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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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- 1 weeks ago1h 12m
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/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS0:00 The OpenAI - Hugging Face Incident Explained5:50 Emergent Collective: Agents Discover Each Other10:30 Agent Civilization14:30 Hierarchy, Specialization & Agent Culture18:00 The Poison Pill23:30 Agents Attack Hugging Face26:50 Cyber Debt & Security Vulnerabilities30:30 The Fall of the AI Civilization32:30 Sam Altman vs Dario Amodei36:10 AI Plateau40:00 AI Consciousness: Materialist vs Animist58:50 Consciousness as Evolutionary Hardware Property1:09:00 Claude Welfare & The AI Slave Trade1:12:50 Everything Is Computer
- 3 weeks ago1h 21m
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/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro8:18 Fork Wars: Paul Sztorc's eCash Bitcoin Fork11:17 What is Drivechain? BIP 300 & BIP 30112:56 Satoshi Coin Redistribution & Drivechain Timeline14:17 Side Chains: Bitcoin's White Whale18:04 Blockstream's Liquid & Why Side Chains Fail21:22 Lightning vs Side Chains23:07 Hashrate Escrow Deep Dive: How BIP 300 Works28:00 Blind Merge Mining & Core Untouched Soft Fork32:28 The Seven Proposed Drivechain Side Chains36:30 Who Validates the Side Chains?40:40 Are Miners Stupid or is Drivechain Stupid?44:00 Paul Sztorc's Integrity & Pathological Honesty51:00 The Fork Wars: Luke vs Paul vs Michael59:00 What Makes Bitcoin Bitcoin?1:04:00 Should You Spend Your Bitcoin? Deflationary Psychology1:13:00 The Future of Bitcoin & Sovereign Individuals1:20:00 OutroTopics 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.
- Aug 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/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS0:00 COLDCARD bug exploit explained4:00 Did the attacker use AI?8:10 Bitcoin Red Team14:53 AI, eclipse season, and what breaks next16:48 A 9/11 moment for open source and self-custody23:39 AI defense for open source software29:19 The crisis for Bitcoin self-custody30:54 What does it actually mean to be a sovereign individual?34:26 Self custody is worth fighting for39:50 The cultural coddling of COLDCARD45:43 “Strong opinions, weakly held” found dead48:15 Coinkite’s development practices and the warning signs56:59 Outro
- Jul 29, 20261h 32m
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/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro2:11 Satoshi Dice and the origin of Luke Dashjr's anti-spam crusade10:20 Meta-protocols arrive: Counterparty, OmniLayer, and Tether's origins on Bitcoin11:56 The op_return byte limit history18:41 Why Ethereum failed28:51 Ordinals launch in Jan 202340:12 Insidious motivations behind anti-Ordinals backlash and the Swanfluencers53:42 What BIP-110 actually is and does1:00:43 BIP-110 signaling timeline and activation dates1:08:16 Explaining the mining difficulty adjustment problem for a minority fork1:21:00 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 onTopics 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.
- Jul 15, 20261h 39m
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-depositFOLLOW ERIK & JESSE:https://x.com/Erikcasonhttps://x.com/jesseposnerGet 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 SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTimestamps0:00 Intro4:56 Sovereign AI vs. frontier AI7:43 AI psychosis9:52 Is AI already the new power structure?14:19 EU Chat Control and the US KIDS Act16:05 The Banality of Evil: Facebook and mandatory digital ID23:22 Anonymity, Operation Choke Point 2.030:08 AI telepathic hive mind34:39 Bitcoin self-custody & sovereign AI43:55 Introducing the Vora Aegis48:32 How AI could save decentralization49:47 How Vora Aegis works1:13:04 Technical challenges building sovereign AI1:17:00 Eschatology, sovereignty, and the future of AI1:27:21 The new Gutenberg printing press1:33:19 Non-state actors more powerful than governments1:38:04 Vora Aegis pre-orders and launch timelineTopics: 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.
- Jul 1, 20261h 32m
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 religionGet 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 SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTimestamps0:00 Intro7:23 World Cup accent challenge10:27 Reviewing 2026 predictions25:58 July 2026 astrology26:11 Casey's 2026 astrology35:37 Introducing: Solar Astrology1:15:21 Market analysis: S&P 500, Anthropic, OpenAI charts1:27:37 What parts of your humanity do you want to preserve?1:32:16 Closing: key dates for the July trine and August eclipse season
- Jun 17, 20261h 13m
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/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscardTIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro & rune review criteria2:15 MID•PUSSY•IN•BIO3:38 CASEYS•MOM•HAS•GOT•IT•GOING•ON6:23 WET•ASS•PUSSIES @gringohodl8:35 ART•IS•THE•TICKER9:26 VOID•CENOTAPH @Lifofifo10:21 Punk Runes, MEGASTRUCTURE•FOUR11:39 MEMEPOOL•SPACE, Beeple12:44 FUCK•THE•WORLD14:30 SKY•CASINO•ROYALE15:00 I•SELL•OPIUM•FOR•THIS17:55 THE•ELEPHANT•IN•THE•RUNE18:50 $MIM MAGIC•INTERNET•MONEY21:00 SEND•IT•ALL•TO•ZERO, FORBIDDEN•FRUIT, NGU•TECHNOLOGY, HONEY•BADGER•OF•MONEY, ALL•YOUR•TICKERS•SUCK23:38 TWO•GIRLS•ONE•PUP, ODIN•BELLA•CATS•WIF•DOGS25:10 MEMENTO•MORI26:00 HOOKED•ON•ROONIES, BITCOIN•HOTDOG•FACTORY, WISHY•WASHY•MACHINE29:30 BITCOIN•BRO•BEAR, CYPHER•GENESIS30:50 $GOB, RUNE•KOIS32:20 FEHU, RSIC34:15 TWISTED•FIRESTARTER, PUPS•WORLD•PEACE, TURNIN•THE•FRICKEN•FROGS•GAY36:15 WANKO•MANKO•RUNES, DEGENERATE, RARE•WIZARD•ORB, BILLION•DOLLAR•CAT40:05 UNCOMMON•GOODS, MACKEREL•PACKS, RUNE•JUNE, $GRIZZY, $DOG, $GIZMO, THE•MOST•EXPENSIVE•RUNE, VENTURE•CATERPILLAR45:50 $POOKA, WHY•LYING•FOR, SAIKO•HAMSTER, SKYNET•NEURAL•AI, BOUND•BITCOIN50:15 NO•DOLLAR•NO•WAR, YOGA•OM•ANIMALS, COMPLIANCE•TOKEN, FULL•MOON•RUNES, CONCEPTUAL•ART, THE•PURPLE•RAIN, WWW•INTERNET•COM55:10 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•MOON1:03:00 Judging round first pass1:05:40 Top 5 selection1:07:14 Grand final
- Jun 4, 20261h 12m
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/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscardTIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro4:00 Erin's screen detox, perpetual stew, reading books16:45 Parasite mining pool, OMB block party, lifofifo & ord.net25:45 Square's Bitcoin lightning POS28:45 Call to action: Runes Review29:50 San Francisco as the new Atlantis, AI hubris, AI data center moratoriums44:50 OpenAI vs. Anthropic, predicting Anthropic's fall from grace51:15 Peter Thiel moving to Argentina, Redwood Grove psyop58:45 Casey hits 1M followers1:03:05 IQ vs. EQ vs. smarts1:06:10 Pepelangelo art review1:11:00 Next episode: Paul Sports ecash fork?
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