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On The Limitations of Bitcoin Privacy

Bitcoin is a permanent open ledger whose privacy features have mostly been defeated by blockchain analysis. Every transaction, after being...

S15 E24: Bryan Bishop on BIPs, Webcash & Biohacking

Bryan Bishop first heard about Bitcoin from the cryptography mailing list in January 2009 – but instead of quickly downloading...

S15 E23: John Carvalho on Lightning, Synonym & Bitcoin

Before becoming the CEO and co-founder of Synonym, John Carvalho was one of the most prominent Bitcoin and Lightning advocates....

S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture

Eric Voskuil embodies one of the most harmonious combinations of cypherpunk ethos and Austrian economics... with a twist! As the...

S15 E21: Fiatjaf on Nostr, Drivechains & Why Lightning Sucks

Fiatjaf is one of the most prolific developers in Bitcoin and Lightning. But despite contributing to lots of Lightning open...

S15 E20: Bastien & Baudoin on Satochip, Satodime, Seedkeeper & Bitcoin Self-Custody

With the power of smart card security technology, Satochip offers an affordable way to self-custody your bitcoins, turn them into...

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Sideshift: Swap all coins for BTC!

Starkware: Bringing ZK Rollups to Bitcoin!

S15 E19: Alexei Zamyatin on Build on Bitcoin & Layer 2s

Alexei Zamyatin is a (recovering) academic cryptographer who co-founded the Build on Bitcoin project – an initiative which focuses on...

S15 E18: Orkun Kılıç on Citrea, The First ZK Rollups on Bitcoin

Orkun Kılıç is a Turkish developer who co-founded Chainway Labs – a team of coders that tries to bring ZK...

S15 E17: Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin Covenants (OP_CAT vs OP_CTV)

As of February 2023, there seems to be a consensus among users that Bitcoin needs covenants. And Andrew Poelstra, as...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Celebrates 5 Years of Existence!

On February 6th 2019, I published the first 11 episodes of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast. At the time, it was...

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