THE Bitcoin Podcast

Welcome to Kayfabe University. Class is in session.

Rod Palmer and Richard Greaser of The Bitcoin Bugle return for a conversation about the performance, propaganda, satire, and manufactured reality shaping life online.

We discuss fake audiences, bot-driven influence, political theater, Gen Z’s ability to monetize everything, and what happens when kayfabe produces real-world consequences. We also explore how to find signal in the noise, why authenticity is becoming a superpower, and the simple white pill of turning off your phone and living your life.

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Ben Justman is the founder of Peony Lane Wine, a Colorado winemaker, farmer, Bitcoiner, and one of the most entertaining voices in the Bitcoin space.

In this episode, Walker sits down with Ben to discuss the very real story of bears destroying his vineyard’s grape crop, the harsh economics and uncertainty of small-scale farming, and why building a business around real products changes your perspective on money, risk, and time preference.

Ben explains why independent farmers face far more than weather risk—from frost and wildlife to thin margins and broken incentives—and why supporting local producers matters. The conversation also explores Bitcoin adoption, dollar-cost averaging, monetary debasement, Bitcoin versus stocks, and why Bitcoin can improve a person’s life long before it delivers the financial outcome they originally expected.

This is a conversation about resilience, sovereignty, entrepreneurship, agriculture, Bitcoin conviction, and continuing to build through difficult cycles.

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The Coldcard vulnerability became the catalyst for one of the largest AI-powered security efforts in Bitcoin's history.

Walker America sits down with Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) to unpack Bitcoin's volunteer "Red Team," the future of Bitcoin security and self-custody, AI-powered vulnerability research, open-source software security, Kimi K3 vs. OpenAI, responsible disclosure, collaborative custody, and why the emerging AI arms race could fundamentally reshape cybersecurity far beyond Bitcoin.

In this episode:

The Coldcard vulnerability and what actually happened

Bitcoin's volunteer Red Team and AI-powered security audits

Kimi K3 vs. OpenAI and Anthropic for cybersecurity research

The future of Bitcoin security, self-custody, and multisig

Open-source AI, responsible disclosure, and software security

Why AI is transforming cybersecurity—and why Bitcoin was only the beginning

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Alex Thorn joins THE Bitcoin Podcast to discuss whether the Bitcoin bottom is in, the next Bitcoin bull market, changing market cycles, institutional adoption, Bitcoin price analysis, the Coldcard exploit, self-custody, multisig, AI-powered cybersecurity, hardware wallets, and why Bitcoin may be entering a fundamentally new era.

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Samson Mow joins Walker to break down the escalating controversy surrounding BIP 110, Bitcoin Core, OP_RETURN, spam filtering, and the difference between node relay policy and Bitcoin’s consensus rules. Samson explains why he believes BIP 110 attempts to force a rushed and contentious soft fork onto the network, lowers the threshold for future consensus changes, and could produce a short-lived minority chain with insufficient hash rate to survive.

Samson also compares the emotional arguments behind BIP 110 with those used during the Blocksize War, arguing that a desirable objective does not justify a dangerous technical solution. He discusses Bitcoin’s economic majority, miner signaling, the limits of node counts, the risks facing Lightning users and other network participants during a chain split, and why Bitcoin consensus must emerge slowly rather than being imposed through arbitrary deadlines.

Beyond BIP 110, Samson shares his bullish outlook for Bitcoin, explains why belief in the four-year cycle may have created a self-fulfilling selloff, and argues that exhausted sellers could set the stage for God candles and Omega candles. He also discusses the inevitability of large-scale fiat money printing, the upcoming rebuild of Aqua Wallet, and JAN3’s new nation-state Bitcoin adoption report and B20 country rankings.

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LEDN: Bitcoin-backed lending. Go to ledn.io/walker and unlock liquidity WITHOUT selling your bitcoin.

BLOCKSTREAM JADE: BLOCKSTREAM JADE HARDWARE WALLET: Head to https://store.blockstream.com/ and use coupon code WALKER for 10% off!

BDIC™ is building an insurance marketplace on the bitcoin standard. Sign up for the waitlist at: http://bdic.io/walker

Own Bitcoin Miners. Keep 100% Of The Bitcoin. Get 1st month of free hosting with https://abundantmines.com/walker

Buy Bitcoin with River: http://partner.river.com/walker

GET FOLD ($10 in bitcoin): https://use.foldapp.com/r/WALKER

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