Nic Cary reckons there is still up to £2m of Bitcoin buried in geocaches across Yorkshire. He hid it himself, more than thirteen years ago.He first heard about Bitcoin in 2011, on a small fishing boat on the Long Island Sound. A few years later he moved from the United States to York with a backpack and helped build the first block explorer for Bitcoin out of a two-bedroom flat near the racecourse.That project became Blockchain.com. It now has offices in six countries, an FCA registration, a MiCA licence covering Europe, and a confidential SEC filing ahead of a US listing.In this episode: • The fishing trip that started it • Why the company was built in York rather than London • The paper wallets hidden across Yorkshire, and what they were worth • From block explorer to wallet, and the case for holding your own keys • Polymarket, Snap Markets and tokenised stocks • How to explain Bitcoin without arguing with people • Why machines, not people, may make most payments within ten years • The three things he thinks everyone should readTimestamps:00:00 Coming Up00:40 Intro01:13 Hearing about Bitcoin on a fishing boat in 201106:12 Websites, clams and Pipeline CRM08:42 Why blockchain.com started in York12:46 Bitcoin hidden in geocaches across Yorkshire14:57 What it was worth at the time15:43 From block explorer to building a wallet18:03 Self-custody versus handing your money over20:26 Polymarket, Snap Markets and tokenised stocks22:20 How Nic's approach to explaining Bitcoin changed25:06 Store of value, stablecoins and peer-to-peer cash27:14 Why machines will transact in digital money29:33 FCA approval, MiCA and the SEC filing32:12 Three things everyone should read🇬🇧 Join the UK Bitcoin Business Network here: https://www.joinbbn.com/CONTACT JORDAN:X: https://x.com/JayW132LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-walker-293955106/Email: hello@bitcoincollective.coCONTACT Nic: X: https://x.com/niccary?lang=en💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncary/📬READ OUR NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.bitcoincollective.co/LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06sBiOznJDxuhafDmkE9VK?si=3f0a8bb8abd64eecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bitcoin-collective/id1561573613Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/AYHiNhTTv0HOgGEjRjWNYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bitcoincollective?sub_confirmation=1All content provided by The Bitcoin Collective and guests in this episode is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, trading, or investment advice.⸻EDITED BY JAMES PEARCELinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-pearcesf/Available now on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Always do your own research.