Iran just made Bitcoin the toll for oil, and the U.S. dollar should be terrified. In this episode of The Bitcoin Boomers, Bob Burnett, Larry Lepard, and Gary Leland break down the petrodollar shift that could reshape global money.
Bob's Country Club buddies finally stopped laughing, Gary wants to live to 200, and Larry's hair is on fire. The Boomers go deep on inflation, the bond market, the coming "Big Print," and why Bitcoin may be the ultimate escape hatch for anyone trying to protect their wealth.
In this Bitcoin episode you will learn about:
0:00 Intro
01:03 Robert Kiyosaki's warning for Boomers
03:56 Why bond markets may be signaling a major financial event
04:10 Warsh the new Fed chair
08:49 Bob THOUGHT he would want to be CEO one day
11:28 AI, productivity, and the future of employment
14:06 Life is better now than in the Middle Ages
17:43 Bob finally gets respect at the Country Club
19:45 Education advice for younger generations
21:00 At Least You aren't Litecoin Larry
22:00 At certain wealth levels you don't notice what's going on
23:05 Larry's friend hates The Big Print
25:00 Gary wants to live to be 200
32:00 If you want to live to be 200 you need Bitcoin
34:00 Japan's debt crisis and the Yen Carry Trade
40:02 Big Print 3 and what makes Larry's hair catch fire
42:20 This is when power law rips to the upside
45:00 The Japanese 100 year mortgage
47:00 Why Bitcoin may become the ultimate escape hatch
48:00 The Petro Sat
49:10 Bitcoin the network
50:08 Nations and Blockspace
51:49 Iran kicked off the SWIFT system
53:00 A reason to mine Bitcoin and it's not what you think
01:05 First layer transactions won't last forever.
02:05 Bitcoin insurance is what they are paying for.
Why successful investors are suddenly asking questions about Bitcoin
Nation-state Bitcoin mining and sovereign block space
Iran, Russia, China, and Bitcoin's geopolitical role
Bitcoin as censorship-resistant money
Inflation, rising living costs, and generational pressure
This is Bitcoin macro for Boomers: sound money, wealth preservation, and the future of the financial system explained by people who have lived through decades of market cycles.
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🎙️ About The Bitcoin Boomers
The Bitcoin Boomers are Gary Leland, Lawrence Lepard, Bob Burnett, and George Bodine. 4 men with decades of experience in business, tech, macro, and investing. If you're over 40 and building wealth, protecting wealth, or simply trying to understand how money really works, this show is for you.
Gary Leland: Founder of BitBlockBoom, early digital pioneer, and Hall of Fame podcaster. Gary built some of the earliest e-commerce sites in 1996 and became one of the world's first podcasters in 2004. His work earned recognition in Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Websites and induction into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. He founded BitBlockBoom.com, now in its 10th year as the longest-running Bitcoin conference in North America.
Lawrence Lepard: Macro investor, sound money advocate, and author of The Big Print: https://amzn.to/3XuzAtn. Lawrence brings four decades of experience in venture capital, private equity, and macro analysis. He speaks openly about inflation, debt cycles, monetary failure, and the fragility of the fiat system. He does not hold back on his convictions.
Bob Burnett: Tech veteran, Bitcoin mining entrepreneur, and former CTO at Gateway. Bob spent 13 years as CTO and EVP of Products at Gateway, helping lead innovation in personal computing, and worked on the world's first laptop at Zenith. Today he runs BarefootMining.com, building diversified, decentralized Bitcoin mining sites across the U.S.
George Bodine: Arguably the world's most interesting man. From fighter pilot to Delta pilot to Bitcoiner.