{"podcast":{"title":"The Bitcoin Treasuries Podcast with Tim Kotzman","slug":"the-bitcoin-treasuries-podcast-with-tim-kotzman-7117909","podcast_index_feed_id":7117909,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fd394588/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/timothy-kotzman","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42383890/42383890-1732694048246-2a482e91526f3.jpg","author":"Timothy Kotzman","episode_count":211,"summary":"Tim Kotzman interviews the biggest names and companies in the Bitcoin Treasury space.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T08:17:22.811805+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-treasuries-podcast-with-tim-kotzman-7117909"},"episode":{"title":"The \"Dirty Little Secret\" of Bitcoin | Archie of Bitcoin Archive","slug":"the-dirty-little-secret-of-bitcoin-archie-of-bitcoin-archive","published_at":"2026-07-16T18:01:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-treasuries-podcast-with-tim-kotzman-7117909/the-dirty-little-secret-of-bitcoin-archie-of-bitcoin-archive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-treasuries-podcast-with-tim-kotzman-7117909","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/timothy-kotzman/episodes/The-Dirty-Little-Secret-of-Bitcoin--Archie-of-Bitcoin-Archive-e3m5vjl","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fd394588/podcast/play/122928181/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-16%2F428085032-44100-2-de7d34aa5446c.mp3","summary":"Archie, Founder of Bitcoin Archive, joins the show to discuss building a brand with 1.8 million followers, reputational risk and vetting business partners, and the "Dirty Little Secret" of Bitcoin. Disclaimer: NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE - For entertainment purposes only. Tim Kotzman on X: https://x.com/TimKotzman Bitcoin Archive on X: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive 0:00 - Intro 0:43 - Escaping the corporate banking world in Australia 6:31 - Discovering Bitcoin 9:40 - Building a 1.8M follower brand 10:53 - Why bear markets are the absolute best time to start building 13:40 - Debunking the myth of "predictable" success 17:36 - Finding product-market fit and knowing when to walk away from a failing idea 19:34 - The intense daily grinds of Anthony Pompliano and Michael Saylor 22:50 - Saylor's perseverance through a 99% MicroStrategy drawdown 26:40 - The financial engineering of Strategy’s "Preferreds" and why it clicked 31:10 - Navigating the risks of early crypto partnerships 33:55 - How to think about reputational risk and vetting business partners 43:58 - The pros and cons of Wall Street and institutional Bitcoin adoption 48:45 - Jack Dorsey vs. Michael Saylor: Medium of exchange vs. Store of value 51:59 - What El Salvador looks like today: A firsthand account of hyper-Bitcoinization 56:53 - The dirty little secret of Bitcoin 1:02:24 - Inspecting listed Bitcoin Treasury companies that are down 90%+ 1:10:13 - "Podcasters per share" and why public executives must be visible online 1:21:12 - Living in the attention economy 1:25:49 - How much money is actually enough? 1:30:19 - The true purpose of wealth: Community and helping others 1:33:01 - Navigating anonymity and public recognition 1:37:09 - The rise of personal media brands and infiltra…","meta_description":"Archie, Founder of Bitcoin Archive, joins the show to discuss building a brand with 1.8 million followers, reputational risk and vetting business partners…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7153,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bitcoin-treasuries-podcast-with-tim-kotzman-7117909/episodes/the-dirty-little-secret-of-bitcoin-archie-of-bitcoin-archive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-treasuries-podcast-with-tim-kotzman-7117909/the-dirty-little-secret-of-bitcoin-archie-of-bitcoin-archive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}