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Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media

Blockspace Media

We explore the edges of blockspace, from Ordinals to Layer 2s and back. Join host Charlie Spears for weekly interviews and livestreams on Bitcoin’s frontier.

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36:44

Saylor Is Lapping The Bitcoin Treasury Competition

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/26

Michael Saylor's controversial pentagram post and MicroStrategy's pivot to preferred stocks. With 145+ companies now adopting Bitcoin treasury strategies and institutions holding 10% of all Bitcoin, we explore whether this paper Bitcoin summer represents genuine adoption or a dangerous leveraged bubble waiting to burst.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • MicroStrategy owes $400M annually in dividends • Core business only generates $111M revenue •

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59:17

Bitcoin Isn’t Changing And That’s A Bad Thing

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/23

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE: https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Bitcoin developer James O’Beirne joins us to talk about the current state of Bitcoin development, the controversial CTV (OP_CheckTemplateVerify) soft fork proposal, and why he organized a letter signed by 66+ prominent Bitcoin developers requesting Bitcoin Core focus on protocol

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23:47

The US Government Is Hiding It's Bitcoin Stash

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/19

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE: https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39Charlie and Colin dive deep into investigative journalism that reveals the US government's Bitcoin holdings are far more complex than anyone realized. After a $10K bounty led to a FOIA request, we discovered the US Marshals Service holds just 29,000 Bitcoin - not the 200,000 widely reported. We explore seized vs forfeited assets, government custody practices, and why Senator Lummis got it wrong. Subscribe to the newsletter

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39:52

Where Does Bitcoin Peak This Cycle?

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/16

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE: https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39 Charlie and Colin dive deep into Bitcoin's explosive run past $122,000, analyzing what's driving the rally and how high it could go. They break down predictions from Peter Brandt ($150K), Bob Lucas ($175K), and the wild $400K call from Udi. Plus: why boomer ETF flows might be the secret sauce, the Mayer Multiple indicator, and whether we're in for a supercycle. Subscribe to the newsletter

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34:13

Who Moved 80,000 BTC?

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/12

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE:https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39 Charlie and Colin dive deep into the $8 billion Bitcoin whale awakening from 2011, conspiracy theories around legal notices, and the dramatic fallout between Elon Musk and Trump. Plus, Bitcoin smashes through $113K as markets defy doomsday predictions. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com NOTES: • 80,000 Bitcoin moved worth $8.1 billion • Bitcoin hits new all-time high at $113K • Funds

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59:13

Why tokens don't work (except for Bitcoin)

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/09

Gwart joins us to talk about the collapse of crypto's "public goods" era and why the revenue meta is taking over. We dive deep into the fat protocol thesis, why DAOs failed, the difference between Bitcoin and crypto, and how builders are finally focusing on sustainable businesses instead of token hacking. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **NOTES:** • Pump.fun crossed hundreds of millions in revenue • Fat protocol thesis originated 2016-2017 • iPhone example:

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47:28

The Average American Bitcoin Owner Is Not Who You'd...

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/07

Colin and Charlie dive deep into the Nakamoto Project's groundbreaking survey revealing what the average American really thinks about Bitcoin. From surprising ownership demographics to political shifts and moral foundations, this data challenges everything you think you know about who owns Bitcoin and why.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • 48 million Americans own Bitcoin (18.6% surveyed) • 11 million hold their own keys (4.21%) • Hispanic/Latino

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26:28

Bitcoin Was Always Political w/ Casey Rodarmor

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/07/02

Casey Rodarmor, creator of Bitcoin Ordinals and Runes protocols, joins us to talk about his frustration with Bitcoin politics, why he thinks Bitcoiners are becoming too cozy with politicians, the future of ordinals and runes adoption, his thoughts on stablecoins, and his fascinating new project to integrate Chinese numerology and divination systems into Bitcoin through SAT-based fortune telling.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **NOTES:** • Bitcoin currently

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35:59

Michael Saylor Wants You to Go Into Debt to Buy...

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/28

You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 16,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.comWelcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! Today, Charlie and Colin break down Michael Saylor's Bitcoin Prague keynote where he tells people to leverage it all for bitcoin - including borrowing from family members (what could go wrong?). Plus, the FHFA’s directive ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to recognize crypto as legitimate assets for mortgages, a new Bitcoin

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23:20

Putting Music On Chain w/ 0xBunzy

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/25

You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 16,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.comWelcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! Today, @0xBunzy, Bitcoin developer and creator of foundational tools, joins us to talk about Laser Eyes, the open source wallet connection library that's become essential infrastructure; Beat Blocks, an inscription tool for putting music on Bitcoin’s blockchain; and why Bitcoin's constraints spark the most creative innovations

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36:16

The Great Bitcoin Treasury Bubble

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/21

You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.comWelcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! Today, Colin and Charlie talk about the explosive growth of Bitcoin treasury companies and their financial engineering strategies. They break down Strategy's convertible debt playbook, examine why these companies trade at premiums to their Bitcoin holdings, and debate whether this trend is sustainable or an elaborate house of

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49:29

Bitcoin Has Stockholm Syndrome

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/18

Jeremy Rubin joins us to talk about his secretive Miami Bitcoin office building Polybeam bridge and a Bitcoin staking platform, his controversial ideas for redesigning Bitcoin script entirely using RISC-V instead of the current "crappy programming language," his CTV endorsement process and why CAT proposals fell short, plus his theory on optimal soft fork activation timing to avoid holidays and summer vacations.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • Building

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36:53

All Your Bitcoin Models Are Broken (But Really)

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/14

Charlie and Colin break down every major Bitcoin price prediction model and explain why they're all fundamentally flawed. From Plan B's broken stock-to-flow to Giovanni's power law obsession, rainbow charts, and Metcalfe's law - we expose the problems with each approach and introduce Charlie's new "institutional structured bid corridor" theory for this cycle.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com NOTES: • Stock-to-flow predicted $1M by 2025 - failed • Rainbow chart

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49:15

The NFT Market is Broken, Here's How To Fix It

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/11

Nick, co-founder of Gamma, joins us to talk about the broken NFT market discovery process and how their new platform Signals fixes the ridiculous whitelist system. We dive into Bitcoin ordinals vs traditional NFTs, why inscriptions are superior to off-chain storage, and how auction-style price discovery creates fairer markets for creators and collectors.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • Tens of thousands of Bitcoin nodes store inscriptions • 2021

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36:51

Bitcoin Has a Wrench Attack Problem

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/07

Charlie and Colin dive deep into the dark side of crypto wealth - the rising amount of physical attacks, kidnappings, and torture targeting Bitcoin holders. From the Ledger co-founder's mutilation in France to wild NYC penthouse hostage situations involving crack cocaine and air fryers, they explore real cases and share Jameson Lopp's security wisdom.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • Ledger co-founder kidnapped 2 days, fingers cut • American

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34:39

Bitcoin Jesus 2.0: Saylor Era

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/06/04

Vortex joins us to talk about Bitcoin's unfinished evolution, the critical need for soft fork upgrades like CTV and check sig from stack, parallels between Roger Ver and Michael Saylor's influence, lessons from the block size war, and why technical development can't stop despite growing political resistance within the Bitcoin community.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • Bitcoin at $110,000 feels eerily casual in 2025 • CTV has $500k+ bug bounty with

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37:45

Bitcoin Goes Full "Suitcoiner"

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/05/31

Charlie and Colin record live from Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas to discuss VP JD Vance's nuanced Bitcoin takes, the conference's corporate transformation, Lightning Network's 9.7% APR yields, Peter Schiff's surprising Bitcoin NFT sales, conference security issues, and whether Bitcoin has lost its cypherpunk roots to Wall Street suits.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com NOTES: • Bitcoin market cap: $2 trillion, $100k+ price • Lightning routing earned 9.7% APR

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77:43

The Bitcoin Attack You Haven't Heard About

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/05/28

PortlandHODL explains Bitcoin's most dangerous vulnerability: poison blocks. These malicious blocks can freeze nodes for 11+ hours on Raspberry Pi devices and 25 minutes on enterprise hardware, creating profitable attack opportunities for miners while exposing how relay policy acts as an accidental guardian of the network. Follow our guests: @PortlandHODL Notes: • Poison Blocks (denial of service) • Raspberry Pi validation: 11 hours for poison blocks • Enterprise hardware: 25 minutes validation

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31:15

The REAL Bitcoin Pizza Day Story

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/05/24

Charlie and Colin reveal the shocking truth about Bitcoin Pizza Day that mainstream media got wrong. Laszlo didn't just spend 10,000 Bitcoin on pizza - he spent nearly 80,000 Bitcoin throughout 2010! We dive deep into how his GPU mining discovery revolutionized Bitcoin, why Satoshi sent him a concerned email, and how this "penance" may have actually saved Bitcoin's decentralization in its early days.**Notes:** • Laszlo spent ~80,000 Bitcoin total on pizza in 2010 • GPU mining was 10x more

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57:20

We Need Bitcoin For State Pensions, Not Treasuries

Bitcoin Season 2 | Blockspace Media ·

2025/05/21

Storm Rund, President of the Oklahoma Bitcoin Association, joins us to discuss the state of Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bills across the US. Storm breaks down the complex legislative process, explains why many bills fail despite strong support, and compares treasurer vs. pension fund approaches. He introduces the opportunity cost tracker that shows how much money states have lost by rejecting Bitcoin. The conversation concludes with insights on vibe coding, AI productivity, and how these technologies

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