Taking Care of Bitcoin

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New to Bitcoin? Well, everyone was new to Bitcoin at some point. Taking Care of Bitcoin is the first stop on your Bitcoin journey. We talk to people from all walks of life and answer the basic questions common to every Bitcoin noob. We're trying to onboard as many freedom fighters as possible. Let's take care of it! TCB baby!

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August 20, 2026Episode 11619 min

TCB Short - What Happens if Someone Buys All The Bitcoin?

What Happens If Someone Tries to Buy All the Bitcoin? TCB explains that “buying all the Bitcoin” is practically impossible and wouldn’t confer control over the network. Bitcoin’s price is set at the margin, so large purchases quickly exhaust available sellers near the current price and force the buyer to bid progressively higher to entice increasingly reluctant holders; some may refuse to sell at any price, and lost or long-term-held coins further reduce available supply. Market cap is not the money required to buy every coin because demand itself reprices the asset. Even if an entity becomes a huge holder (e.g., Strategy at roughly 850,000 BTC, about 4% of supply), ownership doesn’t grant authority over consensus rules, transaction validity, or supply changes. Unlike traditional finance where capital can compound via yield, Bitcoin ownership doesn’t reproduce more Bitcoin, so accumulating a larger share requires continual competition in a fixed-supply market. 00:00 Can You Buy It All 01:43 Bitcoin Priced at Margin 03:46 Scarcity Fights Back 05:54 Wealth vs Market Impact 07:13 Ownership Not Control 09:40 Economic Decentralization 10:52 Fiat Compounding vs Bitcoin 13:18 No Protocol Privileges 15:47 Answering the Thought Experiment 17:52 Final Takeaways X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

August 10, 2026Episode 1151 hr 9 min

Taking Care of Bitcoin with Gabriel Bloyd

Bitcoin, Debasement, and Self-Custody: A Newcomer Conversation with Gabriel Bloyd TCB speaks with Bitcoin newcomer Gabriel Bloyd, a married father of four who first heard about crypto in 2014–2015 from a high-school friend. Bloyd asks how Bitcoin’s easy cross-border transfer and fixed supply affect governments, taxation, and a dollar he sees as losing value. The host argues U.S. monetary debasement is inevitable due to compounding debt and deficits, claims the dollar has lost over 99% of its value since 1913, and frames Bitcoin as a jurisdiction-less, uncensorable asset that enables capital to “exit,” forcing governments into competition. They discuss Bitcoin’s volatility versus long-term trends, dollar-cost averaging, and why timing trades fails. The host recommends learning before investing, experimenting with small transactions, and explains custodial exchanges versus self-custody, suggesting Strike and the Muun wallet, plus books like Economics in One Lesson, The Price of Tomorrow, and The Bitcoin Standard. 00:00 Copy of cloudRecording_FullConference_Take_1 00:23 Introduction & Guest Background 02:07 First Impressions of Bitcoin 05:04 Bitcoin Questions Begin 08:15 Dollar Debasement & Monetary Policy 15:43 Bitcoin Volatility & Risk 34:06 How to Get Started with Bitcoin 45:21 Recommended Apps & Wallets 01:04:12 Book Recommendations & Wrap-Up X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

July 17, 2026Episode 11458 min

Taking Care of Bitcoin with David Biles

Taking Care of Bitcoin with David Biles! Housing, Inflation, and Sound Money TCB talks with David Biles, who says he’s new to economics but thinks deeply about money, housing, and broader impacts. They discuss why housing has been treated as an appreciating asset and connect rising prices across industries to currency debasement from ongoing money printing tied to U.S. debt and deficits. The host explains Bitcoin’s origin after the 2008 crisis, its fixed 21 million supply enforced by decentralized consensus, and why users are disincentivized from changing issuance. They cover Bitcoin’s volatility as a global price-discovery process, its competition with store-of-value assets like gold, bonds, real estate, and currencies, and potential upside if it captures parts of that market. They also discuss divisibility into satoshis, payments via the Lightning Network, merchant fee savings versus Visa, Square/Block enabling adoption, global usage, and Bitcoin’s benefits for censorship resistance and portability. 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:38 Housing as Money Debate 02:24 First Bitcoin Memories 03:23 Why Bitcoin Exists 08:45 Fiat Printing and Inflation 12:50 What Gives Bitcoin Value 15:25 Bitcoin as Engineered Money 18:24 Bitcoin Upside and TAM 23:51 Divisibility and Layer Twos 26:12 Lightning Payments in Practice 28:08 Cutting Out Visa Fees 29:59 Small Business Payments 30:38 Lightning QR Demo 31:57 Banks Fight Back 34:18 Protocols Don’t Replace 37:13 Inflation Steals Time 42:48 Bitcoin Everywhere Now 45:35 Programmable Money Fears 49:06 Escape With Your Wealth 52:07 Fix the Math Problem 54:53 Wrap Up and Plugs Check out David on TikTok @aviddn and YouTube @ttv.aviddn X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

July 14, 2026Episode 11313 min

TCB Short - Isn't Volatility a Problem for Bitcoin?

Today we answer the question: Isn't Volatility a Problem for Bitcoin? Is Bitcoin Volatility a Problem—or Proof It’s Still Monetizing? TCB argues that Bitcoin’s volatility is not evidence it is failing as money, but evidence it is still monetizing through global price discovery. Comparing Bitcoin to mature systems like the U.S. dollar is framed as like comparing a startup to a Fortune 500 company; a better comparison is early-stage monetary goods such as gold or emerging national currencies. Bitcoin is described as naturally volatile because its supply is permanently fixed at 21 million, so price—not supply—must adjust to changes in demand, like a never-ending global auction. As adoption grows, liquidity deepens, and markets become more efficient, volatility should gradually decline, which the script says has broadly happened over Bitcoin cycles. It distinguishes short-term price stability from long-term purchasing power, suggests dollars may remain transactional money while Bitcoin serves as long-term savings, and outlines money’s progression from store of value to medium of exchange to unit of account. 00:00 Volatility Objection 01:04 Monetization In Progress 01:20 Volatile Compared To What 02:18 Fixed Supply Explained 03:13 Worlds Largest Auction 04:33 Price Discovery Over Time 05:14 Static Vs Dynamic Stability 06:50 Why Volatility Declines 07:53 Price Vs Purchasing Power 08:44 Different Jobs For Money 10:07 Three Stages Of Money 11:19 Volatility Reframed 13:02 Closing Thoughts X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

June 23, 2026Episode 11215 min

TCB Short - Won't Bitcoin Fall into a Deflationary Spiral?

Today we answer the question: Won't Bitcoin Fall into a Deflationary Spiral? Will Bitcoin Trigger a Deflationary Spiral? Productivity, Inflation, and AI Abundance TCB addresses the objection that Bitcoin would cause a deflationary spiral by encouraging hoarding, arguing instead that deflation is often the natural result of free-market productivity gains. It distinguishes “bad deflation” from collapsing credit (e.g., debt crises) versus “good deflation” from innovation and efficiency, noting consumers still spend due to positive time preference. The speaker claims inflation and monetary expansion prevent consumers—especially the working class—from fully receiving productivity benefits, shifting gains toward early recipients of new money via the Cantillon effect. With AI potentially becoming a major deflationary force by automating cognition and driving near-zero marginal costs, the debt-based system may face stress as prices fall faster than policymakers can inflate. Bitcoin is presented as fixed-supply “monetary ruler” that reveals abundance and enables purchasing power to rise, posing a choice between greater intervention/centralization and monetary realignment. 00:00 Bitcoin Deflation Fear 01:36 Deflation Spiral Explained 02:09 Good vs Bad Deflation 03:46 Why People Still Spend 04:56 Hidden Cost of Inflation 05:55 Cantillon Effect Inequality 07:57 AI as Deflation Engine 09:41 Debt System Under Stress 11:37 Bitcoin as Honest Ruler 12:23 2050 Abundance Thought Experiment 13:06 Answering the Spiral Question 13:52 Monetary Realignment Choice 15:27 Closing Takeaways X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

June 18, 2026Episode 1111 hr 12 min

Taking Care of Bitcoin with Cale McQuitty

Bitcoin, AI, and the Future of Money with Cale McQuitty TCB talks to Cale McQuitty, a Houston-based fabrication company co-owner who has pivoted into data centers, about how he first encountered Bitcoin, moved past “get rich quick” impressions, and came to see it as a mix of money, technology, and a network. They discuss institutional and nation-state involvement (including ETFs and a U.S. Bitcoin reserve holding confiscated BTC), Bitcoin’s roles as store of value and settlement layer, and how AI could be deflationary while debt-driven fiat systems require inflation. They explore risks such as government crackdowns and quantum computing, arguing Bitcoin is highly secure and adaptable. They also cover mining’s difficulty adjustment, hash rate impacts from AI/data centers, grid “buyer of last resort” dynamics, merchant adoption, and the idea that Bitcoin adoption happens “gradually, then suddenly.” 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 00:43 Cale Background in Fabrication 01:33 First Bitcoin Encounter 02:06 Conviction Through Volatility 03:48 Institutions and Nation States 05:57 What Bitcoin Really Is 10:23 Network Effects and Mycelium 12:09 AI Hype vs Bitcoin Cycles 15:07 AI Deflation Meets Debt System 18:08 Housing Leverage and Job Disruption 20:43 AI Agents Using Bitcoin 24:33 Bitcoin as Truth Ledger 26:19 Risks Government and Quantum 35:27 Quantum Threat Beyond Bitcoin 35:46 Nation States And IMF Pressure 39:18 Hidden Mining And First Mover Race 41:26 AI Data Centers Versus Hashrate 42:29 Difficulty Adjustment And Grid Flex 47:06 Stranded Energy And Hybrid Builds 48:32 Small Business Bitcoin Strategy 52:46 When Bitcoin Becomes Money 56:41 Gradually Then Suddenly Adoption 59:05 Why People Still Dont Get It 01:06:05 If Bitcoin Went To Zero 01:09:38 Peaceful Revolution And Closing X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

May 21, 2026Episode 11015 min

TCB Short - Won't the Finite Amount of Bitcoin Be a Limitation?

Today we answer the question: Won't the Finite Amount of Bitcoin Be a Limitation? Is Bitcoin’s Fixed 21M Supply a Limitation? Divisibility, Deflation, and Sound Money TCB addresses the criticism that Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million supply can’t support a global economy, arguing scarcity is central to its value and prevents inflation by governments and central banks. It explains Bitcoin’s post-2008 origins, Satoshi’s genesis-block message about bank bailouts, its transparent issuance schedule, and that new Bitcoin ends around 2140. The host says economies grow through productivity and innovation, not money printing, and notes Bitcoin’s divisibility into 100 million satoshis (2.1 quadrillion sats), with potential to subdivide further. The script argues fiat inflation masks natural deflation from technological progress, distorts incentives toward speculation and debt, and shortens time horizons, while sound money would improve economic signals, encourage selective spending, saving, and long-term planning. It also distinguishes finite supply from scalability, citing layered systems like Lightning for higher transaction throughput. 00:00 Finite Supply Question 01:16 Why 21 Million Exists 02:52 Do We Run Out 03:21 Divisibility Solves Units 04:32 Free Market Deflation 05:36 Inflation Masks Abundance 06:48 Sound Money Signals 09:29 Time Preference Shift 10:56 Hoarding Myth 12:11 Scaling With Layers 13:01 Bigger Questions Closing 14:40 Final Sign Off X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

May 7, 2026Episode 10910 min

TCB Short - Does Bitcoin Unfairly Benefit Early Adopters?

Today we answer the question, Does Bitcoin Unfairly Benefit Early Adopters? TCB argues that criticism of Bitcoin “unfairly” enriching early adopters reflects a double standard, since early investors in companies like Amazon or Apple are celebrated. It claims fairness is about equal opportunity, and Bitcoin was broadly accessible with no gatekeepers, minimums, or insider rounds; it was “ignored,” not hidden, because understanding it requires effort and contrarian conviction. The speaker contrasts this with the post-1971 fiat system, citing widening inequality and a Federal Reserve balance sheet expansion from about $900B in 2008 to over $9T, where new money reaches banks and markets first, inflating assets while wages lag. Bitcoin is presented as fixed-supply, transparent, and non-preferential, and still “early” given limited global ownership and a small ~$1.5T size versus a roughly $1 quadrillion global store-of-value market. 00:00 Bitcoin Early Adopters Debate 00:52 Double Standard With Stocks 01:26 Fairness Means Access 02:11 Bitcoin Was Ignored 03:04 Fiat System Real Unfairness 03:42 How Money Printing Hits You 05:03 Why Bitcoin Is Different 05:30 Still Early In Adoption 06:26 Total Addressable Market 07:44 Education Still The Edge 08:20 Opportunity Still Exists 09:43 Closing Thoughts X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

April 17, 2026Episode 1087 min

TCB Short - Is Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme?

Today we answer the question: Is Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme? TCB examines the claim that Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme and argues instead that the modern fiat monetary system more closely matches Ponzi characteristics. It defines a Ponzi scheme by five traits: a central operator, promised returns, paying old investors with new investor money, lack of transparency, and dependence on constant inflows. It then compares these to government finance, describing permanent deficits, ever-expanding debt rolled over with new debt, and central banks creating money to buy debt when demand weakens—requiring continuous inflows and sustained confidence while diluting savings through inflation and benefiting insiders. By contrast, it argues Bitcoin has no central operator, promises no returns, has transparent on-chain transactions, cannot be printed beyond 21 million, and the network operates regardless of price or new participants. 00:00 Bitcoin Ponzi Claim 00:48 Ponzi Scheme Defined 01:44 Fiat System Comparison 03:18 Inflation And Insiders 04:07 Bitcoin Ponzi Test 05:45 Key Distinction Recap 06:12 Zoom Out Conclusion 06:38 Final Challenge X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/

April 2, 2026Episode 10713 min

TCB Short - Is Bitcoin a Bubble?

Today we answer the question: Is Bitcoin a Bubble? TCB argues that Bitcoin is often labeled a bubble, but true bubbles don’t solve problems and, after collapsing, don’t recover (as with 1637 tulip mania). While Bitcoin is highly volatile and has repeated 70–80% drawdowns, it has historically rebounded to higher lows and driven stronger infrastructure, suggesting price discovery rather than a permanent collapse. The speaker claims the deeper “bubble” is the fiat monetary system, which is structurally dependent on perpetual debt and money creation, citing U.S. metrics such as ~$39T national debt, ~$200T unfunded liabilities, 120% debt-to-GDP, ~$2T annual deficits, and ~ $1T/year interest costs. Bitcoin is presented as an alternative: fixed 21M supply, no central authority, predictable rules, and resistance to inflation, confiscation, and censorship. 00:00 Is Bitcoin a Bubble 01:04 What Bubbles Look Like 02:13 Bitcoin Volatility Explained 03:10 Fiat Instability Problem 04:18 Debt Spiral and Printing 06:39 Why Printing Cannot Stop 08:12 Bitcoin Fixes Fiat Flaws 10:23 Fiat System as Bubble 11:48 Deflation and Free Markets 12:51 Final Answer and Wrap Up X: @TCBcoin https://x.com/TCBcoin Instagram: @TCBcoin https://www.instagram.com/tcbcoin/ www.takingcareofbitcoin.com https://www.takingcareofbitcoin.com/