Bitcoin Was Always Political w/ Casey Rodarmor

Casey Rodarmor, creator of Bitcoin Ordinals and Runes protocols, joins us to talk about his frustration with Bitcoin politics, why he thinks Bitcoiners are becoming too cozy with politicians, the future of ordinals and runes adoption, his thoughts on stablecoins, and his fascinating new project to integrate Chinese numerology and divination systems into Bitcoin through SAT-based fortune telling.

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**NOTES:**

• Bitcoin currently trading at $110,000

• Runes has built-in 4-year hype cycle for names

• One-letter rune names unlock in final phase

• Casey blames lack of creativity for runes adoption

• Stablecoins expand dollar demand globally

• Chinese numerology integration planned for ordinals

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:55 Tired of Ordinals & Runes?

03:25 Bitcoin is feeling weird

06:41 Politicians

10:02 Arch Network

10:34 Bitcoin & politics

12:02 Stablecoins

14:02 Hell Money Podcast

15:20 Numerology

22:04 Vaporware?

23:35 Interesting stuff right now

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