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022 Max Kei:10 Years of Chaos — Regrets, WW3, Samurai Wallet & OP_RETURN Drama | All in Bitcoin w/CK
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- Dec 10, 2025
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From Soviet Latvia to Bitcoin Legend: Max Kei (Debifi CEO, Hodl Hodl, Baltic Honeybadger) on 10 years of pure chaos, WW3 plans, Ordinals rage & only 1,031 Honeybadger tickets… The most unfiltered Bitcoin OG interview you’ll watch this year. What happens when a Soviet kid becomes one of the most respected Bitcoiners? From quitting a government university spot… to launching the conference that started the entire Bitcoin-only movement. * We discuss: -Block-size wars & Ordinals hate -OP_RETURN drama & Samurai Wallet arrests -WW3 survival (or lack thereof) -2027 Honeybadger: exactly 1,031 tickets (10/31 whitepaper nod) -Why Bitcoiners love drama 👇 Link to legendary Andreas chat HB 2017 https://youtu.be/w4uysldnzio 👇 Follow, like , subscribe and tap the bell to All in Bitcoin for more unfiltered conversations that go where others won’t. 🎧 Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Nostr, and everywhere you listen: https://linktr.ee/allinbitcoin 👇 FOLLOW MAX'S WORK: Nostr: npub1797h37mc98f6363m5nysxd0t2swuz7nxq4z83saw77em3czld6xqvuar68 Max on X: @keidunm * Debifi on X: @ debifi.com https://debifi.com Hodlhodl on X:@hodlhodl Hodlhodl on Nostr: [email protected] https://hodlhodl.com 👇 FOLLOW CK & ALL IN BITCOIN: Nostr: [email protected] X: @allinbitcoinpod * TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Cold open: “Everyone has a plan… until they get punched in the face” 1:19 – Welcome Max Kei – CEO Debifi, Baltic Honeybadger, Hodl Hodl 1:33 – Born while Latvia was still Soviet Union 2:17 – The very different dinner-table culture in Eastern Europe 3:28 – Wanted to be a lawyer… because of Hollywood movies 4:22 – The one piece of advice he’d give his younger self 5:04 – Walking away from a government-sponsored university spot 6:52 – Introvert or extrovert? His real answer 7:32 – The future scenario…