Cypherpunks and crypto history

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 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…

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…

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 E36: Yonatan Sompolinsky on Kaspa Covenants, DAGKnight & Coordination Markets

Yonatan Sompolinsky came to Europe for a reason he would only describe on record as a secretive meeting of DAGKnight magicians…

S17 E32: Perry E. Metzger on Bitcoin in 2008, Cypherpunk Culture & AI Optimism

Perry E. Metzger is the man who ran the cryptography mailing list where the Bitcoin whitepaper was first announced, and also the…

S17 E28: Josh Swihart on Zcash’s Comeback, the Orchard Bug & Forking the Company

Twenty months ago, Josh Swihart came on this show to talk about Zcash at its darkest hour: Binance was threatening delisting over…

S17 E27: Kieran Mesquka on Railgun & Building Privacy Where the Users Are

Sometimes you have to wait a year for an interview to happen. I first met Kieran Mesquka at DevConnect in Argentina, back…

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…

S17 E20: Amir Taaki, Harry Halpin & Christopher Cialone on Palantir’s Technofascism, the Roman Storm Trial & the Privacy Arms Race

Some episodes are planned for months. This one happened because Zach Herbert postponed, I panicked, and the universe compensated…

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 E3: Zano Devs on Private Tokenization

Andrey Sabelnikov and Valeriy Pisarkov are the most important devs involved in the Zano project. The former is a co-founder who…

S16 E29: Zooko on Ecash, Bitcoin & Zcash

On August 11th 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto famously said on the Bitcoin Talk forum: “This is a very interesting topic. If a solution…

S15 E38: Crypsi on Crypto Art, Memes & Cypherpunk Culture

Crypsi on Bitcoin crypto art since 2014, Rare Pepes, memes as cypherpunk culture, and why a Solana meme coin became their…

S15 E21: Fiatjaf on Nostr, Drivechains & Why Lightning Sucks

Fiatjaf is one of the most prolific developers in Bitcoin and Lightning. But despite contributing to lots of Lightning open…

S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture

Eric Voskuil embodies one of the most harmonious combinations of cypherpunk ethos and Austrian economics… with a twist! As the…

S15 E19: Alexei Zamyatin on Build on Bitcoin & Layer 2s

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)

As of February 2023, there seems to be a consensus among users that Bitcoin needs covenants. And Andrew Poelstra, as Director of…

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…

S14 E18: Lisa Neigut & Calle on Scaling Bitcoin & Free Open Source Software

During the 10th edition of Hackers Congress at Paralelni Polis (HCPP), I’ve had the pleasure to meet Lisa Neigut and Calle. The…

S14 E15: Phil Zimmermann on Bitcoin, Cryptography & PGP

Without Phil Zimmermann, Bitcoin couldn’t get invented. I know that this is a bold statement, but there are two main ways in…

S14 E5: Ben Arc on LNBits and Nostr

Ben Arc is the creator of LNBits: a modular Lightning wallet which empowers users to pick their desired features (presented as…

Referirse A Bitcoin Como Un Proyecto De La NSA/CIA Es Una Falta De Respeto A Los Cypherpunks

Mientras que Satoshi Nakamoto pudo haber sido la NSA/CIA, Bitcoin definitivamente no lo es. Asimismo, los cypherpunks hicieron el…

Affirmer que Bitcoin est un projet de la NSA ou de la CIA est un manque de respect pour les cypherpunks

J’ai récemment demandé à mes followers sur Twitter de me soumettre leur théorie du complot favorite concernant Bitcoin. A mon…

Bitcoin Public Key, Receiving Address, UTXO: What’s the Difference?

Public keys, receiving addresses, and UTXOs are three concepts with which even some of the most seasoned bitcoiners sometimes…

Why Barely Sociable’s “Adam Back is Satoshi Nakamoto” video is Bcash propaganda

Before revealing the identity of Satoshi, Barely Sociable spreads bcash propaganda for 25 minutes. Seems legit.

Calling Bitcoin a NSA/CIA Project Is Disrespectful to Cypherpunks

While Satoshi Nakamoto might have been the NSA/CIA, Bitcoin definitely isn’t. Also, cypherpunks did 90% of Satoshi’s work.

S4 E7: Peter Todd on Hardware Wallets, Security & Proofmarshall

Does Peter Todd use hardware wallets? Definitely not, and he’ll explain why he dislikes them. But does he offer great security…

S4 E6: JW Weatherman on Hardware Wallets, Cold Storage & Multisig

JW Weatherman explains why he dislikes hardware wallets and steel plates, why Bitcoin Core is essential, and why he uses multisig…

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

In this season premiere, Donald McIntyre talks about the anthropological and historical elements that led to the creation of…