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Is Joe Rogan close to becoming a Bitcoiner? The biggest podcaster in the world received podcasting pioneer Adam Curry and at one point, the conversation turned to Bitcoin and crypto. In retrospect, it was inevitable. Even though Joe Rogan had Andreas Antonopoulos as a guest a couple of times back in the day, he seems clueless about it all.

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Thats perfectly fine, though. As one of the Internets main success stories, Rogan doesnt need Bitcoin. His audience, on the other hand Luckily, Adam Curry was there to help. The new project from the man many call the Podfather is promoting the Value 4 Value model and what hes deemed Podcasting 2.0. The idea is that a new generation of podcast will be set up to receive Bitcoin payments in real-time over the Lightning network using compatible Podcasting 2.0 apps.

Recently our sister site NewsBTC, as part of their Lightning Speed series, discussed the Podcasting 2.0 phenomenon:

You already know this, the Lightning Network allows for micropayments that are almost free. Anyone can use it, and its approaching mass adoption by the minute. Not only can creators now plug into an open monetization platform with hundreds of millions of users, they can even access a new type of monetization that was never before possible. Those new types are, real-time payment streaming, micro-tipping, and other monetization strategies that simply arent possible on fiat payment rails.

In any case, what did Joe Rogan and Adam Curry discuss in their recent conversation?

Adam Curry introduces his Podcasting 2.0 idea by saying that a lot of young people are opting out of the current system and building parallel networks. Thats what the Value 4 Value model permits, a direct-to-consumer approach that doesnt need an intermediary and bypasses the advertising and sponsorships model thats prevalent today. This is all thanks to the Lightning Network.

It makes sense for Adam Curry to be a Bitcoin maximalist. Im just on the Bitcoin train because I believe that my money is safer there, he says as a way to assure that hes not against the US dollar. What is he against, then? The money system is broken, Curry believes. Its expensive and inefficient; it finances wars and needs armies to protect it. And then, on top of it, theres the banking system. Another artifact of old thats doing more harm than good.

Then, its Joe Rogans turn. He has a lot of hope for cryptocurrencies. He thinks that theyll be the future of the world or theyre going to go to zero, those are the two options. Bitcoin and Ethereum seem to be the ones who people who are in the know talk about the most, Joe Rogan says.

Adam Curry interrupts and lets him know. The difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum is that in Bitcoin, there will only be 21 million. It cant be changed. It cant be inflated. You cant say the same about Ethereum.

Oh, Joe Rogan says.

The Metaverse portion of the conversation starts with a revelation. Brian Cox from Succession will commercialize an NFT. Adam Curry cant give more details, but wow. Joe Rogan shows him a Beeple piece he owns and defends NFTs from Currys jokes. Adam thinks Non-Fungible Tokens materialize Klaus Schwabs dream of You will own nothing and youll be happy.

Curry doesnt seem to like NFTs, but he gives them this. In the dream of the metaverse, the Silicon Valley controlled metaverse, NFTs are going to be very-very important. Then, he gives Ethereum some flowers. The Ethereum crowd is building a more decentralized metaverse.

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After that, Joe Rogan fantasizes about big companies creating private coins that act as stock of sorts. Curry stops him and tells him Facebook tried that and the governments wouldnt allow it. Thats not the plan. The plan is the Central Bank Digital Currency. You will have crypto. You will have a digital wallet. It will be directly from the Federal Reserve to you, Adam Curry says. Then, theyll have total control. However, Bitcoin fixes this.

The clip ends by describing the metaverse depicted in Neal Stephensons Snowcrash, the transhumanist dream, and Elons supposed brain chip. It was a much longer conversation, what else did they talk about? Thats out of our wheelhouse. Go to Spotify and find out, if you feel so inclined.

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