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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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August 12, 202657 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, 20261 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, 20261 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, 20261 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, 20261 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, 20261 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, 20261 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, 202656 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, 20261 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, 20261 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