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Livestream from Tabconf 8, Day 2 (Bitcoin Takeover Podcast S17 E47) nitter.siddz.com/i/broadcasts/1dKrPrzoO…
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Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation:
S15 E30 with @SatoshiLite
Creator of Litecoin, launched in 2011.
Former Director of Engineering at Coinbase.
Managing Director of the Litecoin Foundation.
The man who called Bitcoin “the best form of money” on BTCTKVR!
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Soft Forks are Opt-In, Ignorable and Reversable.
October 31st: the eCash BIP300 hard fork takes place!
@Vladcostea @Truthcoin
In case you have not yet heard, @Vladcostea has been livestreaming from the final installment of @tabconf.
In this episode we have so much, so the summary may be a little longer than usual.
Paul Sztorc, @Truthcoin, talks about his quantum-resistant soft fork demo, why miners will "never" run it, and the eCash hard fork, including claiming coins and liquidity pools instead of paid exchange listings
André Beganski, @andrebeganski chats about joining the MARA Foundation and journalism as a public good
Alex Lewin, @ALewin and Janusz, @januszg_ gives us insight into private AI meets private money and AI making Bitcoin better.
Christopher Allen, @ChristopherA on his path from early crypto work to TLS and Key reuse.
Will, six privacy prisoners and a pardon campaign!
Michael Tidwell, @miketwenty1, the Tabbies awards, why TABConf ends, the no-shill rule and Taproot as his favourite fork.
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"I want Bitcoin to be the money of the world, and I want it to be nothing else."
Hernán Marino said that at La Crypta in Buenos Aires, on the night of Argentina's last presidential debate in 2023.
Let new ideas get tested outside of Bitcoin. If something good comes out of it, Bitcoiners can decide whether they want it.
"It would be so bad if everything was inside of Bitcoin and Bitcoin was everybody's playground."
@hmarinot1 in the full episode. S15 E03
In S15 E3 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, @hmarinot1 explains how and why he decided to first buy bitcoin.
It was because he needed to circumvent the limitations of the banking system, and not because he wanted to speculate on the price discovery of BTC.
As an Argentinian, Hernan also suggests that many of his nationals find themselves in a similar situation.
Listen to the full interview on YouTube, Apple Podcasts & Spotify!
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Fun fact: Bitcoin Takeover podcast is referenced in the original GameBoy video game by @HeroOfBitcoin
Quite an honor to be part of this project, so glad I finally have the right hardware to enjoy it as intended!
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October 28th: Zcash celebrates 10th anniversary
October 31st: Bitcoin whitepaper celebrates 18th anniversary
Also October 31st: the eCash BIP300 hard fork takes place to create a new altcoin
I want people on my podcast to talk about these events.
Who would you like to see?
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Why is @tabconf coming to an end?
@miketwenty1 gives the reasons.
In case you have not yet heard, @Vladcostea has been livestreaming from the final installment of @tabconf.
In this episode we have so much, so the summary may be a little longer than usual.
Paul Sztorc, @Truthcoin, talks about his quantum-resistant soft fork demo, why miners will "never" run it, and the eCash hard fork, including claiming coins and liquidity pools instead of paid exchange listings
André Beganski, @andrebeganski chats about joining the MARA Foundation and journalism as a public good
Alex Lewin, @ALewin and Janusz, @januszg_ gives us insight into private AI meets private money and AI making Bitcoin better.
Christopher Allen, @ChristopherA on his path from early crypto work to TLS and Key reuse.
Will, six privacy prisoners and a pardon campaign!
Michael Tidwell, @miketwenty1, the Tabbies awards, why TABConf ends, the no-shill rule and Taproot as his favourite fork.
piped.video/live/bPu4cSqegsM…
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As the 10th anniversary of Zcash is approaching, I’ve asked @peterktodd to unbox his Sprout ceremony laptop from 2016
and reminisce about his contribution to this amazing cypherpunk project
Here’s a short summary of the unboxing experience, featuring toasted RAM
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It's 2026, why are users still using single sig?
CEO of @wizardsardine, @KLoaec
In case you missed it, @Vladcostea went live again on day 2 of his livestream from the final installment of @tabconf.
This Podcast is not known for brevity, so it cannot be expected to do short summaries.
Ekrem Bal, @ekrembal, talks about @citrea_xyz pivoting to privacy with Crest, making Citrea post-quantum, why he would pick OP_CAT, and how Crest differs from Tornado Cash.
Kevin Loaec, @KLoaec chats about why so many people still use single sig in 2026, why vaults don't really have demand, Coldcard's RNG bug and funding open source without begging users.
Stu, @stutxo drops in with memes and script emulation on Bark.
Andrew and Buffer, @_buffrr of @spacesprotocol on names on Bitcoin at 32 bytes per batch, retiring the @tabconf namespace forever and why you shouldn't reuse your name's address.
Kyle Shirkness, @KyleShirkness and Jesse Markowitz of The Bitcoin Pivot, credit unions as Bitcoin on-ramps and Lightning service providers!
Full episode in the reply 👇
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Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation:
S8 E3 with @ErikVoorhees
Founder of SatoshiDice, one of Bitcoin’s first killer apps.
Founder of ShapeShift, the no-account crypto exchange.
Founder of Venice.
A Bitcoin OG who can debate anyone from Peter Schiff to SBF
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Fun fact:
I wrote the Bitcoin Takeover podcast intro song in the key of B
… and I think the guitar player from The Pretty Reckless might have listened to it because the riff from Death by Rock n Roll (2021) sounds very similar
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CSO and co-founder of @citrea_xyz, @ekrembal, gives some thoughts on their Pivot to Privacy!
In case you missed it, @Vladcostea went live again on day 2 of his livestream from the final installment of @tabconf.
This Podcast is not known for brevity, so it cannot be expected to do short summaries.
Ekrem Bal, @ekrembal, talks about @citrea_xyz pivoting to privacy with Crest, making Citrea post-quantum, why he would pick OP_CAT, and how Crest differs from Tornado Cash.
Kevin Loaec, @KLoaec chats about why so many people still use single sig in 2026, why vaults don't really have demand, Coldcard's RNG bug and funding open source without begging users.
Stu, @stutxo drops in with memes and script emulation on Bark.
Andrew and Buffer, @_buffrr of @spacesprotocol on names on Bitcoin at 32 bytes per batch, retiring the @tabconf namespace forever and why you shouldn't reuse your name's address.
Kyle Shirkness, @KyleShirkness and Jesse Markowitz of The Bitcoin Pivot, credit unions as Bitcoin on-ramps and Lightning service providers!
Full episode in the reply 👇
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11 years ago I was an exchange student in Paris
Around the time of the Charlie Hebdo assassination, armed police in public transportation, mandatory backpack checking at the university entrance door, cancelled classes all day because someone left a briefcase on a seat to go to the bathroom & later the Bataclan shootings
Though I love Paris, I knew that I never want to be anything more than a tourist in that place. But ever since I returned, fellow Romanians have been telling me that if I was really smart I would have found a way to stay in Paris (and my return to Romania proves that I’m mediocre/overrated).
Heh, if only you knew how fucked Western Europe is. Might as well build and preserve civilization in a place that has better chances to grow and evolve.
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Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation:
S4 E7 with @peterktodd
Bitcoin Core contributor for 14+ years.
Author of Replace-by-Fee & CheckLockTimeVerify.
Founder of OpenTimestamps.
Took part in Zcash’s 2016 trusted setup ceremony!
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