Yesterday, I spent 12 hours in the German Parliament, the Bundestag, discussing…. #Bitcoin.
Yes, the German Parliament regularly speaks to the dangers of fiat currency while exploring the growing acceptance of Bitcoin, thanks to the initiative “Bitcoin im Bundestag.”
I had the opportunity to interview @joanacotar, the Member of Parliament leading this Bitcoin educational drive.
We spoke about Germany’s blunder in selling 50,000 BTC this summer, the budding acceptance of Bitcoin within the country, and the vibrant grassroots Bitcoin community (hello 21!)
Joana has been leading Bitcoin talks throughout the year in both English and German, inviting MPs from across the political spectrum and their aides to formally learn about Bitcoin.
It was bizarre and somewhat inspiring to see MPs not only attend last night’s event but ask insightful questions about the future of Germany and Bitcoin.
I’m not a big politics guy but I’d love to see a similar initiative in the UK.
A big thank you to Joana and her pro-Bitcoin team—Stephan, Dominic, Mathias, and Nina—for their time and for tolerating my camera gear and microphones as we turned their office upside down (!).
I also conducted a lightning transaction from self-custodial wallets in German Parliament (kinda cool right), signed a Hodler and hugged lots of lovely German Bitcoiners who were present 🇩🇪 🇩🇪
It was also great to chat with @Excellion, who surely has one of the most interesting bitcoin jobs.
He advises governments and key opinion leaders worldwide, from Thailand to Montenegro to Argentina, on how to adopt, embrace, or adapt to Bitcoin.
Though I usually avoid discussing Bitcoin price speculation, I couldn’t resist with Mr Omega himself.
Hearing how more and more nation-states are beginning to open the door to Bitcoin—and will (let’s face it) eventually buy or mine BTC at a state level—reminded me once again of how scarce Bitcoin truly is.
Here’s the reminder to you:
Bitcoin is the scarcest asset on Earth.
There will only ever be 21 million coins.
Soon, owning tens of thousands, let alone hundreds of thousands, will be near impossible, even for nation-states with massive money printers at their disposal.
And a big thanks to Samson for giving up *the* scarcest thing—his time.
I’ll be publishing these interviews and a brief investigation on my YT channel soon.
If I can compress the living daylights out of it it can go straight to #nostr too.
Stay tuned 😊
Ps,—you don’t have enough Bitcoin.
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I don’t think I’ve seen you in a suit before but it looks good man. Bringing back the handlebar mustache would make it better though.
Ty sir 🎩
MOVEMBER IS COMING
If the sinaloa cartel had successfully completed a coup detat in mexico, and set a similar bitcoin education entity within their organisation/country, would you be as happy to attend a similar event?
Damn Joe just going strait to the big leagues 🔥🔥🔥 Omega level note!
Bro, I had a reservation for this yesterday but I had a gig (actually shared it on Nostr nearby) and could not go. Had my wife on the list and she had to work, too.
Big opportunity missed right there 🥲
Du kommst aus Deutschland?
Hast du sehr gut gemacht was hat Olaf dazu gesagt🙈
Great work! Look forward to seeing the vid on this one (I assume) :-)
I think is a wrong approach to teach politicians about Bitcoin.
TOTALLY WRONG.
Let them die in darkness and ignorance.
Bitcoin do not need their acceptance or approval.
Stop being a boot liker to politicians, you give them too much attention, credibility and authority when it should be the way around.
FUCK'EM'ALL
The point is: they will apparently give you comfort and support while you talk to them, but then they will stab you in the back as soon as you turn around. State is a mafia, and politicians are their gangsters. They will never, ever, allow anything against their interests, and their interest is obviously fiat, because that's how they tax and enslave you.
Your skepticism is understandable but you may want to judge her by her actual work. It is not possible to vote @joanacotar into office, so you don’t have to fear your theory in her case.
Nope, not my vibe. Politicians are people too. Some of them are very good people. It’s fair to say a lot are quite bad.
But yeah I’ll happily support the pro bitcoin ones where I can as it’s another lever to bitcoin adoption
In this case Germany 🇩🇪 is ahead of many and not only that, they are on #Nostr too as @Bitcoin-im-Bundestag well done!
Joanas nostr-handle is @joanacotar
Thanks for the fun chat and connection after the Q&A. Hopefully you Bad experience at the airport won’t prevent you coming back soon ;)
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