EP11: Why Crematoriums will be the new Singapore - Hats & Brendo

Episode • Oct 30, 2021 • 48m

Hats and Brendo riff on all things that have caught their attention this week in Bitcoin.

Why technology is difficult, and why that’s no different in Bitcoin. If you find it easy, you must become the go-to person in your friend and family group.

Toxic Brendo trends on Twitter Business and Finance and tells us why he looks through all financial advice books for mentions of Bitcoin, and why most of the content is crap. If you want a list of good Bitcoin books, go to www.bitcoin-first.com/learn

We discuss whether crematoriums should be fitted with a Bitcoin miner, to donate your body to the network.

Find out what Lionel Richie and Homer Simpson have in common.

Why do we trust politicians and bankers on money, when we don’t trust them on anything else?

Max Keiser and David McWilliams discuss why Gresham’s Law suggests Bitcoin is a bad thing.

Why Hats thinks there will be another cycle, but why he should be wrong.

The narrative shift in the last 6 months on Bitcoin mining.

When do whales start buying failing companies. Who will be the first bitcoiners to own an airline, and how many businesses (including Bitcoin businesses) will outperform Bitcoin.

What would you sell Bitcoin for?

Preston Pysh and John Vallis talk about 1 Bitcoin being worth 100 salaries.

We also touch on conspiracy theories around power shortages.

Tweet of the Week: Alon Shvartsman

Dick of the Day: Us

Pod Shout-outs

twitter.com/alonshvartsman (Shadowy Super-Coder, Twitter)

twitter.com/hodlonaut (Space Cat, Twitter)

twitter.com/Seetee_io (Closing the Loop Podcast, John Vallis and Preston Pysh)

twitter.com/LionelRichie (Yes, that one)

twitter.com/davidmcw (Economist and Broadcaster)

twitter.com/HillebrandMax (Free Software Entrepreneur)