Drivechains and BIP 300

Robin Linus, Art & the 1,000 BTC Prius: A Ride to the TABConf 8 BitDevs Barbecue

Art drove Robin Linus and me to the TABConf 8 BitDevs barbecue in the 2011 Toyota Prius that Rassah bought for 1,000 BTC in 2013…

S17 E46: Livestream from Tabconf 8, Part 1 (feat. Paul Sztorc, Andre Beganski, Alex Lewin, Janusz, Christopher Allen, Will & Michael Tidwell)

Live from the last TABConf: Paul Sztorc on quantum soft forks and eCash, Christopher Allen on multisig, Janusz on Zark and…

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+…

eCash (ECX): Paul Sztorc Forks Bitcoin to Prove a Point

Paul Sztorc's eCash (ECX) hard fork, timed for Bitcoin's 18th birthday on October 31st 2026: what its drivechains do, and why…

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 Forks, Described by Dorks

A collection of Bitcoin Takeover podcast quotes about soft forks, hard forks, Bitcoin Cash, SegWit, Taproot, Drivechains, BIP110…

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…

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 E38: Keagan McClelland on Lightning Metrics, Covenants, Consensus Politics & Verifying Bitcoin

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

Paul Sztorc now holds the record for the most appearances on this show: eleven. Nobody else has come close, and nobody else…

S17 E34: Cory Klippsten on Bitcoin Cafe, Swan & Big Bitcoin

Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Swan and one of the most persistent voices in the “Bitcoin, not crypto” camp. He’s also…

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 E23: Hunter Beast & Mark Karpeles on Quantum-Proofing Bitcoin, Satoshi’s Coins & the Ghost of Mt. Gox

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

Four years. That is how long I have been chasing Jeremy Rubin for an interview, and it took the Bitcoin 2026 conference…

S17 E21: Paul Sztorc Hard Forks Bitcoin to Launch Ecash with Drivechains!

In August 2026, Paul Sztorc (developer and LayerTwo Labs CEO) will hard fork Bitcoin to create a BIP300-powered altcoin called…

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…

S17 E17: Lukas Hozda on Building Bitcoin in Rust & Why Mempool Filters Can’t Work

Recorded in a soundproofed room at Braiins headquarters in Prague that once doubled as an ASIC oven (more on that later), this…

S17 E15: Danny Plainview & Chad Master on OP_NET, Smart Contracts on Bitcoin L1 & the Great Stablecoin Unlock

Editor’s note: this conversation was recorded in late March 2026, in the days surrounding OP_NET’s mainnet activation. The…

S17 E14: Kristian Csepcsar on the History of Bitcoin Mining, Braiins Hashpower & the Centralization Nobody Talks About

Editor’s note: this conversation was recorded in person at the undisclosed Braiins office in Prague, most likely in March 2026…

S17 E13: Charlie Spears on Blockspace Media, the Purity Spiral & the Case for Classical Maximalism

Editor’s note: this conversation was streamed live in mid-March 2026, a week after the US switched to daylight saving time (which…

S17 E12: Ray Youssef on the Mexico Arrest & Life After NoOnes

Ray Youssef does not do quiet exits. In his telling, he walked out of Monerotopia in Mexico after giving a Malcolm X…

S17 E11: John Carvalho on Bitcoin Depression, Lightning Derangement & the Atomic Economy

John Carvalho was the second guest in the history of this podcast, way back in season one, episode two, when he was…

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 E5: Paul Sztorc on Bitcoin Derangements

As a 2011 bitcoiner, Paul Sztorc has noticed a series of derangements: from expectations that never came true but stuck around as…

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…

S15 E59: David Burkett on MWEB, Litecoin Privacy & Why Drivechains Need a Use Case

David Burkett, the developer who built MWEB for Litecoin, explains MimbleWimble, stealth addresses, peg-out leaks, Grin's decline…

S15 E58: Liam Eagen, Robin Linus & Jonas Nick on Shielded CSV, Private Client-Side Validation & the Future of Bitcoin Privacy

Liam Eagen, Robin Linus and Jonas Nick explain Shielded CSV: private client-side validation with ZK proofs, BitVM bridges…

S15 E57: Orkun Kilic on Citrea, ZK Rollups & Building the Bitcoin Economy

Days after the Citrea testnet launch, Orkun Kilic explains ZK rollups vs sidechains, BitVM's trust model, drivechains, StarkWare…

S15 E54: Kruw on Running a Wasabi Coordinator, Blockchain Analysis & the Myths of Bitcoin Privacy

Kruw runs Wasabi's biggest coinjoin coordinator for zero fees. He explains how blockchain analysis works, Samourai's double…

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 E52: Ben Arc on the Future of Lightning, Bitcoin & Nostr

LNbits creator Ben Arc says Lightning is only 5% done, explains why ecash mints worry him, and shares his plans for LNbits, Boltz…

S15 E51: Mike Carson on Impervious, Spaces Protocol & Owning Your Name on Bitcoin

Impervious CEO Mike Carson explains Spaces Protocol: tokenless, cypherpunk names on Bitcoin with burned-bid auctions, ZK…

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 E48: Paul Puey on Edge Wallet, the Four Layers of Privacy & Why Bitcoin's Layer 1 Might Die

Edge Wallet CEO Paul Puey on self-custody exchanges, Monero view keys, the four layers of crypto privacy, Lightning's limits, and…

S15 E43: Sergio Demian Lerner on BitVMX, Rootstock & Layer 2s

Sergio Demian Lerner explains BitVMX, a RISC-V take on BitVM that cuts dispute costs to ~$400, plus Rootstock vs. Liquid, blind…

S15 E42: Super Testnet & Shinobi on Bitcoin Projects That Suck

Super Testnet & Shinobi roast Taproot marketing, LND incentives, Wasabi CoinJoin gaps, Nostr key management, SeedSigner…

S15 E41: F/Dev (1440000bytes) on Joinstr, CoinJoin & Bitcoin Privacy

F/Dev (1440000bytes / Floppy) on Joinstr, Nostr-coordinated CoinJoin for Electrum, LayerTwo Labs, Lightning limits, eCash…

S15 E40: Rijndael on Taproot Wizards, BIP420 & OP_CAT

Rijndael (CTO of Taproot Wizards) on OP_CAT, BIP420, Quantum Cats, covenants, Lightning limits, Ordinals flywheels, and why…

S15 E34: Charlie Lee on MWEB, Financial Privacy & Why Litecoin Dares to Experiment

Charlie Lee explains Litecoin MWEB: confidential transactions, cut-through, peg-outs, Samourai, the SegWit bounty, drivechains…

S15 E33: David Bailey on Bitcoin Maximalism, Ordinals & the Biggest Stage in Bitcoin

David Bailey on Bitcoin maximalism, Ordinals, OP_CAT vs CTV, high fees, BitVM, Tether and Bitcoin Conference boycotts, plus a…

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 E31: Ray Youssef on NoOnes, Freedom Money & Why Roger Ver Was Right

Ray Youssef on why he said Roger Ver was right, freedom money for the Global South, the limits of Liquid and Lightning, and the…

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 E23: John Carvalho on Lightning, Synonym & Bitcoin

Before becoming the CEO and co-founder of Synonym, John Carvalho was one of the most prominent Bitcoin and Lightning advocates…

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 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 E16: Paul Sztorc Talks Bitcoin Scaling, But Can’t Say Drivechains

A drunkast with Paul Sztorc about scaling Bitcoin: covenants, BitVM, Lightning, Rootstock and Liquid, discussed without him being…

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 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 E8: Fadi Barbàra on DMix & Bitcoin Privacy

Fadi Barbàra is a cryptography researcher from the University of Turin who came up with the DMix protocol: an interesting…

S14 E7: Martin Habovštiak on Firefish & Rust Bitcoin Development

Martin Habovštiak is one of the most prolific Slovakian Bitcoin developers. Better known as Kixunil, he currently maintains the…

S13 E10: Hampus Sjöberg On Blixt Wallet & Improving Bitcoin

Blixt wallet is the new cool kid on the Lightning wallets block – and Hampus Sjöberg is the mastermind behind this ambitious…

Breaking ChatGPT’s Bitcoin FUD #6: Limited Use Cases

According to ChatGPT, Bitcoin only accommodates a limited number of use cases, and this fact will consequently limit its adoption…

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…

S12 E10: Paul Sztorc on Baltic Honeybadger 2022 & BIP 300

Paul Sztorc’s Drivechains are today’s most fascinating and divisive proposal for Bitcoin scalability and expansion. If BIP 300…

¿Estas Aquí Por La Explosion Del Precio O Por La Revolucion?

Durante los momentos de exuberancia extrema o de sufrimiento, es fácil perder el enfoque y olvidar porque te involucraste en el…

Los beneficios de Privacidad de Taproot

[Esta es una traducción de un artículo que Vlad Costea publicó en el blog Wasabi Wallet] El soft fork de Taproot en…

THNDR Games Appoints Desiree Dickerson As CEO

On November 11th 2021, video game studio THNDR Games has announced the appointment of Desiree Dickerson as company CEO. This is a…

Bitcoin Takeover Radio #6: Double the Fun!

You know what’s better than a radio stream which includes episodes from some of the most prolific and interesting Bitcoin…

S9 E4: Paul Sztorc on the Philosophy of Drivechains and Prediction Markets

In the beginning, Paul Sztorc realized that he can fix the inefficiencies of modern democracies with prediction markets. And when…