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Why are so many military veterans turning to Bitcoin? Gabe Lord, an Iraq veteran, former Army recruiter and co-founder of the nonprofit Operation Bitcoin, argues they're primed for it. Many have seen the system from the inside and come out looking for a new mission.

Michael and Gabe talk about the recruiter who refused to lie, the question Gabe asks every class (what is the dollar actually backed by?) and how the Bitcoin Veterans community raised over 1 BTC in three days for Hurricane Helene relief.

Gabe also shares his unpopular opinion about Bitcoin and details of the Bitcoin Veterans Summit in Nashville on 9 and 10 November.

Summit: bitcoinveterans.orgOperation Bitcoin: operationbitcoin.io

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:15 – Why Veterans Are Primed for Bitcoin

00:08:44 – Gabe's Army Service in Iraq

00:12:29 – Life as an Army Recruiter

00:17:28 – What Operation Bitcoin Does

00:24:30 – How to Orange-Pill a Veteran

00:27:00 – What Backs the US Dollar?

00:29:04 – Veterans, Bitcoiners and Life on the Fringe

00:34:46 – Raising Kids in a Fourth Turning

00:43:17 – The Bitcoin Veterans Community

00:48:53 – Hurricane Helene and Meshtastic Networks

00:53:12 – Bitcoin Veterans Summit 2026

00:56:53 – Gabe's Unpopular Bitcoin Opinion

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Bitcoin multisig is often sold as the ultimate self-custody setup. But is it really safer than a single-sig wallet?

Tony walks you through how multisig works, who it suits and the two ways to set it up: collaborative custody and private multisig. He explains the hidden risks of collaborative custody that most people overlook and what you take on when you run private multisig yourself.

He also shares the alternative he thinks is enough for most people, and the two things it has to get right.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 – Is Multisig Really More Secure?

01:04 – What Is Multisig?

02:11 – Who Should Use Multisig

03:05 – Collaborative Custody Risks

06:14 – Private Multisig and Its Trade-offs

08:01 – Single-Sig With a Passphrase

08:46 – Get the Free Self-Custody Guide

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If the rules in your country changed tomorrow, where would you go? Without an answer, you don't have a Plan B. A second residency is how you make sure your country isn't your only choice.

Tony explains why he thinks it's urgent, pointing to digital ID in the EU and Australia, the EU's limit on cash payments and age verification in the UK. He covers what most people get wrong about a Plan B, why a residency card in a drawer doesn't count, and what a Bitcoin circular economy changes about where you'd want to live.

You'll hear why The Bitcoin Way's research keeps coming back to Panama, and how a backup plan can end up as something more.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 – Do You Really Have a Plan B?

00:44 – Digital ID and Cash Limits Worldwide

01:57 – The Risk of Relying on One Country

02:44 – What Most People Get Wrong About Plan B

03:51 – Living in a Bitcoin Circular Economy

05:35 – Why Our Research Points to Panama

07:18 – A Residency Card vs a Real Plan B

08:07 – When Plan B Becomes Plan A

08:43 – How Our Plan B Service Works

10:03 – Build Your Plan B Before You Need It

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France and Germany are coming for Bitcoin holders. France has proposed a 31.4% exit tax on unrealised gains and compulsory declaration of self-custody wallets, while Germany could end Bitcoin's tax-free status after a year of holding. Michael, Tony and Katie ask whether it's time for European Bitcoiners to get out.

Then a Ledger reseller in Southeast Asia is caught selling devices with a hidden implant, and Tony doesn't think the recent run of attacks on self-custody is a coincidence. Plus Denmark's population register breach, a cyber attack on French supermarket fridges, the CFTC chairman on self-custody and Australia's digital duty of care bill.

And a $1.2 billion fine earns this week's Donkey of the Week.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - France and Germany Bitcoin Taxes

08:33 - Ledger Supply Chain Attack

17:31 - Denmark Breach and Supermarket Cyber Attack

23:26 - CFTC Chairman on Self-Custody

28:03 - Australia's Digital Duty of Care Bill

33:20 - Donkey of the Week

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Most Bitcoiners make at least one self-custody mistake. Between them, our guests have made nearly all of them.

In this special edition of Bitcoin Banter, Michael sits down with Mike from Bitcoin Straight Up and Bitcoin Katie to compare their journeys into Bitcoin self-custody. There are exchange collapses, Celsius and FTX, a hardware wallet bought from the wrong place and a seed phrase mistake that cost real Bitcoin.

They also get into why collaborative custody wasn't enough, whether you need to be technical to hold your own keys, and what changes once you run your own node.

Still keeping your Bitcoin on an exchange? Watch this before you repeat their mistakes.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - From Gold Bug to Bitcoin

03:19 - Every Custody Mistake in the Book

08:58 - The Seed Phrase Mistake That Cost Bitcoin

12:10 - Why Go Straight to Full Self-Custody?

21:29 - Do You Need to Be Technical?

26:39 - What Running Your Own Node Changes

35:51 - Reasons to Take Self-Custody

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