Bitcoin history and OGs

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+…

S1 E4 Remastered: Omar Faridi on Bitcoin in Pakistan, Brain Drain & the Case for Moderate Thinking

In January 2019, I was still an editor at Crypto Insider. Working a fixed salary and editing other people’s articles while…

S1 E3 Remastered: Zack Voell on Bitcoin & Politics

(This remaster is sponsored by Helen’s Pizza, 183 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, where you can buy pizza, pasta, and coffee with…

S1 E2 Remastered: John Carvalho on Bitcoin Politics, the Foundation’s Failures & That Roger Ver Interview

(Recorded January 2019, remastered 2025. Sponsored by Helen’s Pizza in Jersey City, 183 Newark Avenue, where you can pay with…

Remembering Donald McIntyre: S1 E1 Remaster, on Bitcoin, Tim May, Nick Szabo and the History of Money

Donald McIntyre passed away in 2025, and the space lost one of its most unlikely polymaths. Born in Costa Rica, raised in…

S17 E39: Kurt Wuckert Jr on the Big Block Wars, BSV, Craig Wright & the Road Not Taken

Every community has its designated villains, and in Bitcoin’s longest running morality play, Kurt Wuckert Jr has worn the black…

S17 E31: Alex Waltz Reveals Bitcoin’s First Miner

Alex Waltz spent a full year of his life on the first 170 blocks of the Bitcoin blockchain. Five months of research,…

S17 E10: Mark Karpelès on Mt. Gox, the 1Feex Fortune & His Plan to Hard Fork Bitcoin

Mark Karpelès is the one name in Bitcoin that needs no introduction and always gets one anyway. The former CEO of Mt.…

S17 E9: Cameron Robertson on Burner & Bitcoin in 2010

Cameron Robertson first read about Bitcoin in 2009 on Slashdot: a news website for nerds and hackers. However, it wasn’t until…

S17 E8: Riccardo Spagni on Bitcoin, Monero & Privacy

Riccardo Spagni (aka FluffyPony) is best known for leading the engineering and development efforts of the Monero project…

S17 E2: Tyler Spalding on Bitcoin Payments, Altcoins & Bears

In January 2026, Tyler Spalding came to Romania to visit the Bear Sanctuary in Zărnești, Brașov. So I took advantage of the…

S15 E53: Charlie Shrem on the Block Size Wars, Life After Prison & Bitcoin's Leaderless Future

BitInstant co-founder Charlie Shrem clarifies his block size war stance, recalls prison and rebirth, defends Tether and explains…

S15 E39: Pete Rizzo on Bitcoin History, Journalism & Culture

Pete Rizzo on Bitcoin history, journalism, maximalism vs libertarianism, Ordinals as art, and why the Berlin Wall between Bitcoin…

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 E15: Aaron van Wirdum on The Genesis Book, Cypherpunks & Bitcoin’s Pre-History

Aaron van Wirdum walks through The Genesis Book: e-gold, Hayek, the Extropians, the cypherpunks, Hashcash, Bit Gold, b-money…

S15 E10: Tuur Demeester on His Bitcoin Investment Thesis & The Supra Cycle

Tuur Demeester is the kind of guest who arrives with a spreadsheet in one hand and a Johnny Cash playlist in the other.

Breaking ChatGPT’s Bitcoin FUD #8: Mining Centralization

According to ChatGPT, a small number of mining pools control a large portion of the mining power on the Bitcoin network. Such…

Le long chemin qui a mené à Taproot 

Taproot est le changement le plus important qui a été apportée au code de Bitcoin ces dernières années. Il a suivit la…

Les NFTs Bitcoin sur Counterparty (et Comment Obtenir Ou Créer votre Premier NFT)

Omniprésents sur l’ensemble des médias et pourtant largement incompris, les NFT sont les sujets de fascination et (surtout) de…

Bitcoin NFTs on Counterparty (and How to Get or Create Your First One)

Omnipresent all across media channels and yet largely misunderstood, NFTs are this cycle’s subject of fascination and (mostly)…

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…

Le vol de 3094 bitcoins qui a conduit à la création du Trezor

Remontons en 2012; il s’agissait d’une époque beaucoup plus insouciante pour les HODLers de bitcoins. En fait, pour être vraiment…

S9 E10: David St-Onge on Bitcoin Books

When David St-Onge fell down the Bitcoin rabbit hole, he took his studying very seriously. He didn’t only skim through a few…

The Long Road to Taproot

Taproot is the most significant refinement that the Bitcoin code has received in recent years. It follows the same soft fork…

The 3094 Bitcoin Theft Which Led To The Creation of The Trezor

Back in 2012, the times were a lot simpler for bitcoin HODLers. As a matter of fact, it would take another year…

S7 E2: Colin Aulds on Video Games, USSR History & VR

Colin Aulds describes himself as a Bitcoin accelerationist who is a humanist and a consequentialist before being a libertarian…