Discussing crypto policy under the Trump administration, how the US government getting involved effects Bitcoin, and where we're headed from here.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

07:15 Bitcoin soft forks

11:00 Bitcoin vs. Crypto in US policy

19:20 How much political power does Bitcoin have?

23:50 Bitcoiners are politically homeless

26:20 Strategic Bitcoin reserve

29:00 Bitcoin development and ossification

32:00 Separation of money and state

33:40 Raise your time preference

35:20 SBR as a way out of USD global reserve status

41:00 Will they eventually fight us?

43:00 Incentives as a political movement

46:30 What happens next?

49:15 Bitcoin Vegas & Inscribing Vegas 2025

JEREMY RUBIN RETURNS... for his annual vibe check on Bitcoin development, and the evolving art of soft forking Bitcoin. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → HMP: https://x.com/hellmoneypod → Casey: https://x.com/rodarmor → Erin: https://x.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: ⁠https://hell.money/⁠ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:35 What is Jeremy doing now?? 4:45 Bitcoin L2s 17:40 How hard is Jeremy working?? 23:20 VR has been an absolute fuckin flop 25:10 Rubin year in review 32:17 Bitcoin Soft forks 33:44 Covenants without a soft fork change? 39:50 Runes 50:40 Stablecoins on Bitcoin 54:35 Erin's soft fork vibe check 59:16 OP_CAT and use of human capital 1:01:45 Bitcoin script 1:08:35 Ethereum vs. Bitcoin block production 1:13:20 Solana and global state 1:15:45 Predictions for Bitcoin soft forks 1:17:40 Could OP_CAT happen in 2025? 1:20:30 Casey's opinions on Bitcoin soft forks 1:22:22 How to soft fork Bitcoin 1:29:00 Overall 2025 predictions & outro

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9:10 #Bitcoin fixes this eventually

15:10 Memento Mori airdrop

17:50 Thank you @lifofifo

22:50 What’s next for Hell Money

25:19 Ordinals Meetup

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32:13 Skull Puzzle

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53:20 Election predictions

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This week we're taking a look at the grand overarching narratives of our time and assessing existential threats to humanity. From AI takeovers and deep fakes to solar flares and aliens. Which one are we most worried about? THE ANSWER MAY SHOCK YOU... Support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys Or become a HMPatron: https://www.patreon.com/HellMoneyPodcast FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hell.money/ TIMESTAMPS: 10:44 Big Pharma 14:02 Guns 16:15 Censorship 20:00 China 21:50 Energy Crisis 25:10 Deep Fake 30:25 AI Enslavement 35:02 Hackers 36:44 Climate Change 43:17 Housing Crisis 47:35 KYC 52:16 Mining Centralization 54:09 Surveillance 59:10 Solar Flares 1:02:13 Algorithmic polarization 1:06:51 TikTok 1:08:19 Transformers Attack 1:11:11 Trump 1:11:59 Kamala 1:14:52 Wealth Gap 1:16:39 Bureaucracy 1:20:13 Bugs 1:21:17 Globalism 1:22:14 Water scarcity 1:22:40 WW3 1:25:13 CBDCs 1:25:32 Cultural Marxism 1:32:02 God is Dead 1:33:05 Declining Birth Rates 1:36:32 Hyperinflation 1:38:30 Misinformation 1:39:37 AI Automation 1:45:51 Environmental Poisons 1:47:31 NSA 1:50:59 COVID Lockdowns 1:52:55 Democracy Failure 1:53:54 Quantum Computer 1:54:39 Aliens