“Mining is ruthlessly competitive. Revenue trends to zero every halving. All you need is energy and minimal bandwidth.”
@average_bitcoiner lays out why Bitcoin mining isn't your friend—it's a market force that consumes stranded energy, builds infrastructure, then moves on when real consumers show up.
Jurisdictions that get out of the way win. Those that don't lose.
Full episode:
https://fountain.fm/episode/wLcSOyS8mZORCpm6HTpK
NEW EPISODE: @average_bitcoiner went from Naval Special Warfare intelligence to software engineering at a large-scale Bitcoin miner.
His career arc reveals something important about how centralized systems are showing cracks and what's replacing them.
Key insights:
→ Open source contributions build reputation that matters more than corporate credentials in Bitcoin
→ Military “thinking shooter” training—knowing where to find answers rather than having all answers—translates directly to decentralized technology work
→ Financial surveillance isn't abstract: working in FinTech showed him exactly how payment censorship operates at the technical level
→ Bitcoin Veterans is creating pathways for the military community to transition from defending centralized institutions to building alternatives
Listen and watch:
https://fountain.fm/episode/wLcSOyS8mZORCpm6HTpK
From Naval Special Warfare to large-scale Bitcoin mining. @average_bitcoiner Average Gary spent years in intelligence and large-scale data systems, seeing how surveillance works, and then started building the alternatives.
His path from classified operations to open source shows how military discipline translates to freedom tech—and why proof of work beats credentials.
S02E12 is out tomorrow.
https://fountain.fm/show/Mk0fJte5vrfiDQ5RyCZd
Choosing privacy today means building a resilient future. By resisting digital ID adoption and supporting privacy-first businesses, we preserve our freedom and sovereignty. Which path will you choose?
"Cash App lets you buy Bitcoin, and that's a huge thing many wallets ignore." —Stephen DeLorme on the trade-offs of freedom tech.
Dive deeper into this conversation on Trust Revolution: https://fountain.fm/episode/N6ZXzeTlp5nSMyx4Qt66
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“Some UX problems have design solutions, and some have engineering solutions.” —Stephen DeLorme dives into Bitcoin and solving user experience on Trust Revolution.
Listen here: https://fountain.fm/episode/N6ZXzeTlp5nSMyx4Qt66
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“It's really difficult to engineer freedom tech—solutions that require you to kind of take ownership of your money, take ownership of your data. These things typically have engineering solutions that are harder to build; they might take a longer time to build, or it might actually require the user to kind of learn something new.” — @Stephen DeLorme
NEW EP: Bitcoin and Freedom by Design
https://fountain.fm/episode/N6ZXzeTlp5nSMyx4Qt66
