# 01: How Bitcoin Leads to Spirituality, Tech Privacy & Sovereignty | Seb Bunney

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Published: 2026-03-16T18:47:00+00:00
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## Resource

Bitcoin isn’t just another asset; it’s a response to broken money. In this episode, I sit down with Seb Bunney to discuss why so many people feel uneasy about money, privacy, and technology, even when everything appears to be working as intended. That discomfort doesn’t come from paranoia or ideology, it comes from living inside systems that quietly extract data, shape behavior, and centralize control while calling it convenience. Privacy used to be assumed. Now it’s something you actively defend. The same pattern shows up with money, where long-held beliefs about inflation, authority, and stability go mostly unchallenged. Bitcoin enters the picture not as a shortcut to wealth, but as a response to broken monetary systems and incentives that no longer reward long-term thinking. Decentralization starts to matter when trust erodes, and financial sovereignty becomes practical rather than philosophical. This conversation connects Bitcoin, privacy erosion, and technology through a systems lens, focusing on how people begin questioning the structures they’ve inherited, and what happens when they do. If you’ve felt that something about modern systems doesn’t sit right, this episode offers language, context, and a clearer frame for why. You’ll Learn: [00:00] Introduction [04:03] The "nothing to hide" fallacy and why privacy should be the default setting [07:59] Sophisticated scams and why high-trust societies are collapsing [14:41] Societal trauma in the downstream of broken monetary systems [18:07] Somatic therapy, upward spirals, and the Buddhist fable of perspective [27:22] Shifting from ego-driven hustle to trusting synchronicities and divine guidance [45:41] 5D guidance, sensing truth in your chest, and why intuition predates data [01:03:01] The Bible as distributed ledge…

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