What Bitcoin Did
What Bitcoin Did
Danny Knowles
Bitcoin, AI & The Fourth Turning | George Bodine
1 hour 36 minutes Posted Dec 3, 2025 at 10:46 am.
Great Financial Crisis: Are We Still in Crisis Mode?
Meeting George, Bitcoin Art, and Buying Bitcoin
From Mining to Bitcoin Art
George's Early Life and Career Path
Top Gun and Flying F-18s
Taking off and Walking Home from the Desert
The Fourth Turning and the Impact of AI
AI, Creativity, and Chat GPT
AI, Military Imperatives, and the Arms Race
Anduril's Battlefield Helmet and AI in Commercial Flights
Quantum Computing and Its Implications for Bitcoin
Core, Knots, and the V30 Controversy
Bitcoin as a Last Hope
George Exits His Strategy Position
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George Bodine joins the show for a wild conversation about the fourth turning, AI, quantum, and why he believes the next 3–5 years will be the most volatile period in Bitcoin history.

We get into his insane life story — from trailer parks to flying F-18s at Top Gun, ejecting from a crashing jet, working underground as a miner, becoming a pro artist, and eventually going all-in on Bitcoin.

George breaks down why he thinks the financial crisis never ended, how AI and robotics will erase millions of jobs, the global arms race for compute and energy, and why quantum could hit faster than people expect. We dig into Bitcoin’s real threats — mining centralisation, quantum-vulnerable coins, BIP444, and the Core vs Knots fight dividing the community.

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