Bitcoin Takeover Podcast
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S15 E12
Agustin Kassis & Mariano on La Crypta, La Wallet & Bitcoin in Argentina
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00:00 Intro: Buenos Aires week, Milei debate energy, dual guests
01:40 Agustin & Mariano join; La Wallet + Nostr + Lightning pitch
02:20 The house is lent, not owned; Fight Club framing
03:10 Basement without windows; demolition license; LaBitConf trophy
04:40 Bitcoiner passion vs chart-watching outsiders
06:15 Mariano on physical agora vs virtual Bitcoin
07:00 Developer education night before LaBitConf
07:50 Argentina, politics, and treating fiat as a shitcoin
09:27 Monetary oppression, savings decay, freedom narrative
11:00 Sponsor: Wasabi Wallet
12:00 Dollar addiction; provincial shitcoins; GDP vs inflation literacy
14:08 New Zealand vs Argentina; Tuesday cowork; Spanish nomads
15:43 FUBAR economics make Bitcoin easier to sell
16:20 Vlad’s Romanian wedding / hyperinflation story
18:50 Agustin’s Zeitgeist anger and 2011–2013 Bitcoin path
22:00 La Crypta mission: hyperbitcoinization from Argentina
23:00 Mainstream utility over forced maximalist passion
23:40 Learn by using; Bitcoin-only house rule
24:00 Halloween party: Bitcoin or fuck you
26:00 Wallet of Satoshi lesson; don’t start with seed phrases
26:45 Girl recursively orange-pilling her friends
28:20 Sponsor: Cryptosteel
29:50 NFC cards upstairs; Nostr hackathon & NIP work
31:20 La Wallet as modular SDK (LNBits cousin, Docker, Umbrel/Start9)
32:00 Why cards: poverty rates, no iPhone assumption
33:00 Nostr-published txs; open-source custodial auditability
34:30 Federations anywhere; banks may wrap Lightning later
36:00 Mariano: self-custody ideal vs realistic trust markets
37:40 Community trust as an asset; transparency if they rug
39:10 Lost cards, spend limits, disable/config flows
40:45 Multi-card roles, admin cards, multisig pedagogy
42:20 Collectible card drops as merchant magnet
43:50 Sponsor: Satochip
44:20 Target audience: mainstream, not only bitcoiners
45:30 Interest is constructed; practice before meaning
47:00 Official vs real FX rates; Argentina’s builder density
48:40 Rootstock, LaBitConf, Muun; tough times, strong builders
50:00 Milei pride; programmers under shifting rules
51:50 Twenty-seven dollar rates; rules without rulers
53:20 Sponsor: IVPN
54:50 Romania vs Argentina redenomination histories
56:30 Unsolved Argentine inflation as Bitcoin’s local engine
57:30 Survival money vs US speculation framing
58:00 Stablecoins for people without savings; volatility honesty
59:40 How to get La Wallet cards; visit La Crypta first
1:01:16 Open-source docs debt; Q2 worldwide shipping hope
1:02:50 Fork the stack; NIP-05 + Lightning address domains
1:04:20 La Crypta cards as first federation; anyone can run one
1:05:00 Closing: long flights, European meetups, customs jokes
1:06:30 Updates promised; goodbye
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