#15: Wizard of Aus - Bitcoin as a Social Layer

Today's episode is a ripper with the Wizard of Aus (@BTCSchellingPt), the co-organiser of Australia's triannual Bitcoin Bush Bash - a congregation of Bitcoiners coming from all over Australia to socialise, discuss and debate Bitcoin and all things privacy, sovereignty and individual liberty.

This one covered all areas of Bitcoin, crypto, institutional adoption and the upcoming Bitcoin Bush Bash in Palm Cove, kicking off 27 July 2023.

Time stamps: 

2:48 – Intro to Bitcoin

7:00 -  Why Bitcoin not crypto

24:00 – Custodial solutions and trade-offs

27:03 – Traditional finance and understanding money

41:05 – Blackrock’s ETF

45:06 – NGU and privacy go hand in hand

51:30 – Bitcoin as a social phenomena

58:45 – Orange-pilling techniques

1:13:35 – Doing good in the world

1:19:40 – Bitcoin Bush Bash

You can follow Wiz on Twitter (@BTCSchellingPt) and the Bitcoin Bush Bash (@bitcoinbushbash) or for me information, visit www.bitcoinbushbash.info

Edited by Sean Lowe