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Mentor Sessions Ep. 087: Simon Dixon breaks down the Coldcard hack, BIP-110 chain split fallout, node vs miner power, and Bitcoin self-custody security in 2026.

PART 1: Simon Dixon & Doomberg - https://youtu.be/Q0P0X7j_kcA

Over $100 million in Bitcoin vanished in the Coldcard entropy bug — and days later a chain split ended with the nodes defeated and Bitcoin more centralized than before. Simon Dixon joins Nathan to trace what really happened.

This is the deep-dive follow-up to the Doomberg conversation. You'll learn why Simon now treats every incident as an attack "guilty until proven innocent," how the BIP-110 resistance became the most successful node mobilization since the block size war yet still failed to move the mining pools, and why he refuses to die on a hill that ends in an altcoin. You'll see how the Coldcard low-entropy vulnerability, Zeus, Boltz and BTCPay attacks fit one pattern, and hear a clear framework for rebuilding your self-custody with dice-rolled entropy, multisig, and active participation. Simon and Nathan also unpack developer centralization, the loss of Knots as a competing implementation, and why sovereignty is proof of work you can't outsource.

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Resuming After Doomberg Discussion
0:55 - Infrastructure Attacks on Coldcard and Others
1:32 - BIP-110 and Resulting Chain Split
1:50 - UASF and Block Size War History
2:50 - Tether Fees and Scaling Debates
4:02 - Barry Silbert and SegWit2x Deal
4:51 - Nodes Defeating Miners in Past Wars
6:02 - Role Reversal With Core Changes
7:35 - Running Knots to Support Resistance
8:20 - Developer Centralization Concerns Rise
10:14 - BIP-110 Failure and Altcoin Stance
11:39 - Knots Node Adoption Surge to 20%
12:08 - Infiltration Risks and Verification
12:54 - Can Node Minority Influence Miners
14:19 - Consensus Changes Remain Extremely Difficult
17:16 - More Centralized Yet Wiser After Events
18:13 - Social Fallout Losing Ocean and Knots
22:15 - Check Ego and Welcome Others Back
25:21 - Stay Suspicious While Shaking Hands
27:34 - Abundant Mines Mining Hosting
28:29 - Coldcard Low Entropy Bug Details
30:16 - Hack Impact on Bitcoin Purists
31:36 - Difficulty Spending Stolen Bitcoin
32:37 - Fed Recruitment via Stolen Coins
33:23 - Learn Entropy and Generate Secure Keys
36:03 - Assume Attack and Identify Beneficiaries
37:44 - Self Custody Sovereignty Comes at Cost
39:55 - Bitcoin Requires Active Participation
43:37 - Coordinated Message in All Attacks
45:14 - Final Advice Skepticism and Focus

🔗 Links & Resources
→ Simon Dixon on X: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt

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Mentor Sessions Ep. 086: Doomberg and Simon Dixon break down oil markets, the Strait of Hormuz, the end of globalism, Bitcoin centralization, and Michael Saylor's Strategy.

The forever war is quietly reaching its endgame, the dollar is set to weaken hard over the next decade, and Bitcoin was attacked from every direction at once — Doomberg and Simon Dixon unpack what real capital already knows.

In this deep macro conversation you'll learn why oil never hit $150 and what the sub-$90 Brent price is actually signaling, why the Strait of Hormuz is a card Iran can only play once, and how China may have already won without firing a shot. You'll see Simon Dixon lay out what MicroStrategy's Strategy is really built for — funneling as much Bitcoin as possible into Coinbase and Fidelity — and why holding shares instead of coins makes Bitcoin weaker. You'll also hear a self-described no-coiner and gold bug explain exactly why he'd still tell you to get long Bitcoin as the Western financial system unwinds. This is part one of two.

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Doomberg and Simon Dixon on Global Shifts
2:07 - Shipping Choke Points Unwind Globalism
5:10 - Western Media Propaganda Exposed
8:14 - How Media Gets Captured by Power
12:13 - Real Purpose of Ukraine and Middle East Wars
22:38 - Biggest Empire Change in Our Lifetime
25:18 - Why Everything Depends on Beijing
28:35 - West Captured by Financial Industrial Complex
39:43 - Reading Oil Gold and Bond Markets
45:17 - Is Blackrock Weaker Than Its Reputation
53:25 - Building Mental Models for Information Overload
59:23 - What Energy Markets Are Really For
1:06:13 - Why Oil Below $90 Risks Greater War
1:09:07 - Real Capital Knows the Deal Is Coming
1:16:34 - Coldcard Hack and Contested Bitcoin Fork
1:17:50 - Doomberg on Bitcoin Encryption Vulnerabilities
1:24:00 - Self Custody Custody Risk and Sovereignty
1:36:24 - Michael Saylor Willingness to Sell Bitcoin
1:39:52 - What Strategy Is Built to Achieve
1:48:54 - Where to Find Doomberg and Simon Dixon
Mentioned in this episode: Doomberg's forthcoming book on analysis and mental models, Simon Dixon's book "Game of Money," abundant mines hosting, and BTC Mentor for secure self-custody setup.

🔗 Links & Resources
→ Doomberg: https://doomberg.com
→ Simon Dixon on X: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt

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Mentor Sessions Ep. 085: Dr. Peter McCullough explains Fauci's diary, COVID-19 lab origins, mRNA vaccine safety, spike protein persistence, and the biopharma complex.

600,000 Americans may have died from COVID vaccine complications — more than the virus itself, according to Dr. Peter McCullough — and Fauci just pleaded the Fifth on all of it. This conversation breaks down what the diary revealed, why the lab origin was buried, and where the mRNA platform goes next.

Dr. Peter A. McCullough joins BTC Sessions to walk through Fauci's Senate Testimony, 1,100-page diary, the public-vs-private mask and lockdown contradictions, and the nearly million-dollar cash prize Fauci's staff engineered for him. You'll learn why McCullough believes SARS-CoV-2 is an engineered bioweapon, how his foundation found full-length spike protein and mRNA circulating three and a half years after injection, and what that means for the surge in 'turbo cancer.' You'll see the money trail through the biopharmaceutical complex — Gates, BioNTech, CEPI, Event 201, and the captured medical journals that refused to retract the fraudulent 'natural origins' paper. He also lays out the parallel research and wellness system he's building outside captured academia.

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Fauci Senate Testimony and Diary Release
1:30 - 600,000 Vaccine Deaths Compared to COVID
2:30 - Fauci's Private Knowledge on Masks and Fatality Rate
4:00 - Fauci Staff Engineered Cash Prize Applications
7:00 - Fauci's Personal Vaccine Blood Clot Injury
8:00 - Ongoing Booster Push and Seventh Dose Campaign
11:30 - Journals Suppressed Lab Leak Despite Private Admissions
15:30 - Why Wet Market Origin Theory Persists
16:00 - Bioweapons Treaty and SARS-CoV-2 Classification
18:00 - Laboratory-Engineered Spike Protein Features
19:30 - Spike Protein Detected 3.5 Years Post-Vaccination
22:30 - Spike Detox Protocol and Treatment Options
24:30 - Turbo Cancer Rise and Spike Protein Mechanism
26:30 - mRNA Integration into Human Genome Evidence
28:00 - Broader mRNA Vaccine Platform Safety Concerns
29:30 - Hantavirus Scare and Moderna Vaccine Development
31:00 - Anatomy of the Biopharmaceutical Complex
34:30 - Gates Foundation Investment in BioNTech
38:00 - Journal Advertising and Vaccine Ideology
42:30 - Vatican Coin and 300-Year Vaccine Mythology
45:00 - Fourth Turning and Parallel Health Systems
48:00 - Vindication After Media Attacks on McCullough
51:00 - McCullough Foundation Books and Wellness Company

Dr. McCullough references the McCullough Foundation (mcculloughfnd.org), his books 'The Courage to Face COVID-19' and 'Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality,' a forthcoming book he says Bitcoiners will love, the Ultimate Spike Detox protocol, and The Wellness Company (twc.health).

🔗 Links & Resources:
McCullough Foundation: https://www.mcculloughfnd.org
The Wellness Company: https://www.twc.health/focalpoints
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Mentor Sessions Ep. 084: James Check and Joe Consorti analyze the Bitcoin market bottom, on-chain data, the AI bubble, and Strategy's sale in this 2026 macro breakdown.

The Bitcoin bottom isn't confirmed — but James Check and Joe Consorti lay out exactly why $45K would break every precedent in Bitcoin's history and why 90% of the time price only goes higher from here.

In this deep-dive conversation you'll learn why the market has entered what James calls the "time pain" chapter, how the AI bubble rotation could hand Bitcoin its bottom, and why Strategy's massive sale quietly killed one of Bitcoin's biggest pieces of FUD. You'll see the on-chain data behind long-term holders now sitting on 84% of supply, the 8-model study James ran to estimate when the bottom ends, and a concrete framework for DCA during downturns instead of chasing wicks. Joe breaks down the macro backdrop — oil, the 10-year Treasury at 4.7%, a hawkish Fed, and why the AI trade unwinding sets up a renewed risk-on environment.

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:16 - James Argues Bitcoin Bottom Not In
2:31 - 45K Drop Matching 2015 Bear Market
3:39 - Why Bears Anchor to Round Numbers
4:27 - Self-Reinforcing Bearishness at Lows
5:34 - Joe on Bitcoin Resilience to News
6:17 - 79 Percent Drawdown Breaks Precedent
7:22 - Inflation Scare and Oil Price Swings
8:32 - Bitcoin Holds Amid Hawkish Fed
10:10 - February Capitulation and Loss Spike
11:47 - Bottoms Form on Malaise Not Vibes
13:06 - 200-Week Moving Average as Support
13:55 - Eight-Model Study on Bear Market End
15:59 - Joe on AI Trade Unwinding in Q4
17:32 - Bitcoin Led Market Lower This Cycle
19:35 - Iran Conflict Oil and Commodity Thesis
23:04 - Financial Nihilism and Rotating Capital
26:00 - Treasury Yields Housing and Inflation
30:31 - Boomers Mortgage Rates and Housing Shortage
33:07 - Australia's Housing Bubble Breaking
39:04 - On-Chain Data and Sentiment Washout
43:34 - Joe on Fear Greed and Next Narrative
47:43 - Blood in Streets Time to Accumulate
48:53 - Mean Reversion Index and DCA Plan
52:17 - Strategy Sale and Fading FUD
58:56 - Manage Your Own Emotions
1:01:38 - Where to Follow James and Joe

James Check publishes on Substack (Checkonchain) and Joe Consorti runs his own YouTube channel and research — links below.

🔗 Links & Resources:
→ James Check (Checkonchain): https://www.checkonchain.com/
→ Joe Consorti: https://www.joeconsorti.com/
→ Book a 1-on-1 with a Bitcoin educator: BTCMentor.io

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Mentor Sessions Ep. 083: Bob Burnett explains the Bitcoin hash rate decline, BIP-110 chain split, nation state mining, and why banks will mine block space.

Bitcoin's hash rate has been declining for nearly a year for the first time in 16 years — and Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining explains why it keeps falling straight through the next halving. This is the mining reset almost nobody is pricing in.

In this conversation you'll learn why the big publicly traded miners quietly shed Bitcoin and pivoted to AI and data centers, why Bob believes financial institutions and nation states (Iran included) are the real next entrants — not energy companies — and why they'll mine for block space control rather than the coins themselves. You'll see how the BIP-110 (RDTS) activation at block 961632 in mid-August could trigger a chain split, exactly what miners and plebs should do before that block, and why the fight is really about Core's process and the SegWit discount, not just spam. Bob also breaks down the miner's trilemma, virgin Bitcoin premiums, and why the depths of despair is historically the best time to enter mining.

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:11 - Harsh reality of Bitcoin mining in 2026
1:46 - Meet Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining
2:00 - First year of falling hash rate
2:52 - Why hash rate drops through the halving
4:29 - Current-gen miners sold for pennies
8:18 - The miner's trilemma: energy, machines, capital
11:25 - Easy capital drove public miner overbuild
13:39 - Invasive apex predator wrecking the ecosystem
14:50 - Why public miners' production costs are broken
17:12 - Is the public mining model sustainable?
21:43 - Barefoot mines on sub-3-cent self-produced power
29:49 - Building a mining business that survives forever
31:39 - Enter mining in the depths of despair
34:14 - Is falling hash rate a network security threat?
35:36 - Could a bad actor mount a 51% attack now?
37:44 - Why Bitcoin can't balance the world's power grid
42:44 - Activists turning rural towns against miners
1:00:11 - Financial institutions and nation states enter next cycle
1:01:36 - Banks will mine for block space, not coins
1:07:42 - Why institutions will control block templates
1:08:26 - Nation state mining and economic sovereignty
1:09:20 - Is Iran already solo mining Bitcoin?
1:14:00 - The death of full-pay-per-share and virgin Bitcoin
1:17:33 - BIP-110 explained: what problem it solves
1:18:28 - Core v30 policy change that sparked the fight
1:29:11 - RDTS: the reduce-data temporary soft fork
1:31:14 - The SegWit discount and CSAM concerns
1:31:48 - Activation at block 961632 and chain split risk
1:44:19 - Advice for plebs before the split
1:46:15 - Advice for miners: get a backup pool ready
1:50:28 - The 99% best case vs the really bad scenario
1:52:53 - Where to find Bob and Barefoot Mining

🔗 Links & Resources:
Barefoot Mining: https://barefootmining.com
Bob on X: https://x.com/Boomer_BTC
BTC Sessions: https://btcsessions.ca
BTC Sessions Dashboard: https://btcsessions.live/

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📌 Previous Episodes:
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