The Bitcoin Awakening with John Vallis

[@Luke-cj7gz]

He's so right. Nihilism, despair, not taking care of yourself... and then you find Bitcoin and you realise things can get much better.

[@demelzahays7928]

Director of Research at Cointelegraph here, thank you for the video Peter. I got goosebumps listening to this brilliant discussion. Bitcoin is sound money, and a sound money monetary system allows each individual to feel empowered and responsible for themselves. When the government takes away our power to make decisions, we never get the opportunity to feel dignity. Dignity comes from being proud of our past decisions and feeling confidence in making new decisions. Providing for ourselves and our families and feeling proud of our ability to do so has been robbed by the victim mentality that the government has perpetuated in order to justify their never ended growth in the government’s reach since we left the gold standard. Thank you John Vallis for your article on what is freedom.

[@stefanolo2]

I think John Vallis is one of the sharpest thinkers in the bitcoin community.

[@electricswine1]

Just when I thought I was nearing the bottom of my BTC "rabbit hole" it got way, way, deeper. Thank you WBD, for keeping me humble.

[@No.Name.Mzansi]

A conversation about spirituality and money is always a good thing and highly appreciated 💯. 👍

[@12th-House]

What a wonderfull interview. My own view on truth, wisdom, psychadelics, freedom, bitcoin and a shot at a next level civilization is pretty much confirmed with a lot of room for more. John is ahead of most people and his worldview is worth paying attention to. thx Peter !

[@matthewshafer3970]

thanks for introducing me to John Vallis. appreciated the deep discussion

[@goldbrick2751]

Excellent today, I really love all that was said. Keep up the good work Peter and John.

[@nickwellington981]

Thanks Peter. You are my Joe Rogan in the Bitcoin-Space.

[@OgFurious1]

Freedom is your ability to express or enact your Will in this world without being met with an unreasonable amount of friction in the process.

[@spiritvineretreats]

I agree with John about personal responsibility and the importance to work on becoming more conscious and help bring more conscious to this world

[@roger9000]

John frikken rocks 🤘the best person thats been on show

[@pleblira]

This is a masterpiece. Thank you

[@lurox5183]

Does John Vallis train in BJJ? I am half way through the podcast but as a bjj brown belt and bitcoiner, a lot of his opinions and beliefs seem in line with a bjj practitioner and someone who has learned to banish their ego! Thanks for introducing me to John, i will look forward to listening to more of his stuff!

[@Luke-cj7gz]

Vallis is awesome

[@JettGunther]

Could someone please link to the articles mentioned in this video? Thanks a lot!

[@miroslavvysny4461]

Please, what is the name of the philosopher you are talking about after 24:00? Automatic transcript is not working for the name.

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

Jiddu Krishnamurti

[@miroslavvysny4461]

@@MrObnoxiousPod Thank you very much!

[@twessels1234]

Mr. Vallis is well spoken. Particularly enjoyed his words on Ayahuasca.

[@anandasama]

Peter keeping distance like Putin.

[@Maxi86inAction]

Table is getting longer and longer

[@alex_pasquini]

Petin

[@TheRealDerekS]

you guys are truly awesome

[@mark0365]

Great guest!

[@theskintones]

Thanks Peter, very philosophical. You eluded to a great essay by Gigi, but did not reference it, could you please give us the link, I think Gigi is great !

[@jonsmith6605]

I agree...making stories with people....being creative with people...acting in a way that your story touches others ..with people who are not you..or are different from you..otherwise your work may not change social spaces...

[@TorupHodl]

Proof of Work is Truth-!

[@thatbendude8170]

This is a good one

[@dannybitcoin116]

Once you have freedom it is our responsibility to give freedom to others….

[@JamesSchenck]

I remain on the fence regarding security. I think I agree that bc is much more difficult for an "authority" to confiscate, and I think agree private keys are mathematically unfeasible to hack. But why can't a "mining" operation be directed to find any wallet? Not a specific wallet, but any wallet? Seems like the as # of wallets ( and private keywords) are created the more of a pool and hence the more tempting to "fish" in it. I assume there is a good answer for this I have just not heard this discussed. Thanks for the great discussions and content.

[@ScottSheppardTheWombat]

Yeah, this is one of those fringe type questions. The answer is that it's probably possible, but it's more economically rewarding to just mine Bitcoin. So why waste your resources looking for someone's wallet when you could earn $180,000+ for mining honestly.

[@BS-jh1ug]

Please have a guest on for a larger talk on psychedelics

[@glenallan6279]

Collectivism works extremely well, just not at scale. We evolved to live within Dunbar's number where the tribe created the culture as they lived. The living culture at this level did not codify the oppression of law, as law was created by all the people interdependently feeding back on every other person. The "collective" was the governance of the people. Collectivism under scale, especially under statism, is a nightmare. But it isn't the only form of collectivism.

[@flyingisawol]

brilliant

[@JeDxDeVu]

I love how it looks like he just walked off the beach ⛱️ 😄

[@RONIN_SATS]

We are so early that we are incapable of seeing everything possible with Bitcoin and the Bitcoin Network. One thing that doesn't yet exist will be built / done with Bitcoin. Then someone else will build on that. Now there are 2 new things that exist. This cycle feeds on itself. Bitcoin 20 years from now will be seen vastly different that we see it today. As our understanding increases and evolves more will be possible. We are so early. This is not just some cliche statement, it is a fact. Bitcoin is only 13 years old. Bitcoin is capable of so many things. So many that we cannot yet fathom. But if Bitcoin only does just one thing - be sound money - that is enough. Sound money alone is enough to change the world. This shows how powerful this network will be. The importance and magnitude cannot be overstated. Bitcoin will be woven into our daily lives on a base level. It will be utility. These are the early days. Very exciting times my friend.

[@21M..AgeOfTruth]

Absolutely 💯 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWqsc2aXjNlmjdk

[@Gianni21M]

Love the pod, but wtf is that table.

[@Confusione_Infinito_Absurdum]

I think the earliest religion was the unifying concept that allowed us to peacefully organize into larger groups than the hominids (such as Neanderthals) with which we used to compete.

[@dek2000utube]

John's words are poetry like the finger pointing at the Moon

[@Vgray-214]

Peter, does it make a lot of sense to put out one of the most successful bitcoin podcasts out there, that more and more people are coming to for education, to then discuss your and/or others’ use of hallucinogenic drugs? Your show man but not sure that helps the movement or the message. Or maybe you guys can explain it’s connection to bitcoin that should want us to buy more bitcoin? Or maybe you will get the opposite effect. Don’t know.

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

A conversations goes where a conversations goes.

[@Vgray-214]

@@MrObnoxiousPod ok man. Just want what’s best for you. By the way, Chipotle now accepting Bitcoin, thanks to the Flexa Network. PLEASE sit down and have Tyler Spalding on your podcast. You won’t regret it

[@bradheath4927]

Thanks for your show; I'm a long time listener. I notice that you explore many topics that have been debated for centuries, yet often no consideration is given to how those topics were addressed by those who came before us. It feels like you and your guests are often reinventing the wheel and dismissing or ignoring the insights and formulations of previous generations. Personally, I don't think that we (now living) are the best and brightest to have inhabited planet earth. We would do well to rediscover the wisdom of our predecessors. To do that we must read long dead authors.

[@dannybitcoin116]

Freedom…. The founders of the great experiment America had a few thoughts on this…. And I quote “Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.” “ freedom of life liberty and property” 🍊💊🌎

[@Meta4Monky]

More psychedelia please ❤

[@dek2000utube]

Imagine if John was Prez!

[@dannybitcoin116]

For most the The largest positive impact on freedom for others one can have is to support the bitcoin network a.k.a. acquire bitcoin….🍊💊🌎

[@ZoTrAcK]

Our ego is the problem, and bitcoin fixes that.

[@ryanbaileyboxing]

🙏🏾

[@9trogenta13]

John is in a whole different league than Peter.

[@toolegit2quit173]

Many of Peters guests are, it’s part of what makes him a good journalist: he’s humble enough to speak with people much more intellectual than himself.

[@sinysagna2593]

its not hard to be in a different league to someone who thinks its ok to violate peoples rights to freedom, property rights, and liberty.

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

Everyone I interview is

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

I don't think that so don't lie about me

[@kadeemk4679]

​@@MrObnoxiousPod I'm sure he's in the camp of Pro Gov=Statist Cuck

[@lambchoppa3718]

👏👏👏

[@thereseatmarsbeyond8806]

Please go back to the old thumb nail . It stead out. Your face is great but there's a lot of head shots and I'm finding I'm missing your podcasts. Cheers keep up the great interviews.

[@c.p.1090]

Peter allow your guests more time to talk after your questions.

[@BC-nl9ph]

Momentum in interviews is important. Watch and enjoy

[@BaconIsGood4You]

Political freedom and spiritual freedom are the same thing. They are both ego death - realizing you are a small piece in an unknowable universal whole.

[@aaronfield5446]

The man, they myth, the legend.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

Unfortunately, vastly more will continue to fall behind at an accelerating rate while just a small number find crypto changing their lives in any significant way. Most people can't afford a $500 emergency, much less put $500 a month into BTC. I'm accumulating what I can, but bitcoin would have to hit those truly astronomical levels we were hearing about last year for it to do anything stunning for me. And the more it goes up, the greater those multiples would have to be to make any difference in the life of a new buyer. A small few will get ahead, but the vast majority are highly unlikely to experience the positive effects we often think bitcoin will bring about. Heck, not even every millionaire will have a bitcoin, so the amount that the guy working at the corner grocery store can get will probably on average be something on the order of a tiny, tiny fraction.

[@sergiootero5904]

I'm up too early

[@Luke-cj7gz]

"Hodling is a form of fasting" 👍

[@VeganYeshua]

🔥💥🔥

[@drinks777]

Does someone delete all the negative comments from this channel?

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

No, only spam is deleted. Please review the comments in the Alex Epstein or Tuur Demeester shows, you will see plenty of negative comments.

[@jonsmith6605]

Fights and disagreements are not the same... As I said to s guy I was frying to work with recently...we should be able to disagree and still cooperate after... Identity politics...you are your standpoint these days... I am mgtow, I love bitcoin...I am not a feminist...I am still attracted to women physically, but very cautious.. these are because of laws and social group behaviour..I am trying to be myself..and I am prevented from working in certain spaces because I do not accept the climate change hypothesis at the moment .but that may change..I have two science degrees...but some people will not work with me because of my stories I tell...wierd

[@ordanumn7494]

Question for Peter Mccormack, if you don't want to give people the right to defend themselves and bear arms in Britain because y'all dont have a gun culture, why spread Bitcoin to people and countries that don't have Bitcoin culture?

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

You are conflating different things. I promote sound money not bitcoin culture.

[@oakgnarl5021]

What Does “Freedom” Mean? Is “freedom” a useful concept? Can a social environment be meaningfully described in terms of “freedom”? Spokesmen for the political-economic status quo assert that man is, in large measure, a “slave” of his environment and his personal limitations and thus is never really free. This implies that acts or threats of violence inflicted on one man by other men are no more oppressive than are the misfortunes and restrictions inflicted on man by his physical environment; that, for example, a state edict to pay taxes or be imprisoned is not fundamentally different from the biological need to obtain food or starve. If this view were correct, then freedom would be a sociological myth and all arguments for freedom would be empty phrases. A meaningful concept of freedom can not include immunity from natural phenomena. A man is obviously never “free” from the principles of gravity nor “free” from the necessity of sustaining his own life (so long as he chooses to live.) What is the significant difference between constraints imposed on a man by other human beings and the requirements of physical reality? Man’s physical environment is mechanistic; it is not volitional. Man’s ability to function within his environment is limited only by his intelligence and knowledge and by intrinsic physical properties of the environment. Man may choose to increase his knowledge and devise ingenious ways to overcome apparent environmental constraints. And the environment continues to function in a potentially predictable manner, devoid of conscious intent. Man possesses and may use intelligence to alter his environment but his physical environment has no intelligent purpose to oppose man. In contrast, constraints imposed on a man by other men can be the result of conscious, calculated, volitional intent. Purposeful attempts by a victim of force to regain his freedom can be opposed and negated by the purposeful counteractions of the coercers. Men bent on the forceful imposition of their demands can be a vastly more serious threat, a vastly more severe restriction on human action than are the non-reasoning forces of nature. For this reason “freedom”, defined as the absence of physical force initiated by intelligent beings, is a meaningful concept. “Freedom” is a vital component of human effectiveness and fulfillment. (from LIBERAL INNOVATOR, volume 1, number 4, May 1964) excerpted from: VONU - The Search For Personal Freedom by Rayo

[@P__114]

I’m a Bitcoin fan, but the comments on this video are a bit too cultish for my liking…

[@alanalves8991]

John Vallis' great legs.

[@semasiologistics]

Some insight: Freedom doesn't exist. It's an illusion. Total illusion. All the way down to freedom of the wills, and all the way up to political and more advanced notions of freedom. There is access, that's true. But never will you find anything in life without conditions, nor consequences. I.e. since no alleged free thing is without both, nothing is free. In fact it's specifically because there is only conflict that we adapt. That we have eyes, ears, countries, etc. Conflict is everything. The crimes of the world revolve around people who pretend like consequences aren't real, or who overlook conditions. The American pretty much said it in another way, and did use the verb to access. That is the real magic in life. Access. Doing. But not freedom. Freedom is one of the biggest myths of all time. "Without constraints" makes no sense. Nothing is without constraints, regardless of how negligible those constraints may at first seem.

[@sluggo3slug]

Bullshit

[@Confusione_Infinito_Absurdum]

Everyone who reads this will be dumber because of it.

[@Bolden47]

“Everyone’s so happy and polite” yeah cuz you’re all rich af!!!! Lmao Cmon man.. if y’all weren’t seeing number go up on screen whether you’ve cashed out or not.. you wouldn’t be as passionate about bitcoin

[@ifh4030]

Most people in Bitcoin are not rich at all. You are right that the belief in NGU gives people hope, though.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

@@ifh4030 The people able to fly to bitcoin conferences likely have an extremely high preponderance of RAF compared to most other groups.