In this interview, I talk to American HODL & MLB all-star and sports car racer CJ Wilson. We discuss CJs sports career, racing fast cars and the role of toxic bitcoin maximalism.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:33 Pres. Bukele Interview
00:09:50 Being Authentic
00:13:49 Being Famous
00:16:22 Straight Edge
00:22:30 CJ MLB Career
00:30:49 CJ does impressions
00:31:43 CJ as NVK
00:35:06 CJ as TINA
00:36:14 CJ as Peter
00:37:27 CJ as George Bush
00:41:16 Scandals in Cricket
00:47:52 Pain as a teacher
00:49:27 CJ gets into Bitcoin
00:51:02 Car talk
00:58:38 Traveling with Bitcoin
01:00:48 HODL gets hacked
01:06:20 Breedlove controversy
01:19:32 Toxic maximalism
01:29:00 Centralization
01:35:11 Bitcoin is a slow victory

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“Hero worship leads to disappointment, broken hearts, and posters being torn off the wall...everybody is subjected to the same rules on the internet.”
— CJ Wilson

Location: Remotely
Date: Friday 25th June
Project: CJ Wilson Racing, WBD Employee of the Month
Role: Owner and founder, N/A

CJ Wilson has led an exciting life. He was a two-time All-star during his decade-long major league baseball career, and he went on to found a professional sports car racing team.

Given his understanding of sound money, bitcoin was something he had to pursue to protect his wealth. CJ is a bitcoin maximalist, a term initially coined as a pejorative and now worn as a badge of honour.

The culture of toxicity is under constant criticism, with opponents suggesting it pushes people away from Bitcoin, while bitcoiners maintain it’s an essential defence against scams and misinformation. Critics claim that maximalism itself is in opposition to liberty, but taking a hard stance is a cornerstone of sovereignty.

Is maximalism anti-freedom? Or is it simply the free market’s rallying cry of a monetary revolution?

In this interview, I talk to American HODL & MLB all-star and sports car racer CJ Wilson. We discuss CJs sports career, racing fast cars and the role of toxic bitcoin maximalism.