Warning: this show contains critical thinking and real conversations with real bitcoiners. Both the host and the guests are not afraid of being critical, they constantly express the unpopular opinions that others don't even dare to utter, but in the end still conclude that Bitcoin is still the best money system humanity has ever had. It's going to take over the world, but we must ensure we use all the best practices of sovereignty and self custody. If you do proceed in spite of this warning, you will have a lot to learn from genuine people who use Bitcoin all around the world. While Bitcoin's financial, social and political takeover happens, you can learn more about it on the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast!
S15 E24: Bryan Bishop on BIPs, Webcash & Biohacking
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 talks about his work in Bitcoin, his Webcash experiment, and why he is an advocate of biokaching.
3/18/2024 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 12 seconds
S15 E23: John Carvalho on Lightning, Synonym & Bitcoin
As 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.
3/14/2024 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 15 seconds
S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture
Eric 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.
3/7/2024 • 2 hours, 52 minutes, 14 seconds
S15 E21: Fiatjaf on Nostr, Drivechains & Why Lightning Sucks
Fiatjaf 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
Bastien 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.
2/15/2024 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 38 seconds
S15 E19: Alexei Zamyatin on Build on Bitcoin and Layer 2s
Alexei 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. He also seems to like OP_CAT over CTV.
2/13/2024 • 53 minutes, 55 seconds
S15 E18: Orkun Kilic on Citrea, The First ZK Rollups on Bitcoin
ZK 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.
2/6/2024 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 45 seconds
S15 E17: Andrew Poelstra on Covenants (OP_CAT vs OP_CTV)
Andrew 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.
2/2/2024 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 53 seconds
S15 E16: Paul Sztorc Talks Bitcoin Scaling, But Can't Say "Drivechains"
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 "Drivechain" or "BIP 300". If he breaks the rule, he must send a Lightning transaction and drink vodka.
1/20/2024 • 3 hours, 32 minutes, 41 seconds
S15 E15: Aaron van Wirdum on The Genesis Book & Bitcoin Pre-History
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 working on this project, he launched The Genesis Book: a reflection on the history before Bitcoin.
1/12/2024 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 58 seconds
S15 E14: Nicolas Dorier on BTCPay, NBitcoin, TumbleBit & Coding Bitcoin in C#
Nicolas 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.
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 46 seconds
S15 E13: Robin Linus on BitVM & Permissionless Bitcoin Development
Robin 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!
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 5 seconds
S15 E12: Agustin Kassis & Mariano on La Crypta, La Wallet & Bitcoin in Argentina
Agustin 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.
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 11 seconds
S15 E12: Agustin Kassis & Mariano on La Crypta, La Wallet & Bitcoin in Argentina
Agustin 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.
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 10 seconds
S15 E11: Satoshi Sound on The Upcoming Bitcoin & Friends Cartoon Reboot
Bitcoin & 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!
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 52 seconds
S15 E10: Tuur Demeester on His Bitcoin Investment Thesis & The Supra Cycle
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 he invests in Bitcoin projects, suggests when market tops are reached & comments on the Supra Cycle.
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 6 seconds
S15 E9: Kevin Loaec on Liana Wallet, Miniscript & Hardware Wallets
Kevin 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.
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 32 seconds
S15 E8: Ryan Condron on Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate Markets & Lumerin
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 first people to run ASICs. Today, he aims to decentralize hashrate with Lumerin – a hashrate marketplace.
12/31/2023 • 41 minutes, 38 seconds
S15 E7: Sergio Demian Lerner on Rootstock, Satoshi's Bitcoins, Drivechains via BitVM & Bitcoin Scaling
Sergio 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.
12/31/2023 • 57 minutes, 21 seconds
S15 E6: John Light, Super Testnet & Alexei Zamyatin on Improving Bitcoin
John 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.
12/30/2023 • 57 minutes, 21 seconds
S15 E5: Edan Yago on Sovryn, Bitcoin DeFi & Challenging the Orthodoxy
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 first sidechain) and it conceptually goes against most mainstream narratives about what Bitcoin can do.
12/30/2023 • 38 minutes, 20 seconds
S15 E4: Alexis Roussel on Nym, Privacy & Suing the Swiss Financial Regulator
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 Nym mixnet system and he's fighting for the rights of the individual in Switzerland.
12/30/2023 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 29 seconds
S15 E3: Hernán Marino on Bitcoin in Argentina & Becoming a Bitcoin Core Developer
Hernán Marino is an Argentinian bitcoiner who recently started contributing to Bitcoin Core. In this episode, he talks about his views on Bitcoin maximalism, what it's like to be a bitcoiner in a hyperinflationary country, and his hopes for the future.
12/30/2023 • 48 minutes, 55 seconds
S15 E2: Sergi Delgado on Developing Bitcoin at Chaincode Labs
Sergi Delgado is an engineer at Chaincode Labs, whose specialization and previous academic research is in peer to peer (P2P) networks. In this episode, he talks about his views on existing proposals to improve Bitcoin.
12/30/2023 • 1 hour, 39 seconds
S15 E1: Max Hillebrand & Lando Rothbardian on Integrating ShopInBit's "Buy Anything" Into Wasabi Wallet
Wasabi Wallet now offers a "Buy Anything" button that lets you buy physical items with greater privacy?! How does that even work? ZK Snacks CEO Max Hillebrand & ShopInBit CEO Lando Rothbardian join the show to explain everything about this integration.
12/30/2023 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 6 seconds
S14 E21: Rafael Cordon on How Bitcoin Saved the Elections in Guatemala with OpenTimeStamps
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 OpenTimeStamps and how they can leverage the Bitcoin blockchain to prove that something really happened.
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 bitcoin in a peer to peer fashion. In this episode, she explains why you should consider using Vexl.
11/6/2023 • 46 minutes, 40 seconds
S14 E19: Martin and Igor on Firefish, a Bitcoin-Backed Lending Platform
Firefish enables people to borrow fiat money against their bitcoins in a trust-minimized way, using a multisig setup with oracles. Martin and Igor, the two FireFish co-founders, talk about how and why you should be using their service.
11/2/2023 • 42 minutes, 20 seconds
S14 E18: Lisa Neigut & Calle on Scaling Bitcoin & Free Open Source Software
Lisa Neight (creator of the Base58 Bitcoin academy) and Calle (creator of Cashu) joined the Bitcoin Takeover podcast during the Hackers Congress in Prague. They speak about free open source software, popular Bitcoin scaling solutions, cars & more!
10/28/2023 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 38 seconds
S14 E17: Rodolfo Andragnes on Labitconf 2023 & Argentinian Elections
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. Rodolfo Andragnes tells us all about the event & his hopes for a libertarian president like Javier Milei.
10/25/2023 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 51 seconds
S14 E16: Philipp Hoenisch on 10101 Synthetic Bitcoin Stablecoins
Philipp Hoenisch is the founder of 101010: a project which aims to create synthetic bitcoin-backed stablecoins on top of the Lightning network. These stablecoins aim to minimize trust, as there's no central issuer or institution in the middle.
10/23/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 5 seconds
S14 E15: Phil Zimmermann on Bitcoin, Cryptography & PGP
Phil Zimmermann is the creator of PGP & the cryptographer who made it safe to publish cryptography projects on the internet. In this episode, Mr. Zimmermann talks about Bitcoin, his opinion on various cryptography projects & his friendship with Hal Finney
10/19/2023 • 36 minutes, 1 second
S14 E14: Michael Bumann on Building Alby, Nostr & Lightning Network Development
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 wallets for sending and receiving Nostr zaps. In this episode, he explains more about his work & vision.
10/10/2023 • 56 minutes, 42 seconds
S14 E13: Paul Sztorc Reacts to Drivechains Reactions
In this episode, Paul Sztorc reacts to 3 of the most significant reactions to Drivechains: Shinobi's article from Bitcoin Magazine, the Baltic Honeybadger 2023 panel which mostly covered Drivechains, and his Tabconf 2023 debate with Peter Todd.
9/20/2023 • 5 hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds
S14 E12: Sam Lee on Bitcoin in Hong Kong
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 bitcoiner in Hong Kong and how the experience differs from the one in Mainland China.
9/9/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 36 seconds
S14 E11: Pavlenex, Kukks & Anna on BTCPay App at Baltic Honeybadger 2023
At Baltic Honeybadger 2023, BTCPay server announced a new mobile app which will run LDK/Spiral software in the background to make the merchant experience as simple as can get. In this drunkast with Pavlenex, Kukks & Anna, they explain how it all works.
9/7/2023 • 40 minutes, 54 seconds
S14 E10: Paul Sztorc on Drivechains & Attacking Bitcoin
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 Sztorc has been accused of attacking Bitcoin and being the new Mike Hearn. But are Drivechains that bad?
Jameson Lopp, popular cypherpunk and and advocate for anarcho-capitalism, makes his Bitcoin Takeover podcast debut to talk about his work at Casa, self-custody, his views on Bitcoin maximalism, and why it's important to test your backup devices.
8/23/2023 • 1 hour, 19 seconds
S14 E8: Fadi Barbàra on DMix & Bitcoin Privacy
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 CoinJoins by integrating a pre-mix transaction that makes use of Taproot multisigs.
8/17/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 27 seconds
S14 E7: Martin Habovštiak on Firefish & Bitcoin Development
Martin Habovštiak is a cypherpunk from Slovakia, best known for contributing with code to many open source Bitcoin projects (Electrum Rust, BTCPay, Bitcoin Core, LND, Phoenix Wallet). He also co-founded Paralelna Polis in Bratislava & coded Firefish.
8/7/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 9 seconds
S14 E6: Mike in Space on STAMPs & Attacking Bitcoin
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 Bitcoin, but this use case is so heavily criticized by some community members that they call it an attack.
8/2/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 8 seconds
S14 E5: Ben Arc on LNBits and Nostr
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 Bitcoin thanks to its modularity and openness to plugins. Ben is also one of the founding fathers of Nostr.
7/21/2023 • 53 minutes, 46 seconds
S14 E4: Peter Todd vs Sergej Korliar on Full RBF
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 other side, Bitrefill CEO Sergej Kotliar thinks RBF is bad for business. This is the RBF debate.
7/11/2023 • 46 minutes, 26 seconds
S14 E3: Matej Zak on Trezor's New Hardware
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 Tropic Square chips, controversies concerning the Wasabi CoinJoin integration & his views on adoption.
7/8/2023 • 48 minutes, 59 seconds
S14 E2: Nicholas Gregory & Ray Youssef on Civ Kit & P2P Marketplaces
MercuryWallet mastermind Nicholas Gregory & former Paxful CEO Ray Youssef have joined forces to create Civ Kit: a peer to peer marketplace framework which is built on top of Nostr & enables anyone to do commerce with great scalability & advanced relaying.
6/15/2023 • 2 hours, 16 minutes, 34 seconds
S14 E1: Burak Keceli on Ark & Bitcoin 2nd Layers
While trying to improve on some of the Lightning Network's shortcomings, Burak Keceli created Ark: a Bitcoin second layer which offers privacy, speed & a user experience which resembles that of the main chain. In this episode, he explains how Ark works.
5/29/2023 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 34 seconds
S13 E17: Hero of Bitcoin on Creating a Bitcoin Video Game for Gameboy
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 process and all the hidden Easter eggs which relate to Bitcoin culture. Support the game on Geyser!
5/17/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 11 seconds
S13 E16: Michele Morucci (MetaMick) on Geyser and Bitcoin Fundraising
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 crowdfund their projects via Lightning Network. In this episode, Michele tells us everything about Geyser.
5/11/2023 • 38 minutes, 32 seconds
S13 E15: Aljaz Ceru on Bolt.Observer & Lightning Node Tips
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 this episode, he offers some advice on what mistakes you should avoid when managing your home node.
5/4/2023 • 44 minutes, 10 seconds
S13 E14: Slava Zhygulin & Nick Schteringard on Stroom Network and Increasing Lightning Liquidity
Opening Lightning Network channels with WBTC and DeFi money from Ethereum? Creating a DAO to pay participants who make the Lightning Network more reliable? This sounds blasphemous, but it's what the Stroom Network aims to do. Slava & Nick explain it all.
4/26/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 53 seconds
S13 E13: Filip Pawczyński on Bitcoin Mining in the Early Days
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, Filip reminisces about the early days of Bitcoin mining and comments on the industrialization of mining.
4/19/2023 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 51 seconds
S13 E12: Justyna, Tania & Agnieszka on LOLA Poland (Ladies of Liberty Alliance)
During Bitcoin FilmFest in Warsaw, I had the pleasure to interview three members of LOLA (Ladies of Liberty Alliance) Poland. In this episode, you can hear Justyna Piątek-Pawłowska, Agnieszka Plonka & Tania Rak talk about freedom, Ayn Rand & Bitcoin.
4/12/2023 • 25 minutes, 48 seconds
S13 E11: Matyáš Kuchař on the BTC Prague Conference
Matyáš Kuchař is the co-founder and main organizer of BTC Prague: Europe's largest Bitcoin conference, which promises to bring together more than 10.000 attendees and some of the finest speakers in the space. Here's why you should buy a ticket to Prague.
4/5/2023 • 27 minutes, 31 seconds
S13 E10: Hampus Sjöberg on Blixt Wallet & Bitcoin Development
Hampus Sjöberg is the creator and lead developer of Blixt – a versatile & feature-packed Lightning Network wallet which he builds according to his own perfectionist expectations. In this interview, we talk about Blixt & unpopular opinions about Bitcoin.
3/28/2023 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 33 seconds
S13 E9: Martijn Wismeijer on GeneralBytes Bitcoin ATMs
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 ease. Today, he is in charge of GeneralBytes' marketing department, pushing for wider Bitcoin adoption.
3/22/2023 • 2 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds
S13 E8: Emzy on Mempool.space, Running Electrum Servers & Quitting His Day Job to Work on Bitcoin
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 own mempool.space client. In this episode, he shares some of his experiences with working in Bitcoin.
3/15/2023 • 55 minutes, 21 seconds
S13 E7: Nick Hansen on Luxor, Bitcoin Mining & Ordinals
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 about Bitcoin mining, Luxor's business model & Nick's strange fascination with ordinal inscriptions.
3/8/2023 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 3 seconds
S13 E6: Tomek Kolodziejczuk & Pierre Corbin on Bitcoin FilmFest (Warsaw, 24-26 March 2023)
Tomek Kolodziejczuk and Pierre Corbin are the masterminds behind Bitcoin FilmFest – an artistic event which celebrates Bitcoin's cinematic culture in the heart of Europe (Warsaw, Poland, March 24-26 2023). In this episode, they explain why you should join
2/28/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 33 seconds
S13 E5: Nicholas Gregory on Mercury Wallet & The Lightning Network Integration
MercuryWallet is one of the most remarkable achievements in Bitcoin privacy. By virtue of Statechains, users can swap UTXOs without leaving any traces. More recently, CommerceBlock wants to bring Mercury to mobile devices with some cool Lightning features
2/22/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 30 seconds
S13 E4: Lando Rothbardian & Travin Keith on ShopInBit
ShopInBit is the online store that lets you use your bitcoin to buy laptops, phones, watches & thousands of other items. In this episode, Lando Rothbardian & Travin Keith explain how they made it all happen & why you should use your BTC for shopping.
2/14/2023 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 11 seconds
S13 E3: Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions & Bitcoin Culture
Casey Rodarmor took the Bitcoin world by storm when he launched Ordinals: a modern and simplified approach to Colored Coins which lets anyone upload files to the Bitcoin blockchain to create digital artifacts (inscriptions). But what are the pros & cons?
2/6/2023 • 3 hours, 21 minutes, 31 seconds
S13 E2: Nopara73 on Wasabi Wallet's Beginnings and Future
Since launching in October 2018, Wasabi wallet positioned itself at the avant-garde of Bitcoin privacy. Almost 5 years later, Nopara73 reflects on the ideas and research that led to the creation of Wasabi, and also makes some predictions for the future.
2/3/2023 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 28 seconds
S13 E1: Eric Sirion & Obi Nwosu on Fedimint & Fedi
Fedimint provides an easy way for people to create Chaumian mints using bitcoin – basically community banks which offer speed, scalability & privacy at the expense of trusting the bankers. In this episode, Eric Sirion and Obi Nwosu explain how it works.
1/28/2023 • 48 minutes, 50 seconds
S12 E17: Max Hillebrand on Wasabi Wallet's Development Roadmap
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 Wabisabi protocol is such a big deal, what kind of challenges lie ahead & what is on the development roadmap.
1/5/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 33 seconds
S12 E16: Talkin' Bob Dylan Blues with Mike Jarmuz
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 express our mutual love for Bob Dylan's music and share experiences from various concerts we attended.
1/3/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 24 seconds
S12 E15: Chris (OB_HODL) on Bumbee
Bumbee is the Bitcoin version of content monetization platforms such as Patreon & OnlyFans. It offers lower fees, a better form of money that can't be censored & the promise of fairness. In this episode, Chris (OB_HODL) explains how Bumbee helps creators.
12/30/2022 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 33 seconds
S12 E14: Viktor Vecsei on IVPN & Internet Privacy
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 this episode, Viktor talks about what VPN services do, explains their limitations & compares their offers
12/21/2022 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 14 seconds
S12 E13: Max Keidun on Baltic Honeybadger & DebiFi
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 project: DebiFi, a bitcoin lending aggregator which helps take loans & borrow money without custodians.
12/15/2022 • 39 minutes, 25 seconds
S12 E12: Max Hampshire on Nym, Tor & Internet Privacy
Max Hampshire is responsible for developer relations at Nym – an internet privacy project which makes use of Chaumian mixnets in order to break the link between data packets. It's one of the most promising projects & definitely one worth learning about.
12/9/2022 • 54 minutes, 50 seconds
S12 E11: Lord Kristaps on JoinMarket, Bitcoin Privacy & Open Source Contributions
Kristaps Kaupe (Lord Kristaps) is an open source contributor who works on a handful of Bitcoin projects. Most notably, he is a maintainer of JoinMarket & a contributor to Bitcoin Core, RaspiBolt & SatSale. In this episode, he talks about privacy & more.
11/30/2022 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 25 seconds
S12 E10: Paul Sztorc on Baltic Honeybadger 2022 & BIP 300
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 Drivechaina and unpopular Bitcoin opinions. When he doesn't explain technical concepts, Paul makes funny jokes.
11/21/2022 • 54 minutes, 3 seconds
S12 E9: Christian Rootzoll & Matthew Croughan on RaspiBlitz + NixOS
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 what's new with RaspiBlitz. In the second part, Matthew Croughan joins to talk about integrating NixOS.
11/15/2022 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 9 seconds
S12 E8: Lisa Neigut on Running a Core Lightning Node
Lisa Neigut (@niftynei) works on Lightning network projects at Blockstream. In this interview, she provides some practical advice on running your own Core Lightning node on a home device. Also, she explains what happened to LND lately.
11/10/2022 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 47 seconds
S12 E7: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky on RGB Layer 3
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 to issue tokens, stablecoins & NFTs in a scalable client side-validated way.
11/2/2022 • 41 minutes, 31 seconds
S12 E6: Talking Politics with Ben de Waal, Alexandra Moxin & Karo Zagorus
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 anarchist political views. Spontaneously, Alexandra Moxin & Karo Zagorus also decided to join.
10/24/2022 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 47 seconds
S12 E5: Rodolfo Andragnes on Labitconf's 10th Anniversary
Labitconf is Bitcoin's own Lollapalooza – this is how Rodolfo Andragnes describes the event that he created. In November 2022, Labitconf celebrates its 10th annual anniversary, with a football world cup-themed return to the home country of Argentina.
10/19/2022 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 14 seconds
S12 E4: Rahim Taghizadegan on Austrian Economics & Bitcoin as a Cult
Rahim Taghizadegan is an actual Austrian economist who teaches economics in Austria and founded his own university to preserve the tradition – Scholarium. In this episode, he explains the nuances of Bitcoin's cult-like culture & how he sees the future.
10/12/2022 • 2 hours, 41 minutes, 10 seconds
S12 E3: Kemal & Noor on the Adopting Bitcoin Conference in El Salvador
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 progress that the country has made in the year that has passed since it adopted Bitcoin as legal tender.
10/5/2022 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 54 seconds
S12 E2: Amir Taaki on the Early Days of Bitcoin
Amir Taaki joined Bitcoin in late 2010, and is responsible for creating the BIP system, the first alternative Bitcoin client (libbitcoin), and the first privacy-focused wallet (DarkWallet). In this interview, he reflects on the early days of Bitcoin.
9/28/2022 • 43 minutes, 18 seconds
S12 E1: Thomas Voegtlin on Electrum Wallet & Lightning Trampoline Nodes
Electrum is the most feature-rich Bitcoin wallet, and creator Thomas Voegtlin has been adding improvements to it since 2011. Right now, Thomas is making the Lightning Network accessible with Trampoline nodes that don't need to be online 24/7.
9/24/2022 • 56 minutes, 51 seconds
S11 E12: Bruce Fenton on Running for the US Senate as a Bitcoiner
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 Senate to represent New Hampshire. In this interview, he explains why & gives us an insight of his platform
8/21/2022 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 1 second
S11 E11: Peter Todd on Bitcoin Inflation, Lightning & Privacy
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 thinks inflation is necessary to secure the Bitcoin network as the mining rewards get halved every 4 years.
As the CEO of Bitrefill, Sergej Kotliar has been offering a steady, predictable, reliable & seemingly-boring service for 7 years. However, Bitrefill is anything but boring: these days, the gift card company is trying to save the bankers & make NBA shoes!
7/20/2022 • 45 minutes, 31 seconds
S11 E9: Pavol Rusnak (Stick) on Trezor, SatoshiLabs & Open Source
Pavol Rusnak (Stick) is one of the most prolific contributors in the Bitcoin space. Since creating the Trezor hardware wallet with his friend Slush, he worked tirelessly to create open source standards that make using BTC more secure and private.
7/12/2022 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 14 seconds
S11 E8: Joseph Tetek (SatsJoseph) on SatoshiLabs & Bitcoin Education in the Czech Republic
Joseph Tetek (SatsJoseph) is a well-known Bitcoin educator, author, and content producer from the Czech Republic. In this episode, he talks about his work at Satoshi Labs, some upcoming Trezor projects, and what it's like to promote Bitcoin in Czech.
7/5/2022 • 41 minutes, 32 seconds
S11 E7: Sodomak on Paralelni Polis and Crypto Anarchy
Sodomak is a cryptoanarchist who formerly worked as the CTO of Paralelni Polis in Prague. In this interview, he talks about the philosophical values of Paralelni Polis, the cafe's origins, and how it provides Bitcoin education to every customer.
6/28/2022 • 53 minutes, 16 seconds
S11 E6: Nicholas Gregory on Mercury Wallet, Statechains & Privacy
CommerceBlock CEO Nicholas Gregory is one of the engineering masterminds behind Mercury Wallet: a Bitcoin wallet which makes use of Statechains and provides privacy via CoinSwaps. In this interview, Nicholas talks about making bitcoin work as money.
6/18/2022 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 9 seconds
S11 E5: Charlie Lee on Mimble Wimble Extension Blocks (MWEB)
Initially, extension blocks & Mimble Wimble were Bitcoin proposals for scalability & privacy. But now that Litecoin married the two with MWEB via soft fork, Charlie Lee explains if & how we can have this solution type of solution added into Bitcoin.
6/7/2022 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 44 seconds
S11 E4: Adam on the Bitcoin Bar in Budapest
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 copy, and pay your bill with BTC. In this episode, I interview Bitcoin Bar co-owner Adam.
6/7/2022 • 16 minutes, 53 seconds
S11 E3: Adrian, Patrick & Bastian on Lipa
Lipa is a Swiss-made open source project which aims to provide an easy way for small businesses (restaurants, bars, clubs) to accept bitcoin payments via Lightning network. In this episode, co-founders Adrian, Patrick, and Bastian explain how Lipa works.
5/27/2022 • 26 minutes, 14 seconds
S11 E2: Karliatto and Chill on Bleskomat, An Open Source Bitcoin ATM
Bleskomat is an open source project which aims to create a universally accessible Bitcoin ATM that swaps your dirty fiat currency for BTC via Lightning network. In this episode, co-founders Karliatto and Chill explain how their ATM works.
5/12/2022 • 34 minutes, 48 seconds
S11 E1: Pavlenex & Kukks (BTCPay) + Simon (Mempool.space) on Bitcoin Free Open Source Software
This season premiere is all about promoting the ethos of free open source software. Pavlenex and Kykks from BTCPay Server, accompanied by Mempool.space mastermind Soft Simon talk about their work and advice newcomers about the challenges of Bitcoin FOSS.
5/9/2022 • 56 minutes, 21 seconds
S10 E11: Rare Scrilla on DJPEPE, Music NFTs & Why Counterparty Is King
Rare Scrilla (formerly known as JScrilla) is a hip hop artist, music producer, and on of the most celebrated Bitcoin artists around. In this episode, Scrilla expresses his love for frogs, Bitcoin's Counterparty protocol, and the DJPEPE cards.
4/3/2022 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 38 seconds
S10 E10: Joe Looney & Shawn Leary on Rare Pepes & The History of Counterparty
Joe Looney and Shawn Leary were there when the first Rare Pepe card was created. And as true scientists, they instantly started contributing with both art and infrastructure. In this episode, they talk about frog memes and the history of Counterparty.
3/21/2022 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 9 seconds
S10 E9: Giacomo Zucco Ranks the Scamminess of Projects Built on Bitcoin
Giacomo Zucco did to Bitcoin maximalism what Elvis Presley has done to rock n roll: he didn't invent it, but he popularized it to the masses. And when Counterparty and Omni are making a comeback while Stacks rises, it is his duty to rate their scamminess.
2/23/2022 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 21 seconds
S10 E8: Harry Halpin on Nym, Mixnets, Tor, and Rediscovering Forgotten Cypherpunk Inventions
Harry Halpin is a privacy lover and freedom advocate who embarked on an ambitious journey to create a better Tor, which is actually decentralized and provides incentives. The name of his project is Nym & it makes use of mixnets to prevent traffic analysis
2/20/2022 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 3 seconds
S10 E7: Yuval Kogman (nothingmuch) on Improving Bitcoin Privacy
When I first met Yuval in November 2021, he was working to improve the Wabisabi protocol, trying to make Bitcoin transactions truly private. In this episode, we talks about both the innovations and challenges that we must face to attain fungibility.
Nik Oraevskiy is the CEO & co-founder of Bitcoin Reserve – a European non-custodial Bitcoin exchange which looks into adding all sorts of features & integrations (including Lightning, Liquid, and auto DCA). In this episode, we talk about keeping it real.
2/2/2022 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 9 seconds
S10 E5: Lucas Ontivero on Wasabi Wallet, Wabisabi & Bitcoin Privacy
Lucas Ontivero is Nopara's first employee at Wasabi wallet. As a matter of fact, when he joined it wasn't even called Wasabi: the first name was Hidden Wallet. In this episode, Lucas talks about Bitcoin privacy research & the Wabisabi CoinJoin protocol.
1/22/2022 • 2 hours, 13 minutes, 57 seconds
S10 E4: Juan Galt on RarePepeWorld & Bitcoin NFTs
Juan Galt is a Bitcoin journalist and consultant who decided to go full-time Rare Pepe scientist. He sees historical value in Bitcoin (Counterparty) NFTs & also considers that we're witnessing the dawn of a new asset class. But is it really this bullish?
1/16/2022 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 44 seconds
S10 Special: Chris DeRose on Counterparty NFTs, Web 3 & Ladyboys
Chris DeRose joins the Bitcoin Takeover podcast for the 3rd time to talk about how he has been right all along about Counterparty, why he's never selling his Rare Pepes, and to which extent web 3 is a scam. Watch out for the rare DEROSEHEAD NFT cards!
1/11/2022 • 2 hours, 59 minutes, 55 seconds
S10 E3: Christian Moss, Shaban Shaame & Koji Higashi on Legendary Bitcoin NFTs
If you spend more than 10 minutes in the Bitcoin Counterparty NFT realm, you're gonna hear about Spells of Genesis, Rare Pepes & SaruTobi. Well, this episode's guests are the OGs who created them & envisioned using blockchain assets as video game items.
1/8/2022 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 13 seconds
S10 E2: Theo Goodman on Rare Pepes and Bitcoin Counterparty NFTs
Theo Goodman is a man of many talents: he writes, records, and produces music videos about Bitcoin, he draws frog memes, and also gives talks at conferences. Theo was one of the earliest Rare Pepe scientists. In this episode, he shares his wisdom.
12/29/2021 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 12 seconds
S10 E1: Eric Martindale and George Burke on Portal and DeFi on Bitcoin Layer 3
Bitcoin and DeFi certainly don't sound like they belong in the same sentence. But cypherpunk Eric Martindale, accompanied by community builder and Silicon Valley BTC meetup organizer George Burke, are creating Portal: DeFi on Bitcoin layer 3.
12/29/2021 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 31 seconds
S9 E11: Satoshi Sound on the Bitcoin & Friends Show
Satoshi Sound is a co-producer of the Bitcoin & Friends animated show. Having joined the Bitcoin space in 2013, he is also involved in mining and has a background in gold. In this episode, we talk about all of these topics and give away some spoilers.
10/9/2021 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 43 seconds
S9 E10: David St-Onge on Bitcoin Books
When he began researching Bitcoin, David St-Onge decided to purchase and read some of the most popular books on the topic. In this interview, he rates the one that he liked the most and makes recommendations about where you should begin your journey.
9/17/2021 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 46 seconds
S9 E9: Max Hillebrand on Praxeology, Human Action & El Salvador
For most of his life, Max Hilleband has been an avid reader of Austrian Economics. So when the El Salvador bitcoin adoption as legal tender was announced, he couldn't help but express his perspective on the praxeological & human action implications.
In this episode, Kenichi Kurimoto & Hitomi Moriyama talk about the useful Bitcoin Lightning tools that Nayuta builds, and also comment on contemporary issues which range from monetary inflation in Japan to Bitcoin nodes and layer 3 applications.
8/30/2021 • 55 minutes, 40 seconds
S9 E7: Knut Svanholm on Sovereignty and Bitcoin in El Salvador
While most Bitcoin podcast interviews feature people who agree on almost every topic, this discussion with Knut Svanholm feels much more like a debate where we have opposing views. We talk about El Salvador, the state of sovereignty & why BTC is bullish.
8/14/2021 • 3 hours, 14 minutes, 31 seconds
S9 E1: Chris DeRose on the Philosophy of Demoralization (Remastered Audio)
Thanks to the marvels of digital audio editing, I present you the uncompromising version of my interview with Chris DeRose. The sound quality is better & I've also restored some previously lost parts of our dialogue. Bitcoin Uncensored fans will love it!
8/9/2021 • 3 hours, 34 minutes, 10 seconds
S9 E6: Ben Arc on Anarchism's Left Wing Origins
Ben Arc likes to call himself an anarchist. Yet unlike most bitcoiners, he doesn't subscribe to the anarcho-capitalist school of thought. Instead, he belongs to the original Proudhon left-wing tradition and Hegelian dialectics.
7/17/2021 • 2 hours, 20 minutes, 35 seconds
S9 E5: Matt Hill on the Philosophy of Sovereignty
Start9 Labs CEO Matt Hill explains why it's important to manage your entire digital sovereignty with simple yet powerful open source software. Embassy OS, a Raspberry Pi operating system, offers a Bitcoin & Lightning node, plus other useful applications.
7/12/2021 • 2 hours, 52 minutes, 54 seconds
S9 E4: Paul Sztorc on the Philosophy of BIP 300 & Prediction Markets
In his attempt to create prediction markets to fix our democracies, Paul Sztorc has decided to also spend some time trying to expand Bitcoin's sidechain layers with his BIP 300 Drivechain proposal. In this episode, he explains how & why he wants to do it.
7/5/2021 • 2 hours, 24 minutes, 3 seconds
S9 E3: Joshua Scigala on the Philosophy of Anarcho-Capitalism
What is anarcho-capitalism? Is it really an evil corporate environment? Who builds the roads and how will people resolve disputes in the absence of a central government? Joshua Scigala imagines a world that's based on peace & free markets.
6/30/2021 • 2 hours, 20 minutes, 5 seconds
S9 E2: Vlad Zamfir on the Philosophy of Absurdism & Szabo's Law
Vlad Zamfir is known as an independent thinker who is often perceived as dangerously blasphemous by his critics. In this episode, we talk about the philosophy of absurdism, CBDCs, privacy, immutability, code is law, and Nick Szabo's legacy.
6/26/2021 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 9 seconds
S8 E12: Lixin Liu on the KeyStone Hardware Wallet
KeyStone is the new Cobo Vault – except that lots of improvements have been brought and there are further software upgrades in the making. So in this episode, KeyStone CEO Lixin Liu tells us about his new hardware wallet & why it's better than Cobo.
6/24/2021 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
S9 E1: Chris DeRose on the Philosophy of Demoralization
Today, the once-outspoken Bitcoin Uncensored co-host Chris DeRose is unusually reclusive. But in spite of his apparent demoralization, he is as sharp and candid as ever – and any match with him is still a no holds barred. Hope you'll enjoy this long one!
6/16/2021 • 3 hours, 33 minutes, 28 seconds
S8 Special: Max Hillebrand on Wasabi Wallet, Hardware Wallets, Privacy & Anarchy
Max Hillebrand is a Bitcoin and privacy advocate whose contributions to Wasabi Wallet have helped integrate hardware wallet functionality and lots of other cool features. In this episode he talks about hardware wallets, privacy & the future of Wasabi.
Stepan Snigirev is the creator of Specter Wallet, one of the best and most-user friendly solutions to set up multisigs on Bitcoin. He is also the mastermind behind Specter DIY, a hardware wallet that you can build yourself from general-purpose parts.
6/5/2021 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 31 seconds
BTCTKVR Radio Music, Vol. 1
Featuring Bitcoin-related songs by Czino, Richard La, DJ J Scrilla, Phil Gibson, Crypto Contagion, Renegade Investor, Vlad Costea, Zhou Tonged, Lord Snooty of Bitcoin, Cryptoraptor, Pleb Music, and Guywithafork. Sponsored by Vaultoro & BitBox02!
6/2/2021 • 58 minutes, 23 seconds
S8 E10: Seedsigner on DIY Hardware Wallets
The Seedsigner is a unique DIY hardware wallet that anyone can build from a Raspberry Pi Zero. And in this episode, Mr. Seedsigner explains to us how the device works and why bitcoiners should build one to validate their own transactions.
5/27/2021 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 22 seconds
S8 E9: Ben Arc on Bowser Wallet, LNBits & Open Source
Ben Arc describes himself as an open source hobbyist. Yet in spite of his humble introduction, he built the open-source Bowser hardware wallet and is also one of the lead developers of LNBits – a useful Lightning Network tool.
5/14/2021 • 2 hours, 23 minutes, 27 seconds
S8 E8: Slush on Trezor and Tropic Square
Slush talks about the next Trezor hardware wallet: a device that's going to benefit from the Tropic Square open source secure element chip, but also add a few extra features. Also, the Satoshi Labs CEO presents some important security tips.
4/28/2021 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 46 seconds
S8 E7: Lixin Liu on the Cobo Vault Hardware Wallet
Since launching in February 2020, the second generation Cobo Vault has grown considerably on Western markets and has added lots of interesting features. In this episode, Lixin Liu talks about the pros and cons of this air-gapped approach to managing coins
4/23/2021 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 17 seconds
S8 E6: Lazy Ninja on Hacking Hardware Wallets
Lazy Ninja is a security expert whose claim to fame in the Bitcoin space is hacking the Coldcard and the BitBox02 hardware wallets. In this episode, we talk about the latest trends in BTC security, including multisig, new devices & CoinJoins.
4/18/2021 • 2 hours, 21 minutes, 18 seconds
S8 E5: Zach Herbert on Foundation Devices' Passport
Zach Herbert is the CEO of Foundation Devices – a company that is about to ship the first batch of the Passport, a new user-friendly and Bitcoin-centric hardware wallet. In this interview, Zack talks about the elements that make the Passport unique.
3/22/2021 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 33 seconds
S8 E4: Lawrence Nahum on Blockstream's Jade
In January 2021, Blockstream took the Bitcoin world by surprise by announcing the Jade hardware wallet – a powerful and inexpensive device. In this episode, Blockstream Chief Architect Lawrence Nahum explains how Jade works and what it aims to accomplish.
3/18/2021 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 32 seconds
S8 E3: Erik Voorhees on KeepKey, Open Source & Self Custody
In this episode, ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees talks about the KeepKey hardware wallet, the power of open source software, and the importance of self-custody. As a Bitcoin veteran, Voorhees also reminiscences about the most popular wallets from the 2010s.
3/16/2021 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 38 seconds
S8 E2: Charles Guillemet on Ledger
Charles Guillemet is the CTO of Ledger, the market leader in the field of Bitcoin hardware wallets. In this episode we talk about Ledger's philosophy for security, innovation, and how the Ledger Nano X compares to Trezor, BitBox, Coldcard and others.
3/4/2021 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 34 seconds
S8 E1: Benma on BitBox02
Benma is a software developer and researcher who works on the BitBox02 hardware wallet. In this episode, he talks about the qualities that make the BitBox02 unique, and how the device compares to other competing hardware wallets (Trezor, Ledger, Coldcard)
3/2/2021 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 43 seconds
S7 Special: Atlas on Life in Columbia
Atlas (@ancapchildren) first rose to Bitcoin prominence after American Hodl started a campaign to turn him into a wholecoiner. Almost a year later, Atlas is still holding onto that bitcoin he received and keeps his strong conviction.
1/7/2021 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 37 seconds
S7 Special: Giacomo Zucco and Mir on Politics, Music & Films
Giacomo Zucco and Mir are the Bitcoin power couple in its purest and best-intentioned form. You'd think that they wouldn't have much to say outside of Bitcoin, but as soon as you ask them questions they will keep on talking for 2 hours straight!
12/27/2020 • 2 hours, 29 minutes, 43 seconds
S7 E10: Hodlonaut & Katia on Cats, Music & Films
Hodlonaut & Katia are one of Bitcoin's most popular and beloved couples. But when they don't run the Citadel21 operations, they watch 1980s films and enjoy electronic music. In this episode, they talk about their preferences & express their cat-like views
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 31 seconds
S7 E9: Koleya Karringten on Combustion Heating Systems
Koleya Karringten is best known in the Bitcoin space for her executive director role in the Canadian Blockchain Consortium. But her main job involves designing combustion heating systems for aviation and construction.
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 57 seconds
S7 E8: Charlie Lee on Video Games, Star Wars & Investing
Most people know Charlie Lee as the creator of Litecoin or one of the major investors in Bitcoin companies. But in this episode, Charlie talks about his love for video games and Star Wars. We go way back to the days of the NES & 1990s PC gaming!
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 21 seconds
S7 E7: John Carvalho on Music, Art & Video Games
When he doesn't do Bitcoin stuff, John Carvalho enjoys writing and listening to music, as well as playing video games. In this episode, the Lightning business developer that nobody asks for tells more about how he almost became a rockstar.
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 32 seconds
S7 E6: Car Golzalez on Podcasting, Music & Integrity
Car Golzalez is best known for doing Bitcoin-related research during his Thriller Podcast. But in his spare time, he enjoys listening to Bob Dylan albums and has some very interesting opinions on some of the more obscure and underrated albums.
12/25/2020 • 2 hours, 32 minutes, 46 seconds
S7 E5: SpaceBull on Art, Women & The Motorola RAZR Flip Phone
SpaceBull is best known as the creative director of Bull Bitcoin. But in his spare time, he enjoys pushing his creative boundaries and taking inspiration from the voluptuous beauty of women. Also, SpaceBull is a big fan of the Motorola RAZR.
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 3 seconds
S7 E4: Mario Gibney on Psychedelics, Video Games & Addiction
When asked to described himself in a phrase, Unhashed Podcast co-host Mario Gibney said "Super Mario likes eating his mushroom". In this episode, we talk about psychedelics, video games, and the addiction factor involved in both.
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 29 seconds
S7 E3: Joshua Scigala on Gold, Philosophy & Ethics
In an adversarial environment in which bitcoin and gold compete for the best store of value, Joshua Scigala sees potential in both and supports them equally. In this episode, we diverge a little bit from the usual monetary topics to get philosophical.
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 28 seconds
S7 E2: Colin Aulds on Video Games, USSR History & VR
Colin Aulds is best known as the CEO of Billfodl and Privacy Pros. But in his spare time, he enjoys playing video games and studying the history of the USSR. In this episode, we get to learn a little bit about these obscure yet intricate sides of Colin.
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 25 seconds
S7 E1: Stephen Chow on Art, Patronage & Video Games
Stephen Chow stands out in the Bitcoin space as the individual who enjoys supporting living artists. And he does it by financing them so they can do the masterpieces they envision. In this episode, we talk about the state of arts, patronage & video games.
12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 33 seconds
S6 E11: Joshua Scigala on Bitcoin and Gold
Joshua Scigala has been searching for Bitcoin long before it was actually launched. And as a gold enthusiast, he has always seen the two scarce commodities as complimentary assets. In this episode, the Vaultoro CEO talks about his Bitcoin journey.
10/17/2020 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 19 seconds
S6 E10: Shilling Lightning to the Moon with John Carvalho
In his second appearance in the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast, John Carvalho explains why the Lightning Network is ready and what we can do to help it reach its full potential. We don't just talk about technology, we try to change the culture and explain why.
10/7/2020 • 1 hour, 1 second
S6 E9: Jonas Nick, Peter Todd & Alekos Filini on Bitcoin Development
In this Paralelni Polis 2020 interview, Jonas Nick from Blockstream, Peter Todd and Alekos Filini talk about Schnorr Signatures, Taproot, NixOS, the Lightning Network, Multisigs, CoinJoins, and everything great happening in Bitcoin development.
10/7/2020 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 30 seconds
S6 E8: Pavol Luptak on Paralelni Polis Hackers Congress
Pavol Luptak is an ethical hacker and cryptoanarchist who has been involved in the Bitcoin space since 2010. In this episode, he talks about the upcoming Paralelni Polis conference and tells stories about his experience with organizing HCPP.
Jarret Dyrbye (known on Twitter as JD2983) first rose to Bitcoin prominence as the developer of forkdrop.io. But after the Lightning Network launched, he started working on interesting Lapps such as Sparkshot & Socket Money.
9/7/2020 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 39 seconds
S6 E6: Max Hillebrand on Bitcoin Privacy Advocacy & Wasabi Wallet
Max Hillebrand has really left his mark in the Bitcoin space by actively financing initiatives to increase the currency's privacy and by his direct contributions to Wasabi Wallet. In this interview, he talks about his work & aspirations.
9/4/2020 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 28 seconds
S6 E5: Stadicus on Full Nodes, BitBox02 & MultiSig Setups
Stadicus is a hero of individual sovereignty: he became known in the Bitcoin space for his RaspiBolt guides to run a full Bitcoin and Lightning node, and he also works for ShiftCrypto trying to push the boundaries of privacy and security.
9/3/2020 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 13 seconds
S6 E4: Justin Wales on Law, Taxes & Bitcoin as Free Speech
Justin Wales is a pioneer in the field of Bitcoin law: not only that he works with Carlton Fields clients who are deal with Bitcoin, but he also advocates for the Bitcoin network's status as a free speech medium.
9/1/2020 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 15 seconds
S6 E3: Luis Ploennig on Bitcoin in South America & Indacoin
Luis Ploennig is the growth director of Indacoin – a company which focuses on spreading Bitcoin adoption in places whose fiat currencies are more volatile than BTC. We talk about the different standards & how BTC is perceived by those who need it the most
8/18/2020 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 43 seconds
S6 E2: Crypto Coder Bob on Sovereignty and Bingo Cards
Crypto Coder Bob is best known in the Bitcoin community for helping others become first class citizens by running full nodes, but also his recent Dave Portnoy-related memes which culminated with the creation of a creative bingo card.
8/18/2020 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 1 second
S6 E1: Konikko Trader on Bitcoin in Russia & Trading while HODLing
Konikko Trader first rose to Bitcoin prominence after writing an article titled "Guide to Soviet Past" in the magazine Citadel21. In this episode he talks about life in Russia, democracy, capitalism & trading Bitcoin.
8/10/2020 • 2 hours, 35 minutes, 5 seconds
S5 E10: Arthur van Pelt on Craig Wright
For years, Arthur van Pelt has been gathering evidence to prove that Craig Wright's claims are backed by forgeries and false statements. In this episode, the Dutchman explains how and why he does it.
7/14/2020 • 2 hours, 35 minutes, 6 seconds
S5 E9: Matthew Haywood on the Liquid Sidechain & His Work at Blockstream
Matthew Haywood has been a software developer for 20 years, and has worked for Blockstream since 2017. As the Liquid Securities expert, he understand the dynamics and tradeoffs of Blockstream's sidechain project and explains them accordingly.
6/23/2020 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 44 seconds
S5 E8: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin Development & Austrian Economics
Libbitcoin developer Eric Voskuil talks about the breakthroughs he made as a coder and his affinity and understanding of Austrian economics. Furthermore, he provides information about his Cryptoeconomics book & answers questions from Twitter followers.
5/13/2020 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 49 seconds
S5 E7: Torsten Hoffmann on his new Bitcoin film, "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Future of the Internet"
May 7th 2020 has marked the global release of Torsten Hoffmann's second documentary about Bitcoin, titled "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Future of the Internet". In this interview, he talks about some highlights from the film.
Wasabi Wallet creator and lead developer explains how P2EP (Pay to End Point) can make blockchain analysis obsolete, but also expresses his views on Bitcoin security and why you probably shouldn't use Samourai Wallet.
5/1/2020 • 57 minutes, 7 seconds
S5 E5: Alessandro Cecere on Bitcoin Full Nodes
Alessandro Cecere is a bitcoiner from Venezuela who is very passionate about Bitcoin full nodes. As the CEO and founder of Coinspree, he is looking into the most interesting and promising ways of protecting financial sovereignty with dedicated hardware.
5/1/2020 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 47 seconds
S5 E4: Francis Pouliot on Bull Bitcoin, P2EP, Citadels & Personal Security
As a long-time bitcoiner, Francis Pouliot is both excited about the innovations coming to Bitcoin and conservative about his way of maintaining personal security. In this episode, he reveals his personal philosophy and future plans.
5/1/2020 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 3 seconds
S5 E3: Javier Bastardo on Bitcoin & Personal Security in Venezuela
Venezuelan bitcoiner Javier Bastardo reveals what it's like to spread BTC education in a country which launched its official shitcoin, and offers some tips to better protect oneself from state actors.
5/1/2020 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 39 seconds
S5 E2: Leo Wandersleb on WalletScrutiny & Why Samourai Isn't That Great
Leo Wandersleb is a developer at MyCelium wallet. In his spare time, he created Wallet Scrutiny: a platform which classifies Android Bitcoin wallets on the basis of their open sourceness & verifiability.
4/30/2020 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 7 seconds
S5 E1: Bobby Lee on Ballet Cold Storage & Returning to the Real Bitcoin
Bobby Lee talks about Ballet Wallet, his return to the real Bitcoin, meeting Bruce Willis, debating Nouriel Roubini, and onboarding nocoiners with a skewmorphic object that they can understand.
4/30/2020 • 53 minutes, 15 seconds
S3 E11: JScrilla on his Bitcoin Hip Hop Album (Sound Money)
On April 14th 2020, JScrilla releases "Sound Money" – an independent hip hop album which tells the story of Bitcoin by using various voices of famous people who spoke about internet money over the past decade. This interview reveals more details.
4/3/2020 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 54 seconds
S4 Sponsored: Jack Tao on Phemex
Phemex CEO Jack Tao talks about his journey from Morgan Stanley to Bitcoin, and explains why he enjoys the decentralized world.
3/11/2020 • 1 hour, 51 seconds
S4 E10: Rodolfo Novak (nvk) on the Coldcard Wallet
Coinkite CEO Rodolfo Novak talks about the security problems that the Coldcard Wallet solves and why the product has an edge on the competition.
2/27/2020 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 24 seconds
S4 E9: Lixin Liu on Cobo Vault & Cobo Tablet
Cobo Vault creator Lixin Liu talks about building a hardware wallet for Chinese miners and branching out to reach the Western markets.
2/26/2020 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 18 seconds
S4 E8: Slush on Trezor Hardware Wallets and Security Innovation
Slush, inventor of both the world's first mining pool and hardware wallet, talks about his work on the Trezor products and why good and transparent software is more important than physical security.
2/19/2020 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 54 seconds
S4 E7: Peter Todd on Hardware Wallets, Security & ProofMarshall
Cypherpunk Peter Todd talks about his criticism of hardware wallet devices, and explains the thought process that helps him critically assess whether or not something is secure.
JW Weatherman talks about the security of hardware wallets, why he likes multisig setups, and why he doesn't think storing private keys on a metal plate is a good idea.
1/18/2020 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 28 seconds
S4 E5: Bryan Aulds on Billfodl Steel Plates for Cold Storage
Billfodl co-founder Bryan Aulds talks about the importance of cold storage and how metal plates play an important role in securing the private keys for your bitcoins.
1/13/2020 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 16 seconds
S4 E4: BTChip (Nicolas Bacca) on Ledger and Hardware Wallet Innovation
Ledger Head of Innovation BTChip (Nicolas Bacca) has a lengthy experience in secure devices and cryptography. In this episode, he talks about the qualities of the Ledger Nano hardware wallets and the future plans for improvements (PSBT, CoinJoin & more)
1/8/2020 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 6 seconds
S4 E3: Lazy Ninja on Hacking Hardware Wallets
Lazy Ninja (@FreedomIsntSafe) is known in the hardware wallet community for hacking the Coldcard and the BitBox02. In this episode, he talks about hardware wallet security.
12/27/2019 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 10 seconds
S4 E2: ShiftCrypto's Douglas Bakkum and Jonas Schnelli on the BitBox02 Hardware Wallet
Shift Crypto Creators Douglas Bakkum and Jonas Schnelli talks about the BitBox02 hardware wallet and what makes it special. They also address good security practices and explain where they position themselves on the market.
12/6/2019 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 54 seconds
S4 E1: ShapeShift COO Jon on the KeepKey Hardware Wallet
ShapeShift COO Jon explains why the KeepKey hardware wallet is special, and presents its main features.
11/27/2019 • 44 minutes, 53 seconds
S3 E10: Christian CK on Shitcoins and Sovereignty
Christian CK, co-host of the POV Crypto Podcast, talks about the purpose of shitcoins and why individual sovereignty matters.
9/27/2019 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 40 seconds
S3 E9: Ragnar Lifthasir on Bitcoin and Mental Health
Long-time bitcoiner Ragnar Lifthasir talks about onboarding the Lightning Network, how, when and why he got into Bitcoin, and some mental issues that Bitcoin may fix.
9/21/2019 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 7 seconds
S3 E8: American HODL on 6.15 BTC & Eternal Riches
Prominent sat stacker American HODL talks about his eternal riches, the life lessons he's learned along the way, and why he's so bullish on Bitcoin. He also does a lengthy Q&A and stacks 3 million sats.
8/30/2019 • 2 hours, 18 minutes, 55 seconds
S3 E7: Colin Harper on Bitcoin Journalism and Marxism
Bitcoin Magazine journalist Colin Harper talks about his experience in the space, how he started out as a shitcoiner, and why he thinks left-wing individuals should also be involved in Bitcoin.
8/13/2019 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 37 seconds
S3 E6: Gigi on Bitcoin as a Living Organism
Austrian Bitcoiner Gigi talks about his understanding of economics, why he agrees with Ralph Merkle's theory that Bitcoin is a living organism, and the reasons why he's optimistic about BTC's future.
7/29/2019 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 26 seconds
S3 E5: TruthRaider on Paul Le Roux and Bitcoin in Turkey
American bitcoiner TruthRaider talks about his hypothesis regarding Satoshi Nakamoto's identity, which involves Paul Le Roux. Also, he talks about Bitcoin adoption worldwide and the situation in Turkey.
7/29/2019 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds
S3 E4: Carlos Roldan on Satoshi's Games and Lightning
Carlos Roldan is the lead developer of Lightning-powered video game platform Satoshi's Games. In this interview, he talks about his project.
7/22/2019 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 32 seconds
S3 E3: Dan Hannum from Wall Street to Bitcoin
Dan Hannum used to work for Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. But once he fell down the rabbit hole, he went full-time Bitcoin with his life and business.
7/21/2019 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 15 seconds
S3 E2: Jeremy on Bitcoin & American Patriotism
Jeremy considers himself to be a real American and a patriot who defends the US Constitution. He firmly believes that Bitcoin is one of the means which allow him to follow the vision of the Founding Fathers.
7/15/2019 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 42 seconds
S3 E1: Shaitan Ioton on Bitcoin Philosophy & Influencers
Shaitan Ioton has been an observer of the Bitcoin phenomenon since 2009 and has seen the rise and fall of many narratives and influencers. This episode balances storytelling with pure mean and toxic gossip.
7/15/2019 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 10 seconds
S2 Bonus: Unpopular Opinions with Chris DeRose
Chris DeRose has established himself as the Diogenes of the Bitcoin community. In this episode, he talks about everything that he likes and dislikes about Bitcoin.
7/8/2019 • 2 hours, 17 minutes, 56 seconds
S2 E11: Brent Philbin on Bitcoin-only Events and Podcasts
This is a crossover episode with Brent Philbin of Crypto Basic. Listen to us talk about SXSW 2019 not really focusing on Bitcoin, the state of BTC adoption, and doing podcasts in the space.
7/7/2019 • 2 hours, 26 minutes, 54 seconds
S2 E10: R.L. Bryer (Pittsburgh HODLR) on Bitcoin and Austrian Economics
American bitcoiner R.L.Bryer talks about his love for Austrian economics, his advocacy for Ron Paul, and the reasons why he believes in Bitcoin.
7/6/2019 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 35 seconds
S2 E9: Fartface 2000 on #LNTrustChain and Investments in BTC
Jim, best known on Twitter as Fartface 2000, talks about being the second recipient of the Lightning torch and shares some of his experiences in the field of economics and investing.
7/5/2019 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 24 seconds
S2 E8: Giacomo Zucco on Bitcoin-only events, The B & Neutrino
Italian Bitcoin maximalist Giacomo Zucco talks about the industry shift from "blockchain" to Bitcoin-only, the flaws of Neutrino, and The B.
7/3/2019 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 48 seconds
S2 E7: Sasquatch Muscle on Going from Shitcoiner to Bitcoin Maximalist
American bitcoiner Sasquatch muscle tells the story of his transformation and how he went from a Binance trader of shitcoiners to a true Bitcoin maximalist.
7/3/2019 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 53 seconds
S2 E6: Patrick Miller on Bitcoin, Sovereignty, and Responsibility
In this episode, bitcoiner Patrick Miller talks about the elements that make Bitcoin unique and legit, and makes comparisons with some other projects like Ethereum, Litecoin, and Tron. Also, watch out for political topics!
7/2/2019 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 1 second
S2 E5: Karo Zagorus on Bitcoin in Hungary and the Sociology of BTC
Hungarian Bitcoiner Karo Zagorus, who is also a member of the Bitcoin Plebs movement, talks about the situation of Bitcoin in Hungary and his academic research in the sociological aspects of Satoshi Nakamoto's invention.
6/30/2019 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 35 seconds
S2 E4: Rajarshi Maitra on Bitcoin in India and the Cult status of BTC communities
Indian bitcoiner Rajarshi Maitra talks about the elements that made him love Bitcoin and the ideological transformation that he has undergone in the process. Also, he provides details about the status of BTC in India.
6/29/2019 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 4 seconds
S2 E3: Igor Artamonov on Bitcoin's Competitive Advantage
Developer Igor Artamonov talks about the advantages of Bitcoin and his experiences in the industry.
6/29/2019 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 26 seconds
S2 E2: Udi Wertheimer on Being a Bitcoiner
Israeli bitcoiner Udi Wertheimer talks about Bitcoin in international politics, his involvement in the local BTC scene, and his evolving understanding of the blockchain protocol.
6/29/2019 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 59 seconds
S2 E1: Wassim Alsindi on Bitcoin as a Time Machine
Researcher and academic Wassim Alsindi presents his unique understanding of Bitcoin and talks about his background in arts and sciences.
6/29/2019 • 2 hours, 59 minutes, 27 seconds
S1 E1: Donald McIntyre on Bitcoin, The Teachings of Tim May and Nick Szabo, and the History of Money
Donald McIntyre talks about the social and anthropological elements that led to the creation of Bitcoin with an emphasis on the works of Tim May and Nick Szabo.
2/6/2019 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 30 seconds
S1 E2: John Carvalho on Being a Long-Time Bitcoiner and Getting Engaged in Bitcoin Politics
John Carvalho talks about his involvement in the Bitcoin space and how the participates to the political life of the community.
2/6/2019 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 13 seconds
S1 E3: Zack Voell on Bitcoin as a Political Mean, The Opt-In Economy, and Dating as a Bitcoiner
Zack Voell talks about the ways in which Bitcoin can change international relations and politics, offers more insights on his background in Austrian economics, and reveals what it's like to have a dating life as a bitcoiner.
2/6/2019 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 52 seconds
S1 E4: Omar Faridi on Bitcoin in Pakistan and Rebalancing the World Economy
Cryptocurrency journalist Omar Faridi talks about the situation of Bitcoin in Pakistan, his experiences with exchanges, and how BTC adoption can help shift the power dynamics among nation states.
2/6/2019 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 27 seconds
S1 E5: Matt B on Bitcoin in Ireland and New Zealand, Satoshi Nakamoto Conspiracies, and More
Bitcoin journalist Matt B talks about his experiences as a BTC holder in Ireland and New Zealand, expresses his views on the Satoshi Nakamoto conspiracies, and comments on decentralized exchanges.
2/6/2019 • 2 hours, 17 minutes, 45 seconds
S1 E6: Buzz Lightyear on Protecting Bitcoin
After Andy stopped playing with him and Woody joined the Red Dead Redemption universe, Buzz Lightyear has become really interested in Bitcoin.
2/6/2019 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 46 seconds
S1 E7: Avi Rosten on John Stuart Mill, Getting Into Bitcoin, and Meeting David Chaum
Avi Rosten, editor at Crypto Globe, talks about how his ideological affinities have gotten him into Bitcoin, what it's like to work in crypto journalism, and how he encountered cypherpunk David Chaum.
2/6/2019 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 52 seconds
S1 E8: Anthony Lusardi on Bitcoin in New York, Scalability, and Altcoins
Anthony Lusardi talks about getting into Bitcoin, using it as a mean of exchange in New York, his take on the New York Agreement, and the purpose of altcoins in a market that's dominated and led by BTC.
2/6/2019 • 45 minutes, 48 seconds
S1 E9: Crypto Brekkie (Brekkie van Bitcoin) on Loving Bitcoin, International Relations, and What BTC Can Do For Arts and Entertainment
Brekkie makes use of his International Relations degree to talk about Bitcoin. You may also find more or less unfunny jokes that may or may not be related to "Rick and Morty" and XRP.
2/6/2019 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 55 seconds
S1 E10: Alena Vranova on Bitcoin as a Mean for Fairer Politics
Alena Vranova chooses to present her worldview as a PhD dropout who’s fascinated with international trade relations. In her discourse, she also made use of her experiences with communism and free market capitalism. The result is certainly remarkable.
2/6/2019 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 47 seconds
S1 Bonus: Car Gonzalez Thriller Crypto After Dark Crossover
This is a crossover episode with Car Gonzalez's Thriller Crypto After Dark, and the main topic we discuss is Bitcoin maximalism and how this new politically-neutral monetary system can adjust world powers and make our governments more accountable.
