S17 E46: Livestream from Tabconf 8, Part 1 (feat. Paul Sztorc, Andre Beganski, Alex Lewin, Janusz, Christopher Allen, Will & Michael Tidwell)
15 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Live from the last TABConf: Paul Sztorc on quantum soft forks and eCash, Christopher Allen on multisig, Janusz on Zark and…
S17 E28: Josh Swihart on Zcash’s Comeback, the Orchard Bug & Forking the Company
13 Jun 2026 · 25 min read
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
29 May 2026 · 12 min read
Sometimes you have to wait a year for an interview to happen. I first met Kieran Mesquka at DevConnect in Argentina, back…
S17 E24: Zach Herbert on Passport Prime, KeyOS & the End of Air-Gapped
15 May 2026 · 13 min read
Some interviews you plan for weeks. This one I planned around a box. Two weeks after Zach Herbert handed me a Passport…
S17 E20: Amir Taaki, Harry Halpin & Christopher Cialone on Palantir’s Technofascism, the Roman Storm Trial & the Privacy Arms Race
24 Apr 2026 · 16 min read
Some episodes are planned for months. This one happened because Zach Herbert postponed, I panicked, and the universe compensated…
S17 E12: Ray Youssef on the Mexico Arrest & Life After NoOnes
8 Mar 2026 · 14 min read
Ray Youssef does not do quiet exits. In his telling, he walked out of Monerotopia in Mexico after giving a Malcolm X…
S17 E8: Riccardo Spagni on Bitcoin, Monero & Privacy
27 Feb 2026 · 4 min read
Riccardo Spagni (aka FluffyPony) is best known for leading the engineering and development efforts of the Monero project…
S15 E60: Andrey Sabelnikov & Pavel Nikienkov on Zano, the CryptoNote Wars & Private Proof of Stake
16 Oct 2024 · 19 min read
Zano co-founders Andrey Sabelnikov & Pavel Nikienkov on private tokens, hybrid proof of stake, the Bytecoin vs Monero feud and…
S15 E55: Jake Yocom-Piatt & Phoenix Green on Decred, Bison Wallet & the Trouble With Proof of Work
21 Sept 2024 · 19 min read
Decred co-founder Jake Yocom-Piatt and Phoenix Green on hybrid consensus, the mining cartel they voted out, Bison Wallet swaps…
S15 E54: Kruw on Running a Wasabi Coordinator, Blockchain Analysis & the Myths of Bitcoin Privacy
14 Sept 2024 · 16 min read
Kruw runs Wasabi's biggest coinjoin coordinator for zero fees. He explains how blockchain analysis works, Samourai's double…
S15 E45: Lucas Ontivero & Turbolay on Wasabi Wallet's Future
6 Jul 2024 · 11 min read
Lucas Ontivero & Turbolay on Wasabi after zkSNACKs: community coordinators, WabiSabi, unfuckable CoinJoin, daemon integrations &…
S15 E42: Super Testnet & Shinobi on Bitcoin Projects That Suck
20 Jun 2024 · 11 min read
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
5 Jun 2024 · 10 min read
F/Dev (1440000bytes / Floppy) on Joinstr, Nostr-coordinated CoinJoin for Electrum, LayerTwo Labs, Lightning limits, eCash…
S15 E34: Charlie Lee on MWEB, Financial Privacy & Why Litecoin Dares to Experiment
29 Apr 2024 · 19 min read
Charlie Lee explains Litecoin MWEB: confidential transactions, cut-through, peg-outs, Samourai, the SegWit bounty, drivechains…
S5 E2: Leo Wandersleb on WalletScrutiny & Why Samourai Isn’t That Great
3 May 2020 · 3 min read
Leo Wandersleb is the creator of WalletScrutiny.com, a website which checks the verifiability & open sourceness of Android BTC…
S5 E6: Nopara73 on Wasabi Wallet, P2EP, Samourai & Bitcoin Privacy
1 May 2020 · 4 min read
Nopara73 explains the origins of P2EP (Pay to End Point) and how it all works, but also gives security and privacy…