This is what copium looks like Coming from the guy who came up with the dumbest NGU theory in the history of bitcoin

My interview with Bruce Fenton got downloaded 8055 times on Spotify over the last week it’s almost as if he became super famous in the meantime and people started searching for more content involving him… or something Anyway, check out Bitcoin Takeover podcast S17 E1 https://www.youtube.com/live/eVRrIcGQxdg?si=5RbWrrbPLE3uXpuc

Bitcoin maximalism is an oblivious “nuh uh” that reacts to a 2014 Vitalik article, but forgets that the point addressed in the article is “everything interesting that you build on altcoins will come back to Bitcoin”. Bitcoin post-maximalism is a return to this original vision

Can anyone show me where the winning is? Bitcoin didn’t scale in a non-custodial way. Didn’t get adopted for payments at a satisfactory rate compared to 10 years ago. Didn’t become a fungible currency. Didn’t add smart contracts. No quantum resistance either.

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Maximalism is spiteful and hateful towards experimentation. Post-maximalism is welcoming and open to experimentation. Which one do you think will get Bitcoin tech in the hands of 8 billion people?

Bitcoin maximalism is about hoping that the price increase will match the fiat printing (demand is assumed). Bitcoin post-maximalism understands that the price increase is driven by fundamentals and adoption (demand grows alongside technological innovation and development).

Finally watched all episodes of Stranger Things season 5 Super mediocre, tediously long, excessively cheesy, and ruined by the curse of having too many characters and subplots Just when I thought they had too many characters, they added the school teacher & the lesbian nurse into the mix But in spite of all the flaws, Derek was awesome and the ending felt wholesome: a new generation of preteens discovers D&D after the main characters graduate high school and begin their adult lives. 6/10, will never watch again.

Bitcoin maximalism punishes experimentation. The incentive is to do nothing and learn nothing new. Bitcoin post-maximalism encourages experimentation and learning. It goes back to the original meaning of the term, but also acknowledges the progress that was made in cryptography & computer science.

Did you subscribe to the Bitcoin Takeover podcast on any of the audio-only platforms such as Spotify, Anchor, and Apple Podcasts? Because S17 E2 with Tyler Spalding should now show up in your RSS feeds! Once you’re done listening, don’t forget to leave feedback. Every comment matters!

Should I also livestream my podcasts to Nostr too? If this note gets 69 likes, I will do it!

Kind reminder that 2017 was 9 years ago The altcoins you remember as lazy carbon copies of Bitcoin have gotten much better, survived through 2 bear markets and now have much better adoption/network effects The new generation of altcoins doesn’t use the Bitcoin codebase at all And the Bitcoin dominance is no longer 85%, it dropped to 57% Adjust your worldview to the new data, or the data will bring you down Embrace post-maximalism today!

Bitcoin post-maximalism acknowledges that the maximalist ideology has failed Instead of nurturing development on Bitcoin, it was overtaken by dumb conservatism which led to premature ossification In the name of the number go up religion Post-maximalism heals the culture and restores the focus on Bitcoin’s original goal to become the main internet currency Post-maximalism recognizes the innovation that happened in altcoins and the encourages experimentation for the purpose of also improving Bitcoin in the process. Markets are inseparable from software engineering. So if a certain proposal gets significant support and market demand, it definitely gains more legitimacy and is worth considering to add to Bitcoin. And if Bitcoin is stagnating, then post-maximalism encourages the free market mechanisms that create healthy competition. So if Bitcoin loses a significant amount of users and the price plummets, it’s more likely for the development culture to change in order to adapt to the existing demand for features. Are you a post-maximalist yet? Join the movement, let’s save Bitcoin!

How to tell if you’re going to hell: Listen to the drum intro of the song “Rosanna” by Toto If it doesn’t make you think of something else, you’re probably fine.

The Bitcoin Takeover podcast is about to celebrate its 7th anniversary Man, it’s been a wild ride! I made this video to give old timers a trip down memory lane. Will also use it as the intro for season 17! Let’s go, more interviews are coming soon!

I hate apps Why does everything need to have an app these days when you can just open a webpage? Every time somebody tells me I need to install a new app, I lose interest. Also because devs forgot how to write elegant code and you end up downloading 200 MB for a supermarket discount code app. What the actual fuck, do I get to play Starcraft in that supermarket app? It’s fucked up, man.

These are the most popular Bitcoin Takeover podcast episodes of 2025 504710 downloads in total Thank you all for listening! Let’s get to 1 million downloads in 2026!

the worst part about my job is that I sit through these wonderful long-form interviews and in only a few hours I learn what took others many years to realize but then I have to deal with people who haven’t learned anything new in a decade and think they’re smart if they use dogma to approach new information it’s depressing, really!

I’ve never touched Microstrategy because it always seemed anti-bitcoin to me But if I was an investor and watched that Saylor interview on WBD I wouldn’t just dumb my MSTR bags I’d short the shit out of that stonk

Bitcoin Takeover podcast downloads in 2025: 504710 Half a million downloads! 😍 (across YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts + Twitter/X) Top 16 most popular episodes: 1. S16 E24 with Vitalik Buterin: 72539 2. S16 E41 with Yonatan Sompolinsky: 64008 3. S16 E51 with Sean Bowe: 21977 4. S16 E29 with Zooko: 17107 5. S16 E45 with Shai Wyborski: 16999 6. S16 E55 with Mert Mumtaz: 14097 7. S16 E34 with Prof. Richard Werner: 12489 8. S16 E40 with Cory Klippsten: 11634 9. S16 E32 with Diego Salazar & Luke of Cypher Stack: 10319 10. S16 E10 with Eric Voskuil & @Big Bad John: 9980 11. S16 E53 with Xenu: 9218 12. S16 E13 with Corbin Fraser: 9072 13. S16 E30 with Peter Rizun: 8620 14. S16 E19 with Daniel Krawisz: 7031 15: S16 E2 with Liam Eagen: 6419 16. S16 E6 with @Super Testnet: 6304 Thank you all for listening!