Sidechains, Liquid and Rootstock

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 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 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…

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 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 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 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 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…

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 E7: Sergio Demian Lerner on Rootstock, Satoshi’s Bitcoins, Drivechains & More

Sergio Demian Lerner is perhaps the most prolific Bitcoin contributor from Argentina… and certainly one of the most underrated…

S15 E6: John Light, Super Testnet & Alexei Zamyatin on Improving Bitcoin

Bitcoin is still a young project that’s bound for disruption. While the money layer is supposed to never change, the advancements…

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 E13: Robin Linus on BitVM & Permissionless Bitcoin Development

Robin Linus on BitVM, trust-minimized Bitcoin bridges, ZeroSync and zkCoins, and why Bitcoin development does not have to wait…

Preview: Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Season 15

Season 15 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast marks two significant milestones: the 5th anniversary of the show, as well as the 200th…

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 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 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…

¿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…

Raretoshi: NFT de Bitcoin en la Liquid sidechain

Raretoshi es un marketplace de NFT que utiliza la sidechain Liquid de Blockstream para proporcionar transacciones privadas…

Raretoshi: Bitcoin NFTs auf der Liquid sidechain

Raretoshi ist ein NFT Marktplatz, welcher die Liquid-Bitcoin Sidechain von Blockstream nutzt, um private, günstige und…

Raretoshi: des NFTs Bitcoin sur la sidechain Liquid

Raretoshi est une marketplace de NFT qui utilise la sidechain Liquid de Blockstream pour fournir des transactions…

Raretoshi: Bitcoin NFTs on the Liquid Sidechain

Raretoshi is an NFT marketplace which makes use of Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain to deliver private, inexpensive, and scalable…

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…

S8 E4: Lawrence Nahum on Blockstream’s Jade

In January 2021, Blockstream has taken the Bitcoin world by surprise by announcing the Jade hardware wallet – a device which…

S5 E9: Matthew Haywood on the Liquid Sidechain & His Work at Blockstream

As the product manager of Liquid securities, Matthew Haywood is one of the people who possess the best understanding of…

Lightning vs Liquid: The New Bitcoin Scaling War

The ongoing tensions between Lightning Network proponents and Liquid sidechainers bring back memories from another scaling debate.

Why is the BTSE Token a Big Deal?

[This article is written for BTSE’s Christmas Contest and expresses a personal reflection on the upcoming BTSE token which gets…

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…