Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

S15 E36: Eli Ben-Sasson on STARKs, Rollups & Privacy

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back in 2014, Eli Ben-Sasson co-authored the Zerocash paper, which proposed a ZK SNARK system that creates anonymous Bitcoin payments. Around the same...

S15 E35: Nick Schteringart & Konstantin Wünscher on OpenDelta on Runes

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenDelta is a synthetic dollar (stablecoin) that's built on top of Bitcoin's newly-launched Runes protocol. In this episode, co-founders Nick Schteri...

S15 E34: Charlie Lee on Privacy & MWEB (Mimble Wimble Extension Block)

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

MWEB was activated on Litecoin's main net in 2022, providing a useful mix of privacy and scalability. It's a fascinating soft fork that's 100% compati...

S15 E33: David Bailey on Bitcoin Maximalism & Ordinals

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Bailey is the owner of Bitcoin Magazine. Ideologically, he is a Bitcoin maximalist who wants everything to happen on Bitcoin and get traded for ...

S15 E32: Aaron Day on CBDCs vs Bitcoin

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Day has been a bitcoiner since 2012 – and in the aftermath of the scaling wars, he decided to support the big block camp due to ideological re...

S15 E31: Ray Youssef on NoOnes & Why Roger Ver Was Right

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Youssef is the CEO of NoOnes, a P2P marketplace which enables people from the Global South to exchange bitcoin for gift cards or local currencies....

S15 E30: Charlie Lee on Lightning & Litecoin

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin and the current managing director of the Litecoin Foundation. Some may also remember him as Engineering Directo...

S15 E29: Tomek Kolodziejczuk on Bitcoin Film Fest 2024 & The European Halving Party

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Polish bitcoiner & libertarian Tomek Kolodziejczuk is co-organizing the 2nd annual Bitcoin Film Fest. In 2024, the event happens at the same time as t...

S15 E28: Deadalnix (Amoury Séchet) on Forking Bitcoin, Big Blocks & Scaling

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Amaury Séchet is the developer who forked Bitcoin to create Bitcoin Cash in August 2017. A year later, he became one of the first people to find out ...

S15 E27: Adam Soltys & Cole on Coinos & Lightning Network

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Soltys is a Canadian bitcoiner, best known for his work on Raretoshi – a marketplace for Liquid network NFTs. Cole is a marketer who likes the ...

S15 E26: Roger Ver on Bitcoin

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As of 2024, Roger Ver has been in Bitcoin for 7 years and in Bitcoin Cash for 7 years. This episode is a reflection on his journey and an attempt to b...

S15 E25: Nicholas Gregory & Tom Trevethan on MercuryLayer

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to the efforts of CommerceBlock CEO Nicholas Gregory and CTO Tom Trevethan, Statechains are now a reality on the MercuryLayer. Originally desig...

S15 E24: Bryan Bishop on BIPs, Webcash & Biohacking

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Bishop is a computer programmer who currently moderates the Bitcoin-dev mailing list and considers a position as BIP editor. In this episode, he...

S15 E23: John Carvalho on Lightning, Synonym & Bitcoin

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the CEO of Synonym, John Carvalho has experimented with many Bitcoin layers & protocols – including OmniBolt, Lightning & sidechains. In ...

S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Voskuil is the maintainer of Libbitcoin & the author of Cryptoeconomics. In this episode, he offers details about the Libbitcoin incident tha...

S15 E21: Fiatjaf on Nostr, Drivechains & Why Lightning Sucks

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fiatjaf is the creator of Nostr, a decentralized social media protocol which enables everyone around the world to communicate without censorship. Surp...

S15 E20: Bastien & Baudoin on Satochip, Satodime, Seedkeeper & Self-Custody

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bastien and Baudoin are the creators and main promoters of Satochip: an affordable self-custody solution which makes use of the smart card technology ...

S15 E19: Alexei Zamyatin on Build on Bitcoin and Layer 2s

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alexei Zamyatin is an academic cryptographer who works on the Build on Bitcoin projects. His approach to scaling Bitcoin with second layers involves s...

S15 E18: Orkun Kilic on Citrea, The First ZK Rollups on Bitcoin

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

ZK rollups are certainly promising, as they can bring scalability and privacy to Bitcoin. In this episode, Orkun Kilic talks about Citrea: the first p...

S15 E17: Andrew Poelstra on Covenants (OP_CAT vs OP_CTV)

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Poelstra is a mathematician who heads the research department at Blockstream. Over the years, he experimented with many Bitcoin OP codes – so...

S15 E16: Paul Sztorc Talks Bitcoin Scaling, But Can't Say Drivechains

20 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Sztorc returns with a twist: he's talking about sidechains, rollups, BitVM, Lightning, and ever other scaling solution... but can't say the words...

S15 E15: Aaron van Wirdum on The Genesis Book & Bitcoin Pre-History

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron van Wirdum is a veteran Bitcoin journalist who has been writing for Bitcoin Magazine since 2014. On January 3rd 2024, after nearly five years of...

S15 E14: Nicolas Dorier on BTCPay, NBitcoin, TumbleBit & Coding Bitcoin in C#

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nicolas Dorier talks about the early days of BTCPay Server, activating SegWit before it was cool on NBitcoin, contributing to TumbleBit, writing a boo...

S15 E13: Robin Linus on BitVM & Permissionless Bitcoin Development

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Linus revolutionized Bitcoin development in 2023 with BitVM: a virtual machine that can do off-chain computation for the purpose of enabling sma...

S15 E12: Agustin Kassis & Mariano on La Crypta, La Wallet & Bitcoin in Argentina

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Agustin Kassis & Mariano are Argentinian bitcoiners who work in a Fight Club-style house to build La Wallet: a Lightning wallet which is associated wi...

S15 E11: Satoshi Sound on The Upcoming Bitcoin & Friends Cartoon Reboot

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bitcoin & Friends was a pretty popular original cartoon back in 2019 and 2020. On January 3rd 2024, thanks to some major breakthroughs in animation so...

S15 E10: Tuur Demeester on His Bitcoin Investment Thesis & The Supra Cycle

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tuur Demeester is a prominent Bitcoin investor who strongly believes in the power of Bitcoin-only companies. In this episode, he explains how and why ...

S15 E9: Kevin Loaec on Liana Wallet, Miniscript & Hardware Wallets

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Loaec is the CEO of Wizardsardine – the Bitcoin company that builds Liana wallet, a powerful piece of software which optimizes for inheritance...

S15 E8: Ryan Condron on Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate Markets & Lumerin

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Condron has been a Bitcoin miner for longer than a decade. He started out with a GPU rack, upgraded his rig to FPGAs, and then was one of the fir...

S15 E7: Sergio Demian Lerner on Rootstock, Satoshi's Bitcoins, Drivechains via BitVM & Bitcoin Scaling

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sergio Demian Lerner has made a plethora of contributions to Bitcoin: from finding early security bugs, and all the way to designing & launching t...

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

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

John Light, Super Testnet and Alexei Zamyatin are part of the new generation of Bitcoin developers. They like zero knowledge proofs, they're opinionat...

S15 E5: Edan Yago on Sovryn, Bitcoin DeFi & Challenging the Orthodoxy

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Edan Yago talks about Sovryn: a financial application which allows users to take loans against their bitcoin. It's built on Rootstock (RSK, Bitcoin's ...

S15 E4: Alexis Roussel on Nym, Privacy & Suing the Swiss Financial Regulator

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alexis Roussel is a man of many talents, with plenty of accomplishments in his resume. But most notably, he is a bitcoiner who's working to build the ...

S15 E3: Hernán Marino on Bitcoin in Argentina & Becoming a Bitcoin Core Developer

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hernán Marino is an Argentinian bitcoiner who recently started contributing to Bitcoin Core. In this episode, he talks about his views on Bitcoin max...

S15 E2: Sergi Delgado on Developing Bitcoin at Chaincode Labs

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sergi Delgado is an engineer at Chaincode Labs, whose specialization and previous academic research is in peer to peer (P2P) networks. In this episode...

S15 E1: Max Hillebrand & Lando Rothbardian on Integrating ShopInBit's "Buy Anything" Into Wasabi Wallet

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wasabi Wallet now offers a "Buy Anything" button that lets you buy physical items with greater privacy?! How does that even work? ZK Snacks ...

S14 E21: Rafael Cordon on How Bitcoin Saved the Elections in Guatemala with OpenTimeStamps

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bitcoin has recently fixed the presidential elections in Guatemala. How so? Rafael Cordon of Simple Proof is here to explain all about the power of Op...

S14 E20: Lea Petrasova on Vexl & Why P2P Bitcoin Exchanges Matter

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lea Petrasova is the president of the Vexl Foundation, one of the project's co-founders, and certainly one of the most ardent supporters of exchanging...

S14 E19: Martin and Igor on Firefish, a Bitcoin-Backed Lending Platform

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Firefish enables people to borrow fiat money against their bitcoins in a trust-minimized way, using a multisig setup with oracles. Martin and Igor, th...

S14 E18: Lisa Neigut & Calle on Scaling Bitcoin & Free Open Source Software

28 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Neight (creator of the Base58 Bitcoin academy) and Calle (creator of Cashu) joined the Bitcoin Takeover podcast during the Hackers Congress in Pr...

S14 E17: Rodolfo Andragnes on Labitconf 2023 & Argentinian Elections

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The 11th edition of Labitconf takes place in Buenos Aires this year, just a week before the final round of the presidential elections in Argentina. Ro...

S14 E16: Philipp Hoenisch on 10101 Synthetic Bitcoin Stablecoins

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Philipp Hoenisch is the founder of 101010: a project which aims to create synthetic bitcoin-backed stablecoins on top of the Lightning network. These ...

S14 E15: Phil Zimmermann on Bitcoin, Cryptography & PGP

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Zimmermann is the creator of PGP & the cryptographer who made it safe to publish cryptography projects on the internet. In this episode, Mr. ...

S14 E14: Michael Bumann on Building Alby, Nostr & Lightning Network Development

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Bumann (aka Bumi) is a Lightning network developer best known for working on Joule and creating Alby. Today, Alby is one of the most popular w...

S14 E13: Paul Sztorc Reacts to Drivechains Reactions

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul Sztorc reacts to 3 of the most significant reactions to Drivechains: Shinobi's article from Bitcoin Magazine, the Baltic Honeyba...

S14 E12: Sam Lee on Bitcoin in Hong Kong

09 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For the past 4 years, Sam Lee has been the main organizer of the Bitcoin meetup in Hong Kong. In this episode, Sam tells us what it's like to be a bit...

S14 E11: Pavlenex, Kukks & Anna on BTCPay App at Baltic Honeybadger 2023

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At Baltic Honeybadger 2023, BTCPay server announced a new mobile app which will run LDK/Spiral software in the background to make the merchant experie...

S14 E10: Paul Sztorc on Drivechains & Attacking Bitcoin

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the middle of a more aggressive campaign to promote a soft fork that enables two-way pegged sidechains via BIP 300/301, Layer Two Labs CEO Paul Szt...

S14 E9: Jameson Lopp on Casa, Self Custody & Bitcoin Maximalism

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jameson Lopp, popular cypherpunk and and advocate for anarcho-capitalism, makes his Bitcoin Takeover podcast debut to talk about his work at Casa, sel...

S14 E8: Fadi Barbàra on DMix & Bitcoin Privacy

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Fadi Barbàra is a researcher from the University of Turin who works on Bitcoin privacy. His new project, DMix, promises to offer better privacy than ...

S14 E7: Martin Habovštiak on Firefish & Bitcoin Development

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Habovštiak is a cypherpunk from Slovakia, best known for contributing with code to many open source Bitcoin projects (Electrum Rust, BTCPay, B...

S14 E6: Mike in Space on STAMPs & Attacking Bitcoin

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mike in Space is the creator of STAMPs: a protocol which inserts permanent data into Bitcoin blocks. STAMPs are mostly used to immortalize art on Bitc...

S14 E5: Ben Arc on LNBits and Nostr

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Arc is one of the most prolific builders in Bitcoin. He created LNBits – a simple Lightning wallet project which seeks to be the Wordpress of Bi...

S14 E4: Peter Todd vs Sergej Korliar on Full RBF

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Full RBF is one of the most controversial topics in Bitcoin. On one side, RBF creator Peter Todd lobbies for the feature to become a standard. On the ...

S14 E3: Matej Zak on Trezor's New Hardware

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matej Zak is the new CEO of Trezor. In his first English podcast appearance as CEO, he talks about Trezor's upcoming hardware wallets, the status of T...

S14 E2: Nicholas Gregory & Ray Youssef on Civ Kit & P2P Marketplaces

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MercuryWallet mastermind Nicholas Gregory & former Paxful CEO Ray Youssef have joined forces to create Civ Kit: a peer to peer marketplace framewo...

S14 E1: Burak Keceli on Ark & Bitcoin 2nd Layers

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While trying to improve on some of the Lightning Network's shortcomings, Burak Keceli created Ark: a Bitcoin second layer which offers privacy, speed ...

S13 E17: Hero of Bitcoin on Creating a Bitcoin Video Game for Gameboy

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hero of Bitcoin aims to create and launch a Bitcoin-themed video game for the Gameboy. In this episode, the game's creator talks about the development...

S13 E16: Michele Morucci (MetaMick) on Geyser and Bitcoin Fundraising

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michele Morucci (also known as MetaMick) is the CEO and co-founder of Geyser: a fundraising platform which empowers creators in the Bitcoin space to c...

S13 E15: Aljaz Ceru on Bolt.Observer & Lightning Node Tips

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aljaz Ceru is the CEO and co-founder of Bolt.Observer: a service which helps Lightning network node runners with management and monitoring tools. In t...

S13 E14: Slava Zhygulin & Nick Schteringard on Stroom Network and Increasing Lightning Liquidity

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Opening Lightning Network channels with WBTC and DeFi money from Ethereum? Creating a DAO to pay participants who make the Lightning Network more reli...

S13 E13: Filip Pawczyński on Bitcoin Mining in the Early Days

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ever heard of the Polish-made BiFury USB ASIC miners? That's only one of Filip Pawczyński's OG contributions to Bitcoin mining. In this episode, Fili...

S13 E12: Justyna, Tania & Agnieszka on LOLA Poland (Ladies of Liberty Alliance)

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

During Bitcoin FilmFest in Warsaw, I had the pleasure to interview three members of LOLA (Ladies of Liberty Alliance) Poland. In this episode, you ca...

S13 E11: Matyáš Kuchař on the BTC Prague Conference

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matyáš Kuchař is the co-founder and main organizer of BTC Prague: Europe's largest Bitcoin conference, which promises to bring together more than 1...

S13 E10: Hampus Sjöberg on Blixt Wallet & Bitcoin Development

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hampus Sjöberg is the creator and lead developer of Blixt – a versatile & feature-packed Lightning Network wallet which he builds according to ...

S13 E9: Martijn Wismeijer on GeneralBytes Bitcoin ATMs

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martijn Wismeijer became an international media sensation in 2014 when he implanted an NFC chip in his hand to access his Bitcoin wallet with greater ...

S13 E8: Emzy on Mempool.space, Running Electrum Servers & Quitting His Day Job to Work on Bitcoin

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emzy is a long-time bitcoiner who contributes to the space by running independent nodes and servers. He is also one of the first people to run their o...

S13 E7: Nick Hansen on Luxor, Bitcoin Mining & Ordinals

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Hansen is the CEO of Luxor Mining – a pool which, at the time of this recording, was the 6th biggest in the world. In this interview, we talk a...

S13 E6: Tomek Kolodziejczuk & Pierre Corbin on Bitcoin FilmFest (Warsaw, 24-26 March 2023)

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tomek Kolodziejczuk and Pierre Corbin are the masterminds behind Bitcoin FilmFest – an artistic event which celebrates Bitcoin's cinematic culture i...

S13 E5: Nicholas Gregory on Mercury Wallet & The Lightning Network Integration

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MercuryWallet is one of the most remarkable achievements in Bitcoin privacy. By virtue of Statechains, users can swap UTXOs without leaving any traces...

S13 E4: Lando Rothbardian & Travin Keith on ShopInBit

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ShopInBit is the online store that lets you use your bitcoin to buy laptops, phones, watches & thousands of other items. In this episode, Lando R...

S13 E3: Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions & Bitcoin Culture

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Casey Rodarmor took the Bitcoin world by storm when he launched Ordinals: a modern and simplified approach to Colored Coins which lets anyone upload f...

S13 E2: Nopara73 on Wasabi Wallet's Beginnings and Future

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Since launching in October 2018, Wasabi wallet positioned itself at the avant-garde of Bitcoin privacy. Almost 5 years later, Nopara73 reflects on the...

S13 E1: Eric Sirion & Obi Nwosu on Fedimint & Fedi

28 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Fedimint provides an easy way for people to create Chaumian mints using bitcoin – basically community banks which offer speed, scalability & pri...

S12 E17: Max Hillebrand on Wasabi Wallet's Development Roadmap

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After Wasabi 2.0 launched, what's next for Bitcoin privacy? Max Hillebrand, CEO of ZK Snacks (the company which develops Wasabi) tells us why the Wabi...

S12 E16: Talkin' Bob Dylan Blues with Mike Jarmuz

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Jarmuz is a Bitcoin VC, best known as a co-founder of Lightning Ventures. However, in this interview we don't talk about any of that. Instead, we...

S12 E15: Chris (OB_HODL) on Bumbee

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bumbee is the Bitcoin version of content monetization platforms such as Patreon & OnlyFans. It offers lower fees, a better form of money that can'...

S12 E14: Viktor Vecsei on IVPN & Internet Privacy

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Viktor Vecsei is the COO of IVPN – a VPN service which takes privacy very seriously and also accepts payments via on-chain bitcoin and Lightning. In...

S12 E13: Max Keidun on Baltic Honeybadger & DebiFi

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Max Keidun is best known as a contributor to HodlHodl and co-organizer of the Baltic Honeybadger conference. But this year in Riga, he announced a new...

S12 E12: Max Hampshire on Nym, Tor & Internet Privacy

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Max Hampshire is responsible for developer relations at Nym – an internet privacy project which makes use of Chaumian mixnets in order to break the ...

S12 E11: Lord Kristaps on JoinMarket, Bitcoin Privacy & Open Source Contributions

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kristaps Kaupe (Lord Kristaps) is an open source contributor who works on a handful of Bitcoin projects. Most notably, he is a maintainer of JoinMarke...

S12 E10: Paul Sztorc on Baltic Honeybadger 2022 & BIP 300

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the last day of Baltic Honeybadger 2022, BIP 300 creator and advocate Paul Sztorc joins the show to provide a summary of his two panels on Drivecha...

S12 E9: Christian Rootzoll & Matthew Croughan on RaspiBlitz + NixOS

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This interview is the result of 2 separate recordings which took place in August and October 2022: in the first one, Christian Rootzoll talks about wh...

S12 E8: Lisa Neigut on Running a Core Lightning Node

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Neigut (@niftynei) works on Lightning network projects at Blockstream. In this interview, she provides some practical advice on running your own ...

S12 E7: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky on RGB Layer 3

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Maxim Orlovsky is the lead developer of RGB: a layer 3 protocol that's built on top of the Lightning Network which aims to make it easy for anyone...

S12 E6: Talking Politics with Ben de Waal, Alexandra Moxin & Karo Zagorus

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During Hackers Congress 2022, after longer than a year of exchanging messages and planning, I finally managed to interview Ben de Waal about his left ...

S12 E5: Rodolfo Andragnes on Labitconf's 10th Anniversary

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Labitconf is Bitcoin's own Lollapalooza – this is how Rodolfo Andragnes describes the event that he created. In November 2022, Labitconf celebrates ...

S12 E4: Rahim Taghizadegan on Austrian Economics & Bitcoin as a Cult

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rahim Taghizadegan is an actual Austrian economist who teaches economics in Austria and founded his own university to preserve the tradition – Schol...

S12 E3: Kemal & Noor on the Adopting Bitcoin Conference in El Salvador

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This year's Adopting Bitcoin conference from El Salvador will happen thanks to the efforts of Kemal and Noor. In this episode, they explain the progre...

S12 E2: Amir Taaki on the Early Days of Bitcoin

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amir Taaki joined Bitcoin in late 2010, and is responsible for creating the BIP system, the first alternative Bitcoin client (libbitcoin), and the fir...

S12 E1: Thomas Voegtlin on Electrum Wallet & Lightning Trampoline Nodes

24 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Electrum is the most feature-rich Bitcoin wallet, and creator Thomas Voegtlin has been adding improvements to it since 2011. Right now, Thomas is maki...

S11 E12: Bruce Fenton on Running for the US Senate as a Bitcoiner

21 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After having had enough from the authoritarians, longtime bitcoiner Bruce Fenton has decided to take matters into his own hands and run for the US Se...

S11 E11: Peter Todd on Bitcoin Inflation, Lightning & Privacy

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, Peter Todd published a mathematical paper to explain how tail emission could work om Bitcoin. In this episode, he gets to explain why he thi...

S11 E10: Sergej Kotliar on Bitrefill, Saving Bankers & Bitcoin Shoes

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the CEO of Bitrefill, Sergej Kotliar has been offering a steady, predictable, reliable & seemingly-boring service for 7 years. However, Bitrefi...

S11 E9: Pavol Rusnak (Stick) on Trezor, SatoshiLabs & Open Source

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pavol Rusnak (Stick) is one of the most prolific contributors in the Bitcoin space. Since creating the Trezor hardware wallet with his friend Slush, h...

S11 E8: Joseph Tetek (SatsJoseph) on SatoshiLabs & Bitcoin Education in the Czech Republic

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joseph Tetek (SatsJoseph) is a well-known Bitcoin educator, author, and content producer from the Czech Republic. In this episode, he talks about his ...

S11 E7: Sodomak on Paralelni Polis and Crypto Anarchy

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sodomak is a cryptoanarchist who formerly worked as the CTO of Paralelni Polis in Prague. In this interview, he talks about the philosophical values o...

S11 E6: Nicholas Gregory on Mercury Wallet, Statechains & Privacy

18 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CommerceBlock CEO Nicholas Gregory is one of the engineering masterminds behind Mercury Wallet: a Bitcoin wallet which makes use of Statechains and p...

S11 E5: Charlie Lee on Mimble Wimble Extension Blocks (MWEB)

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Initially, extension blocks & Mimble Wimble were Bitcoin proposals for scalability & privacy. But now that Litecoin married the two with MWEB ...

S11 E4: Adam on the Bitcoin Bar in Budapest

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the heart of Budapest, there is this shrine of Bitcoin culture where you can taste the poison of strong liquors, boost your energy level with a cop...