The block size wars

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 E44: Marc De Mesel on the Bitcoin Cash Bet, the Privacy Coin Basket & the Price of Conviction

There is a particular kind of person the Bitcoin Cash community produced in its glory years, and Marc De Mesel is the…

Bitcoin Cash: The Big Block Breakaway

Bitcoin Cash is the primary consequence of Bitcoin’s 2015-2017 block size war. It produced Bitcoin’s first durable chain split…

S17 E43: Mike Belshe on BitGo, Quantum & Clarity

Mike Belshe does not do many interviews. Which makes it much more of an honor to have him on my show for…

S17 E42: Bob Summerwill on Ethereum Classic & Bitcoin’s Fork Season

I first met Bob Summerwill in person at the Proof of Work Summit in September 2023: the event where Bitcoiners, Litecoiners…

S17 E40: Amir Taaki & Prof. Richard Werner on Decentralization, Community Banks & the Coming CBDC Panopticon

(Recorded live at Mallorca Blockchain Days in front of an audience, this episode is a crossover between the conference’s final…

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 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 E19: Amaury Séchet on Forking Bitcoin Twice, Quantum FUD & Scars from the Block Size Wars

Two years after our first interview, I decided to invite Amaury Séchet(@deadalnix) to find out what the Greg Maxwell of big…

S17 E18: Dr. K on Scaling Proof of Work, Soaping the Competition with Quai & Unifying Physics

Dr. K (Karl Kreder), architect of the Quai Network, came back for his second appearance on Bitcoin Takeover to defend his…

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 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…

S15 E32: Aaron Day on CBDCs vs Bitcoin, Digital Tyranny & Parallel Economies

Aaron Day on CBDCs as programmable surveillance money, Project Hamilton, ETF confiscation risk, and why he wants parallel…

S15 E28: Amaury Séchet (Deadalnix) on Forking Bitcoin, Big Blocks & Scaling

Amaury Séchet (Deadalnix) on forking Bitcoin into BCH, the 2018 inflation bug he helped fix instead of exploiting, a Craig Wright…

S15 E7: Sergio Demian Lerner on Rootstock, Satoshi’s Bitcoins, Drivechains & More

Sergio Demian Lerner is perhaps the most prolific Bitcoin contributor from Argentina… and certainly one of the most underrated…

Comic Strip: Bitcoin Eating Popcorn #2 (Scaling Debate Edition)

Over the years, Bitcoin has undergone numerous centralizing attacks. The idea of increasing the block size to enable more…

Why Does Bitcoin Have Small Blocks?

We thought this debate would get settled once and for all in 2017, when Bitcoin Cash forked off to pursue big block…

Why Delete Coinbase?

Coinbase has once again acted in bad faith in relation to Bitcoin. Here is why you should delete your account.

S5 E1: Bobby Lee on Ballet Cold Storage & Returning to the Real Bitcoin

Listen to Bobby Lee talk about his return to the real Bitcoin, developing Ballet, meeting Bruce Willis & debating Nouriel Roubini.

S1 E8: Anthony Lusardi on Why Bitcoin Is King

Anthony Lusardi talks about getting into Bitcoin, using BTC for purchases, and his vision on the Lightning Network.