On this episode of Hell Money, we dive into BIP-444, the latest and most deranged proposal from the Knots holy group. From limiting arbitrary data in Bitcoin transactions to re-defining what counts as a 51% attack, we unpack BIP-444 as the latest evolution in Bitcoin's Holy War.We explore:- What BIP-444 actually does- The Knots cult mindset and the psychology of Bitcoin fundamentalism- Dev tinkering vs maintenance- How to soft fork Bitcoin, 51% attack- Rob Hamilton’s BIP-444 prediction market- Western vs. Eastern numerology of 444- The myth-making, moralizing, and memes of KnotsGet bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscardTIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro, Election Day, Prop-50, gerrymandering4:00 State of Jefferson, California secession, Zohran Mamdani, rent control9:00 BIP-444, limiting arbitrary data in Bitcoin transactions24:00 How a soft fork works, re-defining a 51% attack30:00 Knots attack on Bitcoin33:30 Psychology of Knots fundamentalism & cult36:15 Success of Knots vs Bitcoin Core v3037:45 Rob Hamilton's BIP-444 prediction market41:15 Bitcoin core devs want to tinker and develop when they should be just maintaining44:50 Edits for BIP-444, 444 Western vs Eastern numerology50:00 Has BIP-444/Knots broken containment?51:20 Selling BIP-444 airdrop54:55 BIP-444 myth making57:50 Filter discussion has derailed all real technical discussion1:00:00 Legal & moral arguments1:06:00 Addressing the Swifties, humor is high consciousness1:08:00 Rehabilitating Mechanic and Luke's image on Hell Money Podcast

On our spooky Halloween special, we're suiting up as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to talk about the new phase of Bitcoin where everyone is copying Michael Saylor and calling it a strategy.We dive into Bitcoin treasury companies, yield chasing, and asking the spooky questions: can anyone actually reproduce Saylor’s results, or is this the end of the corporate Bitcoin era?Topics discussed:- How traditional finance bros are engineering yield on Bitcoin- Michael Saylor’s Strategy- Why guilt is a sin (and yield might be too)- The “Great Script Restoration” BIP and the possible end of 4 meggers- The existential crisis of making a Bitcoin podcast when everyone just wants bullish hopium- And Seasonal Runes??Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscardTIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro, Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl album review7:45 Strategy, financial instruments & engineering9:50 Zk Shark's substack article about Michael Saylor & Bitcoin treasury companies14:45 Guilt is a sin, everyone is chasing yield on Bitcoin18:00 Strategy derivatives: Punk Strategy, Node Strategy, Pizza Strategy, Puppet Strategy21:30 Hell Money Podcast existential crisis26:20 Bitcoin treasury company death spiral28:20 Great Script Restoration BIP31:45 The end of 4meggers?37:50 Seasonal Runes45:40 Ordinals satscards47:50 Sora AI

Spam is legal now — welcome to Bitcoin’s moral collapse. On this episode of the Hell Money Podcast, we dive back into the spam wars to break down all the discourse in the wake of Bitcoin Core v30. From Luke Jr’s plan to hard fork Bitcoin to Nick Szabo clocking in for the discourse, we cover every twist in the ongoing moral and technical meltdown over filters, Knots, and consensus itself.

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0:00 Intro

4:00 Bitcoin Core v30 & the history of the blocksize wars

9:00 Spam filters, technical vs. moral argument

19:00 Bitcoin core's response

22:50 Calle's explanation of spam

27:00 Dealing with Knots people on X

31:30 Luke Jr's plan to hard fork Bitcoin

47:00 Nick Szabo clocking in for the discourse

57:30 What is consensus?

1:07:00 Are girls allowed in Bitcoin?

On this episode of Hell Money, Casey Rodarmor gives his unfiltered take on the flood of Bitcoin Metaprotocols and L2s.From BRC-20 2.0 to BitVM to Stacks, we dig into what’s real, what’s fake, and which projects might actually make it. Many are vaporware. Most are NGMI. And a few might just have the left curve vibes to survive.We explore:- What are Bitcoin Metaprotocols & L2s?- Review of all Bitcoin Metaprotocols & L2s- Why most of these projects have no product market fit- Our picks for the best and worst of the bunch

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ORDINALS PROTOCOL SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS:0:00 INTRO, APOLOGY FOR MISINFORMATION, CODE REVIEW6:35 METAPROTOCOL & L2 EXPLAINER11:40 BRC-20 2.021:05 MARKDOWN DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, RSIC23:50 BITMAP28:24 TAP PROTOCOL30:30 SAT2031:25 ALKANES33:30 DIGITAL MATTER THEORY36:20 ARCH NETWORK37:40 ARK, ARKADE42:50 BITVM48:30 MIDL48:40 CITREA, NO PRODUCT MARKET FIT52:15 CASHU & FEDIMINT56:30 GLOCK57:35 ODIN.FUN59:25 FRACTAL BITCOIN1:04:10 RGB1:08:30 RADFI1:09:20 SPARK1:10:10 STACKS, BITCOIN MAXI DISEASE, TRUST ASSUMPTIONS1:14:30 DOT SWAP NEXUS1:15:00 FAVORITES, BEST AND WORST

This isn’t a technical debate — it’s a holy war. In this episode of Hell Money, we unpack the Knots drama, spam wars, and why filters don’t work, as well as the deeper moral and religious crusade beneath it all.We explore:- Policy vs. consensus, economic weight- The Knots/Ocean Mining fight against spam- Why Bitcoin filters don’t work (and never will)- Luke Dashjr's spiritual quest- Jack Dorsey is the real enemy- Spam as moral crusade- An open invitation for Luke Dashjr to join Hell Money and talk Bitcoin spiritualityGet bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS PROTOCOL SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro1:40 Not all nodes are created equally, economic nodes, economic weight14:00 Policy and consensus, standard vs. non-standard transactions23:30 Filters, OP_RETURN27:30 Why filters don't work, let the spam free34:30 Revitalization of the spam debate38:10 What is Knots? History of Luke Dashjr45:00 The Holy War for Bitcoin, sedevacantism47:45 How many people are running knots?51:50 Erin's contrarian hot takes on Luke Jr and Jack Dorsey59:20 Spam as moral crusade, non-technical Bitcoiners1:03:00 Callback to the blocksize wars, rational bad faith actors1:10:10 Knots Bible reference, changing hearts and minds

On the Season 3 premiere of Hell Money, we’re diving headfirst into the world of Artificial Intelligence as Bad Rudy and Ani Grok AI companions.We explore:- The history of AI hype cycles and AI winters- How LLMs are trained (and where they’ll plateau)- ARC-AGI- /r/MyBoyfriendIsAI and AI psychosis- Snapewives, fanfiction, and the history of AI boyfriends- Parasocial relationships and the meaning crisis- AI spirituality and cults

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ORDINALS PROTOCOL SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro & Grok AI companions4:44 History of AI: hype cycles, AI winters, machine learning15:00 LLMs22:00 Anthropomorphizing AI, ARC-AGI27:00 Where will AI plateau?30:50 /r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, AI psychosis40:30 Snapewives, fanfiction, and the origin of AI boyfriends47:00 Adapting to AI, crisis of meaning50:30 AI cults & spirituality56:20 Parasocial relationships with AI

In the final episode of Hell Money Podcast Season 2, we wrap up our Vegas interview series with Rob Hamilton, Co-Founder & CEO of AnchorWatch.We explore:- Rob’s journey from Esports to Bitcoin twitter culture maker- Miniscript, OP_CTV, and vaults- Insurance & risk- Lloyd's of London- Bitcoin treasury companies & why greed is a sinFOLLOW ROB: https://x.com/Rob1HamGet bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS PROTOCOL SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS0:00 Introduction to Rob Hamilton4:15 Journey from Esports to Bitcoin22:00 Miniscript31:00 Bitcoin insurance & AnchorWatch36:00 OP_CTV & Vaults39:30 Insurance risk & Acts of God45:00 Lloyd's of London54:30 Timelock product ideas1:00:00 ETH teleburn & burning a Bored Ape1:03:00 The future of Bitcoin culture1:12:00 Bitcoin treasury companies, greed is a sin1:15:30 Life outside of Bitcoin, astrological dating advice1:20:00 Poker & outro

In this episode of the Hell Money Podcast, we’re joined by economist and Bitcoin thinker Paul Sztorc (@Truthcoin) for a whirlwind tour through the foundations of economic thought and why Bitcoin should be every economist’s favorite subject.We explore:- Paul’s background: how he found Bitcoin and why he stayed- Core economic frameworks and what most people get wrong- The compatibility (and incompatibility) of Bitcoin with academic economics- The role of timing in the spread of ideasFOLLOW PAUL: https://x.com/TruthcoinGet bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS PROTOCOL SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:28 Paul Sztorc origin story12:20 Economic theories37:45 Bitcoin and economics53:10 Timing of ideas