Satoshi's Plebs

👋 Hello Nostr 💜, the 243rd episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 243: Multisig: Don’t Trust Yourself With One Key This week @Kenshin 🥷 and @McIntosh break down Bitcoin multisig: what it is, why it exists, and how it reduces single points of failure in self-custody. They walk through common setups (1-of-2, 2-of-2, 2-of-3, 3-of-5), why complexity is both a feature and a risk, and best practices like geographic distribution, avoiding single-vendor signer risk, and testing recovery before you commit meaningful funds. The guys also touch on the rise of AI “agent” tooling (and why you should be careful with security/permissions), then close with market/news items including Helix mixer seizure headlines, state-level Bitcoin reserve chatter, current BTC price levels, and mining stats (difficulty adjustment / blocks behind). 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Feb 3rd, 2026: $74,790 USD | 63,500 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 934,890 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-243 Music Credits Joe Martin - Empty Passenger Seat #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #GN #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs

👋 Hello Nostr 💜, the 242nd episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 242: Bitcoin is for the Unbanked: When Banks Fail, Bitcoin Works In Episode 242 of Satoshi’s Plebs, @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh talk through how Bitcoin serves the unbanked—people with little or no access to traditional banking due to geography, documentation, KYC/AML barriers, profit-driven gatekeeping, political targeting, and capital controls. They frame Bitcoin’s core advantage as permissionless access: it doesn’t care who you are or where you live—only whether you control your keys. They keep it honest by covering the hurdles too: education, infrastructure, custody risks, and volatility. The episode closes with a dignity-focused point: giving someone in a remote village the ability to securely save and transact can change their long-term outlook and put them on a more level playing field globally. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Jan 28th, 2026: $88,981 USD | 74,466 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 934,115 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-241 Music Credits Joe Martin - Empty Passenger Seat #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #GN #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs

👋 Hello Nostr 💜, the 241st episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 241: Do You Have a Long Term View? Episode 241 is a “look back to look forward” kind of conversation: @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh talk through a rough week, the grind of finishing projects, and the mental toll of doom-and-gloom news cycles—then deliberately pivot to a more optimistic, long-term lens. McIntosh also shares early progress on a new open-source side project: a Nostr-powered, end-to-end encrypted “email-like” messaging concept that adds tiny Satoshi payments to discourage spam and compensate the servers relaying/storing messages. From there, the episode zooms out into Bitcoin perspective. Using their own episode archive as a timeline, they revisit key moments from 2021–2022 to underline the core message: ignore the panic, keep a low time preference, and DCA—especially when sentiment is bleak. They close with the usual metrics (price, market caps, hash rate/difficulty notes, halving countdown), a listener boost, and a reminder to support the show via value-for-value and reviews. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Jan 20th, 2026: $89,800 USD | 76,500 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 933,128 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-241 Music Credits Joe Martin - Empty Passenger Seat #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #GN #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs

👋 Hello Nostr 💜, the 240th episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 240: Still Running Bitcoin Episode 240 is a wide-ranging catch-up that turns into a love letter to “running Bitcoin”. @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh swap life updates (including Kenshin’s push to launch a new project and McIntosh’s experiments with ChatGPT/Codex), then McIntosh shares a big workflow win: an automated script that pulls episode data straight from the RSS feed to generate the show’s episode pages—turning a manual, repetitive task into a quick, repeatable process. From there, the conversation pivots into Bitcoin history and self-sovereignty, using Hal Finney’s famous “Running Bitcoin” post as the jumping-off point. They break down why nodes matter, what it means to run one (including Bitcoin Core vs. Knots, Electrum indexing, and Tor vs. clearnet), and compare their own setups—StartOS, DIY server setups, and newer projects like Nirvati/Yantra. They close with news and notes on Europe’s push toward a digital euro and tightening “travel rule” compliance, plus examples of Bitcoin and decentralized communication tools being used amid censorship and unrest—reinforcing the episode’s core theme: running your own infrastructure is how you reclaim privacy, resilience, and freedom. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Jan 13th, 2025: $94,180 USD | 80,800 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 932,159 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-240 Music Credits Joe Martin - Empty Passenger Seat #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #GN #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs

👋 GM Nostr 💜, the 239th episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 239: 2026 Outlook: Bear Market or Bull Run? In this first episode for 2026, @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh return after a two-week holiday break to discuss their predictions for 2026. They commemorate the 17th anniversary of Bitcoin’s Genesis block (January 3, 2009) and discuss the upcoming anniversary of the first Bitcoin transaction to Hal Finney. Kenshin surprises by flipping bullish for 2026 despite his previous bearish stance, while both hosts share personal goals including potential career changes. They cover Bitcoin Core bugs, Ledger security breaches, and debate whether the four-year cycle pattern will finally break. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Jan 6th, 2025: $91,180 USD | 78,000 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 931,313 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-239 Music Credits My Favorite Band - Racer Wide Number Two #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #GN #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs

👋 Hello Nostr 💜, the 236th episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 236: The Fed’s Chairman Speaks - Does Bitcoin Care? In this episode of Satoshi’s Plebs, @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh react to the Federal Reserve’s latest quarter-point rate cut and discuss its implications for Bitcoin. They explore the broader economic landscape, including concerns about AI’s impact on employment and the economy, the potential for an AI bubble, and what various economic scenarios could mean for Bitcoin’s future. The hosts also touch on the challenges of monetary policy, inflation targets, and housing markets in both the US and Sweden. They wrap up with updates on Bitcoin mining hardware, open-source development opportunities, and current market metrics. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Dec 10th, 2025: $92,860 USD | 79,500 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 927,308 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-236 News and Resources MicroBT Launches the Whatsminer M70 Series:

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👋 GM Nostr 💜, the 235th episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 235: Play Fiat Games and Win Fiat Prizes In this episode of Satoshi’s Plebs, @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh explore the dangerous world of “fiat games” and their consequences across global markets. They discuss Cardano’s spectacular collapse after an AI-assisted coding error split the blockchain, triggering FBI involvement, and celebrate Texas becoming the first US state to actually purchase Bitcoin with $5M in iBit ETF. The Federal Reserve’s pivot back to quantitative easing with a liquidity injection draws parallels to COVID-era money printing that launched Bitcoin from $3,800 to $29,000. The Japan carry trade unwind takes center stage as rising interest rates force massive deleveraging, with Bitcoin serving as the “canary in coal mine” through overnight liquidations. The episode explores Austrian versus Keynesian economics and sobering statistics from

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showing how abandoning the gold standard distorted everything from housing affordability (average first-time buyer now age 40) to soup prices—proving that playing fiat games only wins you fiat prizes. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Dec 4th, 2024: $92,800 USD | 79,500 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 926,308 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-235 News and Resources

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Happy Thanksgiving 💜 Nostr, the 234rd episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 234: Thankful for Bitcoin 🧡 In this Thanksgiving-themed episode of Satoshi’s Plebs, @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh discuss what they’re thankful for regarding Bitcoin. They reflect on their gratitude lists from the previous year and share new perspectives, including appreciation for Bitcoin’s educational value in economics, its ability to encourage long-term thinking, and the growing possibility of it becoming a neutral global reserve currency. They also discuss local Bitcoin meetups, recent market volatility showing over 8% of Bitcoin moving in the last seven days, and current price action following a significant draw down from October’s all-time high. The hosts debate whether Bitcoin remains in a bull market or has entered a bear phase, with differing perspectives on what patterns suggest for the future. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Nov 5th, 2025: $86,800 USD | 74,900 Euro Block Height at Time of Recording 925,159 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-234 Music Credits Joe Martin - The Jetsons #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs #thanksgiving #thankful

👋 GM Nostr, the 232nd episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 232: The Quantum Leap In this episode of Satoshi's Plebs, @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh explore whether quantum computing poses a real threat to Bitcoin. They discuss findings from the Presidio Bitcoin Quantum Summit, where experts' concern about cryptographically relevant quantum computers arriving within 5-20 years increased after the event. However, the hosts emphasize this is not an imminent threat—current quantum computers are extremely expensive, error-prone, and nowhere near capable of breaking Bitcoin's cryptography. Solutions like BIP 360 are already being proposed to implement quantum-resistant algorithms when needed. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording Nov 5th, 2025: $104,436 USD | 90,800 euro Block Height at Time of Recording 922,362 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-232 Music Credits Joe Martin The Jetsons #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs

👋 GM Nostr, the 231st episode of Satoshi’s Plebs podcast is out now! Episode 231: Where Do We Go From Here? In this episode of Satoshi’s Plebs, @Kenshin 🥷 & @McIntosh have an honest conversation about the podcast’s sustainability and future direction. After over four years of producing content, they discuss the challenges of maintaining a value-for-value podcast and share their plans to improve the show through better audio quality, enhanced content, and potentially bringing in sponsors while maintaining their ethical standards. The hosts outline their timeline and goals for growth, ask for listener feedback on proposed improvements, and emphasize their commitment to serving the Bitcoin community. They also cover the current Bitcoin price sitting at $106,885 and revisit the discussion about market cycles and potential patterns that may indicate where we are in the current cycle. 🔊 Listen and boost us on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/Ad0jCESW2B7R17uDQ1ki 🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://episodes.fm/1582341312 📜 See our back catalogue: satoshis-plebs.com/episodes Resources:

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Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording October 30th, 2025: $106,885 USD | 92,200 euro Block Height at Time of Recording 921,516 Episode Page https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-231 Music Credits Joe Martin - The Jetsons #Bitcoin #podcast #v4v #value4value #GM #Nostr #plebchain #plebs #grownostr #satoshisplebs