<p>In this episode, I sit down with Juraj Bednár, a hacker-entrepreneur and freedom maximalist. We talk about his path from hacking Linux as a kid to building businesses on a Bitcoin standard. Juraj also breaks down his critical but nuanced perspective on Michael Saylor’s approach. <br /><br />If you’re looking for practical tactics and big ideas on how to expand your freedom and sovereignty with Bitcoin, this episode is for you.<br /><br /> Join the Become Unruggable Self-Custody Mentorship<br />Hands-on guidance to take control of your Bitcoin<br /> <a href="https://tally.so/r/w4D8y5" target="_blank">https://tally.so/r/w4D8y5</a><br /><br /> Official Partner's:<br /><br />⛏️Start your mining journey with Sazmining! <br />Get $50 off your first rig: <a href="https://store.sazmining.com/purchase?ref=HFqPJJo38IWX" target="_blank">https://store.sazmining.com/purchase?ref=HFqPJJo38IWX</a><br /><br />₿ Buy Bitcoin the Sovereign Way<br />Sign up using this link at get 0.5% discount of fee's → <a href="https://bullbitcoin.com/btcstory" target="_blank">https://bullbitcoin.com/btcstory</a><br /><br />️ Get 15% off at StampSeed (Seed phrase titanium backup)<br />Use code BTCSTORY → <a href="https://stampseed.com" target="_blank">https://stampseed.com</a><br /><br /> Follow Us<br />GG on Nostr: <a href="https://primal.net/gg" target="_blank">https://primal.net/gg</a><br />GG on X: <a href="https://x.com/YourBTCStory" target="_blank">https://x.com/YourBTCStory</a><br />Juraj on X: <a href="https://x.com/jurbed" target="_blank">https://x.com/jurbed</a><br />Juraj on Nostr: <a href="https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsd4dkxqewy8xum47ctpu0ltgxxsfemeewpjkdyzk9ddfcg286s0dskfad46" target="_blank">https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsd4dkxqewy8xum47ctpu0ltgxxsfemeewpjkdyzk9ddfcg286s0dskfad46</a><br />His website: <a href="https://hackyourself.io/" target="_blank">https://hackyourself.io/</a><br /><br />00:00 - Intro<br />00:46 - Host intro & why Juraj’s story matters.<br />02:12 - Origins of liberty; Linux as a first taste of freedom.<br />03:11 - Windows vs. Linux and learning abundance by hacking.<br />06:16 - Early internet & hacker culture<br />13:13 - Three kinds of freedom & why optionality matters.<br />20:12 - Global optionality: place, people, money, time.<br />25:18 - “Hack everything”: experiments beyond computers.<br />31:00 - Hacking vs. science & entrepreneurship; learn by doing.<br />38:29 - Juraj’s Bitcoin origin<br />47:48 - First sats by mail & the Parallelni Polis experiment.<br />56:01 - Operating on a Bitcoin standard: pay-now, short payrolls, 30% rule.<br />1:03:00 - Speculation vs. freedom; fiat friction & frozen accounts.<br />1:20:36 - The Full Privacy playbook<br /><br />Block height: 914140<br /><br />#Bitcoin #Selfcustody #BitcoinPR #BitcoinMindset #BitcoinMedia</p>
