Show Notes
I was introduced to Silicon Valley's TJ Miller little over a year ago while he was brainstorming how we could potentially inscribe a 4-megger comedy video through MARA Slipstream.
A Bitcoiner since 2018, TJ saw the potential of Ordinals to orange-pill a whole new kind of Bitcoiner — the kind that may realistically be intimidated by (or straight up uninterested in) ivory-tower technical or economic topics.
"I talk about cultural adoption and how do we bring Bitcoin into the cultural forefront."
Letting me into "his world" for this interview, TJ and I recorded this chat straight from Stand Comedy Club before his Bitcoin-focused set during Chainlink New York blockchain week
In this episode, TJ and I jam about:
How TJ was orange-pilled by the Winklevoss twins (+ the Michigan twins of course!)
Why TJ's wife, Kate, is a hardcore Bitcoin maxi… despite TJ loving Ethereum and DOGE on the side
How comedy could orange pill the world
And as usual we end with… Brock Pierce. IYKYK.
For good measure, we also clear the air on Peter Todd [probably not] being Satoshi.
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Unsurprisingly, we had an absolute blast and lots of laughs filming this episode. A nice little left turn from my usual technical schtick + some fun personal stories shared from both of our sides.
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TIMESTAMPS 📌
00:00 Intro
04:46 Trading and Crypto Misconceptions
08:47 Bitcoin and Early Adopters
17:13 Ethereum and Blockchain Exploration
38:55 NFTs and Artistic Ventures
40:46 The First NFT Comedy Special
41:31 The FTX Collapse and Its Impact
47:28 Ordinals and Bitcoin Utility
51:41 The Ordinals Cultural Fork
53:20 Cultural Adoption of Bitcoin
01:09:06 Bitcoin Comedy and Community
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