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In this powerful talk at BTC Prague 2026, Tony Yazbeck from The Bitcoin Way explores how self custody bitcoin and long-term wealth preservation act as the only real defense against government control.

In this follow-up to his 2025 BTC Prague address, Tony shares his family’s history of losing everything to civil war, nationalization, and invasion to illustrate why true ownership—not trusting a third party—is vital for survival. He delivers a masterclass on finality and the danger of custodial products, urging you to take responsibility for your future.

If you are ready to secure your family’s financial future, you must understand why becoming your own bank is the only path to true freedom, because money belonging to governments eventually stops belonging to you.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 When Money Belongs to Governments

1:26 My Father’s Story: Lessons from Three Financial Resets

3:03 Why Economic Systems Work as Designed

4:20 2019: Surviving the Lebanon Banking Crisis

5:58 The Realization That Led to Bitcoin

6:33 Why Bitcoin Offers True Ownership and Finality

9:08 Building Sovereignty for Future Generations

12:03 Self Custody Bitcoin: Verification and Financial Sovereignty

14:48 Closing: Take Personal Responsibility for Your Future

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Are government-backed "Trump Accounts" a genuine benefit for your children's future, or a mechanism to funnel wealth into Wall Street? In this episode of Bitcoin Banter, Tony, Michael and Katie deconstruct these state-managed accounts and explain why financial sovereignty begins with bitcoin self custody.

They also examine threats to the open internet through government control over social media, analyze the risks of Strike Bitcoin loans, and discuss the current state of Bitcoin culture after recent industry events. Finally, we tackle our Donkey of the Week, highlighting some serious institutional irony.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Are Trump Accounts a benefit or a Wall Street bailout?

07:20 The danger of government control over social media algorithms

14:34 How the KIDS Act threatens the future of the open internet

19:20 Analyzing the risks of Strike Bitcoin loans and legacy system traps

26:54 Is Bitcoin Dead? The state of Bitcoin culture today

32:30 Donkey of the Week: The irony at the Reserve Bank of Australia

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In 2026, digital privacy is essential. In this episode of Bitcoin Banter, Michael, Tony and guest Bert explore the top privacy tools you need to secure your data and reclaim financial freedom.

They break down the shift to a privacy phone, essential methods for data removal, the importance of network security, choosing a VPN for privacy that doesn't track you, and the ultimate control of sovereign computing.

This is a video that you can't miss if you want to take back control and protect yourself from the surveillance state.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction: Privacy in 2026

00:00:59 Best privacy phone & De-Googled Alternatives

00:05:15 Data Removal Tools: Scrub Your Digital Footprint

00:10:47 Firewalls & DNS: Filtering & Network Security

00:15:51 Choosing the Right vpn for privacy

00:24:05 Sovereign Computing & Running Your Own Servers

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Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University joins Michael Jordan on The Bitcoin Way podcast for a hard-hitting breakdown of the Bitcoin Core controversy: why Core developers are compromised, the network's migration to Bitcoin Knots, and what self-custody Bitcoiners must do now.

Matthew covers UTXO bloat from ordinals and inscriptions, the uncapping of OP_RETURN, and how Core devs prioritized theoretical bloat over real attack surface. With 20% of nodes already on Bitcoin Knots, he explains BIP-110 - the temporary soft fork to reverse Core's changes.

Plus: Michael Saylor's Ethereum DeFi pivot, the risks of Bitcoin-backed loans, and why Bitcoin plebs are the network's true immune system. Essential listening for anyone running a node, practicing self custody, or defending Bitcoin's decentralization.

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1:36 - How to spot a compromised dev

2:11 - The Fauci analogy

4:53 - History of Bitcoin spam wars

8:30 - Dev turnover & culture shift

12:22 - Bitcoin spam recurrence

20:25 - Greg Maxwell then vs now

23:58 - Bitcoin Knots vs Core

28:41 - BIP-110 explained

31:39 - OP_RETURN uncapped

38:28 - Luke Dashjr & Bitcoin Knots

50:07 - Bitcoin plebs immune system

55:58 - BIP-110 activation timeline

1:11:35 - Clarity Act

1:13:40 - Michael Saylor critique

1:21:51 - Price action

1:22:45 - Matt's unpopular Bitcoin opinion

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At BTC Prague, Tony Yazbeck took the stage immediately after Michael Saylor — and the contrast couldn't have been more striking. In this week's Bitcoin Banter, Michael, Tony, and Katie break down Tony's personal keynote, the temperature in the room, and their biggest takeaways from the conference. The team also issues an urgent warning about a sophisticated phishing scam targeting CoinKite customers with fake letters about quantum cryptography updates.



The episode also covers fake Sparrow Wallet apps that have been stealing Bitcoin from App Store users, twin July 1st regulatory deadlines — Australia's travel rule attaching identity data to self-custody withdrawals, and the EU's MiCA rules set to knock out 80% of exchanges serving European customers. And finally, a freshly resigned leader earns himself our Donkey of the Week.



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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:



0:00 Intro – BTC Prague Recap

2:04 Saylor vs Tony: Two Very Different Bitcoin Speeches

9:00 Warning: CoinKite Phishing Scam

17:37 Fake Sparrow Wallet Apps in the App Store

21:40 Australia Travel Rule & the July 1st Deadline

29:20 EU MiCA Rules: Get Off Exchanges Now

32:31 Donkey of the Week



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