Interview

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 E29: Grafton Clark on Vibe Coding, Privacy & Bitcoin Culture

Some podcast episodes are about a product, a protocol, or a company. This one is about a feeling: the feeling that 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 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 E25: Milan De Reede on Nano GPT, AI & Vibe Coding

There is something poetic about recording an episode at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, the edition where the mining stage…

S17 E24: Zach Herbert on Passport Prime, KeyOS & the End of Air-Gapped

Some interviews you plan for weeks. This one I planned around a box. Two weeks after Zach Herbert handed me a Passport…

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 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 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…

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,…

S11 E4: Adam on the Bitcoin Bar in Budapest

If you ever visit the city center of Budapest and walk by the Synagogue, you’ll inevitably walk by Adam’s Bitcoin Bar –…

S9 E8: Kenichi Kurimoto & Hitomi Moriyama on Nayuta, Bitcoin & Lightning

When we talk about Bitcoin, our perspective is mostly American-centric – with some exceptions of events taking place in Europe…

S7 Special: Atlas on Life in Colombia

Back in April 2020, popular bitcoiner American Hodl (best known for his candid tweeting and the 6.15 BTC meme) started a…

S7 E10: Hodlonaut & Katia on Cats, Music & Films

Hodlonaut and Katia rank among the most powerful Bitcoin couples. One is best known for creating cultural phenomenas (such as…

S5 E7: Torsten Hoffmann on Cryptopia Film

In this interview, Torsten Hoffmann talks about “Cryptopia Film” and how the Bitcoin space has changed since his previous…

S3 E8: American HODL on 6.15 BTC and Eternal Riches

American HODL is one of the most remarkable and prominent sat stackers in the Bitcoin space. As a successful professional who…

S2 E9: Fartface2000 on #LNTrustChain and Investments in BTC

American bitcoiner Jim, best known as Fartface2000 and his great contribution to the #LNTrustChain movement which Hodlonaut…

S2 E6: Patrick Miller on Bitcoin, Sovereignty, and Responsibility

In his 6+ years of being in the Bitcoin space, Patrick Miller has been able to observe many of the developments and…

S1 E2: John Carvalho on Being a Long Time Bitcoiner and Getting Engaged in Bitcoin Politics

John Carvalho (Bitcoin Error Log) talks about his involvement in the Bitcoin community and reveals some of his economic and…

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…