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.
Episodes
Bitcoin Well Reads: The Architecture of Solidarity: How Bitcoin Revives the Lost Art of Mutual Aid
You have been lied to about what charity actually is.
When crisis hits, we are trained to look up. We wait for the government agency. We wait for the NGO. We wait for the wealthy benefactor. This is vertical charity. It is dependence masquerading as care.
But this is not how humans actually s...
Bitcoin Well Explains: Nodes and Governance
In 2017, the biggest mining pools, major exchanges, and venture capital firms signed an agreement to change Bitcoin's rules by force. They controlled over 80% of the network's computing power.
They lost. Completely. Embarrassingly.
This is the story of the Blocksize War — and the quiet, underappreciated participants who won it: the node...
Reads: Seven ways Bitcoin is used today
Most people dismissing Bitcoin haven't seen it in use. They see a price chart and miss the system underneath.
In this episode, Zach reads "7 Ways Bitcoin Is Used Today" by Ulysses Alfaro — a breakdown of how Bitcoin is already solving real problems for real people all over the world.
This is a great episode to share with anyone who sti...
After months of internal conversations, working groups, and a lot of soul searching, Bitcoin Well is announcing carbon neutral Bitcoin purchasing.
In this episode, Zach reads the full press release — because it speaks for itself.
Optional at checkout. No mandates. No government program. Just individuals choosing to do more with what they have.
Personal responsibility. Voluntary action. That's what this is.
Lear...
The Difficulty Adjustment and the Halving Explained - Why Bitcoin Is the Hardest Money Ever Created
Mining is a global guessing game. Computers race to find a winning number, the winner writes the next page of the ledger, and gets paid in brand new Bitcoin. Clean. Simple. Elegant.
But here's where most explanations stop and the really interesting questions start.
What stops every computer on ...
$133 million in revenue. 47% growth year over year. During a bear market.
In this special edition of the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach sits down with founder and CEO Adam O'Brien and capital markets expert Halston for a full breakdown of what Bitcoin Well accomplished in 2025 — and where the company is headed in 2026.
Topics covered: how Bitcoin Well's three business units performed (Bitcoin ATMs, the Portal,...
Most people analyze the Middle East through religion, ideology, or ethnic conflict. Useful frames — but incomplete ones. If you want to understand why wars never end and why the same regions keep bleeding across decades, follow the printing press.
In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach reads his original essay "How Iran Is a Creation of Fiat Money" — a deep dive into the moneta...
Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Works - Mining and Proof of Work
Forget the guy in a hoodie with a digital pickaxe. Forget the villain's lair boiling the oceans. Neither image is even close to accurate.
Bitcoin mining is network security. It's the mechanism by which every transaction gets written, validated, and locked in permanently - without a bank, government, or central authority t...
The Great Data War of 2026: Why Bitcoin's "Civil War" Is Actually Proof It's Working
Bitcoin is having another one of its famous arguments. And if you're new here, you might think the sky has fallen. It isn't.
What's being called the Data War is the latest flashpoint in a debate that's been simmering since Casey Rodarmor launched the Ordinals project in 2023,...
Bitcoin has touched $76,000 as the global landscape shifts under our feet. With the US and Israel at war and the energy markets in haywire due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, we are at a structural inflection point for the global financial system.
In this session, Zach and the Peruvian Bull dive into why the "flight to safety" isn't leading to gold, but to Bitcoin. We discuss the massive influ...
Bitcoin Well Explains: The 3 Biggest Bitcoin Myths
Most people's first exposure to Bitcoin was a headline. Bitcoin crashes. Bitcoin used by criminals. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme. And if that's all you've seen, skepticism is a rational response.
But before you write it off, let's make sure you're working from accurate information — not recycled talking points.
In th...
Reads 7: Michael Saylor Vs Bitcoin Well
In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well, Zach dives into two powerful blog posts that challenge the current state of Bitcoin adoption and reclaim the meaning of financial sovereignty.
Blog 1: Bitcoin Doesn't Need Another Michael Saylor This piece by Conrad Fitzpatrick argues that while Michael Saylor was the hero we needed for institutional acceptance, his "Trea...
Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Actually Works - Transactions and the Blockchain
Most people picture a Bitcoin wallet like a digital safe; coins rattling around on a hard drive somewhere. That mental model is wrong, and it's costing people clarity on how this whole system actually works.
In this video, we break down exactly what happens when you send Bitcoin: what UTXOs are and why they mat...
Bitcoin Well Reads: The Hidden War on the Family (and How Bitcoin is the Solution)
What's really destroying the family? Most people blame culture, technology, or moral decay. But what if the root cause is the money itself?
In this episode of Reads on the Bitcoin Well Podcast, we dig into a powerful essay arguing that fiat currency has silently dismantled the economic and moral foundation required for healthy...
Bitcoin Well Answers 4: Is Bitcoin Dead?
With Bitcoin's price swinging by 50% in a few short months, the "Bitcoin is Dead" headlines are back in full force. But if you're only looking at the price, you're missing the most important feature of the system: volatility is a reflection of humanity.
In this video, we dive into why centralization is the only real threat to Bitcoin...
Is Jane Street manipulating Bitcoin the same way they allegedly front-ran the Terra Luna collapse? In this episode, I sit down with Robert Rios (@peruvian_bull on X) and Robert from Infranomics (@infraa_ on X) Joined Feb 27th 2026 to break down the Terraform Labs lawsuit, the suspicious 10am price slams traders have been watching for months, and what it all means for Bitcoin.
We also go deep on the macro picture: th...
Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists 3 - The Bitcoin Whitepaper
What is the Bitcoin White Paper, and why does it still matter in 2026? On October 31st, 2008, while the global financial system was melting down, an anonymous developer named Satoshi Nakamoto released a blueprint for a new world. It wasn't about getting rich or speculative trading; it was about autonomy.
In this video, we go lin...
Bitcoin Well Reads 5: Code, Beauty and the Void
Is Bitcoin's greatest weakness its design? For 15 years, the Bitcoin protocol has operated with perfect uptime—no crashes, no bailouts, and no central point of failure. Yet, the average person is still terrified to use it. This is the Adoption Wall.
In this deep dive, we explore why the problem isn't that Bitcoin is too complex for humans, but that its tools we...
Bitcoin Well Answers: 3 - What is Self-Custody?
Understanding the importance of custody is the difference between having a number on a screen and owning the greatest asset on the planet. If you don’t understand custody, you don't really understand Bitcoin.
In this video, we break down why custody (the simple question of who controls the asset) is the single most revolutionary change Bitcoin br...
Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists 2 - The Cypherpunk War for Digital Cash
Bitcoin wasn't a miracle, it was the final move in a 40-year chess game. 🤯
Most people think Bitcoin appeared out of thin air in 2008. In reality, it was the culmination of decades of failure and innovation by a group called the Cypherpunks. From David Chaum's Digicash to Adam Back's Hashcash, this is the stor...
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