There Is Up To £2m Of Bitcoin Still Hidden In Yorkshire | Nic Cary #228

<p>Nic Cary reckons there is still up to £2m of Bitcoin buried in geocaches across Yorkshire. He hid it himself, more than thirteen years ago.</p><p>He first heard about Bitcoin in 2011, on a small fishing boat on the Long Island Sound. A few years later he moved from the United States to York with a backpack and helped build the first block explorer for Bitcoin out of a two-bedroom flat near the racecourse.</p><p>That project became Blockchain.com. It now has offices in six countries, an FCA registration, a MiCA licence covering Europe, and a confidential SEC filing ahead of a US listing.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode:</p><p><br /></p><p> • The fishing trip that started it</p><p> • Why the company was built in York rather than London</p><p> • The paper wallets hidden across Yorkshire, and what they were worth</p><p> • From block explorer to wallet, and the case for holding your own keys</p><p> • Polymarket, Snap Markets and tokenised stocks</p><p> • How to explain Bitcoin without arguing with people</p><p> • Why machines, not people, may make most payments within ten years</p><p> • The three things he thinks everyone should read</p><p><br /></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00 Coming Up</p><p>00:40 Intro</p><p>01:13 Hearing about Bitcoin on a fishing boat in 2011</p><p>06:12 Websites, clams and Pipeline CRM</p><p>08:42 Why blockchain.com started in York</p><p>12:46 Bitcoin hidden in geocaches across Yorkshire</p><p>14:57 What it was worth at the time</p><p>15:43 From block explorer to building a wallet</p><p>18:03 Self-custody versus handing your money over</p><p>20:26 Polymarket, Snap Markets and tokenised stocks</p><p>22:20 How Nic's approach to explaining Bitcoin changed</p><p>25:06 Store of value, stablecoins and peer-to-peer cash</p><p>27:14 Why machines will transact in digital money</p><p>29:33 FCA approval, MiCA and the SEC filing</p><p>32:12 Three things everyone should read</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>🇬🇧 Join the UK Bitcoin Business Network here: https://www.joinbbn.com/</p><p><br /></p><p>CONTACT JORDAN:</p><p>X: https://x.com/JayW132</p><p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-walker-293955106/</p><p>Email: hello@bitcoincollective.co</p><p><br /></p><p>CONTACT Nic: </p><p>X: https://x.com/niccary?lang=en</p><p>💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncary/</p><p><br /></p><p>📬READ OUR NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.bitcoincollective.co/</p><p><br /></p><p>LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06sBiOznJDxuhafDmkE9VK?si=3f0a8bb8abd64eec</p><p>Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bitcoin-collective/id1561573613</p><p>Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/AYHiNhTTv0HOgGEjRjWN</p><p>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bitcoincollective?sub_confirmation=1</p><p><br /></p><p>All content provided by The Bitcoin Collective and guests in this episode is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, trading, or investment advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>⸻</p><p>EDITED BY JAMES PEARCE</p><p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-pearcesf/</p><p><br /></p><p>Available now on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Always do your own research.</p>