Yes, the German Parliament regularly speaks to the dangers of fiat currency while exploring the growing acceptance of Bitcoin, thanks to the initiative “Bitcoin im Bundestag.”
I had the opportunity to interview joanacotar (npub1td3…m693), the Member of Parliament leading this Bitcoin educational drive.
We spoke about Germany’s blunder in selling 50,000 BTC this summer, the budding acceptance of Bitcoin within the country, and the vibrant grassroots Bitcoin community (hello 21!)
Joana has been leading Bitcoin talks throughout the year in both English and German, inviting MPs from across the political spectrum and their aides to formally learn about Bitcoin.
It was bizarre and somewhat inspiring to see MPs not only attend last night’s event but ask insightful questions about the future of Germany and Bitcoin.
I’m not a big politics guy but I’d love to see a similar initiative in the UK.
A big thank you to Joana and her pro-Bitcoin team—Stephan, Dominic, Mathias, and Nina—for their time and for tolerating my camera gear and microphones as we turned their office upside down (!).
I also conducted a lightning transaction from self-custodial wallets in German Parliament (kinda cool right), signed a Hodler and hugged lots of lovely German Bitcoiners who were present 🇩🇪 🇩🇪
It was also great to chat with Excellion (npub1exc…n72a), who surely has one of the most interesting bitcoin jobs.
He advises governments and key opinion leaders worldwide, from Thailand to Montenegro to Argentina, on how to adopt, embrace, or adapt to Bitcoin.
Though I usually avoid discussing Bitcoin price speculation, I couldn’t resist with Mr Omega himself.
Hearing how more and more nation-states are beginning to open the door to Bitcoin—and will (let’s face it) eventually buy or mine BTC at a state level—reminded me once again of how scarce Bitcoin truly is.
Here’s the reminder to you:
Bitcoin is the scarcest asset on Earth.
There will only ever be 21 million coins.
Soon, owning tens of thousands, let alone hundreds of thousands, will be near impossible, even for nation-states with massive money printers at their disposal.
And a big thanks to Samson for giving up *the* scarcest thing—his time.
I’ll be publishing these interviews and a brief investigation on my YT channel soon.
If I can compress the living daylights out of it it can go straight to #nostr too.
Stay tuned 😊
Ps,—you don’t have enough Bitcoin.
