S17 E46: Livestream from Tabconf 8, Part 1 (feat. Paul Sztorc, Andre Beganski, Alex Lewin, Janusz, Christopher Allen, Will & Michael Tidwell)
15 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Live from the last TABConf: Paul Sztorc on quantum soft forks and eCash, Christopher Allen on multisig, Janusz on Zark and…
S17 E38: Keagan McClelland on Lightning Metrics, Covenants, Consensus Politics & Verifying Bitcoin
18 Aug 2026 · 25 min read
There is a certain genre of Bitcoin Twitter argument that never quite resolves into a conversation. People trade metrics, memes…
S17 E37: Paul Sztorc on the eCash Three Stage Launch, Free Coins & 12 Drivechains
13 Aug 2026 · 10 min read
Paul Sztorc now holds the record for the most appearances on this show: eleven. Nobody else has come close, and nobody else…
S17 E23: Hunter Beast & Mark Karpeles on Quantum-Proofing Bitcoin, Satoshi’s Coins & the Ghost of Mt. Gox
10 May 2026 · 16 min read
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
6 May 2026 · 18 min read
Four years. That is how long I have been chasing Jeremy Rubin for an interview, and it took the Bitcoin 2026 conference…
S17 E18: Dr. K on Scaling Proof of Work, Soaping the Competition with Quai & Unifying Physics
12 Apr 2026 · 28 min read
Dr. K (Karl Kreder), architect of the Quai Network, came back for his second appearance on Bitcoin Takeover to defend his…
S17 E13: Charlie Spears on Blockspace Media, the Purity Spiral & the Case for Classical Maximalism
17 Mar 2026 · 31 min read
Editor’s note: this conversation was streamed live in mid-March 2026, a week after the US switched to daylight saving time (which…
S15 E58: Liam Eagen, Robin Linus & Jonas Nick on Shielded CSV, Private Client-Side Validation & the Future of Bitcoin Privacy
10 Oct 2024 · 16 min read
Liam Eagen, Robin Linus and Jonas Nick explain Shielded CSV: private client-side validation with ZK proofs, BitVM bridges…
S15 E54: Kruw on Running a Wasabi Coordinator, Blockchain Analysis & the Myths of Bitcoin Privacy
14 Sept 2024 · 16 min read
Kruw runs Wasabi's biggest coinjoin coordinator for zero fees. He explains how blockchain analysis works, Samourai's double…
S15 E50: Murch on Popular Bitcoin Myths: Ordinals, OP_CAT, Zero-Conf & the 2140 Panic
16 Aug 2024 · 17 min read
Murch of Chaincode Labs and Bitcoin Stack Exchange busts popular Bitcoin myths: ordinals as spam, a captured Bitcoin Core…
S15 E40: Rijndael on Taproot Wizards, BIP420 & OP_CAT
31 May 2024 · 11 min read
Rijndael (CTO of Taproot Wizards) on OP_CAT, BIP420, Quantum Cats, covenants, Lightning limits, Ordinals flywheels, and why…
S15 E33: David Bailey on Bitcoin Maximalism, Ordinals & the Biggest Stage in Bitcoin
28 Apr 2024 · 19 min read
David Bailey on Bitcoin maximalism, Ordinals, OP_CAT vs CTV, high fees, BitVM, Tether and Bitcoin Conference boycotts, plus a…
S15 E19: Alexei Zamyatin on Build on Bitcoin & Layer 2s
5 Mar 2024 · 7 min read
Alexei Zamyatin is a (recovering) academic cryptographer who co-founded the Build on Bitcoin project – an initiative which…
S15 E17: Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin Covenants (OP_CAT vs OP_CTV)
8 Feb 2024 · 9 min read
As of February 2023, there seems to be a consensus among users that Bitcoin needs covenants. And Andrew Poelstra, as Director of…
S15 E6: John Light, Super Testnet & Alexei Zamyatin on Improving Bitcoin
1 Feb 2024 · 8 min read
Bitcoin is still a young project that’s bound for disruption. While the money layer is supposed to never change, the advancements…
S15 E16: Paul Sztorc Talks Bitcoin Scaling, But Can’t Say Drivechains
20 Jan 2024 · 9 min read
A drunkast with Paul Sztorc about scaling Bitcoin: covenants, BitVM, Lightning, Rootstock and Liquid, discussed without him being…