We Are Satoshi

LeahThompson (Girl Gone Crypto) joins me to discuss AI, surveillance, self-custody, open-source software, and why she believes a war on freedom tech may be coming. We explore how Bitcoin fits into a world where AI can analyze enormous amounts of personal data, scams are becoming more sophisticated, and privacy is increasingly difficult to maintain. Lea has been creating Bitcoin and crypto content for nearly a decade and is now Head of Marketing at Cake Wallet. In this conversation at Bitcoin Asia in Hong Kong, we discuss what brought her into Bitcoin, why the original freedom-money ethos still matters, and what Bitcoiners should be thinking about as institutional adoption accelerates. We also get into Silent Payments and Bitcoin privacy, Cake Wallet’s new private messaging app, Radar, the growing relationship between Bitcoin and encrypted communication, and why making privacy tools simple enough for normal people may be just as important as the underlying technology. If you've ever asked: “Am I too late?” Leah explains why chasing cheap coins in the “crypto casino” can be a trap, why conviction matters more than owning an entire Bitcoin, and why understanding why you own Bitcoin is essential. Finally, Lea shares her advice for anyone who wants to stop being just a Bitcoin holder and actually build on Bitcoin—whether your skills are in development, marketing, media, design, or something entirely different. Topics include: Bitcoin privacy, AI and surveillance, freedom tech, open-source software, Cake Wallet, Silent Payments, private messaging, self-custody, hardware wallets, Bitcoin scams, institutional adoption, Monero, and building a career in Bitcoin. Subscribe for conversations with the people building Bitcoin, freedom technology, and a more sovereign future. Connect With Us Lea (@girlgone_crypto) on X: https://x.com/girlgone_crypto Lea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_gone_crypto/ Cake Wallet: https://cakewallet.com/ Cake Wallet on X: https://x.com/cakewallet Kyle on X: https://x.com/thekylehuber Kyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylehuber21/ Kyle's Website: https://kylehuber.com Kyle on Nostr: [email protected] Support Yourself, Support the POD Basic Desktop Miner (US only): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWGV9R36?maas=maas_adg_api_584437388399636114_static_8_616&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas&aa_campaignid=weareSatoshi&aa_adgroupid=podcast&aa_creativeid=video-2026-09 15% Back in Sats at Born to Be Free Online Store: https://oshi.link/C2mHb0 Buy the Daylight Co DC-1: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/WEARESATOSHI($25 off with code: WeAreSatoshi) 15% OFF your order of earthy energy : https://liveearthy.co?bg_ref=c8KTLsLeKv(code KHuber) 10% off Chroma Blue Light Glasses and Other Products: https://getchroma.co/?ref=ixabomjq(code: KYLE10) SLNT Faraday Bags: https://slnt.com/?avad=428701_b45ea6cd1 Stream sats on Fountain: ⁠ https://fountain.fm/show/oNj9eSXpNudLR2XoMtKL Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreSatoshiPod If you are interested in buying Bitcoin, River is the best place to do so: ⁠ https://river.com/signup?r=4JAPK6Q2⁠ Send me an email with feedback/questions: [email protected]

Bitcoin merchant adoption is growing in Hong Kong—but does any of it matter if Bitcoiners refuse to actually spend their sats? Zach Wizenberg is helping turn Bitcoin from something people simply hold into money they can actually use. In this episode of We Are Satoshi, Zach and I sit down in Hong Kong to talk about what it takes to build a real Bitcoin economy. Zach and Gaelle have helped bring 28 merchantsonboard, while building a Bitcoin point-of-sale system designed to make accepting payments simple for everyday businesses. Zach makes the case that merchant adoption is ultimately a supply-and-demand problem: getting businesses to accept Bitcoin is only half the equation. If Bitcoiners never spend it, merchants have little reason to keep accepting it—and Bitcoin risks functioning primarily as a speculative asset instead of usable currency. Bitcoin isn't just something to save. It's money—and money is meant to be used. If you enjoy conversations with the people actually building the Bitcoin economy, subscribe to We Are Satoshi and share this episode with someone who believes Bitcoin can become more than a store of value. Connect With Us Whale Lounge Website: https://www.thewhalelounge.com/ Whale Lounge on X: https://x.com/WhaleLoungeHK Kyle on X: https://x.com/thekylehuber Kyle on Instagram: @kylehuber21 Kyle's Website: https://kylehuber.com Kyle on Nostr: [email protected] Support the POD! Basic Desktop Miner (US only): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWGV9R36?maas=maas_adg_api_584437388399636114_static_8_616&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas&aa_campaignid=weareSatoshi&aa_adgroupid=podcast&aa_creativeid=video-2026-09 15% off at Born to Be Free Online Store: https://oshi.link/C2mHb0 Buy the Daylight Co DC-1: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/WEARESATOSHI($25 off with code: WeAreSatoshi) 15% OFF your order of earthy energy : https://liveearthy.co?bg_ref=c8KTLsLeKv(code KHuber) 10% off Chroma Blue Light Glasses and Other Products: https://getchroma.co/?ref=ixabomjq(code: KYLE10) SLNT Faraday Bags: https://slnt.com/?avad=428701_b45ea6cd1 Stream sats on Fountain: ⁠ https://fountain.fm/show/oNj9eSXpNudLR2XoMtKL Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreSatoshiPod If you are interested in buying Bitcoin, River is the best place to do so: ⁠ https://river.com/signup?r=4JAPK6Q2⁠ Send me an email with feedback/questions: [email protected]

What happens when you connect Bitcoin, health, wellness, and personal sovereignty? In this episode of We Are Satoshi, I sit down with Petra Anderson, founder of Zaprana, to explore why the systems that shape our money, health, food, and lives may have more in common than we realize. Petra comes from a background studying conflict and the systems behind civil wars and revolutions. Her journey eventually led her toward Bitcoin and the idea that some of the world's biggest problems can't be solved by simply trying to fix the existing system from within. We discuss decentralized health, Bitcoin as money, privacy, food sovereignty, time preference, and what it means to build businesses outside of traditional incentives. Zaprana is a marketplace where people can discover and pay for wellness services using Bitcoin — connecting Bitcoiners directly with people providing value without unnecessary intermediaries. If you believe in Bitcoin, what are you going to build? Connect With Us Zaprana website: https://x.com/ZapranaLife Zaprana on X: https://x.com/ZapranaLife Kyle on X: https://x.com/thekylehuber Kyle on Instagram: @kylehuber21 Kyle's Website: https://kylehuber.com Kyle on Nostr: [email protected] Support Yourself, Support the POD! 15% off at Born to Be Free Online Store: https://oshi.link/C2mHb0 Buy the Daylight Co DC-1: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/WEARESATOSHI ($25 off with code: WeAreSatoshi) 15% OFF your order of earthy energy : https://liveearthy.co?bg_ref=c8KTLsLeKv (code KHuber) 10% off Chroma Blue Light Glasses and Other Products: https://getchroma.co/?ref=ixabomjq (code: KYLE10) SLNT Faraday Bags: https://slnt.com/?avad=428701_b45ea6cd1 Stream sats on Fountain: ⁠ https://fountain.fm/show/oNj9eSXpNudLR2XoMtKL Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreSatoshiPod If you are interested in buying Bitcoin, River is the best place to do so: ⁠ https://river.com/signup?r=4JAPK6Q2⁠ Send me an email with feedback/questions: [email protected] Timestamps: 00:00 — Introduction: Petra Anderson & the journey to Bitcoin 03:29 — Why broken systems are so difficult to change 05:13 — The migration crisis and the deeper economic problem 06:30 — Bitcoin beyond “number go up” 07:07 — How Bitcoin changes you 08:42 — Bitcoin, sovereignty & health 09:23 — Why are we so unhealthy? 09:59 — The problem with centralized health and wellness 11:19 — What decentralization means beyond money 11:53 — Decentralizing medicine and broken incentives 12:39 — The story behind Za Prana 13:59 — What can you actually find on Za Prana? 14:59 — Building a Bitcoin circular economy 15:25 — Why should Bitcoiners spend their Bitcoin? 16:17 — How do you actually use Bitcoin in the real world? 16:36 — Removing the middlemen with Bitcoin 17:16 — Bitcoin, permissionless commerce & sovereignty 18:30 — Health, privacy & personal data 21:35 — Our relationship with time 22:40 — Bitcoin as a clock 24:43 — Bitcoin, time & immutability 25:16 — Is time actually discrete? 26:03 — How the mechanical clock changed our relationship with time 26:51 — Sovereignty vs. slavery 27:11 — Food sovereignty & knowing your farmer 27:45 — What is the health equivalent of consumer debt? 29:02 — Building Za Prana as a founder 31:47 — How Bitcoin changes the way we build businesses 32:38 — Community, word of mouth & growing organically 33:29 — Who can offer services on Za Prana? 34:38 — Mental, physical & spiritual health 35:46 — Advice for people who want to build on Bitcoin 38:06 — The most important question: What do you want? 39:06 — Overcoming the mental barriers to building 40:13 — Building with people who share your values 41:22 — Where to find Petra & Za Prana 42:11 — Closing thoughts

Who decides what bitcoin is? What happens when a minority of the network decides to fork bitcoin and move to a new chain? Bitcoin has been through many hard forks, most notably during the Blocksize Wars in 2017. In this episode of the We Are Satoshi podcast I spoke with Jeremy, Host of the Bitcoin Cash podcast. Jeremy makes the case that BTC abandoned the very thing Bitcoin was meant to be. Although Jeremy and I disagree on what bitcoin is and what adoption actually looks like, we found common ground on a number of topics and had a fruitful discussion. Topics covered: • Why Jeremy argues BTC became a “Potemkin village” version of Bitcoin • How the one-megabyte block limit changed the future of the network • Why he thinks Lightning and other L2s don’t solve the core tradeoff • How social consensus, not just miners or nodes, determines protocol direction • Why BCH's merchant adoption and circular economies matter more than hype If you want a deep look at the BTC vs BCH split, and the ideas still shaping Bitcoin politics today, this one goes straight to the heart of it. Connect with us: Bitcoin Cash Podcast Website: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/ Jeremy on X: https://x.com/TheBCHPodcast Kyle on X: https://x.com/thekylehuber Kyle on Instagram: @kylehuber21 Kyle's Website: https://kylehuber.com Kyle on Nostr: [email protected] Support the POD! 15% off at Born to Be Free Online Store: https://oshi.link/C2mHb0 Buy the Daylight Co DC-1: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/WEARESATOSHI ($25 off with code: WeAreSatoshi) 15% OFF your order of earthy energy : https://liveearthy.co?bg_ref=c8KTLsLeKv (code KHuber) 10% off Chroma Blue Light Glasses and Other Products: https://getchroma.co/?ref=ixabomjq (code: KYLE10) SLNT Faraday Bags: https://slnt.com/?avad=428701_b45ea6cd1 Stream sats on Fountain: ⁠ https://fountain.fm/show/oNj9eSXpNudLR2XoMtKL Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreSatoshiPod If you are interested in buying Bitcoin, River is the best place to do so: ⁠ https://river.com/signup?r=4JAPK6Q2⁠ Send me an email with feedback/questions: [email protected]

The internet was built to be open—but today, a handful of companies control much of our digital lives. What happens when your account, audience, identity, or ability to communicate can be taken away overnight? In this episode of We Are Satoshi, I sit down with Derek Ross and MK Fain of Soapbox to explore the future of a free and open internet. We talk about the internet becoming increasingly permissioned through KYC, digital ID, censorship and centralized platforms—and how Bitcoin, NOSTR, open-source software and other freedom technologies can help build an alternative. Derek shares the story of building an audience of over 1 million people on Google+—only to have Google shut the platform down, and why that experience changed how he thinks about digital ownership. We also get into Bitcoin crowdfunding in Venezuela, building alternatives to Discord and GitHub, decentralized identity, censorship, moderation, AI, the challenges of true decentralization, and why cryptographic money and cryptographic communication belong together. If you're a Bitcoin holder, developer, creator, or simply someone who cares about owning your digital life, this conversation is worth watching. Connect with us:Soapbox website: https://soapbox.pub/blog/nostr101MK on Nostr: [email protected] on X: https://x.com/mkay_fainDerek on Nostr: [email protected] on X: https://x.com/derekmrossKyle on Nostr: [email protected] on X: https://x.com/thekylehuber Support the POD! 15% off at Born to Be Free Online Store: https://oshi.link/C2mHb0 Buy the Daylight Co DC-1: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/WEARESATOSHI($25 off with code: WeAreSatoshi) 15% OFF your order of earthy energy : https://liveearthy.co?bg_ref=c8KTLsLeKv(code KHuber) 10% off Chroma Blue Light Glasses and Other Products: https://getchroma.co/?ref=ixabomjq(code: KYLE10) SLNT Faraday Bags: https://slnt.com/?avad=428701_b45ea6cd1 Stream sats on Fountain: ⁠ https://fountain.fm/show/oNj9eSXpNudLR2XoMtKL Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreSatoshiPod If you are interested in buying Bitcoin, River is the best place to do so: ⁠ https://river.com/signup?r=4JAPK6Q2⁠