
21 Futures: Tales from the Timechain
Adrian M Lopez
Show overview
21 Futures: Tales from the Timechain has published 22 episodes during 2025. That works out to roughly 8 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 17 min and 27 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Fiction show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 8 months ago. Published by Adrian M Lopez.
From the publisher
21 Futures is a cypherpunk fiction project designed to further our understanding of privacy, personal liberty and financial freedom. We believe stories are the perfect devices to bring about meaningful change. This book can work as an ‘orange-pilling device’ for friends or family members who prefer fiction to technical explanations. Fans of sci-fi, cyberpunk and dystopia will be gripped by these tales. And 21 Futures should be on the bookshelf of any self-respecting bitcoiner. Tales from the Timechain presents 21 gripping short stories which explore the meaning and impact of bitcoin. Political dissidents scramble to cross the threshold to freedom. A decades-long hunt for keys incites a change in world order. A clear-blood dares to question the oppression of noderoids. A cryo-frozen oligarch wakes into his worst nightmare. A lowly space station miner buys a planet. In this book of diverse stories planted firmly in the bitcoin-verse, reality fractures into 21 futures. Some are wonderful, others terrifying. You are not prepared. https://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/
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S1 Ep 1The Last Mugging
FullAbout the author:John Champaign — The Last MuggingJohn Champaign grew up in Northern Ontario, Canada. He’s worked as a softwaredeveloper and computer science professor and lives with his beloved wife, frequently moving.johnchampaign.comhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/https://21futures.com/Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 2Hello World
FullAbout the author:Decent Money — Hello WorldDecent Money is a husband, father, computational biologist, data analyst, and a bitcoin maxi who came for the profits but stayed for the revolution to separate money from the state… one story at a time.@decentmoney2009https://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 3Behemoth
FullAbout the author:SF — BehemothSF is a self-proclaimed pseudo-intellectual. A hedonist cum laude, looking to improve life for each and every one of us. As a professional dabbler, he has had his hand in a lot of various escapades, doing odd jobs around the bitcoin verse. If he’s not busy creating or animating logos and illustrations, or — quite literally — pushing Bitcoin (confectionery) Orange Pills, he’s collaborating with other bitcoiners to further our shared bitcoin future. His free time is spent submerged in music, art, bitcoin, and now, writing too. Who knows what this creative madman will bring us next?@artdesignbysfhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futureshttps://konsensusnetwork.com/

S1 Ep 4The Noderoid Saga: Dreamers
FullAbout the author:Niko Laamanen — The Noderoid Saga: DreamersNiko left a career as a construction engineer to go all-in bitcoin education. Publisher by day, minced meat maximalist by dinner. Sauna puritanist forever. Ice baths before they were cool. Traveled in 40 countries, now more intrigued by trips and tricks of the mind. Watched Kill Bill on VHS before it was in theaters.@OmniFinnhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 5Lowery Station Terminal
FullAbout the author:KT Morley — Lowery Station TerminalKT Morley is an Eastern Pennsylvanian author. He spent twenty years conspiring to teach the youth of America about algebra and the plight of a hopelessly lost X before advancing to manage his school’s humanities department. He has published in several anthologies, Rogue Blades Entertainment’s Crossbones and Crosses and Death’s Sting, the Dragon Soul Press Anthology Coffins and Dragons, Glass and Ashes by OWS Ink, and Weirdbook Annual: Zombies!, edited by Doug Draa. He occasionally posts on his author page, where he has a series of videos titled Storytime with an Algebra Teacher.facebook.com/AuthorKTMorleyhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 6The Construct
FullAbout the author:Knut Svanholm — The ConstructKnut Svanholm is an international village idiot whose biggest claim to fame is the infamous bitcoin meme “Everything divided by 21 million,” which is also the title of his best-selling book. Currently, he spends his days hosting the Freedom Footprint Show and advising a handful of bitcoin companies and non-profit organizations. His writings are (generally) revered in the bitcoin space. Recently, he wrote a book about the science of human action, Praxeology. Occasionally, you’ll find him entertaining people at conferences by speaking, playing guitar, moderating panels, or reciting inappropriate dad jokes to the wrong people. You can count on Knut to deliver a healthy dose of real stupidity amidst the A.I. revolution.@knutsvanholm | knutsvanholm.comhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 7Bitter Fly
FullAbout the author:Fanis Michalakis — Bitter FlyFanis is a developer and a Bitcoin and Lightning Network educator, as well as a huge science-fiction lover. He’s currently working at LN Markets, a bitcoin derivatives platform built on the Lightning Network, and enjoys writing stories in his spare time.@FanisMichalakishttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 8Jo Buys a Planet
FullAbout the author:Daniel Crow — Jo Buys a PlanetDaniel Crow is a PR professional, publicist, and former journalist based in Germany. Having grown up on Tolkien and Stephen King, he has long been in love with writing, drawing inspiration from myths and folk tales of the past. His other passions include high-tech, history, and old comedy movies. His works appeared in Metastellar, Arterial Bloom, and other anthologies and publications.https://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 9Legacy
FullAbout the author:Philip Charter — LegacyPhilip Charter is a writing coach who swapped the UK for Spain. He is the author of two collections of short fiction and Fifteen Brief Moments in Time, a novella-in-flash. He likes crisps.philipcharter.comhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 10The Baked Goods and Bitcoin of Skirophoria
FullAbout the author:Angelique Fawns — The Baked Goods and Bitcoin of SkirophoriaAngelique Fawns is a Canadian journalist and speculative fiction writer. She began her career writing articles about naked cave dwellers in Tenerife, Canary Islands. When she returned to civilization, she worked at Global TV in Toronto and has been cutting primetime promos for the last three decades. She lives on a farm north of the city with her husband, daughter, and far too many horses. After selling her first story to EQMM, she fell in love with weird fiction, which is ACTUALLY stranger than non-fiction. You can find more of her work in DreamForge, The School Magazine, and various anthologies and podcasts.fawns.ca/

S1 Ep 11The Bitcoin Overlay
FullAbout the author:Satillionaire — The Bitcoin OverlaySatillionaire is an Oscar-winning producer and a refugee from the entertainment industry. His body of work includes producing TV shows for multiple networks and selling films to various streaming platforms. A transformative moment came in 2017 when he discovered bitcoin and its potential to reshape society. Now, he focuses on merging his storytelling talents with the revolutionary possibilities of bitcoin. His goal is to inspire a future where entertainment and hard money harmonize to unlock untapped human potential.@technologiekulthttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 12Transit
FullAbout the author:TechnologieKultur — TransitTechnologieKultur is a German native speaker and linguist by training. He has always been into science fiction because it explores the human condition in light of the mutual push and pull that happens between – you guessed it – technology and culture. In the bitcoin protocol and its network participants, he found the perfect blend of hard and social science fiction that can even be explored interactively while it plays out in reality. He considers himself a meshtadel pleb with sovereignty deficits and great learning opportunities in his many spheres of interest. These include the cultivation of really hot chilies.@Satillionaire21https://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 13The Fable of the Tyrant Alchemist
FullAbout the author:Ioni Appelberg — The Fable of the Tyrant AlchemistIoni Appelberg (pronounced Yo-Ni Apple-Burg) is a bitcoin philosopher, futurist, author, and content creator. His content centers around science fiction, human history and it often takes the form of swashbuckling journeys to the frontiers of technology, space, and the human mind. His love of sci-fi, psychedelics, and futurism may take his stories (and unsuspecting readers) to strange but exciting places. He is also an avid reader, a medical doctor, a freedom fighter, an MMA fighter, a psychonaut, and a terrible chess player.@IoniAppelberghttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 14Digital Gold
FullAbout the author:Luciano Rocha — Digital GoldLuciano Rocha is a writer and content editor with training in content production and digital marketing. He currently writes for the news portal CriptoFácil, one of the largest cryptocurrency portals in Portuguese, and is the author of the books Bitcoin, Criptoativos e Blockchain: um Guia para a Nova Economia and Do Zero ao Cem Mil com Bitcoin.@lucianorocha89https://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 15Eye in the Sky
FullAbout the author:Eduardo Próspero — Eye in the SkyEduardo Próspero is a pseudonym, but rest assured, he’s a bitcoiner through and through. Sure, as a journalist, he wrote for some questionable publications. If you ask Próspero, however, he’ll tell you that he infiltrated crypto news sites to spread the bitcoin ethos. If you don’t believe him, the articles are out there. Without blowing his spot, he informs the reader that he’s Venezuelan and is currently a digital nomad. He enjoys meditation, old-school hip-hop, and “Kill Tony” on YouTube. Read his work blog to rehash his transformation into a bitcoin maximalist.samplesandexamples.wordpress.comhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 16Who Let the Bitcoin Dogs Out?
FullAbout the author:Will Schoellkopf — Who Let the Bitcoin Dogs Out?Will Schoellkopf is the author of the narrative nonfiction book The Bitcoin Dog: Following the Scent to The Bitcoin C++ Source Code, and the fiction novel Bitcoin Girl: Save the World. He is published in print at Bitcoin Magazine and Citadel21 and online at Satoshi’s Journal. Follow him on X, or email [email protected]. Subscribe to his free weekly newsletter to receive a high-resolution PDF of his print Bitcoin Magazine article The Prisoner’s Keys at realbitcoindog.com.@realBitcoinDoghttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 17Shiro
FullAbout the author:Anonymous — ShiroThis anonymous author is one half of the design team that created the sat symbol used in this story. They are forever grateful to Satoshi Nakamoto for freely giving bitcoin to the world and for his brilliant ability to “move on to other things” without the need to be known personally — a discipline this author hopes to duplicate.satsymbol.comhttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 18Panama One
FullAbout the author:Carl Andrews — Panama OneCarl Andrews has previously worked in various clerical, admin, and IT roles. Presently, he is delivering chess coaching in schools for a national charity. His rekindled interest in writing has coincided with his recent personal ‘discovery’ of bitcoin. He is currently writing an introductory guide to bitcoin that he hopes will turn out to be not too eccentric.https://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 19Are We, or Are We Not?
FullAbout the author:Alex Gurevich — Are We, or Are We Not? Alex Gurevich is the Founder of HonTe Investments. He previously ran Global Macro Portfolio at J.P. Morgan Chase. Alex is an author of investment books and articles, as well as speculative fiction stories. He frequently appears in financial media, discussing global asset classes, including digital assets.@agurevich23https://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures

S1 Ep 20Diamond Hands
FullAbout the author:Mirio Mella — Diamond HandsMirio Mella has been writing bitcoin explainers for several years, but his contribution to 21 Futures is his first experiment using fiction and a bit of humour to demystify and explore concepts like custody and privacy. His journey down the Bitcoin rabbit hole has inspired a broader interest in monetary history, and he now writes about all the fascinating ways humans try to create, exchange, and store value in his blog.nofreelunch.co.uk/bloghttps://konsensusnetwork.com/ https://21futures.com/ Buy the full audiobook here:https://www.amazon.com/21-Futures-Tales-Timechain/dp/B0FSGKM6SH https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/21_Futures_21_Futures_Tales_from_the_Timechain?id=AQAAAEDK61SrjM&hl=en_US https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/21-futures-adrian-m-lopez/1147752123 https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/21-futures/id1823683289 https://www.storytel.com/in/books/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain-11689493 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789916749791-21-futures