We’re re-posting one of our best Bitcoin mining shows with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a liberty maximalist, in honor of the Bitcoin mining halving.
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Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a pseudonymous Bitcoiner known for his non-KYC Bitcoin guides, joins The Mining Pod to discuss why Bitcoin mining matters for individual liberty and how Bitcoiners can take mining to the next level.
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:03:13 Diverter’s Bitcoin Journey
00:06:12 Alex Gladstein’s Bitcoin Story
00:10:22 Why Mining Matters
00:13:07 Value of Non-KYC Mining
00:20:27 Mining & Financial Sovereignty
00:24:27 Clean Spark Ad
00:24:47 Bitcoin Mining Bifurcation
00:28:45 Vitamin Ad
00:29:26 Mining: Suits vs. Home Miners
00:37:36 Regulatory Capture of Mining
00:51:50 Bitmain Ad
00:52:37 Compromising on Privacy
00:57:53 Inevitability of Bitcoin Adoption
01:03:17 Cypherpunk Ethos & Nuance
01:04:20 What if Bitcoin Succeeds?
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