Episode notes
When you sit down with a Scotsman to talk Bitcoin, the conversation inevitably turns to freedom.
We start with a shout-out to Haggis’ meatspace mate @anaveragesalmon who helped his transition from “buying Bitcoin to speculate in a myth” to becoming a “freedom coin stacker”.
Haggis tells us how during the first lockdown in Scotland he turned to Bitcoin education (multi-tasking with podcasts and being one of the plebs on Twitter) day and night to learn “what Bitcoin is, what it can do and what it plans to do...and how it’s going to change the world...because the only two finite things are time and Bitcoin”. During that time, he realised he had to get his savings into a safer store of value.
We discuss how The Bitcoin Standard gives you a whole new understanding of what money is, and how most of us have never really had to consider if the current system is fit for purpose.
Haggis highlights the school building program in El Salvador, and how Bitcoin is genuinely saving lives, which makes him see the Bitcoin project and his contribution in a whole new light, and how he enjoys the reactions of friends and family when he tells them these stories.
We talk orange-pilling your friends and how good it makes you feel to know you’re protecting them, when you’ve done the work and they trust your opinion, and how having 2 people helps you convince others.
We talk Scottish football (soccer) and how putting a little Bitcoin on the balance sheet of your local sports team or club could level the playing field or even change balances of power completely, or at the very least ensure survival. We even see the Bitcoin virus infect PSV Eindhoven, Watford and Southampton.
We delve into the thorny issues of politics, political oppression, Brexit and Scottish independence, but Haggis tells us he’s come to realise that politics in general is all just theatre and that the idea of a nation state is just that, an idea.
Was great to outnumber Brendo. Thanks Haggis.
Australia 1 – 2 Scotland
Pod Shout-outs
www.twitter.com/anaveragesalmon (Twitter Orange-Piller)
www.twitter.com/TFTC21 (Top Podcast)
www.twitter.com/TheGuySwann (Bitcoin Educator)
The Bitcoin Standard https://amzn.to/3Azt1YE (Saifedean Ammous)
www.twitter.com/frankiemacd (Funny Man)
www.twitter.com/CormackDavie (Aberdeen FC)
www.twitter.com/PricedinBTC (Bitcoin Stats)
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