Bitcoin - Enemy of the State with BTC Sessions

[@BTCSessions]

Thanks for having me Pete, much appreciated!

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

Dude, thanks for being a great guest. This show was awesome. Will definitely work to have you on again if you're keen.

[@BTCSessions]

@@MrObnoxiousPod oh you bet. Next time we can get to the education portion we had planned 😂

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

Absolutely

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

We're all great Earthman!

[@dominiqueluzTV]

Ben, the time you spent creating useful educational videos helped so many people who are serious about adopting Bitcoin. I learned a lot from your videos (together with James D'Angelo videos - Blackboard series). I follow what you do since your first video! Keep up the good work! Fewer politics, less blah blah blah, and more education, more basics, and step-by-step tutorials, as you do! All the best, Ben!

[@see-arr-dee3403]

BTC Sessions is an inspiration and a great voice in the Bitcoin space. A great listen

[@TheGoldeagle99]

Yes he is. Absolutely!

[@Skydrops6]

Ben is one of the best people in Bitcoin. Hugely talented and a great guy.

[@UKBitcoinMaster]

Ben is one of the top Bitcoiners out there and I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation!

[@RickStringer]

Two of my favorite Bitcoin podcasters. Thank you for this!

[@stepmak8994]

Wow, I love your tutorials but hearing what u did for the truckers-- u r amazing!!! Thank u!! And thank you, Peter, for ur fabulous podcasts!

[@greganastas]

Love your show and all the different viewpoints, thank you for bringing this. Also, I donated BTC to the truckers, wonderful to hear about it, what a great job he did. Bitcoin and its eco system hardens every day, the harder its attacked the harder it gets. Under tyranny black markets will form - learned that from raising 4 kids alone and I was the tyrant, lol - boy did they teach me so much, my greatest teachers.

[@derek.seaborn]

I was telling my girlfriend just a month before this happened that the government can absolutely freeze your bank account at any time for essentially any reason. She didn’t believe me, and then this happened. The look on her face was priceless.

[@adiintel1]

but they cant freeze cash though.

[@orenestrada2007]

Truth comes out!! RESPECT!!

[@unfretted1]

Wonderful interview! I really get a lot out of your interviews and BTC Sessions KZbin channel. With his tutorials I have setup a BTC node. Just bought the components to build a seedsigner. Next up will be a personal server- all learnt from BTC Sessions. As a Canadian, the truckers strike taught me that self custody is vitally important. Thanks for all you do

[@briandemint]

This might be the best episode yet. And that's saying something!

[@edwardheming1115]

I was a huge fan of BTC Sessions before, but having this back story on the Canadian truckers took it to the next level. The fact that Ben feels bad about not perfectly fighting the state. As you say man, zoom out - you fought the state and won. Thank you for all your tutorials, I only have a node setup because of you. For the record, I'm also a progressive so I know this isn't about individual political opinions.

[@stefanolo2]

Long time coming! Ben was instrumental in me getting my first hardware wallet, a Ledger Nano S, and teaching me self custody, already the first week of my bitcoin journey, in the beginning of March of 2017. Thanks, Ben!

[@Luke-cj7gz]

Really interesting to hear the story in detail. BTC sessions is a solid bloke

[@zeycus]

Specially nice to watch my two favourite BTC podcasters together! IMHO Ben's show has improved a lot in the last years, for a while it was just news and I did not feel too interested, but then he started doing deep tutorials, going into the details, and it became an invaluable resource. His humble demeanor is very likeable.

[@basedmushroom]

My God, I'm glad I decided to listen to this. What a unique and insightful conversation. I learned so much.

[@garymiles9609]

Ben is my trusted guy for bitcoin educational content. He presents complex concepts clearly and intelligently. He gave excellent guidance into self custody solutions, getting me started with the right configurations. Disclosure: As a fellow Canadian, I have to admit to some bias.

[@bitcoinpoemspro1406]

Ben is the BEST tutorialist!

[@endthefed5304]

BTC sessions! Yeah. Great guest!

[@btdoe3259]

Ok

[@weissmannrob]

Love BTC Sessions work, good seeing on your show. Interesting talk 👍

[@wattzefeuke]

First time I hear an english-speaking canadian fairly portrait the FLQ events of the seventies. Good job Sessions.

[@jelio123456]

Thank you BTC sessions. You did good.

[@jeffu8520]

Comment from the Sunny Bradenton Florida Construction site 👍 😎, bout time you had Mr. Sessions on the show haha, What a straight shooter who gives back in a big way

[@BitcoinVersustheBanks]

As a Canadian whose a hardcore bitcoiner, I enjoyed this episode tremendously. When there were protesters in Toronto, I told my family that I wanted to go down just to observe, to witness firsthand whether people were spewing hate and violence. Based on my skepticism of the media, they thought I was paranoid, so I didn’t go. I regret not getting a firsthand account of such a historic moment in Canadian history.

[@the27thMONKEY]

Freedom! For everyone.

[@hodlersofficial]

@BTCSessions a real Canadian🇨🇦 hero

[@alexleach4002]

It's a shame you folded under pressure. I know it's very easy for me to say. I hope we can do better next time. Thanks for humanizing this story.

[@RyanZakMusic]

yesssss ben is a humble hero

[@danobrien3760]

Great interview. It was tough to live through this.

[@hallbrad]

More of this please

[@JdubtheBitcoiner24]

Great show !

[@carmenessence]

Greetings from Canada, Happy Holidays!🦌🎄✨

[@Tchairdjian]

Yeah. I like him. I got most of my custody knowledge from him in my early days. I also ran a node now too… I think we all should.

[@r-e1862]

Every time someone like this comes on, I go back to the Michael Malice episode

[@Jimmybob21]

Great show as always :)

[@johnmongeau6369]

Let's gooooooo! Canada in the house.

[@BrunoJennrich]

do have a link to those "bitcoin tutorials for freedom truckers?" would be very helpful. thanks in advance!!

[@tvh6095]

about time!!!!! right on!!!!

[@BatmanBoss]

Thanks

[@aiyaaabatt]

If you want to raise money in an adversarial environment: DON'T USE BITCOIN -- a fully transparent surveillance protocol

[@stevenbonebrake]

As a physician working in the USA, I was told by my previous employer that I could be vaccinated for COVID-19 by a certain date and receive $500 for doing it or be fired. I don't work there anymore.

[@suunt12]

Good shit guys.

[@edgarmirth5020]

The Overton window

[@TheRealDerekS]

is that Mr. Fantastic?? that fancy doo-wop with the bleached out streak cant hide the fact that Danny still goes harder in the paint bald. 👽 thx 4 all you do sessions!!

[@alexleach4002]

I think when people donate bitcoin you have an obligation to deliver that bitcoin. The state can't stop you. You had 3 of 5. The state raided 1 of you. 3 of 4 left. Deliver it. The truckers are standing up to their government, people who donate are trying to support that effort. They didn't donate to support compliance. Don't accept it if you can't deliver.

[@KimVincent]

Bitcoin is the future, Investing in it now will be the wisest thing to do especially with the current rises.

[@pauls7304]

First 🥇😆what an awesome show!!!!

[@dangerous2k]

Who’s JW so I can block him on Twitter or something

[@rbrendanhughes]

Reunion Show

[@sivakan5873]

not only travel restriction , but also you won't be able to go shopping in Malls in Ontario.

[@blueseahorse]

Loved the interview. Thank you to both of you, well, three of you! Really appreciate the tips on how to set things up and what to do if and when the need arises in the future. One question to complete my mental preparation, which I hope to test out - how exactly were the care packages set up? Were the truck drivers handed hardware wallets? Satscards? Opendimes? What's your recommendation as best form of distribution?

[@BTCSessions]

This was part that I wasn't directly involved with, but my understanding is it was a simple envelope with instructions and a pre loaded seed phrase. It showed how to import it to blue wallet and extract it to their own custody.

[@robertkvilhaug2595]

all obstructions just makes new solutions evolve.

[@1coolcontractor]

It’s us against them. Keep stacking satoshi’s

[@bitSimple]

brought my Jade wallet from block stream with a Muun wallet 1st time purchase with btc simple as and im a bitSimple

[@nicholassilver8561]

The one guy with a flag was a Liberal party fundraiser

[@rbrendanhughes]

Was this quick wit, or did you mean, Fidel Castro? "Justin Trudeau's father was the Prime Minister"... of Cuba! Great job!

[@hoorayforyoutoob]

Who is the JW they refer to?

[@matthewbeary1600]

How did all of the BTC go from being in one multi-sig wallet to 30% being lost in a non-multi-sig wallet?

[@BTCSessions]

It was still in a Multisig wallet, but to resolve the bug in Nunchuk the keys were concentrated with a single person as the Nunchuk devs helped to sort out the issue. Timing was a factor when they were confiscated to the legal escrow they now sit in.

[@eanerickson8915]

What will the government do if you don't give them the keys?

[@harrywoods9784]

Just a thought, In my mind crypto Platforms that are layered on top of bitcoin is the best path forward . bitcoin does not have an issuer, plus you can self custody Bitcoin,minimizing third-party risk. In the meantime ,the invisible hand of the market and the courts are will decide what is sustainable Crypto , long before the regulators🤔IMO

[@athelstan106]

12:05: "[needed QR codes] to go into any stores..." - Wrong. I'm from Ottawa, and this is just flagrantly false; anyone could go into Metro grocery stores/convenience stores as long as you were masked.

[@BTCSessions]

Depends on the store. You couldn't enter the mall here, and many other establishments. Walmart in Quebec allowed you in without a passport, but at one point you had to wait in between pylons for a store employee to escort you around the store and ensure you only bought essentials.

[@roberttheiss6377]

@@BTCSessions insanity

[@hoofdt2]

Sessions nothing but ❤ your only human. The goverment showed there hand.

[@robertlevi3202]

I have a muun wallet, but don't know what to use it for, can anyone explain what it can be used for ? Please tell me. Recently wrecked, but determined not to walk away.

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

There is a link to a BTC Sessions video in the show notes. Come back if you struggle to find it.

[@BTCSessions]

Here ya go Robert! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4TFoax_o9p8gM0

[@richbirecki]

Lightning network transactions

[@btdoe3259]

Kanada. What was in those needles 🤔

[@Chuck-be7ed]

Bitcoin is for Frenemies.

[@mad-zr8wy]

After hearing this story, I now understand what that fascist flag was doing there. (Still stupid..).

[@RobertKwapich]

I am sorry, but who is JW?

[@MrObnoxiousPod]

mobile.twitter.com/jwweatherman_

[@mattbradley1716]

Monero fixes this.

[@tomhaverford1484]

bro is scared for life as anyone would be, Ben if you are reading it is okay to make mistakes.

[@nilskp]

You're *not* on a Bitcoin standard. No one is. Look up the word "standard". Unless you invoice in a fixed Bitcoin amount, it's not a Bitcoin standard.

[@peterschattmann8298]

Dude, the backward cap is so done. Not a great look.

[@ianniculescu1625]

When asked what we would have done differently, the fact he didn't say MONERO is very sad. The chain is transparent and forever. Btcpay, and coinjoining would not have fixed the issue there is always a trail.

[@whome1319]

So many things could have been avoided by using the right tool for the job...

[@amylalonde958]

Trucker protest, really? How is this even still relevant?

[@BTCSessions]

It will be relevant for decades to come as an example of extreme government overreach.

[@ericwilson2632]

Lol big brother watching you, 1984, Bank accounts frozen because you shxted the wrong way..lol...Govts own your azz, better figure out a way how to move money arround if you are threat to the Govt...

[@amylalonde958]

Except it wasn’t. I was sick with COVID during the protest so I spent a lot of time watching the livestreams that were put up by the protesters. This wasn’t just a protest. The truckers took over Ottawa and made life hell for the people living there. Imagine having a new baby or young kids and having all that noise for three weeks. People were setting off fireworks between buildings in downtown Ottawa. But, what instigated the Emergencies Act was a complete breakdown of the usual policing. At the city level police were not enforcing existing bylaws that could have shut down the excessive noise and at the provincial level the Premier abdicated his responsibilities and went skiing. His daughter was part of the protests and he refused to attend any of the meetings with the other levels of government who were trying to find some other way to resolve this. There is even evidence that some police officers, in addition to not enforcing bylaws, were actively feeding the protesters information and were helping them. The Federal Government just rapped up hearings on the Executive Order. I encourage you to go watch them and if you have time watch some of the live streams. I really think you will find the reality to be quite different from the story being told in bitcoin circles.

[@Doitallgp]

@@amylalonde958 there were some bad actors but the cause was just and an excellent example of a morally sound BTC use case

[@theomoplatapus]

BLM were not bad because of their ideology. They were bad because everywhere they rioted and protested, people were terrified of violence done against them. This was not the case with the truckers.

[@BTCSessions]

I agree - just wanted to tug on the thread of trying to paint an ideology by a subset of people's actions. Truckers were all characterized by a couple people carrying awful flags, and a few of the loudest crazies out there. BLM also had some awful people destroying the businesses of innocent people, harassing/attacking people, etc. I don't think in either instance it's worth saying every person with a certain ideology also believes X, or behaves in a certain way.

[@waynerichardson1051]

This guys so painful to listen too!!!

[@BTCSessions]

Thanks Wayne, appreciate the constructive criticism.

[@qwrl1]

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[@Cronus6]

Lol Ben you're so nice. I wouldn't consider that constructive criticism -- Wayne is just an asshole.

[@youngjohn6879]

Bitcoin is the future, Investing in it now will be the wisest thing to do especially with the current rises.