THE Bitcoin Podcast with Walker

Has Bitcoin Run Out of Sellers? | James Check & Michael Sullivan

11K views · 1w ago · 1:28:16

Has Bitcoin run out of sellers—or are we still waiting for one more leg down? James Check (Checkmate) and Michael Sullivan return for round two after Peak Apathy. Check examines what Bitcoin holders actually do on-chain; Michael studies what they say through language and sentiment data. Together, they explain why a recovering price can coexist with a miserable mood.

Topics: Round two after Peak Apathy · Michael’s sentiment update · The disbelief rally · Checkmate’s on-chain case · Blockstream Jade · Verify Wealth

AI Is Training You Right Now. You Just Haven’t Noticed.

384 views · 1w ago · 1:38:28

Could AI change how society makes decisions—and why is Erin Redwing watching 2032? Erin joins Walker for a conversation about Bitcoin, artificial intelligence, astrology, historical cycles and keeping your human agency in a world that is changing fast.

Topics: AI government, Bitcoin and the 2032 question · Erin Redwing: Bitcoin, AI and being human · Why AI is like plastic surgery · We train AI—and it trains us · Long-form conversation and the creator economy · Partners: Ledn, Blockstream and Verify Wealth

Your Bitcoin Will Outlive You. Can Your Family Actually Get It?

2.1K views · 2w ago · 1:20:21

How much Bitcoin is enough—and what is it actually for? Jessy Gilger, CFP® and founder of Verify Wealth, joins Walker to connect Bitcoin conviction with the practical work of taxes, inheritance, cash flow, and making time for the people you love.

Topics: Jessy Gilger: Cybertruck, self-driving & privacy · Why Jessy built Verify Wealth · Why Bitcoiners need a financial plan · The problem with percentage-based advisory fees · Bitcoin taxes, cost basis & planning ahead · Roth accounts, gifting & tax buckets

MSTR to $1,000? Why Cory Klippsten Says Strategy Will Keep Losing to Bitcoin

10K views · 1mo ago · 57:15

Guest: Cory Klippsten

In this episode of The Bitcoin Podcast, I sit down with Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan Bitcoin, to talk about where Bitcoin stands today. Cory explains why he thinks most Bitcoin treasury companies fell short of what they promised, and why he now recommends keeping at least 90% of your Bitcoin exposure in the real thing rather than stocks, ETFs, or other proxies.

Topics: Episode Preview: Treasuries, AI, and Bitcoin · Real Humans in the AI Content Era · Skipping Fake Price Targets and Bombast · Why Swan Doesn't Chase Views · Why AI Agents Won't Pay in Bitcoin · Censorship Resistance and Final Settlement for AI

Trump, Epstein, and the Rise of Kayfabe Politics

2.1K views · 1mo ago · 1:32:47

Welcome to Kayfabe University, where I sit down with Rod and Dick of The Bitcoin Bugle to figure out whether anything on the timeline is still real. These two have spent years running satire with a straight face, which makes them unusually qualified to explain how bot-padded follower counts, scheduled Gen Z crash-outs, and clinical psychopaths all end up reading from the same script.

Topics: The Bugle's Origin and the Meme War · Algorithm Suppression and Small Influential Audiences · Why Follower Counts Are Mostly Bots · Sybil Attacks and Fake Engagement Farms · Everything Is a Performance Now · Why Being Real Is a Superpower

Why I Still Choose Bitcoin After Losing Everything | Ben Justman

2.2K views · 1mo ago · 1:23:37

Guest: Ben Justman

In this episode I sit down with Ben Justman, the winemaker behind Peony Lane, whose entire harvest got devoured by literal bears right in the thick of a Bitcoin bear market. Ben built a winery where every single customer is a Bitcoiner, went all in with no fiat cushion, and still counts Bitcoin as the best thing that ever happened to him, even though it hasn't delivered the one thing he came for.

Topics: Camping in the Vineyard to Hunt Bears · The Brutal Reality of Small Farming · Eight Vintages of Frost, Fire, and Birds · Small Farm Economics and Buying Local · Why Losing This Vintage Felt Like Relief · Earning Bitcoin and Voting With Your Money

BITCOIN AFTER DARK: CORETARDS AND PLEBS DRINKING | BTC SESSIONS & JOE CONSORTI

5.6K views · 1mo ago · 2:15:56

JOE CONSORTI, BTC SESSIONS, NATHAN FROM BTC MENTOR, AND A PLEB NAMED PAYTON JOIN WALKER TO TALK ABOUT A BUNCH OF RANDOM STUFF COME HANG OUT THE BITCOIN PODCAST is available on all major platforms Fountain Apple WALKER’S LINKS Nostr (Walker) Nostr Podcast

Something Broke In Bitcoin. American AI Wouldn't Look At It. | Rob Hamilton

6.7K views · 2mo ago · 1:12:45

Guest: Rob Hamilton

The coldcard hack happened and Rob Hamilton spent the next three weeks running a volunteer red team that turned up more than 10,000 findings across Bitcoin's open source stack. In this conversation, we dive into what that month actually cost him, and why the AI model that kept surfacing the bugs was a Chinese open source model while the American frontier labs kept refusing to help.

Topics: Three Weeks On Two Hours Sleep · Tracing The Coldcard Entropy Bug · Scanning Every Repo In Sight · Assembling The Bitcoin Red Team · 10,000 Findings And Counting · Don't Trust Verify, Actually Practiced

The Bitcoin Bull Run Nobody Sees Coming | Alex Thorn

1.6K views · 2mo ago · 1:30:54

Guest: Alex Thorn

In this episode I sit down with Alex Thorn, who has personally traced 1,800 stolen coins and talked to more than 200 victims of the Coldcard exploit, people who did everything they were told was right and lost everything anyway. But Alex isn't shaken: he thinks 58K was the cycle bottom, he thinks Bitcoin self custody survives this, and he thinks the most exciting stretch in Bitcoin's history is only just getting started.

Topics: Free Speech And The Bill Of Rights · The Deluge Of Bitcoin News · Has Bitcoin Already Bottomed At 58K? · Is The Four Year Cycle Dead? · Who Is Left To Sell? · Overconfident Bears And Falling Volatility

The BIP 110 Chain Split is Worse Than You Think | Samson Mow

6.6K views · 2mo ago · 58:12

Guest: Samson Mow

In this episode, I sit down with Samson Mow to talk through BIP 110, not the tribal version, the version where you actually have to say what happens on August 8th when the threshold isn't met. Samson walks me through why he thinks the fork fizzles out within hours, why the precedent it sets is worse than the spam it's meant to fight, and why the emotional argument being made now is the same one Roger Ver made during the block size wars.

Topics: Welcome Back And Meme Wars · Why Nuance Dies On X · OPRETURN And The Citrea Spark · Bypassing The Consensus Building Process · Policy Versus Consensus Explained · What Make Bitcoin Money Actually Means