Episode notes
Polish bitcoiner & libertarian Tomek Kolodziejczuk is co-organizing the 2nd annual Bitcoin Film Fest. In 2024, the event happens at the same time as the European Halving Party.
In this episode, we talk about Bitcoin-related art, the current state of cinema, and why the halving (or halvening?) is such a major event.
Time stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro: Tomek Kolodziejczuk, Bitcoin Film Fest 2024, European Halving Party
00:01:00 - Weekend of Capitalism vs Bitcoin conferences; gender ratios; LOLA / Ayn Rand aside
00:03:10 - Second Film Fest; Vlad's music video on community stage; docs vs fiction ratio
00:04:30 - Culture needs time; from PayPal screen recordings to explainers to stories
00:06:00 - Experimental docs; Athletic Anatomy; fiction that inspires vs educates
00:07:20 - "Bitcoin cinema without Bitcoin"; Le Mystère Satoshi (Rémi Forte) as opener
00:09:20 - Dirty Coin hype; Alana; Saturday 4:20 premiere vs noon halving bet
00:11:00 - No separation: Halving Edition = Film Fest + European Halving Party activities
00:12:20 - Cinema attention vs conference booths; europeanhalvingparty.com schedule
00:13:00 - Block 840,000 timing predictions; unlucky film problem; difficulty adjustment
00:14:30 - Vanity / Ordinals / fees; $69,420 joke; orange juice toast plan in cinema
00:16:40 - Splitting premieres mid-halving; filmmakers already consented
00:17:30 - Palace of Culture / Kinoteka venue; Casa Presei comparison; orange carpet
00:19:00 - Praga before-party; Warsaw tourism; Old Town rebuilt from paintings
00:20:40 - Palace projection ambitions; countdown screens; post-event sailing trip
00:22:40 - MetaMask joke; pleb ticket ~€84; BTCTKVR 21% (5 uses) vs 12% codes
00:25:00 - Digital pleb ticket; IndiHub Lightning VOD / Value for Value video
00:26:50 - Wasabi Wallet sponsor read; Chaum, mixnets, CoinJoin history
00:29:00 - Wasabi + ShopinBit buy-anything; ShopinBit at Film Fest; Polish plates cars
00:31:20 - CoinJoin fees, remixes, chain analysis FUD; peer-to-peer festival payments
00:33:40 - Samourai vs Wasabi; toxic change; Monero swaps vs full-amount mixes
00:36:00 - Hodling.ch self-custody advisory sponsor; Alexander Potocki
00:37:20 - Toyota Supra digression; fit check; Mark IV prices; JDM lore
00:40:20 - Cryptosteel capsule; Nostr key joke; Polish makers vs cheap clones
00:42:50 - Cedor chat; Layer Two Labs / Drivechains / prediction markets aside
00:45:00 - Satochip / Satodime cash-like cards; Rare Pepe design; OpenDime comparison
00:47:30 - Phil Nevins / Ten Thirty One mention; Vlad on underground guests and value
00:49:50 - Podcasting 2.0, Fountain, boosts; Alby / Blink; PodHome / TrueFans
00:51:20 - Sponsors vs donations; Alby Hub / non-custodial Lightning plans
00:53:00 - LNBits, Ben Arc, fiatjaf Lightning skepticism; back to Film Fest
00:55:00 - Homepage walkthrough; Golden Rabbits categories; Geyser audience vote
00:56:00 - Film slate: After It, Bitcoiners, Bitcoin and Friends, That Athletic, Dirty Coin
00:57:40 - Gods of Their Own Religion; HODL short; Leave Feeling; Notes on the Margin
00:59:00 - My Trust in You Is Broken (BTCPay); What Bitcoin Did; kids' cartoons
01:00:40 - Sponsors list; agenda extras (range, Bicycle Day, salsa, retro bus)
01:02:00 - Super pleb ticket; hardship / volunteer paths; BTCPay sweep prediction
01:03:40 - Pierre Corbin status; Flash / Nostr Wallet Connect Lightning payments
01:05:10 - Xcashify non-KYC shout; lifelong jury names; Brad Mills maybe in person
01:06:40 - Weekend of Capitalism off this year; libertarian branding mission
01:08:20 - Supercycle girlfriend bit; prediction markets invite (@itsTomekK)
01:10:00 - Why come: era change at 840k; culture and aesthetics over multisig tracks
01:11:40 - Hash rate drop predictions post-halving; ~20%; mempool timing updates
01:13:40 - Visualizers: mempool.space, timechain, ordinals.com/clock aesthetics debate
01:15:00 - Wasabi CoinJoin mechanics digression; Yuval Kogman / 2.0 drama aside
01:18:20 - Music video section hopes; maturing Bitcoin art beyond logo craft
01:20:30 - Cultural osmosis; tickle not hammer; science-fiction Bitcoin fuel vision
01:24:20 - AI / Sora: Jarre analogy; propaganda risk; no purity ban; categories later
01:29:30 - ChatGPT-4 live questions; curation reality; satellite events Lugano/Cape Town/Madeira
01:37:40 - Closing thanks; sponsor ecosystem; BTCTKVR reminder; see you in Warsaw
01:41:00 - Outro; live audience thanks
In this episode, we talk about Bitcoin-related art, the current state of cinema, and why the halving (or halvening?) is such a major event.
Time stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro: Tomek Kolodziejczuk, Bitcoin Film Fest 2024, European Halving Party
00:01:00 - Weekend of Capitalism vs Bitcoin conferences; gender ratios; LOLA / Ayn Rand aside
00:03:10 - Second Film Fest; Vlad's music video on community stage; docs vs fiction ratio
00:04:30 - Culture needs time; from PayPal screen recordings to explainers to stories
00:06:00 - Experimental docs; Athletic Anatomy; fiction that inspires vs educates
00:07:20 - "Bitcoin cinema without Bitcoin"; Le Mystère Satoshi (Rémi Forte) as opener
00:09:20 - Dirty Coin hype; Alana; Saturday 4:20 premiere vs noon halving bet
00:11:00 - No separation: Halving Edition = Film Fest + European Halving Party activities
00:12:20 - Cinema attention vs conference booths; europeanhalvingparty.com schedule
00:13:00 - Block 840,000 timing predictions; unlucky film problem; difficulty adjustment
00:14:30 - Vanity / Ordinals / fees; $69,420 joke; orange juice toast plan in cinema
00:16:40 - Splitting premieres mid-halving; filmmakers already consented
00:17:30 - Palace of Culture / Kinoteka venue; Casa Presei comparison; orange carpet
00:19:00 - Praga before-party; Warsaw tourism; Old Town rebuilt from paintings
00:20:40 - Palace projection ambitions; countdown screens; post-event sailing trip
00:22:40 - MetaMask joke; pleb ticket ~€84; BTCTKVR 21% (5 uses) vs 12% codes
00:25:00 - Digital pleb ticket; IndiHub Lightning VOD / Value for Value video
00:26:50 - Wasabi Wallet sponsor read; Chaum, mixnets, CoinJoin history
00:29:00 - Wasabi + ShopinBit buy-anything; ShopinBit at Film Fest; Polish plates cars
00:31:20 - CoinJoin fees, remixes, chain analysis FUD; peer-to-peer festival payments
00:33:40 - Samourai vs Wasabi; toxic change; Monero swaps vs full-amount mixes
00:36:00 - Hodling.ch self-custody advisory sponsor; Alexander Potocki
00:37:20 - Toyota Supra digression; fit check; Mark IV prices; JDM lore
00:40:20 - Cryptosteel capsule; Nostr key joke; Polish makers vs cheap clones
00:42:50 - Cedor chat; Layer Two Labs / Drivechains / prediction markets aside
00:45:00 - Satochip / Satodime cash-like cards; Rare Pepe design; OpenDime comparison
00:47:30 - Phil Nevins / Ten Thirty One mention; Vlad on underground guests and value
00:49:50 - Podcasting 2.0, Fountain, boosts; Alby / Blink; PodHome / TrueFans
00:51:20 - Sponsors vs donations; Alby Hub / non-custodial Lightning plans
00:53:00 - LNBits, Ben Arc, fiatjaf Lightning skepticism; back to Film Fest
00:55:00 - Homepage walkthrough; Golden Rabbits categories; Geyser audience vote
00:56:00 - Film slate: After It, Bitcoiners, Bitcoin and Friends, That Athletic, Dirty Coin
00:57:40 - Gods of Their Own Religion; HODL short; Leave Feeling; Notes on the Margin
00:59:00 - My Trust in You Is Broken (BTCPay); What Bitcoin Did; kids' cartoons
01:00:40 - Sponsors list; agenda extras (range, Bicycle Day, salsa, retro bus)
01:02:00 - Super pleb ticket; hardship / volunteer paths; BTCPay sweep prediction
01:03:40 - Pierre Corbin status; Flash / Nostr Wallet Connect Lightning payments
01:05:10 - Xcashify non-KYC shout; lifelong jury names; Brad Mills maybe in person
01:06:40 - Weekend of Capitalism off this year; libertarian branding mission
01:08:20 - Supercycle girlfriend bit; prediction markets invite (@itsTomekK)
01:10:00 - Why come: era change at 840k; culture and aesthetics over multisig tracks
01:11:40 - Hash rate drop predictions post-halving; ~20%; mempool timing updates
01:13:40 - Visualizers: mempool.space, timechain, ordinals.com/clock aesthetics debate
01:15:00 - Wasabi CoinJoin mechanics digression; Yuval Kogman / 2.0 drama aside
01:18:20 - Music video section hopes; maturing Bitcoin art beyond logo craft
01:20:30 - Cultural osmosis; tickle not hammer; science-fiction Bitcoin fuel vision
01:24:20 - AI / Sora: Jarre analogy; propaganda risk; no purity ban; categories later
01:29:30 - ChatGPT-4 live questions; curation reality; satellite events Lugano/Cape Town/Madeira
01:37:40 - Closing thanks; sponsor ecosystem; BTCTKVR reminder; see you in Warsaw
01:41:00 - Outro; live audience thanks
