S9 E7: Knut Svanholm on Sovereignty and Bitcoin in El Salvador
While most Bitcoin podcast interviews feature people who agree on almost every topic, this discussion with Knut Svanholm feels much more like a debate where we have opposing views. We talk about El Salvador, the state of sovereignty & why BTC is bullish.
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Time stamps:
4:20 – Why did Knut Svanholm stick around the Bitcoin space?
7:20 – Bitcoin conferences are the new rockstar tours
9:55 – Opinions on “The Sovereign Individual” by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
15:47 – The free will paradox
17:30 – Bitcoin as financial atheism
19:00 – Faith in verification
20:15 – Linux and open source
23:30 – Bitcoin privacy
26:08 – Financial incentives vs ideology
28:33 – Karen culture and Chainalysis
35:00 – Stockholm syndrome and the brilliance of George Orwell
38:13 – The El Salvador situation
58:50 – Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, and corporations getting involved in Bitcoin
01:01:50 – Mining from home and altruism
01:12:23 – Miners, Taproot, and SegWit activation
01:19:55 – Bitcoin’s J-shaped price action and S-shaped user adoption
01:23:54 – Why we’re still in the early days of Bitcoin
01:28:00 – The issue of fake bitcoins that can create inflation on Revolut, PayPal & eToro
01:31:45 – Day trading is like the poker boom
01:32:20 – People quitting their jobs because of the bitcoin bull run
01:34:30 – HODLing vs trading
01:36:00 – Bitcoin and the environment
01:43:00 – Bitcoin memes and reality
01:47:20 – Inflation is coming
01:48:45 – Yearly lows are more interesting than all-time highs
01:49:30 – Lightning is readier than ever
01:55:50 – Bits vs sats
01:57:00 – The mempool is empty again in 2021
01:59:54 – Peter Schiff is always the bottom indicator
02:03:57 – If you’re a Karen and want to speak to the manager of Bitcoin, where do you go?
02:06:30 – Knut’s next book
02:08:58 – Is Bitcoin libertarian?
02:13:00 – Starship Troopers, Robocop and other films that Hodlonaut also loves
02:14:50 – Roko’s basilisk and the Honey Badger Basilisk
02:17:09 – Why we need more Bitcoin podcasts
02:21:05 – Bitcoin, Christianity and atheism
02:23:00 – Why podcasts are better than television and radio
02:25:00 – How and why limits can be helpful and productive
02:27:05 – Interviewing Chris DeRose and keeping up with him
02:32:00 – Debating Roger Ver?
02:34:20 – Shitcoinery at the Bitcoin 2021 conference
02:36:00 – Shitcoins today are basically Bitcoin sidechains
02:37:50 – Stablecoins are oxymorons, altcoins are no real alternatives
02:39:00 – There’s a lot of method acting in Ethereum
02:41:00 – Zooko is most likely still a hardcore bitcoiner
02:43:00 – Vitalik, the Magic Flute and opera
02:47:50 – Fame
02:49:53 – People want to be loved, just like Charles Foster Kane
02:52:00 – Why kids and inheritance matter
02:56:00 – The flaws of education in Sweden
03:08:05 – Social democracy in Sweden
Sponsored by Vaultoro & Wasabi Wallet.
Time stamps:
4:20 – Why did Knut Svanholm stick around the Bitcoin space?
7:20 – Bitcoin conferences are the new rockstar tours
9:55 – Opinions on “The Sovereign Individual” by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
15:47 – The free will paradox
17:30 – Bitcoin as financial atheism
19:00 – Faith in verification
20:15 – Linux and open source
23:30 – Bitcoin privacy
26:08 – Financial incentives vs ideology
28:33 – Karen culture and Chainalysis
35:00 – Stockholm syndrome and the brilliance of George Orwell
38:13 – The El Salvador situation
58:50 – Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, and corporations getting involved in Bitcoin
01:01:50 – Mining from home and altruism
01:12:23 – Miners, Taproot, and SegWit activation
01:19:55 – Bitcoin’s J-shaped price action and S-shaped user adoption
01:23:54 – Why we’re still in the early days of Bitcoin
01:28:00 – The issue of fake bitcoins that can create inflation on Revolut, PayPal & eToro
01:31:45 – Day trading is like the poker boom
01:32:20 – People quitting their jobs because of the bitcoin bull run
01:34:30 – HODLing vs trading
01:36:00 – Bitcoin and the environment
01:43:00 – Bitcoin memes and reality
01:47:20 – Inflation is coming
01:48:45 – Yearly lows are more interesting than all-time highs
01:49:30 – Lightning is readier than ever
01:55:50 – Bits vs sats
01:57:00 – The mempool is empty again in 2021
01:59:54 – Peter Schiff is always the bottom indicator
02:03:57 – If you’re a Karen and want to speak to the manager of Bitcoin, where do you go?
02:06:30 – Knut’s next book
02:08:58 – Is Bitcoin libertarian?
02:13:00 – Starship Troopers, Robocop and other films that Hodlonaut also loves
02:14:50 – Roko’s basilisk and the Honey Badger Basilisk
02:17:09 – Why we need more Bitcoin podcasts
02:21:05 – Bitcoin, Christianity and atheism
02:23:00 – Why podcasts are better than television and radio
02:25:00 – How and why limits can be helpful and productive
02:27:05 – Interviewing Chris DeRose and keeping up with him
02:32:00 – Debating Roger Ver?
02:34:20 – Shitcoinery at the Bitcoin 2021 conference
02:36:00 – Shitcoins today are basically Bitcoin sidechains
02:37:50 – Stablecoins are oxymorons, altcoins are no real alternatives
02:39:00 – There’s a lot of method acting in Ethereum
02:41:00 – Zooko is most likely still a hardcore bitcoiner
02:43:00 – Vitalik, the Magic Flute and opera
02:47:50 – Fame
02:49:53 – People want to be loved, just like Charles Foster Kane
02:52:00 – Why kids and inheritance matter
02:56:00 – The flaws of education in Sweden
03:08:05 – Social democracy in Sweden
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