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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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2:04:48

S17 E8: Riccardo Spagni on Bitcoin, Monero & Privacy

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2026/02/16

Between 2014 and 2019, Riccardo Spagni (aka Fluffy Pony) led the development and engineering efforts of the Monero privacy. But he's also been a prominent bitcoiner since 2011, who did mining and supported e-commerce. He built a solid reputation on the Bitcoin OTC trading platform, created the PayBee and Globee payment processors, and even invented OpenAlias in order to simplify the now-standardized address format.In this episode, we talk about his contributions and what he's currently up

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1:21:29

S17 E7: Colin Harper on Bitcoin Mining, Epstein...

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2026/02/04

Colin Harper is a veteran Bitcoin journalist, who is known for the well-researched articles that he wrote for Coin Central, Bitcoin Magazine, Compass Mining, and Blockspace Media. More recently, he became the co-host of the Blockspace Podcast.In this episode, we talk about Colin's insights into Bitcoin mining, the relevance of the recently-revealed Epstein files, and his approach to doing journalism. Time stamps: 00:01:12 Reminiscing Berlin & Early Bitcoin Conferences 00:02:17 Marxism,

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1:48:25

S17 E6: Vik Sharma on Ending Wars Among Privacy Coins

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2026/01/31

Lately, Cake Wallet has become the Swiss Army knife for privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies — a description that should be an oxymoron. CEO Vik Sharma joins the show in order to explain how the project went from only supporting Monero to branching out into Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Decred, Nano, and now Zcash and the Lightning network. Did he betray the Monero community?Time stamps: 00:01:16 – Introducing Vik Sharma 00:02:13 – Challenges of Podcasting & Sponsorship 00:03:16 – Lightning

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4:00:39

S17 E5: Paul Sztorc on Bitcoin Derangements

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2026/01/29

Over the last 6 months, Paul Sztorc has compiled an impressive list of inconsistencies and significant losses from the Bitcoin maximalist camp. He referred to them as ”derangements” and we cover most of them in this brutally honest wakeup call.Read Paul's article: https://www.truthcoin.info/blog/derangements/ Time stamps: 00:01:16 Introduction & Article Overview 00:02:41 Defining Derangements 00:05:31 Truth vs. Loyalty in Bitcoin Culture 00:09:55 Leadership Void & Bitcoin Core Stagnation 00:14:25

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2:03:25

S17 E4: {ideal} BitVM Optimizations (Robin Linus,...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2026/01/24

Robin Linus, Liam Eagen, Ying Tong Lai are the co-founders of {ideal}: an initiative which recently created Argo: a garble circuits scheme which enabled 2000x efficiency gains for BitVM. The group aims to use cryptography in order to advance privacy and scalability in Bitcoin.Time stamps: 00:01:17 Introducing Liam Eagen, Robin Linus & Ying Tang Lai 00:02:17 Origin of Ideal Group & Naming 00:05:03 Funding, Investors & Bootstrapping 00:06:43 Comparison to Other Teams & Technical

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3:54:48

S17 E3: Zano Devs on Private Tokenization

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2026/01/19

Andrey Sabelnikov and Valeriy Pisarkov are the core devs of Zano: a privacy network which enables users to create tokens with privacy. The project's mix of Cryptonote and Zarcanum protocols can also enable private transfers of bridged BTC.In this episode, we talk about how this system works and we inquire about the tradeoffs involved. Time stamps: 00:01:51 – Introduction & Setting the Record Straight 00:02:51 – Val & Andre’s Backgrounds, CryptoNote Origins 00:03:53 – Problems with Bytecoin &

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3:16:32

S17 E2: Tyler Spalding on Bitcoin Payments,...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2026/01/15

Tyler Spalding is a 2011 bitcoiner whose main focus is payments. As the co-founder and former CEO of Flexa, he has a very unique insight on the cryptocurrency industry. This episode was recorded on the road after visiting the Bear Sanctuary in Romania.

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3:01:42

S17 E1: Bruce Fenton on Suitcoiners & The Spirit of...

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2026/01/10

Lately, Bruce Fenton has been on fire with his characterization of Bitcoin sellouts who put on suits in order to appeal to institutional investors. Cordially, these people are referred to as ”suitcoiners” -- and in this episode we're roasting them.Time stamps: 00:01:16 Introducing Bruce Fenton, the Wall Street guy who's turned into a cypherpunk 00:02:04 Bruce Fenton's Journey from Wall Street to Cypherpunk 00:02:36 Tokenization, Ravencoin & Bitcoin Maximalism 00:03:26 Early Bitcoin Ethos

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10:09:55

S16 E65: Moonsettler on OP_CTV & Failing to Improve...

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2025/12/25

Moonsettler is a bitconer who adheres to the old school cypherpunk values and believes that the best way ahead is to enable OP_CTV (BIP119) or LNHANCE. However, the biggest problem is the generalized loss of focus. If last year there seemed to be consensus that Bitcoin needs covenants to improve scalability and bring new use cases, now the landscape is rather gloomy. Even Moonsettler changed his Twitter screen name to Doomsettler, as a reflection on this status quo. 00:01:16 Welcome Moonsettler

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3:21:19

S16 E64: Alex Chepurnoy on Ergo & Bitcoin Smart...

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2025/12/23

Alex Chepurnoy is a cryptographer & researcher who famously wrote a Bitcoin client in Haskell in only 3600 lines of code. He is currently working on Ergo, a proof of work blockchain which improves upon Bitcoin's design in order to achieve smart contracts and DeFi. How does it work? Let's find out!Time stamps: 00:01:11 Introducing Alex Chepurnoy 00:01:51 Alex’s Bitcoin Discovery & Early Development 00:02:37 Namecoin, SmartContract.com, and Cardano Involvement 00:05:15 Satoshi Theories & Code

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2:06:58

S16 E63: David Bailey on NAKAMOTO, BTC Media & The...

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2025/12/19

David Bailey is the chairman of Bitcoin Magazine, the organizer of the most successful series of Bitcoin conferences, and the mastermind behind the Nakamoto BTC treasury company. In this episode, we talk about his latest business dealings and the current state of the Bitcoin bull market.Time stamps: 00:01:47 Bitcoin Magazine’s Bitcoin-Only Pivot 00:02:17 Surviving 2018 and the COVID Pivot 00:04:09 Scaling Up: Conferences and Global Expansion 00:05:11 Bringing Politicians to Bitcoin 00:07:35

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2:32:15

S16 E62: Abdel's Updates on Starkware & ZK STARKs...

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2025/12/17

Abdel is one of the most prolific developers in the Zero Knowledge space. Since our conversation in September, he was able to accomplish so much that he requested another interview to talk about it. So what happened with ZK STARKs that is so important?Time stamps: 00:01:04 Podcast Introduction & Sponsor Acknowledgments 00:02:15 Vlad's Rant on Bitcoin Media & Podcast Landscape 00:03:24 Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Mission & Seven-Year Anniversary 00:04:39 Transition to Abdel’s Updates &

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2:41:12

S16 E61: Alan Szepieniec on Privacy, Scaling &...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/12/11

Alan Szepieniec is a cryptographer & systems architect who specializes in Zero Knowledge proofs. He created Neptune Cash, a L1 network which combines ZK STARKs with Proof of Work in order to have a money system that's private, scalable & quantum resistant

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3:12:03

S16 E60: Jonathan Bier on Bitcoin Civil Wars & BitMEX...

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2025/11/24

Jonathan Bier is the author of the influential best-seller "The Blocksize War: The battle over who controls Bitcoin’s protocol rules", as well as one of the most prolific and respected researchers in Bitcoin. He is also an active investor who sits on various company boards and advises projects in the space.In this episode, we talk about parallels between the Bitcoin scaling debate and the filter wars, but also highlight some debunked Satoshi Nakamoto claims. Time stamps: 00:01:11 - Introducing

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5:05:05

S16 E59: Curtis Green on Bitcoin, Silk Road &...

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2025/11/14

Curtis Green, better knows by OG bitcoiners as "Chronicpain" or "Flush", is a former forum moderator and website administrator of the Silk Road internet marketplace. He is a man who has mined bitcoin early enough to get scammed by Butterfly Labs, and was allegedly also the target of a bounty on assassination markets.He's seen all eras of Bitcoin, and today he seeks to get pardoned by the Trump administration. He will accept donations from community members in order to get the legal help he

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2:41:05

S16 E58: Leona Hioki on INTMAX, ZK Rollups & Privacy

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/11/12

Leona Hioki is the CEO, co-founder & architect of INTMAX: a ZK rollup layer 2 that focuses on private payments, scalability, and low fees. In this episode, we talk about scaling & privacy tech for Bitcoin & what we can learn from Ethereum.Time stamps: 00:01:17 -Introducing Leona 00:02:47 - Leona Hioki's Background 00:03:38 - Discussion on Past Podcasts and Zcash Pump Dance 00:05:00 - Privacy Trends in Crypto 00:05:26 - INTMAX Overview: Privacy, Scalability, Trade-offs 00:05:44 - Client-Side

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54:27

S16 E57: Trezor Safe 7 Setup with Matej Zak & Tomáš...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/11/10

Recently, Trezor unveiled the Safe 7: the first hardware wallet in the world to include the Tropic Square verifiable secure element chip, a true game-changer for Bitcoin security. In this episode, Matej Zak & Tomáš Sušánka explain how it works.Buy your Trezor Safe 7 (referral link): https://affil.trezor.io/SHuM Time stamps: 00:01:13 - Introduction to the podcast episode and guests (Matej Zak, CEO, and Tomáš Sušánka, CTO of Trezor). 00:01:34 - Discussion of the Trezor Safe 7 product launch

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2:59:50

S16 E56: Super Testnet on Papa Swaps, BIP 444 &...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/11/08

Recently, Super Testnet built Papa swaps: a novel & optimistic way of doing atomic swaps on Bitcoin. In this episode, he talks about his new projects, why he is in favor of filtering the mempool + BIP 444 activation, and prediction markets.Time stamps: 00:01:28 - Intro: Super Testnet's Return to the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast 00:03:03 - Lightning Privacy Wars: Recapping Super's Monero Challenge & Layer 2 Debates 00:03:43 - Papa Swaps Unleashed: Super's Lightning-Fast Innovation Explained 00:04:57 -

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1:30:18

S16 E55: Mert Mumtaz on Zcash, Privacy & Zillions

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/11/04

Mert Mumtaz is the man of the hour: the Zcash bull who successfully popularized privacy in DeFi, and one of the architects behind the spectacular price action we've seen in the month of "ZECtober".In this episode, we talk about the meaning of privacy, why Zcash plays a leading role in this new paradigm, and what "zillions" really means. Time stamps: 00:01:25 - Zcash's Encrypted Messaging Magic: Scan QR for Questions! 00:02:37 - Mert's Zcash Origin Story: From Solana Scaling to Privacy

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1:35:41

S16 E54: Slava Zhygulin & Ros on Stroom Network,...

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast ·

2025/11/01

The Stroom Network presents an interesting proposition: staking your bitcoin on the Lightning network, and earning yield from the transaction fees that routing nodes are collecting. To better explain how this system works, Slava and Ros join the show! Time stamps: 00:01:17 - Introduction to Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Season 16 Episode 54 00:01:23 - Welcoming Slava Zhygulin and Ros from Stroom Network 00:01:52 - Overview of Stroom Network: Liquid staking on Lightning Network 00:02:38 - How Stroom

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