The political vibe shift is happening – and Bitcoin is at the center of it. In this episode, we dive deep into: ✅ The Trump win & its impact on Bitcoin & crypto regulation ✅ How political power shifts affect financial freedom ✅ Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg & Big Tech’s political influence ✅ The changing cultural landscape & Overton Window ✅ What Bitcoiners need to prepare for NOW Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys 10% OFF INSCRIBING VEGAS: https://pretix.eu/inscribing/vegas/redeem?voucher=HELLMONEY ORDINALS PROTOCOL SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → HMP: https://x.com/hellmoneypod → Casey: https://x.com/rodarmor → Erin: https://x.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: ⁠https://hell.money/⁠ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 5:27 Trump presidency vibe shift 9:31 Leftist and Bay Area politics 16:42 Left vs. right overton window 25:50 Bitcoin under Trump administration 42:01 Strategic Bitcoin Reserve 1:00:13 Tech oligarchy political influence 1:06:39 Mark Zuckerberg 1:19:44 Elon Musk & X 1:23:32 Crony capitalism & libertarianism 1:28:07 Future predictions

Discussing crypto policy under the Trump administration, how the US government getting involved effects Bitcoin, and where we're headed from here.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

07:15 Bitcoin soft forks

11:00 Bitcoin vs. Crypto in US policy

19:20 How much political power does Bitcoin have?

23:50 Bitcoiners are politically homeless

26:20 Strategic Bitcoin reserve

29:00 Bitcoin development and ossification

32:00 Separation of money and state

33:40 Raise your time preference

35:20 SBR as a way out of USD global reserve status

41:00 Will they eventually fight us?

43:00 Incentives as a political movement

46:30 What happens next?

49:15 Bitcoin Vegas & Inscribing Vegas 2025

JEREMY RUBIN RETURNS... for his annual vibe check on Bitcoin development, and the evolving art of soft forking Bitcoin. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → HMP: https://x.com/hellmoneypod → Casey: https://x.com/rodarmor → Erin: https://x.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: ⁠https://hell.money/⁠ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:35 What is Jeremy doing now?? 4:45 Bitcoin L2s 17:40 How hard is Jeremy working?? 23:20 VR has been an absolute fuckin flop 25:10 Rubin year in review 32:17 Bitcoin Soft forks 33:44 Covenants without a soft fork change? 39:50 Runes 50:40 Stablecoins on Bitcoin 54:35 Erin's soft fork vibe check 59:16 OP_CAT and use of human capital 1:01:45 Bitcoin script 1:08:35 Ethereum vs. Bitcoin block production 1:13:20 Solana and global state 1:15:45 Predictions for Bitcoin soft forks 1:17:40 Could OP_CAT happen in 2025? 1:20:30 Casey's opinions on Bitcoin soft forks 1:22:22 How to soft fork Bitcoin 1:29:00 Overall 2025 predictions & outro