Episode notes
While most Bitcoin podcast interviews feature people who agree on almost every topic, this discussion with Knut Svanholm feels much more like a debate where we have opposing views. We talk about El Salvador, the state of sovereignty & why BTC is bullish.
Sponsored by Vaultoro & Wasabi Wallet.
Time stamps:
4:20 – Why did Knut Svanholm stick around the Bitcoin space?
7:20 – Bitcoin conferences are the new rockstar tours
9:55 – Opinions on “The Sovereign Individual” by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
15:47 – The free will paradox
17:30 – Bitcoin as financial atheism
19:00 – Faith in verification
20:15 – Linux and open source
23:30 – Bitcoin privacy
26:08 – Financial incentives vs ideology
28:33 – Karen culture and Chainalysis
35:00 – Stockholm syndrome and the brilliance of George Orwell
38:13 – The El Salvador situation
58:50 – Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, and corporations getting involved in Bitcoin
01:01:50 – Mining from home and altruism
01:12:23 – Miners, Taproot, and SegWit activation
01:19:55 – Bitcoin’s J-shaped price action and S-shaped user adoption
01:23:54 – Why we’re still in the early days of Bitcoin
01:28:00 – The issue of fake bitcoins that can create inflation on Revolut, PayPal & eToro
01:31:45 – Day trading is like the poker boom
01:32:20 – People quitting their jobs because of the bitcoin bull run
01:34:30 – HODLing vs trading
01:36:00 – Bitcoin and the environment
01:43:00 – Bitcoin memes and reality
01:47:20 – Inflation is coming
01:48:45 – Yearly lows are more interesting than all-time highs
01:49:30 – Lightning is readier than ever
01:55:50 – Bits vs sats
01:57:00 – The mempool is empty again in 2021
01:59:54 – Peter Schiff is always the bottom indicator
02:03:57 – If you’re a Karen and want to speak to the manager of Bitcoin, where do you go?
02:06:30 – Knut’s next book
02:08:58 – Is Bitcoin libertarian?
02:13:00 – Starship Troopers, Robocop and other films that Hodlonaut also loves
02:14:50 – Roko’s basilisk and the Honey Badger Basilisk
02:17:09 – Why we need more Bitcoin podcasts
02:21:05 – Bitcoin, Christianity and atheism
02:23:00 – Why podcasts are better than television and radio
02:25:00 – How and why limits can be helpful and productive
02:27:05 – Interviewing Chris DeRose and keeping up with him
02:32:00 – Debating Roger Ver?
02:34:20 – Shitcoinery at the Bitcoin 2021 conference
02:36:00 – Shitcoins today are basically Bitcoin sidechains
02:37:50 – Stablecoins are oxymorons, altcoins are no real alternatives
02:39:00 – There’s a lot of method acting in Ethereum
02:41:00 – Zooko is most likely still a hardcore bitcoiner
02:43:00 – Vitalik, the Magic Flute and opera
02:47:50 – Fame
02:49:53 – People want to be loved, just like Charles Foster Kane
02:52:00 – Why kids and inheritance matter
02:56:00 – The flaws of education in Sweden
03:08:05 – Social democracy in Sweden
Sponsored by Vaultoro & Wasabi Wallet.
Time stamps:
4:20 – Why did Knut Svanholm stick around the Bitcoin space?
7:20 – Bitcoin conferences are the new rockstar tours
9:55 – Opinions on “The Sovereign Individual” by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
15:47 – The free will paradox
17:30 – Bitcoin as financial atheism
19:00 – Faith in verification
20:15 – Linux and open source
23:30 – Bitcoin privacy
26:08 – Financial incentives vs ideology
28:33 – Karen culture and Chainalysis
35:00 – Stockholm syndrome and the brilliance of George Orwell
38:13 – The El Salvador situation
58:50 – Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, and corporations getting involved in Bitcoin
01:01:50 – Mining from home and altruism
01:12:23 – Miners, Taproot, and SegWit activation
01:19:55 – Bitcoin’s J-shaped price action and S-shaped user adoption
01:23:54 – Why we’re still in the early days of Bitcoin
01:28:00 – The issue of fake bitcoins that can create inflation on Revolut, PayPal & eToro
01:31:45 – Day trading is like the poker boom
01:32:20 – People quitting their jobs because of the bitcoin bull run
01:34:30 – HODLing vs trading
01:36:00 – Bitcoin and the environment
01:43:00 – Bitcoin memes and reality
01:47:20 – Inflation is coming
01:48:45 – Yearly lows are more interesting than all-time highs
01:49:30 – Lightning is readier than ever
01:55:50 – Bits vs sats
01:57:00 – The mempool is empty again in 2021
01:59:54 – Peter Schiff is always the bottom indicator
02:03:57 – If you’re a Karen and want to speak to the manager of Bitcoin, where do you go?
02:06:30 – Knut’s next book
02:08:58 – Is Bitcoin libertarian?
02:13:00 – Starship Troopers, Robocop and other films that Hodlonaut also loves
02:14:50 – Roko’s basilisk and the Honey Badger Basilisk
02:17:09 – Why we need more Bitcoin podcasts
02:21:05 – Bitcoin, Christianity and atheism
02:23:00 – Why podcasts are better than television and radio
02:25:00 – How and why limits can be helpful and productive
02:27:05 – Interviewing Chris DeRose and keeping up with him
02:32:00 – Debating Roger Ver?
02:34:20 – Shitcoinery at the Bitcoin 2021 conference
02:36:00 – Shitcoins today are basically Bitcoin sidechains
02:37:50 – Stablecoins are oxymorons, altcoins are no real alternatives
02:39:00 – There’s a lot of method acting in Ethereum
02:41:00 – Zooko is most likely still a hardcore bitcoiner
02:43:00 – Vitalik, the Magic Flute and opera
02:47:50 – Fame
02:49:53 – People want to be loved, just like Charles Foster Kane
02:52:00 – Why kids and inheritance matter
02:56:00 – The flaws of education in Sweden
03:08:05 – Social democracy in Sweden
