In this episode I speak with Mikey Smith, a Kiwi Bitcoiner working in the world of mortgages and finance.
Mikey gives some perspectives on the New Zealand housing situation, the slow train wreck that is the Government, and what the longer term outlook might be for the country.
We also dive into personal responsibility, creating value, and fishing off of Norfolk Island.
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Today I talk with Andy, Dash, and Mike from Tokyo Citadel. The groupâs goal is is to move bitcoin adoption, use and knowledge forward in Tokyo. They run a Bitcoin podcast and organise regular meetups and events. In this episode we discuss Bitcoin in Japan and its perceptions by the public, as well as the bitcoin development and innovation that is taking place and what the current economic & political landscape is.
Andrew Cummins formerly worked for Bitcoin Magazine as the Growth Marketing & Analytics Manager, and he shares the journey that took him from New Zealand to Colorado Springs, including his Bitcoin story, being on the ground at the Bitcoin Miami Conference, and his future plans.
Andrew L. Wilson is an Author and Professor of History of Christianity as well as host of The Disentanglement Podcast, exploring privacy tech and the surveillance state. We discuss in detail severals books about the origin of the state and money, including James C Scottâs, âSeeing Like A Stateâ, Rees-Mogg and Davidsonâs âThe Sovereign Individualâ, and David Graeberâs âDebt: The First 5,000 Yearsâ. We discover some interesting parallels between the unconfiscatable nature of Bitcoin and the origins of state power with its ability to tax easily countable grain crops versus something like a potato which grows underground.We also talk about the history of the printing press as it relates to inflation within the church, and Andrew's personal proof of work undertaking a 1000-mile pilgrimage in the footsteps of Martin Luther from Germany to Rome.
Ollie Sapsford is a professional rugby football player from New Zealand, currently signed with the Super Rugby ACT Brumbies. We talk about how Ollieâs rugby career started, his Bitcoin story, and the proof of work of professional sports.
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 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 â Ahau.ioâ , a MÄori community tool built on Nostrâs predecessor protocol, Secure Scuttlebutt.