ONE of the subjects Car Gonzalez and I touch on this time around is the weekly mining party we host at Rigly.
The Pleblab CEO asked me about that block we found on June 27—#955,703. (I am a human using an em dash here, GFY).
I released two episodes with my friend Car this week. One was a mircodose for your detox. It’s from a conversation we had last time about the agentic future. I figure, if nothing else, utilizing AI tools has helped me detox off manual work. It’s no secret Bitcoiners LOVE AI; we’re early adopters, after all. Bitcoin mining and AI go together like peas and carrots. I’m preaching to the choir, so perhaps there’s no need for detox with that. But it’s a killer 7-minute conversation you can pick up here.
This week, I’ve released a new conversation with Car in which we discuss all manner of things Bitcoin builders will love, like the upcoming Pleblab Startup Rodeo in Austin, Texas!
More of what we talked about this time on Radio Detox
The agentic future of Bitcoin: why you re-released that segment from Car’s July episode
Finding balance in Bitcoin: burnout, stepping back from conferences, and using the bear market to reset
Innovations in Bitcoin mining: Rigly’s weekly Block Party and pooling hash rate to win blocks against the big corporate pools
Cultural differences in Bitcoin adoption: Mexico versus the U.S., and the political baggage Bitcoin carries in the States
The Pleblab Startup Rodeo in Austin: moving away from pitch decks toward showing real work and features
AI and Bitcoin working together: why new systems and protocols are needed for both to scale
The future of digital payments: AI agents with their own wallets, Shopify accepting agentic payments, and x402
Nostr’s evolution and challenges: its early promise, how the community changed, outside influences, and shifting motivations
Freedom tech and user engagement: why mainstream users haven’t adopted it
Nostr’s future: whether it’s one great app away from coming back
Personal growth and recovery: sobriety, addiction, and the role of community
Staying busy and productive: why you both always have projects going
New ventures: Pleblab expanding to San Antonio and Car’s VC lab
Finding purpose and community in Bitcoin, entrepreneurship, and recovery
ICYMI, I interviewed Right Said Fred Over Summer!
Spoiler alert: They are NOT Bitcoiners.
They did put their music on Fountain Podcasts, which is awesome. However, they are still learning about “cRyPt0.” They can do this and be out and open about it because they are independent artists. We’re still in an age where Bitcoin is early and misunderstood, which leaves artists on labels…beholden to following labels’ orders.
When you can do what you want, you can accept Bitcoin payments for your work.
Of course, on this week’s episode with Car, I point out how I think this matters less since I can just take a Square payment and have a portion of it auto-converted to Bitcoin anyway.
Join me next week, when I try to orange pill my brother and get him to take Bitcoin payments at his hot sauce company!