I talk with @James Viggiano 🇳🇿 about recent comments made by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Not soon after we spoke, James shared a clip that went viral of the governor talking frankly about the exorbitant privilege of money printing that the central banks and governments have. James and I talk about some of the game theory from the perspective of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to defend the Kiwi Dollar and their attempts to talk down inflation, and shift the narrative even as the cost of living crisis continues. We also talk about the opportunity for what New Zealand could look like on a Bitcoin standard and how that could interface with the legacy financial system. Listen now:

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Money Printer with James Viggiano | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

I talk with James Viggiano about recent comments made by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Not soon after we spoke, James shared a ...

I am excited about the possibilities of Lighting Payouts and Ocean Mining.

🎧 Building Bitcoin-Native Banking Infrastructure at Galoy with Andrew Begin Andrew Begin is Director of Marketing at Galoy, a company building Bitcoin-native banking infrastructure for organisations.We talk about Galoy’s Bitcoin projects including the open-source Blink Wallet, made popular through Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador. I learn about the vision for the product as well as its Stablesats functionality and how this work.We discuss the power of communities taking ownership of their financial infrastructure, and the opportunities for grassroots Bitcoin adoption in Africa and Latin America. Finally we talk briefly about permaculture and regenerative farming and the connections with Bitcoin thinking.‍ Listen now:

Building Bitcoin-Native Banking Infrastructure at Galoy with Andrew Begin | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Andrew Begin is Director of Marketing at Galoy, a company building Bitcoin-native banking infrastructure for organisations. We talk about Galoy’s...

I did an in-depth interview a while back with Ben Jarvie of @AmberApp about the relationship between the Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in case anyone missed it! It may not mean much to my friends outside of New Zealand, but the Treaty of Waitangi (signed on this day in 1840) is an important foundational document in our history. Some fascinating history around Kīngitanga and King Tāwhiao's petition to the Queen to set up a Maori-led banking system and the utter appropriation of Māori imagery by the RBNZ, which is essentially a colonial project manifest. It is an interesting case study as one of the largest crown entities (technically, a statutory corporation) in New Zealand to overtly ignore the principles of the treaty, in particular rangatiratanga. 🎧 Listen here to the episode here:

Māori Sovereignty and Self-determination Through Bitcoin with Ben Jarvie | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Today I talk with Ben Jarvie. Ben is a Bitcoiner working for Amber App, a Bitcoin-only exchange, and he is also a writer. In this episode we talk a...

Read Ben's Original article here about the Reserve Bank of New Zealand:

Bitcoin Magazine

New Zealand’s Past, Pūtea And Future: CBDC Vs. Bitcoin

New Zealand’s Māori haven’t held economic sovereignty in the past or today. But does Bitcoin offer a chance to change the future?

🎧 Latest Bitcoin pod is out. I talk with @Dash of the Tokyo Citadel Builders Podcast & Community. We dive deep into some of the game theory and scenarios that Bitcoin and hyperbitcoinisation presents, as well as what the broader economic landscape may look like in the future. Just as the internet has become far more than merely digital version of letters and newspapers, Bitcoin may not just be digital money as we know it, but an entirely new paradigm of value transfer and wealth storage that is difficult to fathom while we still exist within the current system. Thus it is important to broach these ideas and have creative discussions to try and paint a picture of what may come to pass. I also talk with Dash about the role of faith, and purpose and meaning more broadly in these trying and changing times. Listen now:

On Hyperbitcoinisation, Game Theory, and Faith with Dash | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

I talk with Dash of the Tokyo Citadel Builders Podcast & Community. We dive deep into some of the game theory and scenarios that Bitcoin and hyperb...

🎧 I talk with Prince Filip of Serbia, a prominent Bitcoiner, and Chief Strategy Officer at Jan3. We talk about Prince Filip's work at Jan3 engaging in high-level conversations about Bitcoin with nation-state leaders as well as his thoughts on monarchy, democracy, and culture. We discuss the role of Bitcoin and sound money and the chance presented for smaller countries such as Serbia and New Zealand to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. I also extend an invitation to Prince Filip and the Jan3 team to come visit and help spread awareness about what Bitcoin could mean for New Zealand, in particular its connection to energy and infrastructure.

Bitcoin Adoption by Nation States with Prince Filip of Serbia | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Prince Filip of Serbia is a prominent Bitcoiner, and Chief Strategy Officer at Jan3. We talk about Prince Filip's work at Jan3 engaging in high-lev...

🎧 BTCPay Server & Bitcoin Service Providers with Nicolas Dorier. Listen now:

BTCPay Server & Bitcoin Service Providers with Nicolas Dorier | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Nicolas Dorier is founder and maintainer of BTCPay Server as well as NBitcoin Library. We talk about the BTCPay Server roadmap for the coming year,...

🎧 Latest episode is out: Kishin Kato is a Japanese Bitcoiner working on various Lightning and Bitcoin education-focussed projects, and heavily involved with the Bitcoin community in Japan. We discuss some of the broad connections between Japan and New Zealand, including the state of agriculture, free trade, financial gatekeepers, as well as the emergence of different Bitcoin narratives. Listen now:

Bitcoin in Japan: Community, Financial Gatekeepers, and Narratives with Kishin Kato | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Kishin Kato is a Japanese Bitcoiner working on various Lightning and Bitcoin education-focussed projects, and heavily involved with the Bitcoin com...

🎧 I talk with Bitkiwi Dan, one of the co-founders of the BitKiwi meetup events in New Zealand. We canvas a range of topics from government decision-making and how political neutrality works in the public sector to what it might take to form a new Bitcoin political party in New Zealand. Dan is also a Chartered Accountant and we discuss the opportunity around businesses wanting to hold Bitcoin on their balance sheet, integrating with legacy banks, and how the bitcoin circular economy could develop.

Bitcoin Political Parties, Accounting Rules, and the Circular Economy with Bitkiwi Dan | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Bitkiwi Dan is one of the co-founders of the BitKiwi meetup events in New Zealand. We canvas a range of topics from government decision-making and ...

🎧 Latest pod is out: I talk with Brandon Bucher, zooming out to discuss the recent high on-chain transaction fees, and what we can expect from discussions about scaling solutions moving forward. We talk about how rough consensus works for making changes to Bitcoin and what the situation was like during the period of the Blocksize Wars and SegWit activation from 2015 to 2017. Finally we discuss the importance of education and support for self-custody of bitcoin.

High Fees, Rough Consensus, and Bitcoin Self-Custody with Brandon Bucher | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Brandon Bucher is a Bitcoiner based in New Zealand working on several Bitcoin-related projects and an important figure in the local Kiwi Bitcoin co...

🎧 Latest episode is out: Palash (@`Bitmaniac-07`) is an Indian Bitcoiner sharing his thoughts on how to bring Bitcoin adoption to the world’s largest democracy. We talk about the sudden demonetisation of certain cash notes by the Indian government, the new unified payment interface and Indian CBDC. Palash also discusses how households approach savings, purchasing and gifting gold, and the social roles of money.

The World's Largest Democracy: Bitcoin in India with Palash | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Palash is an Indian Bitcoiner sharing his thoughts on how to bring Bitcoin adoption to the world’s largest democracy. We talk about the sudden de...

🎧 Latest pod is out: Sam Kivi is the CTO and Director at Grid Share, a New Zealand company building flexible load infrastructure centred around renewable energy and Bitcoin mining. We talk about how flexible load works, and the benefits that it provides to the power grid, how it interacts with renewable power generation, and what the opportunities and challenges are, given New Zealand’s unique energy mix. We also discuss the emerging opportunities for landfill methane capture, and what it actually takes to put in the proof of work to stand up a mining operation as Grid Share have done. Sam also shares a new initiative from the company, offering hosting services for Bitcoin miners in New Zealand.

Balancing the New Zealand Power Grid with Bitcoin Mining & Renewable Energy with Sam Kivi of Grid Share | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Sam Kivi is the CTO and Director at Grid Share, a New Zealand company building flexible load infrastructure centred around renewable energy and Bit...

Cobblestones leading up to a carpark. Showa fifty-two. A cold northerly. Taped-up windows. Wooden cladding over a wasp nest. The Coca-Cola neon clock that turns off at midnight.

🎧 Latest pod is out: I talk with @rabble, a software developer and hacker based in Wellington, New Zealand. Rabble was lead engineer at Odeo, where he hired Jack Dorsey into the company, which would later pivot into becoming Twitter. Since then he has been focussed on building impactful projects and social media with the open & decentralised vision that Twitter originally had in its early years but which was eventually lost. Rabble has created the Nostr client Nos.social, and is involved with ⁠Ahau.io⁠, a Māori community tool built on Nostr’s predecessor protocol, Secure Scuttlebutt. We talk about Bitcoin, new ways of living, solarpunk, creative work and what the opportunities are for it all to come together.

Solarpunk Visions: Nostr, Bitcoin, Whakapapa, Creative Work, and New Ways of Living with Rabble | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Rabble is a software developer and hacker based in Wellington, New Zealand. Rabble was lead engineer at Odeo, where he hired Jack Dorsey into the c...

🎧 Latest pod is out: I talk with Rabble, a software developer and hacker based in Wellington, New Zealand. Rabble was lead engineer at Odeo, where he hired Jack Dorsey into the company, which would later pivot into becoming Twitter. Since then he has been focussed on building impactful projects and social media with the open & decentralised vision that Twitter originally had in its early years but which was eventually lost. Rabble has created the Nostr client Nos.social, and is involved with ⁠Ahau.io⁠, a Māori community tool built on Nostr’s predecessor protocol, Secure Scuttlebutt. We talk about Bitcoin, new ways of living, solarpunk, creative work and what the opportunities are for it all to come together.

Solarpunk Visions: Nostr, Bitcoin, Whakapapa, Creative Work, and New Ways of Living with Rabble | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

Rabble is a software developer and hacker based in Wellington, New Zealand. Rabble was lead engineer at Odeo, where he hired Jack Dorsey into the c...

I talk with @gsovereignty, based in Hong Kong, going deep into questions about individual sovereignty and freedom. We also discuss the relationship with the legacy nation state and how Bitcoin and Nostr may interface with collectivist societies such as China. We talk about the Hong Kong protests, the dynamics of state and media, and Bitcoin’s eventual showdown with the Cantillon Pyramid. We also talk about G’s work in Nostr, including running the @npub1tr0v...qqpx podcast, and building nostrocket – helping Bitcoiners organise projects in a way that is not beholden to the state. Listen now:

China, Nostr, Bitcoin, and Humanity's Potential with gSovereignty | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

I talk with gSovereignty, based in Hong Kong, going deep into questions about individual sovereignty and freedom. We also discuss the relationship ...

🎧 Latest pod is out: I talk with Nathan Seiuli, Outreach and Events Coordinator at the Free Speech Union (New Zealand). Over the past few years, it’s become evident that many New Zealanders are both unaware of how vital freedom of speech is, and how dangerous some of the moves are to exclude its protections. We talk about the work the Free Speech Union is doing in New Zealand, including campaigns to promote debate and critical thinking in schools, providing feedback and advice to government, and calling out actions that infringe upon freedom of speech. We also talk about how technology such as Bitcoin and Nostr can provide protection for Freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Listen now:

Protecting Free Speech in New Zealand with Nathan Seiuli of Free Speech Union | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.

I talk with Nathan Seiuli, Outreach and Events Coordinator at the Free Speech Union in New Zealand. Over the past few years, it’s become evident ...

@ODELL @jack @Marty Bent @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞

At Two Dogs Taproom in Tokyo with some of the Alby crew - Paid with Bitcoin.

🎧 Latest episode is out: I talk with Zed, a Bitcoiner originally from the Czech Republic, but now living in Wellington, New Zealand, where he organises a Local Bitcoin meetup. We dive into Zed’s story, leaving the Czech Republic to go to London around the time of the occupy movement where he first discovered Bitcoin. We talk about Bitcoin art and the role of popular culture in sharing new ways of thinking, as well as the cultural background that Zed brings to Bitcoin, having being born into a communist system. We also talk about how people such as the Gypsies of Europe or the New Zealand Māori represent a different kind of relationship to the state that we can learn a lot from. Listen now:

Fountain

The Transformation of Value with Cody Ellingham • Czech Communism, Gypsies, Bitcoin Art, and Climbing Mountains with Zed • Listen on Fountain

In today’s episode I talk with Zed, a Bitcoiner originally from the Czech Republic, but now living in Wellington, New Zealand, where he organises...

🎧 Building the Social Layer of Bitcoin in New Zealand with Bitkiwi Paul I talk with Bitkiwi Paul about the next Bitkiwi meetup that is happening on Saturday October 28th in Auckland. We also discuss the social layer of Bitcoin in New Zealand and how it has grown enormously over the last 12 months. This time last year I didn’t really know any Bitcoiners in person, but here we are with a thriving community of Bitcoin projects, businesses, and collaborations that I am involved in, and I know there are many others out there doing the same. A lot of Proof of Work has gone into building on Bitcoin over the last few years and that is going to be important as more and more people start finding and learning about Bitcoin. Listen on Fountain:

The Transformation of Value with Cody Ellingham • Building the Social Layer of Bitcoin in New Zealand with Bitkiwi Paul • Listen on Fountain

I talk with Bitkiwi Paul about the next Bitkiwi meetup that is happening on Saturday October 28th in Auckland. We also discuss the social layer of ...