Pierre Rochard on Work, Communism, Spirituality & Bitcoin

Oct 3 2022 • 1hr 10m

Show Notes

In this very special episode Ced sits down with Pierre Rochard for an intriguing and wide-ranging conversation about proof of work vs proof of stake, parallel histories, long range POS attacks, how Bitcoin is a hedge against a wide range of uncertainties, adoption waves, herd mentality, CPI, inflation, toxicity, why people avoid the truth, charity, anonymous donations and spirituality in money. What if you didn’t have to pay healthcare premiums anymore? What if you could invest in bitcoin instead? With CrowdHealth, you can put aside money for health expenses in your own account, and even hold a large part of it in bitcoin — if bitcoin goes up, you get the upside — not big insurance companies. Pay one low monthly total to fund an account that is YOURS. Choose your doctors, get great healthcare, and hold up to 75% of the balance in Bitcoin every month. If a large expense comes up, CrowdHealth will help negotiate and crowdfund the bill for you. Stop supporting the broken health insurance system with your hard-earned capital. Go to joincrowdhealth.com and use code MATRIX now and experience freedom from health insurance by utilizing Bitcoin Right now you can get your first six months for just $99 per month. That's just a fraction of high deductible insurance plans Go to joincrowdhealth.com and use code MATRIX to sign-up. That’s joincrowdhealth.com promo code MATRIX. CrowdHealth is not health insurance. It’s a totally different way of paying for healthcare. Terms and Conditions may apply. CypherSafe has a long heritage of creating quality (and I think beautiful) metal products. Their parent company, Numberall has been doing it since 1930. With bitcoin slowly changing people’s time preference, they feel it’s a great time to focus on making artistic, metal items. People can again start to appreciate an item for it’s beauty, and the craftsmanship it took to make it. Their first go is the Bitcoin Reuleaux Triangle. It’s a fusion of engineering, geometry, artisanship, and bitcoin. It’s overall shape is the Reuleaux Triangle, named after Franz Reuleaux. He was an engineer in the 1800’s who formalized Kinematic Theory, Of course the obvious nod to bitcoin is front and center with the Bitcoin ₿ logo. They strived to achieve a beautiful look with the ₿ face textured for an almost diamond coated look. Along with making the ₿ a raised engraving, which creates a beveled edge to enhance the smaller details. All of this is done in titanium We hope you find the Bitcoin Reuleaux Triangle as beautiful as we do! For more information Go to cyphersafe.io and use the code Matrix to get 10% your order Make sure to Search Bitcoin Matrix in your podcast app and click subscribe! And if you have the time please leave a review on iTunes If you are interested in sponsoring the show, my DMs on twitter are open you can also hit me up with any feedback or suggestions that you might have If you want to support the show and see us so grow so that we can continue to bring you the freshest and dopest conversations in the space, make sure to subscribe and give us a 5 star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Please tell your friends and family about the Bitcoin Matrix podcast and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to support the show with sats, value for value style you can now stream the Bitcoin Matrix podcast on the Fountain app. Check the Bitcoin Matrix out on Fountain here: https://fountain.fm/show/8jJhCIKzojSARTePnCxM Subscribe to the Bitcoin Matrix on YouTube at tinyurl.com/bitcoinonyoutube Follow Pierre Rochard on Twitter: @BitcoinPierre Follow Cedric Youngelman on Twitter: @CedYoungelman Follow the Bitcoin Matrix Podcast on Twitter: @_BitcoinMatrix