This week's guest is Mark Maraia. Mark is a business coach, a relationship rainmaker, a coordinator for Bitcoin Magazine Contributors, co-author of the Declaration of Monetary Independence, a sovereign-minded individual, and like most bitcoiners, has a lifelong commitment to learning.Check Out Our Site: https://www.cachemoney.ioSupport the Show: https://linktr.ee/valuestackThanks for listening to Value Stack Podcast!____________________________________0:00 About our Sponsor - Anchor.FM1:00 Intro1:59 Tell us about your Bitcoin story6:50 Is Bitcoin for Outsiders?8:15 Importance of Staying Humble / Perspective10:30 Open Letter to His Children - Money is a Battery15:50 Bitcoin Adoption Waves16:30 UST/ Luna Terra Collapse - Stablecoins vs Fiat21:00 Bitcoin - Separation of Money and State25:45 Counterparty Risk28:54 How to Explain Bitcoin to Baby Boomers34:00 Strategies for Helping People Understand Bitcoin37:00 Importance of Not Losing Sight of Goals38:20 Soil (Dirt) Discussion39:57 Relationships are Everything43:00 Keeping Perspective on Bitcoin44:00 Why They Don’t Teach How Money Works in School49:00 Learning at Your Own Pace55:00 3 Blindspots in the Bitcoin Community1:03:00 Declaration of Monetary Independence1:06:53 Fiat Disease1:08:09 Children’s Books for Bitcoin1:12:35 Future of Reserve Currencies1:15:00 Bitcoin is Hope1:18:03 Outro - Social/Contact Info