Welcome to episode 8 of the Build-a-Mine Podcast in this episode Will and Trevor have Aleks Svetski on the show to talk about his work in the space. Aleks is an author and an entrepreneur in the world of bitcoin. He wrote the book “The Uncommunist Manifesto” with Mark Moss and is currently writing “The Bushido of Bitcoin” a book that will no doubt shape the narrative of life after Bitcoin. Svetski has worked on several projects such as the Amber, which was the first ever Bitcoin savings app, and Spirit of Satoshi, an open source LLM project that is helping to spread positive and truthful messaging in Bitcoin and beyond. In our conversations with Svetski we touch on several topics, Like his early phase diving into alt-tokens like Etherium, and his shift to being a Bitcoin Maximalist. The conversation also delved into the importance of energy in Bitcoin mining and its broader impact on civilization, efficient resource use in capitalism, and so much more. It was a pleasure to get to speak with Svetski and we hope that he will join us again someday after the new book has been published. You can find all of Svetski's work in bitcoin and beyond, his twitter and Nostr as well as other things he's worked on here https://linktr.ee/Svetski Introduction and Guest Background (00:02 - 01:04) Bitcoin Mining Discussion (01:15 - 05:04) Energy and Bitcoin (05:04 - 17:53) Journey to Bitcoin Maximalism (21:20 - 26:17) Bitcoin and Capitalism (38:05 - 47:19) Spirit of Satoshi (47:19 - 56:35) Satlantis and Nostr (56:35 - 01:10:59) Mining Conference Invitation (01:16:00 - 01:18:31) Go to ⁠⁠⁠to.tool/Podcast⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the show. Want to learn more about how to start mining 1 bitcoin per month? Watch our free 45 minute webinar on commercial scale bitcoin mining. Heres the link- ⁠⁠https://to.tools/bootcamp-intro-webin... If you are ready to get into mining but have no idea where to start check out our monthly MasterMINED club where we meet every week to network with other peers, hold each other accountable, and work towards our next mining operation. With monthly deep dives and weekly conversations about mining you'll know exactly what steps to take next. Visit ⁠⁠https://to.tools/mastermined-club⁠⁠ to learn more. And finally if you are going to Nashville July 25th-27th for the Bitcoin conference, join us for a one-day Build-a-Mine intensive course designed to streamline your progress towards building a commercial-scale bitcoin mining operation. Go to ⁠⁠https://the-mining-conference.eventbr...⁠⁠ to sign up. Follow Trevor and Will here Twitter: @TrevorBello @Willwaukee Find the show here @BuildaMinePod Reach out on email here: Trevor@scottscryptominin.com Will@scottscryptomining.com Scott@scottscryptomining.com