.

534
00:34:51,766 --> 00:34:54,046
So, so no one really understood it.

535
00:34:54,286 --> 00:34:57,256
They just pretended that they understood
it and that's how they got robbed.

536
00:34:57,346 --> 00:34:59,056
And they, some people are.

537
00:34:59,791 --> 00:35:04,501
Still getting wronged by that obvious,
in hindsight, obvious scam, like

538
00:35:04,501 --> 00:35:09,331
a 70% pre mine should have, like,
everyone should have seen that.

539
00:35:09,331 --> 00:35:14,641
But, but it was so, well, uh, the,
the marketing machine and this, all

540
00:35:14,641 --> 00:35:18,511
these narratives of world computer
and all the bullshit, like the, uh,

541
00:35:18,661 --> 00:35:20,431
it, it captured a lot of people.

542
00:35:20,491 --> 00:35:22,711
And same thing with Monero.

543
00:35:22,741 --> 00:35:25,441
So like, oh, it's, this
is actually anonymous.

544
00:35:25,651 --> 00:35:28,531
Yeah, but that means you
can't audit the supply.

545
00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:31,141
So, so it, it doesn't work.

546
00:35:31,291 --> 00:35:35,821
But, but people, people will
for, for one scam or another.

547
00:35:35,821 --> 00:35:41,521
And I think most of that stems from all
this misinformation because people don't

548
00:35:41,521 --> 00:35:44,101
understand what problem Bitcoin solves.

549
00:35:45,121 --> 00:35:49,651
And in order to understand a solution,
you need to first understand the problem,

550
00:35:49,771 --> 00:35:51,481
and the problem is money printing.

551
00:35:51,511 --> 00:35:54,541
The problem is that you
can copy, copy stuff.

552
00:35:54,631 --> 00:35:58,861
Like this is the first thing that can't
be copied, that it's as simple as that.

553
00:35:58,921 --> 00:36:01,801
But people have such a hard time
wrapping their heads around that.

554
00:36:01,996 --> 00:36:02,921
Yeah, you're right.

555
00:36:02,921 --> 00:36:03,281
You're right.

556
00:36:03,281 --> 00:36:03,941
Absolutely.

557
00:36:03,941 --> 00:36:04,256
Yeah.

558
00:36:04,256 --> 00:36:06,401
The money printing is, is the problem.

559
00:36:06,461 --> 00:36:09,431
Bitcoin is solving it for
the first time in a history.

560
00:36:09,701 --> 00:36:11,981
It's, it's so brilliant and.

561
00:36:12,461 --> 00:36:15,551
It's so simple to, to grasp it.

562
00:36:15,611 --> 00:36:21,521
Once you get it, it's, it's almost like,
uh, like, uh, like the cryptography,

563
00:36:21,521 --> 00:36:24,491
like the public private key cryptography.

564
00:36:24,491 --> 00:36:24,671
Yeah.

565
00:36:24,671 --> 00:36:28,301
Once you have the key,
it's so simple to verify.

566
00:36:28,691 --> 00:36:32,501
But on the other, other side,
it's, it's almost impossible

567
00:36:32,501 --> 00:36:34,601
to, uh, to solve the problem.

568
00:36:34,721 --> 00:36:38,861
And I think it's, it's very
similar with understanding Bitcoin.

569
00:36:39,251 --> 00:36:43,511
Once you get it, once it, it clicks,
it's so obvious and you are just

570
00:36:43,511 --> 00:36:47,651
telling yourself, Hey, how could I
be so stupid to not get it sooner?

571
00:36:48,086 --> 00:36:49,646
That's a super good analogy.

572
00:36:49,646 --> 00:36:51,866
Like, uh, it's, uh, uh, yeah, it's great.

573
00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:54,506
But Bitcoin knowledge
is like a private key.

574
00:36:54,536 --> 00:36:59,306
Like once you get it, it's,
it, it, it doesn't go away.

575
00:36:59,726 --> 00:37:00,116
Uh.

576
00:37:00,266 --> 00:37:05,321
it unlocks, it unlocks
a different part of.

577
00:37:06,086 --> 00:37:07,406
Of knowledge as well.

578
00:37:07,406 --> 00:37:13,106
Like, at least I, I kind of feel
like Bitcoin really gave me the

579
00:37:13,166 --> 00:37:19,166
power to understand, uh, even things
outside of Bitcoin because it just

580
00:37:19,166 --> 00:37:22,916
broadened your, um, your perspective.

581
00:37:23,516 --> 00:37:30,386
And because it, it, it gives
you a chance, um, of thinking

582
00:37:30,386 --> 00:37:33,146
about things, uh, differently.

583
00:37:33,386 --> 00:37:40,166
You kind of feel like you,
um, you see through the things

584
00:37:40,496 --> 00:37:42,086
which you couldn't see before.

585
00:37:42,086 --> 00:37:42,416
Yeah.

586
00:37:42,776 --> 00:37:48,266
Like another scams and, and the
radicalness of the, of, of the

587
00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:53,726
whole, uh, bureaucracy and, and, and
the, the list is very, very long.

588
00:37:53,726 --> 00:37:57,776
But before Bitcoin, it
wasn't so obvious, right?

589
00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:00,236
That how the word is so rigged.

590
00:38:01,201 --> 00:38:01,561
No.

591
00:38:01,561 --> 00:38:06,421
And, uh, Bitcoin, uh, led me down the
Aus Economics Rabbit Hole, which I think

592
00:38:06,421 --> 00:38:11,911
is like just as, as big of a revealing
thing be because it feels like when,

593
00:38:11,911 --> 00:38:15,901
when you're, when you're looking at
the world through a Bitcoin lens, when

594
00:38:15,901 --> 00:38:20,311
you know that all prices should go down
over time, and the only reason that they

595
00:38:20,311 --> 00:38:25,111
don't is because people is printing money
that you see all the other problems of

596
00:38:25,111 --> 00:38:29,911
where they come from and how political
interventionism is always the problem.

597
00:38:29,911 --> 00:38:32,701
And it, it's, it's like
having truth goggles.

598
00:38:32,701 --> 00:38:37,681
You know, that, uh, old young Carpenter
movie, uh, they live where you watches

599
00:38:37,681 --> 00:38:41,341
the world normally and then through
the glasses and it's completely

600
00:38:41,341 --> 00:38:44,881
different, and he can just see the
truth in everything and that that's.

601
00:38:45,476 --> 00:38:48,536
That's the type of glasses
that Bitcoin provides you with.

602
00:38:49,452 --> 00:38:50,322
Hello there, fellow Coiner.

603
00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:52,962
Take your coins off the exchange.

604
00:38:53,052 --> 00:38:55,902
Right now you need to take
self custody of your coins.

605
00:38:55,902 --> 00:38:56,682
Now how do you do that?

606
00:38:56,862 --> 00:39:01,602
First of all, you need a good hardware
wallet and I would recommend the bit box.

607
00:39:01,692 --> 00:39:03,612
So go to bit box Swish.

608
00:39:03,672 --> 00:39:06,312
No, not Swish Swiss bit Box.

609
00:39:06,312 --> 00:39:06,792
Do Swiss.

610
00:39:07,342 --> 00:39:10,252
Slash Infiniti and get your
base box now with a discount.

611
00:39:10,522 --> 00:39:13,162
Also, you need somewhere
to store your seed phrase.

612
00:39:13,282 --> 00:39:18,382
Uh, so why not get one of those wonderful
steel seed plate storage thingies from

613
00:39:18,412 --> 00:39:23,152
stamp seed.com/infiniti and you can
get the everything divided seed plate.

614
00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:23,872
It's beautiful.

615
00:39:23,932 --> 00:39:28,702
Also, if you are advanced and if you
want, uh, to start with generational

616
00:39:28,702 --> 00:39:32,512
welling, which is a fun hobby I have,
you can go to the bitcoin advisor.

617
00:39:32,952 --> 00:39:38,682
A group of lovely fellows from down under
that can help you store your Bitcoin for

618
00:39:38,682 --> 00:39:41,262
a long time using Multisig solutions.

619
00:39:41,382 --> 00:39:48,582
So check out pit box stamp seed and the
Bitcoin advisor or GFY back to the show.

620
00:39:49,666 --> 00:39:51,286
so, uh, yes.

621
00:39:51,286 --> 00:39:56,566
And I, I know you like the philosophical
side of Bitcoin as much as I do

622
00:39:56,566 --> 00:40:02,236
and, and know that this is, uh,
uh, it's much more than, uh, you

623
00:40:02,236 --> 00:40:03,856
know, number go up technology.

624
00:40:04,216 --> 00:40:07,246
It's, it's, everything else go up too.

625
00:40:07,246 --> 00:40:11,716
Like, in, in your life, uh, you, you
learn to become more responsible.

626
00:40:11,716 --> 00:40:18,856
And, uh, with, with great freedoms comes
great responsibility as, uh, Spider-Man's

627
00:40:18,856 --> 00:40:23,476
uncle once said, uh, in Bitcoin, we have
Uncle Rockstar to tell us those things.

628
00:40:23,686 --> 00:40:25,126
But, uh, uh, yeah.

629
00:40:25,126 --> 00:40:28,456
What, what, what are your, what
are your thoughts on, on, uh, how

630
00:40:28,456 --> 00:40:33,676
Bitcoin changes people and more, more
than just providing truth goggles?

631
00:40:34,246 --> 00:40:34,816
Yeah.

632
00:40:34,876 --> 00:40:41,626
Um, you know, I think that we are
coming to, to a age where people need to

633
00:40:41,626 --> 00:40:47,206
take responsibility to their own hands
because, uh, without money printer,

634
00:40:47,536 --> 00:40:50,116
the socialism will be not possible.

635
00:40:50,596 --> 00:40:57,076
Uh, and people will have very hard
time without being very productive

636
00:40:57,196 --> 00:41:04,066
and taking care about yourself,
about, uh, your own, own future.

637
00:41:04,396 --> 00:41:12,586
So I think that we are shifting to the
time when the responsibility of, uh, of,

638
00:41:12,646 --> 00:41:19,816
of one needs to really, uh, be the on
the forefront of everyone's thinking.

639
00:41:20,326 --> 00:41:21,616
And Bitcoin teaches you that.

640
00:41:22,846 --> 00:41:29,866
Um, also Bitcoin, uh, kind of
rediscover values, which were kind

641
00:41:29,866 --> 00:41:32,506
of lost in, in last two generations.

642
00:41:32,926 --> 00:41:42,376
So, um, I like the philosophy,
uh, about Bitcoin and I'm just, I

643
00:41:42,376 --> 00:41:46,306
dunno where to start because the
topic is so, uh, so interesting.

644
00:41:46,306 --> 00:41:51,166
But, like, it, it's been, it's been
kind of, um, decimating in my mind

645
00:41:51,166 --> 00:41:57,556
for, for several years and I think
I really, I really get it and, um, I

646
00:41:57,556 --> 00:42:02,986
developed my own kind of, uh, philosophy
around this, and I call it level up.

647
00:42:03,646 --> 00:42:08,806
I, I, I came with this, uh, last year
for BTC Prague because I wanted to

648
00:42:08,806 --> 00:42:12,586
encourage people to be better because I

649
00:42:12,876 --> 00:42:14,586
It was the theme of the conference,

650
00:42:14,941 --> 00:42:19,261
Yes, it was a theme of the conference
to level up because I think that

651
00:42:19,261 --> 00:42:21,151
you should never stop learning.

652
00:42:21,691 --> 00:42:28,261
I think that being a mediocre is the worst
thing, what you can do if you just stop,

653
00:42:28,261 --> 00:42:31,321
if you start feeling, uh, convenient.

654
00:42:31,951 --> 00:42:37,771
Uh, I think this is the, this is
the start of, uh, of like decade.

655
00:42:38,461 --> 00:42:45,961
And with this, I, I was thinking that
I, I want to really encourage people to,

656
00:42:45,991 --> 00:42:51,481
because I was, I was looking at myself,
uh, when I was, uh, really new in Bitcoin.

657
00:42:51,811 --> 00:42:56,401
I was listening like seven hours
of podcasts per day on speed,

658
00:42:56,401 --> 00:43:01,921
1.1 0.6, and I was reading,
uh, two, three books per month.

659
00:43:02,491 --> 00:43:05,101
I was just swallowing it extremely.

660
00:43:05,491 --> 00:43:09,421
And then I found myself in a
position when I, I felt confident

661
00:43:09,421 --> 00:43:11,941
then I know quite a, quite a lot.

662
00:43:12,271 --> 00:43:13,111
It was nothing.

663
00:43:13,111 --> 00:43:16,201
But I felt, I felt like I, I
know something about Bitcoin.

664
00:43:16,531 --> 00:43:21,361
I went through this, uh, sheet coin
interface and, uh, I start stacking.

665
00:43:21,361 --> 00:43:25,741
I, I did all the things what are,
like, recommended for being a Bitcoin,

666
00:43:26,611 --> 00:43:32,011
and I recognized that I kind of stuck
in the, uh, and I stopped learning.

667
00:43:32,551 --> 00:43:32,971
Yeah.

668
00:43:33,511 --> 00:43:40,051
So I kind of pushed myself to run
the notes and, uh, try multisignature

669
00:43:40,111 --> 00:43:42,121
and do this more advanced stuff.

670
00:43:42,571 --> 00:43:44,491
And then I felt great again.

671
00:43:44,941 --> 00:43:51,121
So I wanted to, uh, encourage people,
our attendees at BTC Prac to do the same.

672
00:43:51,421 --> 00:43:56,761
Never stop really, uh, like put
it in your calendar and do some,

673
00:43:56,851 --> 00:43:59,611
uh, interesting and advance.

674
00:44:00,166 --> 00:44:05,836
Think around Bitcoin every week,
just grow, grow, grow, never stop.

675
00:44:06,226 --> 00:44:11,026
And uh, and this was just the beginning
of the idea, but then I, I kind of

676
00:44:11,026 --> 00:44:17,176
connected it with the Malow pyramid
of needs, which, uh, which, uh,

677
00:44:17,176 --> 00:44:19,546
says that you have different levels.

678
00:44:19,576 --> 00:44:24,436
The first is, uh, is basic
needs, uh, like, uh, like having

679
00:44:24,436 --> 00:44:26,476
a full stomach and being warm.

680
00:44:26,746 --> 00:44:32,326
The second one, I think is a
friendship and, and, uh, and, and love.

681
00:44:32,806 --> 00:44:36,976
The third one is, uh, self fulfillment.

682
00:44:37,066 --> 00:44:39,166
Something what you, what you do.

683
00:44:39,466 --> 00:44:41,356
Um, and, and you feel very good.

684
00:44:41,981 --> 00:44:45,256
And, and, uh, and I think the
fourth level, or, or maybe is the,

685
00:44:45,526 --> 00:44:47,056
the last one is enlightenment.

686
00:44:48,571 --> 00:44:54,811
And I think that Bitcoin gives
you opportunity to very quickly

687
00:44:54,991 --> 00:44:57,661
skip the first two levels.

688
00:44:57,751 --> 00:45:03,511
Uh, because, because, um, it wasn't
very easy before with, with fiat

689
00:45:03,511 --> 00:45:08,311
because you, you just had to spend a
lot of time working, working, working.

690
00:45:08,731 --> 00:45:13,741
And most of the people don't like their
daily job, so they never get to the

691
00:45:13,741 --> 00:45:15,931
third level, which is self-fulfillment.

692
00:45:16,531 --> 00:45:22,621
But with Bitcoin you can actually,
uh, do whatever is needed and you

693
00:45:22,621 --> 00:45:25,411
get the self-fulfillment in Bitcoin.

694
00:45:26,071 --> 00:45:28,891
So you are, you are getting
the third level, which was

695
00:45:28,891 --> 00:45:30,691
very difficult to get before.

696
00:45:31,021 --> 00:45:35,911
And that's why I call it level Up
technology because it really, it really

697
00:45:35,911 --> 00:45:43,531
gets you to the point where you wouldn't,
uh, be able to get, uh, without it because

698
00:45:43,531 --> 00:45:49,171
it's just the technology is so powerful
that it, uh, it lifts you up, it elevates

699
00:45:49,171 --> 00:45:54,421
you to different levels, and you can't
really imagine where it will get you

700
00:45:54,421 --> 00:46:01,351
in few years and it teach you lessons,
which would you never, uh, even imagine

701
00:46:01,411 --> 00:46:03,691
you would, you would learn on the way.

702
00:46:04,861 --> 00:46:05,551
Yeah, absolutely.

703
00:46:05,941 --> 00:46:10,021
And, uh, I remember that this
was in your talk in Buenos Aires.

704
00:46:10,021 --> 00:46:13,471
We, we spent some time together in Buenos
Aires and got to know each other a little

705
00:46:13,471 --> 00:46:15,961
better and had some great stake in stuff.

706
00:46:16,141 --> 00:46:17,731
Uh, so, so that was great.

707
00:46:17,731 --> 00:46:19,261
It resonated very well with me.

708
00:46:19,261 --> 00:46:24,481
Like, uh, I really liked this, uh,
Maslows, uh, uh, hierarchy of needs

709
00:46:24,481 --> 00:46:28,261
and, and level up thought and what you
said in the beginning that like, uh,

710
00:46:28,561 --> 00:46:32,851
you, it, it ties together with like
the, the thing I view as the, like the

711
00:46:32,851 --> 00:46:35,581
only threat to Bitcoin is complacency.

712
00:46:35,911 --> 00:46:36,811
Like people.

713
00:46:37,666 --> 00:46:38,926
Not caring anymore.

714
00:46:39,196 --> 00:46:43,486
That's, that's, uh, how we
can't resist the next attack.

715
00:46:43,516 --> 00:46:46,576
Like, we need to stay vigilant,
stay updated, and stay hungry

716
00:46:46,966 --> 00:46:48,016
for this thing to work.

717
00:46:48,166 --> 00:46:51,136
So that's, that's the funny thing
about it, is like, it's the most

718
00:46:51,136 --> 00:46:55,786
robust thing ever, but it's robustness
is totally depend, dependent

719
00:46:55,846 --> 00:46:58,996
on us being robust as people.

720
00:46:59,326 --> 00:47:02,896
Uh, so, so it's robust and fragile
at the same time, but I, I would

721
00:47:02,896 --> 00:47:04,396
still say it's super robust.

722
00:47:04,756 --> 00:47:05,236
Uh.

723
00:47:07,741 --> 00:47:12,541
Uh, some people say that Bitcoin,
uh, should, ossify, should or should

724
00:47:12,541 --> 00:47:16,411
not ossify, but I, I, I find that
funny because there, there would

725
00:47:16,411 --> 00:47:20,641
be no way to tell if it had, like,
you can never know if Bitcoin is

726
00:47:20,641 --> 00:47:22,081
going to change in the future.

727
00:47:22,411 --> 00:47:26,401
Like the, you can tell that the likelihood
that it will, will go down over time

728
00:47:26,401 --> 00:47:27,961
as more and more people come on board.

729
00:47:28,111 --> 00:47:33,421
But there's no way to actually objectively
say that now it has, uh, ossified and

730
00:47:33,421 --> 00:47:37,201
at some point we might find a critical
bug or something that needs to be

731
00:47:37,201 --> 00:47:42,121
done that requires us to take action
and change the software in our nodes.

732
00:47:42,451 --> 00:47:47,731
And, uh, if we don't do that, we
might be, uh, that might be dangerous.

733
00:47:47,731 --> 00:47:52,981
So, so that's why I say that complacency
is the only, uh, enemy that Bitcoin has.

734
00:47:53,161 --> 00:47:56,251
Uh, we need to stay vigilant
and do, do our part.

735
00:47:56,961 --> 00:47:58,516
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

736
00:47:58,516 --> 00:48:03,856
And, uh, you know, it's, it's, uh,
way over my pay grade to see, uh.

737
00:48:04,306 --> 00:48:08,086
If there are some, some bugs in the code.

738
00:48:08,086 --> 00:48:15,886
So I'm, I'm very happy that we have, uh,
an army of developers, uh, and smart, uh,

739
00:48:16,006 --> 00:48:23,416
huge brains who are watching Bitcoin every
day because in it's an open source system.

740
00:48:24,046 --> 00:48:28,996
It's, it is without, without this
open source, uh, technology, it

741
00:48:28,996 --> 00:48:30,766
wouldn't be, it wouldn't be possible.

742
00:48:30,766 --> 00:48:35,026
And that's, that's just another,
another, uh, beautifully done

743
00:48:35,146 --> 00:48:36,946
design from sat nakamoto.

744
00:48:37,576 --> 00:48:42,976
It's, it's almost like, it, it, it
came from, from another planet that

745
00:48:42,976 --> 00:48:47,986
it wouldn't, it, it, it's, it's so
beautifully done and designed and

746
00:48:47,986 --> 00:48:51,976
everything is thinking through, but
still it's under the development.

747
00:48:52,336 --> 00:48:53,236
Um, yeah.

748
00:48:53,236 --> 00:48:55,756
It, it, it just, it just boils my brain.

749
00:48:55,756 --> 00:48:59,686
And I, I, I love to think
about it, uh, every day.

750
00:49:01,051 --> 00:49:01,981
Yeah, same here.

751
00:49:01,981 --> 00:49:05,791
As you know, and, and, uh, I think
what we're doing is like, we're,

752
00:49:05,791 --> 00:49:09,601
we're, we're just being part
of the division of labor here.

753
00:49:09,811 --> 00:49:14,161
There are plenty of technical,
uh, introverted people that want

754
00:49:14,161 --> 00:49:16,831
to sit there and, and, uh, uh.

755
00:49:17,446 --> 00:49:20,806
Verify everything for themselves
and be vigilant in that sense.

756
00:49:20,986 --> 00:49:27,586
But I think my time is better spent, uh,
you know, conviction deepening Bitcoiners.

757
00:49:27,946 --> 00:49:31,456
Uh, some other guy might be better
at orange Peel than I am, but I think

758
00:49:31,456 --> 00:49:36,016
I'm pretty good at, at writing stuff
that deepens people's conviction.

759
00:49:36,316 --> 00:49:40,246
Your time is probably better spent,
spent organizing the conference and

760
00:49:40,246 --> 00:49:44,446
making the, making sure that people
connect with one another to make

761
00:49:44,446 --> 00:49:49,846
these, uh, great connections and
business, uh, relationships happen.

762
00:49:49,876 --> 00:49:52,996
Which is like what, what a
conference is really for.

763
00:49:52,996 --> 00:50:00,789
It it, it, it's like, uh, it like, Helps,
helps the whole ecosystem, uh, grow,

764
00:50:00,879 --> 00:50:07,209
um, and more connections to be found,
uh, that, that cannot be found online,

765
00:50:07,209 --> 00:50:08,889
but we need to do them in real life.

766
00:50:08,949 --> 00:50:14,799
So, so I view it as, when I say I'm
doing my part, I don't necessarily

767
00:50:14,799 --> 00:50:18,849
mean like checking, verifying
everything on this in the chain.

768
00:50:18,849 --> 00:50:24,999
I'm, I'm finding my position in the
ecosystem, and I mean, if you have Bitcoin

769
00:50:25,059 --> 00:50:29,739
and if you use them, if you accept Bitcoin
for your goods and services, regardless

770
00:50:29,739 --> 00:50:33,219
of what those goods and services
are, you're already doing your part.

771
00:50:33,249 --> 00:50:34,749
That's, that's the way I view it.

772
00:50:35,169 --> 00:50:38,709
Uh, that's the most crucial
thing except Bitcoin because no

773
00:50:38,709 --> 00:50:39,999
one can do anything about that.

774
00:50:42,094 --> 00:50:42,844
Yep, yep.

775
00:50:42,874 --> 00:50:43,774
I agree with you.

776
00:50:43,834 --> 00:50:46,024
Everyone can do his own part.

777
00:50:46,084 --> 00:50:49,684
Just think what you are good
and apply a Bitcoin on it.

778
00:50:50,639 --> 00:50:52,709
uh, let's go into B2C prog a bit more.

779
00:50:52,709 --> 00:50:56,399
Can you tell me a bit more
about, uh, B2C prog this year?

780
00:50:56,699 --> 00:51:02,399
Do you have, uh, uh, like, uh, level
up was, uh, last year's catchphrase?

781
00:51:02,399 --> 00:51:04,079
Is there catchphrase for this year?

782
00:51:04,139 --> 00:51:06,839
And, uh, what can you
tell me about the content?

783
00:51:06,839 --> 00:51:10,499
How does this year's, uh, B2C
product differ from previous years?

784
00:51:10,499 --> 00:51:10,919
Mm-hmm.

785
00:51:11,564 --> 00:51:12,014
Yeah.

786
00:51:12,014 --> 00:51:17,144
Um, so this year is about legitimization.

787
00:51:17,234 --> 00:51:20,174
It's, we think that.

788
00:51:21,104 --> 00:51:29,804
Really, it's about, uh, discovering what
is new in Bitcoin and how to leverage

789
00:51:30,224 --> 00:51:32,894
this for upcoming, upcoming years.

790
00:51:32,894 --> 00:51:36,644
How to position yourself
in, in upcoming bull market.

791
00:51:37,184 --> 00:51:43,364
And pretty much how to use the technology
to empower yourself as an individual,

792
00:51:43,364 --> 00:51:46,334
but also as a sovereign family.

793
00:51:46,724 --> 00:51:51,824
'cause I really, uh, I like the, I like
the, um, the, the motto likes, I love

794
00:51:51,824 --> 00:51:56,414
the book Sovereign individual, but I
think that the, the smallest part is

795
00:51:56,414 --> 00:51:58,334
not individual, but it's a family.

796
00:51:59,234 --> 00:52:03,374
The, the smallest unit should be a
family, and I really think that this

797
00:52:03,374 --> 00:52:05,024
resonates very well with Bitcoiners.

798
00:52:06,179 --> 00:52:12,629
And that's, that's why we, we, we kind
of will explore this more cultural,

799
00:52:12,659 --> 00:52:15,479
uh, things also during BTC Prague.

800
00:52:16,019 --> 00:52:22,379
And just to maybe summarize it, summarize
the umbrella, uh, umbrella term and, and

801
00:52:22,379 --> 00:52:24,449
to give you more idea, what does it mean?

802
00:52:24,449 --> 00:52:28,619
It, it pretty much means
that we are lowering the bar.

803
00:52:29,009 --> 00:52:33,179
Uh, it's not gonna be so hardcore like
last year, especially the business

804
00:52:33,179 --> 00:52:38,279
day of the conference, because
we are expecting many newcomers.

805
00:52:38,684 --> 00:52:42,704
From the traditional world who are
coming for the money part of the

806
00:52:42,704 --> 00:52:47,084
movement, and we want to give them
the things what they, they come for.

807
00:52:47,504 --> 00:52:51,734
If you are a seasonal Bitcoin,
you will still get some nuggets.

808
00:52:51,884 --> 00:52:57,764
Gold, gold and, and diamonds, which
will be thrown, uh, away by every

809
00:52:57,764 --> 00:53:02,984
speaker because, um, when I talk to
speakers, I encourage them to come

810
00:53:02,984 --> 00:53:10,394
up with some actionability and some,
um, some, uh, maybe a prediction,

811
00:53:10,514 --> 00:53:13,694
how to position for upcoming years.

812
00:53:14,144 --> 00:53:20,984
Uh, it's the every talk supposed to
be interesting, but also actionable so

813
00:53:20,984 --> 00:53:28,784
you can really take it Hmm, and start
using the very, uh, very same day.

814
00:53:29,519 --> 00:53:33,869
Other than that, the, the, the conference
will be held at the same place.

815
00:53:33,869 --> 00:53:35,309
It's a huge area.

816
00:53:35,774 --> 00:53:38,429
It, it can take up to 10,000 people.

817
00:53:38,459 --> 00:53:43,739
So we think that this, this year we will
be absolutely full and, and, and sold out.

818
00:53:44,159 --> 00:53:49,499
There will be 200, uh, plus
speakers from, uh, Michael Sailor

819
00:53:49,499 --> 00:53:51,299
is coming for a third time in a row.

820
00:53:51,779 --> 00:53:55,979
We will have, uh, sedine,
ammos, um, uh, Larry Leopard,

821
00:53:56,519 --> 00:54:01,349
um, uh, Alex Ky Nu with Luke.

822
00:54:01,739 --> 00:54:06,689
Um, uh, uh, or from, from the
new names, uh, James Lavish.

823
00:54:07,229 --> 00:54:11,399
Um, uh, let me open, let
me open the webpage here.

824
00:54:11,639 --> 00:54:13,049
You can, you can look at it.

825
00:54:13,139 --> 00:54:13,829
Uh, Eric.

826
00:54:13,829 --> 00:54:20,729
Similar, um, the, the, from the similar
scientific, uh, the few other big guys

827
00:54:20,729 --> 00:54:23,219
from, uh, from the corporate world, E Eve.

828
00:54:24,869 --> 00:54:25,619
Um.

829
00:54:26,819 --> 00:54:33,149
Samsung, Mao, uh, Charles ghi, uh,
from from Ledger, Peter to Stefan,

830
00:54:33,149 --> 00:54:39,299
Vera, Marty Mame, John Carvalho, all
the big names which are important,

831
00:54:39,389 --> 00:54:41,519
uh, in a Bitcoin ecosystem.

832
00:54:41,669 --> 00:54:46,229
And I think the very interesting
news for the program, for the main

833
00:54:46,229 --> 00:54:51,149
stage is that we are coming with new
format, which is Oxford style debates.

834
00:54:51,809 --> 00:54:55,589
We haven't been doing this, but
this is something very fresh and I'm

835
00:54:55,589 --> 00:55:01,919
personally very much looking forward
to see two people on one side, uh,

836
00:55:02,009 --> 00:55:08,009
fighting, arguing with two, two people
on the second side with one moderator.

837
00:55:08,444 --> 00:55:14,444
And they both have a very certain and
precise time to lay down the arguments

838
00:55:14,684 --> 00:55:16,544
and the second side need to defend it.

839
00:55:17,114 --> 00:55:21,044
And I've seen that, uh,
life and it's, it's great.

840
00:55:21,074 --> 00:55:23,444
It's, it's very entertaining.

841
00:55:23,444 --> 00:55:28,664
But at the same time, because it's
fair, it's, it's also educational.

842
00:55:28,694 --> 00:55:33,074
It's like the, uh, it's, it is like
the panel discussion for adults.

843
00:55:33,914 --> 00:55:39,944
So we will have those, um, those
discussions, those, those debates during

844
00:55:39,944 --> 00:55:42,224
BTC brac, but only on the main stage.

845
00:55:42,224 --> 00:55:48,614
So it's worth to spending some sets, um,
to, to be there with, with others, to feel

846
00:55:48,614 --> 00:55:54,254
the energy, to be very close, um, to the
speakers and to use the opportunity to

847
00:55:54,254 --> 00:56:00,524
meet them in the, in the main conference
hall to, uh, to greet them after the

848
00:56:00,524 --> 00:56:03,314
talk and ask them additional questions.

849
00:56:03,314 --> 00:56:07,064
Because that's how, how, how you
get most of it right after the

850
00:56:07,514 --> 00:56:12,254
call, right after the talk, go and
meet them and ask them something.

851
00:56:12,254 --> 00:56:18,404
And most of the speakers are very happy
to, to talk and to expand, uh, the,

852
00:56:18,464 --> 00:56:22,094
just the, the short period of time,
what they have on the main stage.

853
00:56:23,624 --> 00:56:27,014
It sounds fantastic, and I love
those Oxford style debates.

854
00:56:27,164 --> 00:56:31,754
One of my favorites, like from a
decade back is Stephen Fry and the

855
00:56:31,754 --> 00:56:36,254
Christopher Hitchens debating to
religious people if, if the Catholic

856
00:56:36,254 --> 00:56:38,324
church is a, is a force for good or not.

857
00:56:38,324 --> 00:56:40,504
I. Uh, that was a great debate.

858
00:56:40,834 --> 00:56:44,464
Uh, so, so looking forward to that A lot.

859
00:56:44,494 --> 00:56:46,714
You mentioned Safe,
Idina Mo and Larry Lahar.

860
00:56:47,104 --> 00:56:52,804
I mean, we will have a book corner,
uh, which Luke and I are running a

861
00:56:52,804 --> 00:56:55,984
booth there, and I, I believe Safe
Iin is running the other booth.

862
00:56:55,984 --> 00:57:01,624
And there's like, uh, uh, a little book
signing, uh, corner where we, we'll

863
00:57:01,714 --> 00:57:03,634
both have sessions, signing books.

864
00:57:03,904 --> 00:57:09,034
Larry Lepard Will will have his book,
uh, uh, in our booth and plenty of other

865
00:57:09,034 --> 00:57:15,484
authors too, uh, including a handful of
check authors, uh, local authors, and, uh.

866
00:57:16,124 --> 00:57:17,714
Other, other people too.

867
00:57:17,954 --> 00:57:20,399
So, uh, so looking forward to that a lot.

868
00:57:20,564 --> 00:57:22,274
Uh, there's a lot going on.

869
00:57:22,634 --> 00:57:27,104
Uh, we will also, you mentioned Marty
Maldi and Sam Mo, which are, I know,

870
00:57:27,164 --> 00:57:31,544
uh, from, um, I heard through the
grapevine that they are musicians and

871
00:57:31,544 --> 00:57:35,054
that, uh, which I happen to be too, and
that we might do something together.

872
00:57:35,054 --> 00:57:37,964
So we'll, we'll see
what that ends up being.

873
00:57:38,024 --> 00:57:41,504
But, uh, as always, I look
forward to Prague a lot.

874
00:57:41,984 --> 00:57:48,224
Uh, it's, it's just a great conference
and a great city and, uh, this year I'm

875
00:57:48,224 --> 00:57:53,204
bringing my family, so like, I'm looking
forward to, to, to showing them, uh, the

876
00:57:53,204 --> 00:57:55,184
city and the conference and everything.

877
00:57:55,304 --> 00:57:56,489
Uh, it's gonna be great.

878
00:57:57,044 --> 00:57:57,254
Yeah.

879
00:57:57,254 --> 00:57:58,454
Thank you for your current words.

880
00:57:58,964 --> 00:58:04,004
Uh, yeah, I think I can, uh, I
can uh, really agree with you

881
00:58:04,004 --> 00:58:06,044
that Prague is beautiful city.

882
00:58:06,464 --> 00:58:10,874
It's very historical, and for those
who didn't see it, it's a great

883
00:58:10,874 --> 00:58:15,104
opportunity to come and extend
the state for few more days and

884
00:58:15,104 --> 00:58:17,984
just, just go around the old city.

885
00:58:18,524 --> 00:58:22,274
It's medieval, it's beautiful,
it's full of proof of work.

886
00:58:22,694 --> 00:58:25,004
It's, it's absolutely astonishing.

887
00:58:25,184 --> 00:58:29,744
And it's also, Prague is still quite
cost effective if you compare with

888
00:58:30,044 --> 00:58:32,324
other big, uh, capitals in Europe.

889
00:58:33,959 --> 00:58:34,349
Yes.

890
00:58:34,409 --> 00:58:42,719
Uh, and I, I mean, it's also serves as a
perfect, uh, um, visualizer of like what

891
00:58:42,749 --> 00:58:46,379
the world was like on the gold standard
and what it's like on a fiat standard,

892
00:58:46,409 --> 00:58:52,289
because sometimes there's this beautiful
400 year old building right next to a,

893
00:58:52,289 --> 00:58:57,359
a fiat skyscraper that's just but ugly,
and you can just see the problem there.

894
00:58:57,419 --> 00:59:03,779
Uh, and, uh, no, it's, it's, as far
as big cities go, uh, uh, progress,

895
00:59:03,839 --> 00:59:10,139
uh, definitely a top three big, uh,
big city metropolitan, big cities,

896
00:59:10,199 --> 00:59:11,579
uh, in the world that I like.

897
00:59:11,579 --> 00:59:14,099
So, so if you haven't been,
you should absolutely go.

898
00:59:14,159 --> 00:59:17,909
And by the way, the
beer is just next level.

899
00:59:18,029 --> 00:59:19,559
It's better than anywhere else on earth.

900
00:59:19,739 --> 00:59:21,299
Like no question about it.

901
00:59:21,738 --> 00:59:25,008
Yeah, we, we are in the middle of
the Europe, so we have, we have

902
00:59:25,008 --> 00:59:29,088
great beer, but we have also great
wine and great heart, spirit.

903
00:59:29,208 --> 00:59:34,398
We have everything what you can imagine
from the good mix of, of Europe.

904
00:59:35,673 --> 00:59:38,733
Yeah, and you have deaf administration,
which we alluded to here in the

905
00:59:38,823 --> 00:59:42,453
beginning, which is, uh, and we
can reveal what it is now after

906
00:59:42,453 --> 00:59:44,853
the show has, uh, an hour in here.

907
00:59:45,573 --> 00:59:48,603
Uh, and it's basically it's
throwing bureaucrats and

908
00:59:48,603 --> 00:59:50,253
politicians out the windows, right?

909
00:59:50,598 --> 00:59:51,348
Yes, yes.

910
00:59:51,348 --> 01:00:00,738
It's an act of, um, of, uh, of throwing
out, um, the, the leaders of parliament

911
01:00:00,738 --> 01:00:06,198
or let's say in, in, in and of some,
uh, yeah, bureaucrats from the windows.

912
01:00:06,498 --> 01:00:10,728
It happened three times in
Czech Republic in past, oof.

913
01:00:10,848 --> 01:00:12,648
600 years I would say.

914
01:00:13,368 --> 01:00:16,248
So we are waiting for another one.

915
01:00:16,816 --> 01:00:20,471
Yeah, and if you want to know more
about that and more about the history

916
01:00:20,471 --> 01:00:23,831
of Frog, you should check out our
interview with your brother Martin.

917
01:00:24,161 --> 01:00:29,741
Uh, which we did, uh, maybe six months
back or something, uh, if I recall

918
01:00:29,981 --> 01:00:31,601
I think it was even more

919
01:00:31,811 --> 01:00:33,581
Even more, maybe nine months or something.

920
01:00:33,581 --> 01:00:33,791
Yeah.

921
01:00:33,881 --> 01:00:38,111
uh, it was sometime before last
BTC Pro, if I remember correctly.

922
01:00:38,111 --> 01:00:38,981
So it's almost a

923
01:00:39,071 --> 01:00:39,701
Oh yeah, yeah.

924
01:00:39,701 --> 01:00:40,721
Almost a year now.

925
01:00:40,721 --> 01:00:40,931
Yeah.

926
01:00:40,931 --> 01:00:41,231
Yeah.

927
01:00:41,396 --> 01:00:46,376
but for those who are curious, for those
who are curious about the check history

928
01:00:46,376 --> 01:00:53,366
and how it kind of fits, uh, and connect
with Bitcoin, we have published, um, a

929
01:00:53,366 --> 01:00:59,216
Freedom ebook, uh, which is, uh, which
is free to download on our webpage,

930
01:00:59,216 --> 01:01:01,106
and you can find a link on our Twitter.

931
01:01:01,466 --> 01:01:07,256
And it's, it's quite interesting and,
uh, short read and it, it gets you

932
01:01:07,256 --> 01:01:13,166
through this like history, um, through
these deaf administrations and, uh,

933
01:01:13,166 --> 01:01:19,916
and some Sids wars up to the time
when Bitcoin was, um, uh, discovered.

934
01:01:20,606 --> 01:01:24,776
Uh, and, uh, and why the
checks have picked up so fast.

935
01:01:25,076 --> 01:01:29,816
And it lead us until the, the time
when we are, uh, where we are now.

936
01:01:31,106 --> 01:01:35,216
No, I can, uh, definitely
recommend downloading that ebook.

937
01:01:35,276 --> 01:01:39,626
So have I done and I've, uh, uh,
read through it and it's, it's

938
01:01:39,626 --> 01:01:42,986
full of great material and it's
also very beautifully designed.

939
01:01:42,986 --> 01:01:44,996
So, so I definitely recommend that.

940
01:01:45,506 --> 01:01:50,906
And as we said before, use Code Infinity
to, uh, get 10% off your ticket to Prague

941
01:01:51,236 --> 01:01:53,276
and make sure you get your ass over there.

942
01:01:53,276 --> 01:01:54,656
You're not gonna regret it.

943
01:01:55,086 --> 01:01:55,376
Yeah.

944
01:01:55,406 --> 01:01:56,366
it's fantastic.

945
01:01:56,411 --> 01:01:57,641
You're not gonna regret it.

946
01:01:57,896 --> 01:01:59,831
I, I am pretty sure about this.

947
01:01:59,861 --> 01:02:06,641
Um, the satisfaction rate of BTC PRO
is, is just, uh, absolutely amazing.

948
01:02:07,211 --> 01:02:13,901
And if you pay with Bitcoin while using
the Infinity code, you get another 5% off.

949
01:02:14,291 --> 01:02:19,901
So it's, it's better to just buy Bitcoin
and pay with it, um, to, to have a

950
01:02:20,021 --> 01:02:26,771
bigger discount and just come, uh, take
your friends, uh, buy the tickets soon

951
01:02:26,771 --> 01:02:31,001
because they are quickly disappearing,
especially the, the cheapest one.

952
01:02:31,481 --> 01:02:35,321
And if you bring them there, you
can be sure that they will fall

953
01:02:35,321 --> 01:02:39,101
into this rabbit hole because
the, the conviction which comes.

954
01:02:39,956 --> 01:02:45,896
We seeing the whole conference, the
export and thousands of people, it's,

955
01:02:46,526 --> 01:02:49,406
it's unmatchable, it, it just clicks.

956
01:02:49,766 --> 01:02:54,356
So if you have problem to convince
someone, um, maybe this is the time

957
01:02:54,356 --> 01:02:59,036
to seduce them for a trip to Prague
and, and just bring them for one

958
01:02:59,036 --> 01:03:04,496
day, for Saturday to, to this event
and, and your, your work is done.

959
01:03:06,196 --> 01:03:07,016
Now, uh, yeah.

960
01:03:07,226 --> 01:03:07,936
Great tip.

961
01:03:08,916 --> 01:03:11,131
So, so where, what's the website?

962
01:03:11,131 --> 01:03:11,496
This BT.

963
01:03:11,551 --> 01:03:13,471
C prague.com, right?

964
01:03:13,811 --> 01:03:16,871
Yes, the website is btc product.com.

965
01:03:17,291 --> 01:03:22,841
We have also site event, uh,
uh, dev Hack Day, which you

966
01:03:22,841 --> 01:03:24,821
can find on our main webpage.

967
01:03:24,851 --> 01:03:29,351
If you are, if you are, uh, really
interested about the edge of the

968
01:03:29,351 --> 01:03:34,841
technology, you should apply for this
one day conference before BTC product.

969
01:03:34,841 --> 01:03:40,511
So it's 18th of June and if you are
really into big money and corporate

970
01:03:40,511 --> 01:03:46,001
word, we have just launched our
BCD, which is Bitcoin Corporate Day.

971
01:03:46,301 --> 01:03:52,301
And there's just one day site event,
uh, for selected 210 individuals.

972
01:03:52,781 --> 01:03:57,731
And this is just a topnotch
networking during BTC product.

973
01:03:57,731 --> 01:04:01,331
So you can also check that
out, bitcoin corporate day.com.

974
01:04:02,311 --> 01:04:04,171
Which day is the Bitcoin Corporate day?

975
01:04:04,456 --> 01:04:09,341
It is, it's on Friday, it's 20th of
June, so that means that you just

976
01:04:09,341 --> 01:04:15,161
skip one day from BTC proc and you
spend the day in a different venue.

977
01:04:15,221 --> 01:04:20,861
Um, but you, you can, you can still,
uh, meet others during the evening.

978
01:04:22,421 --> 01:04:22,781
All right.

979
01:04:22,781 --> 01:04:23,741
That sounds awesome.

980
01:04:23,801 --> 01:04:27,911
And, uh, yeah, I, I guess B2C prog
will return next year as well.

981
01:04:28,181 --> 01:04:28,691
Uh.

982
01:04:28,841 --> 01:04:29,651
yeah, for sure.

983
01:04:29,651 --> 01:04:32,111
It's, uh, it's, it's a tradition.

984
01:04:32,171 --> 01:04:34,511
I don't see why we should stop it.

985
01:04:34,571 --> 01:04:35,231
Everyone.

986
01:04:35,231 --> 01:04:36,161
Everyone's love it.

987
01:04:36,251 --> 01:04:38,531
Uh, we really like to organize it.

988
01:04:38,591 --> 01:04:39,731
It's a lot of fun.

989
01:04:40,241 --> 01:04:47,051
And, and we have some, some other, other
plans for future, but maybe we will

990
01:04:47,051 --> 01:04:49,751
just keep this for, for our next time.

991
01:04:50,596 --> 01:04:54,551
Yes, I may or may know, uh,
something about this, but if I say

992
01:04:54,551 --> 01:04:56,351
anything, you will have to kill me.

993
01:04:56,681 --> 01:04:59,111
So, so I'll, I'll avoid that for now.

994
01:04:59,231 --> 01:05:01,121
Uh, but there is more to come.

995
01:05:01,361 --> 01:05:02,111
Be sure of that.

996
01:05:02,501 --> 01:05:06,401
Uh, so where can people
find you on online, Mathias?

997
01:05:06,731 --> 01:05:07,901
Like what's your

998
01:05:08,636 --> 01:05:11,216
So, yeah, I'm on Twitter.

999
01:05:11,216 --> 01:05:14,396
I think if you just type my
name, uh, you'll find me, or

1000
01:05:14,396 --> 01:05:16,706
the handle is Mathias 44 Cook.

1001
01:05:17,576 --> 01:05:21,146
Um, I'm on, I'm on
Twitter, I'm on LinkedIn.

1002
01:05:21,206 --> 01:05:26,666
Um, if you, if you want to reach out
with any proposal or some recommendation,

1003
01:05:27,056 --> 01:05:32,396
uh, for a program, please send
an email to hello@btcproduct.com.

1004
01:05:32,696 --> 01:05:38,726
It'll get to me and I will be happy to,
uh, to chat and, and, and to answer.

1005
01:05:40,536 --> 01:05:41,146
Fantastic.

1006
01:05:41,426 --> 01:05:45,986
So thank you very much for coming
onto the show and, uh, uh, looking

1007
01:05:45,986 --> 01:05:47,876
forward a lot to B2C Prague.

1008
01:05:48,206 --> 01:05:53,096
Uh, looking forward to seeing both you and
Martin there and, and having tons of fun.

1009
01:05:53,126 --> 01:05:55,556
So, till then, take care.

1010
01:05:56,016 --> 01:05:57,311
Thank bye.

1011
01:05:58,586 --> 01:06:00,956
This has been the Bitcoin Infinity Show.

1012
01:06:01,346 --> 01:06:02,276
Thanks for listening.