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Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

On 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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4:09:28

S16 E19: Daniel Krawisz on Bitcoin & Narcissism

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/04/16

In 2014, Daniel Krawisz was one of the most prolific Bitcoin writers: he published some excellent articles with the Nakamoto Institute, and most of them are still relevant. Today, he prefers BSV and believes that Craig Wright is Satoshi. What changed?Time stamps: Time stamps: 00:00:50 - Introducing Daniel Krawisz 00:02:40 - Bitcoin Takeover 00:05:30 - Scaling Bitcoin 00:09:30 - Soft Forks vs. Hard Forks 00:14:10 - Running a Bitcoin Node and Privacy 00:18:10 - Verifying

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3:40:31

S16 E18: Rockstar Dev & Max Hillebrand on Privacy

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2025/04/14

Privacy has had a couple of rough years: companies & protocols shut down, developers got arrested, governments issued new regulations... regardless, Rockstar Dev & Max Hillebrand join the show to discuss privacy & open source tools for sovereignty.

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7:23:42

S16 E17: Ben Arc on LNBits v1 & The State of...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/04/11

Ben Arc is the creator of LNBits: a modular Lightning network wallet which, after 5 years of development, has just launched version 1. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, ”the CEO of Nostr” joins the show to talk about everything interesting in Bitcoin.

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1:18:43

S16 E16: Andreas Brekken on SideShift & Bitcoin...

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2025/04/07

Andreas Brekken is best known for creating SideShift.ai and acting as the CEO of Shitcoin.com. In this episode, he talks about his views on Bitcoin development, the emergence of DeFi, and the reasons why he considers cryptocurrencies superior to fiat.Time stamps: Introducing Andreas Brekken (00:00:51) The Sam Bankman-Fried Interview on Shitcoin.com (00:01:50) Clustering Analysis and Customer Funds (00:02:44) Bybit's Technical Issues (00:05:18) Historical Context of Exchanges

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1:56:50

S16 E15: Marko Tarman on NiceHash & Proof of Work Mining

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2025/03/25

Marko Tarman has been mining Bitcoin since 2012 – and today, he works as Lead Mining Manager at NiceHash. In this episode, we talk about the current trends in Proof of Work mining and the commodification of hash rate.

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1:28:57

S16 E14: Adam Krellenstein on Counterparty & Bitcoin...

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2025/03/24

Adam Krellenstein is one of the co-founders of Counterparty and the current maintainer of the protocol. In this episode, he talks about his plan to improve Bitcoin native tokens and why you should consider giving XCP a chance.Time stamps: Introducing Adam Krellenstein (00:00:50) Counterparty’s Unique Features (00:01:30) Historical Significance of Counterparty (00:02:09) Comparison with Mastercoin/Omni (00:03:19) The Birth of Bitcoin Maximalism (00:04:48) Vitalik’s Influence and Ethereum

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2:35:15

S16 E13: Corbin Fraser on Bitcoin.com & BTC vs BCH

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2025/03/20

Corbin Fraser is the new CEO of Bitcoin.com. In this episode, he talks about the Scaling Wars, his perspective as a BCH advocate, and the lessons the market taught him over the years. Also, he explains why the news section of Bitcoin.com improved.Introducing Corbin Fraser (00:00:50) Bitcoin.com’s Evolution (00:01:52) Support for Multiple Cryptocurrencies (00:03:05) Challenges of Tribalism in Crypto (00:06:51) Origins of Bitcoin Cash (00:09:07) The Scaling Wars (00:12:14) Misconceptions About BCH

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1:05:05

S16 E12: Martti Malmi on Bitcoin in 2009 & Satoshi...

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2025/03/12

Martti Malmi, aka Sirius, was Satoshi Nakamoto's closest collaborator between 2009 and 2010. In this episode, he reminisces about the early days of Bitcoin, but also describes his recent adventures with Nostr & the Lightning Network. Time stamps: Introducing Martti (00:00:48) Martti's Work on Nostr (00:02:03) Nostr's Origins and Purpose (00:03:31) Self-Custodial Nature of Nostr (00:04:13) Early Bitcoin Perceptions (00:05:25) Understanding Bitcoin's Value (00:07:21) How Martti Malmi Discovered

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3:45:44

S16 E11: Paul Sztorc on Roger Ver

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2025/03/04

Despite your bad memories from the Block Size war, you should support Roger Ver's campaign for clemency – or at least this is what Layer Two Labs CEO Paul Sztorc thinks you should do. In this episode, we discuss why Roger deserves to stay free.Time stamps: Introducing Paul Sztorc (00:00:54) The host welcomes listeners and introduces guest Paul Sztorc, discussing Roger Ver's situation. Paul's Connection with Roger Ver (00:01:42) Paul shares his connection to Roger Ver and his experiences in the

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8:21:14

S16 E10: Eric Voskuil & John Carvalho on Bitcoin &...

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2025/02/26

In recent years, Bitcoin has undergone a major culture shift which promotes stagnation, complacency & simping to politicians over maximizing the utility of the money. Eric Voskuil & John Carvalho join the show to remind everyone what the mission really is

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1:48:48

S16 E9: Saunter on Alby & Lightning Network Adoption

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2025/02/20

Saunter is a designer and bitcoin advocate who works at Alby: one of the most popular Lightning network wallets. In this episode, he describes his experiences with onboarding new users and increasing adoption around the world.

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1:58:29

S16 E8: Alex Romanov on Beam, MimbleWimble & Privacy

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2025/02/18

Launched on January 3rd 2019, a whole decade after Bitcoin, Beam is the first MimbleWimble implementation to hit the markets. Unlike its smiley cousin Grin, Beam is organized more like a start-up, was more efficient in raising VC funding, and appears to focus more on smart contracts and interoperability with other chains.In this episode, Beam CTO Alex Romanov explains everything about the network: what it is, how it works, and what it aims to accomplish with the MimbleWimble technology. Time

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8:10:11

S16 E7: Michael Parenti (Exiled Surfer) on Bitcoin...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/02/14

The life of Michael Parenti is truly extraordinary, as he witnessed two significant cultural movements that changed the word. Growing up in Malibu, he went to school with the likes of Sean Penn and Charlie Sheen, met a young Madonna before she was an international star, hung out in Bob Dylan's house, and saw live acts like Nirvana and Red Hot Chilli Peppers long before MTV made them famous.As an internet entrepreneur, he became involved with the Bitcoin Foundation and also saw the early days of

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2:29:39

S16 E6: Super Testnet on Monero vs Lightning Network...

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2025/02/04

Bitcoin developer Super Testnet argues that the Lightning Network is more private – and therefore better suited for darknet markets than Monero. In this episode, he breaks down all the nuances involved and defines good financial privacy.Time stamps: Introducing Super Testnet (00:00:48) Lightning on Dark Web Markets (00:01:08) Lightning Network Privacy Features (00:01:40) Analysis of Sender and Receiver Privacy (00:02:02) Onion Routing Explanation (00:03:07) Invoice Privacy Comparison

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4:12:39

S15 E5: Reuben Yap on Firo & ZK Privacy

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2025/01/30

Reuben Yap is one of the co-founders of Firo (previously Zcoin): an implementation of the Zerocoin paper from 2013, which was first proposed as a Bitcoin soft fork to improve the network's privacy via Zero Knowledge proofs.

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1:43:40

S16 E4: John Light on ZK Tech to Scale Bitcoin & Make...

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2025/01/16

John Light is a researcher who specializes in bringing Zero Knowledge cryptography to supplement Bitcoin's limitations in scalability & privacy. With ZK rollups, Bitcoin stands a better chance to onboard 8 billion people onto trust-minimized layer 2s.

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1:50:50

S16 E3: Charlie Shrem & DG Yoda on Digital Gold (DGD)

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/01/14

Bitcoin OG Charlie Shrem is now the chief evangelist of a project called Digital Gold (DGD). In this episode, I ask him and his business partner Digital Gold Yoda all the important questions about the legitimacy of their new cryptocurrency.Time stamps: Introducing Charlie Shrem & Digital Gold Jedi (00:00:48) Is Charlie Still Bullish on Bitcoin? (00:01:40) From Bitcoin to Digital Gold (00:02:05) Details of the Digital Gold Project (00:04:52) Stability and Value Preservation? (00:05:37) Community

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2:03:55

S16 E2: Liam Eagen on Crypto(graphy) Research &...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/01/09

Time stamps:Introducing Liam (00:00:25) Shielded Client-Side Validation (00:01:53) Challenges in Bitcoin Development (00:05:36) The Soft Fork Independence of Shielded CSV (00:06:31) Introduction to OP_CAT (00:06:31) Opinions on Bitcoin Covenant Proposals (00:07:06) Integer Arithmetic in Bitcoin (00:09:26) Alpen Labs and Their Projects (00:12:23) Optimistic vs. Optimistically Verified zk Rollups (00:15:05) Data Availability Issues in Rollups (00:16:02) Zcash and Mobile Wallets

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1:59:56

S16 E1: Mike Belshe on BitGo, Self Custody & The...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/01/03

Time stamps:Introducing Mike Belshe (00:00:42) Mike Belshe's Background (00:01:58) Self-Custody vs. Institutional Custody (00:02:05) Multi-Signature Technology (00:03:56) Understanding Multi-Party Computation (00:04:51) Advancements in Cryptography (00:05:53) BitGo's Role in Tokenizing Bitcoin (00:08:26) Defining DeFi's Importance (00:09:09) Mike's Technology Background (00:12:12) Inspiration from Tim Berners-Lee (00:14:57) Bitcoin's Zero Click Payments (00:17:11) Bitcoin Custodianship

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7:07:54

S15 E71: Amir Taaki on Bitcoin & DarkFi

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2024/12/31

Time stamps: Introducing Amir (00:00:47) Reflections on Bitcoin Privacy (00:01:44) Layer 2 Solutions Discussion (00:02:36) Challenges of Layer 2 Usability (00:04:46) Interest in Layer 2 Proposals (00:05:51) Simplicity in Opcode Development (00:06:54) Concerns Over Opcode Usage (00:08:03) Historical Context of Bitcoin's Scripting Language (00:09:00) Limitations Imposed by Bitcoin's Development (00:11:15) Impact of Ethereum's Creation (00:13:30) Desire for a More Flexible Bitcoin (00:15:10) Exploring

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