Left: Grok AI Right: my girlfriend on her iPad Same instructions, both of them were unaware of each other’s work and involvement in this experiment Which one do you prefer?

Over the last 22 months, I’ve recorded more than 100 Bitcoin Takeover podcast episodes in this tiny apartment room It feels bittersweet to leave it empty and unrecognizable But I got evicted and tonight I’ve seen it for the last time Farewell, old desk! New adventures await

I don’t want Bitcoin adoption to get built on fake news & lies The whole “Shakira was in El Salvador” campaign reeks of pathetic desperation and also proves how much hopium lingers on Some people don’t care if the information is not true as long as it’s “bullish”. Sad!

Vik Sharma didn’t join the show only to brag about the great Zcash integration and the Monero community’s reactions: he also presented a demo of the Lightning network feature, which is bound to get added to Cake Wallet within weeks. On top of Bitcoin privacy tools such as Silent Payments and PayJoin, now users of Cake Wallet will also be able to move their BTC to the second layer in order to send transactions that confirm faster and get better privacy. This would make Cake the only multi-coin wallet which adds Lightning support, as all the existing ones are BTC-only (unless you count L-BTC or R-BTC as altcoins).

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S17 E6: Vik Sharma on Ending Wars Between Privacy Coins

Lately, Cake Wallet has become the Swiss Army knife of financial privacy. And CEO Vik Sharma doesn't seem to slow down: in January 2026, the p...

Okay, where are we on this chart?

Colin Harper is a veteran Bitcoin journalist and commentator, whose articles you might have read in Bitcoin Magazine, Coin Central, or the Luxor Mining blog. He famously traveled the world trying to pay for everything in bitcoin and I first met him in person in Berlin in 2019 while he was running the experiment in Europe.

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S17 E7: Colin Harper on Bitcoin Mining, Epstein E-mails & Journalism

Colin Harper is a veteran Bitcoin journalist and commentator, whose articles you might have read in Bitcoin Magazine, Coin Central, or the Luxor Mi...

Are you guys on Bitcoin Talk? Let’s exchange merit points 😍

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Season 17

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Season 17

I think Tone Vays makes an interesting point about the Knots faction: they’re broke lol I mean, what kind of person complains about spending $100 extra on a hard drive and expects new software to run flawlessly on a Raspberry Pi from 7 years ago?

If we don’t actually improve Bitcoin BTC will get tokenized on other networks WBTC on ETH is already the most popular L2/sidechain with 121k BTC spread across 164k addresses BTCx on Zano is already a thing: Monero privacy for bridged bitcoin Shielded assets on Zcash are coming. DarkFi is coming too. There is a non-zero chance that the future of Bitcoin happens outside of the mother blockchain

In the future, content creators will learn to speak with weird accents or speech impairments only to distinguish themselves from AI

How many Bitcoin podcasts are older than 7 years and still publish new episodes regularly?

Tomorrow the Bitcoin Takeover podcast celebrates 7 years since I posted the first episodes If you’re on the Elon app, join the anniversary https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqKDNqpvOwJV

Bitcoin Takeover podcast stats for January 2026: 36699 downloads in total Bruce Fenton, Tyler Spalding & Paul Sztorc were the most popular guests Thank you all for listening! 🫡

Yes, the Epstein files are nice But can we activate CTV + CSFS now? Or OP_CAT? Great Script Restoration? Anything at all that lets the builders create the next use case that brings users and investors?

This is the most concerning thing I’ve read in the Epstein files: Plotting to control Bitcoin development. Finding a power vacuum when the Foundation shut down in order to grab the top 3 developers. Possibly influencing development for the next few years.

Bitcoin deserves better competition. Otherwise, it will never improve.

If you’re going to listen to one podcast episode this weekend Check out my recent interview with Paul Sztorc In which he talks about the multiple Bitcoin derangements This will help you understand why the market is so red and 17 years later we still can’t make banks obsolete https://www.youtube.com/live/GMX_Agbe-9w?si=5xwFAOcn4U23fkVX

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How low should Bitcoin go in order to once again have an honest conversation about upgrades?

Had a dream that bitcoin crashed to $100 and the alts were in the single digits Michael Saylor had deleted his account Everyone was freaking out, wondering if this is the end. Should they buy the 99% dip or short it to 0? But I was feeling hopeful that we can finally rebuild