What Bitcoin Did
What Bitcoin Did
Danny Knowles
Bitcoin’s Parallel Economy Is Starting | Brian De Mint
1 hour 2 minutes Posted May 15, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Is Bitcoin a Cult
Club Orange: Connecting Bitcoiners IRL
Bitcoin's Changing Perception
Bitcoin Mining Solves Real-World Problems
The Four Stages of Money
Using Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange
The Shifting Flavor of Bitcoin
Health and Wellness: Questioning Systems
The Opioid Epidemic and Doctor Incentives
Debunking the Food Pyramid
Health Sovereignty and Wellness Practices
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“The alpha is still in Bitcoin. But it’s just by treating Bitcoin as money.”

Brian De Mint is the head of marketing for Club Orange, a real-world social network for Bitcoiners.

In this episode, we discuss why Bitcoin’s next phase may not just be holding the asset, but building a real economy around it: Bitcoin meetups, IRL community, the case for spending sats, merchant adoption, Lightning payments, Bitcoin mining as a free-market energy solution, and why treating Bitcoin as money can create stronger economic relationships between Bitcoiners.

We also get into food and health to medicine, nutrition and the incentives behind the institutions we’re told to trust.

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