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BITCOIN SEASON 2: Kevin Durant’s Coinbase Debacle, Saylor’s Using AI & Monero’s Reorg

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4.7698 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Durant forgot his Coinbase password for 11 years, missing out on massive Bitcoin gains. Michael Saylor uses AI to design $6 billion securities. Plus: Monero suffers its deepest reorg attack ever with 18 blocks reorganized. Three wild stories: NBA star Kevin Durant finally remembering his Coinbase password after 11 years of locked Bitcoin gains, Michael Saylor revealing how he uses ChatGPT to design revolutionary $6 billion securities offerings, and Monero experiencing its deepest blockchain reorganization attack in history with 118 invalidated transactions. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com NOTES: • Durant bought Bitcoin in 2016 at $300-1000 range • His 2016 salary: $20M, today: $53M • Bitcoin outperformed his net worth by 100x • Saylor designed $6B security with AI help • Monero suffered 18-block reorg attack • 118 transactions invalidated on Sept 15th Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:26 Kevin Durant's BTC Password 09:26 Blockspace Ad 10:02 Bitcoin for Corps 18:40 Monero chain re-org - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media

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0:00.0

Kevin Durant, yes, Kevin Durant, the basketball player, just remembered the password to his Coinbase account 11 years later.

0:08.9

Also, Michael Saylor has been vibe coding new securities offering ideas with ChatGPT.

0:17.8

More on Bitcoin Season 2. Let's kick it off.

0:28.8

So, Colin, the stories today that we're covering,

0:30.6

they almost all sound like fake. They sound like chat GPT

0:33.8

hallucinations. Kevin Durant

0:36.4

already wealthy enough and then even more wealthy than Kevin Durant already wealthy enough.

0:38.7

And then even more wealthy than Kevin Durant, Michael Saylor,

0:41.3

both two very interesting stories this week.

0:45.4

Yeah, especially the Durant one, a little page 60,

0:47.7

a little bit of tabloid pixie dust here.

0:50.5

But I haven't heard any like the Bitcoiners talk about them

0:52.4

because I think the Bitcoiners just aren't cool.

0:53.9

They don't follow sports. They don't know who Kevin Durant is. Now, I also didn't, except Kevin Durant was? You knew Kevin Durant. Well, I didn't. The only reason I know who he is because he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder right day. Otherwise, I, you know, I don't really know any of the basketball players.

1:12.9

I mean, that's fair.

1:14.1

You don't fall basketball.

1:15.0

But, yeah, a lot of Bitcoiners probably missing this.

1:18.1

I will say, I mean, I'm glad that he found this, but like hearing about like a professional

1:23.5

basketball player or just any professional sports player, especially in the U.S., who make millions

1:28.4

of dollars a year, finding a bunch of old Bitcoin that they bought in, what was it, 2016?

1:35.3

2016, yeah.

1:37.7

You know, great for him, but it's like, man, couldn't this have been like, you know, like a 7-Eleven

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