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  • S1 · E95
    Thursday · 52 min

    They Bet Everything On An Existential Crisis | Bob Burnett & Nacho Pauls

    Mentor Sessions Ep 095: Bob Burnett and Nacho Pauls of Ocean discuss Bitcoin mining decentralization, the BIP-110 chain split, hash rate flight, and Bitcoin Knots. Bitcoin's first real hard fork just tested mining decentralization for real — and Ocean's hash rate dropped from roughly 40 exahash to 23 before clawing back. Bob Burnett (Barefoot Mining, Ocean chairman) and Nacho Pauls break down what actually happened when the chain split, why rented hash fled while owned hash stayed, and what the loss of Bitcoin Knots means for client diversity going forward. You'll learn why the "template centralization" problem is still the core issue even after BIP-110 was resolved, how a non-KYC pool kept paying miners through the chaos, and why Bob argues Bitcoin needs 3 to 5 competing clients — drawing a direct parallel to how the PC industry standardized USB, PCI, and Bluetooth. You'll also get the honest story behind Ocean's high-profile team departures, who's stepping into the CTO and chairman roles, and why Bob calls the whole episode a "distraction" the community ultimately settled the right way. Whether you run a node, stack sats, or care about who really controls Bitcoin's hash, this is a candid, insider conversation about mining, consensus, and what comes next. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:41 - Hard Fork Fallout and What Happened 1:12 - Have Bob's Decentralization Views Shifted? 1:54 - Datum Templates and Decentralization Fix 3:25 - Ocean Hash Rate Drops From 40 to 23 EH 3:43 - Overcoming Defeatism Among Motivated Miners 4:11 - Nacho Explains Why Miners Left Then Returned 4:57 - Only Pool That Let Miners Choose 6:37 - Owned Hash Rate Versus Rented Hash 8:34 - True Cost of 15 EH Rented Hash 9:38 - Non-KYC Mining and Unknown Customers 10:50 - Why Large Miners Avoid Switching to Ocean 13:20 - Ocean's Jump to 30 EH and Path to 100 17:23 - Sponsor Break 18:50 - Team Drama and Key Departures 20:17 - Amicable Split With Departing Founders 22:01 - Jason Hughes Becomes CTO and Board Changes 23:28 - BIP-110 Debate and Your Hash Your Choice 33:15 - Bob's Personal Take on Departures 34:13 - Mistake of Treating BIP-110 as Crisis 38:39 - Community Consensus and Bitcoin's Strength 43:57 - Losing Bitcoin Knots Client Option 45:53 - Short Medium and Long Term Client Strategy 46:48 - Plea to Core on Extended Version Support 47:27 - Why Bitcoin Needs Three to Five Clients 48:32 - PC Industry Lessons on USB and PCI Standards 51:16 - Where to Follow Nacho and Bob Guests mentioned: Bob Burnett (Barefoot Mining, Ocean), Nacho Pauls (Ocean), plus discussion of Luke DeWolf, Jason Hughes, and the Bitcoin Boomers. 🔗 Links & Resources: • Ocean: https://ocean.xyz • Bob Burnett on X: https://x.com/Boomer_BTC • Nacho Pauls on X: https://x.com/NachoPauls • BTC Sessions: https://btcsessions.ca ⚡Previous Episode: Brent Johnson: https://youtu.be/UoIwpsOB9O0 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #BitcoinMining #MiningDecentralization #BIP110 #BitcoinKnots #OceanPool #HashRate #BobBurnett #NachoPauls #HardFork #BarefootMining #ProofOfWork #SelfCustody

  • S1 · E94
    September 7 · 1 hr 4 min

    They’re Not Saving the Republic, They’re Building Fortress North America | Brent Johnson

    Mentor Sessions Ep 094: Brent Johnson explains the 2026 dollar outlook, the collapse of the rules-based order, Bessent's Treasury moves, and how AI and stablecoins entrench the US dollar. The rules-based order that kept markets stable for 80 years is dying - and Brent Johnson explains what replaces it, why the US dollar gets STRONGER not weaker, and how AI and stablecoins entrench American power for decades. Brent Johnson (Santiago Capital, Dollar Milkshake Theory) sits down for a wide-ranging conversation on the biggest structural shift in markets since World War Two. You'll learn why he thinks the American Republic could give way to an American empire, why Scott Bessent's Treasury buybacks matter more than the headlines suggest, and how passive management can turn a bond wobble into a full crisis. You'll see why he's concentrated in North America and the Western Hemisphere, why he calls the US-China relationship a "divorce," and why he refuses to bet against the US Treasury even as others call for the dollar's death. He also breaks down why AI is now a matter of national security, why stablecoins are structurally bullish for the dollar, and where Bitcoin fits in the emerging digital-asset order. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - Iran War and Dollar System Resilience 4:10 - Iran Conflict Pressure on Treasury Yields 5:41 - Rising Yields Create Global Collateral Strain 8:25 - Bessent Long-End Buybacks Explained 10:20 - Mike Green on Passive Bond Risks 11:48 - Rules-Based Order Has Ended 13:39 - Shift to America First Proactive Policy 17:31 - Signs the Rules-Based Order Is Dying 18:27 - Vance and Rubio Munich Security Speeches 21:41 - China Also Wants Strategic Divorce 23:26 - Multipolar World or US Remains Dominant 24:44 - American Republic Falls Into Empire 27:00 - Republic Versus Empire and Authoritarianism 31:07 - Positioning Portfolios Amid Geopolitical Chaos 33:28 - Building Fortress North America Strategy 35:19 - Canada US Relationship Realities 39:41 - Energy Trade War Leverage Analysis 44:16 - Bessent Druckenmiller Soros Trading Lineage 48:51 - Market Outlook Violently Sideways Year End 53:01 - AI Now National Security Priority 57:02 - AI Short Term Employment Risks 58:06 - Stablecoins Strengthen US Dollar Position 59:31 - Bitcoin Role Alongside Stablecoins 1:01:57 - Global Institutions Must Adapt Next Brent Johnson's written research and weekly show "Milkshakes, Markets and Madness" are at Santiago Capital - links below. 🔗 Links & Resources: • Santiago Capital research: https://research.santiagocapital.com/ • Brent Johnson on X: https://x.com/SantiagoAuFund ⚡Previous Episode: Luke Gromen & Lyn Alden: https://youtu.be/xoAuuJyBg6E 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #AmericanEmpire #FortressNorthAmerica #FortressAmerica #RulesBasedOrder #BrentJohnson #DollarMilkshake #SantiagoCapital #USDollar #USD #ReserveCurrency #TreasuryMarket #Gold #Bitcoin #DigitalAssets #Stablecoins #Geopolitics #Hegemony #China #MacroEconomics #CapitalFlows #Multipolar #ScottBessent #AINationalSecurity #BTCSessions

  • S1 · E93
    September 4 · 59 min

    "We're Past The Point Of No Return" | Luke Gromen and Lyn Alden

    Mentor Sessions 093: Luke Gromen and Lyn Alden explain the 2026 global bond market crisis, private credit risk, yield curve control, and Bitcoin and gold as safe havens. The global bond market is bleeding out in slow motion, and the real danger is buried in private credit that insurance companies can't sell without going insolvent. Luke Gromen and Lyn Alden break down why the long end of the Treasury market is grinding higher, why Scott Bessent intervened before any visible crisis, and what happens when trillion-dollar balance sheets finally hit the sell button. You'll learn why China is the one nation conspicuously absent from the sovereign debt rout, how AI-driven deflation is reshaping Chinese manufacturing, and why Gromen argues the U.S. now faces a "Weimar gold reparations" problem with true interest expense at 105% of receipts. You'll see why both guests believe rate hikes are no longer even a usable tool under fiscal dominance, how a Blackrock "one phone call" scenario could freeze $5 trillion in a crisis, and where Bitcoin and gold fit as bearer assets when markets get locked down. Alden makes the case for holding scarce assets and extra cash through the air pockets; Gromen explains why he trimmed Bitcoin and exactly when he'd aggressively buy it back. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Treasury Event or Broader Sovereign Debt Crisis 1:34 - Why China Avoids the Global Bond Rout 2:00 - Hyperscalers Emerge as New Bond Vigilantes 3:41 - Path Leading to Yield Curve Control 4:15 - Why Chinese 10-Year Yields Hit Global Lows 6:00 - AI Driving Deflation in Chinese Manufacturing 10:17 - Orderly Bond Market Grind vs Sensationalized Crash 13:43 - The Dog That Didn't Bark in Bessent's Move 14:38 - Silent Crisis Brewing in Private Credit 15:38 - Insurance Insolvency Risk Triggers Treasury Sales 19:01 - Liquidity Versus Solvency in Private Funds 27:44 - Will Warsh Raise Rates This Cycle 29:43 - True Interest Expense Hits 105% of Receipts 33:43 - Rate Hikes Fail Against Fiscal Dominance 35:50 - Crack Spreads, Diesel and Physical Bottlenecks 37:37 - Wall Street Awakening to Fiscal Dominance 40:12 - BlackRock's $5 Trillion Lockdown Scenario 41:00 - Past the Point of No Return for Markets 45:47 - Non-Linear Reset Versus Slow Economic Spiral 50:19 - Physical Constraints in Beef and Refineries 54:05 - Gormen Adds Back Bitcoin After Selling 57:07 - Lyn Alden on Bitcoin and Gold Outlook 🔗 Links & Resources: Lyn Alden: https://www.lynalden.com/ Luke Gromen: https://fftt-llc.com/ ⚡Previous Episodes: Michael Sullivan: https://youtu.be/wp5IYzcThUo Tom Luongo: https://youtu.be/zkvdfR7LTuU 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 ⚡ Sponsored by Blockstream Jade: Easy, open-source Bitcoin-only cold storage. Get 10% off with code BTCSESSIONS at store.blockstream.com. 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io #BTCSessions #Bitcoin #BTC #LukeGromen #LynAlden #BondMarket #Treasury #FederalReserve #InterestRates #YieldCurveControl #PrivateCredit #FiscalDominance #SovereignDebt #USDollar #Inflation #Gold #ChinaEconomy #Japan #MacroFinance #MacroEconomics #BitcoinEducation #BitcoinPodcast #BitcoinInterview #GlobalEconomy

  • S1 · E92
    September 1 · 1 hr 2 min

    This Bitcoin Rally Feels Fake (The Data Says Otherwise) | Michael Sullivan

    Mentor Sessions 092: Michael Sullivan explains Bitcoin sentiment analysis, emotional cohort signals, OG optimism, narrative shifts, and why the data may point to a bottom. Bitcoin sentiment just did something it rarely does after a 22% rip: it stayed calm. No euphoria, no desire spike, no retail flooding back — and that gap between the price move and the emotional data is where the real signal lives. Michael Sullivan — an engineer and fiction writer turned Bitcoin sentiment analyst — breaks down how he tracks 14 distinct emotions across cohorts of Bitcoiners, from OGs and technologists to MSTR treasury speculators. You'll learn why he cohorts the crowd instead of scraping social media, why the Fear & Greed Index misses all the nuance, and why he reads OG optimism as one of the most reliable early signals that positive things are on the horizon. You'll see why 'desire' language sits inversely correlated with price, why the near-total absence of a new narrative can be wildly bullish near a bottom, and how the BIP-110 debate produced algorithmic engagement patterns that looked artificially farmed. He also lays out the AI-bubble-to-Bitcoin thesis and why he's personally bearish by instinct but bullish on the data. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:38 - Why this rally feels like disbelief 1:09 - Massive sentiment phase shift after crash 2:01 - Rally lacks expected euphoria levels 3:05 - Tracking caring language in ColdCard event 3:58 - Technologists impressed most during crisis 5:12 - Studying Saylor's four Bitcoin cohorts 6:33 - MSTR shareholders as conviction outlier 7:18 - OG optimism as reliable bullish signal 7:59 - Are OGs turning optimistic now 9:56 - Emotions linked to time and excitement 11:40 - Downturn negative language uniquely severe 12:40 - Desire language at market tops and bottoms 16:52 - How language analysis became his focus 19:11 - BIP-110 debate through psychology lens 21:09 - Algorithmic engagement that felt farmed 26:55 - AI bots distorting sentiment data 29:47 - Spotting leaders and narrative first movers 32:56 - Narratives shaping markets and price 34:37 - Absence of narrative as bullish signal 36:42 - Does price or emotion move first 40:03 - AI deflation versus Bitcoin scarcity thesis 40:30 - Euphoria missing at prior all-time high 45:17 - Bitcoiners versus treasury company speculators 50:07 - Conviction language versus hedging explained 54:03 - Denoising sarcasm with cohort analysis 59:31 - Signals needed to confirm bearish view 1:00:06 - Data pointing bullish over coming months 1:02:10 - Where to follow Michael's latest work Michael writes deep analysis on Bitcoin sentiment and shares it on X and Substack — links below. 🔗 Links & Resources: https://x.com/SullyMichaelvan ⚡Previous Episode - Tom Luongo: https://youtu.be/zkvdfR7LTuU 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB ⚡ Sponsored by BITCOIN WELL: Best Place to BUY & SELL BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 #Bitcoin #BitcoinSentiment #BTCSessions #BTC #MarketPsychology #MichaelSullivan #DisbeliefRally #BitcoinRally #BitcoinBottom #BitcoinCohorts #BitcoinOG #CryptoPsychology #FearAndGreed #NarrativeShifts #OnChainAnalysis #BitcoinAnalysis #CryptoSentiment #BitcoinTwitter #SelfCustody #BitcoinTreasury #MSTR #StackSats #BIP110 #BitcoinInterview

  • S1 · E91
    September 1 · 1 hr 3 min

    Bessent’s Moves Never Made Sense - Until Now | Tom Luongo

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 091: Tom Luongo explains the 2026 currency war, Scott Bessent's yen bomb, oil collateral, European bond squeeze, and the US Treasury buyback plan. The previously most powerful people in the world are now price takers, not price makers — and Tom Luongo walks through exactly how Scott Bessent flipped that switch. Global markets just witnessed a structural break in the European bond trade, and almost nobody saw the mechanism behind it. In this conversation, Tom Luongo and Nathan break down the currency war unfolding across the FX and bond markets: how Bessent 'bombed the yen' by selling euros instead of dollars, why the euro-yen cross froze the moment Operation Epic Fury began, and how Iranian oil loadings were being used as collateral to fuel the short-yen, short-Treasury trade. You'll learn why the US Treasury buyback expansion is a signal and not QE, how the German Bund fits into Europe's alleged default-and-consolidate endgame, and what John Ratcliffe's open trip to Moscow may be telegraphing. You'll also hear Luongo's falsifiable macro thesis — where the 30-year yield goes next, and what it means for gold, silver and Bitcoin. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:44 - Bessent's Moves on Yen and Euro 1:27 - Shifting From Kinetic to Economic Siege 3:06 - The Yen Carry Trade That Shouldn't Exist 4:42 - Bessent Blew It Up Selling Euros 8:26 - Euro-Yen Cross Freezes After Iran Strikes 8:49 - Iranian Oil Used as Trade Collateral 11:17 - Traders Trapped After Buying Oil Breakout 12:59 - How Bessent Scans 270 Markets for Signals 18:05 - Treasury Buyback Expansion Details 22:04 - Defending the 5.25 Percent Yield Level 23:31 - Buyback Limit Is Just a Market Signal 27:15 - Europe's Default and ECB Consolidation Plan 28:45 - Financial Warfare and Carney's Trade War 29:40 - Abundant Mines Sponsor 33:20 - Banks Trading With Iran Cut From Dollars 38:01 - US Taxpayers Funding Global Financial Chaos 41:24 - Is the Budget Deficit Really Shrinking 45:17 - China Iran Canada Oil and Banking Links 47:46 - Why Ratcliffe Is Meeting Russia in Moscow 50:54 - BRICS as Hedge Not Dollar Replacement 53:33 - Gold Silver Bitcoin Surge Explained 55:20 - Pushing the Long End of Yields Lower 59:00 - Key Markets to Watch Through Election 1:00:14 - Reading the Charts That Actually Matter 1:01:16 - Luongo's Falsifiable Macro Thesis 1:02:38 - Where to Follow Tom Luongo Tom Luongo publishes his macro analysis and the Gold, Goats 'n Guns newsletter — links below. ⚡Previous Episode - Jeff Booth & Scott Melker: https://youtu.be/J7ze_lMKbZM 🔗 Links & Resources: • Tom Luongo on X: https://x.com/TFL1728 • Gold Goats 'n Guns blog: https://tomluongo.me 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #ScottBessent #TomLuongo #Gold #Iran #MarkCarney #BondMarket #USTreasury #YenCarryTrade #CurrencyWar #FinancialWarfare #GlobalMacro #DollarSystem #Geopolitics #BTCSessions #OilCollateral #EuroDefault #GermanBund #KevinWarsh #Silver

  • S1 · E90
    August 25 · 58 min

    They Always Planned to Centralize Bitcoin | Jeff Booth & Scott Melker

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 090: Jeff Booth and Scott Melker discuss Bitcoin adoption, ETF co-opting, the AI bubble, self-custody risk after the ColdCard hack, and the debt reset. Wall Street, the ETFs, and the treasury companies are making every attempt to co-opt Bitcoin — and Jeff Booth and Scott Melker explain why that capture attempt may be exactly what Bitcoin needs to survive. The $350 trillion global debt pile is already insolvent, the AI bubble is still inflating, and self-custody just took a brutal reality check after the ColdCard fallout. In this conversation you'll learn why Booth believes the existing system and Bitcoin cannot coexist over the long run, why he feels "incredible" even as price bleeds, and how the messy financialization of Bitcoin through institutions still funnels people toward spot self-custody. You'll hear Melker's honest read on adoption — that when arguments come down to "rolling dice for entropy," we are nowhere near mainstream — and Booth's thesis on why AI CapEx can never be paid back when the marginal cost of a line of code is zero. You'll also get a candid post-mortem on hardware wallet security, why "don't trust, verify" broke down for thousands of users, and what a new generation of self-custody solutions might look like. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - Scott on adoption and why Bitcoin is strongest yet 3:08 - Did Covid pull forward Bitcoin demand like credit? 5:20 - Jeff Booth's first-principles case: $350T of insolvent debt 7:33 - Why Bitcoin and the centralizing system can't coexist 8:33 - If they can't kill it, they have to co-opt it 9:04 - Where each of us chooses to put our energy 11:44 - Does financialization actually risk decentralization? 12:11 - Scott's 2026 tweet on Bitcoin being co-opted 15:22 - Sticky narratives and gaining exposure to Bitcoin 15:49 - Scott's personal path from altcoins to Bitcoin 17:39 - Jeff on watching thousands make the same transition 18:14 - The rational actor trapped inside the system 22:32 - The abundance of deflation and killing the price story 26:07 - Ad: Abundant Mines 27:03 - What Wall Street friends really think of Bitcoin 28:09 - The ColdCard hack hits the Bloomberg terminal 30:09 - Will people flee to qualified custodians and ETFs? 31:11 - How far along the self-custody journey are we really? 33:05 - Rolling dice for entropy and the honesty test 35:47 - Self-custody as an active, ongoing responsibility 39:10 - How would you tell a beginner to custody Bitcoin in 2026? 40:42 - The brutal and beautiful side of the Bitcoin community 45:35 - Testing your recovery: move it, back it up, verify 47:13 - New private federation and settlement security models 48:41 - Scott's view of the AI markets and the coming bubble pop 51:26 - Jeff on marginal cost of code, why everything goes to free 55:14 - Orange juice, private equity, and moving businesses into Bitcoin 57:22 - Where to follow Scott and Jeff 🔗 Links & Resources: • Follow Scott Melker on X: https://x.com/scottmelker • Follow Jeff Booth: https://jeffbooth.com 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #JeffBooth #ScottMelker #BitcoinSelfCustody #ColdCardHack #AIBubble #DebtCrisis #BitcoinETF #SoundMoney #FinalReset #BitcoinAdoption #Deflation #HardwareWallet #BitcoinInterview #BitcoinOnly #SelfCustody #BitcoinPrivacy #FreeMarket #BitcoinNodes #MacroBitcoin #BitcoinCooption #DecentralizedMoney #WoldOfAllStreets

  • S1 · E38
    August 18 · 1 hr 8 min

    Coldcard Aftermath: What's Next for Bitcoin Security | Jade, Passport, Trezor, SeedSigner

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 089: Bitcoin hardware wallet makers Zach Herbert, Tomas Susanka and Drew Fischer discuss the Coldcard hack, multi-sig, entropy and self-custody security. The Coldcard hack was the single biggest blow to Bitcoin self-custody yet — so four rival hardware wallet makers sat down together to figure out what it means for everyone holding their own keys. This is the conversation the industry needed. Zach Herbert (Foundation Passport), Tomas Susanka (Trezor), Drew Fischer (Blockstream Jade) and Seed from the SeedSigner team break down the fallout: what the vulnerability actually exposed, why open source alone wasn't the safety net people assumed, and the entropy/dice-roll debate that split the panel. You'll learn why multi-vendor multi-sig is emerging as the strongest defense, how entropy is really generated on these devices, and the honest trade-offs between usability and security. You'll also hear the fresh news on the Trezor fulfillment-partner data leak (disclosed August 10, 2026) and what to do if you're worried about shipping and privacy. This is a rare, candid roundtable where competitors disagree openly — and that dialog is exactly what makes it worth your time. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:56 - Four wallet makers respond to Coldcard hack 1:58 - Ben's question on self-custody downstream effects 3:02 - Zach on short-term setback and great hardening 6:19 - Tomas on AI helping attackers and defenders 8:44 - Drew on custodians, ETFs and verify don't trust 10:30 - SeedSigner on entropy sources and multi-sig 13:11 - Usability versus security trade-off debate 17:20 - Should self-custody be made harder not easier 18:56 - Dice rolls versus RNG entropy disagreement 22:16 - Zach on how many people actually self-custody 26:14 - Priorities when choosing a hardware wallet 29:01 - Security as a journey not a destination 33:03 - Sponsor: Abundant Mines 36:00 - Why multi-vendor multi-sig should be the goal 41:25 - Source available versus fully open source explained 47:34 - Open source as required but not sufficient 51:11 - How to know if a wallet is actually safe 56:57 - Trezor fulfillment data leak disclosed August 10 1:03:49 - Private device purchases and local meetups 1:06:01 - Where to find each project online 🔗 Links & Resources: → SeedSigner: https://seedsigner.com → Foundation Passport: https://foundation.xyz/ → Trezor: https://trezor.io → Blockstream Jade: https://blockstream.com/jade 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #BitcoinSelfCustody #ColdCard #ColdcardHack #BitcoinHack #HardwareWallet #MultiSig #SeedSigner #Trezor #Passport #BlockstreamJade #BitcoinSecurity #NotYourKeys #ZachHerbert #TomasSusanka

  • S1 · E88
    August 16 · 1 hr 18 min

    What Bitcoin Treasury Execs Won't Tell You (But I Will) | Parker Lewis

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 088: Parker Lewis explains the hidden risks of Bitcoin treasury companies, perpetual preferred equity, market premiums, and Bitcoin as money. Bitcoin treasury companies were sold as a smarter way to own Bitcoin. Parker Lewis argues the premiums are a mispricing of risk that will flip to a discount. In this deep dive, Parker Lewis (author of Gradually, Then Suddenly) breaks down why any treasury company trading at a premium to the Bitcoin it holds is mispricing risk, why perpetual preferred equity is effectively lending fiat forever with no credit protections, and why the whole structure resembles a game of musical chairs. You'll learn how the double-tax corporate structure quietly erodes shareholder value, why $65,000 could buy you a full Bitcoin or only half a share's worth at peak premium, and how the market gets better at pricing this risk over time. You'll also hear why calling Bitcoin "not money" is the deeper problem beneath the marketing — and what that means for long-term holders of Strategy, Strive, and similar products. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:07 - Parker Lewis on Bitcoin Treasury Risks 1:42 - Self-Custody vs Treasury Company Tradeoffs 4:01 - Premiums Represent Mispriced Risk in Treasuries 5:18 - Why Strive Trades at Larger Premium Than Strategy 6:58 - Premiums Will Flip to Discounts Over Time 7:15 - Problems With Perpetual Preferred Equity Structures 9:13 - You Never Lose Principal in Preferred Equity 10:29 - Unpacking the Backed by Bitcoin Claim 12:26 - Tail Risk and Musical Chairs in Preferreds 14:01 - Products Remain Tied to Bitcoin Volatility 18:46 - Perpetual Preferred Means Lending Forever in Fiat 20:41 - Stretch and Strive Trading Below Par Value 23:09 - Strategy Volatility and Investors Touching Hot Stove 33:30 - Abundant Mines Hosting Sponsor 34:25 - Management Risk and Key Man Concerns 36:52 - Double Tax Structure in Corporate Bitcoin Holdings 41:13 - Treasury Companies vs Bitcoin ETF Differences 46:50 - Bitcoin Market Dwarfs Any Single Stock 48:07 - Greater Fool Theory and GBTC Parallel 1:00:01 - Holding Treasury Stocks at a Discount 1:00:43 - Incentives Behind Treasury Company Messaging 1:12:33 - Bitcoin Is Not Money Framing Problem 1:15:41 - Where to Follow Parker Lewis Parker Lewis references his book Gradually, Then Suddenly (free online at the Nakamoto Institute), Saifedean Ammous's The Bitcoin Standard, and his work at Zaprite. 🔗 Links & Resources: → Follow Parker Lewis on X: https://x.com/parkeralewis → Gradually, Then Suddenly: https://graduallythensuddenly.xyz/ → Zaprite (Bitcoin payments): https://zaprite.com → Nakamoto Institute (free Bitcoin literature): https://nakamotoinstitute.org 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #ParkerLewis #BitcoinTreasury #MicroStrategy #Strive #PreferredEquity #SelfCustody #BitcoinAsMoney #SoundMoney #GraduallyThenSuddenly #MarketPremium #BitcoinInvesting #Strategy

  • S1 · E87
    August 13 · 46 min

    The Bitcoin Attacks are NOT About Money | Simon Dixon

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 087: Simon Dixon breaks down the Coldcard hack, BIP-110 chain split fallout, node vs miner power, and Bitcoin self-custody security in 2026. PART 1: Simon Dixon & Doomberg - https://youtu.be/Q0P0X7j_kcA Over $100 million in Bitcoin vanished in the Coldcard entropy bug — and days later a chain split ended with the nodes defeated and Bitcoin more centralized than before. Simon Dixon joins Nathan to trace what really happened. This is the deep-dive follow-up to the Doomberg conversation. You'll learn why Simon now treats every incident as an attack "guilty until proven innocent," how the BIP-110 resistance became the most successful node mobilization since the block size war yet still failed to move the mining pools, and why he refuses to die on a hill that ends in an altcoin. You'll see how the Coldcard low-entropy vulnerability, Zeus, Boltz and BTCPay attacks fit one pattern, and hear a clear framework for rebuilding your self-custody with dice-rolled entropy, multisig, and active participation. Simon and Nathan also unpack developer centralization, the loss of Knots as a competing implementation, and why sovereignty is proof of work you can't outsource. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:24 - Resuming After Doomberg Discussion 0:55 - Infrastructure Attacks on Coldcard and Others 1:32 - BIP-110 and Resulting Chain Split 1:50 - UASF and Block Size War History 2:50 - Tether Fees and Scaling Debates 4:02 - Barry Silbert and SegWit2x Deal 4:51 - Nodes Defeating Miners in Past Wars 6:02 - Role Reversal With Core Changes 7:35 - Running Knots to Support Resistance 8:20 - Developer Centralization Concerns Rise 10:14 - BIP-110 Failure and Altcoin Stance 11:39 - Knots Node Adoption Surge to 20% 12:08 - Infiltration Risks and Verification 12:54 - Can Node Minority Influence Miners 14:19 - Consensus Changes Remain Extremely Difficult 17:16 - More Centralized Yet Wiser After Events 18:13 - Social Fallout Losing Ocean and Knots 22:15 - Check Ego and Welcome Others Back 25:21 - Stay Suspicious While Shaking Hands 27:34 - Abundant Mines Mining Hosting 28:29 - Coldcard Low Entropy Bug Details 30:16 - Hack Impact on Bitcoin Purists 31:36 - Difficulty Spending Stolen Bitcoin 32:37 - Fed Recruitment via Stolen Coins 33:23 - Learn Entropy and Generate Secure Keys 36:03 - Assume Attack and Identify Beneficiaries 37:44 - Self Custody Sovereignty Comes at Cost 39:55 - Bitcoin Requires Active Participation 43:37 - Coordinated Message in All Attacks 45:14 - Final Advice Skepticism and Focus 🔗 Links & Resources → Simon Dixon on X: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt This is part one — subscribe so you don't miss part two where we go deep on the Bitcoin infrastructure attacks. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin Podcasts 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions 🐦 Follow on X: https://x.com/theBTCmentor ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #SimonDixon #BIP110 #ColdCard #SelfCustody #BitcoinKnots #NodeRunning #LightningNetwork #BitcoinSovereignty #BlockSizeWar #HardwareWallet #DontTrustVerify #BitcoinHack #BitcoinFork #HardFork

  • S1 · E85
    August 11 · 1 hr 51 min

    Globalism Has Already Lost (But No One Sees It) | Dixon & Doomberg

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 086: Doomberg and Simon Dixon break down oil markets, the Strait of Hormuz, the end of globalism, Bitcoin centralization, and Michael Saylor's Strategy. The forever war is quietly reaching its endgame, the dollar is set to weaken hard over the next decade, and Bitcoin was attacked from every direction at once — Doomberg and Simon Dixon unpack what real capital already knows. In this deep macro conversation you'll learn why oil never hit $150 and what the sub-$90 Brent price is actually signaling, why the Strait of Hormuz is a card Iran can only play once, and how China may have already won without firing a shot. You'll see Simon Dixon lay out what MicroStrategy's Strategy is really built for — funneling as much Bitcoin as possible into Coinbase and Fidelity — and why holding shares instead of coins makes Bitcoin weaker. You'll also hear a self-described no-coiner and gold bug explain exactly why he'd still tell you to get long Bitcoin as the Western financial system unwinds. This is part one of two. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Doomberg and Simon Dixon on Global Shifts 2:07 - Shipping Choke Points Unwind Globalism 5:10 - Western Media Propaganda Exposed 8:14 - How Media Gets Captured by Power 12:13 - Real Purpose of Ukraine and Middle East Wars 22:38 - Biggest Empire Change in Our Lifetime 25:18 - Why Everything Depends on Beijing 28:35 - West Captured by Financial Industrial Complex 39:43 - Reading Oil Gold and Bond Markets 45:17 - Is Blackrock Weaker Than Its Reputation 53:25 - Building Mental Models for Information Overload 59:23 - What Energy Markets Are Really For 1:06:13 - Why Oil Below $90 Risks Greater War 1:09:07 - Real Capital Knows the Deal Is Coming 1:16:34 - Coldcard Hack and Contested Bitcoin Fork 1:17:50 - Doomberg on Bitcoin Encryption Vulnerabilities 1:24:00 - Self Custody Custody Risk and Sovereignty 1:36:24 - Michael Saylor Willingness to Sell Bitcoin 1:39:52 - What Strategy Is Built to Achieve 1:48:54 - Where to Find Doomberg and Simon Dixon Mentioned in this episode: Doomberg's forthcoming book on analysis and mental models, Simon Dixon's book "Game of Money," abundant mines hosting, and BTC Mentor for secure self-custody setup. 🔗 Links & Resources → Doomberg: https://doomberg.com → Simon Dixon on X: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt ⚡Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #SimonDixon #Doomberg #MichaelSaylor #Geopolitics #SelfCustody #Globalism #OilMarkets #Gold #StraitOfHormuz #MicroStrategy #Coldcard #SoundMoney #Oil #energymarket

  • S1 · E85
    July 29 · 45 min

    Fauci’s 1,100-Page Diary + Fifth Amendment Silence | Dr. Peter McCullough

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 085: Dr. Peter McCullough explains Fauci's diary, COVID-19 lab origins, mRNA vaccine safety, spike protein persistence, and the biopharma complex. 600,000 Americans may have died from COVID vaccine complications — more than the virus itself, according to Dr. Peter McCullough — and Fauci just pleaded the Fifth on all of it. This conversation breaks down what the diary revealed, why the lab origin was buried, and where the mRNA platform goes next. Dr. Peter A. McCullough joins BTC Sessions to walk through Fauci's Senate Testimony, 1,100-page diary, the public-vs-private mask and lockdown contradictions, and the nearly million-dollar cash prize Fauci's staff engineered for him. You'll learn why McCullough believes SARS-CoV-2 is an engineered bioweapon, how his foundation found full-length spike protein and mRNA circulating three and a half years after injection, and what that means for the surge in 'turbo cancer.' You'll see the money trail through the biopharmaceutical complex — Gates, BioNTech, CEPI, Event 201, and the captured medical journals that refused to retract the fraudulent 'natural origins' paper. He also lays out the parallel research and wellness system he's building outside captured academia. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Fauci Senate Testimony and Diary Release 1:30 - 600,000 Vaccine Deaths Compared to COVID 2:30 - Fauci's Private Knowledge on Masks and Fatality Rate 4:00 - Fauci Staff Engineered Cash Prize Applications 7:00 - Fauci's Personal Vaccine Blood Clot Injury 8:00 - Ongoing Booster Push and Seventh Dose Campaign 11:30 - Journals Suppressed Lab Leak Despite Private Admissions 15:30 - Why Wet Market Origin Theory Persists 16:00 - Bioweapons Treaty and SARS-CoV-2 Classification 18:00 - Laboratory-Engineered Spike Protein Features 19:30 - Spike Protein Detected 3.5 Years Post-Vaccination 22:30 - Spike Detox Protocol and Treatment Options 24:30 - Turbo Cancer Rise and Spike Protein Mechanism 26:30 - mRNA Integration into Human Genome Evidence 28:00 - Broader mRNA Vaccine Platform Safety Concerns 29:30 - Hantavirus Scare and Moderna Vaccine Development 31:00 - Anatomy of the Biopharmaceutical Complex 34:30 - Gates Foundation Investment in BioNTech 38:00 - Journal Advertising and Vaccine Ideology 42:30 - Vatican Coin and 300-Year Vaccine Mythology 45:00 - Fourth Turning and Parallel Health Systems 48:00 - Vindication After Media Attacks on McCullough 51:00 - McCullough Foundation Books and Wellness Company Dr. McCullough references the McCullough Foundation (mcculloughfnd.org), his books 'The Courage to Face COVID-19' and 'Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality,' a forthcoming book he says Bitcoiners will love, the Ultimate Spike Detox protocol, and The Wellness Company (twc.health). 🔗 Links & Resources: McCullough Foundation: https://www.mcculloughfnd.org The Wellness Company: https://www.twc.health/focalpoints Follow BTC Sessions on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions If you follow the money the way Bitcoiners do, this one connects the incentives most people never see. Subscribe for more honest Bitcoin and macro coverage, and follow @BTCSessions on X for the live shows. Reply with your take — where do you land on the origins question? #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #PeterMcCullough #Fauci #VaccineSafety #COVIDOrigins #LabLeak #Biopharma #SpikeProtein #mRNA #TurboCancer #FollowTheMoney #MedicalFreedom #Bioweapon #Fauci #FauciTestimony

  • S1 · E84
    July 28 · 1 hr 2 min

    $45k Bitcoin Can Happen… But the Data Says Don’t Panic | James Check & Joe Consorti

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 084: James Check and Joe Consorti analyze the Bitcoin market bottom, on-chain data, the AI bubble, and Strategy's sale in this 2026 macro breakdown. The Bitcoin bottom isn't confirmed — but James Check and Joe Consorti lay out exactly why $45K would break every precedent in Bitcoin's history and why 90% of the time price only goes higher from here. In this deep-dive conversation you'll learn why the market has entered what James calls the "time pain" chapter, how the AI bubble rotation could hand Bitcoin its bottom, and why Strategy's massive sale quietly killed one of Bitcoin's biggest pieces of FUD. You'll see the on-chain data behind long-term holders now sitting on 84% of supply, the 8-model study James ran to estimate when the bottom ends, and a concrete framework for DCA during downturns instead of chasing wicks. Joe breaks down the macro backdrop — oil, the 10-year Treasury at 4.7%, a hawkish Fed, and why the AI trade unwinding sets up a renewed risk-on environment. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:16 - James Argues Bitcoin Bottom Not In 2:31 - 45K Drop Matching 2015 Bear Market 3:39 - Why Bears Anchor to Round Numbers 4:27 - Self-Reinforcing Bearishness at Lows 5:34 - Joe on Bitcoin Resilience to News 6:17 - 79 Percent Drawdown Breaks Precedent 7:22 - Inflation Scare and Oil Price Swings 8:32 - Bitcoin Holds Amid Hawkish Fed 10:10 - February Capitulation and Loss Spike 11:47 - Bottoms Form on Malaise Not Vibes 13:06 - 200-Week Moving Average as Support 13:55 - Eight-Model Study on Bear Market End 15:59 - Joe on AI Trade Unwinding in Q4 17:32 - Bitcoin Led Market Lower This Cycle 19:35 - Iran Conflict Oil and Commodity Thesis 23:04 - Financial Nihilism and Rotating Capital 26:00 - Treasury Yields Housing and Inflation 30:31 - Boomers Mortgage Rates and Housing Shortage 33:07 - Australia's Housing Bubble Breaking 39:04 - On-Chain Data and Sentiment Washout 43:34 - Joe on Fear Greed and Next Narrative 47:43 - Blood in Streets Time to Accumulate 48:53 - Mean Reversion Index and DCA Plan 52:17 - Strategy Sale and Fading FUD 58:56 - Manage Your Own Emotions 1:01:38 - Where to Follow James and Joe James Check publishes on Substack (Checkonchain) and Joe Consorti runs his own YouTube channel and research — links below. 🔗 Links & Resources: → James Check (Checkonchain): https://www.checkonchain.com/ → Joe Consorti: https://www.joeconsorti.com/ → Book a 1-on-1 with a Bitcoin educator: BTCMentor.io 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io 📌 Previous Episodes: Bob Burnett → https://youtu.be/k4rtC3oQqlk ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #JamesCheck #JoeConsorti #BitcoinBottom #OnChainData #BitcoinMacro #DCA #MarketCycles #Checkonchain #BitcoinAnalysis #AIBubble #200WeekMovingAverage #Crypto #BitcoinNews #OnChain #HODL #BitcoinPrice #CryptoAnalysis #BearMarket #BitcoinCycle #LongTermHolders #BitcoinETF #Macro #AITrade #MichaelSaylor #Strategy #BitcoinInvesting #CryptoMarket #StackSats #SellerExhaustion #BitcoinSentiment

  • S1 · E83
    July 20 · 1 hr 53 min

    Hashrate Collapse, BIP-110 Chain Split & Banks Will Mine Bitcoin | Bob Burnett

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 083: Bob Burnett explains the Bitcoin hash rate decline, BIP-110 chain split, nation state mining, and why banks will mine block space. Bitcoin's hash rate has been declining for nearly a year for the first time in 16 years — and Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining explains why it keeps falling straight through the next halving. This is the mining reset almost nobody is pricing in. In this conversation you'll learn why the big publicly traded miners quietly shed Bitcoin and pivoted to AI and data centers, why Bob believes financial institutions and nation states (Iran included) are the real next entrants — not energy companies — and why they'll mine for block space control rather than the coins themselves. You'll see how the BIP-110 (RDTS) activation at block 961632 in mid-August could trigger a chain split, exactly what miners and plebs should do before that block, and why the fight is really about Core's process and the SegWit discount, not just spam. Bob also breaks down the miner's trilemma, virgin Bitcoin premiums, and why the depths of despair is historically the best time to enter mining. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - Harsh reality of Bitcoin mining in 2026 1:46 - Meet Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining 2:00 - First year of falling hash rate 2:52 - Why hash rate drops through the halving 4:29 - Current-gen miners sold for pennies 8:18 - The miner's trilemma: energy, machines, capital 11:25 - Easy capital drove public miner overbuild 13:39 - Invasive apex predator wrecking the ecosystem 14:50 - Why public miners' production costs are broken 17:12 - Is the public mining model sustainable? 21:43 - Barefoot mines on sub-3-cent self-produced power 29:49 - Building a mining business that survives forever 31:39 - Enter mining in the depths of despair 34:14 - Is falling hash rate a network security threat? 35:36 - Could a bad actor mount a 51% attack now? 37:44 - Why Bitcoin can't balance the world's power grid 42:44 - Activists turning rural towns against miners 1:00:11 - Financial institutions and nation states enter next cycle 1:01:36 - Banks will mine for block space, not coins 1:07:42 - Why institutions will control block templates 1:08:26 - Nation state mining and economic sovereignty 1:09:20 - Is Iran already solo mining Bitcoin? 1:14:00 - The death of full-pay-per-share and virgin Bitcoin 1:17:33 - BIP-110 explained: what problem it solves 1:18:28 - Core v30 policy change that sparked the fight 1:29:11 - RDTS: the reduce-data temporary soft fork 1:31:14 - The SegWit discount and CSAM concerns 1:31:48 - Activation at block 961632 and chain split risk 1:44:19 - Advice for plebs before the split 1:46:15 - Advice for miners: get a backup pool ready 1:50:28 - The 99% best case vs the really bad scenario 1:52:53 - Where to find Bob and Barefoot Mining 🔗 Links & Resources: Barefoot Mining: https://barefootmining.com Bob on X: https://x.com/Boomer_BTC BTC Sessions: https://btcsessions.ca BTC Sessions Dashboard: https://btcsessions.live/ Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io 📌 Previous Episodes: Matt Hill & Odell → https://youtu.be/cOQC81hLSu0 ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #BitcoinMining #BIP110 #BitcoinKnots #HashRate #BobBurnett #BarefootMining #NationStateMining #BlockSpace #SelfCustody #BitcoinNode #MiningEconomics

  • S1 · E82
    July 14 · 1 hr 28 min

    The AI Dangers Bitcoiners Can’t Ignore — And What to Do About It | Odell & Hill

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 082: Matt Odell and Matt Hill discuss AI model security risks, self-hosting infrastructure, open source vs frontier models, and Bitcoin's role in digital sovereignty in 2026. AI's most powerful models are being quietly locked away by governments — and the cheap API access you're building your business on is a subsidized trap with an expiration date. Matt Odell and Matt Hill join BTC Sessions to unpack what's really happening at the intersection of AI, open source sovereignty, and Bitcoin freedom tech in 2026. You'll learn why the frontier model subsidy era is ending and who gets wrecked when prices normalize, how Start9 runs an entire company on a $200/month plan (and why that won't last), what Odell thinks about the deepfake phishing attack that nearly fooled Matt Hill live on a Zoom call, and why the open source AI arms race may be humanity's last real shot at digital independence. You'll also see how the Start9 router and self-hosted security camera are the trojan horses that bring sovereignty tech to people who've never heard of Bitcoin. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:32 - AI model landscape and security risks 2:15 - Start9 runs on $200 monthly Claude plan 3:16 - AI subsidy trap and future pricing shock 4:09 - Local inference versus frontier model tradeoffs 7:32 - Odell on open source versus proprietary models 9:28 - Why Anthropic and OpenAI withheld top models 11:23 - Open source software and why control backfires 13:36 - China's open source strategy in AI geopolitics 18:47 - AI as intelligence of mass destruction risks 21:26 - Regulation landscape in Canada UK and Australia 27:01 - Operational security and AI-powered phishing threats 27:44 - Deepfake Zoom attack that fooled Odell 32:40 - Public key cryptography and verifiable identity 39:02 - Signal messenger sovereignty case study 43:55 - Do Bitcoiners lead digital sovereignty efforts 45:05 - Relentless freedom fighters win revolutions 55:42 - Drivers of Start9 adoption beyond Bitcoin nodes 57:37 - AI as second reason for sovereign servers 59:55 - Start9 sold Bitcoin to stockpile RAM 1:06:16 - Start9 router for household sovereignty 1:09:13 - Building the freedom router from first principles 1:14:44 - AI as new interface replacing GUI era 1:20:06 - Odell on open source compounding in Bitcoin 1:25:56 - Tools to try PBC Maple Hermes LM Studio • Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Links & Resources: → Matt Hill: https://x.com/_MattHill_ → Start9 (sovereign server, router, marketplace): https://start9.com → Matt Odell: https://x.com/ODELLXYZ → OpenSats: https://opensats.org/ 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io 📌 Previous Episodes: Prof St Onge & Larry Lepard → https://youtu.be/cS4QXZr5qvc ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB 🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV Follow Us on X: • BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions • Nathan: @theBTCmentor #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #MattOdell #MattHill #Start9 #SelfHosting #SelfHostedAI #LocalAI #AISovereignty #FreedomTech #DigitalSovereignty #BitcoinPrivacy #OpenSourceAI #SovereignComputing #BitcoinNode #AIDangers #DecentralizedAI #PrivacyTech #SovereignTech #BitcoinAndAI #Cypherpunk #LocalInference #AIDeepfake #Decentralization #AIPrivacy #OpenSource

  • S1 · E81
    July 7 · 1 hr 1 min

    Warsh's Bluff, AI Bailout Risk & Bitcoin's Next Leg | Lepard & St. Onge

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 081: Peter St. Onge and Larry Lepard discuss Fed rate cuts in 2026, AI industry bailout risk, Bitcoin price outlook, US debt debasement, and gold targets. The Fed's hawkish pivot is already unraveling — and Bitcoin, gold, and silver are the first to price it in. Peter St. Onge and Larry Lepard break down exactly why Kevin Warsh's tough talk is a script, not a policy, and what that means for sound money holders in 2026. You'll learn why Lepard believes rate cuts are coming before the midterms, why the AI industry is quietly lobbying for a defense-contractor-style bailout, and why the monetary debasement trade is nowhere near dead — despite what the financial press is saying. You'll also get specific price targets for Bitcoin ($180K–$200K), gold ($7,000), and silver ($200), plus an honest breakdown of Strategy/MSTR and Michael Saylor's evolving playbook. If you're trying to understand where macro is heading and how to position in sound money, this is the conversation. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Warsh: Hawk or Secret Dove? 2:40 - Warsh More Dovish Than Rhetoric 5:00 - Balance Sheet Hawks Get Punched 6:25 - Rate Cuts Locked in Pre-Election 9:29 - Debt Forces Money Supply Growth 10:30 - AI Sets Up Government Bailout 13:43 - Bitcoin Volatility and Long View 14:25 - AI Crony Capitalism Playbook 17:28 - AI Commoditizes in Three Weeks 19:24 - Dot-Com Lessons for AI Buildout 29:03 - Legitimate AI Grievance Energy Costs 33:37 - Europe's Decline and US Advantage 37:18 - Japan Yen Debasement Midterm Play 46:34 - Saylor Strategy Bear Market Attacks 51:59 - Bitcoin Mirrors Fiat Boom Bust 54:07 - Gold Silver Bitcoin 2026 Targets 57:52 - Monetary Debasement Trade Accelerates 1:00:10 - Markets Embarrass Most Investors 🔗 Links & Resources: → Professor Peter St. Onge on X: https://x.com/profstonge → Professor Peter St. Onge: https://www.profstonge.com/ → Larry Lepard / EMA Gavekal: https://www.ema2.com → Lawrence Lepard: https://x.com/LawrenceLepard 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io • Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 📌 Previous Episodes: Joe Carlasare, American HODL & Dr. Jeff Ross → https://youtu.be/i14Y81EGcVY ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB 🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV Follow Us on X: • BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions • Nathan: @theBTCmentor #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #FedRateCuts #MonetaryDebasement #BitcoinPriceTarget #GoldOutlook #LarryLepard #PeterStOnge #SoundMoney #MichaelSaylor #AIBubble #BitcoinBearMarket #MacroEconomics #USDollarCollapse #ArtificialIntelligence #BitcoinPodcast #MonetaryPolicy #HardMoney

  • S1 · E80
    June 30 · 1 hr 15 min

    Fed Regime Change, Bitcoin Cycles, AI’s Real Impact | Jeff Ross, Joe Carlasare, HODL

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 080: Fed Removes Forward Guidance, Bitcoin Cycles Break & AI’s Real Impact | Joe Carlasare, American HODL & Dr. Jeff Ross Bitcoin may be bottoming right now — and Dr. Jeff Ross, American HODL, and Joe Carlasare just laid out exactly why. The Fed dropped forward guidance, MSTR has underperformed Bitcoin by 60%, and leverage is destroying portfolios. Here's the macro update you need to hear. In this episode you'll get Jeff Ross's case for why we're bumbling along a bear market bottom, Joe Carlasare's breakdown of the most impactful FOMC since the Bernanke era, and American HODL's blunt take on why leverage is not a time machine to being a Bitcoin OG. You'll also learn why Saylor's 32-BTC sale was a deliberate narrative violation, how three global currency blocs are forming around the dollar, gold-backed China, and Bitcoin, and what the rotation into hard assets means for the second half of 2026. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:32 - Joe on Fed Paradigm Shift and Dropping Guidance 3:49 - Jeff Ross Don't Fight Fiscal Stimulus 5:27 - Dollar Strength Risk-Off Impact on Bitcoin 8:01 - American HODL on Fed Shocking Markets Upside 14:39 - Greenspan-Style Fed Under Kevin Warsh for Bitcoin 16:17 - Iran Geopolitics and Three-Bloc Currency World 23:26 - US Economy Check Manufacturing Real Estate GDP 29:37 - AI Jobs and Low Actual Usage Rates 44:07 - Bitcoin Cycles Debate Case For and Against 47:15 - 2026 Resembles 2022 Treasury Firms vs Exchanges 55:30 - Michael Saylor MSTR Underperformance Narrative Shift 1:00:22 - 32 BTC Sale as Test Transaction Explained 1:05:16 - Leverage Not Shortcut to Bitcoin OG Status 1:10:04 - Q4 2026 Hard Assets Rotation Bitcoin Outlook 🔗 Links & Resources: • Joe Carlasare on X: @JoeCarlasare • American HODL on X: @americanhodl8 • Dr. Jeff Ross 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io • Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 📌 Previous Episodes: Doomberg & James Lavish → https://youtu.be/uCQStzvsnEU Simon Dixon → https://youtu.be/Aza4GAjQffw ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB 🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV Follow Us on X: • BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions • Nathan: @theBTCmentor #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #BitcoinMacro #AmericanHODL #JeffRoss #JoeCarlasare #BitcoinBottom #FedPolicy #HardAssets #BitcoinCycles #MichaelSaylor #MSTR #GeopoliticsAndBitcoin #FiscalDominance #StackSats #Fed #ForwardGuidance #AI #RiskOff #BitcoinAnalysis

  • S1 · E79
    June 23 · 1 hr 7 min

    Housing Crash, Immigration Crisis & Economic Ruin | Rabidoux & Temprile

    BTC Sessions Ep. 079: Housing Crash Exposed, Immigration Crisis & Economy on the Brink | Ben Rabidoux Canada's private sector is shrinking, homes in Ontario are selling for half their 2021 price, and 525,000 asylum claimants are stuck in a backlog with no real mechanism to remove bad actors. Ben Rabideau has been sounding the alarm since 2021 — and the data is finally catching up. In this episode, Ben Rabideau — one of Canada's most respected economic analysts — breaks down what the headline GDP numbers are hiding, why consumer confidence is as low as the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, and what the Bank of Canada's next move will hinge on. You'll learn why stripping out public sector employment reveals a deeply negative private sector jobs picture, how Ontario's housing market is producing court-ordered sales at 50 cents on the dollar, and why Ben believes single-family prices may be near a bottom — while rentals have years of decline ahead. You'll also get a clear-eyed look at Canada's asylum system vulnerabilities, the immigration fraud pipeline that ran through colleges like Conestoga, and why an AI policy framework written by an art dealer should concern every Canadian. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:56 - Technical Recession and Population Decline 2:39 - Ontario BC versus Alberta Economic Split 4:37 - Oil Prices and Alberta Investment Boom 6:06 - Government Policy Well Meaning or Incompetent 10:12 - Immigration Tightening What Has Changed 13:11 - Bank of Canada Rate Cut Binary 15:06 - Stripping Public Sector Jobs Picture 22:10 - Consumer Confidence at Crisis Lows 27:32 - Court Ordered Home Sales at Half Price 32:59 - Boomer Millennial Housing Transfer by 2030s 39:21 - US Housing 30 Year Mortgage Lock In 41:23 - Rising Credit Card and Mortgage Delinquencies 48:10 - Bill C 22 AI and Surveillance Issues 57:29 - Asylum Backlog and Immigration Fraud 1:03:18 - Common Sense Immigration Reforms 1:06:54 - Following Ben Rabideau and Edge Analytics 🔗 Links & Resources: • Ben's Research: www.edgeanalytics.ca - USE PROMO EDGE30 / EDGE330 to drops monthly/annual subscription price to $30/$330 • Ben Rabidoux on X: https://x.com/BenRabidoux • Joey on X: https://x.com/JoeyTweeets 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io • Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 📌 Previous Episodes: Doomberg & James Lavish → https://youtu.be/uCQStzvsnEU Simon Dixon → https://youtu.be/Aza4GAjQffw ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB 🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV Follow Us on X: • BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions • Nathan: @theBTCmentor #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #Canada #CanadianEconomy #CanadaEconomy #CanadaHousing #HousingMarket #HousingCrisis #HousingBubble #CanadaHousingBubble #Recession #CanadaRecession #Immigration #ImmigrationCrisis #ImmigrationFraud #CanadaImmigration #AsylumSystem #BankOfCanada #EconomicWarning #EconomicCrisis #PrivateSector #Canada2026 #OntarioRealEstate #EconomicCollapse #BenRabidoux #BenRabideau #BitcoinEducation #SoundMoney #FixTheMoney #BitcoinPodcast #Cryptocurrency #WarningToAmerica #USAEconomy

  • S1 · E78
    June 18 · 1 hr 18 min

    Simon Dixon Called The End Of The Iran War - Here’s What Happens Next

    BTC Sessions Ep. 078: The Iran War Was Theatrical, FIC Wins & Bitcoin Manipulation Exposed | Simon Dixon The Iran ceasefire was timed to the SpaceX IPO. The petrodollar is being deliberately broken. And your Bitcoin is being systematically moved into institutional custody — whether you realize it or not. Simon Dixon returns to lay out exactly how the managed transition to a multipolar world works, who's pulling the strings, and why self-custody is the only rational response. You'll learn why Simon argues China — not the US — won the financial and geopolitical contest, how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz was a manufactured pricing event to concentrate wealth upward, and why BlackRock's new Bitcoin Premium Income ETF is a carrot designed to get you to hand over your keys. You'll also understand the connection between digital ID legislation in the UK and Canada, AI surveillance infrastructure, and the "you will own nothing" endgame Simon has been tracking for years. Specific signals covered include the 30-year yield, the Japan carry trade break, the Bank of Japan rate hike to 1%, and the bond market dynamics that set the timeline for the entire war. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:14 - Simon Dixon Returns: Iran Deal and SpaceX IPO Timing 1:56 - China Wins: Financial Industrial Complex vs Transnational Capital 3:22 - Netanyahu as Middle Management in Power Hierarchy 3:58 - Multipolar Transition: Middle East as Financial Corridor 5:24 - Sovereign Wealth Funds and Informal Capital Alliance 6:41 - Manufacturing Strait of Hormuz Crisis for Wealth 7:38 - Markets Reveal Iran War as Theater via Oil Gold Bonds 9:25 - Liquidity Needs: Ping-Trump Meeting and SpaceX IPO 11:21 - Managed Transition and Bounded Escalation Explained 14:52 - Iran Deepens China Ties, Israel Pivots to GCC 16:24 - UAE Exits OPEC Breaking Petrodollar for New Security Model 19:46 - Israel Decapitates IRGC Hardliners for Regional Deal 25:16 - Multipolar World AI Dominance and Nuclear Energy Prize 30:48 - Funding Iran's Reconstruction and Revealing Contracts 39:51 - Middle Class Asset Strip Completed or More Ahead 42:38 - Bank of Japan 1% Hike Breaks Carry Trade 48:27 - Digital ID Laws and AI Surveillance Endgame 55:56 - BlackRock and Strategy Centralize Bitcoin Custody 1:01:51 - SBF Celsius and Covert Crypto Deleveraging Networks 1:08:16 - If Trump Serves Americans Nothing Makes Sense • About Simon Dixon X: @SimonDixonTwitt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC_wNYJCyycXXPmWni2JNZhQ 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io • Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 📌 Previous Episodes: Doomberg & James Lavish → https://youtu.be/uCQStzvsnEU Simon Dixon & Dave Collum → https://youtu.be/cqQ5l2zZxrA ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB 🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV Follow Us on X: • BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions • Nathan: @theBTCmentor #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #SimonDixon #BitcoinSelfCustody #MultipolarWorld #Petrodollar #DigitalID #AISurveillance #BitcoinCustody #FinancialIndustrialComplex #IranDeal #BlackRockBitcoin #JapanCarryTrade #IranWar #GeopoliticsExplained #FollowTheMoney #GlobalReset #MultiPolarWorld #StraitOfHormuz #FinancialIndustrialComplex

  • S1 · E82
    June 16 · 1 hr 1 min

    US Iran Failure, Bitcoin Bear Market Over, Yield Curve Control | Doomberg & Lavish

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 077: US Iran Failure, Bitcoin Bear Market Over & Yield Curve Control | Doomberg & James Lavish The Iran ceasefire just reshuffled global energy, dollar dominance, and Bitcoin's role as sound money — James Doomberg breaks down what it actually means for your portfolio in 2026. In this episode, Nathan sits down with James Doomberg — one of the sharpest macro and energy analysts in the space — to unpack the cascade of events reshaping markets right now. You'll learn why the Iran ceasefire is a bigger geopolitical pivot than most investors realize, how the SpaceX IPO may function as a financial suppression tool for retail capital, and why Doomberg believes energy markets are sending misleading signals driven by Chinese demand dynamics and a global overbuild. You'll also see exactly why Bitcoin and gold are rising in tandem — and why Doomberg argues monetary debasement makes that trend structural, not cyclical. Finally, you'll understand what yield curve control would mean for bond holders and why the K-shaped economy is deepening in ways that make sound money more critical than ever. • Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Bitcoin Bear Market is Over 00:10 The Iran War Outcome 00:26 China Flexes Oil Power 00:35 K-Shaped Economy & Credit Card Defaults 00:43 Yield Curve Control & Money Printing 00:52 SpaceX as Financial Suppression 01:09 Intro & Context 06:25 US Achieved None of Its Objectives in Iran 07:34 Gold & Bitcoin Bullish After Iran 08:17 Bear Market in Bitcoin is Over 09:40 A Profound & Historic Outcome 10:20 US Dollar Dominance is Cracking 11:10 Freezing Russian Assets Was a Catastrophic Mistake 14:28 Bitcoin Bear Market is Over (Revisited) 15:38 All Roads Lead to Yield Curve Control 17:45 Multipolar World & Weaker Dollar 19:29 Massive Money Printing is Coming 24:26 Gold & Bitcoin Will Rip Higher 26:32 SpaceX Ponzi as Financial Suppression 32:07 The Lottery Effect & Tax Receipts 37:20 K-Shaped Economy is Getting Worse 46:27 Cantillon Effect Explained 50:14 Oil is Going Way Lower 54:39 What to Watch Next (Fed, Japan, Ukraine) 🔗 Links & Resources: → Doomberg Substack: https://doomberg.substack.com → https://x.com/DoombergT → James Lavish Newsletter (The Informationist): https://jameslavish.substack.com → https://x.com/jameslavish 📌 Previous Episodes: Tom Luongo & Nolan Bauerle → https://youtu.be/XGPaWFavFqk ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB 🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Gary, or Ben at Bitcoin Mentor: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io Follow Us on X: • BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions • Nathan: @theBTCmentor • Gary: @GaryLeeNY #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #BitcoinMacro #Doomberg #JamesLavish #Iran #YieldCurveControl #KShapedEconomy #DollarHegemony #SpaceX #MoneyPrinting #Geopolitics #BitcoinBottom #MultipolarWorld #FinancialSuppression #OilCrash #GoldAndBitcoin #CantillonEffect #CreditCardDebt #BitcoinPrediction #MacroEconomics #IranCeasefire #EnergyMarkets

  • S1 · E75
    June 11 · 45 min

    New Law Creates ‘Giant Surveillance Map’ of Every Citizen | Dr. Michael Geist

    Mentor Sessions Ep. 076: The Giant Surveillance Map Canada Wants to Build on Every Citizen, Encryption Backdoors Coming to Bill C-22, and What Bitcoiners Must Know | Dr. Michael Geist Canada's Bill C-22 would force companies to retain your metadata for up to 12 months, potentially mandate encryption backdoors, and could push Signal out of Canada entirely — and it affects Five Eyes allies including Americans. In this episode, legal scholar and digital rights expert Professor Michael Geist breaks down exactly what's in Bill C-22 (Canada's lawful access legislation), why mandatory metadata retention is far more invasive than the government admits, and how the bill contradicts Canada's own stated commitment to privacy rights. You'll learn why Signal has said it cannot operate under these requirements, how Five Eyes intelligence sharing means American data could be swept into this net, and what ordinary Canadians can actually do before Parliament reconvenes in September 2026. You'll also see how Canada's "AI for All" strategy is in direct tension with its surveillance ambitions — and why Professor Geist says you can't create a fundamental right to privacy in the morning and mandate metadata collection in the afternoon. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - Professor Michael Geist on Bill C-22 1:57 - Lawful Access and the Surveillance Debate 3:22 - Bill C-22 Metadata Retention and Encryption 6:17 - Why Metadata Reveals More Than Content 8:01 - Police Use Case for Mass Metadata 9:24 - Evidence Justifying New Surveillance Powers 11:19 - Bill C-22 Supreme Court Challenge Risk 12:47 - Five Eyes Data Sharing Concerns 14:27 - Global Surveillance Laws in Australia and UK 18:12 - Signal Threatens to Exit Canada 19:54 - Economic Risks to Canadian Tech Sector 20:53 - Privacy Rights Versus Metadata Mandates 22:36 - How Canadians Can Push Back on Bill C-22 26:47 - Canada's AI for All Strategy Explained 31:16 - Digital Sovereignty and Foreign Data Centers 37:16 - Gaps in the AI Strategy 39:25 - Social Media Age Verification Rules 43:39 - Final Thoughts From Professor Geist 🔗 Links & Resources: • Professor Michael Geist's website: https://www.michaelgeist.ca • Michael Geist on Substack: https://michaelgeist.substack.com • Michael Geist on X/Twitter: https://x.com/mgeist • Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1 📌 Previous Episodes: Tom Luongo & Nolan Bauerle → https://youtu.be/XGPaWFavFqk ⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB 🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV 💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Gary, or Ben at Bitcoin Mentor: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. 👉 Visit btcmentor.io Follow Us on X: • BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions • Nathan: @theBTCmentor #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #DigitalPrivacy #BillC22 #Surveillance #CanadaPrivacy #Encryption #FiveEyes #AIStrategy #Privacy #BitcoinPrivacy #SelfCustody #Metadata #Backdoors #GovernmentSurveillance #DigitalRights #PrivacyRights #CanadianPrivacy #DataPrivacy #BitcoinSecurity #SurveillanceState #Podcast #Interview

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