Bitcoin NFT's or 'Ordinal Inscriptions' as they are technically known, are utilising a recent bitcoin upgrade/update and the creation of an Ordinal Protocol (which arbitrarily assigns each Satoshi a value) to place content directly on the bitcoin blockchain. Those wanting to 'mint' bitcoin NFT's and place content on the bitcoin blockchain (with assignment to a particular satoshi) are paying to have this content added (usually saved for bitcoin transaction data) which is significantly driving up the price of block space (thus increasing bitcoin gas fees to unsustainable amounts). This has created a lot of debate in the bitcoin space as to whether the recent Taproot and SegWit upgrades should be reversed to prevent bitcoin being used in this way. In this video Crypto Ethic founder and lead coach Tansy Baigent and her co-host Anja Claus return to discuss this timely topic. ... If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications of every new release. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit:https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecryptoethic

In this video Anja shares her worries about the issues facing those in the US, and around the World, particularly as it comes to macro-economic considerations and crypto, and Tansy provides a supportive perspective on how to manage fear and step into your power to make choices. ... If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release. These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecryptoethic

In this video Tansy and Anja discuss the double standards of the WEF when it comes to what they deem to be legitimate technologies and how clean energy sourced from gas flaring is heralded as revolutionary when it is used for data storage facilities, but is not even mentioned when it was being used as a clean way to mine bitcoin ... If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release.These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit:https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecryptoethic

Bitcoin is DIY banking at its' finest and in this video we discuss how the trend towards all things DIY might be just the thing that increases its' adoption? What do you think? Let us know in the comments below. ... If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release. These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecryptoethic

In this video Tansy and Anja discuss how personal freedom looks in the 'land of the free' and whether it will always be the case that a fear of losing power by the ruling authorities will always drive the suppression of these freedoms? As individuals when we think of freedoms perhaps we may think of those articulated by the Convention of Human Rights, or the enacted by the Constitution (and the Amendments), or about basic personal freedoms to have open access to a home, to ones' own money, to clean and healthy food. We may think about the right to personal choices (where these do not harm others') over our money, bodies, health, global location. But as nations it feels that such freedoms are given little credence in favour of control and the pursuit of prescribed outcomes - whether this is profit, religious dogma, fear or the retention of power. It seems that more of a discussion is needed around what freedoms are, and how best to protect them? If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release. These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: patreon.com/thecryptoethic

On your Apple Mac computer right now you will discover there is a PDF hidden there in secret. This PDF is a copy of the Bitcoin White Paper, the original document that outlines the concept and workings of Bitcoin. This is an exciting discovery as it means that the White Paper will be accessible to all who want to see it, the distributed nature of bitcoin now also applies to its' founding document! In this extra episode, presented by The Crypto Ethic Founder and Lead Coach, Tansy Baigent, she presents this news, as well as discusses someone in the Bitcoin space who is now primed to sue Apple - a computer scientist called Craig Wright who believes he is Satoshi Nakamoto (the anonymous founder of Bitcoin) and has been trying for years to copywrite the Bitcoin White Paper. If you enjoyed this short episode please consider liking it and subscribing to our channel  @thecryptoethic  Visit www.thecryptoethic.com to learn more about bitcoin and crypto. Or e-mail Tansy and the team directly at info@thecryptoethic.com

Tansy and Anja discuss the issues with the environmental movement and its' relationship to money, particularly their hatred for Capitalism, profit and money. The result is that many environmentalists are broke, rely on charitable giving to keep their causes alive and find they can change little without appealing for money. We ask, what is going on? Is it really all money's fault? Is it money that destroys the environment or people (and their greed, rules and philosophies)? .. If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release. These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecryptoethic

Trying to access the bitcoin space, or to know how to buy bitcoin, isn't always that easy, and particularly the technical challenges or the need for some technical know-how can be a barrier to entry. Tansy and Anja want to try to help you overcome your fears by explaining the process of buying bitcoin. Please be aware that these episodes are for entertainment purposes only and should never be construed as financial advice. ... If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release. These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: patreon.com/thecryptoethic

In this weeks' episode Anja and I discuss how the facade of our financial system is beginning to crumble, how we need to keep our options open when diversifying how we hold value, and we highlight the issues of how a 'clinging on' of the old can prevent an emergence of the 'new'; including innovation, technology and expertise. Please be aware that these episodes are for entertainment purposes only and should never be construed as financial advice. ... If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release. These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit our website: www.thecryptoethic.com If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter Find us on Instagram Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon ... Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Personal reflections on the state of the financial system 00:09:34 - Importance of Bitcoin 00:10:37 - Boom & bust cycles 00:13:45 - UK vs US approaches to crypto 00:16:52 - The clinging on of the old

In this weeks' video Tansy and Anja chat about the traditional relationship between women and finance on a broader level. We hope you enjoy the show! Like our videos? Subscribe to our channel:  @thecryptoethic  Want to connect with us? Find us: www.thecryptoethic.com E-mail us: info@thecryptoethic.com

It's been an extraordinary weekend in crypto and the wider banking sector (US-focussed) and because of that we have delayed our planned show for this week and Tansy (lead coach of The Crypto Ethic) made this short video to share a little bit of the news as it relates to the several bank collapses (focussing on Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank) and the run on USDC (a stable coin) that lost, for a time, it's $1 peg due to a high number of people trying to exchange their holdings of it (with many in the crypto space facing PTSD reminders of the Luna/UST collapse). There is MUCH more to cover and Tansy & Anja will be back next week (and ongoing weeks) to reflect on all that has been going on but it felt important to release this video to share some of the immediately riskier news in the space as it relates to money held in banks, the potential for further impacts and a potential run on USDC when exchanging it for USD resumes on Monday. www.thecryptoethic.com If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release. These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus. If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit:https://www.thecryptoethic.com/ If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/ Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecryptoethic

In this (slightly longer) show Tansy and Anja discuss the the role the SEC is taking in attempting to regulate the crypto space by targeting crypto 'staking' & 'stablecoins'. Tansy explains what these are as they relate to the crypto space and the issues in regulating them.   ...   If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel  @thecryptoethic  to receive notifications with every new release.   These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder, lead bitcoin/blockchain coach and empowerment counsellor Tansy Baigent, and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus.   I f you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/  If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com   Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/  Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: patreon.com/thecryptoethic   Time Stamps:  00:01:04 - Introduction to the show  00:04:39 - Staking (& the SEC)  00:06:39 - Crypto Exchanges & Staking (yield)  00:20:20 - Yield vs Staking (POS)  00:18:43 - Issues of US Regulation  00:27:22 - Stablecoins Explained  00:35:00 - Stablecoins (& the SEC)  00:47:32 - Good for Bitcoin?

In this latest show Tansy and Anja discuss the stigma that Bitcoin has and how we overcome it, or if we actually need to.   ...   If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release.   These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder and lead Bitcoin & Crypto coach Tansy Baigent and liaison officer and program editor Anja Claus.    If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/  If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com   Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/  Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: patreon.com/thecryptoethic

The Crypto Ethic hosts' Tansy Baigent and Anja Claus are back talking about crypto and this time we're confronting the reasons why people risk their money and chase 'get rich quick' schemes.   The Korean show which Tansy refers to in this video is called Squid Games   ...  If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our youtube channel @thecryptoethic to receive notifications with every new release.   These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder and bitcoin/crypto coach Tansy Baigent and The Crypto Ethic program editor Anja Claus.    If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/  If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com   Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/  Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: patreon.com/thecryptoethic

In this video Tansy and Anja return to chat about money being energy and how bitcoin is such a perfect articulation of this.    This video was recorded early-on in our youtube journey and so we may seem a little younger and perhaps a little more nervous!   Let us know what you think by sharing in the comments.   ...   If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel  @thecryptoethic  to receive notifications with every new release.   These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder and lead bitcoin/crypto coach Tansy Baigent and The Crypto Ethics' program editor Anja Claus.    If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/  If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com   Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/  Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: patreon.com/thecryptoethic

The Crypto Ethic’s Tansy and Anja return to chat about 'buying the dip' (buying 'low'): what this means, the challenges, the fears of missing out (FOMO), a strategy of dollar cost averaging (DCA), and the serious contemplation of whether or not to sell your mother for collateral in order to buy the dip ;)   [Apologies for the quality of Tansy's voice recording]  *And a reminder that nothing contained in any of our videos should be mistaken as financial advice, everything we say/discuss is our personal reflections and should be viewed as entertainment only.*   ...   If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our channel @thecryptoethic  to receive notifications with every new release.   These Crypto Conversations are hosted by The Crypto Ethic founder and lead bitcoin, crypto and womens' empowerment coach Tansy Baigent and The Crypto Ethic liaison officer and program editor, Anja Claus.    If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/  If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com   Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/  Support us and see all our offerings over on Patreon: patreon.com/thecryptoethic

This week The Crypto Ethics' Tansy and Anja chat with the beautiful Lucy McDowell a silicon valley tech marketer, crypto educator, NFT collector, and a mother with big dreams and a desire to make crypto more accessible for women.   Originally from Germany, Lucy now lives in the United States, and while working in silicon valley she discovered crypto and became curious about investing and so she dove further into the crypto World of coins and NFT's, however after becoming frustrated with the crypto 'bros' and a lack of women in the space she stated her business - Women X Crypto.      In Lucy's own words "as I was growing my portfolio, learning, making mistakes, and celebrating my wins, I decided to share my knowledge and bring more women into the space by educating them about crypto in a safe and non-judgmental space."   You can find lucy through her website:  https://www.womenxcrypto.com   Or via her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenxcrypto/  ...   If you want to keep connected to our channel find us @thecryptoethic and do like, subscribe, hit the bell button and 'all'.   We can be found at: https://www.thecryptoethic.com On instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/  You can also contact us: info@thecryptoethic.com

In this episode Tansy & Anja (from The Crypto Ethic) discuss their thoughts around the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering at Davos 2023 and how a deeply ingrained mentality of centralisation (that starts at the very top of the organisation), and the 'we know best what is right for you' power dynamics, continues to dictate the economic agenda for the World.   Explainer: Every year the World Economic Forum (WEF) brings together powerful stakeholders, elites, various heads of state, central banking leads, the media and general rising members in society to Davos (Switzerland), in order to discuss key agenda's as they relate to the economy, the environment and the state of the World. This of course includes crypto, the metaverse, blockchain and the development of web3.   The intention of the WEF is to take a front seat in highlighting key areas and solutions which, through the contributions of a range of global representatives and 'experts', they deem to be best for the future of the World.   If you enjoyed this episode please consider subscribing to our youtube channel  @thecryptoethic  to receive notifications with every new release.   Tansy is the Founder and Lead Coach of The Crypto Ethic, an organisation for community, learning and money-healing.   Anja Claus is the Program Editor and Liaise for The Crypto Ethic   Find us at: www.thecryptoethic.com  Reach us at: info@thecryptoethic.com

In this weeks' video Tansy and Anja explain, and explore the uses of, the bitcoin lightning network in order to support the average accessing the network in order to send and receive bitcoin across the lightning network.   If you enjoyed this episode, please like and subscribe to our channel.   If you would like to join The Crypto Ethic community, participate in monthly virtual classes, or sign up to our courses or events visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/  To sign up to our upcoming course visit: https://www.thecryptoethic.com/learn  If you would like to contact us, send an e-mail to: info@thecryptoethic.com   Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecryptoethic/  Time Stamps:  00:00:00 - Introductions  00:01:15 - Personal Mindset Reflections  00:06:37 - Bitcoin issues (slow, costly)  00:09:15 - Encouraging Online Tipping  00:11:18 - The Bitcoin Lightning Network  00:13:42 - Lightning Network Examples  00:21:35 - Need vs Want 00:  24:40 - How it Works  00:47:00 - Go Slow

This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Margot Paez, who is part of the Bitcoin Policy Institute and is a PhD candidate working on Climate Change modelling. Margot speaks and writes extensively on the relationship between bitcoin, money and environmental sustainability. A little written synopsis of this episode: Our current global economic system contributes towards climate change and long-term environmental resource depletion due to the impacts of the over-distribution of fiat money (government-issued) which incentivises businesses to grow far beyond their means and fuel unsustainably high production/consumption demands, as well as to embed a lower time preference of money - i.e as our money depreciates over time it makes little sense to hold it in a bank and so populations are incentivised to spend it. This overspending on the present not only leads to debt and future uncertainty but it directly contributes to the purchase of quantity over quality,  and the push to make purchases now - greater fuelling the unsustainable production/consumption cycle.  What is need is structural and financial change.  Bitcoin provides a way out of this unsustainable system, by having a built-in supply limit of 21 million bitcoin (released over time), the scarcity of it as a money contributes to it's value rising over time and in response creating a higher time preference around it (i.e people won't want to spend it arbitrarily as money itself will be intrinsically valuable - in similar ways to gold, if gold supply was limited). In this conversation Margot Paez argues this perspective and alleges that moving to global bitcoin adoption will support environmental sustainability and create a better world for future generations, although she does take account of the immediate difficulty around the uncertainty of the bitcoin price as it is still in price discovery and is used as a tradable high risk asset by financial institutions and investors and so continues to fluctuate significantly. To follow her work visit:   https://www.margotbits.com/aboutmbits Follow her on twitter: https://twitter.com/margotilian ... We are The Crypto Ethic: Website:  https://www.thecryptoethic.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecryptoethic Please like and subscribe to our channel if you enjoy our episodes