Hey everyone my name is Nico Moran, I created Simply Bitcoin in 2020. I love making Bitcoin content and have some how manage to turn this hobby into a small media company.
Oh man! This is really encouraging to hear. There's a real dearth of content that I actually feel comfortable sharing with normies. It's either stuff that would go over their head or just offend them. I'll be excited to see where you go from here.
My hobby is Simply Bitcoin, somehow that turned into a podcast and now a media company. Still my passion though. Don't think I would of pulled through the dark times if I didn't love it.
Other than Bitcoin, I love my wife, my kid, my family, the beach, skiing, guns, fast cars, good food, and great experiences.
I have seen this a lot in old groups that I spent time with. They don’t care about being financially secure and they damn well don’t want to be responsible for their wealth (or lack thereof).
Put as much as you can afford into Bitcoin, take self-custody, live below your means for at least 2 cycles (8 years).
If you want to get involved in Bitcoin just provide value and expect nothing in return. Proof of work goes along way in the Bitcoin community and people will eventually notice.
Considering the vast distances between the stars I think if Aliens made it to planet earth they must have a superior understanding of harnessing energy to achieve interstellar travel.
Therefore understanding Bitcoin should be relatively easy for them at least from a conceptual level.
In the age of social media I think everyone sees everything everywhere. It's a shame what happened but also not surprising. Once a socialist government takes power they rarely let it go.
That being said I think this upcoming election in the US will have huge implications for the Bitcoin industry, at least from a regulatory perspective.
I've seen a few people recommending Nostr versions of video platforms to check out since your run-in with YT. Have you had the chance to look into any of these? (Highlighter and flare.pub were two that I remember off the top of my head)
I've been curious about this myself since I've got some spicy episodes coming up on my podcast and not sure how much YouTube is going to like them 😅
The issue with video content on Nostr is that you still have to store the data on a server. So you either run your own and use someone else's. It's much more complicated than just text from my understanding.
I'm hyped on different Nostr clients integrating video into their apps which I expect should be happening soon.
Do you think there are elements of the current political parties (let's face it I primarily mean the Democrats/liberals/progressives) that are fundamentally at odds with Bitcoin? For example are progressive ideals of equality just incompatible and can never be reconciled with the bitcoin ethos?
Any political party that believes in wealth redistribution is inherently going to dislike Bitcoin because it's not compatible with their belief in "equality" which requires effective mechanisms of taxation.
Income tax is limited because there is only so much you can tax before people stop paying (roughly 50%). Money printing is the most effective covert tax ever created, it's what keeps society poor and politicians much more powerful than they should be. Most people don't realize the money printing tax exists.
Luckily, Bitcoin fixes this without having to rely on the out come of elections.