BTC Custody, AVAX vs rest, ETH Sharding, Downsizing, Debt + more

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00:00 Introduction
01:17 Where to Ask Questions
02:04 I am having a godchild and need a present. I would like to get him some BTC, giving his parents half the seed phrase & the other half when he is 18 yo. Is it too longterm, or do you think BTC is good for this distance?
02:56 Risks Related to Your Strategy
04:29 Timelock the Bitcoin
05:09 A Better Alternative
06:33 Your opinion on ETH surge update with sharding possibilities. Could it seriously threaten the current SOL moat regarding scalability and speed?
06:49 Surge and Sharding Explained
08:14 Expectations
09:20 Solana Firedancer Demo 1.2M TPS
10:10 Looking to speculatively accumulate some ALTs during this bear market. Can we get your take/analysis on Avalanche?
10:24 IA Crypto Compendium Score
10:53 IA SCP Composite Score
11:16 Avax Inflation (Messari)
11:40 Solana Inflation (Messari)
11:45 Ethereum Inflation (Messari)
11:59 AVAX Validator Count Fell 1,629 to 1,224
12:29 DAU and TPS
13:04 Theoretical Price Upside Model Based on ETH Valuation per DAU Today (Data 6 Weeks Old)
13:45 Market Cap per DAU by Chain (TRX Capped)
14:21 Conclusion
15:04 A new project called HiveMapper is launching on Solana on Nov. 3. What are your thoughts on this project and how does it score according to your compendium?
15:56 What is HiveMapper?
18:22 How Does HiveMapper Work?
19:01 Brains Behind HiveMapper
19:28 Tokenomics
21:01 How would you personally deploy cash holdings before the implementation of CBDCs to preserve wealth? Is more BTC the best bet?
21:24 6 Steps to Prep for Dystopia
24:09 Want to sell our main residence, downsize, reduce expenses, invest in a small rental and clear interest-bearing debts. Use the remaining funds to buy BTC & ETH and hold for 3-5 years, but won’t have funds until Q2 next year- is this prudent to do or will we miss the crypto generational buying opp?
24:39 Selling Now? Worst Time
25:29 Re Market Timing - NFA
26:22 Perfect Playbook
27:35 Are you worried about the stress that miners are facing? Doesn’t seem good to me if large publicly listed miners are defaulting at the same time… although hashrate seems to be up?
28:30 July 13th Miner Review
29:17 Darwinian Times
30:05 Over a decade since Bitcoin & altcoins entered the space and the SEC has done next to nothing. Why?
30:29 Buckle In!
30:46 Major SEC Actions in Crypto
31:35 We need a Crypto Regulatory Framework
32:41 Goals of the Framework
33:51 Why does a debt based system require inflation to survive? Jeff Booth says with deflationary productivity the debt can’t be paid back otherwise. Is there more to the story?
34:15 It’s Quite Simple
35:24 Up & To the Right - Fed Interest 737BN Q3 2022
36:15 Unfunded Liabilities
37:11 How to go back to 0% inflation
38:24 Glimpse of the Future - 40% of Rev = Interest
39:01 What is your take on david rosenberg’s double dip recession like in ‘81 & ‘82? 1st dip in ‘22 through energy & food price squeeze. 2nd dip through fed with over-tightening.
39:42 Double Dip Recession
40:06 I Agree
41:07 Helping Animals

[Marty]

How can you have 30, 000 views and 2.7k thousand likes. It beggars belief because the quality and the depth of the education that your videos bring are 2nd to none. Great video please keep up the good work. Cheers James and your A Team.

[LOGYBEATS]

james, u are the ultimate sol sell signal, ty for making the video the other day at $38 it let me know to sell all my sol

[markpowell]

James your silence/absence of any comment with ref to SBF/CZ war and its effect on Crypto esp SOL …. Speaks volumes and is concerning…. Your view would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[JamesBond-jjdl]

You’re not “one man”, you are THE MAN. Build away. Looking forward to it.

[madiz]

This didn't age well: "Sam is a smart guy, he doesn't let things blow up". "We are not going to see 17k again for BTC". "The worst is behind us". James, you are too optimistic, it's your bias. Take a slice from Mr. Cowen. He's more of a realist and his predictions have been better.

[pineapples]

James, you may want to skip the live video with Rob and Ben. Your predictions have been the most wrong of the 3. The chat will eat you alive. Please skip it. Get rest.

[rekttdegen]

Amazing James ! Answered my question perfectly in the direct areas I was curious about !! You are a weapon can’t Thankyou you enough for you hard work and commitment towards your community. Grateful member all the way from Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺

[aivacc]

Solana fanboy forgets to mention about 10 Solana outages in a year. And validator requirements are going insane. This is very opposite of ETH targeting home stakers with lower hw resource requirements and very reliable network. Even how smooth the merge was still amazes me.

[PainInTheGrAssPetWasteRemoval]

"Sam is a smart guy, he won't let everything blow i believe same EXACT words were said about Do Kwon!!

[ThomasSirianniEsq]

I’m a community member and I can say it’s the best money ever spent!

[GregSwamprhinoremover]

Great videos James, thanks for the FTX and solona heads up!!

[xavierroy]

Thanks James, what a great Q&A, as usual, I learned so much in 50 minutes.

[smhgfamsmhgfam]

Been following your channel for a long time and couldn't say anything new that hasn't already been said a hundred times over about the quality and breath of your research.

Normally q&a touches on what I have at the top of my mind, but wondering if you could do a segment that discusses the top technologies in crypto leaving the price and tokenomics to the side for a moment. Haven't been as deep in my crypto research this past year and want to get an updated view of the top quality projects regardless of the tokenomics.

Crypto is an exciting space for new technology and think it oftentimes gets lost in the quest for 🏎️'s & 🚀's.

Peace and blessings - Sean G

[venky]

Referring to the hypothesis that you need interest rates higher than inflation to bring down the inflation to Zero. History is evidence that this is not the case. The interest rate hikes operates with a leads and lags and demand destruction caused by rising rates grows exponentially over time and long before the interest rates reach inflation rates, the inflation goes down. You dont see that happening now because the inflation is not on the demand side but the supply side. Never the less there is demand destruction happening that will bring down prices faster than we expect. Again my hypothesis to counter your hypothesis :)

[Noeticwealth]

Thank you James . I’m so grateful that we have you

[CapoKhan]

Awesome content Boss J. Thanks for the EDUTAINMENT

[Smjoz]

James, what are your thoughts on Gemini custody if you're worried about opsec for self custody? I'm not based in US

[petopeti]

Maybe AVAX is inflationary but still it reacts and moves much quicker than SOL whenever the market moves up.
I mean it gives much better returns if you make a jump in and jump out trade.
SOL seems to be very stubborn with movements up 'coz it has lots of resistances on the way up.

[Gutenmorgenside]

The Breakpoint demo's were amazing. A shame things are under a bit of a cloud. The sun will be shining again soon enough.

[eldeuce]

The time lock feature is already done thru HEX. Would like to hear your opinion.