S17 E49: Kris Nuttycombe (Zcash at Ten, Hard Forks, Dev Fund, Ossification)
Kris Nuttycombe of ZODL on Zcash at ten: hard forks as a superpower, freezing Sprout, NU7, Tachyon, the Dev Fund, testnet forks…
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2026
Everything I published in 2026: Season 17 interviews, the Season 1 remasters, the BTCTKVR: Forks! essays and the explainers that grew out of fork season. With eCash (ECX), BIP110 and drivechains back on the table, this was the year the old block size arguments came back with new names, and this archive lets you follow them from more than one side. Most posts are also filed under Podcast, Articles or Magazine.
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Robin Linus, Art & the 1,000 BTC Prius: A Ride to the TABConf 8 BitDevs Barbecue
Art drove Robin Linus and me to the TABConf 8 BitDevs barbecue in the 2011 Toyota Prius that Rassah bought for 1,000 BTC in 2013…
Peter Todd Unboxes His Zcash Ceremony Laptop, 10 Years After Sprout
Peter Todd unboxes his Zcash ceremony laptop at TABConf 8, 10 years after Sprout: decoy flights, DVDs, a blowtorch, cooked RAM…
S17 E47: Tabconf 8 Livestream with Kevin Loaec, Ekrem Bal, Spaces Protocol & The Bitcoin Pivot
On the last day of TABConf 8, I did another livestream from the hallways of Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The recording was…
S17 E46: Livestream from Tabconf 8, Part 1 (feat. Paul Sztorc, Andre Beganski, Alex Lewin, Janusz, Christopher Allen, Will & Michael Tidwell)
Live from the last TABConf: Paul Sztorc on quantum soft forks and eCash, Christopher Allen on multisig, Janusz on Zark and…
The Best Quotes from Every Episode of Bitcoin Takeover Podcast! (2019-2026)
The best Bitcoin Takeover quotes from every episode, seasons 1 to 17: Vitalik Buterin, Roger Ver, Phil Zimmermann, Slush and 300+…
S17 E45: Talking Tari & Privacy with Naveen Jain, Mr. Fox & Marguerite de Courcelle
There are projects in this space that are famous for what they shipped. Tari used to be famous for what it has…
What the Fork?!
Forks are an integral part of the Nakamoto consensus. Satoshi gave us an amazing way to solve the double spending problem and…
Zcash: The Privacy Moon Math Bitcoin Was Afraid to Include
Johns Hopkins researchers built Zerocoin for Bitcoin in 2013. Core said no. It became Zcash in 2016, the privacy upgrade BTC was…
eCash (ECX): Paul Sztorc Forks Bitcoin to Prove a Point
Paul Sztorc's eCash (ECX) hard fork, timed for Bitcoin's 18th birthday on October 31st 2026: what its drivechains do, and why…
