In this episode, I sit down with Juraj Bednár, a hacker-entrepreneur and freedom maximalist. We talk about his path from hacking Linux as a kid to building businesses on a Bitcoin standard. Juraj also breaks down his critical but nuanced perspective on Michael Saylor’s approach. If you’re looking for practical tactics and big ideas on how to expand your freedom and sovereignty with Bitcoin, this episode is for you. Join the Become Unruggable Self-Custody MentorshipHands-on guidance to take control of your Bitcoin https://tally.so/r/w4D8y5 Official Partner's:⛏️Start your mining journey with Sazmining! Get $50 off your first rig: https://store.sazmining.com/purchase?ref=HFqPJJo38IWX₿ Buy Bitcoin the Sovereign WaySign up using this link at get 0.5% discount of fee's → https://bullbitcoin.com/btcstory️ Get 15% off at StampSeed (Seed phrase titanium backup)Use code BTCSTORY → https://stampseed.com Follow UsGG on Nostr: https://primal.net/ggGG on X: https://x.com/YourBTCStoryJuraj on X: https://x.com/jurbedJuraj on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsd4dkxqewy8xum47ctpu0ltgxxsfemeewpjkdyzk9ddfcg286s0dskfad46His website: https://hackyourself.io/00:00 - Intro00:46 - Host intro & why Juraj’s story matters.02:12 - Origins of liberty; Linux as a first taste of freedom.03:11 - Windows vs. Linux and learning abundance by hacking.06:16 - Early internet & hacker culture13:13 - Three kinds of freedom & why optionality matters.20:12 - Global optionality: place, people, money, time.25:18 - “Hack everything”: experiments beyond computers.31:00 - Hacking vs. science & entrepreneurship; learn by doing.38:29 - Juraj’s Bitcoin origin47:48 - First sats by mail & the Parallelni Polis experiment.56:01 - Operating on a Bitcoin standard: pay-now, short payrolls, 30% rule.1:03:00 - Speculation vs. freedom; fiat friction & frozen accounts.1:20:36 - The Full Privacy playbookBlock height: 914140#Bitcoin #Selfcustody #BitcoinPR #BitcoinMindset #BitcoinMedia

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