Café Bitcoin | Day 3 of 50: The Battle of the Bears Begins, The Consortium, and Independence Must Be Won

Chapters:

• 00:00 — Wicked: from trader to Bitcoin-only, sats per dollar, save don't trade
• 04:30 — Satoshi's Bride: a Bitcoin tip at a fine-dining shift
• 11:00 — Scott: the echo-chamber reality check and a self-custody challenge to the Bitcoin-only companies
• 18:00 — C Hoddle: Bitcoin treasure hunts and the Buena Vista circular economy → Midwest Bitcoin Summit
• 21:30 — The unblocking amnesty: blocked in the '23–'24 squabbles? DM to get unblocked
• 31:00 — The Consortium: nine companies pledge Bitcoin developer funding, starting with quantum
• 33:30 — Cory on path dependence: Coinbase, Jesse Powell, and why every Bitcoin fintech converges on the full product set
• 41:30 — THE BATTLE OF THE BEARS: fifty days, fifty basis points, one mission
• 43:30 — The narrative machine: how Wall Street picks the story after the price moves
• 49:00 — "Money is only as good as the story you can tell about it"
• 55:30 — The Battle for Monetary Independence, Part 3: "Independence Must Be Won" (read live)
• 63:00 — Why everyone with a mic owes their audience the canon; swan.com/canon
• 70:30 — Wrap: 90 minutes without the price; Part 4 tomorrow