{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Bitcoin Frontier","title":"The Last Free Americans with Joe Kelly","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ebe136de\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2000,"description":"Joe Kelly is the co-founder and CEO of Unchained. In this latest episode, Joe shares his story and Alaskan roots that shaped a deep respect for self-sufficiency—an experience he now applies to the digital frontier. In this episode, Joe joins The Bitcoin Frontier to share why Unchained is launching a new miniseries, The Last Free Americans, how self-custody became his life’s work, and why the conservation movement offers a powerful analogy for protecting financial freedom. We dig into the frontier phases of new assets and ideas, the role of ETFs as a bridge (not the destination), and how policies like developer protections and “keep your coins” language can ring-fence essential rights.\nSUPPORT THE PODCAST:\n → Subscribe\n → Leave a review\n → Share the show with your friends and family\n → Send us an email: podcast@unchained.com\n → Learn more about Unchained: https://unchained.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast\n → Book a free call with a bitcoin expert: https://unchained.com/consultation?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast\nTIMESTAMPS:\n0:00 – Intro: The Last Free Americans and what’s at stake with self-custody\n1:06 – Alaska, boats, and learning self-sufficiency\n2:54 – Conservation mindset: preserving wilderness and preserving peer-to-peer money\n4:03 – From accounts to keys: the “aha” of sending bitcoin yourself\n5:39 – Seeing the water we swim in: intermediaries, fees, and privacy tradeoffs\n8:03 – Frontiers and phases: from prospectors to politics—how new assets mature\n10:57 – Gold rush parallels: excess, scams, and integration into the mainstream\n12:55 – National parks as a model: ring-fencing what matters for future generations\n15:00 – “The last free Americans”: a proud warning about peer-to-peer rights\n17:02 – Building Unchained on bitcoin’s assumptions, not fiat rails\n19:16 – ETFs as a useful bridge vs. living the peer-to-peer experience\n21:03 – Who are today’s “John Muirs”? Gear, guidance, and making self-custody...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WoeHujZLSYOjeE_EY1iBuQ0tTK0I8K63kAncvwN8qto/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NTI2/Y2ZjZjFjN2NlZjI3/ZmQyZjc5ODQyMTc5/OTYxMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}