Freedom Currency for the Freedom Convoy

On this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills invites Freedom Convoy activist and Bitcoin advocate, BJ Dichter onto the show. They discuss his experience with the Freedom Convoy movement and the consequent protests in Ottawa in 2022. BJ tells the story of how he got into Bitcoin and blockchain technology slowly but surely during his time at Ryerson University. The pair discuss the nature of politics in Canada and the up-and-coming conservative politician Pierre Poilievre. Brad and BJ talk about their experience learning about how the money supplies work and who runs them behind the scenes. The two wrap up the show with a discussion about Roger Ver and his anti-Bitcoin antics, as well as how the cryptocurrency space differs significantly from the Bitcoin space. Time Stamps 00:00:21 - Show introduction 00:01:01 - The state of vaccination status in Canada 00:09:08 - Pierre Pollievre and Canadian politics 00:21:25 - Introducing BJ Dichter 00:31:17 - About BJ’s time at Ryerson University, postmodernism, politics 00:47:19 - Brad on unelected bankers, conversation about monetary systems 01:01:20 - The potential significance of Bitcoin 01:12:21 - A culture shift around Bitcoin and crypto, financial institutions 01:19:50 - Conversation about Roger Ver 01:32:30 - Bitcoin and censorship, competing against cryptocurrency and central banks 01:56:00 - Censorship, power, and Web 2.0 institutions 02:07:00 - Bitcoin and blockchain networking 02:10:30 - Outro and plugs