Happy Halloween and Happy Bitcoin White Paper Day! On October 31st, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto changed the world forever by publishing the Bitcoin white paper. Today, we celebrate SEVENTEEN YEARS of the most revolutionary financial protocol in human history!

Join host Anna for this special anniversary episode as we dive deep into Bitcoin's incredible journey from a nine-page PDF to a $2.1 TRILLION asset class that's reshaping global finance.

WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE:

CURRENT MARKET STATUS: Bitcoin is trading at $107,529 with a $2.1 trillion market cap! We break down the October performance, the recent correction from $126K all-time highs, and why Bitcoin dominance at 57.4% proves it's the only crypto that matters.

INSTITUTIONAL TSUNAMI: BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust has accumulated nearly $100 BILLION in assets—the most successful ETF launch in HISTORY! We discuss total 2025 ETF inflows of $6.96 billion, record daily inflows of $1.38 billion post-election, and how institutions now hold 10% of Bitcoin's entire supply.

CORPORATE ADOPTION: MicroStrategy continues stacking, Oracle allocated 5% of treasury to Bitcoin, Ford Motor Company became the first major automaker to add BTC to their balance sheet, and Prudential Financial dropped $1.2 billion into Bitcoin. The smartest money on earth is HODLing!

TRUMP'S REGULATORY REVOLUTION: Complete regulatory clarity in the United States! President Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve—the U.S. government is HODLing 207,000 Bitcoin worth $17 billion as a strategic asset! We break down the appointment of David Sacks as Crypto Czar, the GENIUS Act for stablecoin regulation, and how the SEC did a complete 180 under new leadership.

MINING AND THE HALVING: The April 2024 halving reshaped the mining landscape, yet Bitcoin's hash rate hit all-time highs of 831 exahashes per second! Learn how the supply squeeze is intensifying and why the next halving in 2028 will coincide with peak institutional FOMO.

THE SUPPLY SHOCK: Analyst estimates suggest 2-3% institutional allocation could generate $3-4 TRILLION in Bitcoin demand while miners will only produce 700,000 new Bitcoin over six years—a 40-to-1 supply-demand imbalance! This is the most predictable supply shock in financial history.

ALTCOIN ROAST SEGMENT: Our fan-favorite segment where we expose why Ethereum's "world computer" costs $50 per transaction, why Solana shuts down more than a government office in a snowstorm, why XRP is centralized banker coin, and why NONE of these projects can compete with Bitcoin's decentralization, security, and immutable monetary policy.

THE HALLOWEEN CONNECTION: Why did Satoshi choose October 31st? We explore the symbolism—Martin Luther's 95 Theses launched the Protestant Reformation on Halloween 1517, and Bitcoin's white paper launched the Monetary Reformation on Halloween 2008! Plus, the white paper dropped just TWO WEEKS after the $700 billion bank bailout. Perfect timing!

SEVENTEEN YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT: Never been hacked at the protocol level, 99.99% uptime, processed hundreds of millions of transactions, secured trillions in value, and operated 24/7/365 without a CEO or headquarters. Meanwhile, how many altcoins from 2008 still exist? ZERO!

This episode is packed with data, passion, and Bitcoin maximalist energy! Whether you're a seasoned HODLer or new to Bitcoin, you'll walk away understanding why Bitcoin has survived and thrived for seventeen years while every altcoin remains a distraction from the hardest money humanity has ever known.

Happy Bitcoin White Paper Day! Stay sovereign, stay humble, and STACK SATS!

See you on the next block!