Bitcoin is Punk Rock with Keith Levene - WBD243
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2020
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Location: Zoom Date: Monday 13th July
Bitcoin is the most significant disruption to money the world has seen in hundreds of years. It takes power away from centralised parties, and it allows any individual to be entirely self-sovereign and operate in an open system uncontrollable and uncensorable by anyone.
Bitcoin is punk rock!
Punk was not just about music; it was a movement that fought for personal freedom and individualism while remaining staunchly anti-establishment.
Keith Levene is a punk legend and was a founding member of iconic band The Clash and co-founded Public Image Ltd alongside former Sex Pistol, John Lydon.
With the alignment of punk and Bitcoin, it is not surprising that Keith Levene is a Bitcoiner, and a couple of months ago Keith reached out to me and told me he was a regular listener of the show.
In this interview, we discuss the early days of punk rock, the similarities between punk and Bitcoin and why he cares about Bitcoin.
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| 0:00.0 | You vote with your fucking money man. It's like it's that simple. What is the |
| 0:06.0 | fucking point of voting for anyone? |
| 0:09.0 | Hello there from Bedford how are you all. Welcome to the what |
| 0:12.0 | Bitcoin did |
| 0:12.5 | podcast which is brought to you by the mighty Cracken the best place to buy |
| 0:15.8 | sell and trade Bitcoin I'm your host Peter McCormack and today I've got a |
| 0:19.7 | pretty special interview I've got Keith Levine, found a member of the Clash, and |
| 0:24.1 | we're going to talk about Punk and Bitcoin, but before that I do have a message from |
| 0:28.0 | my amazing show sponsors. So first up today let's talk about Bitcoin |
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| 1:28.8 | messing up and losing their Bitcoin you've got plenty of reasons just to try |
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