Trey Walsh – The Progressive Bitcoiner https://progressivebitcoiner.org Building a Financially Just World Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:18:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-tpb-logo-no-text-1-32x32.png Trey Walsh – The Progressive Bitcoiner https://progressivebitcoiner.org 32 32 TPB114 – Meet the Pro-Bitcoin Democrat Running for Governor of California https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb114-meet-the-pro-bitcoin-democrat-running-for-governor-of-california/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:15:27 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb114-meet-the-pro-bitcoin-democrat-running-for-governor-of-california/ Our guest today is Ian Calderon. Ian is a former California State Assembly member and the youngest Majority Leader in state history. During his eight years in office, he focused on strengthening California’s economy and fostering innovation, including helping establish the state’s Blockchain Working Group. After leaving the legislature to focus on family and business, he’s now running for governor…

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]]> Why Bitcoin Was Created and Why It Matters to Progressives https://progressivebitcoiner.org/why-bitcoin-was-created-and-why-it-matters-to-progressives/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/?p=3907 In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, an anonymous person (or group of people) named Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” This marked the birth of Bitcoin — not just as a technology, but as a movement for financial independence, transparency, and freedom. Satoshi’s core insight was that our monetary system relies too…

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]]> Wall Street is Buying Bitcoin—But It’s Still for the People https://progressivebitcoiner.org/wall-streets-buying-bitcoin-but-its-still-for-the-people/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:23:30 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/?p=3479 The face of Bitcoin is changing. What was once an internet-native currency embraced by cypherpunks, open-source advocates, and outsiders is now being accumulated by some of the wealthiest institutions on the planet. From BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF to sovereign wealth funds quietly stacking Bitcoin, it’s clear: the rich and powerful have entered the chat. To many progressives—and to ordinary…

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]]> BitBonds Might Be the Most Progressive Fiscal Tool Yet and They Could Save Social Security https://progressivebitcoiner.org/bitbonds-might-be-the-most-progressive-fiscal-tool-yet-and-they-could-save-social-security/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:19:32 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/?p=3444 Across the political spectrum, one issue sparks universal concern: America’s growing national debt. With over $14 trillion in federal debt maturing in the next three years, and interest rates hovering around 4.5%, the cost of simply maintaining our fiscal obligations is spiraling. For progressives, this isn’t just a macroeconomic problem—it’s a direct threat to social programs we care deeply…

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]]> A Progressive Case for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: Strengthening America’s Social Safety Net https://progressivebitcoiner.org/a-progressive-case-for-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-strengthening-americas-social-safety-net/ Sat, 21 Dec 2024 13:57:42 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.substack.com/p/a-progressive-case-for-a-strategic From Trey Walsh, Executive Director of The Progressive Bitcoiner I’ll start off by saying I have many reservations about the United States pursuing a Strategic Bitcoin reserve, with the major plans I’ve observed including legislation proposed by Senator Lummis and a draft Executive order from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (this does not include those proposed state-by-state, which is a different…

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]]> Bitcoin: A Lifeline for Everyone, Not Just the Global Elite https://progressivebitcoiner.org/bitcoin-a-lifeline-for-everyone-not-just-the-global-elite/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 14:56:17 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.substack.com/p/bitcoin-a-lifeline-for-everyone-not From Trey Walsh, Executive Director of The Progressive Bitcoiner Quite popular in the news recently, particular in left leaning circles, has been the topic of crypto’s influence in this recent U.S. election, the hundreds of millions spent on this election from crypto PACs. and the Bitcoin strategic reserve idea being floated by the Trump admin, some members of congress and some within the…

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]]> Bitcoin is more than just Number Go Up Technology https://progressivebitcoiner.org/bitcoin-is-more-than-just-number-go-up-technology/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:16:28 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.substack.com/p/bitcoin-is-more-than-just-number From Trey Walsh, Executive Director of The Progressive Bitcoiner As most of you know by now, either by personally holding it or seeing it in the news, Bitcoin recently crossed the much anticipated threshold of $100,000 per coin. While this is an incredible feat and shows the obvious interest and resilience of this 16 year old technology and network, particularly when cycle after cycle those in…

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]]> Transition to The Progressive Bitcoiner, Inc.! https://progressivebitcoiner.org/transition-to-the-progressive-bitcoiner-inc/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:34:11 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.substack.com/p/transition-to-the-progressive-bitcoiner Hi everyone, and happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrated yesterday! We are extremely grateful to all of you for supporting, sharing, and engaging with us here at The Progressive Bitcoiner. I wanted to provide some updates about where things stand with The Progressive Bitcoiner amidst transitions I know many of you have seen with myself stepping back as host of the TPB Pod, Margot Paez taking on…

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]]> Democrats Must Embrace Bitcoin To Survive https://progressivebitcoiner.org/democrats-must-embrace-bitcoin-to-survive/ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 13:43:47 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.substack.com/p/democrats-must-embrace-bitcoin-to Hi Everyone, How we doing, post election? Busy week in Bitcoin, in America, and I’m sure at the dinner table with friends and family! Well we at The Progressive Bitcoiner (myself behind the scenes and occasionally writing and Margot hosting the pod) will be here every step of the way to help you unpack it, and my hope is to bring about a new progressive coalition that focuses on the economy…

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]]> TPB 106 – What Happened to The Progressive Movement? with Margot Paez https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb106-what-happened-to-the-progressive-movement-with-margot-paez/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:26:52 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb106-what-happened-to-the-progressive-movement-with-margot-paez/ “This is a call to action to the listeners. Only you can do it, the power is within you. That’s how this works. It takes everybody—takes a village.” – Margot My guest today is Margot Paez. Margot is a climate change physicist and PhD candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology, focusing on research relating to climate change statistical based modeling, bitcoin mining…

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]]> TPB 105 – Live an Examined Life with Dr. Mark Stephany https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb105-live-an-examined-life-with-dr-mark-stephany/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:42:50 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb105-live-an-examined-life-with-dr-mark-stephany/ “Bitcoin calls upon all of us to act in some way, in some manner. You know, just because you bought it is the most basic thing that you can do.” – Dr. Mark Stephany My guest today is Dr. Mark Stephany. Mark is the former host of The Progressive Bitcoiner, author and board-certified internal medicine physician. In this episode we discuss the challenges of promoting Bitcoin to progressives…

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]]> TPB 104 – Nostr: Promoting Freedom and Healing Brokenness with Will Casarin and Roger Huang https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb104-nostr-promoting-freedom-and-healing-brokenness-with-will-casarin-and-roger-huang/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:40:00 +0000 https://progressivebitcoiner.org/tpb104-nostr-promoting-freedom-and-healing-brokenness-with-will-casarin-and-roger-huang/ “Nostr is like our lifeboat in the same sense that bitcoin is our lifeboat for money.” – Will Casarin My guests today are Will Casarin and Roger Huang. Will is a nostr and Bitcoin developer and the founder of Damus. Roger is journalist having previously written for TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and currently is a contributor for Forbes and author of “Would Mao Hold Bitcoin.” In this episode we…

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