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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#690: Why Billionaires Shouldn't Give It All Away with Johann Kurtz

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Marty sits down with Johann Kurtz to discuss the cultural shift away from intergenerational wealth transfer, the moral framework of duty that once guided wealthy Westerners, and why building a lasting family legacy matters more than giving it all to charity.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers

0:21.5

are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency,

0:24.4

Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies,

0:27.1

Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.3

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:32.0

If you're not paying attention,

0:33.5

you probably should be.

0:34.4

John Kurtz, welcome to the show.

0:38.3

Thank you so much for having me.

0:40.3

Excited to talk.

0:41.3

I am as well.

0:43.3

Freaks for those of you who are unaware of Johann's work,

0:47.3

your substack best seller being noble,

0:50.3

he just came out with a book, leaving a legacy, which I've been reading through.

0:57.1

Over the last week, opened it on Thanksgiving morning and read a few chapters while my children

1:01.4

were playing, watching the Thanksgiving Day parade. And I think it was very apt to be reading

1:09.9

this book on that morning, particular,

1:12.5

surrounded by my family on a holiday.

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