Bitcoin Audible

The Best in Bitcoin made Audible. Guy Swann makes the knowledge of Bitcoin, the world's most secure, independent money, accessible to everyone. Exploring Bitcoin from an investment perspective, economic analysis, its philosophical foundations, & technological primitives. Reading and distilling thousands of hours of others' works on Bitcoin, Guy explains everything you need to know.

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Last Episode : April 8, 2025 10:00am

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Reboot - Read_257 - 21 Lessons of the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole - Chapter 2 (Economics)
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In this episode, I revisit Chapter 2 of Gigi's "21 Lessons from the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole," taking another look at the core principles of economics through a Bitcoin lens.

We'll explore concepts like inflation, value, and sound money, questioning the traditional financial system along the way. How does Bitcoin challenge our understanding of these concepts? Is it a return to sound money or something entirely new? Tune in for a fresh perspective on these fundamental economic ideas.


Check out the original article: Reboot - Read_256 - 21 Lessons of the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole - Chapter 2 (Economics) by Gigi (Link: https://21lessons.com/economics)

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Reboot - Read_256 - 21 Lessons of the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole - Chapter 1 (Philosophy)
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Returning to a classic! I revisit Gigi's "21 Lessons of the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole," starting with Chapter 1: Philosophy. What does Bitcoin have to teach us about immutability, scarcity, and identity? Can a digital creation challenge our understanding of the world around us? Join me as I re-explore these foundational ideas and consider what they mean in today's ever-changing landscape. It's always a good time to dust off these fundamentals and ask ourselves if we've really understood the lessons they hold. 

Check out the original article: Reboot - Read_256 - 21 Lessons of the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole - Chapter 1 (Philosophy) by Gigi (Link: https://21lessons.com/philosophy)

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Published Monday
Roundtable_008 - Just a Little Misinformation
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If you are looking for real bitcoiners giving their take on all the major news that happened in bitcoin for the past month, you found the right place. This is Guy's Roundtable with collectively more than 50 years of Bitcoin experience.

We hit updates on the bitaxe phenomenon, the strategic bitcoin reserve is here, is el salvador throwing in the towel, the IMF is fighting bitcoin, new developments on CBDCs around the world, bitcoin investment from many new institutions, and only a little bit of misinformation in todays episode... maybe 5%... could be 10.

 

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Reboot - Read_750 - Capital in the 21st Century
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What is capital, really? And what happens when Bitcoin forces a repricing of everything we think we know about it?

In this reboot episode we're bringing back Capital in the 21st Century by Allen Farrington. A piece that explores the deep connection between money and capital - two concepts often conflated but fundamentally distinct. Farrington dismantles the illusion that money itself is wealth, arguing instead that it is merely a claim on wealth, a liquid mechanism for valuing the things we truly desire. He examines how Bitcoin reshapes our understanding of capital, entrepreneurship, and economic potential energy, weaving in insights from Austrian economics and beyond.

It's very easy to lose sight of what bitcoin is set to fix, and this read really gets to the core of that question. So I'm glad to be revisiting this one, and sharing some more of my recent thoughts around the ideas Allen Farrington brings to the table.

Check out the original article: Capital in the 21st Century — Axiom (Link: https://tinyurl.com/cz4nb667)

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Published 03/28
Read_875 - Against Allowing Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin
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"Not your keys, not your coins."
I posit that the corollary to this principle is:
'Your keys, only your coins.'

A quantum capable entity breaks the corollary of this foundational principle. We secure our bitcoin with the mathematical probabilities related to extremely large random numbers. Your funds are only secure because truly random large numbers should not be guessable or discoverable by anyone else in the world.

It seems almost inevitable, that at some point quantum computing could reach the capacity to break current cryptographic standards, so the question is, what do we do about it? Do we allow the first entities with a powerful quantum computer, the already wealthy and powerful, attack the keys to millions of BTC and dominate the economic destiny of Bitcoin? Or should this be treated like a vulnerability? A bug in the code. Where we set a date to deprecate the old signatures, and burn the coins that were lost to vulnerable keys? The answer might not be as simple as you first suspect, Jameson Lopp makes a solid case in today's article.

Check out the original article: Against Allowing Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin by Jameson Lopp (Link: https://tinyurl.com/ysaz7va6)

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Published 03/26
Reboot - Read_740 - What Are the Key Properties of Bitcoin [Jameson Lopp]
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Bitcoin’s strength lies in its core properties—trust minimization, decentralization, censorship resistance, and more. But what exactly defines these principles, and why do they matter? In this episode, I revisit Jameson Lopp’s What Are the Key Properties of Bitcoin?, a piece that breaks down the fundamental attributes that make Bitcoin what it is. Along the way, I share updated thoughts on how these ideas hold up today, especially in the face of ongoing protocol debates and potential future threats like quantum computing. Understanding Bitcoin’s foundations isn’t just theory—it’s essential for knowing where we stand and where we’re headed.

Check out the original article: What are the Key Properties of Bitcoin? by Jameson Lopp (Link: https://tinyurl.com/muu9rxzw)

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Published 03/24
Reboot - Take #44 - Bitcoin is Not What you Think it is
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Life has been hectic lately, but I didn’t want to leave you hanging! While I navigate the joys of parenthood, I’m bringing back a classic - Guy's Take #44 - Bitcoin is Not What you Think it is.

What if your understanding of Bitcoin is only scratching the surface? In this episode, I dive into the deeper realities of money itself—how great societies are built on sound money, why money is more foundational than language, and how prices convey critical information rather than being arbitrary. We also explore the nature of time, the role of proof of work in ancient history, and why money is ultimately a tool for transmitting truth.

If you missed it the first time, now’s the perfect moment to give it a listen.


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Published 03/13
Roundtable_007 - Bitcoin, Babies, and the Bitcoin Dollar
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Bitcoiners having babies, P2P protocols, Bitcoin price without third parties, mining problems and solutions, stable coins coming back to Bitcoin, massive hacks, shitcoin quacks, and a partridge in a pear tree. Wrapping up February and all the major news with some Bitcoin OGs.

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Published 03/05
Read_872 - Erosion of the Meaning of Custody
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Nicholas Dorier brings us a short piece that is very relevant to many of our challenges today, being clear and precise about the definition of the word custody. As we have seen for decades, the political sphere is almost designed to destroy and confuse the definition of words for the explicit purpose of broadening power, and creating enemies and criminals of anyone who gets in their way. But an even greater dilution of the term has come from within, as new "layer 2" systems compete to be seen as the next major leap forward. Are they really, or are we losing a key definition that could bring more consequences than we may admit...? Let's dig into it.

Check out the original article Read_872 - Erosion of the Meaning of Custody by Nicholas Dorier (Link: https://tinyurl.com/44xdbhwe)

 

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"The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms." — Socrates

Published 03/03
Read_871 - Hodlers: an apology
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Did you know that the value and utility of Bitcoin can be trivially duplicated? At least this is what the increasingly bitter buttcoiners of the world seem to espouse, even when proven wrong over and over again, and seeing a million copy cats fail at this very challenge. At least the capitulation is fun to watch. A short one from FT with a Guy's Take to follow. An "apology" to bitcoiners.

Check out the original article Hodlers: an apology by Financial Times (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3byu5hnd)

 

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Published 02/28
Read_870 - Can Nostr fix app distribution?
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Tired of app stores controlling what you download and who gets paid? What if there was a way to directly connect with developers, verify the authenticity of their apps, and support them directly using Bitcoin? Could Nostr, the decentralized social network, be the key to unlocking a new era of app distribution, giving users more control and fostering a more trustworthy ecosystem?

Check out the original article Can Nostr fix app distribution? by Franzap. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc3cvx8x)

 

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Published 02/24
Chat_128 - The Voice of Bitcoin [Bitcoin Infinity Show]
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I joined Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf on the Bitcoin Infinity Show to explore the fundamental role of money, incentives, and sound economics in shaping society. We dug into the "Give-a-Shit Matrix", a powerful framework for understanding how people allocate resources—and how broken incentives lead to systemic waste.

We also unpacked why Bitcoin is the apex of financial responsibility, how fiat incentivizes inefficiency, and why Ethereum’s staking model is fundamentally flawed. Along the way, we explored miner incentives, the real problem with ordinals, and the deeper economic distortions caused by inflation.

Why does technology keep advancing, yet people feel like they have less time? Why does the system seem designed to trap people in endless work? And how does Bitcoin realign incentives toward genuine prosperity?

This was a great conversation with some hard truths and a few laughs along the way.

Link to original episode: The Voice of Bitcoin with Guy Swann - Bitcoin Infinity Show 133 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3rebmb4y)

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Published 02/21