Bitcoin is Punk Rock with Keith Levene
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Location: Zoom
Date: Monday 13th July
Bitcoin is the most significant disruption to money the world has seen in hundreds of years. It takes power away from centralised parties, and it allows any individual to be entirely self-sovereign and operate in an open system uncontrollable and uncensorable by anyone.
Bitcoin is punk rock!
Punk was not just about music; it was a movement that fought for personal freedom and individualism while remaining staunchly anti-establishment.
Keith Levene is a punk legend and was a founding member of iconic band The Clash and co-founded Public Image Ltd alongside former Sex Pistol, John Lydon.
With the alignment of punk and Bitcoin, it is not surprising that Keith Levene is a Bitcoiner, and a couple of months ago Keith reached out to me and told me he was a regular listener of the show.
In this interview, we discuss the early days of punk rock, the similarities between punk and Bitcoin and why he cares about Bitcoin.
00:03:40: Introductions
00:04:30: Factors that caused punk movement
00:10:10: Parallels with the pre-punk era
00:13:13: Divide in modern day America
00:15:57: Population conditioning
00:18:23: Tools of punk rock
00:21:45: Beginnings of The Clash
00:24:56: Joe Strummer
00:27:10: Early gigs
00:28:07: Johnny Rotten
00:30:02: Push for censorship around punk
00:31:23: Sid Vicious
00:35:00: Sex Pistols
00:37:44: Public Image Limited
00:40:18: Modern day music
00:47:13: Discovering Bitcoin
00:51:46: Money at the root of societal problems
00:53:31: 9/11
00:57:41: Depth of Bitcoin knowledge
00:59:13: Bitcoin as a threat to the dollar
01:01:43: Converting the masses
01:06:12: Scarcity and the whitepaper
01:09:07: Election 1 Bitcoin bet
01:12:00: Bitcoin for future generations
01:14:08: Final comments
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