Bitcoin Well Podcast
Under the Bitcoin Well Podcast banner are different shows including Answers, Explains and Reads. All shows that will help expand people's understanding of Bitcoin, both from a beginner and a veteran's perspective. With a strong focus on self-custody, self sovereignty, personal freedom and empowerment.
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- StandardSummaries onlyExplains: The Fall of Gold and the Fiat Trap
Published Feb 10, 2026
Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains 0: What is Money? - 3 - The Fall of Gold and the Fiat Trap Gold was the ultimate money for 5,000 years. So how did it lose to paper? The answer isn't just economics—it's physics. ⚛️ Gold is heavy, dangerous to transport, and slow. To speed up trade, we invented a "Layer 2" solution called paper receipts. That convenience introduced a fatal flaw: Trust. In this episode, we trace the "Slow Motion Heist" that trapped the world in a fiat system: The birth of Fr
- StandardSummaries onlyAnswers: How Does Bitcoin Have Value if its not Backed by Anything?
Published Feb 5, 2026
Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Answers: 2 - How Does Bitcoin Have Value if its not Backed by Anything? People say Bitcoin is "fake" because it isn't backed by anything. But is the US Dollar backed by anything? Is Gold? The answer will surprise you. 🤔 In this video, Adam O'Brien (CEO of Bitcoin Well) dismantles the biggest myth in finance: that money needs to be "backed" by something physical to have value. We explore why money isn't about "backing"—it's about Attributes. We break down the 5 trai
- StandardSummaries onlyReads: Socialism is Rising because Our Money is Dying
Published Jan 31, 2026
Send us Fan Mail Why does it feel like "Capitalism" is failing and "Socialism" is rising? The answer isn't in the voting booth—it's in the printing press. 🖨️ In this episode of Bitcoin Well Reads, we explore the terrifying convergence of the American and Chinese economic models. Whether you call it "Corporate Welfare" or "State Socialism," the engine is the same: Fiat Currency. We analyze the works of Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, and Murray Rothbard to reveal why they would have all viewed Bitco
- StandardSummaries onlyExplains: The Rise of Gold
Published Jan 30, 2026
Send us Fan Mail **Explains 0: What is Money? 2 - The Rise of Gold ** Why did the Egyptians, Romans, and Aztecs all choose the same yellow metal for money? They never met, but they all came to the same conclusion. 🤔 It wasn't magic, and it wasn't a decree from the gods. It was brutal free-market competition. In this episode of "What is Money?", we explore The Rise of Gold. We break down the physics that made gold the "hardest" money on earth, the concept of Stock-to-Flow Ratio, and why gold was
- StandardSummaries onlyReads: How Bitcoin and the Atomic bomb changed the World
Published Jan 29, 2026
Send us Fan Mail In 1945, humanity invented a technology that made total war impossible. In 2009, we invented a technology that made total financial control impossible. ⚛️₿ Welcome to the premiere episode of Proof of Thought, a new series exploring the deepest philosophical questions of our time. In this episode, we read an article by Bitcoin Weller Uli that draws a chilling parallel between the Atomic Bomb and Bitcoin. Just as nuclear weapons forced nations to change how they wage war through "
- StandardSummaries onlyExplains: Pre-Gold Money
Published Jan 29, 2026
Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains 0: What is Money? 1 - Pre-Gold Money In order to understand Bitcoin, we have to understand what money is! Join us in the first episode of a three part introduction to the concept of money and trade itself. This podcast explains how trade occurred before money and what the first things used as money were.
- StandardSummaries onlyReads: 1 - Bitcoin and the Atom Bomb
Published Jan 29, 2026
In 1945, humanity invented a technology that made total war impossible. In 2009, we invented a technology that made total financial control impossible. ⚛️₿Welcome to the premiere episode of Proof of Thought, a new series exploring the deepest philosophical questions of our time. In this episode, we read an article by Bitcoin Weller Uli that draws a chilling parallel between the Atomic Bomb and Bitcoin. Just as nuclear weapons forced nations to change how they wage war through "Mutually Assured D
- StandardSummaries onlyAnswers: Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?
Published Jan 29, 2026
Send us Fan Mail Are you worried you missed the boat on Bitcoin? You aren't alone. But the truth is, you aren't too late; you're just early to the biggest shift in human history. 🌍 In this debut episode of Bitcoin Well Answers, Adam O'Brien (CEO of Bitcoin Well) answers the most common question in crypto: "Is it too late?" The answer isn't about price charts. It's about the fundamental brokenness of our current system. We explore why the "Earn, Save, Invest" model is failing, why Gold and Real