Why The Bitcoin Halving Matters With Alex Gladstein and Diverter

Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a pseudonymous Bitcoiner known for his non-KYC Bitcoin guides, joins The Mining Pod to discuss why Bitcoin mining matters for individual liberty and how Bitcoiners can take mining to the next level.

Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 Start

00:03:13 Diverter's Bitcoin Journey

00:06:12 Alex Gladstein's Bitcoin Story

00:10:22 Why Mining Matters

00:13:07 Value of Non-KYC Mining

00:20:27 Mining & Financial Sovereignty

00:24:27 Clean Spark Ad

00:24:47 Bitcoin Mining Bifurcation

00:28:45 Vitamin Ad

00:29:26 Mining: Suits vs. Home Miners

00:37:36 Regulatory Capture of Mining

00:51:50 Bitmain Ad

00:52:37 Compromising on Privacy

00:57:53 Inevitability of Bitcoin Adoption

01:03:17 Cypherpunk Ethos & Nuance

01:04:20 What if Bitcoin Succeeds?

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