#139: Earth Bucks & Rehabilitating Lost Bitcoiners feat. Ryan X Charles

Ryan joins the show to talk EBX, Bitcoin history, how to reunite bitcoiners, BCH in 2025, and more. Ryan is a cryptocurrency engineer, EBX creator and founder of Identellica: a privacy-first identity verification service & social network; formerly at BitPay, Reddit, Yours, and MoneyButton. Enjoy the discussion, and please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Links:

Ryan X Charles on Twitter: https://x.com/ryan_x_charles

Ryan’s website / blog: https://ryanxcharles.com/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dJjQbce1pkCQf1MR2WCI9qKYM1wf_0Ng/

Donations:

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Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:37 Intro

03:24 Ryan’s intro

08:33 BitPay & Jason Dreyzehner

13:35 Reddit

16:52 Blockstream & Greg Maxwell

21:16 Satoshi & blocksize limit

26:09 "Hijacking Bitcoin"

29:24 Bitcoin history: BCH

35:05 BSV & "living in a cult"

51:20 Community comment: Thierry Baudet

1:04:16 Earth Bucks

1:25:21 How is Earth Bucks doing?

1:32:56 BCH in 2025

1:40:22 What would it take for Ryan to join BCH?

1:49:00 Rehabilitating bitcoiners

1:56:26 Meme of the week

2:01:00 Crypto, SOL & ETH

2:05:30 Message to the community

2:10:06 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:12:00 Shoutouts and outro