The Cultural Fork of Bitcoin | with TJ Miller

I was introduced to Silicon Valley's TJ Miller little over a year ago while he was brainstorming how we could potentially inscribe a 4-megger comedy video through MARA Slipstream.

A Bitcoiner since 2018, TJ saw the potential of Ordinals to orange-pill a whole new kind of Bitcoiner — the kind that may realistically be intimidated by (or straight up uninterested in) ivory-tower technical or economic topics.

"I talk about cultural adoption and how do we bring Bitcoin into the cultural forefront."

Letting me into "his world" for this interview, TJ and I recorded this chat straight from Stand Comedy Club before his Bitcoin-focused set during Chainlink New York blockchain week

In this episode, TJ and I jam about:

• How TJ was orange-pilled by the Winklevoss twins (+ the Michigan twins of course!)
• Why TJ's wife, Kate, is a hardcore Bitcoin maxi… despite TJ loving Ethereum and DOGE on the side
• How comedy could orange pill the world
• And as usual we end with… Brock Pierce. IYKYK.
• For good measure, we also clear the air on Peter Todd [probably not] being Satoshi. -

Unsurprisingly, we had an absolute blast and lots of laughs filming this episode. A nice little left turn from my usual technical schtick + some fun personal stories shared from both of our sides.

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TIMESTAMPS 📌

00:00 Intro

04:46 Trading and Crypto Misconceptions

08:47 Bitcoin and Early Adopters

17:13 Ethereum and Blockchain Exploration

38:55 NFTs and Artistic Ventures

40:46 The First NFT Comedy Special

41:31 The FTX Collapse and Its Impact

47:28 Ordinals and Bitcoin Utility

51:41 The Ordinals Cultural Fork

53:20 Cultural Adoption of Bitcoin

01:09:06 Bitcoin Comedy and Community