Decentralization and censorship resistance

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…

S17 E45: Talking Tari & Privacy with Naveen Jain, Mr. Fox & Marguerite de Courcelle

There are projects in this space that are famous for what they shipped. Tari used to be famous for what it has…

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…

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…

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…

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…

S16 E45: Shai Wyborski on Bitcoin, Kaspa & Proof of Work Research

This turned out to become the longest episode in the history of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast… yet: 8 hours and 39 minutes,…

S16 E10: Eric Voskuil & John Carvalho on Bitcoin

This record-breaking episode of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, whose running time exceeds 8 hours, features John Carvalho and Eric…

Decentralized Online Marketplace Protocol (DOMP): Enabling Trustless Marketplaces

● Abstract ● Introduction ● Background ○ Bitcoin and the Lightning Network ○ Nostr Protocol ● Anti-Spam Measures ● Defined Event…

S15 E50: Murch on Popular Bitcoin Myths: Ordinals, OP_CAT, Zero-Conf & the 2140 Panic

Murch of Chaincode Labs and Bitcoin Stack Exchange busts popular Bitcoin myths: ordinals as spam, a captured Bitcoin Core…

S15 E49: Edan Yago on BitcoinOS, Permaware & Scaling Bitcoin with ZK Rollups

Edan Yago explains BitcoinOS, BitSNARK and the first ZK proof verified on Bitcoin mainnet, why rollups beat sidechains, and why…

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 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 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 E6: John Light, Super Testnet & Alexei Zamyatin on Improving Bitcoin

Bitcoin is still a young project that’s bound for disruption. While the money layer is supposed to never change, the advancements…

S15 E5: Edan Yago on Sovryn, Bitcoin DeFi & Challenging the Orthodoxy

Edan Yago is a core contributor to the Sovryn project: a decentralized finance (DeFi) layer that’s built on top of Bitcoin’s…

S15 E4: Alexis Roussel on Nym, Privacy & Suing the Swiss Financial Regulator

Alexis Roussel is one of the most remarkable and accomplished bitcoiners from Switzerland. He sits on the board of companies such…

S15 E2: Sergi Delgado on Developing Bitcoin at Chaincode

Sergi Delgado is an engineer at Chaincode Labs, whose academic background is in peer to peer (P2P) networks research. After…

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…

S14 E17: Rodolfo Andragnes on Labitconf 2023 & Argentinian Elections

In times of hyperinflation and political uncertainty, the 11th annual edition of Labitconf makes the bold decision to have a…

S14 E16: Philipp Hoenisch on 10101 Synthetic Stablecoins on Bitcoin

Philipp Hoenisch is a developer and trader who decided to create 10101 (Ten Ten One): a synthetic stablecoin system that’s built…

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…

S14 E6: Mike in Space on STAMPs and Attacking Bitcoin

Mike in Space’s journey into the world of Bitcoin began with his popular show Bitcoin Car Talk, back in 2016. His latest…

10 Reasons You Should Run Your Own Bitcoin Full Node

In Bitcoin, you’re not a first class citizen of the network until you run your own full node and also use it…

S13 E3: Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions & Bitcoin Culture

Ordinal inscriptions are all the rage. They obsoleted the concept of NFTs by offering artists a permanent way to display their…

Elon Musk ne saisit pas ce qu’est la décentralisation, mais vous, vous devriez

La décentralisation est un concept difficile à apréhender et manifestement Elon Musk ne le comprend pas. Non seulement il a une…

Are You Here For The Pump Or For The Revolution?

During moments of extreme exuberance or pain, it’s easy to lose focus and forget why you got involved in the Bitcoin space.…

Bitcoin in 2021: Principles vs Number Go Up

In retrospect, it was inevitable: the fiat billionaires who added bitcoin to their companies’ balance sheets are not our friends…

Elon Musk Doesn’t Understand Decentralization – But You Should

Decentralization is hard and Elon Musk clearly doesn’t understand it. Not only that he has a childish view on blockchain scaling…

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 Taking the Unpopular Path Makes Bitcoin Successful

Bitcoin does not succeed because it follows all the popular trends and plays the supply and demand game to a specific…

Learn About Bitcoin (FAQ)

Bitcoin is a stateless, open source, decentralized, permissionless, uncensorable, and unconfiscatable internet currency. What do…

Bitcoin Is Not Slow – It’s Highly Secure

When critics say that Bitcoin is “slow”, it’s good to remind them that security is much more important in decentralized networks…