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Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast

Blockspace Media

Bitcoin conversations from the deep end, covering markets, tech, compute, and culture from hosts Charlie Spears and Colin Harper. Three episodes per week, on all podcast players, Yahoo Finance, CoinDesk and more. Drop us a listen and review!

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54:32

An Insiders Look Into Bitcoin Development

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/04/09

ReardenCode, independent Bitcoin developer and freedom advocate, joins us to talk about reframing how we think about Bitcoin soft forks. Reardon breaks down opcodes, explains why we should focus on capabilities rather than protocols, and explores the historical context of Bitcoin's upgrades from SegWit to Taproot. The conversation goes deep on OP_CAT, CTV, and CHECKSIGFROMSTACK while but tries to make the topics approachable approachable.Follow our guests: @ReardenCode Notes: - Bitcoin is the

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41:36

Inside Bitcoin’s Darknet Markets

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/04/05

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Inside Bitcoin’s Darknet MarketsSub-title (150 characters or so) We’re exploring darknet markets, from their history with the Silk Road to how they function today. Bitcoin vs. Monero usage, exit scams, and why these markets look like they're stuck in 2004 despite handling billions in transactions. Body (300 characters or so) You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Colin and

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33:54

Julian Assange’s Brother, Gabriel Shipton on...

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/04/02

Gabriel Shipton, film producer and brother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, joins us alongside Brian Locklin from Ordinals to discuss Project Spartacus. This ambitious initiative aims to permanently archive the Afghan War Logs on Bitcoin's blockchain through ordinals technology, creating an uncensorable repository of historically significant information. They explore how Bitcoin offers unique censorship resistance, the technical challenges they've overcome, and the potential for Bitcoin to serve

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32:39

Gamestop pulls a Microstrategy

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/29

We dive into GameStop's surprising announcement to raise $1.3 billion in convertible notes, potentially to buy Bitcoin. The hosts explore how this connects to the 2021 meme stock saga that gave GameStop its massive cash position, Ryan Cohen's relationship with Michael Saylor, and whether this Bitcoin strategy is a life raft for a retail gaming business in decline. With GameStop's revenue dropping from $8.5B to $3.8B over eight years, is this a smart pivot or just vibe investing?Notes: - GameStop

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50:04

Stop Ossification: Don't Let BTC Become a Rolex

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/26

Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, joins us to discuss how StarkNet plans to settle on both Ethereum and Bitcoin. We dive into the technical details of zero-knowledge proofs, the importance of OP_CAT for Bitcoin's future, and the fascinating Collider Script approach to covenants. Eli shares his concerns about Bitcoin ossification, explaining why without scaling solutions, Bitcoin risks becoming a "Rolex" - an asset only accessible to the wealthy. We also explore quantum computing

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41:46

Trump Pledges Allegiance to Stablecoins

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/22

President Trump makes a pivot from Bitcoin to stablecoins in his latest policy statements. Reality check: stablecoins now account for over 50% of all crypto settlement volume, with Tether becoming the 7th largest holder of US Treasuries globally. We break down how stablecoins are being used in emerging markets, why Tron dominates the stablecoin landscape despite centralization concerns, and what this means for Bitcoin's relationship with the traditional financial system.Notes: - Tether is 7th

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73:24

What Satoshi Got Wrong About Bitcoin

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/19

Peter Todd joins us to talk about Bitcoin's technical evolution, discussing terminology like "blockchain" vs "timechain," and revealing flaws in Satoshi's original design. Peter dives deep into mining economics, explaining the risks of block withholding attacks, the problems with activation mechanisms for soft forks, and controversial funding models like demurrage. Despite surviving significant challenges, Bitcoin faces ongoing security concerns as block rewards diminish, requiring creative

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62:01

Is Bitcoin's Lightning Network A Success?

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/15

Matt Kimmell joins us to evaluate the Lightning Network's decade long journey. We break down Lightning using simple analogies (bar tabs and abacuses!), trace its historical development through Bitcoin's scaling debates, and try to assess its successes and disappointments. While Lightning functions technically and has achieved notable adoption milestones, the we discuss why user experience remains challenging and if we can address persistent issues like channel liquidity management and offline

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47:51

Tricking Solana Degens into Stacking Sats

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/12

Janusz is meeting Solana degens where they’re at by building a product that helps them stack bitcoin during their regular Solana use. “Lemon Drop” is the first product release in Janusz’s recent Bitcoin pivot and builds towards his bigger goal: increasing Bitcoin privacy through increasing Bitcoin’s anonymity set. Also: activating a Bitcoin soft fork?Notes: • How Lemon Drop works • Privacy on Bitcoin • Open Source vs Product focused development • A soft fork activation? Check out our Bitcoin

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53:22

Bitcoin By The Numbers in 2025

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/08

You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.comWe break down the 2024 River Financial Report. What countries are buying? Which funds are buying? What does the average Bitcoin user look like? And what the heck is up with Lightning these days? Notes: • Lightning mixed: up & down • ETFs are buying individuals Bitcoin • Sovereigns are starting to but BTC • Good vs Bad changes to Bitcoin in 2024 Check out our

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54:42

Diving Even Deeper on Quantum Bitcoin

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/05

A lot has happened since our last conversation with Hunter just 3 months ago. The Bitcoin developer mailing list has been popping off and now everyone’s talking about Quantum Bitcoin. But what’s changed? What new debates have kicked off & what are their implications? And should we confiscate Satoshi’s coins if they get quantum hacked?Notes: • Should we steal Satoshi’s coins? • Does quantum need a block size increase? • Which bitcoin is most vulnerable? • Has the “best” solution changed in the past

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33:26

He Solved Bitcoin Memecoins!

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/03/01

Bob Bodily explains how Odin.fun hides all the complexities of Bitcoin so the users get straight to doing what they want: trading tokens fast. Odin.fun solves the bonding issue, the token namespace reservations, threshold signing, etc. But at the end of the day you have to solve the biggest problem: user acquisition.Notes: • Chain abstraction for Bitcoin • Engineering challenges of Bitcoin tokens • User experience vs technical complexity • Going head-to-head with the Solana ecosystem Check out

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44:02

The Six Bitcoin Stakeholder Groups w/ Lyn Alden

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/02/26

Lyn Alden’s just dropped a report a little different than her normal Bitcoin & macro focus: Bitcoin Consensus. She takes us through defining the various stakeholder groups and how the game theory works as these groups’ influence wax and wane. You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • What is an Economic Node • What are the Six Bitcoin Stakeholder groups? • Protocol Developers power • Game

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56:08

The Crazy Satoshi Theory About Jack Dorsey

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/02/22

Charlie & Colin break down the conspiracy theory that claims Jack Dorsey is Satoshi Nakamoto. You might be surprised how deep the rabbithole goes and how crazy the connections sound.Notes: • Jack Dorsey’s Vietnamese restaurant • Hidden address references in old Bitcoin transactions • Are clues hidden in comic books? Check out our Bitcoin scaling conference! Visit opnext.dev to learn more. Chapters: 00:00 Is Jack Dorsey Satoshi? 01:14 The bizarre connections begin 02:29 Jack’s “Satoshi”

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43:32

Going Public With Bitcoin App Fold

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/02/19

Will Reeves, CEO of Fold, is hyperfocused on making it easy to save in Bitcoin. As the new Bitcoin user looks different than previous cycles, so does the modern Bitcoin company. Fold is going public on the thesis that the average American needs low friction options to orient their existing habits around saving in Bitcoin.Notes: • Fold vs other public crypto companies • Different company models each cycle • Successful (and unsuccessful) products • Starbucks & airline miles, but with Bitcoin Check

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28:39

What You Didn’t Know About Wrapped Bitcoin

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/02/15

Matt Luongo from Thesis helps us “wrap” our heads around what it means to take your bitcoin cross-chain. What are the trust assumptions? What are the differences between different wrapped Bitcoin products? Is there any “funny business” going on? Notes: • New users are coming to ETFs • Microstrategy vs cross-chain Bitcoin • TVL mirroring • BitGo’s Wrapped Bitcoin vs other wrapped Bitcoin Check out our Bitcoin scaling conference! Visit opnext.dev to learn more. - 👉 Brought to you by Arch

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47:22

Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Gets Choked Out

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/02/12

It’s now openly acknowledged that the crypto industry has been targeted for years by the previous administration’s Operation Chokepoint 2.0 scheme. Charlie & Colin discuss how last week’s hearing saw Senators Warren & Scott addressed the matter before the House Financial Services Committee. We explain how we got here and where we might go as an industry.Notes: • History of regulatory scrutiny • FTX Fallout • Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Hearing • Elizabeth Warren changes tune Check out our Bitcoin

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37:37

Are We Winning Yet?

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/02/08

Welcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! For this week's Writer's Room, Colin and Charlie cover the release of Tornado Cash co-founder Alexey Pertsev from prison. They also dive into recent policy talking points from Trump's Crypto Czar, David Sacks, including why stablecoin regulation could become a pillar of this administration's crypto approach (and what that means for dollar dominance). Plus, what Trump's executive order for a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund means for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.- Follow

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21:43

Trade War Bullish for Bitcoin?

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/02/04

After a crypto dump some are comparing to the COVID crash, Bitcoin dominance has skyrocketed. Is this the new normal? Bitwise's Jeff Park says the trade war may kick off a series of events that is actually good for Bitcoin,- Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech!

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43:30

You're not bullish enough on rare satoshis

Blockspace: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2025/01/29

Quary, founder of Magisat, discusses the growing market for rare sats, unique satoshis with historical, aesthetic, or numerical significance. How does ordinal theory assign identities to satoshis? What are the technical challenges of procuring rare sats?Despite current liquidity & market drawdown, Quary argues that rare sats represent an authentic, grifter-resistant asset class, poised to gain value as Bitcoin adoption grows. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:09 How Quary Discovered Rare Sats 04:43 What

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