Roger Ver
Early Bitcoin investor and leading Bitcoin Cash advocate; co-author of Hijacking Bitcoin (2024).
His book and Jonathan Bier's The Blocksize War are compared point by point on Fork Wars. The wiki quotes neither at length.[1]
Block size war
Roger Ver backed bigger blocks during the block size war and then Bitcoin Cash[1]. Vlad's magazine notes that Bitcoin.com became a BCH website in that period[2].
Hijacking Bitcoin
His 2024 book Hijacking Bitcoin, co-written with Steve Patterson, gives the big-block account of the war; Fork Wars sets it beside Jonathan Bier's The Blocksize War[1]. He discussed his views on Bitcoin Takeover S15 E26[3].
Heard on Bitcoin Takeover
Asked about his allegiances on S15 E26 (March 2024), Roger Ver said: “I was never a BTC maximalist. I was never a BCH maximalist.” … “I've been a freedom maximalist the entire time.”[4]
He has also been the subject of other episodes: S16 E11, ‘Paul Sztorc on Roger Ver’ (March 2025)[5]; S15 E31, ‘Ray Youssef on NoOnes & Why Roger Ver Was Right’ (April 2024)[6].
On Bitcoin Takeover
Episodes with Roger Ver as a guest, from the show's feed (bitcoin-takeover.com/audio/feed.xml).
- S15 E26: Roger Ver on Bitcoin 28 Mar 2024 · ▶ mp3 [archived][7]
References
- btkFork Wars: the block size war timeline (Bitcoin Takeover) [archived]
- btkBitcoin Cash: The Big Block Breakaway (BTCTKVR: Forks!) [archived]
- episodeS15 E26: Roger Ver on Bitcoin▶ listen at 7:38timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- episodeS15 E26: Roger Ver on being a freedom maximalist▶ listen at 5:26timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- episodeS16 E11: Paul Sztorc on Roger Ver [archived]
- episodeS15 E31: Ray Youssef on NoOnes & Why Roger Ver Was Right [archived]
- episodeS15 E26: Roger Ver on Bitcoin [archived]