Niko Jilch joins us to talk about Bitcoin in the German-speaking world as well as the rest of the EU, touching on history, current events, and optimism for the future! Key Takeaways: 🔹The German-speaking Bitcoin community is large and active, with a strong interest in Bitcoin as a store of value. 🔹The collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe and the lessons learned from that experience can be applied to the current state of the financial system. 🔹The financial sector may become smaller or even disappear in a hyper Bitcoinized world 🔹The EU is facing challenges due to socialism and incompetence in its institutions 🔹Democracies are not inherently stable and can lead to unsustainable economic systems 🔹The German-speaking world is experiencing a growing interest in Bitcoin, with podcasts and content focusing on its different aspects. 🔹Bitcoin empowers individuals to challenge broken systems and take control of their own lives. Connect with Niko: https://x.com/NikoJilch https://nikojilch.com/ Connect with Us: https://www.freedomfootprintshow.com/ https://twitter.com/FootprintShow https://primal.net/freedom https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm https://primal.net/knut https://twitter.com/lukedewolf https://primal.net/luke Thanks to our sponsors - check out there websites for info: BitBox: https://bitbox.swiss/freedom Bitcoin Adviser: https://content.thebitcoinadviser.com/freedom Orange Pill App: https://www.orangepillapp.com/ Support the Show: If you value what we do here at the Freedom Footprint Show, consider sending us some value back. You can send us a boost or stream us some sats on Fountain. Check out https://www.fountain.fm/ You can support us directly with Bitcoin on Geyser Fund: https://geyser.fund/project/freedom/ The Freedom Footprint Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf. In each episode, we explore everything from deep philosophy to practical tools to emit freedom dioxide to expand your freedom footprint. This isn't a show for bitcoin news or analysis - we dig into the deep topics that are important to us and to our guests. Join us if you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin and related freedom-go-up technologies and ideas!