Bitcoin Well Podcast

20:17

Reads: What Can You Actually Use Bitcoin For?

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2026/04/04

Send us Fan Mail Reads: Seven ways Bitcoin is used today Most people dismissing Bitcoin haven't seen it in use. They see a price chart and miss the system underneath. In this episode, Zach reads "7 Ways Bitcoin Is Used Today" by Ulysses Alfaro — a breakdown of how Bitcoin is already solving real problems for real people all over the world. This is a great episode to share with anyone who still asks "but what can you actually use Bitcoin for?" Questions? z.addair@bitcoinwell.com ...

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4:39

Bitcoin Well Is Launching Carbon Neutral Bitcoin...

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2026/04/01

Send us Fan Mail After months of internal conversations, working groups, and a lot of soul searching, Bitcoin Well is announcing carbon neutral Bitcoin purchasing. In this episode, Zach reads the full press release — because it speaks for itself. Optional at checkout. No mandates. No government program. Just individuals choosing to do more with what they have. Personal responsibility. Voluntary action. That's what this is. Learn more at bitcoinwell.com/ESG Questi...

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13:09

Explains: The Difficulty Adjustment and the Halving

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2026/03/31

Send us Fan Mail The Difficulty Adjustment and the Halving Explained - Why Bitcoin Is the Hardest Money Ever Created Mining is a global guessing game. Computers race to find a winning number, the winner writes the next page of the ledger, and gets paid in brand new Bitcoin. Clean. Simple. Elegant. But here's where most explanations stop and the really interesting questions start. What stops every computer on Earth from switching to Bitcoin mining at once? What stops Bitcoin from...

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32:16

Bitcoin Well 2025 Year-End Review - $133M Revenue,...

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2026/03/30

Send us Fan Mail $133 million in revenue. 47% growth year over year. During a bear market. In this special edition of the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach sits down with founder and CEO Adam O'Brien and capital markets expert Halston for a full breakdown of what Bitcoin Well accomplished in 2025 — and where the company is headed in 2026. Topics covered: how Bitcoin Well's three business units performed (Bitcoin ATMs, the Portal, and Bitcoin Well Infinite), why Bitcoin Well Infinite beca...

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15:00

Reads: Iran is a Creation of Fiat Money

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2026/03/28

Send us Fan Mail Most people analyze the Middle East through religion, ideology, or ethnic conflict. Useful frames — but incomplete ones. If you want to understand why wars never end and why the same regions keep bleeding across decades, follow the printing press. In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach reads his original essay "How Iran Is a Creation of Fiat Money" — a deep dive into the monetary history behind 70 years of engineered conflict. What's covered: the 1953 CI...

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15:30

Explains: Bitcoin Mining and Proof of Work

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2026/03/24

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Works - Mining and Proof of Work Forget the guy in a hoodie with a digital pickaxe. Forget the villain's lair boiling the oceans. Neither image is even close to accurate. Bitcoin mining is network security. It's the mechanism by which every transaction gets written, validated, and locked in permanently - without a bank, government, or central authority telling anyone what to do. In this video we break down exactly how it works: -What min...

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11:06

Bitcoin Is Fighting With Itself Again: The Great Data...

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2026/03/21

Send us Fan Mail The Great Data War of 2026: Why Bitcoin's "Civil War" Is Actually Proof It's Working Bitcoin is having another one of its famous arguments. And if you're new here, you might think the sky has fallen. It isn't. What's being called the Data War is the latest flashpoint in a debate that's been simmering since Casey Rodarmor launched the Ordinals project in 2023, essentially using a loophole opened by Taproot to inscribe arbitrary data directly onto individual satoshis. That g...

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77:28

Iran, Hyperinflation, and Stablecoins: Has The Dollar...

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2026/03/19

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin has touched $76,000 as the global landscape shifts under our feet. With the US and Israel at war and the energy markets in haywire due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, we are at a structural inflection point for the global financial system. In this session, Zach and the Peruvian Bull dive into why the "flight to safety" isn't leading to gold, but to Bitcoin. We discuss the massive influx of Iranian buyers using Bitcoin as an exit ramp from a weaponized SW...

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16:24

Explains: The 3 Biggest Bitcoin Myths

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2026/03/17

Send a text Bitcoin Well Explains: The 3 Biggest Bitcoin Myths Most people's first exposure to Bitcoin was a headline. Bitcoin crashes. Bitcoin used by criminals. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme. And if that's all you've seen, skepticism is a rational response. But before you write it off, let's make sure you're working from accurate information — not recycled talking points. In this video we break down the three biggest myths that keep people from taking Bitcoin seriously: Myth 1 — Bitco...

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12:06

Reads: Saylor's Selling Shares. We're Selling Freedom.

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2026/03/14

Send a text Reads 7: Michael Saylor Vs Bitcoin Well In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well, Zach dives into two powerful blog posts that challenge the current state of Bitcoin adoption and reclaim the meaning of financial sovereignty. Blog 1: Bitcoin Doesn't Need Another Michael Saylor This piece by Conrad Fitzpatrick argues that while Michael Saylor was the hero we needed for institutional acceptance, his "Treasury Playbook" has led to a massive rise in "captured" Bitcoin h...

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15:51

Explains: Transactions and the Blockchain

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2026/03/10

Send a text Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Actually Works - Transactions and the Blockchain Most people picture a Bitcoin wallet like a digital safe; coins rattling around on a hard drive somewhere. That mental model is wrong, and it's costing people clarity on how this whole system actually works. In this video, we break down exactly what happens when you send Bitcoin: what UTXOs are and why they matter, how your private key creates a mathematically unforgeable signature, how transacti...

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18:00

Bitcoin Well Reads: The Hidden War on the Family (and...

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2026/03/07

Send a text What's really destroying the family? Most people blame culture, technology, or moral decay. But what if the root cause is the money itself? In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well Podcast, we dig into a powerful essay arguing that fiat currency has silently dismantled the economic and moral foundation required for healthy families and that Bitcoin may be the most important tool parents have to fight back. From collapsing birth rates and two-income traps to institutional chi...

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7:16

Answers: Is Bitcoin Dead? (The Truth Behind the 50%...

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2026/03/05

Send a text Bitcoin Well Answers 4: Is Bitcoin Dead? With Bitcoin's price swinging by 50% in a few short months, the "Bitcoin is Dead" headlines are back in full force. But if you're only looking at the price, you're missing the most important feature of the system: volatility is a reflection of humanity. In this video, we dive into why centralization is the only real threat to Bitcoin and why a protocol of rules without rulers is as indestructible as fire. We explore why gold eventually fa...

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81:50

Spaces: Jane Street, Bitcoin Manipulation & The...

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2026/03/04

Send a text Is Jane Street manipulating Bitcoin the same way they allegedly front-ran the Terra Luna collapse? In this episode, I sit down with Robert Rios (@peruvian_bull on X) and Robert from Infranomics (@infraa_ on X) Joined Feb 27th 2026 to break down the Terraform Labs lawsuit, the suspicious 10am price slams traders have been watching for months, and what it all means for Bitcoin. We also go deep on the macro picture: the Fed's quasi-stealth QE, Triffin's Dilemma and the dollar e...

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16:51

Explains I: 3 - The Bitcoin Whitepaper

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2026/03/03

Send a text Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists 3 - The Bitcoin Whitepaper What is the Bitcoin White Paper, and why does it still matter in 2026? On October 31st, 2008, while the global financial system was melting down, an anonymous developer named Satoshi Nakamoto released a blueprint for a new world. It wasn't about getting rich or speculative trading; it was about autonomy. In this video, we go line-by-line through the most important document of the 21st century. We break down ...

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33:07

Reads 5: Code, Beauty and the Void (Making Bitcoin...

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2026/02/28

Send a text Bitcoin Well Reads 5: Code, Beauty and the Void Is Bitcoin's greatest weakness its design? For 15 years, the Bitcoin protocol has operated with perfect uptime—no crashes, no bailouts, and no central point of failure. Yet, the average person is still terrified to use it. This is the Adoption Wall. In this deep dive, we explore why the problem isn't that Bitcoin is too complex for humans, but that its tools were never designed for humans in the first place. We use the philosophies o...

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5:16

Answers 3: What is Self-Custody?

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2026/02/26

Send a text Bitcoin Well Answers: 3 - What is Self-Custody? Understanding the importance of custody is the difference between having a number on a screen and owning the greatest asset on the planet. If you don’t understand custody, you don't really understand Bitcoin. In this video, we break down why custody (the simple question of who controls the asset) is the single most revolutionary change Bitcoin brought to the world of finance. In traditional finance, we are disincentivized from tak...

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11:40

Explains: Why Bitcoin Exists 2 - The Cypherpunk War...

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2026/02/24

Send a text Bitcoin wasn't a miracle, it was the final move in a 40-year chess game. 🤯 Most people think Bitcoin appeared out of thin air in 2008. In reality, it was the culmination of decades of failure and innovation by a group called the Cypherpunks. From David Chaum's Digicash to Adam Back's Hashcash, this is the story of the rebel mathematicians who fought to build an un-censorable escape hatch for humanity. Key Takeaways: The Surveillance State: How the 1990s internet was designed

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13:10

Reads 4: The Philosophy of Liberty and Why Bitcoin...

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2026/02/21

Send a text Bitcoin Well Reads 4: The Philosophy of Liberty and Why Bitcoin Matters Bitcoin is hovering in the mid-$60,000s, and the fear index is flashing panic . But if you are hyper-focused on price, you are missing the entire point of why Bitcoin was created . In this episode of the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach Addair steps away from the noise of the market to read his foundational essay, "The Philosophy of Liberty and Why Bitcoin Matters". We explore the absolute basics of human freedom...

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11:23

Explains: Why Bitcoin Exists 1 - The Failures of Fiat...

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2026/02/17

Bitcoin Well Explains: Why Bitcoin Exists - 1- The Failures of Fiat Money Is your money melting in your pocket? 💸 Discover why the 2% inflation target is actually a design to steal your wealth. Most people think inflation is like the weather—something that just happens. In reality, the fiat system is a "Proof of Stake" model for governments where money has no cost to produce. In this episode, we break down the fundamental flaws of our current economy and why a transition to a "Proof o...

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