Roundtable is back in 2026 and the gloves are off. Andy Back speculation, MIT Media Lab influence, a sudden Core maintainer exit, and the real dispute: can listening nodes actually prevent a soft fork, or does this all end in chaos this August? Listen to Did Epstein Hijack Bitcoin? with @npub1pldg...5nc9 , @Bitcoin Mechanic and @Jeff Swann on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Stop hurting yourself with broken systems. It’s time to exit. Max Hillebrand joins me on the show to break down the philosophy of the "Second Realm" and the mechanics of digital privacy. From White Noise to CoinJoin tech, we discuss how we are building a parallel economy right under the nose of surveillance. Listen to A Quiet Global Resistance with Max Hillebrand on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"It's a dangerous business to help people out of slavery. But so what? We have to do this. This is a moral obligation, an ethical obligation, as a ...

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Are we inadvertently recreating the problems of fiat on the blockchain? In this read, we break down why the stablecoin boom might just be an extension of the legacy system rather than a departure from it. We discuss regulatory capture, the limits of utility, and the future of digital cash. Listen in to hear Roy's thesis. Listen to Stablecoins: Evolution, Not A Revolution by @Roy on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"You can’t open your own private mint moving that kind of liquidity and hope to stay under the regulatory radar." ~ Roy Sheinfeld Stablecoins ar...

Is your money stealing your future? We often talk about inflation as price increases, but the real cost is the erasure of your ability to plan. In this Read episode, we explore the intersection of Bitcoin and Stoic philosophy to understand why fiat is designed to keep you distracted. Listen to Bitcoin, Stoicism, and Our Relationship With Time by Connor Dolan on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"Imagine the Stanford marshmallow experiment in reverse. Instead of getting a second marshmallow for waiting, the children are told that every fift...

"Bitcoin was born because of the internet. Without the foundation, without laying the groundwork, Bitcoin would not have been possible. It's technically feasible on a piece of paper, but it's not practically feasible without the internet to do the coordination. Which means that Bitcoin is realizing the internet's dream." ~ Guy Swann Listen to Is The Bitcoin Mission Fading? with @Stephan Livera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"Of course, central banking, fiat money is bad, but nevertheless, maybe AI and robotics and this productivity is going to be really beneficial to t...

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What if we could rebuild the digital world without the servers, clouds, or middlemen controlling our data? 🤔 I joined the Ungovernable Misfits crew - Q&A, Max, and Seth - on Freedom Tech Friday 25 to break down the revolutionary potential of Holepunch and the Pear ecosystem. We discuss why file sharing is the true foundation of a decentralized web. Listen to Talking Pears with the @Ungovernable Misfits on FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 25 on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"PearDrive is like, how could you make stuff seamless across devices and how can you leverage that device that has a lot of storage to get the most...

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“There’s a clash between hardcore bitcoiners and treasury companies… some see 2017 style pump anddumps. But if you can borrow at 10% or less and Bitcoin is CAGR-ing at 30%, there’s [clearly] a business model.” ~Stephan Livera Listen to Is The Bitcoin Mission Fading? with @Stephan Livera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Are we witnessing the death of the mission, or the birth of a new era? Stephan Livera joins the show to discuss the critical balance between holding onto our roots and embracing the strategies necessary for hyperbitcoinization. From layer 2 tech to the philosophy of money, this Chat covers it all. 🔥 Listen to Is The Bitcoin Mission Fading? with @Stephan Livera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Neural networks, mouse utopias, and the collapse of complex systems. We dive into a fascinating theory suggesting the flaw of training on recycled data parallels the unraveling of economies and cultures. Explore the connection between neural networks and human decadence. Is superintelligence - and perhaps civilization itself - doomed to diminishing returns when it feeds on itself? Listen to Urban Bugmen and AI Model Collapse: A Unified Theory by Copernican on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"The end of mankind wouldn't even be biological in such an instance. It would be neurological." ~ Copernican What if AI's biggest flaw - training o...

"Is it possible to do kind of the value transfer use cases that I'm talking about? Would it be possible to, implement them on top of stablecoins? or Bitcoin is the only solution? Because I think because stablecoin is a representation of fiat and because stablecoins are essentially run by centralized companies, these are going to get regulated as well. And then you'll have friction on the stablecoin level. You already have that, , in some cases. But it's going to get worse over time. And then the only competition and the only coin that can bring the permissionless, open, monetary, neutral, decentralized value proposition is Bitcoin." ~ Roy Sheinfeld Listen to It's Time to Walk the Walk with @Roy on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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We are now watching Poe's Law come into full flower. If you are tired of the seamless blend of fake and real, this episode offers a twist: maybe this chaos forces us back to what we've lost - true human connection. Listen to Poe's law comes into full flower by el gato malo on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"To describe what’s coming as “impossibly borked” is charitable. This is going to be an unholy mess of indiscernible media, messaging, photog...

"I think the biggest advantage when we talk about privacy and Bitcoin is your ability to own your software, to run your own nodes. Because once you start outsourcing it, then you always compromise trust, sovereignty, and privacy implications. Don't think because you're using Lightning you're protected, or because you're using Bitcoin you're protected, or because even you're using Monero, you're protected. If you care about privacy, you need to understand what you're doing." ~ Roy Sheinfeld Listen to It's Time to Walk the Walk with @Roy on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Is convenience worth total surveillance? 👁️ The government says their CBDC will be "free," but history suggests otherwise. In Read_926 we dive into: - The UAE's rollout - Parallels to inflation tactics - Real-world financial repression - The Bitcoin solution Listen to CBDC's Will Be "Free" For Users by @npub17xvf...c9as on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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It has been nearly three years since Roy was on the show, and the landscape of Bitcoin scaling has completely transformed. We dive deep into the evolution of Lightning - not just as a network of nodes, but as a "common language" that ties together entirely new sub-networks. I honestly had my mind blown when Roy explained that Spark is actually based on state chains, and how this architecture finally solves the massive headache of receiving payments offline without the usual custodial trade-offs. We also get into the reality of vibe coding with AI and the necessity of stablecoins as a transition layer to hyperbitcoinization. Is the era of orange pilling effectively over? Are we finally entering the phase where we stop talking about utility and start manifesting it through seamless apps? This conversation is packed with technical revelations that made me rethink exactly how we win. Listen to It's Time to Walk the Walk with Roy of @Breez ⚡️ on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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"Dy definition, inscriptions are an exploit. It's akin to SQL injection, in that you're doing something that it wasn't designed to do. ...I don't understand how people don't think it's obviously an exploit." ~ Praveen Listen to Simplifying Sovereignty with @Praveen Perera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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“Your biggest enemy is yourself… your backup… your failure to follow your ritual. You ‘test’ a wallet, forget, and suddenly there’s $10,000 on it. For new people, solving 99% of the problem, even if 1% remains, is a huge leap forward.” - Guy Swann Listen to Simplifying Sovereignty with Praveen Perera on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗Fountain:

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Self-custody is the heart of Bitcoin, but the learning curve is steep. In this episode, Praveen Perera explains how Cove Wallet is leveraging Passkeys to make sovereignty accessible for everyone. We also get into vibe-coding tradeoffs and the ongoing debates over network spam. Listen to Simplifying Sovereignty with @npub173wz...2vf5 on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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From treasure hunting to Bayesian statistics, the Stone Ridge 2025 Investor Letter is a masterclass in perspective. We cover the highlights, unpacking the logic of optimism and the raw reality of Bitcoin as a tool for global human rights. Listen to Stone Ridge 2025 Investor Letter by Ross Stevens on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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Regulation by prosecution: is America killing its own innovation? In this episode, I read Beautyon’s “American Bitcoin Suicide” and unpack what it means to prosecute innovative Bitcoin developers like Rodriguez & Burroughs - alongside activist judges, unchecked fraud, and why decentralized tools like Bitcoin + Nostr may be the only way to fight back. Listen to American Bitcoin Suicide by @npub1ccsf...dc57 on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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What if prosecuting innovative Bitcoin developers like Rodriguez and Burroughs signals the death of American entrepreneurship? In this episode, I r...

“It’s scary to be a privacy developer these days… the legal risk is insane. Unless you live somewhere remote or protect your anonymity, it’s risky. A lot of people [myself included], are avoiding building privacy tools because it’s just too dangerous right now.” ~Ben Kaufman Listen to Where We Are, Where We've Been, & Where We're Going with @npub1lkt9...h0ff on Bitcoin Audible, available on all major platforms: 🔗 Fountain:

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