aVIRAL Podcast

Welcome to the third episode of the aVIRAL Podcast, recorded at The Network School — a global startup society of curious minds, nomads, and builders! 🌍

In this episode, I sit down with Barnabas Debreczeni, a Hungarian tech entrepreneur, Ethereum OG, and posthumanist thinker who has lived one of the wildest journeys in crypto.

We talk about:
🔹 Why he chose to go homeless after dropping out of university
🔹 Mining Ethereum’s Genesis Block with a custom script
🔹 Building Hungary’s first Bitcoin exchange from scratch
🔹 The early chaos of Mt. Gox, Silk Road & Bitcoin civil wars
🔹 Network states, AI agents & reinventing education for kids

Follow Barnabas on X: https://x.com/keo

Barnabas shares a mind-blowing origin story—from coding at age 5 and sleeping on park benches, to building real-world crypto infrastructure and dreaming of decentralized schools for the next generation. If you're into early Bitcoin history, Ethereum lore, or future societies powered by AI and crypto, this one's a must-listen.

🎙️ aVIRAL Podcast — A podcast series where stories spark ideas. Hosted by Aviral, straight from the heart of Network School

Chapters:
00:00 WATCH TILL THE END
01:07 Early Life and Selective Learning Style
02:37 University Dropout and Self-Directed Learning
06:11 Becoming Homeless by Choice - Entrepreneurship Lessons
09:27 Finding Mentorship and First Programming Job
15:35 Post-2008 Crisis and Biointensive Farming Community
19:47 Discovering Bitcoin and Early Adoption (2010-2011)
22:19 Early Bitcoin Usage Challenges and Solutions
27:38 Bitcoin as Money vs Store of Value Philosophy
31:06 Bitcoin Block Size Wars and Community Split
38:11 Bitcoin Exchange Business in Hungary
46:43 Mining Ethereum Genesis Block - The Story
53:37 Founding First Bitcoin Exchange in Hungary
59:14 Current Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Analysis
01:07:46 Network States and Pop-up Cities
01:25:03 AI-Enhanced Education and Learning
01:41:59 Family-Friendly Network States Vision