Peter Todd

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…

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…

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 E26: Calin Culianu, Steve Thurmond & The Phenomenal Big Blockers on Nine Years of Bitcoin Cash

Almost nine years after the big split of the Bitcoin community, it was time. Time to sit down with the people who…

S17 E23: Hunter Beast & Mark Karpeles on Quantum-Proofing Bitcoin, Satoshi’s Coins & the Ghost of Mt. Gox

This interview took place on April 29th 2026, at the LayerTwo Labs booth at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas with Hunter…

S17 E22: Jeremy Rubin on CTV, Char & Relentless Building in an Adversarial Environment

Four years. That is how long I have been chasing Jeremy Rubin for an interview, and it took the Bitcoin 2026 conference…

S15 E60: Andrey Sabelnikov & Pavel Nikienkov on Zano, the CryptoNote Wars & Private Proof of Stake

Zano co-founders Andrey Sabelnikov & Pavel Nikienkov on private tokens, hybrid proof of stake, the Bytecoin vs Monero feud and…

S15 E58: Liam Eagen, Robin Linus & Jonas Nick on Shielded CSV, Private Client-Side Validation & the Future of Bitcoin Privacy

Liam Eagen, Robin Linus and Jonas Nick explain Shielded CSV: private client-side validation with ZK proofs, BitVM bridges…

S15 E47: Justin Bons on Bitcoin's Issues: Sharding, the Security Budget & a Live Lightning Test

Justin Bons debates Vlad Costea for 4.5 hours on Bitcoin's capacity, sharding, the security budget, on-chain governance & a live…

S14 E21: Rafael Cordon on Saving Elections in Guatemala with Bitcoin

In the fall of 2023, Rafael Cordon saved the integrity of the 2023 general elections from Guatemala by leveraging the power of…

S12 E7: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky on RGB Layer 3

Maxim Orlovsky is the main developer of RGB: a layer 3 protocol that’s built on top of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Contrary to…

The First 109 Episodes of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

Much like Satoshi Nakamoto’s decentralized money system, the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast was launched in times of turmoil and…

Mallorca Blockchain Days 2021: Permissionless Fun

“Nothing is true, everything is permitted” – this is the Friedrich Nietzsche quote which lured me into attending a memorable…

Can Bitcoin Work As Paper Money?

Though Bitcoin finds itself ahead of the financial innovations of our times, it is not part of the cashless society agenda…