Bitcoin Mechanic from OCEAN mining is one of Bitcoin's staunchest defenders. He joins us for the second time to tell us all about why it's worth it to defend Bitcoin against spammers and other attackers, and what you can do to help.

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00:00 Welcoming Bitcoin Mechanic
01:05 What is Bitcoin?
06:01 Miners Attacking Bitcoin
17:01 OCEAN and Anti-Spam
20:04 Running Nodes
28:08 Saylor and Digital Identiy
33:27 OP_RETURN vs Ordinals and Inscriptions
38:03 The Dishonesty of Spammers
41:47 Big Blockers and Other Enemies of Bitcoin
50:18 When Should You Run a Node?
57:24 Bitcoin and Politics
01:05:36 Bukele and El Salvador
01:11:33 Custodial Lightning
01:16:10 Self-Sovereignty
01:19:23 Empty Blocks
01:36:40 Why Mine with OCEAN