Bitcoin Takeover Podcast
On the Bitcoin Takeover podcast you're going to hear the builders and innovators who make the Bitcoin project valuable. It's thanks to their work that the BTC price goes up, and it's their efforts that convince large investors that Bitcoin is the future of money. Here you will find the projects and ideas that will radically improve Bitcoin in the future, presented by the creators and innovators themselves. Time to learn!
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S15 E53: Charlie Shrem on Bitcoin
2024-09-07
Charlie Shrem, best known for being the co-founder & CEO of BitInstant, is still an optimistic bitcoiner. In this episode, he comments on the block size wars, shares his thoughts on ongoing development & promotes his upcoming book about his journey.
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S15 E52: Ben Arc on the Future of Lightning, Bitcoin & Nostr
2024-08-29
Ben Arc is the creator of LNBits, as well as one of the founding fathers of the Nostr social media protocol. In this episode, he reflects on the state of development in Bitcoin and why he is still bullish on the Lightning Network!
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S15 E51: Mike Carson on Impervious & Spaces Domains on Bitcoin
2024-08-22
Mike Carson is the CEO of Impervious (and Friendster): a Bitcoin-native ZK proof-native protocol which allows for scalable domain registrations on the Bitcoin blockchain. In this episode, he explains how & why he decided to disrupt ICANN.
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S15 E50: Murch on Popular Bitcoin Myths
2024-08-16
Murch is a Bitcoin Core contributor, best known for his engineering work at Chaincode Labs & his prolific answers on Bitcoin's Stack Exchange page. In this episode, he breaks myths about ordinals, OP_CAT, Drivechains, 0conf, ossification & more!
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S15 E49: Edan Yago on BitcoinOS, Permaware & Scaling Bitcoin
2024-08-13
Edan Yago is the co-author of BitcoinOS: the first Zero Knowledge proof system to get verified on Bitcoin's main net. BitcoinOS is a significant breakthrough, as it endows Bitcoin with extended financial features without the need for a soft fork.
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S15 E48: Paul Puey on Edge Wallet & Privacy
2024-08-10
Paul Puey is the CEO & co-founder of Edge Wallet: a light mobile wallet which is optimized for privacy features. In this episode, we talk about the philosophy behind Edge, how one should analyze privacy features & the various layers of Bitcoin privacy.
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S15 E47: Justin Bons on Bitcoin's Issues
2024-07-21
Justin Bons is one of the most popular Bitcoin critics on Twitter. As a fan of new technologies, he believes that sharding and other scaling techniques will save the trilemma and bring uncompromising decentralization. Is it really so?
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S15 E46: Peter Todd on Bitcoin Covenants, Tail Emission, OpenTimestamps & Why Lightning Rocks
2024-07-19
Peter Todd is known for being brutally honest: so when it comes to topics such as covenant soft forks, monetary inflation, Bitcoin scaling & privacy, he won't hold back from being critical while expressing his love for the Lightning network
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S15 E45: Lucas Ontivero & Turbolay on Wasabi Wallet's Future
2024-07-06
What's next for Wasabi Wallet after ZK Snacks shut down the biggest CoinJoin coordinator? Lucas Ontivero & Turbolay, the two developers who still maintain the code, are positive that the project will grow even bigger than before! So when is 3.0 coming?
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S15 E44: Chris DeRose on Bitcoin Uncensored (feat. Jay Berg, Wayne Vaughan & Paul Sztorc)
2024-06-28
Bitcoin Uncensored co-host Chris DeRose makes his fourth appearance on the Bitcoin Takeover podcast! This time around, he dislikes the English language, hates materialism, and wouldn't even accept a free Supra! Three former BU guests join the reunion.
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S15 E43: Sergio Demian Lerner on BitVMX, Rootstock & Layer 2s
2024-06-22
Sergio Demian Lerner is the architect of Rootstock, Bitcoin's first sidechain. Recently, he became interested in BitVM as an instrument to create trust-minimized sidechains. So he optimized the design & created BitVMX!
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S15 E42: Super Testnet & Shinobi on Bitcoin Projects That Suck
2024-06-20
What are the Bitcoin projects that suck? In this episode, Super Testnet & Shinobi point out to lots of suboptimal features in CoinJoins, Lightning Network, Nostr, BitVM, and Bitcoin development itself. It's fun, it's educational & it's brutally honest!
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S15 E41: F/Dev (1440000bytes) on Joinstr & Bitcoin Privacy
2024-06-05
F/Dev, also known as 1440000bytes or simply "Floppy", is an open source developer best known for his work on Joinstr: a CoinJoin implementation for Electrum wallet. In this episode, he talks about Bitcoin privacy & his new job at LayerTwo Labs.
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S15 E40: Rijndael on Taproot Wizards & BIP420
2024-05-31
Rijndael is the CTO of Taproot Wizards – a group of bitcoiners who want to make Bitcoin magical. In this interview, he talks about why OP_CAT matters and what kind of features we should expect to see in Bitcoin once a covenant soft fork gets activated.
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S15 E39: Pete Rizzo on Bitcoin History, Journalism & Culture
2024-05-30
Pete Rizzo is a veteran Bitcoin journalist who still remembers the time when Bitcoin & crypto were the same undivided community. In this episode, he talks about why Bitcoin history matters & how he approaches journalism.
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S15 E38: Crypsi on Crypto Art & Cypherpunk Culture
2024-05-30
Crypsi is the representative of an art collective which expresses its anti-establishment ideas through physical paintings & collages, as well as digitally tokenized ideas. In this episode, he explains why memes are art & why memecoins matter.
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S15 E37: Marek Narozniak on MimbleWimble & Quantum Computing
2024-05-25
Marek Narozniak is a Polish physicist who works on a MimbleWimble implementation that can get added to Bitcoin via extension blocks to become a privacy layer. He also specializes in quantum computing, and busts some FUD about their threat.
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S15 E36: Eli Ben-Sasson on STARKs, Rollups & Privacy
2024-05-23
Eli Ben-Sasson is an academic computer scientist whose interest in zero-knowledge proofs has led him to become a co-founder of Zcash. More recently, he became the CEO of StarkWare: a company which aims to scale blockchains with ZK rollups & STARKs.
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S15 E35: Nick Schteringart & Konstantin Wünscher on OpenDelta on Runes
2024-05-17
OpenDelta is a synthetic dollar (stablecoin) that's built on top of Bitcoin's newly-launched Runes protocol. In this episode, co-founders Nick Schteringart & Konstantin Wünscher discuss about how and why they built this.
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S15 E34: Charlie Lee on Privacy & MWEB (Mimble Wimble Extension Block)
2024-04-29
MWEB was activated on Litecoin's main net in 2022, providing a useful mix of privacy and scalability. It's a fascinating soft fork that's 100% compatible with Bitcoin. In this episode, Charlie Lee explains how MWEB works & why it matters.
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S15 E33: David Bailey on Bitcoin Maximalism & Ordinals
2024-04-28
David Bailey is the owner of Bitcoin Magazine. Ideologically, he is a Bitcoin maximalist who wants everything to happen on Bitcoin and get traded for BTC. During this episode, we also mint a special ordinal... which you can buy for 3.125 BTC!
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S15 E32: Aaron Day on CBDCs vs Bitcoin
2024-04-26
Aaron Day has been a bitcoiner since 2012 – and in the aftermath of the scaling wars, he decided to support the big block camp due to ideological reasons. Today, Aaron is concerned that adoption might not catch up with the rise of CBDCs.
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S15 E31: Ray Youssef on NoOnes & Why Roger Ver Was Right
2024-04-16
Ray Youssef is the CEO of NoOnes, a P2P marketplace which enables people from the Global South to exchange bitcoin for gift cards or local currencies. He believes in free market money and happens to agree with Roger Ver on some points.
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S15 E30: Charlie Lee on Lightning & Litecoin
2024-04-16
Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin and one of the earliest believers in the Lightning network – he also invests in Lightning Labs. In this episode, he explains why Litecoin is still relevant in a world where Lightning exists.
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S15 E29: Tomek Kolodziejczuk on Bitcoin Film Fest 2024 & The European Halving Party
2024-04-09
Tomek Kolodziejczuk is the co-founder of the Bitcoin Film Fest: a festival which screens some of the greatest Bitcoin-related films in Warsaw, Poland. This year, the event coincides with the European Halving Party!
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S15 E28: Deadalnix (Amoury Séchet) on Forking Bitcoin, Big Blocks & Scaling
2024-04-05
Amoury Séchet (better known as Deadalnix) is the Bitcoin developer who created the BCH fork in 2017. A year later, he was also one of the first people to learn about the inflation bug in Bitcoin + he figured out CSW is not Satoshi really quick
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S15 E27: Adam Soltys & Cole on Coinos & Lightning Network
2024-03-29
Adam Soltys is a Canadian bitcoiner, best known for his work on Raretoshi – a marketplace for Liquid network NFTs. Cole is a marketer who likes the Lightning network. Together, they built Coinos: a custodial & newbie-friendly Lightning wallet.
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S15 E26: Roger Ver on Bitcoin
2024-03-28
As of 2024, Roger Ver has been in Bitcoin for 7 years and in Bitcoin Cash for 7 years. This episode is a reflection on his journey and an attempt to bring back one of the greatest Bitcoin advocates and entrepreneurs.
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S15 E24: Bryan Bishop on BIPs, Webcash & Biohacking
2024-03-18
Bryan Bishop is a computer programmer who currently moderates the Bitcoin-dev mailing list and considers a position as BIP editor. In this episode, he talks about his work in Bitcoin, his Webcash experiment, and why he is an advocate of biokaching.
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S15 E23: John Carvalho on Lightning, Synonym & Bitcoin
2024-03-14
As the CEO of Synonym, John Carvalho has experimented with many Bitcoin layers & protocols – including OmniBolt, Lightning + sidechains. In this episode, he explains what lessons he's learned & why he believes in more conservative ways to scale Bitcoin.
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S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture
2024-03-08
Eric Voskuil is the maintainer of Libbitcoin & the author of Cryptoeconomics. In this episode, he offers details about the Libbitcoin incident that took place in the summer of 2023 and also criticizes some aspects of the cult of Michael Saylor.
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S15 E21: Fiatjaf on Nostr, Drivechains & Why Lightning Sucks
2024-02-22
Fiatjaf is the creator of Nostr, a decentralized social media protocol which enables everyone around the world to communicate without censorship. Surprisingly, he doesn't agree with some existing Nostr software, no longer likes Lightning & promotes BIP300
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S15 E20: Bastien & Baudoin on Satochip, Satodime, Seedkeeper & Self-Custody
2024-02-16
Bastien and Baudoin are the creators & main promoters of Satochip: an affordable self-custody solution which makes use of the smart card technology to provide hardware wallet features. In this episode, they explain how Satochip works & why it's unique.
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S15 E19: Alexei Zamyatin on Build on Bitcoin and Layer 2s
2024-02-13
Alexei Zamyatin is an academic cryptographer who works on the Build on Bitcoin projects. His approach to scaling Bitcoin with second layers involves some unconventional methods, which he describes in this interview. He also seems to like OP_CAT over CTV.
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S15 E18: Orkun Kilic on Citrea, The First ZK Rollups on Bitcoin
2024-02-06
ZK rollups are certainly promising, as they can bring scalability & privacy to Bitcoin. In this episode, Orkun Kilic talks about Citrea: the first protocol to enable ZK rollups on Bitcoin. He explains the advantages, the tradeoffs & why you should use.
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S15 E17: Andrew Poelstra on Covenants (OP_CAT vs OP_CTV)
2024-02-02
Andrew Poelstra is a mathematician who heads the research department at Blockstream. Over the years, he experimented with many Bitcoin OP codes – some of which are also enabled on Liquid. In this episode, he explains why he likes and prefers OP_CAT.
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S15 E16: Paul Sztorc Talks Bitcoin Scaling, But Can't Say Drivechains
2024-01-20
Paul Sztorc returns with a twist: he can talk about sidechains, rollups, BitVM, Lightning + other scaling solutions... but can't say the words Drivechain or BIP 300. If he breaks the rule, he must send a Lightning transaction and drink vodka!
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S15 E15: Aaron van Wirdum on The Genesis Book & Bitcoin Pre-History
2024-01-12
Aaron van Wirdum is a veteran Bitcoin journalist who has been writing for Bitcoin Magazine since 2014. On January 3rd 2024, after nearly five years of working on this project, he launched The Genesis Book: a reflection on the history before Bitcoin.
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S15 E14: Nicolas Dorier on BTCPay, NBitcoin, TumbleBit & Coding Bitcoin in C#
2023-12-31
Nicolas Dorier talks about the early days of BTCPay Server, activating SegWit before it was cool on NBitcoin, contributing to TumbleBit, writing a book about coding Bitcoin projects in C#, and working with colored coins.
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S15 E13: Robin Linus on BitVM & Permissionless Bitcoin Development
2023-12-31
Robin Linus revolutionized Bitcoin development in 2023 with BitVM: a virtual machine that can do off-chain computation for the purpose of enabling smart contracts. With it, Bitcoin can get trust minimized sidechains. But there are so many more uses cases!
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S15 E12: Agustin Kassis & Mariano on La Crypta, La Wallet & Bitcoin in Argentina
2023-12-31
Agustin Kassis & Mariano are Argentinian bitcoiners who work in a Fight Club-style house to build La Wallet: a Lightning wallet which is associated with a Nostr account and enables users to have both a payments card and a digital identity device.
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S15 E11: Satoshi Sound on The Upcoming Bitcoin & Friends Cartoon Reboot
2023-12-31
Bitcoin & Friends was a pretty popular original cartoon back in 2019 and 2020. On January 3rd 2024, thanks to some major breakthroughs in animation software, the series is getting a reboot which takes the story to a whole new level. Stay tuned!
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S15 E10: Tuur Demeester on His Bitcoin Investment Thesis & The Supra Cycle
2023-12-31
Tuur Demeester is a prominent Bitcoin investor who strongly believes in the power of Bitcoin-only companies. In this episode, he explains how + why he invests in Bitcoin projects, suggests when market tops are reached & comments on the Supra Cycle.
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S15 E9: Kevin Loaec on Liana Wallet, Miniscript & Hardware Wallets
2023-12-31
Kevin Loaec is the CEO of Wizardsardine – the Bitcoin company that builds Liana wallet, which optimizes for inheritance. In this episode, Kevin explains why miniscript matters & how he rates the most popular hardware wallets.
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S15 E8: Ryan Condron on Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate Markets & Lumerin
2023-12-31
Ryan Condron has been a Bitcoin miner for longer than a decade. He started out with a GPU rack, upgraded his rig to FPGAs, and then was one of the first people to run ASICs. Today, he aims to decentralize hashrate with Lumerin – a hashrate marketplace.
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S15 E7: Sergio Demian Lerner on Rootstock, Satoshi's Bitcoins, Drivechains via BitVM & Bitcoin Scaling
2023-12-31
Sergio Demian Lerner has made a plethora of contributions to Bitcoin: from finding early security bugs, and all the way to designing + launching the 1st sidechain RSK. In this interview, he talks about his work & research – with a focus on the future.
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S15 E6: John Light, Super Testnet & Alexei Zamyatin on Improving Bitcoin
2023-12-31
John Light, Super Testnet, Alexei Zamyatin are part of the new generation of Bitcoin developers. They like zero knowledge proofs, they're opinionated when defending covenants & they are not afraid to look for breakthroughs beyond the Bitcoin research.
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S15 E5: Edan Yago on Sovryn, Bitcoin DeFi & Challenging the Orthodoxy
2023-12-30
Edan Yago talks about Sovryn: a financial application which allows users to take loans against their bitcoin. It's built on Rootstock (RSK, Bitcoin's first sidechain) and it conceptually goes against most mainstream narratives about what Bitcoin can do.
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S15 E4: Alexis Roussel on Nym, Privacy & Suing the Swiss Financial Regulator
2023-12-30
Alexis Roussel is a man of many talents, with plenty of accomplishments in his resume. But most notably, he is a bitcoiner who's working to build the Nym mixnet system and he's fighting for the rights of the individual in Switzerland.
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S15 E3: Hernán Marino on Bitcoin in Argentina & Becoming a Bitcoin Core Developer
2023-12-30
Hernán Marino is an Argentinian bitcoiner who recently started contributing to Bitcoin Core. In this episode, he talks about his views on Bitcoin maximalism, what it's like to be a bitcoiner in a hyperinflationary country, and his hopes for the future.
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S15 E2: Sergi Delgado on Developing Bitcoin at Chaincode Labs
2023-12-30
Sergi Delgado is an engineer at Chaincode Labs, whose specialization and previous academic research is in peer to peer (P2P) networks. In this episode, he talks about his views on existing proposals to improve Bitcoin.
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