Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

S16 E17: Ben Arc on LNBits v1 & The State of Lightning Network

2025-04-11

Ben Arc is the creator of LNBits: a modular Lightning network wallet which, after 5 years of development, has just launched version 1. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, ”the CEO of Nostr” joins the show to talk about his work.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 266 MB - Duration: 7:23:42m (800 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E16: Andreas Brekken on SideShift & Bitcoin Moderation

2025-04-08

Andreas Brekken is best known for creating SideShift.ai and acting as the CEO of Shitcoin.com. In this episode, he talks about his views on Bitcoin development, the emergence of DeFi, and the reasons why he considers cryptocurrencies superior to fiat.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 113 MB - Duration: 1:18:43m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E15: Marko Tarman on NiceHash & Proof of Work Mining

2025-03-26

Marko Tarman has been mining Bitcoin since 2012 – and today, he works as Lead Mining Manager at NiceHash. In this episode, we talk about the current trends in Proof of Work mining and the commodification of hash rate.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 168 MB - Duration: 1:56:50m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E14: Adam Krellenstein on Counterparty & Bitcoin Tokens

2025-03-24

Adam Krellenstein is one of the co-founders of Counterparty and the current maintainer of the protocol. In this episode, he talks about his plan to improve Bitcoin native tokens and why you should consider giving XCP a chance.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 128 MB - Duration: 1:28:57m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E13: Corbin Fraser on Bitcoin.com & BTC vs BCH

2025-03-20

Corbin Fraser is the new CEO of Bitcoin.com. In this episode, he talks about the Scaling Wars, his perspective as a BCH advocate, and the lessons the market taught him over the years. Also, he explains why the news section of Bitcoin.com improved.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 223 MB - Duration: 2:35:15m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E12: Martti Malmi on Bitcoin in 2009 & Satoshi Nakamoto

2025-03-12

Martti Malmi, aka Sirius, was Satoshi Nakamoto's closest collaborator between 2009 and 2010. In this episode, he reminisces about the early days of Bitcoin, but also describes his recent adventures with Nostr & the Lightning Network.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 126 MB - Duration: 1:05:05m (259 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E11: Paul Sztorc on Roger Ver

2025-03-04

Despite your bad memories from the Block Size war, you should support Roger Ver's campaign for clemency – or at least this is what Layer Two Labs CEO Paul Sztorc thinks you should do. In this episode, we discuss why Roger deserves to stay free.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 325 MB - Duration: 3:45:44m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E10: Eric Voskuil & John Carvalho on Bitcoin & Austrian Economics

2025-02-26

In recent years, Bitcoin has undergone a major culture shift which promotes stagnation, complacency & simping to politicians over maximizing the utility of the money. Eric Voskuil & John Carvalho join the show to remind everyone what the mission really is

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 300 MB - Duration: 8:21:14m (800 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E9: Saunter on Alby & Lightning Network Adoption

2025-02-21

Saunter is a designer and bitcoin advocate who works at Alby: one of the most popular Lightning network wallets. In this episode, he describes his experiences with onboarding new users and increasing adoption around the world.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 156 MB - Duration: 1:48:48m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

S16 E8: Alex Romanov on Beam, MimbleWimble & Privacy

2025-02-18

Alex Romanov is the CTO of the Beam project: the MimbleWimble implementation that launched on Bitcoin's 10th birthday and aims to provide a scalable platform for smart contracts and decentralized finance (DeFi). Beam could get added to Bitcoin too!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 170 MB - Duration: 1:58:29m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)