1 00:00:00,567 --> 00:00:03,977 Hey there everyone and welcome to the very first episode of 2 00:00:03,977 --> 00:00:05,927 the Bitcoin Infinity Academy. 3 00:00:06,267 --> 00:00:11,247 I'm here with Luke DeWolf, um, uh, and we're trying this thing out. 4 00:00:11,793 --> 00:00:13,563 We're excited to be here, Knut. 5 00:00:13,603 --> 00:00:16,883 We've been thinking about doing this academy for a really long 6 00:00:16,883 --> 00:00:20,163 time, and it's awesome that we're finally getting off the ground. 7 00:00:20,467 --> 00:00:24,447 Yes, the Bitcoin Infinity Academy is brought to you by PlanB Network. 8 00:00:24,742 --> 00:00:27,662 your number one resource for Bitcoin education. 9 00:00:27,662 --> 00:00:33,262 So if you need any types of, uh, Bitcoin educational tools, you should go to plan 10 00:00:33,262 --> 00:00:35,342 B dot network and check them out there. 11 00:00:35,372 --> 00:00:37,182 They have a lot of orange peeling tools. 12 00:00:37,182 --> 00:00:40,992 If you want to orange pill your friends and bring them into the academy here. 13 00:00:41,451 --> 00:00:45,541 Absolutely, and they, uh, they, uh, are graciously, uh, helping us 14 00:00:45,541 --> 00:00:47,911 get this all out to you for free. 15 00:00:48,251 --> 00:00:52,361 This is why this is all free on Noster, why these discussions are, are free 16 00:00:52,371 --> 00:00:53,961 for everyone, so big thank you to them. 17 00:00:53,961 --> 00:00:57,712 And also thank you to Bitbox, who has also graciously decided 18 00:00:57,712 --> 00:00:59,715 to, to sponsor this initiative. 19 00:00:59,870 --> 00:01:00,790 Go to bitbox. 20 00:01:00,790 --> 00:01:01,140 swiss. 21 00:01:01,450 --> 00:01:03,050 infinity for more about them. 22 00:01:03,050 --> 00:01:04,550 They're our favorite hardware wallet. 23 00:01:05,090 --> 00:01:06,290 We'll talk more about them later. 24 00:01:06,484 --> 00:01:10,954 Yes, and this is the first episode of the Academy, and it's also 25 00:01:10,954 --> 00:01:15,694 the first episode of the Bitcoin Sovereignty Through Mathematics course. 26 00:01:16,164 --> 00:01:20,571 And so the way this works is that, every single chapter of each and every one of my 27 00:01:20,571 --> 00:01:23,991 books will be released for free on master. 28 00:01:24,051 --> 00:01:27,011 So you can, you can read the chapters there, but you can 29 00:01:27,021 --> 00:01:29,261 also join the discussion here. 30 00:01:29,563 --> 00:01:32,310 Luke and I are going to do this little videos where we discuss 31 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,430 each and every idea in each of the chapters of each of the books. 32 00:01:35,650 --> 00:01:39,636 and you can join our telegram group, which is the Bitcoin 33 00:01:40,126 --> 00:01:42,086 infinity community thing, sort of. 34 00:01:42,446 --> 00:01:46,066 Uh, and the other thing is that you can join a specific course. 35 00:01:46,076 --> 00:01:48,486 So each book will be a specific course. 36 00:01:48,948 --> 00:01:53,782 so for 21, 000 sats, you can join the discussions and, be in, this 37 00:01:53,802 --> 00:01:57,432 thing with me and Luke and ask us questions and challenge, challenge 38 00:01:57,452 --> 00:01:59,202 the ideas and, and whatnot. 39 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:00,069 Absolutely. 40 00:02:00,179 --> 00:02:05,109 And of course, of course, we'll be listening to comments online on Noster, 41 00:02:05,139 --> 00:02:10,139 on all the other platforms and everything, but the course is your way to join us. 42 00:02:10,925 --> 00:02:12,385 Join the live recordings. 43 00:02:12,385 --> 00:02:16,944 We, we don't, we're not the most flexible bunch, mostly me, but, you can, you can 44 00:02:16,944 --> 00:02:21,404 join the live recordings, uh, when they happen, if you like, um, but, but also ask 45 00:02:21,404 --> 00:02:25,874 us questions directly in, in the telegram and, and have a chat with us about it. 46 00:02:26,094 --> 00:02:29,134 We also have some, uh, some special live calls. 47 00:02:29,338 --> 00:02:30,948 Planned for, for course members. 48 00:02:30,958 --> 00:02:33,518 So join us, join the discussion. 49 00:02:33,558 --> 00:02:36,438 And, uh, yeah, we're gonna have a lot of fun with, 50 00:02:39,048 --> 00:02:39,398 Yes. 51 00:02:39,408 --> 00:02:43,504 So the, the easiest way to, to join our base level group is just to 52 00:02:43,504 --> 00:02:46,924 buy something off of our website and give us your telegram handle. 53 00:02:46,954 --> 00:02:49,954 But the other thing you can do is go to geyser. 54 00:02:49,974 --> 00:02:53,304 fund and you'll find our Bitcoin Infinity Academy there. 55 00:02:53,447 --> 00:02:53,807 And. 56 00:02:54,088 --> 00:02:57,305 everything, they can infinity Academy, all the information about 57 00:02:57,325 --> 00:03:00,934 all the courses and what this thing is, is on the guys for fun page. 58 00:03:01,224 --> 00:03:05,394 So make sure you check that out and see what kind of part you 59 00:03:05,394 --> 00:03:06,964 want to play in the all of this. 60 00:03:07,418 --> 00:03:08,018 Absolutely. 61 00:03:08,018 --> 00:03:11,588 And so should we, should we dive right in with the first episode for 62 00:03:11,588 --> 00:03:12,718 sovereignty through mathematics? 63 00:03:12,986 --> 00:03:13,876 yeah, absolutely. 64 00:03:13,906 --> 00:03:18,196 So sovereignty through mathematics is my first proper book on Bitcoin. 65 00:03:18,206 --> 00:03:24,736 It was released back in, uh, I believe may 2019, but it didn't really take 66 00:03:24,736 --> 00:03:29,626 off until, uh, August that year or even September when I went to Riga 67 00:03:29,656 --> 00:03:34,466 with 50 books in my hand luggage, but I'm getting ahead of myself here. 68 00:03:34,466 --> 00:03:41,333 So, I started writing about Bitcoin online in 2017, and I wrote articles on medium. 69 00:03:41,536 --> 00:03:45,549 which I later turned into a book, actually, my real first 70 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:47,629 book about Bitcoin is this one. 71 00:03:47,649 --> 00:03:48,849 It's called three minutes. 72 00:03:48,849 --> 00:03:49,759 Read some Bitcoin. 73 00:03:49,779 --> 00:03:51,699 And this was like a prototype book. 74 00:03:51,989 --> 00:03:54,519 So this is just a compilation of those articles. 75 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:56,099 and then I had that. 76 00:03:56,099 --> 00:04:00,279 I wasn't very happy about it because it was the only book I had to my name. 77 00:04:00,279 --> 00:04:06,389 So I decided on New Year's Eve 2018 to write a proper book about 78 00:04:06,399 --> 00:04:10,866 Bitcoin and that later became Sovereignty through Mathematics. 79 00:04:11,093 --> 00:04:14,943 It had a working title that was Dealing with Bitcoin. 80 00:04:14,953 --> 00:04:15,983 This is what it looked like. 81 00:04:15,983 --> 00:04:18,563 The first prototype of Sovereignty through Mathematics. 82 00:04:18,946 --> 00:04:22,116 Uh, this one even had little graphs and stuff in it. 83 00:04:22,619 --> 00:04:24,919 but I'm very happy I changed the title later. 84 00:04:25,229 --> 00:04:28,859 so the, the original book, uh, looked like this. 85 00:04:29,559 --> 00:04:30,559 Maybe you've seen that. 86 00:04:30,776 --> 00:04:35,496 we've just made a re edit of all of my previous books. 87 00:04:35,496 --> 00:04:37,716 And this is part of why we're doing this. 88 00:04:38,116 --> 00:04:39,746 So this is the big relaunch. 89 00:04:39,756 --> 00:04:42,536 So this is what Sovereignty Through Mathematics looks like. 90 00:04:42,831 --> 00:04:46,991 Right now, uh, beautiful hardcover, black hardcover here, 91 00:04:49,171 --> 00:04:55,781 and, uh, yeah, the story about the book is that I, uh, I made myself a New Year's 92 00:04:55,811 --> 00:05:00,281 resolution on that New Year's Eve, uh, and that was that I was going to write 93 00:05:00,311 --> 00:05:03,471 a page a day for the entire year, 2019. 94 00:05:04,276 --> 00:05:07,946 And as with all New Year's resolutions, you break them after a while. 95 00:05:07,996 --> 00:05:13,206 I broke mine after 106 days, but I managed to write a page 96 00:05:13,206 --> 00:05:15,776 a day for 106 days at least. 97 00:05:15,786 --> 00:05:18,056 But after that, I felt the book was kind of done. 98 00:05:18,146 --> 00:05:20,996 So that is what became Sovereignty Through Mathematics. 99 00:05:21,379 --> 00:05:28,103 and I released it and no one gave a shit, until a, uh, Bitcoin core developer, 100 00:05:28,163 --> 00:05:33,966 who shall not be named, uh, , started helping me with the editing the book. 101 00:05:33,966 --> 00:05:37,959 So, so he shot me a DM and it's like, uh, I really like this book, but the 102 00:05:37,959 --> 00:05:39,789 language could be better or whatnot. 103 00:05:39,849 --> 00:05:41,139 And he helped me edit it. 104 00:05:41,139 --> 00:05:45,474 And I had a, uh, a, a lot of help, so, so I, I re-edited the book a 105 00:05:45,474 --> 00:05:49,644 bit and then brought 50 books to Baltic, honey Badger and Riga. 106 00:05:49,644 --> 00:05:52,434 And this was back when I had a regular Fiat job. 107 00:05:52,434 --> 00:05:58,244 I was the HR manager for a shipping company, and I was visiting a, um, 108 00:05:58,451 --> 00:06:00,491 merchant Marine Academy in Riga. 109 00:06:00,491 --> 00:06:03,581 That was the official reason, reason for me going there. 110 00:06:03,581 --> 00:06:04,661 But of course, I had the. 111 00:06:05,181 --> 00:06:08,131 The Baltic honey badger conference in the back of my mind. 112 00:06:08,131 --> 00:06:12,111 So, so I hit two birds with one stroke there. 113 00:06:12,121 --> 00:06:18,738 I went, went to the conference, um, had 50 of these things in my hand luggage, uh, 114 00:06:18,748 --> 00:06:25,678 gave 25 away to, um, important Bitcoiners and sold the 25 of them for either 115 00:06:25,678 --> 00:06:27,798 cash or over the lightning networks. 116 00:06:27,848 --> 00:06:32,348 Can you believe that in back in, uh, September, 2019, uh, 117 00:06:32,348 --> 00:06:34,248 using the lightning network and. 118 00:06:34,703 --> 00:06:39,129 As far as I can remember, it worked very well, and then the book started 119 00:06:39,423 --> 00:06:43,363 catching some, uh, attention and starting to get a life of its own. 120 00:06:43,983 --> 00:06:48,143 Uh, a couple of years later, uh, when Michael Saylor entered the Bitcoin 121 00:06:48,163 --> 00:06:52,203 scene, I got a DM from him a couple of months after he first arrived. 122 00:06:52,819 --> 00:06:56,689 where he complimented the book and he wanted to put it on a micro strategies, 123 00:06:56,979 --> 00:06:58,899 Bitcoin educational website, hope. 124 00:06:58,899 --> 00:06:59,219 com. 125 00:06:59,239 --> 00:07:00,489 And it's been there ever since. 126 00:07:00,489 --> 00:07:06,383 And I'm very proud that this book, did so much for me and like, um, catapulted 127 00:07:06,383 --> 00:07:10,839 my, my sort of public Bitcoin or career here of whatever you can call it. 128 00:07:11,289 --> 00:07:14,849 Uh, I, I never expected this to go anywhere really. 129 00:07:15,624 --> 00:07:19,164 So I'm really happy to be here and do this stuff with you now. 130 00:07:19,194 --> 00:07:23,864 And in re editing the book with Luke, I realized that there's a lot 131 00:07:23,914 --> 00:07:28,714 in here that are sort of thought embryos for what to be, what was to 132 00:07:28,714 --> 00:07:31,709 be more fleshed out ideas in the end. 133 00:07:32,509 --> 00:07:33,649 Subsequent books. 134 00:07:33,659 --> 00:07:39,483 So, this is sort of episode 0 of the Bitcoin Infinity Academy and we'll just 135 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:44,183 talk about the book in general, but the next episode will be, uh, the 1st chapter. 136 00:07:44,183 --> 00:07:45,033 Everything a trade. 137 00:07:45,633 --> 00:07:45,823 Yeah. 138 00:07:45,823 --> 00:07:46,363 Over to you. 139 00:07:46,363 --> 00:07:46,763 Look, 140 00:07:47,208 --> 00:07:50,278 Yeah, well, I mean, this, this, this story is, is, uh, is fantastic. 141 00:07:50,278 --> 00:07:54,298 I mean, as you say, it's where, where this all started and I mean, not, not to, to 142 00:07:54,338 --> 00:07:58,778 put too, too much into like our, uh, the way we got together, I think, I think. 143 00:07:58,898 --> 00:08:03,048 Are many of our listeners already know the story and everything, but, but obviously 144 00:08:03,048 --> 00:08:06,018 without, without this book and you starting to do more things in Bitcoin, we 145 00:08:06,018 --> 00:08:10,708 wouldn't have been working together and, and, and, uh, taking this all forward. 146 00:08:10,708 --> 00:08:13,868 So, yeah, it all starts here and that's just awesome. 147 00:08:14,663 --> 00:08:17,483 And yeah, this this Academy concept. 148 00:08:17,513 --> 00:08:20,923 So this first episode, what we're releasing this with is 149 00:08:20,923 --> 00:08:23,033 with the preface and the forward. 150 00:08:23,033 --> 00:08:25,863 So we'll show those here in a moment. 151 00:08:26,633 --> 00:08:31,403 But yeah, like we started when we started re editing the book and really 152 00:08:31,403 --> 00:08:33,643 having the discussions about it. 153 00:08:33,643 --> 00:08:37,613 That was really cool because, um, I read these books back in the 154 00:08:37,613 --> 00:08:42,243 day when I was first getting into Bitcoin, but it'd been a while and. 155 00:08:42,683 --> 00:08:47,093 And really what we, what we started to do is what we almost always do. 156 00:08:47,103 --> 00:08:49,893 We have, we have these discussions about anything and everything that's 157 00:08:49,893 --> 00:08:54,073 going on in the Bitcoin world and what is our take on this and everything. 158 00:08:54,073 --> 00:08:58,073 And, uh, that really intensified, of course, when we started to write Bitcoin, 159 00:08:58,073 --> 00:08:59,533 the Inverse of Clown World together. 160 00:09:00,293 --> 00:09:04,763 And, and we, we really fleshed out a lot of ideas in, in that particular book, 161 00:09:04,973 --> 00:09:08,513 but then we went back and looked at Sovereignty to Mathematics, Independence 162 00:09:08,513 --> 00:09:15,953 Reimagined, everything, a million, of them have, have, uh, um, idea embryos 163 00:09:15,953 --> 00:09:19,493 or, or, or something like that, that you, that you, you call, like, uh, there's, 164 00:09:19,503 --> 00:09:23,503 there's, there's a lot here in these books, and so I'm excited that, uh, and 165 00:09:23,503 --> 00:09:28,068 I, I hope this really Parks discussion and and even also starts a starts a 166 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:33,328 trend of of books and articles and and all this being being released on. 167 00:09:33,658 --> 00:09:37,108 Nostra where it's where it's free and where people can comment and, 168 00:09:37,108 --> 00:09:43,018 uh, um, give these give these ideas more, uh, more life because because, 169 00:09:43,438 --> 00:09:46,128 um, these things aren't aren't. 170 00:09:46,908 --> 00:09:48,098 Self evident to everyone. 171 00:09:48,568 --> 00:09:51,748 This is my view on the philosophical side of Bitcoin in general, which, 172 00:09:51,778 --> 00:09:56,978 which I think we semi reluctantly fall into the, the philosophical camp. 173 00:09:56,978 --> 00:10:01,528 It's not just, it's not just that, uh, uh, but Bitcoin philosophers is 174 00:10:01,538 --> 00:10:04,798 kind of the, I think the shorthand for, for both of us for, for what we 175 00:10:04,798 --> 00:10:06,848 do with this Bitcoin infinity stuff. 176 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:10,498 But the philosophy is really conviction deep. 177 00:10:11,538 --> 00:10:16,348 Us digging through these ideas and trying to, trying to poke holes in them 178 00:10:16,348 --> 00:10:21,518 and trying to see what a world with Bitcoin looks like if everything is 179 00:10:21,518 --> 00:10:23,968 taken to absolutely its furthest extent. 180 00:10:24,468 --> 00:10:30,908 Um, and it looks pretty great and, uh, in challenging these ideas and in, 181 00:10:30,928 --> 00:10:35,888 and in building these ideas, we, we can steel man our own, uh, arguments 182 00:10:35,888 --> 00:10:42,568 against Bitcoin so that we're much better at, at spreading adoption and, and. 183 00:10:44,773 --> 00:10:48,823 doing our part to make sure Bitcoin seeds, because even if this is 184 00:10:48,823 --> 00:10:53,553 inevitable, there are definitely challenges that can come along the way. 185 00:10:53,723 --> 00:10:58,623 And, uh, us as Bitcoiners being more prepared. 186 00:10:59,028 --> 00:11:02,048 And more able to spread the word about Bitcoin. 187 00:11:02,058 --> 00:11:03,418 This is this is what it's all about. 188 00:11:03,728 --> 00:11:06,788 And it's also a reason why I think plan B is the perfect partner 189 00:11:06,788 --> 00:11:11,478 for us here, too, because because they're all about spreading Bitcoin 190 00:11:11,478 --> 00:11:15,198 educational content in every language. 191 00:11:15,428 --> 00:11:20,578 Possible and, uh, we're just a different layer of that really like 192 00:11:20,788 --> 00:11:25,028 the conviction deepening for the, uh, Bitcoin maximalists who are 193 00:11:25,038 --> 00:11:27,438 already well inducted into the thing. 194 00:11:27,438 --> 00:11:30,718 But if you are listening to this and you're fairly new to Bitcoin 195 00:11:30,718 --> 00:11:32,998 and you haven't dug into these ideas before, I really hope that 196 00:11:32,998 --> 00:11:35,188 you get get a lot out of this also. 197 00:11:35,826 --> 00:11:36,566 absolutely. 198 00:11:36,606 --> 00:11:39,976 And so we're doing all on 4 books. 199 00:11:40,414 --> 00:11:43,454 We have all four, all four of the Bitcoin books. 200 00:11:43,454 --> 00:11:47,124 So they're all re released and available from bitcoininfinitystore. 201 00:11:47,184 --> 00:11:47,544 com. 202 00:11:47,704 --> 00:11:49,394 This is sovereignty through mathematics. 203 00:11:49,904 --> 00:11:53,514 After that, like, uh, I think starting on infinity day, 204 00:11:53,514 --> 00:11:54,864 we'll, we'll do the next book. 205 00:11:54,864 --> 00:11:55,054 Right. 206 00:11:55,054 --> 00:11:56,464 So we'll, we'll do this course. 207 00:11:56,464 --> 00:12:01,554 This is a 14 episode course, uh, the, uh, sovereignty through mathematics one. 208 00:12:01,929 --> 00:12:03,449 Um, we'll have an opening. 209 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:04,729 This is the opening episode. 210 00:12:04,739 --> 00:12:08,869 We'll have do all the four, all the 12 chapters and then a closing episode 211 00:12:08,869 --> 00:12:13,619 where we wrap things up, uh, and then do a short break and where we do a 212 00:12:13,619 --> 00:12:17,619 lot of conferencing and stuff, Luke and I are going to Prague and Calgary 213 00:12:17,619 --> 00:12:23,249 and, uh, Budapest and Riga and, uh, and Helsinki first and foremost, which 214 00:12:23,259 --> 00:12:24,959 is a conference we're co organizing. 215 00:12:26,784 --> 00:12:29,964 After that, we'll start Independence Reimagined, which is now 216 00:12:30,094 --> 00:12:31,784 redesigned and looks like this. 217 00:12:32,161 --> 00:12:34,031 I have the first version of that here. 218 00:12:34,051 --> 00:12:39,681 This is, uh, this first version has this beautiful fractal encrypt sculpture on it. 219 00:12:39,781 --> 00:12:43,551 This is where I started to, where I befriended Fractal and 220 00:12:43,551 --> 00:12:45,081 we started working together. 221 00:12:45,531 --> 00:12:48,741 The re release has this beautiful snake with laser eyes on it. 222 00:12:49,548 --> 00:12:53,948 after that, it's, uh, of course, everything divided by 21 million, 223 00:12:53,978 --> 00:12:57,148 which will start some somewhere around Christmas or something. 224 00:12:57,148 --> 00:13:03,238 I think that's if we're following our schedule, uh, and after that, it's, uh, 225 00:13:03,678 --> 00:13:07,728 of course, Bitcoin, the inverse of clown world, uh, which I co wrote with Luke. 226 00:13:07,728 --> 00:13:10,838 And I, I still think this is the best book I've ever done. 227 00:13:10,898 --> 00:13:11,838 Uh, much. 228 00:13:11,838 --> 00:13:12,508 Thanks to Luke. 229 00:13:13,048 --> 00:13:18,011 So looking forward to all of this, so this Sovereignty through Mathematics has 230 00:13:18,051 --> 00:13:21,501 a foreword by Prince Filip of Serbia. 231 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:26,921 And, of course, Prince Filip wasn't a Bitcoiner back when this was released. 232 00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:30,401 So this was actually released for another version of this book. 233 00:13:30,848 --> 00:13:31,948 Bit of history here. 234 00:13:32,238 --> 00:13:35,038 So this is Bitcoin Sovereignty and Independence. 235 00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:40,138 So I, I released both these books as one a couple of years back. 236 00:13:40,228 --> 00:13:42,658 And that's when Prince Filip wrote the foreword. 237 00:13:43,368 --> 00:13:45,128 Which I was very happy about. 238 00:13:45,368 --> 00:13:48,198 I'm like, I have the best four words in the world. 239 00:13:48,238 --> 00:13:52,418 Like I have one by Prince Filip, one by Hodlonoth, one by Jeff 240 00:13:52,448 --> 00:13:57,328 Booth, one by Raheem Tagisadegan, and one by Giacomo Socco. 241 00:13:57,338 --> 00:13:59,758 Like, what, what, what, what is that? 242 00:13:59,788 --> 00:14:01,838 That's like, name that band if you can. 243 00:14:02,218 --> 00:14:03,188 That's so good. 244 00:14:03,488 --> 00:14:03,848 So, 245 00:14:03,958 --> 00:14:05,038 it would be an interesting band. 246 00:14:06,458 --> 00:14:06,968 yeah. 247 00:14:07,208 --> 00:14:12,588 So I'm, I'm very happy about all of this and excited to get into 248 00:14:12,588 --> 00:14:13,888 the meat of it, so to speak. 249 00:14:14,271 --> 00:14:14,931 Absolutely. 250 00:14:14,931 --> 00:14:18,471 And, uh, yeah, again, the, the, the forwards are are awesome. 251 00:14:18,471 --> 00:14:23,531 And, uh, just, just a little bit about kind of how the, the, um, the 252 00:14:23,531 --> 00:14:26,471 book is, is perceived by others, which is, which is important. 253 00:14:26,471 --> 00:14:29,851 So we're, we're releasing, what we're releasing today is 254 00:14:29,851 --> 00:14:31,802 both the preface, which is. 255 00:14:32,276 --> 00:14:36,656 Knut's own explanation of this book and, and maybe you can, you can talk 256 00:14:36,656 --> 00:14:40,926 just a little bit about, about this part as well, and then also the forward. 257 00:14:40,926 --> 00:14:45,716 So, so everything before chapter one, we're releasing today, Noster. 258 00:14:45,836 --> 00:14:48,429 This is sort of a little, advertisement for the book. 259 00:14:49,309 --> 00:14:49,749 Sort of. 260 00:14:50,199 --> 00:14:55,809 Um, and then the, the first episode we're going to release this upcoming Tuesday. 261 00:14:56,239 --> 00:14:58,019 Uh, this is, this is a little special. 262 00:14:58,019 --> 00:15:00,219 We're, we're not, we're not going to do this every time. 263 00:15:00,279 --> 00:15:03,469 Usually the, the, uh, these episodes will be released on Fridays. 264 00:15:03,873 --> 00:15:08,163 And then, um, our usual Bitcoin Infinity show episodes will still 265 00:15:08,163 --> 00:15:09,853 be out on Tuesdays as usual. 266 00:15:10,393 --> 00:15:15,293 Uh, but, but this week specifically, we're, we're going to release an episode 267 00:15:15,313 --> 00:15:17,603 of the Bitcoin Infinity Academy early. 268 00:15:18,053 --> 00:15:20,233 Um, sorry, it's this upcoming Monday actually, right? 269 00:15:20,283 --> 00:15:21,593 I think we agreed it's the Monday. 270 00:15:21,813 --> 00:15:22,863 So we'll release. 271 00:15:24,123 --> 00:15:24,903 Episode zero. 272 00:15:24,903 --> 00:15:27,873 So, so called today, this Friday. 273 00:15:27,973 --> 00:15:32,583 If you're listening to this March 21st, uh, and then, and then this 274 00:15:32,583 --> 00:15:37,483 following Monday, the 24th, uh, we're going to release our episode one on 275 00:15:37,553 --> 00:15:41,593 everything a trade, uh, and then, and then, uh, the, the following Friday 276 00:15:41,593 --> 00:15:43,243 will be the, the second chapter. 277 00:15:43,593 --> 00:15:46,733 So, uh, this is sort of what, what are we calling this Bitcoin 278 00:15:46,733 --> 00:15:48,513 infinity academy week here at. 279 00:15:49,413 --> 00:15:50,793 Bitcoin Infinity HQ. 280 00:15:51,063 --> 00:15:55,743 Um, and then we'll be back with our usual Bitcoin Infinity show episodes after 281 00:15:55,743 --> 00:15:59,823 that, but we just wanted to basically give a whole bunch of content right here 282 00:15:59,823 --> 00:16:06,263 to start and kick this thing off with a bang and, uh, Well, um, would love for 283 00:16:06,263 --> 00:16:08,303 you to join in on the conversations. 284 00:16:08,303 --> 00:16:12,533 We're, we're also gonna be recording these as close to release time as possible. 285 00:16:12,773 --> 00:16:16,683 It's, it's a little tricky, but basically this, this stuff we're 286 00:16:16,683 --> 00:16:20,883 just, we're just talking about these books and it's, it's us and, uh, yeah. 287 00:16:20,883 --> 00:16:26,043 So we're, we're gonna record these pretty close to the, to the actual release dates. 288 00:16:26,603 --> 00:16:30,963 And, uh, we'll, we'll be, we'll be saying when in our, our, 289 00:16:30,963 --> 00:16:33,673 uh, our group's show here. 290 00:16:34,143 --> 00:16:35,873 And you can join in. 291 00:16:35,923 --> 00:16:39,783 You can, uh, you can view the live episodes when, when they're released. 292 00:16:40,043 --> 00:16:41,193 When they're recorded, sorry. 293 00:16:41,193 --> 00:16:44,323 And then, and then, uh, and then they'll be released within 294 00:16:44,323 --> 00:16:45,773 a couple of days, probably. 295 00:16:45,773 --> 00:16:48,903 So, um, really looking forward to this. 296 00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:54,259 Yeah, and, uh, even if you don't join the course, I urge you all to interact with 297 00:16:54,269 --> 00:16:59,779 the material and, uh, like and repost and, and do all the things because this is a 298 00:16:59,789 --> 00:17:02,449 chance to play around with Noster tools. 299 00:17:02,489 --> 00:17:06,669 Uh, we're going to play around a bit ourselves with things like highlighter, 300 00:17:06,709 --> 00:17:08,899 maybe Alexandria and all this stuff. 301 00:17:09,284 --> 00:17:14,354 This is this is meant to be devoured by by Bitcoiners on Nostrad. 302 00:17:14,774 --> 00:17:17,064 Uh, there's a bit of backstory here. 303 00:17:17,194 --> 00:17:22,954 Uh, I first met Miljan from Primal, uh, at a fancy cocktail party on 304 00:17:22,964 --> 00:17:25,684 Madeira, uh, during Bitcoin Atlantis. 305 00:17:26,129 --> 00:17:29,849 And he walks up to me and Luke and he says, you're Knut, right? 306 00:17:30,439 --> 00:17:31,709 And I answered, yes. 307 00:17:32,179 --> 00:17:35,169 And then he goes, you broke my Nostra client. 308 00:17:35,319 --> 00:17:39,659 And this was because I had just posted the entirety of Sovereignty Through 309 00:17:39,689 --> 00:17:43,829 Mathematics as a note on Primal. 310 00:17:43,849 --> 00:17:47,819 So just the text file, I just copy pasted the entire book as one note. 311 00:17:48,129 --> 00:17:50,059 And apparently that broke Nostra. 312 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:52,169 So achievement unlocked. 313 00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:56,674 Uh, but that's sort of the, the embryo for this thing, right, Luke? 314 00:17:56,734 --> 00:18:00,564 That's where we, we, uh, started, uh, talking about, like, maybe, 315 00:18:00,584 --> 00:18:01,834 maybe we can do something here. 316 00:18:01,834 --> 00:18:05,284 Maybe we should release stuff for free over Nostr, and maybe there's 317 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:10,414 a, uh, a clever way of doing this instead of just force feeding everyone 318 00:18:10,414 --> 00:18:12,404 an entire book, book in one post. 319 00:18:12,811 --> 00:18:18,141 Yeah, I mean, I, I think, I think the idea here is that, is that to We, we 320 00:18:18,141 --> 00:18:24,656 see the value of, of discussing the, the content again and, uh, yeah, this way we 321 00:18:24,676 --> 00:18:27,686 can basically, uh, it, it's out there. 322 00:18:27,686 --> 00:18:28,686 It's available to read. 323 00:18:28,686 --> 00:18:31,206 I don't even think you could find that original note anymore just 324 00:18:31,206 --> 00:18:34,636 because it's, it's, I think they had to do something to, like, get it off 325 00:18:34,636 --> 00:18:36,386 of servers or something like that. 326 00:18:38,346 --> 00:18:44,106 Um, yeah, but this is, we're excited about this, this initiative and, uh, 327 00:18:45,355 --> 00:18:49,855 along the way and, uh, let's, let's have some fun and, uh, spread the 328 00:18:49,855 --> 00:18:54,525 word and, and hopefully it turns into something that, that not only because 329 00:18:54,785 --> 00:18:58,805 we're, we're releasing this on all platforms at the same time and the goal 330 00:18:58,825 --> 00:19:03,920 is to drive people to Noster so that this stuff can, can be, um, So so that 331 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,630 people can can interact with Nostra can maybe try it for the first time. 332 00:19:08,030 --> 00:19:11,900 If you want to support us, there are, of course, many ways to do that. 333 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:16,370 And buying the book is is 1 that gets you access to our telegram group. 334 00:19:16,370 --> 00:19:18,570 Of course, if you buy it from the Bitcoin infinity store. 335 00:19:19,207 --> 00:19:24,157 And, and you know, if you, if you wanna just repost, comment, send us a 336 00:19:24,157 --> 00:19:26,857 zap, whatever, that much appreciated. 337 00:19:28,707 --> 00:19:30,957 But, but I think we're, we're here just to spread the word. 338 00:19:30,957 --> 00:19:36,218 So if, if, if you got some value from, from this, from us posting 339 00:19:36,218 --> 00:19:40,942 this material, you know, we're, we, we appreciate everything, but, but 340 00:19:41,792 --> 00:19:43,592 that's up, that's up to you and. 341 00:19:45,112 --> 00:19:50,152 Love to, to see this thing grow and become as much as it can 342 00:19:50,692 --> 00:19:52,362 really, I think that's the, 343 00:19:54,732 --> 00:19:55,842 the, the, the whole point. 344 00:19:58,312 --> 00:19:59,132 yeah, absolutely. 345 00:19:59,132 --> 00:20:03,792 Um, well, for those of you that were worried, we're absolutely 346 00:20:03,822 --> 00:20:07,632 not stopping the, the regular Bitcoin infinity show either. 347 00:20:07,632 --> 00:20:12,502 We're, we're, we have some great, great guests lined up here this spring, and we 348 00:20:12,502 --> 00:20:15,672 have made over 150 episodes at this point. 349 00:20:15,672 --> 00:20:19,002 So I'm, I'm, which is, which is just mind boggling to me. 350 00:20:19,022 --> 00:20:22,581 Uh, we started this whole thing like two and a half years ago, Luke 351 00:20:22,581 --> 00:20:26,721 and I met and just started doing more and more things together. 352 00:20:26,731 --> 00:20:29,041 And this is how all of these ideas were born. 353 00:20:29,041 --> 00:20:32,631 So at this point we've written a book together and recorded 354 00:20:32,791 --> 00:20:34,421 more than 150 episodes. 355 00:20:34,421 --> 00:20:39,491 So super excited for this, uh, do as many of the things as you can. 356 00:20:39,521 --> 00:20:42,441 If you, if you want to support us, everything helps. 357 00:20:42,957 --> 00:20:46,167 Well, and then maybe now we can just, uh, uh, just a little bit 358 00:20:46,177 --> 00:20:50,497 more of, if you, if you don't know who we are, what we're about, check 359 00:20:50,507 --> 00:20:52,037 out the Bitcoin Infinity show. 360 00:20:52,462 --> 00:20:55,252 Everything is in our, everything is in our channels here. 361 00:20:55,552 --> 00:20:58,142 The Bitcoin Infinity Store, BitcoinInfinityStore. 362 00:20:58,142 --> 00:21:02,802 com has everything that we produce, including the four 363 00:21:02,822 --> 00:21:04,912 Bitcoin books that Knut showed. 364 00:21:05,252 --> 00:21:07,972 It has everything to do with the Academy as well. 365 00:21:08,322 --> 00:21:08,792 Geyser. 366 00:21:08,792 --> 00:21:11,342 fund is one place, but also on our store. 367 00:21:11,342 --> 00:21:14,930 Then we also have some partnerships with a lot of other great authors. 368 00:21:14,930 --> 00:21:19,682 Larry Lippard, Seb Bunny, Daz B. We'll be adding some more 369 00:21:19,932 --> 00:21:21,612 books over time here for sure. 370 00:21:22,162 --> 00:21:26,502 And, uh, you can also get and other things like that, uh, 371 00:21:26,522 --> 00:21:27,852 from, from the site as well. 372 00:21:28,092 --> 00:21:30,462 Everything divided is a, is a popular one. 373 00:21:30,992 --> 00:21:34,652 Um, the, the other things that we're doing right now is that we're, we're 374 00:21:34,662 --> 00:21:37,722 right in the middle of getting out another, another, uh, couple of 375 00:21:37,722 --> 00:21:39,492 editions of the Bitcoin Times release. 376 00:21:39,502 --> 00:21:42,452 So you'll be seeing some out about that, about the original 377 00:21:42,452 --> 00:21:44,042 editions of the Bitcoin Times. 378 00:21:44,042 --> 00:21:45,102 That's something we took on. 379 00:21:45,577 --> 00:21:50,137 At the latter half of last year, and that we're slowly getting to 380 00:21:50,137 --> 00:21:52,997 the finish line to produce new collectible versions of that stuff. 381 00:21:52,997 --> 00:21:55,017 So, really looking forward to that. 382 00:21:55,613 --> 00:21:57,813 and then it's the conference circuit, right? 383 00:21:57,863 --> 00:22:02,223 Knut, this is, uh, this is what we're always excited about doing. 384 00:22:02,223 --> 00:22:06,073 And, uh, you're busier than me, but I think we've both got 385 00:22:06,073 --> 00:22:07,473 a pretty busy summer, right? 386 00:22:07,849 --> 00:22:13,739 yes, we, we, we certainly have and, uh, you should try using the discount 387 00:22:13,769 --> 00:22:18,529 code infinity everywhere on the, on the internet that is Bitcoin related because 388 00:22:18,529 --> 00:22:25,609 we're, we're, we have, uh, dipped our toes into all sorts of ponds, uh, here 389 00:22:25,609 --> 00:22:27,789 and there, uh, conferences is one thing. 390 00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:31,622 I'm doing the first one now in May, I'm doing Ireland and 391 00:22:31,622 --> 00:22:32,772 then we're both doing Prague. 392 00:22:32,802 --> 00:22:34,202 We're both going to Calgary. 393 00:22:34,662 --> 00:22:37,502 I'm going to Budapest and you're probably going to Riga, right, Luke? 394 00:22:37,582 --> 00:22:41,332 And after that, it's the Helsinki one, which is one where, uh, 395 00:22:41,342 --> 00:22:43,652 or co organizing ourselves. 396 00:22:43,932 --> 00:22:46,702 And we have handpicked a bunch of our friends as speakers. 397 00:22:46,722 --> 00:22:47,602 It's going to be great. 398 00:22:47,652 --> 00:22:48,722 Go to b2chell. 399 00:22:48,722 --> 00:22:50,492 com to find out more about that. 400 00:22:50,552 --> 00:22:51,322 Come to Finland. 401 00:22:52,015 --> 00:22:58,225 And after that, it's a bit of a break, but then probably Bulgaria, probably, 402 00:22:58,225 --> 00:23:05,045 uh, uh, Switzerland, the plan plan B, uh, forum, which is a great conference. 403 00:23:05,705 --> 00:23:09,145 And hopefully we'll do all the things there, sign books and play rock and 404 00:23:09,145 --> 00:23:13,635 roll and do all the other stupid stuff we do when we get together. 405 00:23:13,980 --> 00:23:14,490 Exactly. 406 00:23:14,490 --> 00:23:15,480 And, uh, yeah, I don't know. 407 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,490 And, uh, I can't say enough good things about, uh, Prague. 408 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,390 I mean, that's the, that's the big one. 409 00:23:20,430 --> 00:23:22,520 Come to, come to Prague if you can. 410 00:23:22,570 --> 00:23:26,060 Uh, there's, there's always, there's always lots of awesome stuff there. 411 00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:30,895 We're, we're going to have a, a big book booth, uh, And, uh, lots of, 412 00:23:30,935 --> 00:23:33,225 lots of other authors coming as well. 413 00:23:33,665 --> 00:23:37,375 Uh, Riga is always, yeah, like I, I couldn't, I couldn't miss it. 414 00:23:37,445 --> 00:23:40,785 Uh, we, we always appreciate, uh, what, what goes on there with Riga. 415 00:23:40,785 --> 00:23:42,155 They're, they're really the OGs. 416 00:23:42,565 --> 00:23:47,635 And they, uh, they had, uh, the, the Surreptitious timing of of putting 417 00:23:47,635 --> 00:23:50,245 their conference this year on a date that they never have, but it 418 00:23:50,245 --> 00:23:53,925 turns out it was a week before the date that we picked for BTC HEL. 419 00:23:53,945 --> 00:23:56,355 And so it's it's an amazing chance. 420 00:23:56,355 --> 00:24:01,345 You can come to both Baltic honey badger and to BTC HEL one week after the other. 421 00:24:01,545 --> 00:24:03,185 You can do you can do Budapest as well. 422 00:24:03,185 --> 00:24:04,995 If you if you like, it will be there. 423 00:24:04,995 --> 00:24:07,688 That's that's gonna be a really interesting conference. 424 00:24:07,688 --> 00:24:09,755 Um, but I'll be in Riga. 425 00:24:09,756 --> 00:24:12,815 And Riga and Helsinki are really close to one another. 426 00:24:12,845 --> 00:24:20,695 So you come, come enjoy a Baltic Nordic, um, week, basically, uh, and, uh, See 427 00:24:20,695 --> 00:24:23,625 Riga, see everything that's going on there and then come up to Helsinki. 428 00:24:23,925 --> 00:24:24,935 You're having a blast. 429 00:24:25,285 --> 00:24:28,905 Uh, there's a really great team involved with, with BTC HEL, tons of 430 00:24:28,905 --> 00:24:33,405 great speakers and It's a really nice time of year to come see the Nordics 431 00:24:33,435 --> 00:24:35,725 and to come to come to see Helsinki. 432 00:24:35,725 --> 00:24:36,475 It's my home. 433 00:24:36,695 --> 00:24:39,435 I'm really excited to host a whole bunch of Bitcoiners here. 434 00:24:39,435 --> 00:24:43,295 And there's a ton of really exciting stuff happening where we keep 435 00:24:43,295 --> 00:24:46,325 getting getting more and more people. 436 00:24:46,395 --> 00:24:48,035 Locals here are interested in. 437 00:24:48,905 --> 00:24:52,535 Bitcoin and and I'm really excited to see what the impact we have is. 438 00:24:52,915 --> 00:24:55,855 That's really the point of this conference where where honey badger 439 00:24:55,855 --> 00:24:59,755 is kind of this O. G. Conference where everyone gets together and shows the 440 00:24:59,755 --> 00:25:01,125 exciting things that are going on. 441 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:06,875 But it's really for like plebs and people who are deep in the ecosystem already. 442 00:25:07,045 --> 00:25:11,715 Helsinki were really trying to show to our local environment like 443 00:25:11,755 --> 00:25:14,585 what this thing is all about and grow adoption, grow awareness. 444 00:25:15,610 --> 00:25:17,880 Come join us and help spread the word. 445 00:25:17,890 --> 00:25:21,840 That's, that's basically the, the pitch plus enjoy going to sauna and, 446 00:25:22,090 --> 00:25:28,300 uh, and, uh, uh, nice long days and, uh, life by the sea and all this 447 00:25:28,370 --> 00:25:30,710 it's, uh, I'm really excited for this. 448 00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:35,470 So come to Helsinki also come to all the conferences, but come to Helsinki. 449 00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:37,020 absolutely. 450 00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:39,820 Um, yes, I couldn't be more excited for this. 451 00:25:40,380 --> 00:25:43,660 This year is going to be a great year for Bitcoin in general 452 00:25:43,660 --> 00:25:45,220 and Bitcoiners in particular. 453 00:25:46,860 --> 00:25:49,140 That is the same thing, really. 454 00:25:49,450 --> 00:25:52,590 So, uh, looking forward to all of it. 455 00:25:52,690 --> 00:25:55,590 Um, that's what we got for you today, I think. 456 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:56,820 So, shall we? 457 00:25:57,125 --> 00:26:00,155 I think, I think, let's, uh, let's say one last, one last word about 458 00:26:00,155 --> 00:26:03,075 our, uh, um, our partners here. 459 00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:05,265 So thanks again to, first of all, Bitbox. 460 00:26:05,295 --> 00:26:05,805 Thank you. 461 00:26:05,805 --> 00:26:08,325 Thanks to them for, uh, continuing to support us. 462 00:26:08,325 --> 00:26:10,695 They've been a sponsor of the Bitcoin Infinity Show for, 463 00:26:11,005 --> 00:26:12,455 for quite some time here. 464 00:26:12,455 --> 00:26:14,395 And, uh, we're, we're thrilled about that. 465 00:26:14,395 --> 00:26:18,660 They're, they're our favorite hardware wallet and we, uh, We recommend for 466 00:26:18,930 --> 00:26:24,420 every kind of of Bitcoin or or new coin or or whatever, whatever you call it. 467 00:26:24,420 --> 00:26:25,500 So go to bitbox. 468 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:28,440 swiss slash infinity and and check that out. 469 00:26:28,710 --> 00:26:32,790 And then, of course, also Plan B Network, who is who is our our sponsor here for 470 00:26:32,790 --> 00:26:37,790 the Bitcoin Infinity Academy, and they're they're really enabling us to to do this 471 00:26:37,790 --> 00:26:41,930 and to to put time and energy and focus into this and release everything for free. 472 00:26:41,930 --> 00:26:43,540 So big shout out to them. 473 00:26:43,860 --> 00:26:44,930 Check out all of their. 474 00:26:45,340 --> 00:26:48,790 All of their resources, their educational resources at plan B dot network. 475 00:26:48,790 --> 00:26:53,210 We're also going to have versions of these, these, uh, uh, videos for their 476 00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:56,880 channel that are like a little tighter, a little more focused, that are, uh, 477 00:26:56,900 --> 00:27:01,910 more usable as educational resources, as opposed to this kind of semi con 478 00:27:02,110 --> 00:27:04,650 conversational format that we've got here. 479 00:27:04,650 --> 00:27:08,210 So yeah, just really excited about this partnership. 480 00:27:08,290 --> 00:27:12,590 Uh, great people there, of course, at plan B network, just spreading 481 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,320 Bitcoin adoption and part of. 482 00:27:19,730 --> 00:27:20,440 Anything else? 483 00:27:21,950 --> 00:27:26,370 No, except, uh, don't forget to like, subscribe, and polish your shoes. 484 00:27:27,340 --> 00:27:27,700 Perfect. 485 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:28,040 That's the 486 00:27:28,090 --> 00:27:30,690 you use, uh, shoes that are polishable. 487 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:31,970 Otherwise, brush your teeth. 488 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:33,540 Otherwise. 489 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:34,740 But if you can 490 00:27:34,940 --> 00:27:36,770 No, yeah, yeah, you could, you should do both. 491 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:37,270 Yes. 492 00:27:37,430 --> 00:27:37,960 Oh, okay. 493 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:40,930 That's a wrap. 494 00:27:40,931 --> 00:27:43,060 Until next time.