upcoming bitcoin takeover podcast episodes:
tomorrow, s16 e5 with reuben yap: he’ll talk about firo, zk proofs, lelantus, dandelion++ & other privacy protocols
thursday, s15 e6 with
@Super Testnet: he’ll explain why he thinks lightning is more private than monero
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Made pizza with my girlfriend.
What did you have for dinner?
bitcoin takeover podcast season 15 stats
🎤 number of episodes: 71
📈 total downloads: 322037
🥇most popular episode: s15 e26 with Roger Ver (60965 downloads)
🥈2nd most popular episode: s15 e47 with Justin Bons (15615 downloads)
🥉3rd most popular episode: s15 e28 with Deadalnix (12729 downloads)
🎖️longest episode: s15 e71 with Amir Taaki (7h 09m 26s, 12354 downloads in 16 days!)
thank you all for listening! let’s break all records in 2025 🫡
new day, new bitcoin takeover podcast episode!
at 3 pm est/9 pm cet i will interview john light
we’ll talk about zk proofs, rollups on bitcoin, his work at alpen labs, sidechains, and other tech to scale bitcoin and make it more private ❤️
make sure you tune in!
Bitcoin OG Charlie Shrem is now the chief evangelist of a new project called Digital Gold (DGD)
So I’ve decided to ask him all the important questions, to empower everyone to get informed before investing.
Hope someone will find this useful!
https://www.youtube.com/live/6hbnozFEBWg?si=nyInk_PGjOcQLpOV7 years ago, bitcoin maximalism was the counterculture
rejecting any other blockchain, believing that btc will be the one network that does everything on a solid monetary foundation
today, as bitcoin is getting dangerously close to ossification, privacy coins are the new punk rock
Don’t miss my interview with Charlie Shrem on Monday, 11 AM EST
He’s got a new project to announce and I have questions 😎
Why should bitcoin activate op_cat?
Cryptographer Liam Eagen explains how concatenation can enable zk starks and why they're important for both privacy & scalalbility
Listen to s16 e2 of the bitcoin takeover podcast to find out more!
Nicest compliment I’ve ever received 😍
Bitcoin Takeover Podcast is loaded, man!
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i spent the last couple of days analyzing other bitcoin podcasts, trying to understand why they get more listeners
the short obvious explanation: they are less technical, more approachable to the masses
the more in-depth explanation: they paint a narrative of "bitcoin vs them".
for example, tales from the crypt is hardly distinguishable from other american conservative shows like tucker carlson's or alex jones' - the major difference is that it inserts bitcoin in the middle of issues as the solution that fixes them.
another example is peter mccormack's show, which admittedly is not about bitcoin anymore. but it does dive into politics and follows certain trends that are popular, while also inserting bitcoin into the conversation as a potential solution.
in stephan livera's case, the narrative is more along the lines of "bitcoin vs cbdcs" or "bitcoin vs the fed". it's a tried and true libertarian plot that seems to work since 2011 or so.
other shows also go deep into the "bitcoin vs vc-funded shitcoins" dichotomy, emphasizing on points about immaculate conception while ignoring any possible criticism that can be addressed to bitcoin. it's simply perfect, no point in ever trying to improve anything.
in comparison, i approach topics from the perspective of my own curiosity and explore technical matters in a way that helps me understand them. the approach is selfish, i know. but it also attracts the kind of audience that i like and to which i can relate.
will the bitcoin takeover podcast become political and start following popular mainstream narratives just to attract a wider audience? no, i'm not interested in any of that. but sometimes it's a little bit frustrating to notice that the growth is slower than my expectations. there's definitely an increase in views/downloads all across the board, but it doesn't really go "viral" in the space.
anyway, i'll just keep going and hope that people in the space get smarter and more interested in finding out what's new and/or understanding how some technical aspects work.
now i know what i'm doing wrong, but i'm not sure it's that "wrong".
In S15 E71 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, Amir Taaki explains why he believes ZK STARKs can improve the scalability and privacy of Bitcoin.
But in order to have this type of L2, Bitcoin needs to enable the OP_CAT soft fork.
on bitcoin's 16th anniversary, i am happy to launch season 16 of the bitcoin takeover podcast
featuring new graphics by my girlfriend annie ❤️
this one's gonna rock hard, make sure you subscribe & stay tuned!
saylor, elon & trump are mere spectators – all they can do is watch!
Will interview Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo in 2 hours
This will mark the season 16 premiere of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast 😍
Awesome graphics by my girlfriend Annie
Got any questions for Mike?
Happy new year, guys! 🎊🎆
Here’s to a much better 2025!
If this post gets 300k sats in zaps, I will boost my 7-hour interview with Amir Taaki to the top of Stacker News – so more people get to listen to Amir’s views about Bitcoin development
https://www.youtube.com/live/eJoGLPDAeRQ?si=2BC_9GrHcnDCNCf07 hours 9 minutes 26 seconds – the longest episode in the history of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast!
We didn’t plan for it to be this long, but Amir Taaki was on fire: he talked about his past involvement in Bitcoin, he explained why he’s building DarkFi, and even went as far as telling stories about his favorite mathematicians and what he thinks about dinosaurs.
He even explained why he doesn’t like Nostr 😂
An absolute treasure of a recording, I can’t wait to timestamp it so people can navigate to the part they like:
https://www.youtube.com/live/eJoGLPDAeRQ?si=f6Dy60kybNmUqIubwill interview amir taaki tomorrow at around 5 pm cet
bitcoin takeover podcast s15 e71, the last one i record in 2024
any questions?
i never thought bitcoiners were this vulnerable to a narrative takeover from wall street, big banks & the us government
but all it took was a significant pump and an illusion of benevolence/friendliness: now too many guys put on suits and talk like the bankers they used to pretend to hate
2024 alone had been horrible for privacy and self-custody. but as long as the number keeps going up, the large majority is happy while those of us who actually think end up drowning in a sea of foolish optimism
fuck 2024, fuck your etfs, fuck your institutional adoption. this is not why most of us came here, we were supposed to start a revolution and replace fiat money – not enable an instrument that maintains the hegemony of the petrodollar