Bitcoin Takeover Podcast
335 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsOn the Bitcoin Takeover podcast you're going to hear the builders and innovators who make the Bitcoin project valuable. It's thanks to their work that the BTC price goes up, and it's their efforts that convince large investors that Bitcoin is the future of money. Here you will find the projects and ideas that will radically improve Bitcoin in the future, presented by the creators and innovators themselves. Time to learn!
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S15 E39: Pete Rizzo on Bitcoin History, Journalism & Culture
May 29, 2024 23:09 - 1 hour - 156 MBPete Rizzo is a veteran Bitcoin journalist who still remembers the time when Bitcoin & crypto were the same undivided community. In this episode, he talks about why Bitcoin history matters & how he approaches journalism.
S15 E38: Crypsi on Crypto Art & Cypherpunk Culture
May 29, 2024 23:03 - 1 hour - 128 MBCrypsi is the representative of an art collective which expresses its anti-establishment ideas through physical paintings & collages, as well as digitally tokenized ideas. In this episode, he explains why memes are art & why memecoins matter.
S15 E37: Marek Narozniak on MimbleWimble & Quantum Computing
May 24, 2024 21:37 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBMarek Narozniak is a Polish physicist who works on a MimbleWimble implementation that can get added to Bitcoin via extension blocks to become a privacy layer. He also specializes in quantum computing, and busts some FUD about their threat.
S15 E36: Eli Ben-Sasson on STARKs, Rollups & Privacy
May 23, 2024 00:07 - 1 hour - 91 MBBack in 2014, Eli Ben-Sasson co-authored the Zerocash paper, which proposed a ZK SNARK system that creates anonymous Bitcoin payments. Around the same time, he also spoke about the compression benefits of zero-knowledge proofs – a full Bitcoin node can be synced within seconds just by verifying against a valid proof. More recently, he became interested in STARKs and built a company around this cryptographic breakthrough. If SNARKs require a trusted setup, then STARKs are a major leap towards...
S15 E35: Nick Schteringart & Konstantin Wünscher on OpenDelta on Runes
May 17, 2024 07:45 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBOpenDelta is a synthetic dollar (stablecoin) that's built on top of Bitcoin's newly-launched Runes protocol. In this episode, co-founders Nick Schteringart & Konstantin Wünscher discuss about how and why they built this.
S15 E34: Charlie Lee on Privacy & MWEB (Mimble Wimble Extension Block)
April 28, 2024 22:20 - 1 hour - 110 MBMWEB 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% compatible with Bitcoin. In this episode, Charlie Lee explains how MWEB works & why it matters.
S15 E33: David Bailey on Bitcoin Maximalism & Ordinals
April 28, 2024 01:02 - 1 hour - 143 MBDavid Bailey is the owner of Bitcoin Magazine. Ideologically, he is a Bitcoin maximalist who wants everything to happen on Bitcoin and get traded for BTC. During this episode, we also mint a special ordinal... which you can buy for 3.125 BTC!
S15 E32: Aaron Day on CBDCs vs Bitcoin
April 26, 2024 15:48 - 1 hour - 164 MBAaron 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 reasons. Today, Aaron is concerned that adoption might not catch up with the rise of CBDCs.
S15 E31: Ray Youssef on NoOnes & Why Roger Ver Was Right
April 16, 2024 02:09 - 2 hours - 169 MBRay 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. As he describes it, NoOnes is the platform where "everyone eats" – meaning that all parties make advantageous trades that help them feed themselves and their families. Consequently, Ray is an advocate of free market money who agrees with Roger Ver on some points. In this episode, he explains what those points are and why he believes Bitcoin wa...
S15 E30: Charlie Lee on Lightning & Litecoin
April 16, 2024 01:26 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBCharlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin and the current managing director of the Litecoin Foundation. Some may also remember him as Engineering Director at Coinbase. But very notably, Charlie Lee is one of the earliest believers in the power of the Lightning Network and an investor in Lightning Labs. I've decided to invite Charlie on the Bitcoin Takeover podcast for the third time in order to ask him a simple yet puzzling question: how come Litecoin is still successful and thrives in a world ...
S15 E29: Tomek Kolodziejczuk on Bitcoin Film Fest 2024 & The European Halving Party
April 08, 2024 23:38 - 1 hour - 140 MBPolish bitcoiner & libertarian Tomek Kolodziejczuk is co-organizing the 2nd annual Bitcoin Film Fest. In 2024, the event happens at the same time as the European Halving Party. In this episode, we talk about Bitcoin-related art, the current state of cinema, and why the halving (or halvening?) is such a major event.
S15 E28: Deadalnix (Amoury Séchet) on Forking Bitcoin, Big Blocks & Scaling
April 05, 2024 14:55 - 2 hours - 224 MBAmaury 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 about the inflation bug in Bitcoin – yet he chose to not exploit it and collaborate with the Bitcoin Core devs instead. Deadalnix was also one of the first large blockers to figure out that Craig Wright is not Satoshi. On the other hand, he appears to be a fan of dev taxes. Why did he not destroy Bitcoin? Why do large blockers keep on creating ...
S15 E27: Adam Soltys & Cole on Coinos & Lightning Network
March 29, 2024 16:19 - 1 hour - 143 MBAdam 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 Lightning network. Together, they built Coinos: a custodial & newbie-friendly Lightning wallet.
S15 E26: Roger Ver on Bitcoin
March 28, 2024 13:42 - 1 hour - 119 MBAs 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 bring back one of the greatest Bitcoin advocates and entrepreneurs.
S15 E25: Nicholas Gregory & Tom Trevethan on MercuryLayer
March 24, 2024 14:35 - 1 hour - 99.6 MBThanks to the efforts of CommerceBlock CEO Nicholas Gregory and CTO Tom Trevethan, Statechains are now a reality on the MercuryLayer. Originally designed by Ruben Somsen, Statechains serve the purpose of transferring ownership of bitcoins in a private, scalable, and affordable environment. However, the original Statechain design requires the ANYPREVOUT soft fork – something Bitcoin didn't get. But thanks to the efforts of Nicholas Gregory and Thomas Trevethan, MercuryLayer works around the li...
S15 E24: Bryan Bishop on BIPs, Webcash & Biohacking
March 18, 2024 14:09 - 1 hour - 157 MBBryan Bishop is a computer programmer who currently moderates the Bitcoin-dev mailing list and considers a position as BIP editor. In this episode, he talks about his work in Bitcoin, his Webcash experiment, and why he is an advocate of biokaching.
S15 E24: Bryan Bishop on BIPs, Webcash & Biohacking
March 18, 2024 14:09 - 1 hour - 157 MBBryan Bishop is a computer programmer who currently moderates the Bitcoin-dev mailing list and considers a position as BIP editor. In this episode, he talks about his work in Bitcoin, his Webcash experiment, and why he is an advocate of biokaching.
S15 E23: John Carvalho on Lightning, Synonym & Bitcoin
March 14, 2024 01:27 - 2 hours - 180 MBAs the CEO of Synonym, John Carvalho has experimented with many Bitcoin layers & protocols – including OmniBolt, Lightning & sidechains. In this episode, he explains what lessons he's learned and why he believes in more conservative ways to scale Bitcoin.
S15 E23: John Carvalho on Lightning, Synonym & Bitcoin
March 14, 2024 01:27 - 2 hours - 180 MBAs the CEO of Synonym, John Carvalho has experimented with many Bitcoin layers & protocols – including OmniBolt, Lightning & sidechains. In this episode, he explains what lessons he's learned and why he believes in more conservative ways to scale Bitcoin.
S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture
March 07, 2024 23:33 - 2 hours - 237 MBEric Voskuil is the maintainer of Libbitcoin & the author of Cryptoeconomics. In this episode, he offers details about the Libbitcoin incident that took place in the summer of 2023 and also criticizes some aspects of the cult of Michael Saylor.
S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture
March 07, 2024 23:33 - 2 hours - 237 MBEric Voskuil is the maintainer of Libbitcoin & the author of Cryptoeconomics. In this episode, he offers details about the Libbitcoin incident that took place in the summer of 2023 and also criticizes some aspects of the cult of Michael Saylor.
S15 E21: Fiatjaf on Nostr, Drivechains & Why Lightning Sucks
February 22, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 216 MBFiatjaf is the creator of Nostr, a decentralized social media protocol which enables everyone around the world to communicate without censorship. Surprisingly, he doesn't agree with some existing Nostr software, no longer likes Lightning & promotes BIP300
S15 E21: Fiatjaf on Nostr, Drivechains & Why Lightning Sucks
February 22, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 216 MBFiatjaf is the creator of Nostr, a decentralized social media protocol which enables everyone around the world to communicate without censorship. Surprisingly, he doesn't agree with some existing Nostr software, no longer likes Lightning & promotes BIP300. Nostr Bitcoin and Lightning (00:00:47) Fiatjaf's creation Nostr, association with Bitcoin, and differing opinions on its development and use. Creation of Nostr (00:01:55) Decentralization and BlueSky (00:07:31) Comparison between Nostr a...
S15 E20: Bastien & Baudoin on Satochip, Satodime, Seedkeeper & Self-Custody
February 15, 2024 23:50 - 1 hour - 134 MBBastien and Baudoin are the creators and main promoters of Satochip: an affordable self-custody solution which makes use of the smart card technology to provide hardware wallet features. In this episode, they explain how Satochip works & why it's unique.
S15 E20: Bastien & Baudoin on Satochip, Satodime, Seedkeeper & Self-Custody
February 15, 2024 23:50 - 1 hour - 134 MBBastien and Baudoin are the creators and main promoters of Satochip: an affordable self-custody solution which makes use of the smart card technology to provide hardware wallet features. In this episode, they explain how Satochip works & why it's unique.
S15 E19: Alexei Zamyatin on Build on Bitcoin and Layer 2s
February 13, 2024 13:03 - 53 minutes - 99.9 MBAlexei Zamyatin is an academic cryptographer who works on the Build on Bitcoin projects. His approach to scaling Bitcoin with second layers involves some unconventional methods, which he describes in this interview. Zero Knowledge Proofs and Rollups (00:01:21) Discussion of the development of layer two solutions, including zero knowledge proofs and rollups. Defining BitVM Rollups (00:01:58) Explanation of the debate surrounding the definition of zk rollups and the introduction of the new ca...
S15 E18: Orkun Kilic on Citrea, The First ZK Rollups on Bitcoin
February 06, 2024 16:38 - 1 hour - 159 MBZK rollups are certainly promising, as they can bring scalability and privacy to Bitcoin. In this episode, Orkun Kilic talks about Citrea: the first protocol to enable ZK rollups on Bitcoin. He explains the advantages, the tradeoffs & why you should use.
S15 E17: Andrew Poelstra on Covenants (OP_CAT vs OP_CTV)
February 02, 2024 14:14 - 1 hour - 104 MBAndrew Poelstra is a mathematician who heads the research department at Blockstream. Over the years, he experimented with many Bitcoin OP codes – some of which are also enabled on Liquid. In this episode, he explains why he likes and prefers OP_CAT.
S15 E16: Paul Sztorc Talks Bitcoin Scaling, But Can't Say "Drivechains"
January 20, 2024 01:06 - 3 hours - 292 MBPaul Sztorc returns with a twist: he's talking about sidechains, rollups, BitVM, Lightning, and ever other scaling solution... but can't say the words "Drivechain" or "BIP 300". If he breaks the rule, he must send a Lightning transaction and drink vodka.
S15 E16: Paul Sztorc Talks Bitcoin Scaling, But Can't Say "Drivechains"
January 20, 2024 01:06 - 3 hours - 292 MBPaul Sztorc returns with a twist: he's talking about sidechains, rollups, BitVM, Lightning, and ever other scaling solution... but can't say the words "Drivechain" or "BIP 300". If he breaks the rule, he must send a Lightning transaction and drink vodka.
S15 E15: Aaron van Wirdum on The Genesis Book & Bitcoin Pre-History
January 12, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour - 104 MBAaron 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 working on this project, he launched The Genesis Book: a reflection on the history before Bitcoin.
S15 E15: Aaron van Wirdum on The Genesis Book & Bitcoin Pre-History
January 12, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour - 104 MBAaron 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 working on this project, he launched The Genesis Book: a reflection on the history before Bitcoin.
S15 E14: Nicolas Dorier on BTCPay, NBitcoin, TumbleBit & Coding Bitcoin in C#
December 31, 2023 17:14 - 1 hour - 209 MBNicolas Dorier talks about the early days of BTCPay Server, activating SegWit before it was cool on NBitcoin, contributing to TumbleBit, writing a book about coding Bitcoin projects in C#, and working with colored coins.
S15 E14: Nicolas Dorier on BTCPay, NBitcoin, TumbleBit & Coding Bitcoin in C#
December 31, 2023 17:14 - 1 hour - 209 MBNicolas Dorier talks about the early days of BTCPay Server, activating SegWit before it was cool on NBitcoin, contributing to TumbleBit, writing a book about coding Bitcoin projects in C#, and working with colored coins.
S15 E13: Robin Linus on BitVM & Permissionless Bitcoin Development
December 31, 2023 15:47 - 1 hour - 155 MBRobin Linus revolutionized Bitcoin development in 2023 with BitVM: a virtual machine that can do off-chain computation for the purpose of enabling smart contracts. With it, Bitcoin can get trust minimized sidechains. But there are so many more uses cases!
S15 E13: Robin Linus on BitVM & Permissionless Bitcoin Development
December 31, 2023 15:47 - 1 hour - 155 MBRobin Linus revolutionized Bitcoin development in 2023 with BitVM: a virtual machine that can do off-chain computation for the purpose of enabling smart contracts. With it, Bitcoin can get trust minimized sidechains. But there are so many more uses cases!
S15 E12: Agustin Kassis & Mariano on La Crypta, La Wallet & Bitcoin in Argentina
December 31, 2023 14:37 - 1 hour - 124 MBAgustin Kassis & Mariano are Argentinian bitcoiners who work in a Fight Club-style house to build La Wallet: a Lightning wallet which is associated with a Nostr account and enables users to have both a payments card and a digital identity device.
S15 E12: Agustin Kassis & Mariano on La Crypta, La Wallet & Bitcoin in Argentina
December 31, 2023 14:37 - 1 hour - 124 MBAgustin Kassis & Mariano are Argentinian bitcoiners who work in a Fight Club-style house to build La Wallet: a Lightning wallet which is associated with a Nostr account and enables users to have both a payments card and a digital identity device.
S15 E11: Satoshi Sound on The Upcoming Bitcoin & Friends Cartoon Reboot
December 31, 2023 14:11 - 1 hour - 153 MBBitcoin & Friends was a pretty popular original cartoon back in 2019 and 2020. On January 3rd 2024, thanks to some major breakthroughs in animation software, the series is getting a reboot which takes the story to a whole new level. Stay tuned!
S15 E11: Satoshi Sound on The Upcoming Bitcoin & Friends Cartoon Reboot
December 31, 2023 14:11 - 1 hour - 153 MBBitcoin & Friends was a pretty popular original cartoon back in 2019 and 2020. On January 3rd 2024, thanks to some major breakthroughs in animation software, the series is getting a reboot which takes the story to a whole new level. Stay tuned!
S15 E10: Tuur Demeester on His Bitcoin Investment Thesis & The Supra Cycle
December 31, 2023 13:23 - 1 hour - 185 MBTuur Demeester is a prominent Bitcoin investor who strongly believes in the power of Bitcoin-only companies. In this episode, he explains how and why he invests in Bitcoin projects, suggests when market tops are reached & comments on the Supra Cycle.
S15 E10: Tuur Demeester on His Bitcoin Investment Thesis & The Supra Cycle
December 31, 2023 13:23 - 1 hour - 185 MBTuur Demeester is a prominent Bitcoin investor who strongly believes in the power of Bitcoin-only companies. In this episode, he explains how and why he invests in Bitcoin projects, suggests when market tops are reached & comments on the Supra Cycle.
S15 E9: Kevin Loaec on Liana Wallet, Miniscript & Hardware Wallets
December 31, 2023 12:31 - 1 hour - 145 MBKevin Loaec is the CEO of Wizardsardine – the Bitcoin company that builds Liana wallet, a powerful piece of software which optimizes for inheritance. In this episode, Kevin explains why miniscript matters & how he rates the most popular hardware wallets.
S15 E9: Kevin Loaec on Liana Wallet, Miniscript & Hardware Wallets
December 31, 2023 12:31 - 1 hour - 145 MBKevin Loaec is the CEO of Wizardsardine – the Bitcoin company that builds Liana wallet, a powerful piece of software which optimizes for inheritance. In this episode, Kevin explains why miniscript matters & how he rates the most popular hardware wallets.
S15 E8: Ryan Condron on Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate Markets & Lumerin
December 31, 2023 02:40 - 41 minutes - 77.1 MBRyan 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 first people to run ASICs. Today, he aims to decentralize hashrate with Lumerin – a hashrate marketplace. Ryan Condron has been mining Bitcoin for longer than a decade. In the beginning, he started out with a rack of video cards. Soon, he had to upgrade his hardware to include FPGAs. In less than a year, ASICs became a reality and every serious mi...
S15 E8: Ryan Condron on Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate Markets & Lumerin
December 31, 2023 02:40 - 41 minutes - 77.1 MBRyan 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 first people to run ASICs. Today, he aims to decentralize hashrate with Lumerin – a hashrate marketplace.
S15 E7: Sergio Demian Lerner on Rootstock, Satoshi's Bitcoins, Drivechains via BitVM & Bitcoin Scaling
December 31, 2023 01:29 - 57 minutes - 107 MBSergio Demian Lerner has made a plethora of contributions to Bitcoin: from finding early security bugs, and all the way to designing & launching the first sidechain RSK. In this interview, he talks about his work & research – with a focus on the future.
S15 E7: Sergio Demian Lerner on Rootstock, Satoshi's Bitcoins, Drivechains via BitVM & Bitcoin Scaling
December 31, 2023 01:29 - 57 minutes - 107 MBSergio Demian Lerner has made a plethora of contributions to Bitcoin: from finding early security bugs, and all the way to designing & launching the first sidechain RSK. In this interview, he talks about his work & research – with a focus on the future.
S15 E6: John Light, Super Testnet & Alexei Zamyatin on Improving Bitcoin
December 30, 2023 23:55 - 57 minutes - 106 MBJohn Light, Super Testnet and Alexei Zamyatin are part of the new generation of Bitcoin developers. They like zero knowledge proofs, they're opinionated when defending covenants & they are not afraid to look for breakthroughs beyond the Bitcoin research.
S15 E6: John Light, Super Testnet & Alexei Zamyatin on Improving Bitcoin
December 30, 2023 23:55 - 57 minutes - 106 MBJohn Light, Super Testnet and Alexei Zamyatin are part of the new generation of Bitcoin developers. They like zero knowledge proofs, they're opinionated when defending covenants & they are not afraid to look for breakthroughs beyond the Bitcoin research.