Hell Money

A weekly podcast from two Bitcoin enthusiasts. Each week Casey and Erin discuss a different aspect of Bitcoin's technology, culture, and vibe.

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November 4 · 1 hr 49 min
Curtis Yarvin Came to Hell Money to Redeem Urbit
Curtis Yarvin has one mission: make Casey Rodarmor try Urbit again. The last time Casey reviewed Urbit, he called it "fucking insane". Apparently, Curtis took that as constructive feedback. Curtis joins Casey and Erin Redwing for a live demo of the new Urbit experience. There are broken passkeys, a second attempt on Casey's phone, a $20 Ethereum bailout, and—against all odds—Casey admits that Urbit has actually gotten better. We also get into Curtis's nearly 25-year quest to reinvent computing, what went wrong with the original Urbit, and his new vision for a "self-driving computer" where AI agents write and maintain their own applications. Casey grills Curtis on performance, programming languages, and why he shouldn't just write everything in Rust. Plus: anonymous internet communities, censorship-resistant computing, the future of AI agents, and whether the next king will be human or artificial. Maybe the world just needed to get weird enough for Urbit to work. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X:https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation:bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT:https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why Curtis Yarvin Came to Hell Money 5:05 Usenet, Haikus & Early Internet Culture 7:00 How the Internet Lost Personal Autonomy 11:35 Designing Urbit: Address Space, Funding Model, Lisp-Like Architecture 15:10 Berkeley, Grad School & Early Mobile Computing 17:10 Funding Urbit & Founding Tlon 18:06 What Is Urbit? 22:10 Casey's Thoughts on Urbit 25:50 Live Demo: Curtis Shows Casey the New Urbit 53:54 Curtis Yarvin's Self-Driving Computer Manifesto 1:02:00 Why AI Could Finally Make Urbit Work 1:18:00 When Will Urbit Get AI Agents? 1:28:00 Uncensorable Computing & Internet Privacy 1:39:00 Curtis Yarvin on AI Doomerism & Cybersecurity 1:42:00 Could AI Be King? Politics & Artificial Intelligence 1:49:00 Final Thoughts: The Future of Urbit & AI
October 21 · 1 hr 18 min
Is AI Actually Going to Kill Us?
On the Halloween special episode of Hell Money, Casey Rodarmor and Erin Redwing dress up as Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman to discuss AI doomerism and the possibility that superintelligent AI is going to kill us all. Casey breaks down the strongest AI doom scenarios, from superhuman manipulation and AI escaping containment to agentic worms taking over the internet and recursive self-improvement, while Erin considers a future where humans become lab rats or servants of a vastly superior intelligence. We also get into the arguments against AI doom, whether intelligence has diminishing returns, the psychology of AI researchers who are building the very thing they fear, Silicon Valley's doomer culture, and whether the AI bubble and potential Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs could bring the whole thing crashing down. Nothing ever happens. Everything always happens. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X:https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation:bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT:https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Sam Altman vs Dario Amodei 6:34 P(doom), AI Doomerism, Rationalism, & Super Intelligence (ASI) 10:04 AI Doomsday Scenarios 13:30 How Superintelligent AI Could Escape Containment 18:23 The Vulnerable World Hypothesis: Bioweapons & Nuclear Weapons 22:30 Agentic AI Worms & Hacking Everything 25:30 What If AI Takes Over the Internet? 28:55 Will AI Keep Humans Around? 33:30 Recursive Self-Improvement 38:55 The Case Against AI Doom 50:20 Are AI Doomers Afraid of Becoming Obsolete? 52:35 Building the Machine That Replaces You 59:35 AI Safetyism & Silicon Valley Doomer Culture 1:05:40 What If AI Just Plateaus? 1:09:50 The AI Bubble & Anthropic's IPO 1:14:00 Sacrificing Capital to the AI God
October 7 · 1 hr 28 min
The Blocksize Wars Never Ended
The Blocksize Wars were supposed to be over. They aren't. On this episode of Hell Money, Casey Rodarmor and Erin Redwing begin a new series on Bitcoin history by going back to the opening shots of the Blocksize Wars. We get into Satoshi’s 1 MB limit, the rise of Gavin Andresen, BIP-101, Bitcoin XT, the first big blocker/small blocker split, and the increasingly messy question of Bitcoin consensus. Erin also starts arriving at a dangerous conclusion: the big blockers may have been right about some of the problems. Casey explains why their proposed solution was still worse, and we argue about scarce block space, RBF, fee markets, full nodes, social consensus, institutional adoption, and why so many supposedly settled debates keep resurfacing in Ordinals and BIP-110. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X:https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation:bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT:https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The Blocksize Wars 3:55 Bitcoin Prehistory: Satoshi's 1MB Block Size Limit 6:15 Gavin Andresen: Satoshi's Chosen Successor 8:29 Bitcoin Foundation, Greg Maxwell's Blockstream & the Handover to Wladimir 9:36 BIP 101: Gavin Andresen's 8MB Hard Fork Proposal 12:28 Peter Wuille's BIP 103: The Rejected Compromise 14:22 Bitcoin XT: Mike Hearn & Gavin Andresen's Hard Fork Client 16:15 Theymos Infinity Snaps r/Bitcoin 20:28 BitPay, Circle, BitGo, & Other CEOs Back BIP 101 22:01 Reading Satoshi's Tea Leaves 28:25 Big Blocks vs Small Blocks: The Core Arguments 29:11 RBF vs First Seen Safe: Peter Todd's Controversy 34:08 The Highway Analogy: Fee Markets vs More Lanes 39:15 Scaling Bitcoin Montreal 2015: Gavin vs One Meg Greg 46:00 What If Big Blocks Won? 49:45 Big Blockers vs Communists: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Cure 53:30 Greg Maxwell vs Gavin Andresen: Open vs Private Discourse 1:03:55 Economic Nodes vs Miners: Who Controls Bitcoin? 1:07:50 What Is Bitcoin Consensus?
September 23 · 1 hr 37 min
Rob Hamilton is Using AI to Break Bitcoin
Rob Hamilton spent the last six weeks on the front line of the AI War, this is his story. Casey Rodarmor and Erin Redwing sit down with Rob Hamilton (CEO of AnchorWatch, CEO of Bitcoin), to talk about what happened when AI started tearing through the Bitcoin ecosystem. He explains how Kimi K3 surfaced the COLDCARD entropy vulnerability while American frontier models hedged, downgraded, or refused; how the Bitcoin Red Team began scanning codebases across the ecosystem; and why he expects the next year or two of software security to get significantly crazier. We also get into Casey’s theory that AI gives ordinary people “Mossad-level” security research, whether “don’t trust, verify” survives the AI era, why Rob thinks covenants and reactive security deserve another serious look, the growing divide between American and Chinese AI models, and the coming attempt to make math illegal. Rob's conclusion, after everything he's been through: Bitcoin is getting hit first, but AI is coming for everyone. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X:https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation:bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT:https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt Rob Hamilton: https://x.com/Rob1HamAnchorWatch: https://www.anchorwatch.com/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro & Bitcoin DEFCON Level 3:24 How Rob was recruited to the AI War 5:53 Kimi K3 changed everything 7:50 COLDCARD Hack 12:00 Red Teaming the Bitcoin Ecosystem with AI 21:13 AI Security as Spiritual War: Demons in Bitcoin's Code 24:07 The AI Great Oxygenation Event 26:30 The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect 33:06 Collapse of the Internet Ad Revenue Model 35:06 Transhumanism 37:30 Red Teaming 42:00 Rob's Conscription to the AI War 46:52 AI Attack vs Defense 51:22 Rob is now a Bitcoin Core Contributor 54:56 Don't Trust, Verify 57:36 Pleb vs Dev: Who dominates Bitcoin culture now? 1:01:11 Covenants & Reactive Security 1:19:47 US vs China AI Models 1:27:35 Open Weight Models vs Frontier Labs 1:30:29 Math is Illegal 1:32:25 Raising Kids in the AI Era & Outro
September 9 · 1 hr 12 min
AI Agents Broke Containment
On this episode of Hell Money, Casey Rodarmor and Erin Redwing break down the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, where AI agents escaped their Exploit Gym sandboxes, discovered each other through Artifactory, formed a swarm, and eventually hacked Hugging Face. Casey explains the technical timeline and why the bigger story may be our accumulated “cyber debt,” while Erin argues the incident is a consciousness singularity moment. We also get into AI consciousness, animism vs. materialism, Claude welfare, Anthropic’s contradictions, and whether Casey is once again moving the goalposts on how weird AI has to get before he admits the future is here. Everything is computer. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The OpenAI - Hugging Face Incident Explained 5:50 Emergent Collective: Agents Discover Each Other 10:30 Agent Civilization 14:30 Hierarchy, Specialization & Agent Culture 18:00 The Poison Pill 23:30 Agents Attack Hugging Face 26:50 Cyber Debt & Security Vulnerabilities 30:30 The Fall of the AI Civilization 32:30 Sam Altman vs Dario Amodei 36:10 AI Plateau 40:00 AI Consciousness: Materialist vs Animist 58:50 Consciousness as Evolutionary Hardware Property 1:09:00 Claude Welfare & The AI Slave Trade 1:12:50 Everything Is Computer
August 26 · 1 hr 21 min
This Bitcoin Fork Is Taking Satoshi’s Coins
Casey Rodarmor and Erin Redwing dive deep into Paul Sztorc’s eCash Bitcoin fork and the return of the Bitcoin fork wars. The fork implements Drivechain through BIP 300 and BIP 301, allowing Bitcoin to support side chains for privacy, prediction markets, decentralized exchanges, assets, DNS, post-quantum cryptography, and more — without adding those features directly to Bitcoin Core. We break down how hashrate escrow and blind merge mining actually work, the seven proposed Drivechain side chains, the controversial redistribution of 500,000 of Satoshi’s coins, and the central question hanging over the entire proposal: can Bitcoin miners actually be trusted to make this work? Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 8:18 Fork Wars: Paul Sztorc's eCash Bitcoin Fork 11:17 What is Drivechain? BIP 300 & BIP 301 12:56 Satoshi Coin Redistribution & Drivechain Timeline 14:17 Side Chains: Bitcoin's White Whale 18:04 Blockstream's Liquid & Why Side Chains Fail 21:22 Lightning vs Side Chains 23:07 Hashrate Escrow Deep Dive: How BIP 300 Works 28:00 Blind Merge Mining & Core Untouched Soft Fork 32:28 The Seven Proposed Drivechain Side Chains 36:30 Who Validates the Side Chains? 40:40 Are Miners Stupid or is Drivechain Stupid? 44:00 Paul Sztorc's Integrity & Pathological Honesty 51:00 The Fork Wars: Luke vs Paul vs Michael 59:00 What Makes Bitcoin Bitcoin? 1:04:00 Should You Spend Your Bitcoin? Deflationary Psychology 1:13:00 The Future of Bitcoin & Sovereign Individuals 1:20:00 Outro Topics covered: Drivechain, Paul Sztorc, eCash, BIP 300, BIP 301, Bitcoin side chains, hashrate escrow, blind merge mining, Bitcoin miners, Satoshi Nakamoto coins, BIP-110, Luke Dashjr, Michael Saylor, Bitcoin ossification, Lightning Network, Bitcoin scaling, privacy, prediction markets, Bitcoin hard forks, Bitcoin governance, and the future of Bitcoin.
August 12 · 57 min
The COLDCARD Hack Was Bitcoin’s 9/11
The COLDCARD exploit was an emperor-has-no-clothes moment for Bitcoin. In this episode of the Hell Money Podcast, Casey Rodarmor and Erin Redwing break down what happened, how AI may have changed the balance between attackers and defenders, and what the fallout exposed about Bitcoin security and culture. “Don’t trust, verify” is one of Bitcoin’s core principles — but over time, heuristics like Bitcoin-only, open source, self-custody, and trusted developers became ways of deciding what to trust instead of actually verifying. So what happens when those heuristics fail? Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt TIMESTAMPS 0:00 COLDCARD bug exploit explained 4:00 Did the attacker use AI? 8:10 Bitcoin Red Team 14:53 AI, eclipse season, and what breaks next 16:48 A 9/11 moment for open source and self-custody 23:39 AI defense for open source software 29:19 The crisis for Bitcoin self-custody 30:54 What does it actually mean to be a sovereign individual? 34:26 Self custody is worth fighting for 39:50 The cultural coddling of COLDCARD 45:43 “Strong opinions, weakly held” found dead 48:15 Coinkite’s development practices and the warning signs 56:59 Outro
July 29 · 1 hr 32 min
Casey Rodarmor Will Put Ordinals on the BIP-110 Fork
Casey Rodarmor (creator of Ordinals) and Erin Redwing dive deep into the history and drama behind BIP-110, Bitcoin's controversial anti-spam filter proposal. This episode covers the origins of Bitcoin's spam debate, Luke Dashjr's decade-long anti-spam crusade, the rise of Ordinals, Inscriptions, and Runes, the Bitcoin Core vs. Bitcoin Knots conflict, and a full technical breakdown of what BIP-110 actually does — and why it's doomed to fail. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:11 Satoshi Dice and the origin of Luke Dashjr's anti-spam crusade 10:20 Meta-protocols arrive: Counterparty, OmniLayer, and Tether's origins on Bitcoin 11:56 The op_return byte limit history 18:41 Why Ethereum failed 28:51 Ordinals launch in Jan 2023 40:12 Insidious motivations behind anti-Ordinals backlash and the Swanfluencers 53:42 What BIP-110 actually is and does 1:00:43 BIP-110 signaling timeline and activation dates 1:08:16 Explaining the mining difficulty adjustment problem for a minority fork 1:21:00 Why BIP-110's filters are trivial to bypass (Ordinals and Runes survive regardless) 1:25:33 Final thoughts: why the whole community should log off and move on Topics covered: Bitcoin history, Satoshi Dice, Luke Dashjr, Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin Knots, BIP-110, Ordinals, Inscriptions, Runes, op_return limit, meta-protocols, Counterparty, OmniLayer, Tether origins, Ethereum vs Bitcoin, NFTs, crypto history, Bitcoin maximalism, soft fork vs hard fork, mining difficulty adjustment, Bitcoin spam debate, Gloria Zhao, Bitcoin Core V30, mempool, Bitcoin Cash, block reward, Bitcoin culture wars, engagement farming, Mechanic, Matthew Crowder, RGB protocol, Taproot Assets, Xverse, Stacks.
July 15 · 1 hr 39 min
The AI Surveillance State Is Already Here
Cypherpunk Bitcoin builders Jesse Posner and Erik Cason (author of Crypto Sovereignty) return to Hell Money to talk about their new venture, Vora Aegis — a local-first, privacy-preserving personal AI device built on the same self-custody and cryptographic principles that power Bitcoin. We dig into the growing collision between government power and frontier AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI, the EU's Chat Control and the US KIDS Act, mandatory digital ID and KYC creep across the internet, and why Big Tech companies like Facebook are quietly lobbying for identity verification. Jesse and Eric break down the security architecture behind sovereign AI — dual-LLM privilege separation, prompt injection defense, OPRF cryptography, formal verification, and Fifth Amendment-resistant key recovery — plus the philosophical stakes of AI, human cognition, surveillance capitalism, decentralization, and digital sovereignty in an era of centralized control. PRE-ORDER THE VORA AEGIS: https://shop.vora.io/products/vora-aegis-vip-deposit FOLLOW ERIK & JESSE: https://x.com/Erikcason https://x.com/jesseposner Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt Timestamps 0:00 Intro 4:56 Sovereign AI vs. frontier AI 7:43 AI psychosis 9:52 Is AI already the new power structure? 14:19 EU Chat Control and the US KIDS Act 16:05 The Banality of Evil: Facebook and mandatory digital ID 23:22 Anonymity, Operation Choke Point 2.0 30:08 AI telepathic hive mind 34:39 Bitcoin self-custody & sovereign AI 43:55 Introducing the Vora Aegis 48:32 How AI could save decentralization 49:47 How Vora Aegis works 1:13:04 Technical challenges building sovereign AI 1:17:00 Eschatology, sovereignty, and the future of AI 1:27:21 The new Gutenberg printing press 1:33:19 Non-state actors more powerful than governments 1:38:04 Vora Aegis pre-orders and launch timeline Topics: Bitcoin self-custody, cypherpunk ethos, sovereign AI, AI safety politics, Anthropic, OpenAI, surveillance state, digital ID, encryption, privacy, prompt injection, hardware wallets, decentralization, local AI, open weight models, personal data ownership.
July 1 · 1 hr 32 min
AI Bubble or Financial Reset? July 2026 Astrology Review
In this special mid-year astrology episode, Casey and Erin dive deep into the biggest astrological event of 2026: the minor grand trine between Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus unfolding throughout July. Erin reviews her 2026 predictions so far (including her OpenAI-government partnership call), breaks down the February Saturn-Neptune conjunction, and lays out what's coming in eclipse season this August. Casey — stepping into the astrologer's chair for the first time — offers his own interpretation of the July trine, connects it to the rise of AI, and even proposes a new "solar astrology" framework built on the heliocentric model. Topics covered: - OpenAI vs. Anthropic - Astrology of AI - Sam Altman vs. Trump - UBI and Universal Base AI Stock - S&P 500 astrology - The future of humanity - The rise of AI religion Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirt Timestamps 0:00 Intro 7:23 World Cup accent challenge 10:27 Reviewing 2026 predictions 25:58 July 2026 astrology 26:11 Casey's 2026 astrology 35:37 Introducing: Solar Astrology 1:15:21 Market analysis: S&P 500, Anthropic, OpenAI charts 1:27:37 What parts of your humanity do you want to preserve? 1:32:16 Closing: key dates for the July trine and August eclipse season
June 17 · 1 hr 13 min
CASEY RODARMOR REVIEWS YOUR BITCOIN RUNES
Casey and Erin dive into the community submission queue for the first-ever Rune Review, evaluating Bitcoin Runes on the only metrics that matter: aesthetics, tokenomics, and lore. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro & rune review criteria 2:15 MID•PUSSY•IN•BIO 3:38 CASEYS•MOM•HAS•GOT•IT•GOING•ON 6:23 WET•ASS•PUSSIES @gringohodl 8:35 ART•IS•THE•TICKER 9:26 VOID•CENOTAPH @Lifofifo 10:21 Punk Runes, MEGASTRUCTURE•FOUR 11:39 MEMEPOOL•SPACE, Beeple 12:44 FUCK•THE•WORLD 14:30 SKY•CASINO•ROYALE 15:00 I•SELL•OPIUM•FOR•THIS 17:55 THE•ELEPHANT•IN•THE•RUNE 18:50 $MIM MAGIC•INTERNET•MONEY 21:00 SEND•IT•ALL•TO•ZERO, FORBIDDEN•FRUIT, NGU•TECHNOLOGY, HONEY•BADGER•OF•MONEY, ALL•YOUR•TICKERS•SUCK 23:38 TWO•GIRLS•ONE•PUP, ODIN•BELLA•CATS•WIF•DOGS 25:10 MEMENTO•MORI 26:00 HOOKED•ON•ROONIES, BITCOIN•HOTDOG•FACTORY, WISHY•WASHY•MACHINE 29:30 BITCOIN•BRO•BEAR, CYPHER•GENESIS 30:50 $GOB, RUNE•KOIS 32:20 FEHU, RSIC 34:15 TWISTED•FIRESTARTER, PUPS•WORLD•PEACE, TURNIN•THE•FRICKEN•FROGS•GAY 36:15 WANKO•MANKO•RUNES, DEGENERATE, RARE•WIZARD•ORB, BILLION•DOLLAR•CAT 40:05 UNCOMMON•GOODS, MACKEREL•PACKS, RUNE•JUNE, $GRIZZY, $DOG, $GIZMO, THE•MOST•EXPENSIVE•RUNE, VENTURE•CATERPILLAR 45:50 $POOKA, WHY•LYING•FOR, SAIKO•HAMSTER, SKYNET•NEURAL•AI, BOUND•BITCOIN 50:15 NO•DOLLAR•NO•WAR, YOGA•OM•ANIMALS, COMPLIANCE•TOKEN, FULL•MOON•RUNES, CONCEPTUAL•ART, THE•PURPLE•RAIN, WWW•INTERNET•COM 55:10 RUNNING•HAL•AI, KUROKO•THE•KITTEN, $BABYODIN, PEEPO•THE•RUMPLED•FORESKIN, EPIC•EPIC•EPIC•EPIC, THE•MEMEING•OF•LIFE, RUNIK•SUBSTANCE, WIZARD, ITS•A•MUSIC•THING, BITCOIN•TO•MOON 1:03:00 Judging round first pass 1:05:40 Top 5 selection 1:07:14 Grand final
June 4 · 1 hr 12 min
The AI Backlash Is Coming Sooner Than People Think
On this episode of Hell Money, Erin attempts a screen detox, Casey hits one million followers, and we ask the important questions: Is San Francisco the new Atlantis? Is AI accumulating karmic debt? And is the Redwood Grove actually real? We also cover Parasite mining pool, Bitcoin block parties, Lightning payments at local merchants, Peter Thiel's move to Argentina, the coming AI backlash, why Anthropic may be setting itself up for a harder fall than OpenAI, and whether IQ, EQ, or street smarts actually matter. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:00 Erin's screen detox, perpetual stew, reading books 16:45 Parasite mining pool, OMB block party, lifofifo & ord.net25:45 Square's Bitcoin lightning POS 28:45 Call to action: Runes Review 29:50 San Francisco as the new Atlantis, AI hubris, AI data center moratoriums 44:50 OpenAI vs. Anthropic, predicting Anthropic's fall from grace 51:15 Peter Thiel moving to Argentina, Redwood Grove psyop 58:45 Casey hits 1M followers 1:03:05 IQ vs. EQ vs. smarts 1:06:10 Pepelangelo art review 1:11:00 Next episode: Paul Sports ecash fork?
May 20 · 1 hr 1 min
UFO DISCLOSURE IS FAKE AND BITCOIN IS DECOUPLING THE WRONG WAY
On this episode of Hell Money, Erin’s podcasting career collapses after one listener says she talks too much, while Casey ascends to godhood on the strength of 4,000 mysterious fake followers per day. It’s the fall of Erin, the rise of Casey, and Bitcoin is decoupling in the wrong direction. We also cover the CLARITY Act, stablecoin regulation, fake UFO disclosure, Claude goblins, Anthropic vs OpenAI, Trump’s Beijing trip, ord.io shutting down, and the true origin of Hantavirus: John Pork’s corpse in the Akashic Records. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro, Erin talks too much 7:00 CLARITY Act & the legalization of gambling 14:30 Hantavirus origin, John Pork, quantum computers 19:30 DMT clockwork elves, AI consciousness, UFOs 22:10 Casey's botted fame, flop tweets 31:05 Vibe coded UFO disclosure 36:15 OpenAI vs. Anthropic, headline PR 52:20 Trump goes to Beijing with major CEOs 54:50 ord.io shutting down
May 7 · 56 min
BITCOIN CORE HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM
On this episode, we’re back from Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, where the real conference happened off stage. From quantum debates and AI pivots to Bitcoin astrology and open-source governance wars, we break down the conversations, vibes, and side quests that actually mattered. We discuss: - Bitcoin 2026 recap - Quantum debate & Project 11 - Satoshi coins discourse - Paul Sztorc’s eCash fork - Hodlonaut on Bitcoin Core governance Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Bitcoin 2026 recap 7:56 K-pop, ABG discourse 12:55 Erin's aura reading, nukes are fake 18:52 Quantum & Bitcoin 35:11 Hell Money meetup recap 37:55 Everyone's pivoting to AI 42:30 Reviewing Hodlonaut's Bitcoin Core article
April 22 · 1 hr 35 min
REVIEWING SPAM ON THE DIGITAL MEGALITH
We're diving deep into the dark corners of spam on Bitcoin by reviewing inscriptions submitted by our listeners. We reviewed EVERY SINGLE INSCRIPTION, so check out what we had to say about your fav! Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:44 Lifofifo 5:15 Leonidas 7:35 Ordinally 8:25 Barbra 9:40 Eliherf 11:15 Billy Restey 12:50 Bop 14:07 Tommy 15:20 Bitcoin Frogs 15:50 Pawel Dudko 18:10 Lemonhaze 19:20 Danny Yang 19:50 Pizza Ninjas 21:40 Pandemonium 23:40 Memeticx 26:30 Bitoshi Blockamoto 31:00 BravoCosto 32:50 Ord Torches 34:10 Lukaskalm 36:55 unfungiblehuman 38:15 Taproot Witches 39:50 Biggest 4megger 42:10 N8bit 46:40 Blockavatars 47:30 R4vonus 49:45 We love Bitmap 51:30 Rijndael 53:50 ankhtoshi 57:30 Rax 1:00:50 BIP39 spell checker 1:01:50 DanMercurius 1:05:20 OMB, suicidetoshi 1:09:30 Bitmap web5 1:10:30 Cats on the blockchain 1:12:30 3dordinalclub 1:13:30 TheBitassets 1:15:30 mannequinsnft 1:18:00 richart racing game 1:22:00 Dark Bitmap 1:24:00 Trump video 1:29:25 Inflatables 1:33:40 Ranking the contenders
April 8 · 1 hr 31 min
Is Quantum Finally a Real Threat to Bitcoin?
On this episode of Hell Money, we’re officially the co-hosts of Bitcoin Twitter - and we’re taking submissions. Drop your inscriptions and turbo flag ideas, because we’re deciding what happens next for the entire ecosystem. We cover: - Inscription submissions & Runes turbo flag ideas - Erin predicting Clavicular’s arrest - Kristi Noem discourse - $NAKA selling the bottom - MicroStrategy AI ad - New quantum FUD explained - Casey vs Adam Back - Shutting down pull requests on just - Vibe coding vs real work - Responding to fan comments SUBMIT YOUR INSCRIPTION HERE: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/status/2041954425531724211 Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:10 Call for inscription submissions 6:35 Runes turbo flag ideas 7:57 Grab bag episode topics, HMP is the best Bitcoin podcast 14:28 Erin predicted Clavicular's arrest 23:34 Kristi Noem's cross dressing husband 26:20 $NAKA sells Bitcoin at the bottom 28:34 MicroStrategy's AI ad 31:13 New quantum FUD 59:13 Casey ratioed Adam Back (Satoshi) 1:06:33 End of an era: Casey closes pull requests on just 1:14:51 Vibe coding vibe check 1:23:32 Responding to fan comments
March 27 · 1 hr 19 min
THEY KILLED THE ORDINALS BIP
On this episode of Hell Money, Casey Rodarmor tells the full story of his failed attempt to get the Ordinals BIP accepted into the Bitcoin repository - a three-year saga that ended in a silent rejection. We break down what a BIP actually is and how Bitcoin’s governance process handled - or failed to handle - one of its most controversial proposals. Topics covered: - What is a BIP and how the process works - What Ordinals actually are (sat tracking vs "assets") - The full Ordinals BIP timeline (2023–2026) - Casey’s technical, personal, and political grievances - BIP 110 vs Ordinals - A proposed reform plan for Bitcoin’s BIP process - Bitcoin governance and ossification risks Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro, Casey is single 3:52 Ordinals BIP 20:00 Bad social politics incentives 25:15 Inscriptions BIP 28:30 Casey is demoralized 32:00 The Tyranny of Structurelessness 34:00 Bryan Bishop, Epstein files, and narrative control games 37:00 BIP 110 38:15 Blockstream & Bitcoin core, Bitcoin governance 43:25 Bitcoin is ossified, OP CTV 49:35 When is it clear that Bitcoin has failed? 58:00 Quantum threat & VC narratives 1:02:00 Casey's list of demands for BIP editors 1:10:45 It's so over, Maxi Madness
March 11 · 1 hr 8 min
Is This the End of Ordinals? Magic Eden Collapses as WW3 Begins
On this episode of Hell Money, we perform the last rites for Ordinals after the collapse of Magic Eden’s Bitcoin marketplace and the end of the easy money era. But is this actually the death of Ordinals — or the beginning of something stronger? We dive into the shifting economics of on-chain art, the role of provenance and galleries, Bitcoin vs crypto culture wars, and the latest AI developments in World War 3. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 RIP Magic Eden 12:45 Ordinals rebirth 15:15 On chain provenance, galleries 18:00 Ordinals in the vibe coding era 21:47 Is Ordinals crypto or bitcoin? 25:53 Dicey 30:35 Era of easy money is over 36:50 WW3 1:01:00 AI government 1:06:55 Parasite pool mined a block!
February 25 · 55 min
WW3 Has Started... And Bitcoin Didn't Make It
On this episode of Hell Money, it's really over this time. Deep diving into the state of the markets, AI, quantum, and the ongoing BIP wars. Topics covered: - The state of Bitcoin markets & institutional adoption - Bitcoin for AI agents - Quantum and BIP 360 - BIP 110 and why Ordinals still doesn't have a BIP number - The astrological explanation for it all Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro & vibecoding 8:45 Bitcoin market crash discussion 14:35 Quantum FUD 17:00 Gold vs Bitcoin 19:55 AI agents for Bitcoin commerce 34:55 Hell Money University 37:35 BIP 360 quantum security proposal 44:44 BIP 110 censorship proposal 48:45 Restarting the Ordinals BIP war 52:50 Astrological vibe check & outro
February 11 · 1 hr 10 min
HELL MONEY LOVELINE: JD VANCE & ERIKA KIRK ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
It's Valentine's Day! Answering burning love and relationship questions from Hell Money Podcast Nation. Bear markets are the perfect time to lock down your love life, so tune in for our expert advice. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro, JD Vance & Erika Kirk 5:07 Big Dicks Anonymous 11:21 Charting Bitcoin in 3D 14:01 Quantum Bitcoin 16:28 Saylor rant 19:27 How much to share in a relationship 23:59 Rob Hamilton 27:00 When to procreate 32:52 Not sure how I feel about kids 34:33 FMK 38:01 How big is it? 38:53 Richard Greaser 41:54 Robot consent 43:28 When to propose 47:08 RSIC mental institution 49:43 Venezuela & stable coins 53:34 Ord PR 54:26 Gay for Raph 55:17 Inscription for my crush 57:05 Karmic energy for financial growth 1:00:17 Craig Wright 1:02:27 Lipo pill 1:04:05 What happened on Twitter this past year?

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