In this episode we go deep: moving from South Korea to America at seven and learning English by being thrown in the deep end, finding Bitcoin at $1 and the one he never bought, the wild Vitalik Buterin colour coins story, the SegWit scaling wars told like we were there, why fiat ruins everything from marriage to education, agentic AI and self-sovereign robots, faith and money, "Go West, young man" as advice for a broke sixteen-year-old — and then the two big ones: BIP 110 and ProductionReady, the conservative third Bitcoin client he's building. Plus the famous closing question. A history lesson, a warning, and a serious dose of optimism. This one's for anyone who wants to understand where Bitcoin's been — and the fight over where it's going next. Follow Jimmy Song: Website: https://jimmysong.org X / Twitter: https://x.com/jimmysong Substack: https://jimmysong.substack.com YouTube: search "Jimmy Song" Books mentioned: Programming Bitcoin (O'Reilly) · The Little Bitcoin Book · Fiat Ruins Everything · Thank God for Bitcoin Follow Orange Pill Order: Website: https://orangepillorder.com X / Twitter: @OrangePillOrder YouTube: subscribe so you never miss an episode Chapters 00:00 — Intro: 27 years of code, 13 years of Bitcoin 02:03 — Born in South Korea, moving to America at seven 06:37 — Finding Bitcoin in 2011 (and the $1 he never bought) 13:24 — The idea vs the code: earning his first Bitcoin 17:08 — The Vitalik Buterin & colour coins story 20:20 — From liking Bitcoin to becoming a builder 27:15 — Armory, custody & being too early 31:43 — Paxos, Blockchain Capital & what VCs really want 37:30 — The SegWit / SegWit2x scaling wars, told like we were there 48:05 — The single biggest lesson from SegWit 49:59 — Programming Bitcoin: why write the book? 57:24 — Education, first principles & the Socratic method 1:02:42 — Rethinking money, then rethinking software with AI 1:08:21 — Robots, Tesla FSD & self-sovereign everything 1:13:36 — Fiat Ruins Everything: the core case 1:19:06 — How fiat debases marriage & the family 1:25:26 — Faith, money & Thank God for Bitcoin 1:28:42 — The case for optimism: "Go West, young man" 1:40:41 — What is BIP 110 and what problem does it fix? 1:47:00 — ProductionReady: a third Bitcoin client explained 1:52:17 — What happens in the one-year BIP 110 window? 1:58:00 — What actually happens to your transaction at go-live 2:06:52 — Ossification, sound money & 200-year planning 2:08:33 — Rapid fire round 2:11:07 — The famous closing question 2:11:50 — Where to find Jimmy + outro