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  <title>The O'Leary Review Podcast - Taking the &amp;quot;orange pill&amp;quot; w/ bitcoin leader Wesley Schlemmer - Episode 18 - Wesley Schlemmer</title>
  <description> The O’Leary Review Podcast  Episode 18  Guest: Wesley Schlemmer  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Show notes available:  https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/taking-the-orange-pill-w-bitcoin?sd=pf  &amp;amp;nbsp; Fountain.FM  Listen and support us at the same time over at Fountain.FM  We talk more about Fountain in the show!  &amp;amp;nbsp; Wesley Schlemmer – Quick Bio Wesley Schlemmer is a 26-year-old Chemical and Biological Engineer turned Bitcoin leader and educator. Wesley is a born and raised “Florida man” working to make America Florida. website: https://bitcoinbay.live/  &amp;amp;nbsp; Tom Woods School of Life https://tomschooloflife.com/  &amp;amp;nbsp; Tom Woods 100 One of the goals of this program is to get at least 100 people within the Tom Woods orbit on the podcast. “Tom’s orbit” is loosely defined, but we have less than 90 to go now! WhoIsInTheTomWoodsWorld.com — A page with all the #TomWoods100 conversations.  &amp;amp;nbsp; Universities mentioned Tufts  Boston College – the world’s foremost university  &amp;amp;nbsp; “Crypto” The fall of FTX The Collapse of FTX: What Went Wrong with the Crypto Exchange? (Investopedia) Price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies CoinGecko – Cryptocurrency prices, charts, and crypto market cap  &amp;amp;nbsp; Bitcoin – Swallowing the “Orange Pill” A discussion that touches on the various “pills” one can take in today’s crazy world:  https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-matrix-podcast-ep#details As far as I understand it all, being “orange-pilled” means that bitcoin informs nearly everything in one’s life. Resource page: “Bitcoin - Taking the Orange Pill” &amp;amp;nbsp; Buying your “coin” Bisq — buy and sell bitcoin privately and securely. No registration required. (bisq.network) &amp;amp;nbsp; Storing your coin – “wallets” “Wallets don’t store your bitcoin, they store your keys!” Sparrow Wallet — financial self sovereignty. “Despite being a wallet suitable for advanced users, Sparrow is not difficult to use.” Muun — self-custodial wallet for bitcoin and lightning (muun.com) “Everyone should download an easy-to-use bitcoin wallet like Muun.” Advice: Don’t share your bitcoin keys anywhere. Keep them safe in a literal safe.  “You are your own bank in bitcoin”  - Wesley Schlemmer Seed Signer – Next level bitcoin security  &amp;amp;nbsp; Lightning Network  Lightning Network  — scalable, instant bitcoin/blockchain transactions  &amp;amp;nbsp; Mempool  Mempool.space — “mempool and blockchain explorer for the Bitcoin community, focusing on the transaction fee market and multi-layer ecosystem, completely self-hosted without any trusted third-parties.”  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Podcasts mentioned  The Peter Schiff Show  The Tom Woods Show  The Bitcoin Standard Podcast (Saifedean Ammous)  &amp;amp;nbsp; Fountain.FM  Listen and support us at the same time over at Fountain.FM  “Fountain is the only place where listeners and podcasters get rewarded for the value they provide for others.”  Fountain is powered by the Bitcoin Lightning Network, “the payment system which allows us to transact with other people or businesses around the world using Bitcoin - the world’s first and leading cryptocurrency.”  &amp;amp;nbsp; Saifedean Ammous Saifedean.com Links to The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous at briandoleary.com/bitcoin  -&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; Probably the best “starter book” out there if you want to get the background on bitcoin, but it is also advanced reading for those who are unfamiliar with any of the economics behind bitcoin and fiat currencies.  -&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; The Bitcoin Standard comes highly recommended by The O’Leary Review.  &amp;amp;nbsp; Satoshi Nakamoto  Does it really matter who he is or what he is?  Satoshi Nakamoto Institute  &amp;amp;nbsp; Crypto Cloaks CryptoCloaks LLC was born from the love of 3D printing and the idea of Bitcoin. &amp;amp;nbsp; Monero Monero is a private, decentralized cryptocurrency that keeps your finances confidential and secure. Monero is not bitcoin. “It’s a whole separate blockchain.” &amp;amp;nbsp; Wesley’s Links  Bitcoin Bay  Bitcoin Bay Guides and Resources  &amp;amp;nbsp; O’Leary Digital Having problems with getting that podcast off the ground? Trouble coming up with an idea on what to blog about? Have no clue what equipment or services to use? We will help you. If you have 30 minutes, so do we. Book a time to talk about it at OLearyDigital.com.  &amp;amp;nbsp;  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Go to BrianDOLeary.com  for more information.  &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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