Shitcoinery, China, bitcoin and freedom with @expatri0tic

11 May • 1hr 33m

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In this episode I had a wide ranging conversation with Expatriotic who has been getting more involved In the bitcoin scene after a long period of shitcoinery and diving into the dirty world of defi. It was interesting to hear from his perspective why this was enticing as well as why he eventually decided bitcoin had to be the focus. We went on to discus living in Asia and an upcoming move to china for him and his family. Ex explained some of the cultural differences he experiences and how his move to china for work was agreed prior to getting deeper into the bitcoin rabbit hole and more specifically the privacy and security scene. The information Ex has learned about the surveillance state is obviously a concern and we discus different options to move freely through the borders with bitcoin as safely as possible. For this one suggestion was to use border wallets a fantastic free and open source option created by friends of the show @GhostofMTC and @superphatarrow here’s the website if this could be of interest to you. borderwallets.com The other option we discussed was to store a backup on an encrypted micro sd using a passport from foundation devices. This is a great option for someone who can store the password in a password manager or elsewhere separate to the SD card. Ex has been writing a blog and guides on his website for a few months now and I've really appreciated the simple layout and easily accessible information, he explained this started as a way for him to talk about bitcoin without driving himself and everyone else around him mad. This is a common theme with those of us new to bitcoin as we want to share this incredible technology with the world and also reveal some of the darker sides of the current financial system and world at large. Relaying this information to the majority of normal folks is incredibly frustrating and often goes nowhere so putting the information out in blog, video or podcast format can help satisfy the need to talk about it without the frustrating interactions. I really enjoyed this conversation and found Expatriotics honesty around previous thought patterns refreshing. If you enjoyed the episode, please let us know by liking and/or subscribing to the video and podcast. Do it now please you lazy fcuk. Show Sponsor: Foundation Devices Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty. As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today’s tech conglomerates. Returning to cypherpunk principles, they build open source technology that “can’t be evil,” Show Host: Max https://twitter.com/MaxBitbuybit Show Guest: @expatri0tic https://twitter.com/expatri0tic Website - https://expatriotic.bearblog.dev/guides/ Ungovernable Misfits Socials Website - https://expatriotic.bearblog.dev/guides/ https://www.ungovernablemisfits.com Twitter https://twitter.com/ungovernablemf As always please feel free to reach out and ask me any questions. Today you can exchange $1 for 3637 Sats (Sale ends soon.) Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show. Use code BITBUYBIT at check out for $10 off your purchase foundationdevices.com

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@jon

21,000 sats

12 May

although I didn’t understand many of the shitcoin terms bandied about, I appreciate hearing about the moment of awakening for expatriotic. Good episode brother.

@apemithrandir

7,777 sats

17 May

China scares me but at the same time i gotta think alot of it is smoke and mirrors. Governments are stereotypically incompentent and inefficient but we are also supposed to believe that they run near perfect digital surveillance?

@jon

24 May

I saw a video the other day of sky net cameras on a Chinese roadway, there must’ve been 20 of them. what bloat, how can they install, maintain, and operate all that equipment and to what end? How long before China collapses under its own bureaucratic weight?

@vake

2,500 sats

13 May

Thanks for another great pod 🙏

@jon

16 May

it was a good one for sure