Bitcoin

part of Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies

15 statements across 8 episodes · 9 bullish · 4 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 26, 2021 by Justin Rankin · said 110 times in 17 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Sean Weisbrot (49), William Szamosszegi (25), Frank Hepworth (11), Eric Varden (7), Justin Rankin (6), Tad Fallows (4), Jason Rosenstein (4), Steve McGarry (2)

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2024 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2023 29 mentions in 3 episodes 10 per episode
2022 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2021 39 mentions in 4 episodes 10 per episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Bitcoin, oldest first

Jan 26, 2021 bearish
Assertion Contradicted
Rankin: Traditional banking cannot settle million-dollar international transfers for three dollars
“I only paid three dollars to send a million dollars to another country, and you cannot do that with the current financial system. It's just not possible.”
Justin Rankin Jan 26, 2021 ▶ 10:59 Why Credit Cards Took 35 Years — And Crypto Won't
Jan 26, 2021 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weisbrot: Bitcoin's Creator Would Probably Be Executed if Identified
“If their identity is discovered, they will probably be executed. For upending the financial system.”
Sean Weisbrot Jan 26, 2021 ▶ 31:35 Why Credit Cards Took 35 Years — And Crypto Won't
Jan 26, 2021 bullish
Disclosure
Weisbrot pays his entire workforce and legal counsel exclusively in Bitcoin
“I pay all of my Contractors, all of my employees, my lawyer, designers, everybody, I pay in Bitcoin.”
Sean Weisbrot Jan 26, 2021 ▶ 17:27 Why Credit Cards Took 35 Years — And Crypto Won't
Aug 30, 2022 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2032
Rosenstein: Bitcoin and Ethereum will adopt quantum-resistant cryptography within a decade
“Bitcoin and Ethereum. I'm betting on it as things that are here to stay, you know, that's not investment advice, but you know, these blockchains are going to get to be quantum resistant. There might have to be some changes in the next decade of the algorithms …”
Jason Rosenstein Aug 30, 2022 ▶ 33:41 A Top Computer Scientist Got Drained in Seconds From a Discord Link
May 15, 2023 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Szamosszegi: The Bitcoin mining network is almost carbon negative
“The entire network at this point in time is almost carbon negative.”
William Szamosszegi May 15, 2023 ▶ 8:32 Bitcoin Mining Is Almost Carbon Negative and Nobody Is Covering It
Jul 12, 2023
Disclosure
Sean Weisbrot previously paid his employees in Bitcoin and Ethereum
“I, for the longest time was paying my employees in Bitcoin and Ethereum, because that's just how we had things structured.”
Sean Weisbrot Jul 12, 2023 ▶ 15:19 Knowledge Without Implementation Is Just Entertainment
Feb 27, 2024 positive
Insight
Rare: Billionaires never sell cash-flow assets, holding them indefinitely
“Genuinely wealthy people, like we're talking billionaires, they don't sell their assets. They hold them forever, forever. And so when you look at Bitcoin, you look at any other crypto, you look at real estate holdings, you look at holding companies with other,…”
Joe Rare Feb 27, 2024 ▶ 14:58 4,000 Mistakes in Weeks Made It Look Like an Overnight Success
Feb 27, 2024 negative
What-if
Sean Weisbrot: Selling $4,000 Bitcoin to fund startup cost $15 million
“I had held that money in Bitcoin and I was paying for things for the business at a point when Bitcoin had hit its low of 4000 dollars. So had I not spent, had I not started that company, I'd have an extra 10 or fifteen million dollars in just liquidity.”
Sean Weisbrot Feb 27, 2024 ▶ 14:16 4,000 Mistakes in Weeks Made It Look Like an Overnight Success
Aug 10, 2024
Disclosure
Weisbrot: Startup paid salaries in Bitcoin and Ethereum before securing funding
“In the first half of last year, before we got funding we were using like Bitcoin and Ethereum to pay for things with salaries and software and things like that. And then once we got investment from people we started using, you know transfer wise, we're using S…”
Sean Weisbrot Aug 10, 2024 ▶ 24:11 She Loved the Work So Much She Never Set a Number
Aug 5, 2025 positive
Insight
Hepworth: Self-custody Bitcoin unlocks DeFi products unavailable in ETFs
“You get access to way more financial products. If you hold the Bitcoin yourself, there's Bitcoin defy. You can make yield on it. You can loan it out. You can borrow against it. There's a whole bunch of things you can do with it that you cannot do. If it is jus…”
Frank Hepworth Aug 5, 2025 ▶ 6:55 More Millionaires Exist Than There Are Bitcoin to Own
Aug 5, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hepworth: High-beta mid-caps like Aave will outperform Bitcoin and Ethereum
“Mid caps like Aave that are going to do well with the cycle generally, but they're a beta. So if the cycle does well, they're going to do better than the mainstay blue chips like Ethereum and Bitcoin.”
Frank Hepworth Aug 5, 2025 ▶ 24:09 More Millionaires Exist Than There Are Bitcoin to Own
Aug 5, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Hepworth: More millionaires exist on Earth than the 21M total Bitcoin supply
“There's only twenty one million. And so there's literally more millionaires on the planet than there are Bitcoin.”
Frank Hepworth Aug 5, 2025 ▶ 3:05 More Millionaires Exist Than There Are Bitcoin to Own
Aug 5, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2026
Hepworth: Bitcoin will surpass $200,000 during the current market cycle
“Even though I think we're going to go up to 200 K plus the cycle, you could exit right now and you've still done a five X, but people don't do that.”
Frank Hepworth Aug 5, 2025 ▶ 22:08 More Millionaires Exist Than There Are Bitcoin to Own
Aug 5, 2025 bearish
Prediction Held up
Hepworth: Bitcoin will not deliver a 10x return from current levels
“Bitcoin isn't going to do a 10 X from here.”
Frank Hepworth Aug 5, 2025 ▶ 23:59 More Millionaires Exist Than There Are Bitcoin to Own
Apr 3, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weisbrot: Crypto advisory and fundraising in China generated $15 million
“And after two months of doing that, I was able to raise money for the guy and then he wanted me to advise him and then other people wanted me to fundraise and then other people wanted me to advise and then this whole thing kind of spiraled into a crazy thing a…”
Sean Weisbrot Apr 3, 2026 ▶ 20:21 He Said 'What to Sell' Is Not Even the Right Question
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