Exchanges and custodians

Bitcoin BLAKE2b: The Fork That Fired the Miners

Luke Dashjr's BIP-110 soft fork stalled after eight blocks, then returned as a BLAKE2b hard fork whose proof of work was picked…

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 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…

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 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 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 E30: Martin Matejka on Firefish, BTC-backed Loans & Bitcoin’s Purpose

Three years ago, I walked into the Firefish office in Prague to interview two founders with a fresh idea: what if you…

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 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 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 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.…

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 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 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 E27: Adam Soltys & Cole on Coinos, Lightning & Merchant Adoption

Adam Soltys and Cole on Coinos, the custodial Lightning and Liquid web wallet that Vancouver merchants use, and how it lets users…

S15 E18: Orkun Kılıç on Citrea, The First ZK Rollups on Bitcoin

Orkun Kılıç is a Turkish developer who co-founded Chainway Labs – a team of coders that tries to bring ZK rollups to…

S14 E19: Martin and Igor on Firefish, a Bitcoin-Backed Lending Platform

Firefish is an ambitious project which takes on the massive challenge to create a trust-minimized version of BlockFi or Celsius…

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 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 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…

S11 E5: Charlie Lee on Mimble Wimble Extension Blocks (MWEB)

Mimble Wimble and Extension Blocks are two interesting Bitcoin proposals that were heavily discussed by Core developers, but…

Can’t Withdraw To Your Own Wallet? It’s Not Your Bitcoin

Nowadays, bitcoin has turned into a fashionable asset that traditional financial institutions make available to their clients. As…

Why Bitcoin ETFs Are A Bad Idea

From an economic standpoint, Bitcoin’s most attractive aspect is the programmed scarcity. There will only ever be 21 million…

S8 E3: Erik Voorhees on KeepKey, Open Source & Self Custody

Erik Voorhees has been involved in the Bitcoin space for almost a decade. Which means that, depending on the moment when you…

Top 7 Bitcoin Wallet Developers Of 2020

Bitcoin wallets are an essential part of financial sovereignty. In a nutshell, they are the interface which helps us interact…

Why Delete Coinbase?

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

S5 E4: Francis Pouliot on Bitcoin Security, P2EP & Why S2F Sucks

Francis Pouliot explains how Pay to End Point (P2EP) works, criticizes S2F & gives advice on Bitcoin security.

S4 Sponsored: Jack Tao on Phemex

Phemex CEO Jack Tao talks about his journey from Morgan Stanley to Bitcoin, and explains why he enjoys the decentralized world.

S2 E8: Giacomo Zucco on Neutrino, The B, and Bitcoin-only conferences

The second season of The Bitcoin Takeover Podcast takes off with a surprise teaser episode involving Italian BTC maximalist…