Hell Money
By Hell Money
Hell MoneyApr 24, 2024
RUNES LAUNCH WAS A FLOP
Casey and Erin go over their Runes predictions.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Can the devs do something?
03:16 Ordinals vs Runes launch
05:30 DISCLAIMER (stack sats)
07:30 Previous Bull market narrative
09:20 Predictions
10:00 What are Runes
13:05 BRC20s vs Runes
14:25 Etching
16:00 Rune names
18:40 Rune divisibility
19:40 Start/end Runes mint
21:10 Uncommon Goods
24:10 Runes overview
25:49 What is a Runestone (Not Leo’s Runestone)
27:40 Filtering inscriptions
29:24 OP_RETURN filter
31:45 Bitcoin Halving explained
35:50 Why Casey cares about Bitcoin succeeding
37:55 Why Erin was drawn to Bitcoin
39:05 Fiat is the worst
42:15 Predictions
45:30 Pre Runes inscriptions
49:45 Rune names
51:20 Naming rules
52:45 Fee predictions
01:02:20 Casey’s fee psyop
01:03:15 Future features
01:04:50 nonconsensual lottery???
01:06:36 Costume Mistress @_lolo_spears_
01:07:00 Patreon/closing
ORDINALS CORE TEAM RELOADED
The Ordinals Core team takes the Red Pill.
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HOW TO SOFT FORK BITCOIN
Tyler Whittle (aka Dr. Dao) joins the podcast to explain how changes are made to Bitcoin via the BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) process, and how Taproot Wizards plans to destroy Bitcoin. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HellMoneyPodcast Support the podcast in BTC: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hellpodcast.money/
CASEY RODARMOR ANNOUNCES RUNE 0 (AND MORE?!)
Casey explains the basics of Runes, how it compares to other token standards, and what we can expect when Runes goes live at the halvening 🔥 Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HellMoneyPodcast Support the podcast in BTC: bc1q4jq6sy0h3gp8qgjtwsg57c6ntxcg5u0u2kftsj FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hellpodcast.money/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 5:18 Runes basics 8:37 Runes vs. BRC-20 and other token standards 16:49 Open mints 19:02 Runes are bringing shitcoining back to Bitcoin 22:19 What are Runes? 35:30 Unique names 46:15 Simplicity in development 53:45 Runes alpha 1:08:12 Outro
Ordinals: A Year in Review
AFTER A YEAR OF ORDINALS, HELL MONEY PODCAST IS SELLING OUT! Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HellMoneyPodcast Support the podcast in BTC: bc1q4jq6sy0h3gp8qgjtwsg57c6ntxcg5u0u2kftsj FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hellpodcast.money/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro & We got fat 3:32 Patreon announcement 7:00 Jan 20th ord launched 14:30 Bitcoin Maxi Ordinal takes 16:47 TaprootWizards 4megger 17:40 Astral Babes and Teleburn Ape 18:39 100k inscriptions and first uncommon sat inscription 22:23 Domo launches BRC-20 24:50 Unisat BRC-20 fork 27:20 Wen Runes episode 29:15 MagicEden launch 30:54 Supertestnet 33:30 First rare sat inscribed 35:03 Upcoming halving 36:05 Ocean mining 38:33 Cursed inscriptions 39:10 Recursion 42:59 Ordinals Summit Singapore 45:27 Open source developing 47:25 Ord hires 52:35 Bali government inscriptions 53:30 Community questions, @goodthings question 55:23 @phteven_nobody question 57:05 @MilkoOCrypto question 58:08 @goatedxyz question 1:00:06 @pazNGMI question 1:00:20 @Jiurn question 1:12:58 @SirGnarlGnomie question 1:13:16 @lyndoco question 1:16:56 Superlatives
1:24:28 @billymacdo outro
JEREMY RUBIN BREAKS HIS SILENCE…
This episode, we’re joining Jeremy Rubin in his undisclosed Bermuda Triangle refuge to discuss OpCTV and talk a little shit.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro & Jeremy’s story
4:55 What are covenants?
15:30 BIP 119 / OpCTV
19:47 Criticisms of covenants
28:08 Ideological Bitcoiners
31:15 OpCTV controversy
1:00:00 Jeremy’s opinion on Ordinals
1:17:12 Outro
BITCOIN 2024 ASTROLOGICAL PREDICTIONS
Caroline Ivins from the Aquarian Conspiracy joins the pod to discuss the Astrology of 2024, including predictions about the global/financial/societal upheaval, the 2024 USA election, important dates, and of course, Bitcoin and Ordinals. BOOK A READING WITH ERIN AND CAROLINE: https://aquarianconspiracy.as.me/schedule.php GET A 2024 ASTROLOGICAL CALENDAR POSTER: https://aquarianconspiracy.org/ FOLLOW THE AQUARIAN CONSPIRACY: https://twitter.com/AquarianCon FOLLOW CAROLINE: https://twitter.com/caroline_ivins FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hellpodcast.money/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:27 Aquarian Conspiracy 2024 7:25 Caroline's orange pilling 11:22 Spiritual narratives of Bitcoin 15:09 Pluto in Aquarius 23:11 Bitcoin astrology 2024 33:22 2024 astrological timeline 49:29 2024 election and the end of democracy 1:00:00 Transition to the Age of Aquarius 1:04:00 Casey & Ordinals astrology 2024 predictions 1:13:00 Outro
RGB HMP
Gideon Nweze and Hunter Beast join the pod to discuss RGB and reveal our fursonas.
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WILL QUANTUM COMPUTING BREAK BITCOIN?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃👻
Brian Johnson and Bryan Johnson discuss the spookiest Bitcoin narratives: Will quantum computing break Bitcoin? What if Satoshi moves his Bitcoin?
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RAPH ON THE POD
Our first guest episode of Season 2! Our favorite impoverished student Raph is on the pod to share his journey into Bitcoin, finding Casey/ord, and insights on Singapore and crypto. FOLLOW RAPH ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/raphjaph SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT ON ORD: https://ordinals.org/donate/ FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hellpodcast.money/
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro 1:20 Singapore / Ordinals Summit 5:00 BRC-20, Taproot Assets, RGB 10:00 Crypto Casinos 12:50 Singapore / Authoritarianism 21:30 Raph's journey into Bitcoin 32:00 Building on Bitcoin 37:45 Future of ord 42:30 How Raph found Casey 47:20 Benefits of having a podcast 50:45 Parent-child provenance 52:30 Meeting degens in person 55:00 Outro
CASEY DROPS ALPHA ON RUNES 🔥
Nearly 2 hours of rambling about Bryan Johnson, Brian Johnson, Bitcoin history, decentralization, and Casey's worst idea yet: Runes. FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hellpodcast.money/
ORDINALS Q&A WITH CASEY RODARMOR
Casey spills the tea on his opinions on all things Ordinals - how things have progressed over the last 9 months, what he thinks of BRC-20s, Ordinal Theory, what’s next for the Ordinals Protocol, and whether or not Ordinals is a flash in the pan.
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ORDINALS GUY RETURNS...
Hell Money Podcast is back for SEASON 2... and we're talking about Drivechain COME HANG AT INSCRIBING AMSTERDAM: https://inscribingamsterdam.com/ FOLLOW HELL MONEY PODCAST: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod → Casey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor → Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realizingerin → Podcast Links: https://hellpodcast.money/
BITCOIN IS A MEGASTRUCTURE (THE AQUARIAN CONSPIRACY)
Matt and Bethany from the Aquarian Conspiracy join the pod to discuss the astrological ages, Bitcoin as a megastructure for the Age of Aquarius, and the Aquarian Conspiracy symposium at Bitcoin Miami 2023.
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ORDINALS GUY GOES TO THERAPY
After a crazy few weeks of Ordinal Inscriptions blowing up on the internet, the Ordinals Guy is now in therapy. Addressing the controversies, discussing the value of art and culture on Bitcoin, and squashing the beef with Counterparty.
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ORDINAL INSCRIPTIONS: NFTS ON BITCOIN
Casey explains all things Ordinal Inscriptions: how they work, why they're better than Ethereum NFTs, and why they're good for Bitcoin.
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PREDICTING THE END OF THE BEAR MARKET WITH ASTROLOGY
Starting off 2023 with a bang by predicting the end of the bear market. Discussing narratives of past bull runs (ICO boom, Defi/NFTs), and using astrology and vibes to predict the next one.
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Democracy: The Final Showdown
In our final episode of the year, we're debating democracy.
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F*** FIAT
Going off about all the problems with Fiat currency while hotboxing Casey's car in the rain. It's a vibe.
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How Do Hardware Wallets Work?
In this week's episode, Casey gets over his holiday blues by mansplaining hardware wallets to Erin. Private keys, UTXOs, seed phrases, cold storage, privacy, and safety all discussed.
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Bitcoin & Megapolitics: Sovereign Individual Book Club (Chapter 2)
Continuing our Sovereign Individual Book Club with a discussion on Megapolitics, the major structural patterns and changes that influence our society. The historical importance of topography, climate, microbes, and technology are all addressed, and some important questions (Is SBF a Sovereign Individual? What if Sovereign Individuals are too sovereign to get a gf?)
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Bitcoin is The Political with Erik Cason
Erik Cason is a Crypto-anarchist, cypherpunk, iconoclast, and makarismos. In this episode we discuss cryptosovereignty through Bitcoin and the internet, karma and Truth, and The Political.
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Eclipse Season Vibe Check
It's eclipse season, and we're doing a vibe check episode. Elon buying Twitter, Paul Pelosi, Ethereum censorship, NFT SF, Atheism, Scientism, Astrology, and more.
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Sovereign Individual Book Club: The Transition of the Year 2000, The Fourth Stage of Human Society
FASTER THAN ALL BUT A FEW NOW IMAGINE, MICROPROCESSING WILL SUBVERT AND DESTROY THE NATION-STATE.
Join Erin and Casey as they dive into first chapter of the prophetic book, The Sovereign Individual, or at least the first chapter. Written in 1997 by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg, much has come true and much has not come true (Y2K, cough, cough), but the book remains an enduring bellwether of the times we live in today, seemingly predicting Bitcoin's rise to prominence.
This is the first in an ongoing series, so grab a copy of the book and read along with us!
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Bitcoin Mining: Energy, Security, ASICs, Hashrate, and Difficulty
We're talking Bitcoin mining - misconceptions, energy usage, security, etc. Plus, Erin shares her first Bitcoin dream.
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Wartime Bitcoin! (with Mark Goodwin and Diane)
It's Wartime Bitcoin! We're getting deranged with our dear friends Mark and Diane and going off about a variety of topics: global currency collapse, anti-government sentiment, the death of the Queen, and the Kardashians as the American Royal Family.
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Hell Money: The Fiat Currency of the Underworld
Hell money is a form of joss paper, made to resemble modern fiat currencies, transmitted to the underworld via incineration and intended to ease the lives of departed ancestors. However, given their increasing denomination and huge popularity, the burning of hell money in the overworld may be leading to runaway hyperinflation in the underworld. In this episode, Erin and Casey speculate on the macroeconomic condition of the underworld, why Bitcoin may be the future of hell money, and sync a Bitcoin Core node.
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The Future of the Lightning Network (with Max Webster)
Max Webster from Hivemind Ventures joins us to talk lightning network investing, how to disrupt Google, the future of lightning network social media, and of course, vibes.
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Capitalism: Is This The Best We Can Do?
After months of preparation (drunken arguments at bars, intensive costume selection), Casey and Erin are finally debating Capitalism. We discuss the definition of Capitalism, Anarchism vs. Capitalism vs. Anti-Government, spiritual Capitalism and the emptiness of modern life, what the Anti-Capitalist movement really wants, and of course: the distinction between Fiat-Capitalism and Bitcoin-Capitalism.
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The Ethereum Merge and Conspiratorial Thinking (with Mark Goodwin)
The Ethereum merge? More like the Ethereum DIRGE! Today we have Mark Goodwin, editor of the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine. The conversation is deranged, which is par for the course for all our conversations with Mark, and we are HERE FOR IT. We talk the Ethereum merge, the media, Epstein, rationalist cults and their stablecoin spin offs, energy, cars twerking, and how to survive the coming collapse.
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Grassroots Bitcoin and Pleb Life (with Car González!)
Car González is a bitcoiner, producer of Tales From From The Crypt and Rabbit Hole Recap, co-founder of Austin Pleb Lab, and all around great guy. We talk grassroots bitcoin, pleb life, building community, and the Austin bitcoin scene.
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The Bitcoin Board Game, Meetups, and Bitcoin Magazine (with Craig Deutsch!)
Today we bring you a conversation with Craig Deutsch, recorded at BitBlockBoom!, the premier Bitcoin maxi conference / sausage fest. Craig organizes the Asheville, NC Bitcoin meetup, is working on a Bitcoin board game, and is an editor at Bitcoin Magazine, having retooled after a pre-pandemic career as a teacher.
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Ordinal Theory Explained: Satoshi Serial Numbers and NFTs on Bitcoin
In this episode we dive into… ordinals! Ordinal numbers are serial numbers for satoshi. Every satoshi, which is ¹⁄₁₀₀₀₀₀₀₀₀ of a bitcoin, has an ordinal, and every ordinal has a satoshi. Ordinals are Casey's somewhat crazed project to bring collectable sats, and eventually, digital art and NFTs, to Bitcoin. Strap in, because it's a bewildering ride through a sat bazaar, redolent with the smell of rare and exotic ordinals.
For an intro to ordinal theory, check out this blog post: https://rodarmor.com/blog/ordinal-theory/
You can play with the ordinal block explorer here: https://ordinals.com
A live version of the Bitcoin clock is here: https://ordinals.com/clock
Ordinal theorists congregate on the discord: https://discord.com/invite/87cjuz4FYg
The block explorer and ordinal wallet is open source and developed on GitHub: https://github.com/casey/ord
How to Feel Sane When Everything is Crazy: Tornado Cash, the Ethereum Merge, etc.
This week, Erin and Casey bring you a grab bag of Bitcoin-related topics - Tornado Cash crackdown, the upcoming Ethereum merge, and community college micro economics:
- Tornado Cash crackdown and why the government has yet to crack down on Bitcoin
- The Ethereum merge, and why Casey originally thought it was a long-term liability, but now might also turn out to be a short-term liability.
- How to feel sane when everything is crazy. Especially relevant for Bitcoiners.
- Why a community college micro economics course taught by a retired Shell oil exec (shout out to V. Lee Prescott!) had a lasting impact on Casey's world view.
- And more!
Searching for the Soul of America (with @CaptainSiddh)
Sidd drove his motorcycle across America hitting up Bitcoin meetups around the country, discovering the soul of American Bitcoin culture. He joins us at the end of his road trip to discuss the American political divide, Bitcoin culture across America, and what qualities make a Bitcoiner. Follow Sidd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaptainSiddh
The Lightning Network Explained (with Craft Supplies)
This week Casey and Erin break down how the Bitcoin Lightning Network works using craft supplies. Channels, preimages, onions, and more!
Hyperbitcoinization (feat. CK)
This week Casey and Erin are joined by special guest CK, general manager of Bitcoin Magazine, and quite possibly the most bullish person in Bitcoin. Most people are not bullish enough by multiple orders of magnitude, but CK is only not bullish enough by one order of magnitude. We talk hyperbitcoinization, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Crypto is Trash
This week Casey and Erin talk about the wild world of Crypto, a.k.a. everything that's not Bitcoin. They dive into the early history of Bitcoin, early altcoins, the ICO boom, defi, NFTs, crypto psychology, and dig into a host of different projects, including Ethereum, Monero, Cardano, Solana, and more.
The Astrology of Bitcoin
Erin gives Casey a lowdown on the astrology of Bitcoin, including a breakdown of the current astrological cycles, Bitcoin's natal chart, and the Pluto return of the USA. Plus, Casey gets a natal chart reading and goes from astrology skeptic to believer.
Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism
Erin has returned from Europe and we're back with another episode! This week, Erin and Casey have a wide ranging conversation, touching on the fall of Rome, new gods versus old, the energetics of the Large Hadron Collider, and of course, Bitcoin Maximalism.
Craft Store Bitcoin: Demystifying the UTXO Set
As Casey has alluded to before, Bitcoin is really just a big pile of coins. This big pile of coins is called, in less colorful language, the UTXO set. Casey is finally making good on his threat to explain the UTXO set to Erin, using a big bag of craft store supplies as props.
Isabel Foxen Duke: Money for the People
Casey and Erin welcome Isabel Foxen Duke to the podcast to discuss how bitcoin synergizes with left and progressive causes.
#3 Bitcoin Mining and Energy Use
Casey and Erin mull and opine regarding Bitcoin mining and energy consumption, and the karmic energetics of nuclear power.
#2 Inflation
With inflation ramping up, Casey and Erin discuss rising prices, where money comes from, gold, and why they can't just print more bitcoin.
#1 The Bitcoin Whitepaper
On October 28, 2008, a PDF was published that challenged everything we thought we knew about money. In this video Casey and Erin discuss how they discovered bitcoin, the social and economic climate at the time the whitepaper was released, and the system that the whitepaper describes.