Jack Sweeney is a Gen Z YouTuber turned passionate Bitcoin advocate. He currently writes about the lightning network for LN Capital and produces content under @jacksweeney.

In Value Stack 37, we discuss how Jack found Bitcoin, the existential meaning about being a millenial and gen Z in today's economy, being content creators online, and more.

This is an esoteric episode so sit back with an open mind and enjoy!
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Chapters

00:00 Intro
01:38 Bitcoin Origin story
08:45 Big difference of bitcoin and altcoins?
10:00 Why NFTs have no inherent value
23:15 The root of the problem is the money is corrupted
25:25 Betting on bitcoin success vs fiat collapse
27:00 Finding meaning in the world and purpose
29:25 Effects of money printing on socioeconomics
32:50 Short-term bias - high vs. low time preference thinking
36:00 Becoming a radical
37:30 Thinking of Bitcoin as a unit of account
38:55 Money is at the base layer of society and interaction
40:26 What wealth affords
41:40 In it for the “I told ya so’s”
45:00 Bitcoin is a movement, and a savings tool - not an investment
48:10 Seeing the truth of what's in front of you
50:30 Whether or not to disclose on a date that you’re a bitcoiner
58:00 Incentivizing content creators through NOSTR Zaps
59:50 Personality traits that are common among bitcoiners
1:04:20 How fiat destroys most purchasing power in under a decade
1:08:00 How to grow a YouTube channel
1:17:00 Will fiat and bitcoin coexist?
1:19:46 What has more supply: Shiba Inu Coin or the US Dollar?
1:26:45 Just wait for bitcoin (math) to do its thing and chill!
1:30:00 Sats - a bitcoin "penny", 10 bitcoin is a billionaire - Bitcoin units
1:37:10 Outro