1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,280 The signal is here. 2 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,360 This is Blood Channel Radio. 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:38,560 Welcome, gentle pioneers, to the Lightning-Laced Airwaves. 4 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:46,780 Today is Friday, the 30th of January, and it is 12.05pm on the East Coast of the United States. 5 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:56,560 At the time of recording, this is episode 148 of Flexchain Radio, and we have a fun show ahead of you today. 6 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,040 Coach Carbon is here to talk about football, 7 00:01:00,540 --> 00:01:01,900 the Bitcoin Ballers Academy, 8 00:01:02,660 --> 00:01:05,360 proof of workout, and much, much more. 9 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,640 Don't miss our open music segment 10 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,060 coming up later in the show. 11 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,100 I have an absolute banger lined up, as always, 12 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:18,220 and 90% of your boosts and streams during the song 13 00:01:18,220 --> 00:01:20,980 will go directly to the artist. 14 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:26,180 If you are hearing my voice right now on Spotify or Apple, 15 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:27,660 Thank you for listening. 16 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:31,160 But you are getting the legacy feed. 17 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,960 It works, but it's a one-way street. 18 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,840 Over here on Fountain and Noster, we're building two-way radio. 19 00:01:40,460 --> 00:01:42,880 This is a Valley for Valley broadcast. 20 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:50,520 There are no corporate ads here because the producers of this show, that's you, keep the mic hot. 21 00:01:50,520 --> 00:02:03,140 If you want to upgrade your experience, earn SATs while you listen, and actually have a say in the direction of the show, I'll see you over on the V4V side. 22 00:02:04,020 --> 00:02:07,780 Before we get to the sermon, a quick field report. 23 00:02:08,540 --> 00:02:13,000 I spend a lot of time on the show discussing the theory of sovereignty. 24 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:24,820 But if you want to see the practice, the actual logistics of it, you need to watch the Paraguay episode of Finding Home, which dropped a couple of weeks ago. 25 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:36,920 I spent days with Jan Kotas, a young Czech expat, documenting exactly what sovereignty with fingerprints on it looks like in the wild. 26 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:40,080 It's up on IndieHub right now. 27 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,280 use the code PIONEER21 28 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,560 that's P-I-O-N-E-E-R 29 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:47,860 and the numbers 2-1 30 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:50,180 for the listener discount. 31 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,260 Now let's talk about the final word. 32 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,000 You know the deal. 33 00:02:55,540 --> 00:02:57,660 The executive producer of the show 34 00:02:57,660 --> 00:02:59,700 that's our top booster 35 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:02,900 gets the last word to close out the show. 36 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,520 But I have to be honest 37 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,640 it's been too quiet. 38 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:12,640 I explicitly opened the Dissenting Sats channel to create an arena for challenge. 39 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,800 And for the last few weeks, that throne has sat empty. 40 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,300 We're drifting into consensus. 41 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,800 And comfort is the enemy of truth. 42 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:27,700 So here is the challenge for next week's executive producer slot. 43 00:03:28,180 --> 00:03:30,020 Don't just buy the title. 44 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:31,960 Earn the argument. 45 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:45,940 If you think my take in this upcoming sermon is somehow a little too romantic, or I'm blind to the realities of life, put your sats behind your critique. 46 00:03:46,540 --> 00:03:52,320 The final word is yours to take, but only if you're willing to use it to prove me wrong. 47 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:58,140 And now on to our sermon, You Can't Cheat Proof of Work. 48 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:03,100 football is sold to us like a religion and run like a casino 49 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:09,680 it's banners broadcast packages sponsorship activations transfer rumors 50 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:16,700 club valuations influencer kits and tv rights carved up like empire territory 51 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:23,960 the commercial game is a monument to paper claims a lot of people getting paid because 52 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:32,280 attention showed up not because truth did. It's fiat football. Narratives minted, hype injected, 53 00:04:32,860 --> 00:04:40,160 winners pre-sold, and loyalty turned into a subscription. But then you step off the screen 54 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:46,980 and onto the training ground, and the whole illusion shatters. Because the pitch does not 55 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:53,720 accept marketing. A body doesn't care what your agent promised. Hamstrings don't negotiate. 56 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:59,580 Touch under pressure doesn't appear because you posted the right montage to Instagram 57 00:04:59,580 --> 00:05:04,560 You can rent a reputation, but you cannot rent a first step 58 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,000 You can buy boots, but you cannot buy lungs 59 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:15,100 You can have a million followers and still lose the ball with one bad angle and one lazy scan of the pitch 60 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:19,040 Elite athletes live inside a different economy 61 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,940 One the cameras can't fully capture 62 00:05:21,940 --> 00:05:29,060 they inhabit the economy of repetition the quiet unglamorous compounding of fundamentals 63 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:38,360 the invisible deposits sleep nutrition hydration mobility recovery restraint the lonely minutes 64 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:45,440 with cones the extra rep after the session ends the decision to do the boring thing again 65 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,620 because the boring thing is the door to brilliance. 66 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:53,940 It's the one profession where the receipts are unavoidable, 67 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:56,720 where you cannot cheat proof of work. 68 00:05:57,500 --> 00:06:00,100 In most areas of modern life, 69 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,800 you can lawyer your way around reality. 70 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,520 You can inflate credentials. 71 00:06:04,820 --> 00:06:06,320 You can spin outcomes. 72 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,500 You can outsource competence. 73 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,040 You can MacGyver it. 74 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:13,060 But on the field, proof is public. 75 00:06:13,060 --> 00:06:16,000 The game audits you in real time. 76 00:06:16,660 --> 00:06:21,460 It's a distributed truth machine run by grass, gravity, and witnesses. 77 00:06:22,260 --> 00:06:26,840 This is why sports matter beyond entertainment. 78 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,040 Sports are serious infrastructure. 79 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:35,620 Sport trains human beings in the laws of the wider world, 80 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,220 which it keeps trying to overwrite. 81 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,960 The wider world keeps trying to overwrite. 82 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:50,720 And these laws are cause and effect, humility, accountability, teamwork, resilience, and earned confidence. 83 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,980 It teaches the simplest gospel that still shocks a fiat society. 84 00:06:56,660 --> 00:06:59,260 You become what you repeatedly do. 85 00:07:00,180 --> 00:07:05,160 So if the commercial football world looks like a circus of skullduggery, 86 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:08,040 remember the deeper ritual underneath it. 87 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,360 The ball is honest. 88 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:10,880 The body is honest. 89 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,860 The game is honest. 90 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:19,120 And honesty, practiced daily, turns into a kind of freedom that no sponsorship can buy. 91 00:07:20,060 --> 00:07:30,340 And joining me today is a man who understands this rebellious union between the commercial veneer and the unescapable honesty we've just talked about. 92 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,360 A man who most certainly doesn't cheat proof of work. 93 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,520 Coach Carbon, welcome to Plep Chain Radio. 94 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:45,320 avi wow what an incredible intro i'll definitely be listening back to that and clipping that and 95 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:50,380 sharing it with um friends and family and all the ballers you mentioned everything that emboled 96 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:55,160 proof of work um and it's what i've come to recognize with bitcoin and obviously with what 97 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,040 i do with football and fitness so yeah thank you for that intro thank you for having me on 98 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:04,780 and and you know it's and i've spent a lot of time thinking about this i've 99 00:08:04,780 --> 00:08:07,840 unfortunately, I can say this now, 100 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:09,420 with retrospect, 101 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,020 I wish I had trained to become an athlete, 102 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:13,520 a school or college athlete. 103 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:13,900 I didn't. 104 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:15,580 I went down the academic route. 105 00:08:15,660 --> 00:08:18,340 But my son, who I think you met him in Madeira, 106 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:19,200 and I think you would. 107 00:08:19,220 --> 00:08:20,120 I have, yes, yes. 108 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:22,080 Very talented young baller. 109 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,260 And he wants to go pro, 110 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:27,500 and he's been training very hard 111 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:29,840 to do so for the last several years. 112 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:33,220 And the thing that strikes me is this, 113 00:08:33,220 --> 00:08:35,720 in being an elite athlete, right? 114 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,960 Set aside the stuff with the nonsense 115 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,180 that happens with FIFA and UEFA 116 00:08:41,180 --> 00:08:42,340 and all of that stuff, right? 117 00:08:42,340 --> 00:08:46,760 The politics and really that fiat world. 118 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,800 But on the pitch, being an elite athlete, 119 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,740 this is the only profession 120 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:55,820 where you cannot cheat proof of work. 121 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,260 You can cheat it as an engineer. 122 00:08:58,380 --> 00:08:59,500 You can cheat it as a lawyer, 123 00:08:59,780 --> 00:09:01,200 even as a doctor, right? 124 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,740 You can BS your way around getting degrees and getting a good role. 125 00:09:06,180 --> 00:09:08,140 You just cannot as an athlete. 126 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:11,380 Definitely not. 127 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:11,980 Definitely not. 128 00:09:12,780 --> 00:09:15,040 You mentioned about the ball not lying. 129 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:18,680 Some of the ballers I've worked with use that in football sessions that we do. 130 00:09:18,980 --> 00:09:19,860 The ball doesn't lie. 131 00:09:20,300 --> 00:09:23,520 So if it ends up in the back of your net, you've conceded a goal, 132 00:09:23,660 --> 00:09:25,320 then the other team deserves to score. 133 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,640 If it ends up in their goal and you've scored, 134 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:28,960 then obviously you deserve to score. 135 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,740 So, yeah, there are no hiding places once you're on the pitch and proof of work does show. 136 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,460 Your talent may not always come through. 137 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:43,880 You may be really talented, but on a particular day, on that performance, your performance is what you can do in that moment. 138 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,560 So proof of work every time you cross that white line and step onto the pitch. 139 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:56,760 Yeah. So, Coach, for folks who are not that familiar with you, what is the Coach Carbon origin story? 140 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,860 We could talk about a lot of the projects you're involved in, but really, where did this begin? 141 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,300 How did you get into this world of building out? 142 00:10:04,580 --> 00:10:07,280 How did Bitcoin and football come together in your mind? 143 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:15,940 I try to make this as short as possible, but with as much information that people understand my angle. 144 00:10:16,140 --> 00:10:21,960 So I myself love football, been playing football since I was five years old. 145 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:29,520 I went through the football system in and out with an academy then got released when I was 12 146 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:34,380 years old then rejoined the same academy when I was 16 when I left school and I actually did a 147 00:10:34,380 --> 00:10:39,500 three-year football scholarship unfortunately at the age of 19 I wasn't offered a professional 148 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:47,900 contract so I went out in the wider world to get a job a trade with a mindset that I was still 149 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:53,340 going to be a professional footballer so I was still playing semi-pro at the time and working 150 00:10:53,340 --> 00:11:01,160 or training to be a carpenter. Fast forward 15 years I'm a father with two children I'm a 151 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:06,040 construction project manager and the football dream is a distant memory and the the time just 152 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:14,160 seemed to fly by but in that time lots of things happened wasn't quite happy with my work didn't 153 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:19,740 feel like I belong just felt like it was something that was a means to an end. This happened or 154 00:11:19,740 --> 00:11:25,420 occurred around the same time as COVID in 2020 which I call the year of the awakening where 155 00:11:25,420 --> 00:11:31,340 people's eyes were opened and at that time I was trying to find my way out of construction. 156 00:11:31,340 --> 00:11:36,540 I was looking down the health and wellness fitness route training to be a personal trainer 157 00:11:36,540 --> 00:11:44,940 and then in the middle of 2020 redundancies were up at work and I took the opportunity to leave 158 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:50,480 to focus on health wellness and fitness and what that allowed me was time I had time freedom and 159 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:56,040 I will be forever grateful for the company that I worked for for all those years they allowed me to 160 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:01,900 leave and focus on myself but they gave me the time freedom and coincidentally in that time freedom 161 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:06,860 in a group chat with some friends somebody in the group chat just said who wants to speak about 162 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:11,700 crypto and I'd missed other opportunities before on the same whatsapp group chat with the friends 163 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:16,400 where I hadn't responded or hadn't asked any questions but knowing that I couldn't miss another 164 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:21,340 opportunity to learn something I just said yeah let's talk primarily in a message he just said 165 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:26,000 do your own research which is what I did and because I had the time freedom I was going to 166 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:33,160 the gym every day and it was just podcasts youtube videos reading books did about a month deep dive 167 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:40,240 and at the end of the month i was like felt like neo in the matrix wow i've been unplugged bitcoin 168 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:45,020 is the thing that's going to save humanity uh but i appreciate at that time i probably seem like 169 00:12:45,020 --> 00:12:50,440 a raven madman to friends and family because it was listen to this watch this i was sending people 170 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:56,820 linked YouTube links to Robert Breedlove's Masters of Slaves and Money. I was sending them 171 00:12:56,820 --> 00:13:01,660 the Sailor Series of 10-hour videos and they were never going to watch that one because they had no 172 00:13:01,660 --> 00:13:08,340 time and secondly because they've seen me as a construction project manager who had left work 173 00:13:08,340 --> 00:13:16,420 and then all of a sudden is talking about Bitcoin. So after some conversations with people in the 174 00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:25,480 space notably uh daniel prince and also john ballas i was looking for a way to help educate 175 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:30,300 or give back to the community and john ballas again forever grateful to him for making the 176 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:38,220 comment provide value in your local community and that was in march 2021 at that moment bitcoin 177 00:13:38,220 --> 00:13:44,160 ballers was born i said i've loved football i've always played it i understand the the 178 00:13:44,160 --> 00:14:00,650 crossover with the fundamentals and principles of Bitcoin We talk about proof of work We talk about doing your own research We talk about your training which I liken it to So many aspects about being disciplined lowering your time preference 179 00:14:00,870 --> 00:14:05,470 All of that embodied what I felt Bitcoin is and also what football is. 180 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:08,630 So I launched Bitcoin Borders over that moment it was born. 181 00:14:08,890 --> 00:14:12,310 We actually officially launched on the 21st of April 2021. 182 00:14:12,890 --> 00:14:16,230 So lots of 21-ism themes within the Football Academy. 183 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:23,850 so 21.421 was the date block height 680.005 if you want to go and check that out and at that moment 184 00:14:23,850 --> 00:14:28,970 it was just an Instagram page a page where you could come and interact I would put news on there 185 00:14:28,970 --> 00:14:34,230 anything that I'd heard or read about I would put on there on the Instagram page then I started doing 186 00:14:34,230 --> 00:14:39,950 engagement where you could win sats I was using lightning at the time you could interact with 187 00:14:39,950 --> 00:14:45,250 the page and win sats just by leaving a comment which the first one nobody actually did then I 188 00:14:45,250 --> 00:14:50,190 made it more real world so you could do some skills and send in a video and win sats that way 189 00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:56,010 a little bit further on down the line i met with the coin corner team they sponsored us we allowed 190 00:14:56,010 --> 00:15:00,250 us to get our first football kit which then allowed us to enter football tournaments wearing 191 00:15:00,250 --> 00:15:05,390 the orange strip with satoshi's name on the back the different numbers the coin corner logo on the 192 00:15:05,390 --> 00:15:12,450 front and our little tagline fix the money fix the world on the shoulder fast forward again a couple 193 00:15:12,450 --> 00:15:17,230 of years we've been to tournaments we've played in tournaments i've hosted tournaments in my local 194 00:15:17,230 --> 00:15:23,550 community for young people we've been to amsterdam obviously we met you and your son in madeira where 195 00:15:23,550 --> 00:15:28,730 we did some challenges some football challenges we had the football tournament there we've had 196 00:15:28,730 --> 00:15:34,470 football tournaments again i think amsterdam where else have we been somewhere else again 197 00:15:34,470 --> 00:15:41,130 local in the uk we'll go into bitcoin conference ireland in may of this year 2026 so it's just 198 00:15:41,130 --> 00:15:46,230 been a whirlwind I still feel like a noob in the space I'm still learning every day but my passion 199 00:15:46,230 --> 00:15:53,590 is educating young people on the principles of Bitcoin through football letting them understand 200 00:15:53,590 --> 00:16:00,830 that they can work towards being a professional footballer if that's their dream like Bitcoin 201 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:06,750 there's no guarantee it's going to take work and effort but the more effort you put in the more 202 00:16:06,750 --> 00:16:12,550 charts you have and it's not just I'm going to put effort in today not tomorrow maybe two days 203 00:16:12,550 --> 00:16:17,610 time not for another week maybe a week's time it's consistent effort daily now that doesn't 204 00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:22,250 never have to meet doesn't mean you have to go and sprint a 5k every day but what are you doing 205 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:25,850 in terms of your training are you living well are you eating well are you training well are you 206 00:16:25,850 --> 00:16:31,590 recovering all of that that professional football is already doing as a young person can you start 207 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:37,090 that early then when you get to the age of 16 when you're leaving school do you have an opportunity 208 00:16:37,090 --> 00:16:41,470 now to go and play for an academy if that doesn't work out is that that's not part of your journey 209 00:16:41,470 --> 00:16:48,190 can you still train like an elite performer and this is where the bitcoin education comes in 210 00:16:48,190 --> 00:16:52,910 because of what i would love to see and what i am seeing with my own son who's now playing 211 00:16:52,910 --> 00:16:59,850 professional football for middlesbrough football club can you amass a stack of sats that can be 212 00:16:59,850 --> 00:17:06,350 your support that you don't have to necessarily like I did go out and find a trade straight away 213 00:17:06,350 --> 00:17:12,510 you can train and play as if you're a professional you might need a little part-time join aside that 214 00:17:12,510 --> 00:17:18,650 then the support you stack in sacks if you need to spend and replace spend four years a cycle 215 00:17:18,650 --> 00:17:25,170 training to be the best of your best of your ability after that cycle in four years you might 216 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:29,630 have to make a decision to say maybe my proof of work isn't enough I had to make that decision at 217 00:17:29,630 --> 00:17:33,830 I'm putting in my career the work I was putting in wasn't enough to take me to that next level 218 00:17:33,830 --> 00:17:40,830 but my mind wasn't fully dedicated on my on my craft which was football I was concentrating also 219 00:17:40,830 --> 00:17:48,410 on being a carpenter then a project manager and also a father but at a young age if you're so 220 00:17:48,410 --> 00:17:54,030 if you're passionate about something you're ikigai something that you love something that 221 00:17:54,030 --> 00:18:00,850 the world needs something you can get paid for if you want to do that allow young people to focus 222 00:18:00,850 --> 00:18:08,890 on that and we hear all the time stacy herbert max kaiser talking about um the new the new age 223 00:18:08,890 --> 00:18:15,070 that the renaissance renaissance 2.0 in the original renaissance because we were on a sound 224 00:18:15,070 --> 00:18:19,530 money stand monetary standard people allowed to concentrate and work on their craft and be experts 225 00:18:19,530 --> 00:18:21,010 and be excellent and be elite, 226 00:18:21,510 --> 00:18:25,270 which is what is not allowed now in the fiat world. 227 00:18:25,670 --> 00:18:28,210 We are forced to go and join the rat race 228 00:18:28,210 --> 00:18:30,370 constantly on that hamster wheel, 229 00:18:30,570 --> 00:18:33,650 looking to try and get more money as inflation goes up. 230 00:18:33,790 --> 00:18:38,330 So I hope that makes sense, my little bank story. 231 00:18:38,330 --> 00:18:41,790 But yeah, that's how I came about of creating Bitcoin Ballers 232 00:18:41,790 --> 00:18:43,690 for young people that would like to, 233 00:18:44,530 --> 00:18:46,590 one, learn about Bitcoin in a fun way 234 00:18:46,590 --> 00:18:48,910 and earn rewards through proof of work, 235 00:18:48,910 --> 00:18:55,710 but also use it as a stepping stone to prove a potential career in football in some way. 236 00:18:57,090 --> 00:18:58,270 You know, that's great. 237 00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:01,350 That's a great story there, coach. 238 00:19:01,890 --> 00:19:06,410 And, you know, the point you brought up about just having the mind space 239 00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:08,870 and the ability to, for young people especially, 240 00:19:09,170 --> 00:19:11,570 it's applicable at any age, but young people especially 241 00:19:11,570 --> 00:19:15,570 in that formative time of their lives, to be able to focus on their craft. 242 00:19:15,570 --> 00:19:35,970 And it's so rare. I didn't know what I wanted to do till I was in my 30s. Maybe, heck, maybe even till I turned 40, I didn't know what I wanted to do. And it's rare for someone like someone, an aspiring young footballer, because they know that they know what they want to do with their lives. 243 00:19:35,970 --> 00:19:40,070 and as a society, I think we fail a lot of these folks 244 00:19:40,070 --> 00:19:44,110 with that passion who want to focus on their craft 245 00:19:44,110 --> 00:19:47,390 because, well, they can't do that 100%. 246 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:49,870 Especially once you turn 17, 18, 247 00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:51,890 you've got to fend for yourself, right? 248 00:19:51,910 --> 00:19:53,170 You've got to pay the bills somehow 249 00:19:53,170 --> 00:19:56,390 and it gets harder and harder to pay the bills 250 00:19:56,390 --> 00:19:58,930 for the reasons you state, inflation and so on. 251 00:19:59,190 --> 00:20:01,410 This is a recurring theme on the show, by the way, Coach, 252 00:20:01,590 --> 00:20:05,710 not just with sports, but especially with artists as well, right? 253 00:20:05,710 --> 00:20:10,670 There's so many musicians, painters, and others who've spoken on the show. 254 00:20:11,050 --> 00:20:12,050 And they all say the same thing. 255 00:20:12,110 --> 00:20:16,490 Look, this is what we feel we were on this planet to do. 256 00:20:16,890 --> 00:20:18,990 Create this incredible beauty, right? 257 00:20:19,130 --> 00:20:22,910 Express ourselves with our God-given talents. 258 00:20:23,330 --> 00:20:30,570 But we have to do four different jobs just to keep up with rent and food and gas and all of that stuff. 259 00:20:30,570 --> 00:20:34,250 So where's the time to focus on our craft? 260 00:20:34,250 --> 00:20:36,270 We're burning the candle at both ends. 261 00:20:36,330 --> 00:20:37,410 We're burning ourselves out. 262 00:20:38,610 --> 00:20:45,350 And I think for young kids, and presumably you're talking about aspiring football kids, 263 00:20:45,450 --> 00:20:48,510 it's like in the 17 to 21 age group, right? 264 00:20:48,510 --> 00:20:52,370 That's the make or break age, whether you make it or you don't. 265 00:20:52,370 --> 00:21:01,150 And we as a society, we just don't provide that space to the kids to explore what they're good at. 266 00:21:04,250 --> 00:21:10,990 no definitely not and before bitcoin or understanding the current monetary system 267 00:21:10,990 --> 00:21:16,990 i kind of knew there was something wrong but couldn't put my finger on it but once you go down 268 00:21:16,990 --> 00:21:21,130 the rabbit hole as they say it's a deep rabbit hole you never stop learning but you understand 269 00:21:21,130 --> 00:21:28,010 that the world is working for some people um people at the top the elites but not for everyone 270 00:21:28,010 --> 00:21:34,170 or how it should be and as a as a father you'll appreciate this knowing what we know now is 271 00:21:34,170 --> 00:21:38,830 It's our duty to educate the young people in any way we can. 272 00:21:38,950 --> 00:21:42,670 So I'm using my knowledge in fitness and football and sport. 273 00:21:43,270 --> 00:21:44,890 Other people are using their gifts. 274 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:50,270 We're seeing fantastic artists, authors, writers, musicians. 275 00:21:51,130 --> 00:21:52,010 You mentioned it already. 276 00:21:52,130 --> 00:21:55,890 People are finding their crafts or going back to their crafts and thinking, 277 00:21:56,290 --> 00:22:00,790 I'm going to use Bitcoin to support other people, to help other people. 278 00:22:00,790 --> 00:22:10,990 yeah so your team uh coach uh is that a fixed team a fixed set of players is it a youth team 279 00:22:10,990 --> 00:22:18,410 or amateur go back back to the bitcoin theme it's a decentralized team so anybody can be a bitcoin 280 00:22:18,410 --> 00:22:24,790 baller um an individual a group of people a team as i've mentioned before in amsterdam when i was 281 00:22:24,790 --> 00:22:25,590 being interviewed 282 00:22:25,590 --> 00:22:28,450 if you just put on the shirt you are by 283 00:22:28,450 --> 00:22:30,590 by default a Bitcoin baller 284 00:22:30,590 --> 00:22:32,390 so we've had teams 285 00:22:32,390 --> 00:22:34,490 represented at different tournaments 286 00:22:34,490 --> 00:22:38,570 so obviously when we went to Amsterdam 287 00:22:38,570 --> 00:22:40,430 and when we went to 288 00:22:40,430 --> 00:22:40,990 Madeira 289 00:22:40,990 --> 00:22:44,470 we had Fetty Mint had a team by putting 290 00:22:44,470 --> 00:22:46,510 t-shirts on, Bitcoin ballers were represented 291 00:22:46,510 --> 00:22:48,470 so yeah anybody can be a Bitcoin 292 00:22:48,470 --> 00:22:50,270 baller if you want to come and 293 00:22:50,270 --> 00:22:52,290 find me, DM me after the call 294 00:22:52,290 --> 00:22:54,410 if you're listening and want to find out how you can get 295 00:22:54,410 --> 00:23:00,470 involved we had an academy in in Uganda called Hampton Warriors Academy they competed in one of 296 00:23:00,470 --> 00:23:05,590 our challenges last year called the peer-to-peer challenge so simply just see how many times you 297 00:23:05,590 --> 00:23:11,110 can keep the ball up in the air between between your peer they reached 68 transfers nobody else 298 00:23:11,110 --> 00:23:18,610 was able to get close my son and I did it I think we got to 20 something I also met with a local 299 00:23:18,610 --> 00:23:24,110 freestyler she's one of the third in the UK for freestyle skills we did it and we 300 00:23:24,110 --> 00:23:27,030 got a little bit better than my son and I, I think. 301 00:23:27,930 --> 00:23:29,150 But yeah, it was open to anyone. 302 00:23:29,530 --> 00:23:30,290 Anyone could take part. 303 00:23:30,390 --> 00:23:31,430 Just had to submit a video. 304 00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:34,150 And by the end of the year, they were the winners. 305 00:23:34,250 --> 00:23:35,670 So they were able to receive sats. 306 00:23:35,790 --> 00:23:38,050 They were onboarded with a wallet from Wallet of Satoshi. 307 00:23:38,610 --> 00:23:40,210 And again, it was the education part. 308 00:23:40,690 --> 00:23:41,590 Onboarding them with a wallet, 309 00:23:41,730 --> 00:23:43,170 showing them how the transaction works 310 00:23:43,170 --> 00:23:45,610 and also showing the world there's no limit. 311 00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:46,770 You could be anywhere in the world 312 00:23:46,770 --> 00:23:48,530 and we can transact peer-to-peer. 313 00:23:48,530 --> 00:24:00,050 so at the tournament uh so you're going to the bitcoin island uh conference is that right that's 314 00:24:00,050 --> 00:24:06,950 right yeah so i'm i spoke with lawrence i met lawrence actually in amsterdam in 2022 at the 315 00:24:06,950 --> 00:24:12,110 first bitcoin conference um but we've almost stayed in touch so he's inviting me over to come 316 00:24:12,110 --> 00:24:18,230 and host a tournament uh so we're inviting people to come along as individuals or as friend friendship 317 00:24:18,230 --> 00:24:24,270 groups we'll make teams on the day similar to what we did in madeira so you can just rock along if 318 00:24:24,270 --> 00:24:28,810 you're an individual we'll make a team we'll hopefully get some partnership or sponsorship 319 00:24:28,810 --> 00:24:33,890 with other bitcoin companies and they can have their company represented as a team and then we'll 320 00:24:33,890 --> 00:24:42,570 just we'll just play for for the bitcoin island cup this is great it's like it it's pickup football 321 00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:46,910 but with a nice theme to it 322 00:24:46,910 --> 00:24:50,090 and embracing the decentralized nature 323 00:24:50,090 --> 00:24:51,590 of this community anyway. 324 00:24:52,590 --> 00:24:54,050 Yeah, and that's what I love about it 325 00:24:54,050 --> 00:24:55,490 is just anyone can get involved. 326 00:24:55,890 --> 00:24:57,610 When we went to Madeira, 327 00:24:57,690 --> 00:25:00,590 it was actually going to be a youth tournament 328 00:25:00,590 --> 00:25:03,230 but somebody in the group chat, 329 00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:04,970 who was it? 330 00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:07,650 It was the young guy who does the Nomad podcast. 331 00:25:09,530 --> 00:25:11,910 Yanis asked in the group chat, 332 00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:17,110 can adults play and he i think he just turned in 16 or 17 and we said well i hadn't thought about 333 00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:20,910 that so we opened it up and we actually had a youth tournament and their adult tournament at 334 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:25,190 madeira which was nice yeah the youth one was far more entertaining i have to say 335 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:34,790 the adults don't really like running much no the kids were putting in the yeah they were playing 336 00:25:34,790 --> 00:25:37,390 seriously, running hard after the ball. 337 00:25:39,430 --> 00:25:40,390 No, that was fun. 338 00:25:41,970 --> 00:25:44,990 It was also nice to see them take part in some of the games as well. 339 00:25:45,150 --> 00:25:47,250 So we had the peer-to-peer challenge, 340 00:25:47,370 --> 00:25:50,390 also a game we call 21 Seconds to Glow, 341 00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:53,110 see how many skills you can do in 21 seconds. 342 00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:57,030 And another game which Daniel Prince's son won, Samuel, 343 00:25:57,170 --> 00:25:59,430 he won the all-time high. 344 00:25:59,570 --> 00:26:00,790 So how many kick-ups can you do? 345 00:26:01,830 --> 00:26:04,290 And I think since then he's broken his all-time high record, 346 00:26:04,290 --> 00:26:06,970 Princey showed me a video on Twitter recently 347 00:26:06,970 --> 00:26:09,470 where he smashed his previous record 348 00:26:09,470 --> 00:26:10,410 from a couple of years ago. 349 00:26:13,050 --> 00:26:13,810 That's great. 350 00:26:14,330 --> 00:26:14,450 Yeah. 351 00:26:16,170 --> 00:26:17,710 Madeira was lots of fun. 352 00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:19,170 The funny thing is this is like 353 00:26:19,170 --> 00:26:22,170 the fourth or fifth episode in a row, Coach, 354 00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:24,450 where with the guest, 355 00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:26,270 Bitcoin Atlantis has come up. 356 00:26:26,650 --> 00:26:28,590 It just goes to show a conference 357 00:26:28,590 --> 00:26:30,070 that happened almost two years ago. 358 00:26:30,070 --> 00:26:34,610 and it's come up organically in conversation. 359 00:26:36,010 --> 00:26:38,790 I think it's left a deep imprint on a lot of people 360 00:26:38,790 --> 00:26:39,970 for different reasons. 361 00:26:41,390 --> 00:26:41,510 Yeah. 362 00:26:41,970 --> 00:26:43,930 All right, so we've talked about, 363 00:26:44,430 --> 00:26:45,810 so that's Bitcoin Ballers. 364 00:26:48,570 --> 00:26:51,530 Now you have something called Proof of Work Academy, correct? 365 00:26:53,470 --> 00:26:54,870 Just Proof of Workout. 366 00:26:54,870 --> 00:26:59,030 So it's something that I watched at the start of last year. 367 00:26:59,030 --> 00:27:05,170 um so through my work as a fitness instructor and doing health and wellness for the past 368 00:27:05,170 --> 00:27:13,350 say seven to eight years we speak a lot about consistency and ironically 21 was a big number 369 00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:18,590 in my world beforehand we used to do challenges and say to people okay we do a 21 day challenge 370 00:27:18,590 --> 00:27:24,010 and now obviously into bitcoin the 21 ism is all over the place so i do love it so the proof of 371 00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:29,390 workout which I launched last year was just a fun way of people being accountable to say here's a 372 00:27:29,390 --> 00:27:34,230 tick list that you can tick off every day um on social media so you could put an emoji for the 373 00:27:34,230 --> 00:27:38,430 workout that you did um and just show your proof of work so show a picture of you in the gym 374 00:27:38,430 --> 00:27:54,020 and show a picture of you running or walking it could be any workout something that was just got your your heart rate elevated for 21 minutes um once so once a day at least once a day for 21 days of the month so some people did it religiously they were joining in 375 00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:58,000 every month showing photos some people might have done it just one month of the year but for me it 376 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,640 was just okay here's something that i am doing i'm going to offer it to the community to jump on board 377 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:11,580 we had t-shirts made up so my logo our coach carbon logo just 21 um logos on the back again 378 00:28:11,580 --> 00:28:18,800 21ism to show people you haven't got to be as I say smashing 5k runs that you might see people do 379 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,920 every day that's not necessarily good for you you might not necessarily find that enjoyable 380 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,540 and then it's going to make it difficult for you to sustain that but if you find something that 381 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:32,980 you do enjoy and again it might just be going for a walk after dinner every day but if you do that 382 00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:37,460 consistently if you can do it for 21 days then it creates a habit you might do it for the whole month 383 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:52,220 But if you can do it for at least 21, and then if you can do it for every month, then you then should hopefully feel and see the difference that doing those workouts, those proof of workouts do for you and your body and your mind. 384 00:28:55,160 --> 00:29:02,300 Is that just the idea of the elite athlete, right? 385 00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:04,820 We're talking about consistently working out. 386 00:29:04,820 --> 00:29:09,380 and from the elite athletes that you've seen close up 387 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,660 and your son is now one of them, right? 388 00:29:11,740 --> 00:29:12,840 He plays for Middlesbrough. 389 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:14,360 Is that a championship team now? 390 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,640 I know there used to be a Premier League team once upon a time. 391 00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:22,020 No, they're in the championship. 392 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,540 They're vying to be in the Premier League next year. 393 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,100 They're second in the championship at the moment. 394 00:29:26,740 --> 00:29:29,080 So it should be an exciting end to the season. 395 00:29:30,220 --> 00:29:30,520 Oh, yeah. 396 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,160 Yeah, so you've seen a lot of elite. 397 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:39,100 question about elite yeah yeah so you know you get to see elite athletes up close including your 398 00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:44,760 your son being one of them uh and we're talking about you know consistently uh showing up for the 399 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,780 for the workout the proof of workout essentially right true where you start seeing the results 400 00:29:48,780 --> 00:29:53,900 what is the difference in mindset that you see that separates elite athletes from 401 00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:56,960 let's say just enthusiastic people 402 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:05,300 it's it's the discipline so right now i'm on the call and it's raining outside i can hear the rain 403 00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:12,200 against the window is the discipline of i have to work out because i want to be better rather than 404 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:18,760 oh it might be uncomfortable so i'm not going to do it today and i think it was kobe bryant or 405 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,620 michael jordan made that made a statement that said never quit because if you quit once becomes 406 00:30:23,620 --> 00:30:29,520 a habit so if you want to be the best or be elite you have to understand that you're going to have to 407 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:34,400 be uncomfortable and you're going to have to get comfortable being uncomfortable constantly 408 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:42,100 consistently it's not I have a coach that I hold in high regard and he used to say to us when we 409 00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:46,880 were younger you cannot turn it on and off talent you can't just say oh today I'm going to be 410 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:51,220 talented today I'm going to work hard but tomorrow I'm not it has to be every day and you're not 411 00:30:51,220 --> 00:30:55,820 always going to get a result so his his quote was you can't guarantee a result but you can guarantee 412 00:30:55,820 --> 00:31:01,620 a performance and guaranteeing guaranteeing a performance comes from consistency and we liken 413 00:31:01,620 --> 00:31:09,220 it to again the bitcoin network i don't do price predictions or anything but people are attracted 414 00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:14,240 to that now at the moment you could say well the bitcoin exchange rate as i call it is low but 415 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:20,920 it's a consistent network that has been up has a 99.9 uptime there will be ups and downs 416 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:29,360 but as Saylor says it's volatile to the upside so likening again that to football if you consistently 417 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,640 put your your effort in your training sessions in your you're attending your training sessions 418 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:38,880 you're available for selection in games you're playing games the more minutes you put in effort 419 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:44,800 wise the more likely is you are going to be say successful you're going to be able to succeed if 420 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:49,360 you haven't put the minutes in on the training ground you cannot expect to go and cross the white 421 00:31:49,360 --> 00:32:00,920 line on a match day and perform to the best of your ability yeah no for sure um it it's that's 422 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:08,160 what separates the very good from the great right just that it's almost like a mad focus 423 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:15,160 uh mad level of intensity that you need to have yeah it's it's an obsession it's an obsession 424 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:22,820 yeah yeah you have to be obsessed or you're going to be average and i joke i think when i was on the 425 00:32:22,820 --> 00:32:27,720 first my first conversation i had with daniel prince on the once bitten he joked and said when 426 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,780 did you realize you weren't going to be a pro and i joked and said i still think i could be it now 427 00:32:31,780 --> 00:32:37,220 now me saying i still think i could be a professional footballer and me putting in the 428 00:32:37,220 --> 00:32:43,280 work to be a professional footballer are two different things now looking at my son and those 429 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:48,680 around him that are at a similar level I now understand the work that I didn't put in so 430 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:53,520 although I believe I was talented although I believe I was putting enough work in I can now 431 00:32:53,520 --> 00:33:00,260 look back retrospectively and be honest and say I didn't show enough proof of work now there's no 432 00:33:00,260 --> 00:33:05,920 guarantee to say if I did put as much work in as my son has done or as much work I think I now 433 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:10,200 should have done there's no guarantee that I would have made a professional footballer there is an 434 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:16,220 element of luck of being seen being scouted but i believe i would have had a better chance 435 00:33:16,220 --> 00:33:28,360 yeah yeah i mean luck does play a role here right uh and also this is the other thing 436 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:35,160 you can have amazingly talented kids who are putting in the work right putting in a ton of work 437 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,080 but a little bit of misfortune 438 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,360 could be getting an injury 439 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:43,520 because I've spoken to a lot of people 440 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:44,940 who become football coaches 441 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:48,600 and they were aspiring young footballers 442 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:49,260 once upon a time 443 00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:50,220 and I say, hey, what happened? 444 00:33:50,340 --> 00:33:51,200 They said, well, you know what? 445 00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:52,860 After my fourth surgery, 446 00:33:52,860 --> 00:33:56,300 I kind of lost the joy of playing 447 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,900 and that does happen, right? 448 00:34:00,860 --> 00:34:01,720 Definitely, yeah. 449 00:34:02,060 --> 00:34:03,640 I've seen players that 450 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:08,940 even the injury aside just to have the luck of the draw to get to get scouted at the right 451 00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:16,120 opportunity or then had to get a job and couldn't couldn't commit but that aside going back to the 452 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:21,280 fundamentals and principles the beliefs of bitcoin which i see crossover with with football 453 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:30,180 if you adopt that mindset of working hard or wanting to be be elite if you don't happen to 454 00:34:30,180 --> 00:34:35,360 make it to that elite level you can still play at lower level if you're not injured but if you do 455 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:42,360 get injured and do then have to do something else the mindset that you have will then see you good 456 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:47,560 i believe in any walk of life that you that you go down because you have those that mentality 457 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:57,800 you have that discipline ingrained in you yeah definitely and you know there's a lot to be said 458 00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,660 to just study in Bitcoin. 459 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:02,320 Yeah. 460 00:35:03,340 --> 00:35:07,460 You know, we're talking about the kids here 461 00:35:07,460 --> 00:35:09,960 and the dedication and everything that needs to go 462 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,260 into becoming an elite athlete. 463 00:35:12,420 --> 00:35:13,540 And then you have the game itself. 464 00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:15,400 And I was kind of trying to draw the contrast 465 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:16,860 in my opening segment, 466 00:35:17,340 --> 00:35:21,100 which is it is completely fiat, right? 467 00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:26,260 Do you see anything redeemable at the organizational level, 468 00:35:26,260 --> 00:35:29,420 UEFA, FIFA, all these other bodies? 469 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:37,100 I think you can see it going one way, 470 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:39,280 especially if you look at the World Cup 471 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:43,360 and the fanfare that they had for the States. 472 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,340 Donald Trump at the ceremony recently. 473 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,740 It is heavily marketed. 474 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,300 There is a lot of money, 475 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,800 but it's entertainment. 476 00:35:53,380 --> 00:35:56,240 So we're looking at people that are elite and talented, 477 00:35:56,260 --> 00:35:57,460 and we're watching them. 478 00:35:57,820 --> 00:35:59,700 So here's where we come to a, 479 00:36:00,660 --> 00:36:01,760 don't say a crossroads, 480 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,800 a juxtaposition of thoughts. 481 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:06,400 As Bitcorners, we know about the fall of Rome. 482 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:07,720 We think about Rome all the time. 483 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,600 And we are at the bread and circuses, right? 484 00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:12,820 So I fully understand 485 00:36:12,820 --> 00:36:14,660 when I'm saying to young people 486 00:36:14,660 --> 00:36:15,640 who want to be footballers, 487 00:36:16,020 --> 00:36:17,080 this is how you can do it. 488 00:36:17,660 --> 00:36:19,120 But we are creating the circus 489 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:20,280 for people to be entertained. 490 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:23,340 You can see as a Trojan horse, 491 00:36:24,340 --> 00:36:25,060 be the best, 492 00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:26,800 create that elite mentality 493 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,420 not that you want to 494 00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:30,660 extract 495 00:36:30,660 --> 00:36:32,740 all the energy out of the game 496 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:33,440 but you will be 497 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,240 well can be paid handsomely 498 00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:36,280 now with that 499 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,980 what are you going to decide to do? 500 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:39,140 as a Bitcoiner 501 00:36:39,140 --> 00:36:40,380 I hope that you then decide 502 00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:41,280 at the end of your career 503 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,600 which they are short careers 504 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:43,700 so we talk about 505 00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:44,900 how much money is in the game 506 00:36:44,900 --> 00:36:47,040 but if you extrapolate that 507 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,660 for the years out of the game 508 00:36:48,660 --> 00:36:50,280 it's probably not that much 509 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:51,080 for a lot of people 510 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:51,920 the elite ones 511 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:52,900 that are earning millions 512 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:53,560 nearly billions 513 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:59,240 you could argue that is way too much money but there are lower level players that are probably 514 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:08,360 earning less than people that are doing middle middle level mid-level jobs so without sounding 515 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:14,120 too crude get in do your proof of work earn your money and then decide what you're going to do for 516 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:20,880 the rest of your life and hopefully you will be a net benefit to society with your knowledge of 517 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,820 Bitcoin. I'm not saying you have to be a mad 518 00:37:22,820 --> 00:37:24,860 rabid Bitcoin like I am, but 519 00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:26,840 again, the fundamentals, belief, principles 520 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,560 that you understand 521 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,840 can you then take out into the wider world 522 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,540 and then support and educate the next 523 00:37:32,540 --> 00:37:34,940 generation. So, yeah, I'm not 524 00:37:34,940 --> 00:37:36,860 sure how much redemption, well, that 525 00:37:36,860 --> 00:37:39,000 probably is redemption, right? We are 526 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,220 infiltrating the game as Bitcoiners. 527 00:37:41,340 --> 00:37:43,260 We're creating elite 528 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:44,820 footballers or elite ballers 529 00:37:44,820 --> 00:37:46,620 who understand proof of work 530 00:37:46,620 --> 00:37:48,840 and then they are going to change the game. 531 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:56,680 yeah we're infiltrating the circus because that's where the people are right uh the people have 532 00:37:56,680 --> 00:38:00,360 flocked to the circus to watch what's happening and then we're spreading the message there i think 533 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:04,940 that's a that's a really interesting way of looking at it but but coach you know your your 534 00:38:04,940 --> 00:38:11,120 point about this being bread and circuses this is so true because before i became a bitcoiner i used 535 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:17,840 to watch i don't know eight to ten hours of football a week maybe more and it was completely 536 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,420 obsessive. And it wasn't just football. I used to watch other sports too, right? So, 537 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:31,900 so much of my productive time in a week used to be sucked into this. And once I went down the 538 00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:36,100 Bitcoin rabbit hole, and I'm not the only one, by the way, right? You mentioned Daniel Prince, 539 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:42,780 he says the same thing. He used to watch a ton of sports too, and others. Other Bitcoiners say 540 00:38:42,780 --> 00:38:49,740 the same thing and one you know sports now watching football it feels like especially me 541 00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:55,000 like what am i going to do watch a bunch of a bunch of men half my age prance around a ball 542 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,840 it makes zero sense when i could be doing so many other things 543 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:05,520 i don't know if you've you've experienced that yeah that feeling especially watching that obviously 544 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:15,280 yeah yeah yeah so obviously i watched through a couple of different lenses um as a as a father 545 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:22,080 as a fan i'm watching my son perform as a coach um previously coaching young people um for some 546 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:26,340 professional i am there to help develop and coach so i'd like passing on my knowledge 547 00:39:26,340 --> 00:39:31,660 in terms of actually watching games i i watch match of the day which are the highlights which 548 00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:39,360 I do keep up with but I do get your thoughts on mainstream TV as a big caller you probably don't 549 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:46,440 watch anymore but I don't watch reality TV shows every time I switch a TV on I'm drawn to watch 550 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:52,280 something that is gonna enlighten me or nourish me so again YouTube videos I'm looking for something 551 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:56,680 that's I'm gonna learn something from I don't want to be just watching stuff that is just brain 552 00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:01,640 mush as I see it now other people may find value in that and I can't dismiss that but 553 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,340 But for me, it's like there's no interest. 554 00:40:03,660 --> 00:40:05,320 So, yeah, I totally get where you're coming from. 555 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:10,480 But for me, I still have a, say, two feet in that camp because, well, I do enjoy football. 556 00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:13,480 I'm now looking out for the next Bitcoin baller. 557 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:20,460 And I do want to stay up to speed with current affairs in football in terms of players, skills, goals and everything. 558 00:40:20,460 --> 00:40:22,900 So, yeah, that's my starts on it. 559 00:40:24,820 --> 00:40:29,380 So when you say you're looking out for the next Bitcoin baller, it's almost like a scout, right? 560 00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:31,980 you're trying to find 561 00:40:31,980 --> 00:40:33,760 the next person to join your team 562 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,800 exactly 563 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,300 how many 564 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:42,020 people have you scouted? 565 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,200 as I said you can be a Bitcoin baller 566 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,740 and in terms of 567 00:40:46,740 --> 00:40:48,100 signing Bitcoin ballers up 568 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:50,600 I would like to 569 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,660 offer something so I have an award for 570 00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:54,620 goals for assists all I need 571 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,500 to see is proof of work so whether it is 572 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:58,400 a post or video 573 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,260 on social media, show me the proof of work 574 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:01,640 and you'll be rewarded. 575 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,380 When we enter tournaments, you get first refusal 576 00:41:04,380 --> 00:41:06,300 if you're available, depending on 577 00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:07,360 where you are in the world. 578 00:41:07,780 --> 00:41:09,020 Ultimately, it's a 579 00:41:09,020 --> 00:41:12,320 value for value. I'm after your content 580 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:14,200 and when I get your content 581 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,200 as a Bitcoin brawler, I can then share that on my 582 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,200 platforms and then I will 583 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:18,980 reward you for that. 584 00:41:19,420 --> 00:41:22,120 My hope is to create a catalogue, 585 00:41:22,340 --> 00:41:23,680 a platform 586 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,480 where people go and seek out, 587 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,100 oh, he's a Bitcoin brawler. Let me look on 588 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,720 on coaches page or the Bitcoin Warner page 589 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:33,680 and I'm gonna see that person's footage, their reels, 590 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:45,530 which in the future I hope will lead to maybe a trial at a team or lead to something further that furses their football journey So knowing what I know now 591 00:41:45,930 --> 00:41:49,470 in terms of many reasons why I believe I may not have made it, 592 00:41:49,530 --> 00:41:51,730 I'm trying to create so many options or opportunities 593 00:41:51,730 --> 00:41:52,950 for young people to say, 594 00:41:53,770 --> 00:41:54,970 come and sign us a bit con baller 595 00:41:54,970 --> 00:41:56,750 and I will do all in my ability 596 00:41:56,750 --> 00:41:58,870 to put your content out there 597 00:41:58,870 --> 00:42:00,690 to help coach you and advise you. 598 00:42:01,450 --> 00:42:02,490 And again, there's no guarantees, 599 00:42:02,810 --> 00:42:04,610 but the more work you put in, 600 00:42:04,930 --> 00:42:08,710 The more work I'm going to put in, the more chance or more options 601 00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:09,890 that are going to be available to you. 602 00:42:25,770 --> 00:42:27,530 And a question for you, Ravi. 603 00:42:27,630 --> 00:42:28,790 How is your son getting on? 604 00:42:28,830 --> 00:42:30,890 You mentioned, obviously, he's still... 605 00:42:30,890 --> 00:42:39,870 yeah yeah yeah sorry there's the internet connection is a bit weird today a bit of a delay 606 00:42:39,870 --> 00:42:47,250 and uh it keeps uh but but i i caught your question coach uh he's he's doing well you know we it's a 607 00:42:47,250 --> 00:42:52,930 little it's always challenging in america which is not as football crazy as as england and and 608 00:42:52,930 --> 00:42:59,830 you know other european countries um and we're kind of in a you know we're about three hours 609 00:42:59,830 --> 00:43:02,530 actually almost four hours away from New York City. 610 00:43:02,710 --> 00:43:07,110 So it's a bit of a challenge finding good football. 611 00:43:07,110 --> 00:43:10,290 So we drive basically an hour. 612 00:43:10,410 --> 00:43:15,950 We drive him an hour four times a week to an academy. 613 00:43:17,290 --> 00:43:20,330 And he's, you know, he's doing well. 614 00:43:21,650 --> 00:43:23,830 He's playing with kids who are a year older than him. 615 00:43:23,930 --> 00:43:25,870 So it's a bit of a challenge for him. 616 00:43:27,330 --> 00:43:28,970 And he still wants to go pro. 617 00:43:28,970 --> 00:43:35,690 So it's, yeah, he still remembers you fondly though, coach, 618 00:43:35,930 --> 00:43:37,770 that time in Madeira. 619 00:43:38,170 --> 00:43:39,210 That was good fun. 620 00:43:42,470 --> 00:43:46,130 Yeah, I remember fondly the skill that he did around the world, 621 00:43:46,230 --> 00:43:47,510 which I still haven't mastered yet. 622 00:43:48,090 --> 00:43:49,730 But again, he showed his proof of work. 623 00:43:49,810 --> 00:43:52,690 He's part of the Madeira video, 624 00:43:53,070 --> 00:43:56,050 pass it on challenge where he was throwing the ball 625 00:43:56,050 --> 00:43:57,210 and managed to do around the world 626 00:43:57,210 --> 00:43:58,750 and pass it on to the next person. 627 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:00,890 but talking about mindset. 628 00:44:01,150 --> 00:44:02,090 So the fact that he, 629 00:44:02,750 --> 00:44:06,390 you have to travel often and quite far and he still wants to do it. 630 00:44:07,230 --> 00:44:07,590 I, 631 00:44:07,750 --> 00:44:09,710 I take my hat off and applaud that. 632 00:44:09,790 --> 00:44:13,250 I said the same thing to my son when he was younger at the age of 12, 633 00:44:13,250 --> 00:44:15,590 we used to have to travel the same about an hour away, 634 00:44:15,690 --> 00:44:16,770 three to four times a week. 635 00:44:16,950 --> 00:44:18,390 And I said to him one day, 636 00:44:18,570 --> 00:44:23,830 if at any point mate that you don't want to do this or becomes too much, 637 00:44:23,910 --> 00:44:24,550 just let me know. 638 00:44:24,650 --> 00:44:25,110 And he said, 639 00:44:25,170 --> 00:44:25,290 no, 640 00:44:25,350 --> 00:44:25,790 I love it. 641 00:44:25,810 --> 00:44:25,990 Dad. 642 00:44:25,990 --> 00:44:27,790 and I appreciated that time 643 00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:28,190 because it meant 644 00:44:28,190 --> 00:44:30,050 we got to spend time together 645 00:44:30,050 --> 00:44:30,650 in the car 646 00:44:30,650 --> 00:44:31,930 but for him 647 00:44:31,930 --> 00:44:33,190 it was a way 648 00:44:33,190 --> 00:44:34,030 and although 649 00:44:34,030 --> 00:44:34,810 it didn't work out 650 00:44:34,810 --> 00:44:35,810 at that particular club 651 00:44:35,810 --> 00:44:38,170 at the time he was released 652 00:44:38,170 --> 00:44:39,230 you could have argued 653 00:44:39,230 --> 00:44:40,230 oh what a waste of time 654 00:44:40,230 --> 00:44:41,410 but it wasn't a waste 655 00:44:41,410 --> 00:44:42,730 because it was his education 656 00:44:42,730 --> 00:44:43,470 it was his training 657 00:44:43,470 --> 00:44:44,550 and then 658 00:44:44,550 --> 00:44:46,390 when he's travelled further 659 00:44:46,390 --> 00:44:47,470 afield to go and play 660 00:44:47,470 --> 00:44:48,570 that hasn't quite worked out 661 00:44:48,570 --> 00:44:49,670 to now 662 00:44:49,670 --> 00:44:51,070 he's four and a half hours 663 00:44:51,070 --> 00:44:52,230 four and a half hours away 664 00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:52,950 by car 665 00:44:52,950 --> 00:44:54,570 but he's living his best life 666 00:44:54,570 --> 00:44:55,270 he's living the dream 667 00:44:55,270 --> 00:44:55,910 he's doing what 668 00:44:55,910 --> 00:45:05,190 he wants to do that's brilliant it is that that one hour drive up and one hour back definitely a 669 00:45:05,190 --> 00:45:12,950 really good way of connecting um i both my wife and i we take turns doing it and we we enjoy that 670 00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:19,510 uh so coach let's talk about you have a line of clothing coach carbon clothing is that right 671 00:45:19,510 --> 00:45:26,710 that's right yes that's right yeah and again bitcoin has enabled me to realize a dream 672 00:45:26,710 --> 00:45:34,110 um on one of the latest videos that i've posted it tells the backstory so when i was 13 or 14 i 673 00:45:34,110 --> 00:45:38,270 think my uncle gave me a book at christmas a notebook sketchbook because i was into art and 674 00:45:38,270 --> 00:45:43,330 drawing and i listed all the things i was going to do when i was older and i was inspired by 675 00:45:43,330 --> 00:45:49,050 richard branson so i'd written carbon airlines carbon bank carbon clothing there's about 10 676 00:45:49,050 --> 00:45:54,010 different things that I was going to do put my name to and be an entrepreneur as I said fast 677 00:45:54,010 --> 00:45:58,790 forward I became a footballer then a carpenter then a project manager and all those ideas 678 00:45:58,790 --> 00:46:05,790 got left left to the wayside then having the time freedom working on projects that I found 679 00:46:05,790 --> 00:46:11,890 find value in I revisited the clothing and it was for me it was I was going to make statements so 680 00:46:11,890 --> 00:46:18,790 each each piece is a statement that I've made whether it be on Twitter or X Instagram 681 00:46:18,790 --> 00:46:24,730 but it's timestamped with a block height so if you look on the block in the blockchain put in the 682 00:46:24,730 --> 00:46:29,310 block height you will recognize when I made that statement now at the time the statement might have 683 00:46:29,310 --> 00:46:34,730 been outlandish it may have come to fruition but it's something that I believed at that time 684 00:46:34,730 --> 00:46:40,350 and if you browse the collection and you find a statement that resonates you can also purchase it 685 00:46:40,350 --> 00:46:45,990 and wear that statement and going back to the value for value how the coach carbon clothing 686 00:46:45,990 --> 00:46:51,090 brand works if you wear it and you're spotted in the wild which means again showing proof of work 687 00:46:51,090 --> 00:46:57,410 taking a photo anywhere in the world i will reward you with sats now why would i do that well i'm 688 00:46:57,410 --> 00:47:02,530 getting the promo because you're sharing on social i can use that as content and then the value you 689 00:47:02,530 --> 00:47:09,010 are getting back is sats in your wallet now you as a noob or someone who doesn't even know about 690 00:47:09,010 --> 00:47:14,090 bitcoin a pre-corner that's part of the education so it's wear and learn or wear and earn so you're 691 00:47:14,090 --> 00:47:19,310 learning well what is bitcoin what is the block height what does the message mean how do i earn 692 00:47:19,310 --> 00:47:25,430 my rewards how do i have a wallet what are sets and it's just giving people an entry point into 693 00:47:25,430 --> 00:47:31,410 the rabbit hole um allowing me to fulfill a dream of having a clothing range with a message to share 694 00:47:31,410 --> 00:47:36,990 with people and it might only be a handful of people that ever claim the sets and wear it and 695 00:47:36,990 --> 00:47:41,730 take pictures but for me it's something that bitcoin has allowed me to to pursue 696 00:47:41,730 --> 00:47:51,190 is there global distribution for this clothing line yes yes you've got my website you can order 697 00:47:51,190 --> 00:47:55,590 obviously there will be um delivery charges depending on where you where you are in the 698 00:47:55,590 --> 00:47:59,950 world but yes again like the bitcoin baller anyone can be a bitcoin baller anybody can wear 699 00:47:59,950 --> 00:48:04,970 coach carbon clothing as long as you can you can order and and receive receive a 700 00:48:04,970 --> 00:48:09,130 package i know some people don't want to dox themselves and receive their 701 00:48:09,130 --> 00:48:15,030 home address they can receive a work or po box number um and again they'd all they'd have to do 702 00:48:15,030 --> 00:48:19,950 to receive their rewards if they're spotting in the wild is share their ln url with me so barrier 703 00:48:19,950 --> 00:48:25,590 to entry would be a mobile phone with a with a lightning address or lightning wallet that they 704 00:48:25,590 --> 00:48:31,590 share with me that i would then happily share share some sets if they if they share their message 705 00:48:31,590 --> 00:48:38,750 so you heard it here folks if you want coach carbon stats all you have to do is go to his 706 00:48:38,750 --> 00:48:46,510 website and order a piece of clothing then wear it and send post a video on nostre coach you know 707 00:48:46,510 --> 00:48:51,530 uh there there are marketplaces on nostre as well there's plebeian market there's shopster and others 708 00:48:51,530 --> 00:48:58,450 have you looked into the nostre marketplaces for for distributing your clothing 709 00:48:58,450 --> 00:49:07,870 you you put me on the spot there um i haven't no that was that would be on my list to do 710 00:49:07,870 --> 00:49:13,450 obviously i am on on luster i have uh i have used it um but it's something that i should probably 711 00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:18,770 as a bit corner focus more on i say thank you for that i will venture down that rubber hole some more 712 00:49:18,770 --> 00:49:24,370 and and since you mentioned the privacy thing doxing your address 713 00:49:24,370 --> 00:49:28,110 there are people working on solutions to that. 714 00:49:28,310 --> 00:49:32,390 How can you send a package and use a network of couriers 715 00:49:32,390 --> 00:49:35,450 to get it from point A to point B 716 00:49:35,450 --> 00:49:40,330 without the sender knowing the address of the receiver? 717 00:49:41,730 --> 00:49:43,230 It's still a work in progress, 718 00:49:43,370 --> 00:49:44,650 but there are people who are thinking about 719 00:49:44,650 --> 00:49:47,630 these types of privacy things in meatspace 720 00:49:47,630 --> 00:49:52,790 as deeply as people are working on digital privacy as well. 721 00:49:52,790 --> 00:50:03,050 yeah it's cool stuff um and then your uh the oxpit meetup talk a little bit about that 722 00:50:03,050 --> 00:50:04,550 that's something else you're involved in right 723 00:50:04,550 --> 00:50:12,430 yes that's right so that actually launched nearly four years ago 724 00:50:12,430 --> 00:50:19,530 um march 2022 i think we had the first meetup um that came about again my uncle 725 00:50:19,530 --> 00:50:25,830 he's been one of my biggest supporters i hosted a bitcoin ballers winter cup for young people in 726 00:50:25,830 --> 00:50:31,050 2021 it was the first one i ever did invited young people to come and play and rewarded them with 727 00:50:31,050 --> 00:50:36,030 some bitcoin prizes so the bitcoin bottle we were sponsored by or supported by coin corner 728 00:50:36,030 --> 00:50:42,310 bit refill i think and also bottle pay at the time who were around the way they were a uk 729 00:50:42,310 --> 00:50:43,710 Bitcoin exchange. 730 00:50:44,630 --> 00:50:45,510 So after that event, 731 00:50:46,330 --> 00:50:48,470 my uncle said, well done, it was great. 732 00:50:49,070 --> 00:50:49,550 Now what? 733 00:50:50,450 --> 00:50:51,570 You need to do something else. 734 00:50:51,830 --> 00:50:54,570 I thought, well, I love 735 00:50:54,570 --> 00:50:56,490 networking, I love meeting people, I'm going to do a meet-up. 736 00:50:57,070 --> 00:50:58,410 At that time, we were 737 00:50:58,410 --> 00:50:59,350 working with 738 00:50:59,350 --> 00:51:01,630 Oxford City Football Club, 739 00:51:02,090 --> 00:51:04,530 who were one of the first teams, 740 00:51:04,670 --> 00:51:06,390 I think, I believe, to accept lightning 741 00:51:06,390 --> 00:51:08,410 payments at the club. They had 742 00:51:08,410 --> 00:51:10,270 the Bitcoin logo on the back, they were sponsored by 743 00:51:10,270 --> 00:51:16,810 corner they had bitcoin logos on the placards around the stadium in that season um they actually 744 00:51:16,810 --> 00:51:23,850 got promoted and their last game it was a playoff final game it was streamed live on bt sport so 745 00:51:23,850 --> 00:51:31,530 we have video footage of a bitcoin team winning the cup celebrations along the pitch and what i'm 746 00:51:31,530 --> 00:51:37,030 looking forward to in maybe 10 years time when everybody understands or knows what bitcoin is 747 00:51:37,030 --> 00:51:40,350 they can look back at that moment and be like, wow, it was hiding in plain sight. 748 00:51:40,530 --> 00:51:42,870 Bitcoin was out there and we knew nothing about it. 749 00:51:43,530 --> 00:51:47,010 But going back, so that's where we hosted our first ever meetup at Oxford. 750 00:51:47,130 --> 00:51:48,490 It was at Oxford City Football Club. 751 00:51:49,230 --> 00:51:50,610 Had people coming from all over. 752 00:51:51,590 --> 00:51:54,650 Like Bitcoin, it's constant. 753 00:51:54,910 --> 00:51:56,030 We used to have it every quarter. 754 00:51:56,150 --> 00:51:56,970 We've now gone to monthly. 755 00:51:57,750 --> 00:52:02,390 And what I mean when it's like Bitcoin, sometimes there are lots of people interested. 756 00:52:02,550 --> 00:52:03,710 Sometimes there aren't any people. 757 00:52:03,790 --> 00:52:05,450 It's just myself and my family. 758 00:52:05,450 --> 00:52:07,730 but I have chosen 759 00:52:07,730 --> 00:52:10,410 I think maybe two years ago 760 00:52:10,410 --> 00:52:12,070 that we were going to go to a monthly meetup 761 00:52:12,070 --> 00:52:13,690 we've changed locations a few times 762 00:52:13,690 --> 00:52:15,850 we've tried to onboard different merchants 763 00:52:15,850 --> 00:52:17,870 the location we have now 764 00:52:17,870 --> 00:52:20,090 is a restaurant called Taste Tibet in Oxford 765 00:52:20,090 --> 00:52:21,290 they are 766 00:52:21,290 --> 00:52:23,550 they've taken the armature pill, they're interested 767 00:52:23,550 --> 00:52:26,090 they accept Bitcoin payments so if you're ever in 768 00:52:26,090 --> 00:52:26,950 Oxford, UK 769 00:52:26,950 --> 00:52:29,970 visit Taste Tibet, you can have some 770 00:52:29,970 --> 00:52:32,350 lovely fantastic Tibetan food 771 00:52:32,350 --> 00:52:34,050 and I'm sure they'll be happy 772 00:52:34,050 --> 00:52:36,090 to seat you in the restaurant 773 00:52:36,090 --> 00:52:37,970 indoor or 774 00:52:37,970 --> 00:52:39,350 outdoor if the weather's nice 775 00:52:39,350 --> 00:52:40,930 and then yeah you can 776 00:52:40,930 --> 00:52:43,990 give them your sats, value for value 777 00:52:43,990 --> 00:52:45,130 obviously spend and replace 778 00:52:45,130 --> 00:52:47,490 but for me it's 779 00:52:47,490 --> 00:52:49,770 everything that I do within the space 780 00:52:49,770 --> 00:52:51,710 in my community that has 781 00:52:51,710 --> 00:52:53,770 Bitcoin as the base list, it's just a passion 782 00:52:53,770 --> 00:52:55,750 project, there's a guy 783 00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:58,070 called Aaron Dorff, a hairdresser 784 00:52:58,070 --> 00:52:59,970 in the UK and he coined 785 00:52:59,970 --> 00:53:01,690 the term, or the phrase 786 00:53:01,690 --> 00:53:03,830 let your passions align 787 00:53:03,830 --> 00:53:09,090 with your incentives and then sprinkle a little bitcoin on it and amazing things will happen and 788 00:53:09,090 --> 00:53:14,490 right now i have one of the t-shirts and hoodies is living the dream i feel like i am living the 789 00:53:14,490 --> 00:53:19,850 dream obviously you can have further dreams but i get to meet some fantastic people have great 790 00:53:19,850 --> 00:53:26,150 conversations with people like yourself and orange prilling that's what i love to do not saying i 791 00:53:26,150 --> 00:53:31,930 know everything and not saying i'm right but i'm with a community of people that ultimately want to 792 00:53:31,930 --> 00:53:34,270 make the world fairer and make it a better place. 793 00:53:34,550 --> 00:53:35,630 It will take time. 794 00:53:36,030 --> 00:53:38,090 It probably won't happen in our lifetime. 795 00:53:39,730 --> 00:53:42,470 It may take two generations, three generations, 796 00:53:42,590 --> 00:53:43,970 but if we sow the seeds now, 797 00:53:45,010 --> 00:53:47,450 hopefully other people can pick up the baton 798 00:53:47,450 --> 00:53:50,730 and make the world a better place. 799 00:53:51,470 --> 00:53:53,110 Yeah, that's great. 800 00:53:53,870 --> 00:53:55,370 So, Coach, let's do this. 801 00:53:55,370 --> 00:53:56,890 We're approaching the hour mark, 802 00:53:56,890 --> 00:54:04,570 and I think this is a good time to move into our independent music segment. 803 00:54:05,370 --> 00:54:11,150 So I played this new band that has joined this open music ecosystem 804 00:54:11,150 --> 00:54:16,710 called Heartlight on one of my Sunday brunch episodes a few weekends ago. 805 00:54:16,710 --> 00:54:22,830 And honestly, the feedback was so good that I had to bring them back for the main show. 806 00:54:22,830 --> 00:54:29,330 this track is just straight up galloping heavy metal it's got a rhythm that sounds like iron 807 00:54:29,330 --> 00:54:37,950 maiden with a symphonic polish that this french band does so well the track is called and nature 808 00:54:37,950 --> 00:54:46,070 unfolds once again it's fast it's melodic and it's the perfect way to launch into the weekend 809 00:54:52,830 --> 00:55:22,810 We'll be right back. 810 00:55:22,830 --> 00:55:33,210 The fool climbs the ladder, Leaning against the law 811 00:55:33,240 --> 00:55:41,240 The horrors of the woman and her full colors 812 00:55:41,240 --> 00:55:47,240 That stick the coin that can stand up soon 813 00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:53,240 I cannot betray my calling 814 00:55:53,240 --> 00:55:59,240 To my own many pain I bleed 815 00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:06,240 Walking so much with the devil 816 00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:11,240 Eagle crushed upon their fall 817 00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:17,240 The eagle flies over the great beast 818 00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:23,240 This can't shine so blunt radiance 819 00:56:23,240 --> 00:56:29,980 No wonder, no power is built 820 00:56:29,980 --> 00:56:36,000 So to this breast with a thousand plans 821 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:40,420 And nature evolves once again 822 00:56:53,240 --> 00:57:14,180 By the breath of the great work I take the path of the tarot 823 00:57:14,180 --> 00:57:20,320 Each step embodies an illustration 824 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:26,640 That carries me and light turns my father 825 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:32,140 I read a story of all my life 826 00:57:32,140 --> 00:57:38,440 As number six of the reeling had us 827 00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:50,440 I fought with my mirror tower The brighter light beyond the end 828 00:57:50,440 --> 00:58:02,440 The eagle's face of the third red beast The sky shines on light radiance 829 00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:08,440 The wonder garden of our spirits 830 00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:14,440 Situ these breasts with a thousand plans 831 00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:19,440 And nature at once once again 832 00:58:32,440 --> 00:59:02,420 guitar solo 833 00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:04,440 No more! 834 00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,440 No more! 835 00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:09,440 The broken hand of 836 00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:12,440 With a thousand iconic eyes 837 00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:14,440 I contemplate the rain 838 00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:17,440 And my thoughts are spinning again 839 00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:19,440 I've forgotten 840 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:23,440 Its silver fillets 841 00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:25,440 I'm being a slice 842 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:29,440 Over the great beast 843 00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:35,760 The scales of love's radiance 844 00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:41,440 The world's gardener, no power is built 845 00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:47,440 Sub to this breast with a thousand blitz 846 00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:51,940 And nature unfolds once again 847 00:59:51,940 --> 00:59:59,520 That was And Nature Unfolds Once Again by Heartlight. 848 00:59:59,740 --> 01:00:03,660 You can hear that galloping triplet feel in the guitars. 849 01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:09,880 It just pulls you forward and then hits you with a chord progression that ties your brain into knots. 850 01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:17,760 It's a totally different energy from the slower, more hypnotic, as above, so below that I played on the Sunday Branch episode. 851 01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,020 And look, the title's fitting. 852 01:00:20,020 --> 01:00:27,580 nature unfolds once again that is my stoic month mantra for the next month or so as i stare 853 01:00:27,580 --> 01:00:34,440 out of my window at the unforgiving monochrome of the arctic tundra that is upstate new york this 854 01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:42,920 time of year i've got 90 splits set up for this chapter if that gallop got your head nodding hit 855 01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:49,280 that rewind button by a minute or two and send some sats to heartlight and help independent metal 856 01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:56,800 thrive coach are you much of a metal person i would say no but i absolutely love that track 857 01:00:56,800 --> 01:01:01,880 um i'm not sure if you're aware of you're a he-man fan but there's a new masters of the 858 01:01:01,880 --> 01:01:06,320 universe film coming out and as i'm listening i'm just picturing that they're talking back to 859 01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:11,880 being a kid and watching those sort of things um in the uk or not the uk so flash gordon you wear 860 01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:17,840 flash gordon that sort of genre i like that of a film of a hero story and i think that that track 861 01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:22,180 there was just fitting i'm gonna go back and listen and stream of some sats because i sat here 862 01:01:22,180 --> 01:01:29,120 absolutely loved it yeah yeah and that's the cool thing about this ecosystem that we you know it's 863 01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:35,660 growing and there's there's uh the as the joke goes the revolution has bad user experience right 864 01:01:35,660 --> 01:01:44,760 bad ux uh but the cool thing is we can support artists this way uh i i play a song uh every week 865 01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:46,680 and then when someone's streaming sats, 866 01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:50,320 during the song, 90% of the sats go to the band. 867 01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:52,020 Or if someone wants to boost, 868 01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:55,020 they can, at the time the song is playing, 869 01:01:55,120 --> 01:01:56,380 they hit the boost button on Fountain. 870 01:01:56,960 --> 01:02:00,360 And again, 90% goes to the band. 871 01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:03,380 And if they do it at any other point in the show, 872 01:02:03,380 --> 01:02:05,460 you know, it's a 50-50 split 873 01:02:05,460 --> 01:02:06,540 between the guest and the show. 874 01:02:06,900 --> 01:02:09,120 So it's really cool that we have these tools 875 01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:10,580 to help support each other, 876 01:02:10,700 --> 01:02:11,640 support the ecosystem, 877 01:02:12,020 --> 01:02:14,340 and build that renaissance, right? 878 01:02:14,340 --> 01:02:15,680 that you talked about. 879 01:02:17,780 --> 01:02:20,940 Yeah, and it's incredible to see what's happening. 880 01:02:21,080 --> 01:02:23,860 For me, as a Bitcoin, 881 01:02:23,980 --> 01:02:25,300 a lightning has always been around. 882 01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:39,546 We were just obviously 2019 I think Was it 2017 Have I got that right I think 2017 2017 but you know I mean unusable almost for two years Yeah so when I went down the road Lightning was there 883 01:02:40,026 --> 01:02:44,806 So I'm amazed when I meet Bitcoiners who I call OGs that have never used it, 884 01:02:44,846 --> 01:02:47,186 I'm like, this is going to onboard everyone. 885 01:02:47,746 --> 01:02:49,166 And I use it in everything I do. 886 01:02:49,526 --> 01:02:52,986 And you mentioned Fountain, so podcasting musicians. 887 01:02:53,566 --> 01:02:57,026 We are just in the ecosystem where you can literally get value for value. 888 01:02:57,026 --> 01:03:03,006 and if somebody likes something that they hear or see that they wouldn't necessarily have been 889 01:03:03,006 --> 01:03:06,746 open to before can now reward that person or send value back to that person 890 01:03:06,746 --> 01:03:15,406 would not be possible with fiat i'll tell you that no try imagine sending you know yeah 891 01:03:15,406 --> 01:03:23,686 in real-time streaming value for value um and from your wallet directly to the musicians or 892 01:03:23,686 --> 01:03:27,726 the artist or whoever it could it could even be sports right you could you know here's here's the 893 01:03:27,726 --> 01:03:34,186 crazy thing right if you one of the bitcoin ballers games in theory coach and i'm coming up with this 894 01:03:34,186 --> 01:03:42,366 thing now as we're speaking but this is doable that you can have zap splits set up for a live 895 01:03:42,366 --> 01:03:47,046 stream right so the zap.stream this show right now there's some people are going to be listening to 896 01:03:47,046 --> 01:03:51,366 this to the recording on fountain but there are those who are listening to it live on nostr on 897 01:03:51,366 --> 01:03:56,326 zap.stream. You could do that to a game, right? You can stream a football game. 898 01:03:56,326 --> 01:04:05,206 That has actually been done. In Nottingham, we had a meetup in Nottingham, a festival in 2024, 899 01:04:06,026 --> 01:04:13,786 and each player had a QR code and joined the game in the club room or in the program. You could scan 900 01:04:13,786 --> 01:04:18,526 their QR code and live stream them sats. So if they did a good pass, a good tackle ahead of a goal, 901 01:04:18,526 --> 01:04:23,846 you could send them sats and that was done by who are the gaming people 902 01:04:23,846 --> 01:04:33,906 is it zebedee zebedee so thank you very much zebedee yeah yeah zebedee team yeah and so even 903 01:04:33,906 --> 01:04:39,826 today on three sats friday corn corner i'll be hodl uh we're giving some sats away and so we're 904 01:04:39,826 --> 01:04:45,086 bringing and i just put my all the ballers lnurls and they they got sats so they're probably sat 905 01:04:45,086 --> 01:04:49,966 maybe at training and they got sats into their wallet and they have no idea why or where it's 906 01:04:49,966 --> 01:04:58,266 come from but yeah coaches just put their url out in the ether yeah but you know you can bring even 907 01:04:58,266 --> 01:05:06,786 more automation to it right so there are a lot of these coach cameras or uh in in anyone who any kid 908 01:05:06,786 --> 01:05:11,406 who's trying to go pro at their club they typically have this they have these cameras 909 01:05:11,406 --> 01:05:13,526 that track their shirt numbers, right? 910 01:05:13,546 --> 01:05:14,786 So that you can then go and pull out 911 01:05:14,786 --> 01:05:16,486 the specific clips of yourself. 912 01:05:16,826 --> 01:05:17,806 You have that here in the States. 913 01:05:17,886 --> 01:05:20,626 I'm sure it must be even further advanced 914 01:05:20,626 --> 01:05:22,506 out in Europe and in England, 915 01:05:22,646 --> 01:05:24,686 just given the football obsession there, right? 916 01:05:25,506 --> 01:05:27,026 You can have something like that. 917 01:05:27,506 --> 01:05:30,446 The shirt numbers and then the zaps, 918 01:05:31,166 --> 01:05:33,466 the URLs get attached to the shirt numbers. 919 01:05:33,466 --> 01:05:34,546 So if there's a good pass, 920 01:05:35,426 --> 01:05:38,426 there's some kind of logic AI or whatever it is 921 01:05:38,426 --> 01:05:40,086 sitting there that says, 922 01:05:40,086 --> 01:05:42,006 oh, number eight did a good pass, 923 01:05:42,666 --> 01:05:45,086 and then people can zap it somehow. 924 01:05:45,566 --> 01:05:46,666 So I don't know. 925 01:05:48,266 --> 01:05:49,286 You've seen the vision. 926 01:05:49,426 --> 01:05:51,846 I've seen the vision from the moment I launched Bitcoin Ballers. 927 01:05:52,386 --> 01:05:53,846 It will happen one day. 928 01:05:54,466 --> 01:05:56,366 As I said, it did happen in Nottingham 929 01:05:56,366 --> 01:05:59,346 for that one game at the Nottingham Festival. 930 01:06:00,046 --> 01:06:02,826 But in the future, with the way technology is going, 931 01:06:02,986 --> 01:06:07,486 I believe that will be, it's almost like back to the future 932 01:06:07,486 --> 01:06:09,886 when he had nine screens watching. 933 01:06:10,086 --> 01:06:10,886 We can do that now. 934 01:06:11,746 --> 01:06:13,346 Soon we'll be zapping people, 935 01:06:13,666 --> 01:06:13,946 sets, 936 01:06:14,466 --> 01:06:15,846 joining their performances. 937 01:06:16,166 --> 01:06:17,426 Whilst we're eating bread 938 01:06:17,426 --> 01:06:18,326 and watching the circus, 939 01:06:18,526 --> 01:06:20,586 we can pay them for it as well. 940 01:06:22,886 --> 01:06:23,846 There you go. 941 01:06:24,746 --> 01:06:25,266 There you go. 942 01:06:25,806 --> 01:06:28,206 So the Carbon Life pods, 943 01:06:28,786 --> 01:06:29,626 talk about that. 944 01:06:31,366 --> 01:06:32,826 So that was, again, 945 01:06:32,926 --> 01:06:33,946 another passion project 946 01:06:33,946 --> 01:06:34,566 that launched 947 01:06:34,566 --> 01:06:35,946 before I went down 948 01:06:35,946 --> 01:06:37,126 the Bitcoin rabbit hole. 949 01:06:37,486 --> 01:06:42,326 It started off, what was going to be actually called, Five Minutes With. 950 01:06:42,446 --> 01:06:44,326 So my son was hoping to be a footballer. 951 01:06:44,806 --> 01:06:48,226 And as I did at Make It, I wanted to speak with friends of mine who were professionals 952 01:06:48,226 --> 01:06:53,546 and just have five-minute conversations for them to give me little nuggets of advice I could pass on. 953 01:06:53,986 --> 01:07:00,306 So the first episode I recorded, I think it was in July 2020, just before I left the Fiat World 954 01:07:00,306 --> 01:07:02,746 and just before going down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. 955 01:07:02,746 --> 01:07:06,906 And it was two friends who were, one who had just finished playing and one who was still playing. 956 01:07:06,906 --> 01:07:08,926 and we had a fantastic conversation. 957 01:07:10,566 --> 01:07:13,306 There was negative parts of the football world, 958 01:07:13,386 --> 01:07:14,186 but lots of positives, 959 01:07:14,306 --> 01:07:15,726 and they actually finished with it and said, 960 01:07:15,866 --> 01:07:18,426 actually, we don't want too many negatives 961 01:07:18,426 --> 01:07:21,286 because it has afforded us a fantastic lifestyle, 962 01:07:21,386 --> 01:07:23,626 but there are parts of it that nobody sees. 963 01:07:23,826 --> 01:07:26,486 So we're talking about maybe bouts of depression 964 01:07:26,486 --> 01:07:27,746 or being away from family, 965 01:07:28,346 --> 01:07:30,246 not being able to go to family events 966 01:07:30,246 --> 01:07:34,046 and the mental bandwidth that it demands. 967 01:07:34,286 --> 01:07:36,246 But they have said it was their childhood dream. 968 01:07:36,246 --> 01:07:39,806 they've fulfilled it and they've loved what they've achieved and then after that conversation 969 01:07:39,806 --> 01:07:45,606 I thought to myself well I want to educate my son I want to educate my daughter why just limit 970 01:07:45,606 --> 01:07:51,766 it to football so then I started having conversations with friends and people I knew of who weren't in 971 01:07:51,766 --> 01:07:56,786 I would say mainstream jobs jobs that you couldn't go into your careers advisor and ask them about 972 01:07:56,786 --> 01:08:03,126 because they would have no idea so I spoke with people that were in their own lane they were 973 01:08:03,126 --> 01:08:06,766 into media, social media, they were videographers. 974 01:08:07,766 --> 01:08:09,666 But then going down the Bitcoin rabbit hole, 975 01:08:09,886 --> 01:08:11,486 I found Bitcoin is interesting. 976 01:08:11,726 --> 01:08:13,806 So going through the conversations, 977 01:08:13,946 --> 01:08:16,186 I've had fantastic conversations with Bitcoiners. 978 01:08:16,346 --> 01:08:19,146 I've had conversations with Jimmy Song, Alex Cognali, 979 01:08:19,266 --> 01:08:22,586 who was a real Bitcoin boiler in the States. 980 01:08:24,746 --> 01:08:27,286 I've had UK Bitcoin Master One, Daniel Prince has been on. 981 01:08:27,286 --> 01:08:30,686 But the whole concept of the Carbon Life Pods 982 01:08:30,686 --> 01:08:35,226 is browse the show, listen to any conversation. 983 01:08:35,366 --> 01:08:37,266 You might not understand what the person's doing. 984 01:08:37,346 --> 01:08:38,186 You might not want to do that, 985 01:08:38,246 --> 01:08:39,946 but hopefully they can give you a bit of advice, 986 01:08:41,766 --> 01:08:45,146 a little sprinkling of knowledge that you can take off 987 01:08:45,146 --> 01:08:48,686 and use to elevate what you're doing. 988 01:08:48,686 --> 01:08:51,286 So 2025 was a little bit quiet. 989 01:08:51,906 --> 01:08:54,486 I've appeared on some other people's shows a lot more, 990 01:08:54,866 --> 01:08:55,686 but I'm bringing it back for 2026. 991 01:08:56,546 --> 01:08:58,026 We're obviously hosted on Fountain App, 992 01:08:58,026 --> 01:08:59,866 linking that with 993 01:08:59,866 --> 01:09:02,246 the Coach Carver newsletter which will be 994 01:09:02,246 --> 01:09:04,366 a video, the audio 995 01:09:04,366 --> 01:09:05,986 and also then via email 996 01:09:05,986 --> 01:09:07,726 you can receive my Coach Carver news 997 01:09:07,726 --> 01:09:10,026 keeping you up to date with what I'm doing monthly 998 01:09:10,026 --> 01:09:11,826 on Fountain 999 01:09:11,826 --> 01:09:13,686 but yeah the podcasting 1000 01:09:13,686 --> 01:09:16,106 again there's a back catalogue now 1001 01:09:16,106 --> 01:09:17,586 for over five years 1002 01:09:17,586 --> 01:09:19,826 of conversations and those conversations 1003 01:09:19,826 --> 01:09:21,926 things I've said, things that other people have said 1004 01:09:21,926 --> 01:09:23,486 in those conversations may have changed 1005 01:09:23,486 --> 01:09:25,926 over a cycle ago but revisit 1006 01:09:25,926 --> 01:09:39,412 that and you can now also to comment on those conversations and also receive money back whilst listening So again I a big fan of Fountain have been since I understood what they were doing many years ago 1007 01:09:39,852 --> 01:09:41,232 Although it does seem like yesterday, 1008 01:09:41,752 --> 01:09:46,372 when I reached out to Oscar, I met Oscar again in Madeira. 1009 01:09:46,972 --> 01:09:48,772 It's great to go to events, 1010 01:09:49,452 --> 01:09:52,152 on a side shoot now, 1011 01:09:52,352 --> 01:09:53,992 it's great to go to events and meet people 1012 01:09:53,992 --> 01:09:56,732 that you've spoken to online and may not even know their face. 1013 01:09:56,732 --> 01:09:58,792 I was at a conference 1014 01:09:58,792 --> 01:10:00,392 in Manchester recently 1015 01:10:00,392 --> 01:10:01,152 somebody came over 1016 01:10:01,152 --> 01:10:01,912 and I had no idea 1017 01:10:01,912 --> 01:10:02,592 who he was 1018 01:10:02,592 --> 01:10:03,452 and he mentioned 1019 01:10:03,452 --> 01:10:04,452 his Twitter handle 1020 01:10:04,452 --> 01:10:04,852 and I was like 1021 01:10:04,852 --> 01:10:05,852 oh so we embraced 1022 01:10:05,852 --> 01:10:06,272 we hugged 1023 01:10:06,272 --> 01:10:06,832 I'm like it's great 1024 01:10:06,832 --> 01:10:07,212 to meet you 1025 01:10:07,212 --> 01:10:08,012 after all these years 1026 01:10:08,012 --> 01:10:09,412 it's just that 1027 01:10:09,412 --> 01:10:09,892 realisation 1028 01:10:09,892 --> 01:10:10,692 that you are 1029 01:10:10,692 --> 01:10:11,812 you are interacting 1030 01:10:11,812 --> 01:10:12,772 with real people 1031 01:10:12,772 --> 01:10:13,812 with real faces 1032 01:10:13,812 --> 01:10:15,392 so I'm going back 1033 01:10:15,392 --> 01:10:16,672 to the conversations 1034 01:10:16,672 --> 01:10:17,752 everything 1035 01:10:17,752 --> 01:10:19,052 we're doing now 1036 01:10:19,052 --> 01:10:19,632 even the conversation 1037 01:10:19,632 --> 01:10:20,152 we're having now 1038 01:10:20,152 --> 01:10:20,992 is just a record 1039 01:10:20,992 --> 01:10:21,232 right 1040 01:10:21,232 --> 01:10:21,832 a record of what 1041 01:10:21,832 --> 01:10:22,652 we believe and understand 1042 01:10:22,652 --> 01:10:23,792 at this moment in time 1043 01:10:23,792 --> 01:10:25,292 at this block 1044 01:10:25,292 --> 01:10:26,712 that may change 1045 01:10:26,712 --> 01:10:27,852 in a cycle, 1046 01:10:27,972 --> 01:10:28,772 it's time in two cycles, 1047 01:10:28,932 --> 01:10:31,172 but this is our proof of work, 1048 01:10:31,252 --> 01:10:32,192 our proof of conversation, 1049 01:10:32,332 --> 01:10:33,392 our proof of understanding 1050 01:10:33,392 --> 01:10:35,252 of the world around us 1051 01:10:35,252 --> 01:10:36,332 right at this present moment. 1052 01:10:36,532 --> 01:10:38,312 So that's what I'm a big fan of. 1053 01:10:38,372 --> 01:10:40,592 People documenting their life, 1054 01:10:40,712 --> 01:10:41,492 where they are right now 1055 01:10:41,492 --> 01:10:43,872 and other people then using that 1056 01:10:43,872 --> 01:10:47,612 to progress in what they want to do, 1057 01:10:47,732 --> 01:10:48,952 whatever that may be in life. 1058 01:10:50,012 --> 01:10:50,152 Yeah. 1059 01:10:50,392 --> 01:10:52,352 And are these video pods? 1060 01:10:53,672 --> 01:10:54,672 Some of them have been. 1061 01:10:54,672 --> 01:10:59,652 So in 2024, there were some videos going forward using Fountain. 1062 01:11:00,452 --> 01:11:03,592 They will be video, but also the great feature. 1063 01:11:03,872 --> 01:11:07,872 So the last newsletter I did, it's a video recording, 1064 01:11:07,992 --> 01:11:09,252 but you can also just listen to it. 1065 01:11:09,372 --> 01:11:11,512 And on that app, you can switch between video and audio. 1066 01:11:11,892 --> 01:11:15,292 So you may be lounging in your living room and watching it 1067 01:11:15,292 --> 01:11:16,532 and decide, actually, I'm going to go on a run. 1068 01:11:16,612 --> 01:11:19,292 So you just switch it to audio, put your phone in your pocket 1069 01:11:19,292 --> 01:11:22,932 and go for a run and still be listening to the conversation. 1070 01:11:24,672 --> 01:11:26,792 It's a fantastic feature that they've added, 1071 01:11:27,812 --> 01:11:30,332 that switching between video and audio. 1072 01:11:30,572 --> 01:11:34,212 So the Carbon Life pods, are they like full length, 1073 01:11:34,312 --> 01:11:35,992 like an hour and a half, two hour conversations? 1074 01:11:36,852 --> 01:11:39,932 They vary generally 40 minutes to an hour. 1075 01:11:40,052 --> 01:11:41,852 Some are a little bit longer, some are shorter. 1076 01:11:42,612 --> 01:11:45,472 It just depends on what was happening at that time. 1077 01:11:45,552 --> 01:11:46,732 Some people were pressed for time. 1078 01:11:46,732 --> 01:11:50,972 So again, I appreciate the time that anybody has spent with me 1079 01:11:50,972 --> 01:11:53,492 having a conversation about their story. 1080 01:11:53,492 --> 01:11:56,212 and something you can really dig your teeth into. 1081 01:11:56,932 --> 01:11:59,832 And I do believe that every single conversation, 1082 01:12:00,192 --> 01:12:01,712 there is some insight that they've offered. 1083 01:12:02,152 --> 01:12:03,672 I will always ask a question at the end. 1084 01:12:03,812 --> 01:12:05,912 So I think even if you just listen for that, 1085 01:12:05,992 --> 01:12:09,112 listen to that insight for the final question of each episode. 1086 01:12:12,772 --> 01:12:16,212 So it looks like 2026 is going to be a busy year for you, Coach. 1087 01:12:16,212 --> 01:12:18,432 You're bringing back the pods, 1088 01:12:18,432 --> 01:12:23,532 taking full advantage of Fountain's video audio switching feature, 1089 01:12:24,432 --> 01:12:26,172 producing the content. 1090 01:12:26,292 --> 01:12:27,492 There's the Bitcoin Island Cup. 1091 01:12:27,572 --> 01:12:28,432 When is that again? 1092 01:12:29,512 --> 01:12:30,132 In May. 1093 01:12:31,092 --> 01:12:31,512 In May. 1094 01:12:31,512 --> 01:12:35,012 So a few months for people to get training and practicing. 1095 01:12:35,772 --> 01:12:41,172 Is the team shaping up yet? 1096 01:12:41,592 --> 01:12:43,852 Or you'll find out on a day off. 1097 01:12:43,852 --> 01:12:48,812 We're just going through the process of doing the media and the sign-up forms. 1098 01:12:49,452 --> 01:12:51,272 And that is going through on Satlantis. 1099 01:12:52,352 --> 01:12:53,372 Have you heard of Satlantis? 1100 01:12:54,052 --> 01:12:55,712 There's like an events platform. 1101 01:12:57,032 --> 01:13:00,492 Yeah, so we're working with Satlantis to get all that up and running. 1102 01:13:03,152 --> 01:13:03,632 Excellent. 1103 01:13:04,212 --> 01:13:06,692 What else do you have in store for this year? 1104 01:13:08,212 --> 01:13:13,592 So the ballers, we are actually signed up to play in a prize-winning tournament. 1105 01:13:13,852 --> 01:13:17,772 the BR Ballers Cup in Leicester in the UK in June. 1106 01:13:17,892 --> 01:13:20,732 So we've played and competed for the last two years. 1107 01:13:21,392 --> 01:13:23,632 We've met or played against some fantastic teams. 1108 01:13:23,752 --> 01:13:28,512 A lot of the players have played in a thing called the Ballers League in the UK. 1109 01:13:28,692 --> 01:13:30,332 I think there's one in Germany. 1110 01:13:30,412 --> 01:13:32,132 I think states are going to get one as well. 1111 01:13:32,672 --> 01:13:35,672 So it's a small-sided competition with a few different rules. 1112 01:13:36,452 --> 01:13:39,372 They try and get celebrities to play and ex-footballers. 1113 01:13:39,532 --> 01:13:42,652 So we've actually competed against some of the players that play in that. 1114 01:13:42,652 --> 01:13:44,812 I like to see it as a 1115 01:13:44,812 --> 01:13:46,912 showcase for our ballers that go and play 1116 01:13:46,912 --> 01:13:49,072 to put yourself in an arena with talented 1117 01:13:49,072 --> 01:13:51,172 players and also you have the media 1118 01:13:51,172 --> 01:13:52,872 spotlight so a chance to be seen 1119 01:13:52,872 --> 01:13:55,152 this year, the last two years 1120 01:13:55,152 --> 01:13:56,932 the prize pot for the winner has been 1121 01:13:56,932 --> 01:13:59,132 £5,000 but the 1122 01:13:59,132 --> 01:14:00,212 nugget or the 1123 01:14:00,212 --> 01:14:02,852 incentive is to play in this tournament 1124 01:14:02,852 --> 01:14:04,412 because next year in 2027 1125 01:14:04,412 --> 01:14:06,432 the prize pot will be £20,000 1126 01:14:06,432 --> 01:14:09,792 the prize pot 1127 01:14:09,792 --> 01:14:10,632 is a big 1128 01:14:10,632 --> 01:14:17,132 lure to entice you into it um we'd love to win it but as i was saying you've got you've got to be in 1129 01:14:17,132 --> 01:14:22,692 it to win it but the bitcoin wall is one of the slogans is um if one wins we all win so if we 1130 01:14:22,692 --> 01:14:26,992 manage to enter that we'll enter this tournament but if we manage to win this one and enter next 1131 01:14:26,992 --> 01:14:31,252 year's and win that it's just going to showcase and highlight what bitcoin wall is is about 1132 01:14:31,252 --> 01:14:36,172 i can then preach and tell people about bitcoin showcase other other businesses other people that 1133 01:14:36,172 --> 01:14:40,612 are inside the space so if you want to get behind and support bitcoin wallage obviously you can 1134 01:14:40,612 --> 01:14:42,212 You can find us on Guiser Fund. 1135 01:14:42,292 --> 01:14:43,572 We have a page where you can support. 1136 01:14:44,252 --> 01:14:46,652 Even just support by liking our posts 1137 01:14:46,652 --> 01:14:48,812 and sharing it on your social media pages. 1138 01:14:49,072 --> 01:14:51,692 So that's what I'm working towards with the Borders 1139 01:14:51,692 --> 01:14:53,012 towards this summer. 1140 01:14:53,332 --> 01:14:54,892 And we'll play some more local ones. 1141 01:14:55,312 --> 01:14:57,112 But as you say, a busy year, 1142 01:14:57,452 --> 01:14:58,712 which I'm looking forward to. 1143 01:14:58,932 --> 01:15:04,952 And what I love now is that it's all in my realm. 1144 01:15:04,952 --> 01:15:06,792 I am in charge. 1145 01:15:06,892 --> 01:15:07,332 I'm responsible. 1146 01:15:07,452 --> 01:15:08,632 I'm not working for anybody else. 1147 01:15:09,152 --> 01:15:10,252 I'm working for me. 1148 01:15:10,612 --> 01:15:13,032 and obviously the borders and people that come to the meetups 1149 01:15:13,032 --> 01:15:13,972 and people that have other shows. 1150 01:15:14,132 --> 01:15:15,652 But I love what I do. 1151 01:15:15,852 --> 01:15:16,972 So I don't see it as work. 1152 01:15:17,152 --> 01:15:18,572 It's all out of passion. 1153 01:15:19,112 --> 01:15:22,852 And that's why I'm excited for this year and every year coming forward. 1154 01:15:23,652 --> 01:15:24,972 That's the Ikigai, man. 1155 01:15:25,252 --> 01:15:26,512 You got to... 1156 01:15:26,512 --> 01:15:26,792 Right. 1157 01:15:27,132 --> 01:15:28,232 It doesn't feel like work. 1158 01:15:29,072 --> 01:15:29,192 Yeah. 1159 01:15:29,812 --> 01:15:30,072 Yeah. 1160 01:15:31,932 --> 01:15:32,512 Love it. 1161 01:15:33,372 --> 01:15:33,672 Love it. 1162 01:15:33,672 --> 01:15:38,632 And this tournament with the £20,000 prize pool, 1163 01:15:38,772 --> 01:15:40,192 not this year, but the next year, 1164 01:15:40,192 --> 01:15:42,592 That's not a Bitcoin tournament, right? 1165 01:15:42,612 --> 01:15:43,552 It's like a broader tournament. 1166 01:15:44,672 --> 01:15:45,932 It's not a Bitcoin tournament. 1167 01:15:46,272 --> 01:15:49,652 But what we have been able to do this year, 1168 01:15:50,232 --> 01:15:53,012 so there's a thing they call the Road to Be Our Ballers Cup. 1169 01:15:53,072 --> 01:15:54,892 I did a little video last year. 1170 01:15:55,312 --> 01:15:56,652 I've spoken with the organizers, 1171 01:15:56,992 --> 01:16:03,152 and they are happy for me to use them as a partner, so to speak. 1172 01:16:03,152 --> 01:16:09,392 So we will stack Bitcoin up until the day of the tournament for our entry fee. 1173 01:16:09,392 --> 01:16:14,252 So you'll be able to in real time see where our balance is that we're gonna stack daily 1174 01:16:14,252 --> 01:16:18,812 At the start of the tournament our stack may be more than what the entry fee is 1175 01:16:18,812 --> 01:16:22,472 It may be less but at that point it's a talking point right 1176 01:16:22,472 --> 01:16:26,852 If it's more than the entry fee is like well why what's happened 1177 01:16:26,852 --> 01:16:37,398 Why is your Bitcoin worth more than the fee If it less well then obviously we top it up But again it a conversation Well at one point Bitcoin was this price and that was this price 1178 01:16:37,458 --> 01:16:37,998 What's happened? 1179 01:16:38,658 --> 01:16:41,418 But ultimately I want to liken it to our preparations. 1180 01:16:41,618 --> 01:16:43,338 Every day we're going to train and prepare. 1181 01:16:44,278 --> 01:16:45,478 Every day we're going to stack. 1182 01:16:45,698 --> 01:16:46,518 There will be good days. 1183 01:16:46,798 --> 01:16:47,638 There will be bad days. 1184 01:16:47,738 --> 01:16:50,658 Today might have been a bad day if you're looking at the Bitcoin exchange rate. 1185 01:16:50,978 --> 01:16:51,918 It's raining outside. 1186 01:16:52,058 --> 01:16:55,418 You might have to run in the rain and not get your best time for your 5k. 1187 01:16:55,418 --> 01:16:57,458 or you might have a little injury so you have to rest 1188 01:16:57,458 --> 01:16:59,758 and you can't put 100% into your workout. 1189 01:17:00,198 --> 01:17:03,658 But if you keep stacking those workouts, those training sessions daily, 1190 01:17:04,358 --> 01:17:05,598 come the start of the tournament, 1191 01:17:05,958 --> 01:17:09,838 you should be in the best possible position you can be in, 1192 01:17:10,358 --> 01:17:11,418 similar to our stack. 1193 01:17:14,218 --> 01:17:14,698 Yeah. 1194 01:17:15,978 --> 01:17:17,298 That's great. 1195 01:17:18,138 --> 01:17:20,918 So, Coach, anything else you want to talk about? 1196 01:17:21,738 --> 01:17:24,478 Anything to look forward to beyond what we've discussed? 1197 01:17:25,418 --> 01:17:29,178 this is going to sound really out here 1198 01:17:29,178 --> 01:17:31,058 but I'm looking forward to 1199 01:17:31,058 --> 01:17:32,938 meeting more Bitcoiners 1200 01:17:32,938 --> 01:17:34,578 catching up with people that I've met 1201 01:17:34,578 --> 01:17:36,638 over the years at conferences online 1202 01:17:36,638 --> 01:17:39,438 and making the world 1203 01:17:39,438 --> 01:17:41,298 better with our actions 1204 01:17:41,298 --> 01:17:42,718 when I was younger 1205 01:17:42,718 --> 01:17:45,278 I used to call it the only 1206 01:17:45,278 --> 01:17:47,138 child syndrome I was brought up 1207 01:17:47,138 --> 01:17:49,338 as the only child, I had obviously cousins 1208 01:17:49,338 --> 01:17:51,358 who were close for the majority of the time 1209 01:17:51,358 --> 01:17:52,178 which is me and my mother 1210 01:17:52,178 --> 01:17:54,798 I always believed I was going to invent something 1211 01:17:54,798 --> 01:17:57,478 I was going to do something major that would affect the world. 1212 01:17:58,338 --> 01:18:00,998 And as I got older, I didn't think it was ever going to happen. 1213 01:18:01,138 --> 01:18:06,398 But with Bitcoin, I feel like I'm doing something small within my skill set, 1214 01:18:06,538 --> 01:18:11,378 within my energy that I can give to make the world a better place. 1215 01:18:11,618 --> 01:18:14,098 And the more I can do, the happier I am. 1216 01:18:15,758 --> 01:18:21,138 That's the Hegelian arc that all Bitcoiners go through, or most Bitcoiners anyway. 1217 01:18:21,138 --> 01:18:25,898 you're born, you're an idealist, you think you can change the world, 1218 01:18:26,218 --> 01:18:30,058 you're hit with a cold slap of fiat reality, 1219 01:18:30,458 --> 01:18:34,578 and then you find Bitcoin, and that's the synthesis, right? 1220 01:18:35,218 --> 01:18:37,378 Yeah, I will change the world, 1221 01:18:37,618 --> 01:18:40,458 maybe not in the grand way of my childhood dreams, 1222 01:18:40,578 --> 01:18:43,398 but in an equally important, maybe more effective, 1223 01:18:44,138 --> 01:18:45,198 but more controlled way. 1224 01:18:46,218 --> 01:18:46,458 Yeah. 1225 01:18:48,178 --> 01:18:48,658 Excellent. 1226 01:18:49,018 --> 01:18:50,058 That is a great way to... 1227 01:18:50,058 --> 01:18:57,238 going to teach one as my mom would say yeah but oh you know your mom so your mom is amazing uh my 1228 01:18:57,238 --> 01:19:03,978 wife still talks about her because i think it was at bitcoin um at atlantis where we where we met 1229 01:19:03,978 --> 01:19:10,138 in madera and i think my wife and your mom was we spent the entire football tournament chatting 1230 01:19:10,138 --> 01:19:14,258 they weren't even watching anyone play and it was and they got along like a house on fire 1231 01:19:14,258 --> 01:19:20,238 so when I said when I was told my wife just before uh oh I'm interviewing coach carbon 1232 01:19:20,238 --> 01:19:25,698 remember him and and the first thing she says is oh his mom is amazing say hi to his mom 1233 01:19:25,698 --> 01:19:28,798 she has that effect on people 1234 01:19:28,798 --> 01:19:40,158 she's a bitcoiner at heart before she knew it yeah now lovely lady uh and uh was really happy 1235 01:19:40,158 --> 01:19:48,858 to meet her awesome uh so coach uh any where can people find you uh noster i'm hoping you said you 1236 01:19:48,858 --> 01:19:56,038 are on noster yes this is a yeah generally coach carbon at coach carbon on all platforms um 1237 01:19:56,038 --> 01:20:05,078 and then we have the youtube channel so carbon tv i think it's actually carbon channel tv if you 1238 01:20:05,078 --> 01:20:11,458 have to search it. If you follow me on social media on Instagram or most, you'll see links to 1239 01:20:11,458 --> 01:20:18,498 the YouTube channel. So yeah, Coach Carbon, Google that and you should find me. 1240 01:20:20,338 --> 01:20:27,838 Excellent. Well, I will get all of that in the show notes. So thanks again, Coach. This is 1241 01:20:27,838 --> 01:20:32,558 super enlightening. Yeah, I'm sorry about the technical issues. Every now and then these things 1242 01:20:32,558 --> 01:20:37,638 happen uh so there were times when i couldn't quite hear it happens doesn't it yeah yeah yeah 1243 01:20:37,638 --> 01:20:43,378 no but appreciate you stopping by and uh sharing all this exciting stuff that you are working on 1244 01:20:43,958 --> 01:20:48,258 again thank you thank you for your time pleasure to be on blockchain radio 1245 01:20:48,258 --> 01:20:55,118 of course anytime we'll have you back uh with more updates uh hopefully in the next few months 1246 01:20:55,118 --> 01:21:01,178 and uh thank you to our live stream audience for listening if you are if you are listening to this 1247 01:21:01,178 --> 01:21:08,958 recording, as always, notice what you didn't hear today. You didn't hear me shilling a mattress you 1248 01:21:08,958 --> 01:21:15,198 don't need. You didn't hear me reading a script for a VPN that's probably logging your data anyway. 1249 01:21:15,838 --> 01:21:23,038 I don't do that here. On the lightning-laced airwaves, the only sponsor is you. If you found 1250 01:21:23,038 --> 01:21:29,038 value in this conversation, if it gave you a new mental model, a moment of clarity, or just 1251 01:21:29,038 --> 01:21:35,818 respite from the noise, then please consider returning the value. You can stream sats as you 1252 01:21:35,818 --> 01:21:43,738 listen on Fountain, or you can become a monthly subscriber to keep the signal strong. But for those 1253 01:21:43,738 --> 01:21:51,418 who want to shape the show, you can boost in. And that brings us to our executive producer. 1254 01:21:51,578 --> 01:21:58,478 That will be the top booster from last week. And it's an anonymous account this time, 1255 01:21:58,478 --> 01:22:03,178 coming in with stealth and strength at 10,000 cents, 1256 01:22:03,398 --> 01:22:04,138 who said, 1257 01:22:04,898 --> 01:22:07,958 the Truman Show was so far ahead of its time. 1258 01:22:08,578 --> 01:22:09,678 Great episode. 1259 01:22:10,558 --> 01:22:12,358 Thank you for your generosity. 1260 01:22:12,558 --> 01:22:13,918 Anonymous, I concur. 1261 01:22:14,358 --> 01:22:17,078 But I do want to give the final word this week 1262 01:22:17,078 --> 01:22:19,678 to friend of the show, Dr. Fernando Morales, 1263 01:22:20,038 --> 01:22:22,338 who boosted in with this message. 1264 01:22:23,218 --> 01:22:25,878 Great show, Avi Burra, Tom Tabor. 1265 01:22:26,518 --> 01:22:27,858 That was my guest from last week. 1266 01:22:28,478 --> 01:22:33,598 I'll be buying my beef from the Beef Initiative when I get to the USA. 1267 01:22:34,198 --> 01:22:38,938 I've heard of them before and glad to see the organization growing. 1268 01:22:39,598 --> 01:22:43,758 Bitcoin, Noster, and Beef, in parentheses BNB. 1269 01:22:44,638 --> 01:22:46,298 What a great freedom combo. 1270 01:22:46,978 --> 01:22:49,538 Can't fight tyranny if you're malnourished. 1271 01:22:50,238 --> 01:22:52,198 Well said, Dr. Morales. 1272 01:22:52,698 --> 01:22:54,758 Truer words have seldom been spoken. 1273 01:22:55,698 --> 01:22:58,058 And folks, the mic is open for next week. 1274 01:22:58,478 --> 01:23:07,498 If you want the final word, or if you want the executive producer slot with your dissenting sats, the board is yours. 1275 01:23:08,158 --> 01:23:10,158 Until then, stay sovereign. 1276 01:23:28,478 --> 01:23:28,978 you