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BitGo

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Multisignature custody company led by Mike Belshe; a 2x supporter whose name was wrongly put on the New York Agreement, and since January 2026 a NYSE-listed firm.

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The wiki's angle: on S17 E43 Belshe said BitGo's name went on the New York Agreement “without my permission once, after I explicitly told them not”, while confirming he supported SegWit2x.[6][7]

Contents

  1. Company
  2. Block size war
  3. Heard on Bitcoin Takeover
  4. References

Company

Wikipedia says BitGo was founded by Mike Belshe, Ben Davenport, Will O'Brien and Bill Lee, incorporated in 2011 as “Whensoon, Inc.” and renamed BitGo, Inc. in 2014[1]. “Generally, BitGo wallets have three keys: one held by BitGo, and two held by the wallet's owner”[1]. Wikipedia lists it as the sole custodian for Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and listed on the NYSE through an IPO in January 2026[1]. On S17 E43 Belshe said “We've been in the space since 2013”[2], and described wallets that “are multisig or MPC with a two out of three model for security”[3].

Block size war

Belshe co-signed the 8 November 2017 “Segwit2x Final Steps” message that suspended the 2 MB hard fork[4]. On S17 E43 he said of the scaling agreements, “These agreements were silly in my view”[5]. He added: “I guess they put BitGo's name on the New York agreement without my permission once, after I explicitly told them not”[6]. He also said “I supported the SegWit2x” and “in the end, the community said no”[7]. Bitcoin Takeover's Fork Wars timeline flags BitGo as an erroneous NYA listing[8].

Heard on Bitcoin Takeover

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe has been a guest twice: S16 E1, ‘Mike Belshe on BitGo, Self Custody & The Future of Bitcoin’ (January 2025)[9]; S17 E43, ‘Mike Belshe on BitGo, Quantum & Clarity’ (September 2026)[10].

References

  1. secondaryWikipedia, “BitGo” [archived]
  2. episodeS17 E43: Mike Belshe — “We've been in the space since 2013”▶ listen at 24:02timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
  3. episodeS17 E43: Mike Belshe on BitGo's two-of-three wallets▶ listen at 21:15timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
  4. primaryMike Belshe et al., “Segwit2x Final Steps”, bitcoin-segwit2x mailing list, 8 Nov 2017 (Wayback Machine copy)
  5. episodeS17 E43: Mike Belshe — “These agreements were silly in my view”▶ listen at 1:15:34timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
  6. episodeS17 E43: Mike Belshe on BitGo's name on the New York Agreement▶ listen at 2:08:40timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
  7. episodeS17 E43: Mike Belshe — “I supported the SegWit2x”▶ listen at 2:11:25timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
  8. btkFork Wars: the block size war timeline (Bitcoin Takeover) [archived]
  9. episodeS16 E1: Mike Belshe on BitGo, Self Custody & The Future of Bitcoin [archived]
  10. episodeS17 E43: Mike Belshe on BitGo, Quantum & Clarity [archived]
  11. primaryBitcoin Takeover podcast RSS feed, bitcoin-takeover.com/audio/feed.xml (read 13 Nov 2026) [archived]

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