What the Fork?!
Forks are an integral part of the Nakamoto consensus. Satoshi gave us an amazing way to solve the double spending problem and…
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Bitcoin forks
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Zcash: The Privacy Moon Math Bitcoin Was Afraid to Include
Johns Hopkins researchers built Zerocoin for Bitcoin in 2013. Core said no. It became Zcash in 2016, the privacy upgrade BTC was…
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…
eCash (XEC): The Fork That Taxed Itself
How Bitcoin ABC lost the BCH ticker over an 8% developer fund, rebranded a million to one, and built the only Bitcoin fork with…
Bitcoin Gold: One GPU, One Vote
Want to learn more about Bitcoin UTXO forks? Read the previous articles on Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV. And if you want…
Bitcoin Forks, Described by Dorks
A collection of Bitcoin Takeover podcast quotes about soft forks, hard forks, Bitcoin Cash, SegWit, Taproot, Drivechains, BIP110…
Bitcoin: All the Hard Forks and Soft Forks
This article describes every consensus upgrade Bitcoin has ever switched on without splitting its ledger. It is also the opening…
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…
S17 E41: Vik Sharma on Radar, Arbiter & Vibe Coding the Future of Cake Wallet
Seven months ago, Vik Sharma joined Bitcoin Takeover Podcast and effectively declared the privacy wars over, telling the Monero…
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 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…
