The Bitcoin Way Podcast

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Two Bitcoin hardware wallet makers, Keystone and Foundation, were hit by data breaches within 10 days of each other. Customers' names, home addresses and phone numbers leaked, and convincing phishing emails followed. Michael, Tony and Katie explain why the customer database was the weak point, and what to do before you order your next device.

Then Apple's own privacy report says the average app has six trackers, and Tony makes his case for a privacy phone. Plus unauthorised AI agents inside US bank accounts, France's government weighing up blocking social media during the protests, and new powers for HMRC to take money straight from UK bank accounts.

And one tech investor's latest Bitcoin call earns him Donkey of the Week.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Keystone and Foundation Data Breaches

10:22 - Apple Privacy Report: 6 Trackers per App

18:49 - Unauthorised AI Agents in US Banks

24:44 - France Considered Blocking Social Media

28:25 - HMRC Powers to Take Money from Bank Accounts

33:51 - Donkey of the Week

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What does it take to walk away from the life you spent 30 years building? Adam Hudson, Australian entrepreneur and host of the Unemployable podcast, sold up three years ago and got a Plan B residency in Panama.

Michael and Adam talk about the taxes that pushed him out, including Australia's view tax and an IRS letter threatening to seize all his assets. Adam explains the difference between Plan A, Plan B and Plan C, and what getting Panama residency was like from the inside.

He's also honest about the year he lost to the wrong country first, and tells anyone weighing up their own way out where to start.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:23 – Why the West Is in Decline

00:05:09 – Australia's View Tax

00:11:28 – Running a Business from Panama

00:18:42 – What Australians Really Pay in Tax

00:22:24 – Why Adam Chose to Opt Out

00:32:16 – Plan A, Plan B and Plan C Explained

00:37:28 – Getting Panama Residency Step by Step

00:42:36 – Life Between Europe, Bali and Panama

00:53:41 – First Steps Towards a Plan B

01:00:13 – The Hard First Year After Leaving

01:04:40 – Adam's Unpopular Opinion

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Why use a privacy phone? Tony argues the smartphone you paid around $1,000 for is one of the most effective surveillance devices ever created, and you carry it everywhere.

He explains why phone privacy matters more as surveillance, digital ID and AI expand, takes on the "nothing to hide" argument and answers the question most people ask first: is a de-Googled privacy phone hard to use day to day?

He's also clear about what a privacy phone can't do, and why your sovereignty doesn't stop at your Bitcoin wallet.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 – Your Phone Is Watching You

01:19 – Surveillance, Digital ID and AI

02:46 – The "Nothing to Hide" Argument

03:46 – Is a Privacy Phone Hard to Use?

05:32 – What a Privacy Phone Can't Do

06:57 – The $1,000 Spy in Your Pocket

08:18 – Sovereignty Beyond Your Bitcoin Wallet

08:43 – Get Help Setting Up a Privacy Phone

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Riots and protests across France have put cities under curfew, and Limoges' 19th-century town hall has gone up in flames. Michael, Tony and Katie look at the debt behind the unrest in France and the rest of Europe, and ask whether your country could be next.

Then PHP2Shell, a critical security flaw found by AI that could put 70% of the world's websites at risk, and why Tony is still waiting for the big one. Plus the IMF's warning of a “great repression”, Russia's ban on moving Bitcoin to self-custody wallets and Switzerland's new retail Bitcoin ETF.

And while Europe burns, one prime minister launches a campaign that earns him Donkey of the Week.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - France Riots and Curfews

09:17 - PHP2Shell Security Flaw

16:13 - IMF Warns of a Great Repression

22:24 - Russia Bans Self-Custody Transfers

27:03 - Switzerland Retail Bitcoin ETF

30:40 - Donkey of the Week

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Why are so many military veterans turning to Bitcoin? Gabe Lord, an Iraq veteran, former Army recruiter and co-founder of the nonprofit Operation Bitcoin, argues they're primed for it. Many have seen the system from the inside and come out looking for a new mission.

Michael and Gabe talk about the recruiter who refused to lie, the question Gabe asks every class (what is the dollar actually backed by?) and how the Bitcoin Veterans community raised over 1 BTC in three days for Hurricane Helene relief.

Gabe also shares his unpopular opinion about Bitcoin and details of the Bitcoin Veterans Summit in Nashville on 9 and 10 November.

Summit: bitcoinveterans.orgOperation Bitcoin: operationbitcoin.io

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:15 – Why Veterans Are Primed for Bitcoin

00:08:44 – Gabe's Army Service in Iraq

00:12:29 – Life as an Army Recruiter

00:17:28 – What Operation Bitcoin Does

00:24:30 – How to Orange-Pill a Veteran

00:27:00 – What Backs the US Dollar?

00:29:04 – Veterans, Bitcoiners and Life on the Fringe

00:34:46 – Raising Kids in a Fourth Turning

00:43:17 – The Bitcoin Veterans Community

00:48:53 – Hurricane Helene and Meshtastic Networks

00:53:12 – Bitcoin Veterans Summit 2026

00:56:53 – Gabe's Unpopular Bitcoin Opinion

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