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The Bitcoin Matrix

Cedric Youngelman

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 284

Let's explore Bitcoin, the future of money and the social, cultural, economical and philosophical implications of this new technology. Hosted by Cedric Youngelman.

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Samson Mow - KNOTS vs CORE

Monday, September 15, 2025 • Duration 01:00:28

In this episode, I chat with Samson Mow, CEO of Jan3, longtime Bitcoiner, and a key voice in nation-state Bitcoin adoption, about the heated Core vs. KNOTS debate.

If you want a clear, no-BS walk through the current discourse, plus practical takeaways for node runners, this episode is for you.

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––– Get To Know Today's Guest –––

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––– Socials –––

• Check out our new website at https://TheBitcoinMatrix.Com

• Follow Cedric Youngelman on X: https://x.com/cedyoungelman

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - Emergency session: Core vs. KNOTS setup

03:20 - Price cycles, “omega candles,” and diminishing returns vibes

04:55 - What is Bitcoin Core? Reference client, dominance, and risks

07:30 - Who counts as a “Core contributor”? Roles and influence

09:45 - Origins of the rift: policy, process, and trust fractures

12:05 - OpReturn explained: what v30 changes could enable

14:20 - Spam or not? Ordinals, data storage, and native Bitcoin use

18:15 - Standards vs. censorship: what filters actually signal

21:50 - Fees as a filter, block weight, and unit-economics after SegWit

29:10 - Ffunding,and the echo-chamber risk

37:20 - Will Core v30 ship? KNOTS growth, and ossification paths

42:15 - Why three major implementations might be healthiest

47:40 - Parting advice: run a node and stay vigilant

DISCLAIMER: All views in this episode are our own and DO NOT reflect the opinions/views of any of our guests or sponsors.

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.

Thank you for listening!

The information in all The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast episodes and content is based on hypothetical assumptions and is intended for illustrative purposes only. PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS. This video is provided for entertainment purposes only. The information contained herein represents temporary, changing views and subjective impressions and opinions regarding the inherently uncertain and unpredictable issues discussed. The reader, user, and/or viewer must not assume that these contents are accurate, complete, timely, or up to date. Market conditions change rapidly and unpredictably. Nothing herein should be interpreted as any kind of offer, solicitation, commitment, promise, warranty, or guarantee whatsoever relating to any of the contents of these videos.

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Trace Mayer - Why Bitcoin Will Outlive Nations

Monday, September 8, 2025 • Duration 01:23:49

In this episode, I chat with Trace Mayer, early Bitcoin investor and the mind behind the Seven Network Effects, about monetary sovereignty and the ideas that shaped Bitcoin culture. We dive into his rabbit-hole journey from gold to Bitcoin, debates from the block size wars, why “proof of keys” still matters, and how time preference and family tie into sound money.

If you want a masterclass in first-principles Bitcoin thinking with historical and philosophical depth, this episode is for you.

Support My Work

Paypal: https://www.paypal.biz/BitcoinMatrix

Strike/Bitcoin: BitcoinMatrix@strike.me

Cash App: https://cash.app/$BitcoinMatrix

Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/bitcoinmatrix

PO Box: The Bitcoin Matrix, P.O. Box 18056, Sarasota, FL 34231

––– Offers & Discounts –––

Theya is the world’s simplest Bitcoin self-custody solution. Download Theya Now at theya.us/cedric

Get up to $100 in Bitcoin on River at river.com/matrix

The best Team Bitcoin merch is at HodlersOfficial.com. Use the code Matrix for a discount on your order.

Become a sponsor of the show: https://thebitcoinmatrix.com/sponsors/

––– Get To Know Today's Guest –––

• Trace Mayer on X: https://x.com/TraceMayer

––– Socials –––

• Check out our new website at https://TheBitcoinMatrix.Com

• Follow Cedric Youngelman on X: https://x.com/cedyoungelman

• Follow The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast on X: https://x.com/_bitcoinmatrix

• Follow Cedric Youngelman on Nostr: npub12tq9jxmt707gd5vnce3tqllpm67ktr0mqskcvy58qqa4d074pz9s4ukdcs

Eric Balchunas: The Next Phase of Bitcoin Has Already Begun

Monday, June 16, 2025 • Duration 01:29:51

In this episode, I chat with Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence and author of The Bogle Effect. We dive into the life and legacy of Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, and explore the evolution of Bitcoin ETFs.

––– Offers & Discounts –––

Theya is the world’s simplest Bitcoin self-custody solution. Download Theya Now at theya.us/cedric

Get up to $100 in Bitcoin on River at river.com/Matrix

The best Team Bitcoin merch is at HodlersOfficial.com. Use the code Matrix for a discount on your order.

Become a sponsor of the show: https://thebitcoinmatrix.com/sponsors/

––– Get To Know Today's Guest –––

• Eric Balchunas on X: https://x.com/EricBalchunas

––– Socials –––

• Check out our new website at https://TheBitcoinMatrix.Com

• Follow Cedric Youngelman on X: https://x.com/cedyoungelman

• Follow The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast on X: https://x.com/_bitcoinmatrix

• Follow Cedric Youngelman on Nostr: npub12tq9jxmt707gd5vnce3tqllpm67ktr0mqskcvy58qqa4d074pz9s4ukdcs

––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

01:12 - Eric’s Background: Journalism to Finance

05:53 - Investing Philosophy and Personal Strategy

09:24 - Exploring The Bogle Effect

12:09 - Comparing Bogle and Satoshi

Luke Mikic: Is This Bull Run Bitcoin's Final Cycle?

Monday, January 30, 2023 • Duration 01:57:35

In this extremely bullish conversation Ced sits down with Luke Mikic to talk about the unwinding of the petrodollar system, exponential technology in the digital age, network effects, technological S curves, the big fish who will trigger escape velocity, moon math based on bitcoin’s total addressable market, the coming Bitcoin supercyle and why the volatility will increase from here.

Luke Mikic is just another Bitcoin pleb, whose mind has been captured by the Bitcoin rabbit hole ever since discovering Bitcoin in 2017. He believes we’re living through the most consequential years in human history, as we’re watching the separation of money and state and the transition into the digital age.

His mission is to drag as many no-coiners down this rabbit hole with him, by providing financial education to the masses. He considers himself lucky enough to be working 24/7 in the space under many different hats, as an educator and content creator in the Bitcoin space.

He works as a full-time writer and researcher for Mark Moss, he works part time as a contributor to the CoinBeast social media accounts, he also writes articles part-time for Amber, as well as co-hosts the Bitcoin Made Simple Podcast. After leaving Australia for good in 2022, he works online, and has the privilege to travel the world, meeting Bitcoiners and exploring citadels.

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

Get $20 free when you sign up for River and purchase Bitcoin, and up to $10,000 free when you purchase miners. Build your Bitcoin wealth at River today at: partner.river.com/matrix

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Susie B DDS on Bitcoin, Science, Memes & Dreams

Monday, January 23, 2023 • Duration 01:38:50

Today's guest on the show is @SusieBdds who joins me to talk about #bitcoin, Dentistry and how her father invented the Heart Scan!

Susie is a wife, mom of 4, dentist w a twisted sense of humor and a professional memer in the eyes of her kids.

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

Get $20 free when you sign up for River and purchase Bitcoin, and up to $10,000 free when you purchase miners. Build your Bitcoin wealth at River today at: partner.river.com/matrix

Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

https://store.coinkite.com/promo/B81AD35FE804254094F9

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Robert W Malone, MD: Shedding Innocence: Propaganda & Censorship in the Garden of Good & Evil

Monday, January 16, 2023 • Duration 01:20:34

For this important and eye-opening conversation Cedric sits down with Dr. Robert Malone MD to discuss fifth generation warfare, MRNA technology, decentralization, fiat, bitcoin, shedding our innocence, propaganda and censorship in the garden of good and evil.

"We've all been subjected to over the last three years the most concerted, organized, globally harmonized, military grade psychological operations, propaganda campaign & pre-planned 5th generation warfare in the history of the world."

Dr Robert Malone got his medical degree from the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, completed the Harvard Medical School fellowship as a global clinical research scholar, and was scientifically trained at the University of California at Davis, the University of California at San Diego, and at the Salk Institute Molecular Biology and Virology laboratories. He served as an assistant and associate professor of pathology and surgery at the University of California at Davis, the University of Maryland, and the Armed Forces University of the Health Sciences.

Dr Malone has approximately 100 scientific publications with over 12,000 citations of his work, as well as being an internationally recognized scientist/physician and the original inventor of mRNA vaccination as a technology, DNA vaccination, and multiple non-viral DNA and RNA/mRNA platform delivery technologies. Dr Malone holds numerous fundamental domestic and foreign patents in the fields of gene delivery, delivery formulations, and vaccines: including for fundamental DNA and RNA/mRNA vaccine technologies.

Dr Malone also has a new book out called Lies My Government Told Me & The Better Future Coming.

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

Get $20 free when you sign up for River and purchase Bitcoin, and up to $10,000 free when you purchase miners. Build your Bitcoin wealth at River today at: partner.river.com/matrix

Alexander Leishman: Building Generational Wealth with Bitcoin

Sunday, January 8, 2023 • Duration 01:12:40

In this episode Cedric sits down with Alexander Leishman for an Insider look at what ⁦drives ⁦@River⁩ and the core values that set them apart as one of the best Bitcoin only companies in the industry.

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

Get $20 free when you sign up for River and purchase Bitcoin, and up to $10,000 free when you purchase miners. Build your Bitcoin wealth at River today at: partner.river.com/matrix

Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

https://store.coinkite.com/promo/B81AD35FE804254094F9

Recently, I decided to partner with crowd health to help fix the healthcare system.

Lawrence Lepard: It's Just Math

Tuesday, January 3, 2023 • Duration 01:58:49

In this episode Cedric sits down with Lawrence Lepard to discuss how fixing the money will fix the world.

"It gives me hope for the future. These Bitcoin guys are charging up the hill w/ a sharper spear & we're going to kill this fiat monster. The system's broken. The wrong people are winning. Let's crush these assholes."

Larry is a sound money advocate, gold stock fund manager, Austrian economist, anti-federalist, and cross fit athlete. He founded Equity Management Associates, LLC (EMA) in 2006. EMA is an equity investment management firm that invests in growing private and public companies located around the world. Since 2008, EMA has focused on investing in companies which mine the monetary metals, gold and silver. He has been a frequent guest of many media outlets including Bloomberg Television for his expertise on the monetary metals market.

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

Get $20 free when you sign up for River and purchase Bitcoin, and up to $10,000 free when you purchase miners. Build your Bitcoin wealth at River today at: partner.river.com/matrix

Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

https://store.coinkite.com/promo/B81AD35FE804254094F9

Michael Goldstein: Node World Order

Monday, December 26, 2022 • Duration 02:03:28

In this special episode Cedric sits down with Michael Goldstein aka Bitstein the Memelord himself to discuss his seminal essay Toward a Node World Order: How Bitcoin Obsoletes Inflation and Promotes Human Flourishing.

Michael Goldstein is the founder and president of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute, a co-host of the Noded Bitcoin Podcast, a software engineer and the he just started the Bitcoin Brief which is a newsletter focusing on insights into bitcoin and the future of money and society, drawing primarily from the Austrian economic tradition.

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

Get $20 free when you sign up for River and purchase Bitcoin, and up to $10,000 free when you purchase miners. Build your Bitcoin wealth at River today at: partner.river.com/matrix

Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

https://store.coinkite.com/promo/B81AD35FE804254094F9

Recently, I decided to partner with crowd health to help fix the healthcare system.

You’re challenging the traditional status quo, then why are you still paying expensive insurance premiums? Experience the freedom and affordability of cash payments and community-funded healthcare with . Go to and use code MATRIX now and experience freedom from health insurance by utilizing Bitcoin.

Joe Consorti: Rates Lead The Dance

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 • Duration 01:32:21

In this episode Cedric sits down with Market Analyst Joe Consorti from market research outlet The Bitcoin Layer to discuss viewing bitcoin through a global macro lens, large scale defaults, FTX, price distortions and why rates lead the dance.

Joe Consorti is best known as a Bitcoin Analyst, but he’s also walked the stage at a bodybuilding competition when he was 17. Not to mention, Joe is also the founder of a 6-figure painting company as a 21-year-old. Joe has quickly made a name for himself in the world of Bitcoin, but as you’ll see from our conversation with him, he has a lot to share about viewing Bitcoin through a global macro lens.

This podcast is brought to you by River Financial.

Get $20 free when you sign up for River and purchase Bitcoin, and up to $10,000 free when you purchase miners. Build your Bitcoin wealth at River today at: partner.river.com/matrix

Coinkite is a leader in security and hardware manufacturer, est. block 141,000.

Maker of some of the most iconic Bitcoin products, such as OPENDIME, COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER and SATSCHIP.

For 5% off use this referral link:

https://store.coinkite.com/promo/B81AD35FE804254094F9

Recently, I decided to partner with crowd health to help fix the healthcare system.

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