Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

Initially, extension blocks & Mimble Wimble were Bitcoin proposals for scalability & privacy. But now that Litecoin married the two with MWEB via soft fork, Charlie Lee explains if & how we can have this solution type of solution added into Bitcoin.

In the heart of Budapest, there is this shrine of Bitcoin culture where you can taste the poison of strong liquors, boost your energy level with a copy, and pay your bill with BTC. In this episode, I interview Bitcoin Bar co-owner Adam.

Lipa is a Swiss-made open source project which aims to provide an easy way for small businesses (restaurants, bars, clubs) to accept bitcoin payments via Lightning network. In this episode, co-founders Adrian, Patrick, and Bastian explain how Lipa works.

Bleskomat is an open source project which aims to create a universally accessible Bitcoin ATM that swaps your dirty fiat currency for BTC via Lightning network. In this episode, co-founders Karliatto and Chill explain how their ATM works.

This season premiere is all about promoting the ethos of free open source software. Pavlenex and Kykks from BTCPay Server, accompanied by Mempool.space mastermind Soft Simon talk about their work and advice newcomers about the challenges of Bitcoin FOSS.

Rare Scrilla (formerly known as JScrilla) is a hip hop artist, music producer, and on of the most celebrated Bitcoin artists around. In this episode, Scrilla expresses his love for frogs, Bitcoin's Counterparty protocol, and the DJPEPE cards.

Joe Looney and Shawn Leary were there when the first Rare Pepe card was created. And as true scientists, they instantly started contributing with both art and infrastructure. In this episode, they talk about frog memes and the history of Counterparty.

Giacomo Zucco did to Bitcoin maximalism what Elvis Presley has done to rock n roll: he didn't invent it, but he popularized it to the masses. And when Counterparty and Omni are making a comeback while Stacks rises, it is his duty to rate their scamminess.

Harry Halpin is a privacy lover and freedom advocate who embarked on an ambitious journey to create a better Tor, which is actually decentralized and provides incentives. The name of his project is Nym & it makes use of mixnets to prevent traffic analysis. In this episode, Harry Halpin talks about the meaning and scope of privacy in the digital age, why the Nym project accepted a financial grant from the European Commission, why Nym provides better data anonymization than Tor, and how several cypherpunk ideas get rediscovered years later in order to fix contemporary problems.

When I first met Yuval in November 2021, he was working to improve the Wabisabi protocol, trying to make Bitcoin transactions truly private. In this episode, we talks about both the innovations and challenges that we must face to attain fungibility.

Nik Oraevskiy is the CEO & co-founder of Bitcoin Reserve – a European non-custodial Bitcoin exchange which looks into adding all sorts of features & integrations (including Lightning, Liquid, and auto DCA). In this episode, we talk about keeping it real.

Lucas Ontivero is Nopara's first employee at Wasabi wallet. As a matter of fact, when he joined it wasn't even called Wasabi: the first name was Hidden Wallet. In this episode, Lucas talks about Bitcoin privacy research & the Wabisabi CoinJoin protocol.

Juan Galt is a Bitcoin journalist and consultant who decided to go full-time Rare Pepe scientist. He sees historical value in Bitcoin (Counterparty) NFTs & also considers that we're witnessing the dawn of a new asset class. But is it really this bullish? This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro, Wasabi wallet, and Bitcoin Reserve. If you'd like to diversity your bitcoin portfolio into gold, make your BTC transactions more private, and also buy more bitcoin in Europe, then you'll definitely enjoy the musical ads!

Chris DeRose joins the Bitcoin Takeover podcast for the 3rd time to talk about how he has been right all along about Counterparty, why he's never selling his Rare Pepes, and to which extent web 3 is a scam. Watch out for the rare DEROSEHEAD NFT cards!

If you spend more than 10 minutes in the Bitcoin Counterparty NFT realm, you're gonna hear about Spells of Genesis, Rare Pepes & SaruTobi. Well, this episode's guests are the OGs who created them & envisioned using blockchain assets as video game items. Christian Moss, Shaban Shaame, and Koji Higashi (enumerated in order of appearance) talk about creating some of the first NFT series on Counterparty and pioneering video game assets before Ubisoft, Square Enix and Konami made it cool. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro (the place where you buy gold with bitcoin), Wasabi wallet (the best desktop privacy wallet) and Bitcoin Reserve (the exchange were Europeans buy their BTC). Time stamps: 00:00 – Introductions 11:33 – Spells of Genesis cards have always had monetary value 12:44 – How Christian lost the Nakamoto Card to Shaban 18:18 – Rare Pepes used to be considered expensive at $10 20:20 – The rising Bitcoin fees have stalled Counterparty NFT expansion 22:15 – Why Spells of Genesis stayed on Bitcoin 24:55 – Why Counterparty is different from ICO protocols and chains, but still got attacked and received hate from the Bitcoin community 28:30 – Pieter Wuille’s criticism of Counterparty 31:00 – Counterparty used to have the best wallets and user interfaces 34:08 – What changed about Counterparty when Ethereum’s ERC20 tokens launched? 36:26 – Spells of Genesis and Rare Pepes depict moments from Bitcoin history 41:20 – The Bitcoin blockchain only stores tokens and their related data, not jpegs or gifs 44:00 – NFTs vs ICOs (nobody ever collected ICOs) 49:30 – Counterparty assets need to be high-value 52:56 – Not your node, not your NFTs 59:30 – Will NFT valuation crash? 01:07:15 – Views on FakeRares 01:15:28 – What makes an NFT valuable? 01:18:30 – Computer-generated NFTs aren’t very interesting 01:20:30 – Jordan Peterson, frogs, and Pepes 01:21:20 – Why Rare Pepes failed on Ethereum 01:22:20 – NFTs used to be called just “tokens” 01:23:30 – Rare Pepes reflect a lot of our pop culture 01:25:15 – Satoshi’s Games minting NFTs on Liquid 01:28:00 – RGB on Lightning? 01:36:30 – Are you really spamming the Bitcoin network if you’re paying your fair fee? 01:42:10 – Royalties for your NFTs 01:48:46 – NFTs in video games 01:53:20 – Video gamers hate NFTs because they boil the oceans

Theo Goodman is a man of many talents: he writes, records, and produces music videos about Bitcoin, he draws frog memes, and also gives talks at conferences. Theo was one of the earliest Rare Pepe scientists. In this episode, he shares his wisdom. Season 10 of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast is sponsored by Vaultoro (the gold and bitcoin exchange), Wasabi wallet (the best Bitcoin privacy wallet you can use), and Bitcoin Reserve (European BTC exchange by bitcoiners and for bitcoiners). Check them out if you want to support the show. 8:38 – Theo’s Bitcoin art-themed shows on World Crypto Network 9:50 – Bitcoin memes against Reddit censorship 25:44 – The Counterparty burn address and XCP genesis 31:30 – Does Counterparty help Bitcoin become more of a free speech computer network? 37:33 – NFTs getting traded just like shitcoins 41:38 – Why Ethereum sucks 46:33 – Bitcoin will outlive us, and therefore Counterparty is the vinyl of NFTs 54:30 – Counterparty NFT transactions pay for Bitcoin’s security budget 01:08:50 – How Counterparty can get censored 01:11:50 – Mercury wallet is really cool 01:14:32 – RGB on Lightning is a more scalable Counterparty 01:15:40 – The jpeg or gif from the NFT doesn’t get uploaded to the blockchain 01:17:31 – The token is the art 01:23:10 – Why didn’t Counterparty NFTs take off at first? 01:29:24 – Why is Pepe so important for the community? 01:31:14 – ICOs vs NFTs 01:34:09 – Where should Counterparty go from here? 01:36:20 – Theo’s “Economics” and “I am Satoshi” hit songs 01:36:58 – Music NFTs? 01:38:00 – Naming assets on Counterparty 01:39:50 – If the answer is 42, then what is the question? 01:40:14 – Theo’s dance moves and rareness 01:41:00 – Rare Pepes vs Fake Rares 01:49:25 – NFT NYC and Rare Pepes 01:50:30 – Are Rare Pepes alt-right? 01:52:00 – Dan Dark Pill feeling salty about not having access to the Pepes he created

Bitcoin and DeFi certainly don't sound like they belong in the same sentence. But cypherpunk Eric Martindale, accompanied by community builder and Silicon Valley BTC meetup organizer George Burke, are creating Portal: DeFi on Bitcoin layer 3. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro, Wasabi Wallet, and Bitcoin Reserve. They're some of the finest, most useful, and most principled companies in the space, so you better check them out. Time stamps: 01:39 – The Silicon Valley Bitcoin meet-up (which George Burke currently organizes) 02:58 – DeFi on Bitcoin’s layer 2 06:05 – What does Bitcoin maximalism actually mean? 10:22 – Why are layers necessary in Bitcoin development and why was Portal built on Lightning as opposed to Liquid? 14:20 – What is a layer 3 and why is Portal one? 21:32 – How Portal is using layer 3 and the ability to post orders 40:25 – Bitcoin privacy really matters 50:25 – Being lazy with privacy also makes governments lazy with their CBDCs 1:04:16 – Why it’s hard to find Bitcoin Core developers 01:07:30 – Eric Martindale’s “Privacy First” principle 01:11:30 – Why buying a pre-built node reintroduces trust in a trust-minimized system 1:15:45 – RISC V boards for Bitcoin nodes 1:20:53 – Eric Martindale is like a younger David Chaum 1:21:30 – What is the ELI5 explanation for Portal? 1:22:50 – What is Portal’s monetization model?

Satoshi Sound is a co-producer of the Bitcoin & Friends animated show. Having joined the Bitcoin space in 2013, he is also involved in mining and has a background in gold. In this episode, we talk about all of these topics and give away some spoilers. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro (gold and bitcoin exchange) and Wasabi (privacy-centered BTC wallet). Time stamps: 03:30 – Toxicity and principle 05:30 – The voluntary spirit, purity of intentions and consistency of advocacy among bitcoiners 08:14 – Satoshi Sound’s Bitcoin journey from 2014 and until today 11:30 – The Bitcoin-only story arc of the Bitcoin and Friends show 12:30 – The Bitcoin OG mentality and low-time preference 16:15 – Working for Peter Schiff and why Bitcoin is superior to gold 18:55 – Pricing bitcoin in gold? 25:00 – Can Bitcoin ETFs suppress the price? 31:57 – Gold custody vs BTC custody 33:00 – Turning Shamir shares into BIP39 backups for extra security 35:44 – Multisig in the era of travel restrictions and lockdowns 38:01 – The drawbacks of Shamir Secret Sharing and custodial multisigs 41:30 – Shamir on top of multisig keys? 45:10 – Bitcoin and Friends collaborating with Cobra? 48:04 – Lessons learned from producing the first season of Bitcoin and Friends 53:35 – Did Satoshi Sound do any voices in the Bitcoin and Friends show? 55:29 – Extra characters being written into the show 59:10 – Who is the villain in Bitcoin and Friends? 01:02:20 – Slight spoiler about the Mitalik character 01:05:20 – Mining BTC with a Butterfly Labs ASIC and GPUs back in 2013 01:07:15 – Mining Bitcoin with wasted natural gas (Permian Mining) 01:11:50 – How can you follow Satoshi Sound?

When he began researching Bitcoin, David St-Onge decided to purchase and read some of the most popular books on the topic. In this interview, he rates the one that he liked the most and makes recommendations about where you should begin your journey. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro (the exchange where you only trade with honest money) and Wasabi (the bitcoin wallet that's optimized to protect your network-level and transaction privacy). Time stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:41 Presentation 3:48 David’s book reading frenzy 7:49 Mastering Blockchain 11:58 Tokenomics 14:29 Stray Dog visits 15:08 Tokenomics (continued) 16:00 Mastering Bitcoin 19:16 David’s motivations to write his book 20:51 Programming Bitcoin 22:43 The Bitcoin Standard 23:40 What has government done to our money ? 25:15 Layered Money 26:20 The Bitcoin Standard (continued) 28:55 What has government done to our money ? (continued) 30:52 The Bitcoin Money Book 33:58 How David met his publisher 36:08 The little Bitcoin Book 42:41 21 Lessons 45:45 Inventing Bitcoin 50:05 The book of Satoshi 55:10 Why Buy Bitcoin 57:36 The Price of Tomorrow 1:04:02 Books about Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe 1:08:46 The Lessons Of History 1:11:11 Sovereignty through mathematics 1:16:22 The short list 1:16:52 Tout sur Bitcoin (The short list) 1:18:17 Inventing Bitcoin (The short list) 1:18:46 Layered Money (The short list) 1:20:32 The Price of Tomorrow (The short list) 1:20:55 Future reading 1:21:45 The zero interest trap 1:24:30 Thoughts on Bitcoin courses 1:28:45 When did David decide to write his book ? 1:32:55 Where you can buy David’s book? 1:34:35 Bitcoin Twitter 1:35:44 How would David rate Vlad's BTCTKVR magazine ? 1:39:23 Layered Money (rating) 1:39:59 Conclusion 1:47:17 The Hidden book (The Blocksize War)

For most of his life, Max Hilleband has been an avid reader of Austrian Economics. So when the El Salvador bitcoin adoption as legal tender was announced, he couldn't help but express his perspective on the praxeological & human action implications. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi wallet. Time stamps: 1:40 – Intro 3:20 – The Austrian School of Economics 04:05 – Why the left-right dichotomy doesn’t make much sense 05:03 – What’s the deal with praxeology and what does it have to do with El Salvador? 10:18 – When is a country ready to adopt bitcoin? 15:00 – Denominating products and services in bitcoin 19:40 – Every country is pretty bad, but some are worse than others 20:05 – Democracy vs monarchy 36:02 – All previous forms of government have failed 40:00 – Choice, opting-out, and opportunity cost 44:50 – First reactions to El Salvador’s decision to adopt bitcoin as legal tender 51:30 – The short-term opportunity costs of adopting bitcoin in El Salvador 57:00 – The unforeseen consequences of adopting bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador 01:00:00 – Bitcoin revolution vs French Revolution vs American Revolution vs the Bolshevik Revolution 01:05:00 – After bitcoin wins, what’s next? 01:08:30 – Opting out by voting with your feet 01:14:20 – How can we consider and individual’s choices to be truly free in a world where everyone is trying to influence us? 01:23:30 – Keeping Bitcoin censorship-resistant with home mining 01:28:00 – Recommendations for computer operating systems (Qubes, Tails, Debian, Nix Bitcoin) 01:31:20 – NixOS vs Nix Bitcoin 02:32:20 – Reflexive behavior in relation to praxeology 01:39:00 – Schumpeter’s story 01:42:00 – Shitcoiners returning to bitcoin 01:44:00 – We never really had an altcoin (alternative to bitcoin) 01:45:25 – Sidechains & BIP 300 (Drivechains)

In this episode, Kenichi Kurimoto & Hitomi Moriyama talk about the useful Bitcoin Lightning tools that Nayuta builds, and also comment on contemporary issues which range from monetary inflation in Japan to Bitcoin nodes and layer 3 applications.

While most Bitcoin podcast interviews feature people who agree on almost every topic, this discussion with Knut Svanholm feels much more like a debate where we have opposing views. We talk about El Salvador, the state of sovereignty & why BTC is bullish. Sponsored by Vaultoro & Wasabi Wallet. Time stamps: 4:20 – Why did Knut Svanholm stick around the Bitcoin space? 7:20 – Bitcoin conferences are the new rockstar tours 9:55 – Opinions on “The Sovereign Individual” by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg 15:47 – The free will paradox 17:30 – Bitcoin as financial atheism 19:00 – Faith in verification 20:15 – Linux and open source 23:30 – Bitcoin privacy 26:08 – Financial incentives vs ideology 28:33 – Karen culture and Chainalysis 35:00 – Stockholm syndrome and the brilliance of George Orwell 38:13 – The El Salvador situation 58:50 – Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, and corporations getting involved in Bitcoin 01:01:50 – Mining from home and altruism 01:12:23 – Miners, Taproot, and SegWit activation 01:19:55 – Bitcoin’s J-shaped price action and S-shaped user adoption 01:23:54 – Why we’re still in the early days of Bitcoin 01:28:00 – The issue of fake bitcoins that can create inflation on Revolut, PayPal & eToro 01:31:45 – Day trading is like the poker boom 01:32:20 – People quitting their jobs because of the bitcoin bull run 01:34:30 – HODLing vs trading 01:36:00 – Bitcoin and the environment 01:43:00 – Bitcoin memes and reality 01:47:20 – Inflation is coming 01:48:45 – Yearly lows are more interesting than all-time highs 01:49:30 – Lightning is readier than ever 01:55:50 – Bits vs sats 01:57:00 – The mempool is empty again in 2021 01:59:54 – Peter Schiff is always the bottom indicator 02:03:57 – If you’re a Karen and want to speak to the manager of Bitcoin, where do you go? 02:06:30 – Knut’s next book 02:08:58 – Is Bitcoin libertarian? 02:13:00 – Starship Troopers, Robocop and other films that Hodlonaut also loves 02:14:50 – Roko’s basilisk and the Honey Badger Basilisk 02:17:09 – Why we need more Bitcoin podcasts 02:21:05 – Bitcoin, Christianity and atheism 02:23:00 – Why podcasts are better than television and radio 02:25:00 – How and why limits can be helpful and productive 02:27:05 – Interviewing Chris DeRose and keeping up with him 02:32:00 – Debating Roger Ver? 02:34:20 – Shitcoinery at the Bitcoin 2021 conference 02:36:00 – Shitcoins today are basically Bitcoin sidechains 02:37:50 – Stablecoins are oxymorons, altcoins are no real alternatives 02:39:00 – There’s a lot of method acting in Ethereum 02:41:00 – Zooko is most likely still a hardcore bitcoiner 02:43:00 – Vitalik, the Magic Flute and opera 02:47:50 – Fame 02:49:53 – People want to be loved, just like Charles Foster Kane 02:52:00 – Why kids and inheritance matter 02:56:00 – The flaws of education in Sweden 03:08:05 – Social democracy in Sweden

Thanks to the marvels of digital audio editing, I present you the uncompromising version of my interview with Chris DeRose. The sound quality is better & I've also restored some previously lost parts of our dialogue. Bitcoin Uncensored fans will love it! Originally sponsored by Vaultoro and the donations of Evan Rose and Vake. In the meantime, Wasabi wallet has joined the party. Time stamps: 01:43 – Hello party people! 04:45 – Trigger warning and Derose’s laws 05:30 – How is Chris Derose’s doing these days and how does his shitcoin basket perform? 09:12 – Using bitcoin as a unit of account 12:00 – We’re living in weird economic times 13:27 – Hope vs clarity 13:40 – What can you do with BTC? 14:46 – Will Chris DeRose make a comeback tour? Does he still have his Pepe cash? 15:22 – Ladyboys, S&P 500 20:18 – What happened to Murad? 21:00 – Is Chris DeRose coming back to Twitter? 26:23 – What does Chris DeRose predict is going to happen to Bitcoin in the next 6 months? 29:50 – Why is Bitcoin not decentralized enough? 32:20 – Decentralization in Chris DeRose’s definition 37:06 – How can Bitcoin replace the dollar without blending in first? 41:12 – Does the average bitcoiner want Bitcoin to be more decentralized? 44:34 – The US-centric comprehension of Bitcoin and rationalizing decentralization 52:58 – ASICs and decentralization 57:26 – Hard forking Bitcoin 1:01:47 – The one true Bitcoin 1:15:10 – User verification and who controls Bitcoin 1:19:30 – Decentralization is people doing stuff 1:22:00 – The Bitcoin totem 1:26:10 – Chris DeRose overanalyzing 1:31:41 – Hot takes vs critical thinking 1:41:30 – Lord of the Flies and the weird nature of the left-right political divide 1:46:50 – Why Chris DeRose still loves America 1:50:15 – What is on Chris DeRose’s reading list these days? 1:52:44 – History and the complimentary ideological extremes 1:57:34 – The internet will demoralize all the religions, ideologies and languages 2:00:36 – The religion of science 2:05:15 – Why did Chris DeRose get into Bitcoin? 2:08:25 – Did Chris DeRose get involved in e-gold, ecash, liberty dollar, or any other precursor of Bitcoin? 2:12:21 – Silk Road and demoralisation 2:16:20 – Mainstream financial institutions are demoralizing themselves 2:17:05 – Is Bitcoin still libertarian? 2:21:30 – Michael Saylor becoming way too influential 2:26:47 – Bitcoin will eat the world 2:33:00 – People who program silicon vs people who program carbon 2:35:07 – Developers vs marketers 2:41:20 – Objective money, gold and bitcoin 2:48:35 – Chris DeRose on the Lightning Network 2:51:41 – Offering confidence in Bitcoin to podcast listeners 2:57:40 – Arguing is a favor that we offer to society 2:59:30 – Contention in American society 3:02:50 – Connotation vs denotation 3:06:00 – The pollution of language 3:08:50 – Newsspeak in 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World 3:10:53 – The cat didn’t read the book on being a cat, but somehow humans do it 3:11:59 – We don’t go to school for education, but for obedience 3:15:11 – 50-page libertarians and 1000-page libertarians 3:16:30 – Bitcoin meetups used to be Socratic seminars, now they’re sermons 3:17:55 – Chris DeRose’s Florida meet-up 3:20:07 – Bitcoin might just be like Star Wars: commercially successful but spiritually bankrupt 3:21:58 – Michael Saylor is the textbook spook 3:24:30 – You get paid to leave in this space 3:27:02 – Asserting geographic independence 3:30:26 – The contention is with the medium, not the content 3:31:28 – S9 E2 teaser

Ben Arc likes to call himself an anarchist. Yet unlike most bitcoiners, he doesn't subscribe to the anarcho-capitalist school of thought. Instead, he belongs to the original Proudhon left-wing tradition and Hegelian dialectics. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. More info, time stamps, and other details: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s9-e6-ben-arc-on-anarchisms-left-wing-origins/

Start9 Labs CEO Matt Hill explains why it's important to manage your entire digital sovereignty with simple yet powerful open source software. Embassy OS, a Raspberry Pi operating system, offers a Bitcoin & Lightning node, plus other useful applications. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi wallet. More details and interview time stamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s4-e5-matt-hill-on-the-philosophy-of-sovereignty/

In his attempt to create prediction markets to fix our democracies, Paul Sztorc has decided to also spend some time trying to expand Bitcoin's sidechain layers with his BIP 300 Drivechain proposal. In this episode, he explains how & why he wants to do it. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Wasabi wallet. More details and timestamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s9-e4-paul-sztorc-on-the-philosophy-of-drivechains-and-prediction-markets/

What is anarcho-capitalism? Is it really an evil corporate environment? Who builds the roads and how will people resolve disputes in the absence of a central government? Joshua Scigala imagines a world that's based on peace & free markets. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi wallet. More info and time stamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s9-e3-joshua-scigala-on-the-philosophy-of-anarcho-capitalism-voluntaryism/

Vlad Zamfir is known as an independent thinker who is often perceived as dangerously blasphemous by his critics. In this episode, we talk about the philosophy of absurdism, CBDCs, privacy, immutability, code is law, and Nick Szabo's legacy. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi wallet. More info and time stamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s9-e2-vlad-zamfir-on-the-philosophy-of-absurdism-szabos-law/

KeyStone is the new Cobo Vault – except that lots of improvements have been brought and there are further software upgrades in the making. So in this episode, KeyStone CEO Lixin Liu tells us about his new hardware wallet & why it's better than Cobo. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi wallet. More details and time stamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s8-e12-lixin-liu-on-the-keystone-hardware-wallet/

Today, the once-outspoken Bitcoin Uncensored co-host Chris DeRose is unusually reclusive. But in spite of his apparent demoralization, he is as sharp and candid as ever – and any match with him is still a no holds barred. Hope you'll enjoy this long one! Sponsored by Vaultoro, Vake & Evan Rose. More info: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s9-e1-chris-derose-on-the-philosophy-of-demoralization/

Max Hillebrand is a Bitcoin and privacy advocate whose contributions to Wasabi Wallet have helped integrate hardware wallet functionality (among other cool features). In this episode, he talks about hardware wallets and how you can use them with a privacy-friendly wallet to boost your financial sovereignty. Furthermore, Max Hillebrand drops some hints about the future of Wasabi.

Stepan Snigirev is the creator of Specter Wallet, one of the best and most-user friendly solutions to set up multisigs on Bitcoin. He is also the mastermind behind Specter DIY, a hardware wallet that you can build yourself from general-purpose parts. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Wasabi Wallet. More details & time stamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s8-e11-stepan-snigirev-on-specter-diy-free-open-source-software/

Featuring Bitcoin-related songs by Czino, Richard La, DJ J Scrilla, Phil Gibson, Crypto Contagion, Renegade Investor, Vlad Costea, Zhou Tonged, Lord Snooty of Bitcoin, Cryptoraptor, Pleb Music, and Guywithafork. Sponsored by Vaultoro & BitBox02! Full playlist: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/bitcoin-takeover-radio-3-music-only-edition-for-the-weekend/

The Seedsigner is a unique DIY hardware wallet that anyone can build from a Raspberry Pi Zero. And in this episode, Mr. Seedsigner explains to us how the device works and why bitcoiners should build one to validate their own transactions.

Ben Arc describes himself as an open source hobbyist. Yet in spite of his humble introduction, he built the open-source Bowser hardware wallet and is also one of the lead developers of LNBits – a useful Lightning Network tool.

Slush talks about the next Trezor hardware wallet: a device that's going to benefit from the Tropic Square open source secure element chip, but also add a few extra features. Also, the Satoshi Labs CEO presents some important security tips. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. Here are the time stamps: 01:42 – Intro 03:24 – How did Slush come up with the idea of Tropic Square? 09:31 – What were Tropic Square’s biggest challenges? 12:54 – What’s the stage of development for the Tropic Square chips? 14:50 – Addressing chip audibility criticism from Lawrence Nahum and Zach Herbert: how can users verify the open sourceness of the chips? 18:10 – Coldcard changing licenses because of Foundation Devices: how does the situation compare to what Trezor did when KeepKey came around? 21:00 – Should users add complexity to their backup with a passphrase? 32:49 – Can the issue of physical security get solved? 34:00 – What does Slush think about the Cobo Vault? 39:55 – Can the Trezor do PSBT? 40:27 – USB vs PSBT via SD card 42:10 – What does Slush think about the Foundation Devices Passport? 43:58 – What does Slush think about the Blockstream Jade? 48:35 – Which features will the next Trezor hardware have? 49:58 – The Trezor Model T screen 52:30 – Trezor’s user interface improvements with Trezor Suite 57:51 – Trezor Suite wallet verification to prevent phishing attacks 1:00:55 – New features in Trezor Suite 1:03:20 – Are there any plans to add SLIP 0039 (Shamir Secret Sharing) to the Trezor One? 1:04:45 – The issue with typing your passphrase on your computer keyboard when using the Trezor One 1:07:41 – Connecting your Trezor to a full node 1:09:43 – Multisig vs Shamir Secret Sharing 1:19:18 – How does Trezor secure its marketing database and how can people order hardware wallets in a safer way? 1:23:17 – Why should people still buy hardware wallets instead of doing setups on wiped laptops? 1:21:19 – Removing fake applications and other phishing attempts 1:30:34 – What is next for Trezor and Satoshi Labs?

Since launching in February 2020, the second generation Cobo Vault has grown considerably on Western markets and has added lots of interesting features. In this episode, Lixin Liu talks about the pros and cons of this air-gapped approach to managing coins

Lazy Ninja is a security expert whose claim to fame in the Bitcoin space is hacking the Coldcard and the BitBox02 hardware wallets. In this episode, we talk about the latest trends in BTC security, including multisig, new devices (Foundation Devices Passport, Cobo Vault) & CoinJoins. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. Whenever you think that Bitcoin has reached the top, consider preserving your purchasing power through the world's oldest and most stable form of money: gold. And for this, you can join Vaultoro (not financial advice): https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover/?ref=6Tf1KvA And if you want to boost your Bitcoin privacy (network-level, transactional, sending, and receiving), then download Wasabi Wallet on your computer. It's the ultimate user-friendly tool which makes privacy an accessible tool for everyone. Available on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Zach Herbert is the CEO of Foundation Devices – a company that is about to ship the first batch of the Passport, a new user-friendly and Bitcoin-centric hardware wallet. In this interview, Zack talks about the elements that make the Passport unique. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 00:00 – Intro 03:40 – What was the initial reception like for the Foundation Devices Passport? 05:25 – The global chip shortage and hardware wallets 07:22 – Why launch another hardware wallet? 11:20 – Does the Foundation Devices Passport work with third party wallets like Wasabi, Electrum, and Blue Wallet? 14:00 – Why does the Passport sign transactions with an SD card or QR codes that you scan with the embedded camera? 16:20 – What kind of secure element chip does the Foundation Devices Passport use? 18:29 – From 1 to 10, how open source and transparent is the Passport hardware wallet? 20:40 – Tropic Square’s TASSIC chip and bunnie’s Precursor project 25:25 – Foundation Devices Passport vs Trezor 28:24 – Foundation Devices Passport vs Ledger 32:00 – Foundation Devices Passport vs Coldcard 39:17 – Is Foundation Devices Passport giving away bounties to ethical hackers? 41:47 – Passport’s security audit being made by the wallet.fail hackers 47:15 – Foundation Devices Passport vs BitBox02 52:07 – Why use hardware wallets when you can do cheaper DIY projects? 56:03 – Should we load up on hardware wallets before supply chain attacks become a lot more common? 57:00 – Are multisig setups a silver bullet for security? What about Shamir Secret Sharing? 1:00:30 – The surprise gift that comes with the first batch of Passports 1:01:30 – How can you get more privacy when ordering the Passport from Foundation Devices? 1:07:16 – What should we expect next from Foundation Devices? (node, phone & more)

In January 2021, Blockstream took the Bitcoin world by surprise by announcing the Jade hardware wallet – a powerful and inexpensive device. In this episode, Blockstream Chief Architect Lawrence Nahum explains how Jade works and what it aims to accomplish. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Blockstream. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 00:00 – Intro 03:38 – Why did Blockstream join the hardware market? 05:46 – Blockstream’s version of the anti-klepto, anti-Exfil 06:46 – How Jade can fix the multisig user experience 08:45 – Wait, isn’t Jade a green stone? 09:37 – Bitcoin wallets and colors 10:10 – How does Jade work with Wasabi and Electrum? 11:39 – Do Jade’s QR code scanning and bluetooth connectivity make it a mobile-specific hardware wallet? 12:40 – Making Jade work as a stand-alone device 13:46 – Air-gapping and false promises by other hardware wallet manufacturers 15:54 – Jade vs Trezor, Ledger, and BitBox02 22:55 – Does Blockstream have a bounty policy for responsible security disclosures for the Jade hardware wallet? 24:44 – Building your own Jade from the open sourced specifications 25:59 – What was the reception like for the Jade? Have any experts tried to hack into the Jade? 28:37 – Tropic Square and open source security chips for hardware wallets 31:10 – Buying a hardware wallet vs building your own from general-purpose parts 35:32 – Does PSBT make your coins more secure? Will Blockstream’s Jade add PSBT? 37:08 – How can you protect your privacy when ordering a hardware wallet? 43:38 – Multisig vs Shamir Secret Sharing 49:27 – When do you know that you need a multisig? 52:39 – What’s next for Blockstream? 53:45 – What’s the next Jade update going to include? 57:09 – Lawrence Nahum’s ideas to integrate Jade with Lightning and JoinMarket 1:00:30 – Shitcoins lying about their contributions to computer science and how newbies fall for it 1:03:00 – Promoting shitcoins is bad 1:04:21 – Bitcoin sidechains integrating interesting ideas from shitcoins (Drivechain, RSK) 1:06:58 – The tradeoffs involved when using sidechains 1:08:10 – When will Jade production meet its demand? 1:08:55 – What is the service life of the wallet? 1:11:46 – The Jade roadmap, revisited 1:15:06 – Can you use Jade for multisig in a quorum? 1:16:20 – Wen Reckless Review? 1:19:20 – Lawrence Nahum also created ABCore 1:20:59 – Why is Lawrence’s wallet called GreenAddress? 1:25:00 – Lawrence Nahum consulted HTC for the Exodus 1s full node phone 1:27:53 – How Lawrence Nahum came up with ABCore after receiving an Android TV accessory 1:30:13 – #BringBackRecklessReview #BuyUdiAMicrophone

In this episode, ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees talks about the KeepKey hardware wallet, the power of open source software, and the importance of self-custody. As a Bitcoin veteran, Voorhees also reminiscences about the most popular wallets from the 2010s. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 00:00 – 03:05 – Introduction 03:06 – When did Erik Voorhees use the first hardware wallet? 06:49 – KeepKey’s design 07:38 – What were the most popular wallets that OGs were using in the early 2010s? 10:28 – Start9 Labs 13:53 – Mt. Gox, exchange hacks, and the importance of self-custody 17:05 – Do exchanges really insure your bitcoins? 23:18 – Michael Saylor, Elon Musk, Stock to Flow & Lending Services Like BlockFi & Celsius 28:07 – The financialization of Bitcoin (ETFs, derivatives, synthetic 32:29 – Why verification matters 35:20 – Mt. Gox YubiKeys influenced the creation of hardware wallets? 36:07 – Using your hardware wallet for U2F/2FA 36:30 – Resetting a KeepKey 37:30 – Dealing with fake KeepKey apps 41:55 – Why Shapeshift acquired the KeepKey 43:07 – What does Erik Voorhees think about the Trezor One and the Trezor Model T? 45:06 – What hardware wallets should do 46:20 – Ledger and why open source matters 47:20 – Is open source socialist? 49:12 – Did Erik Voorhees try the Coldcard, BitBox02 or Jade? 49:30 – Ballet Real vs Pro 50:40 – Mike Caldwell’s extra security steps with the Casascius coins 52:38 – Multisig setups 54:30 – Shamir Secret Sharing 56:40 – Why open source helps software outlive the company that created it 57:30 – What kind of Bitcoin custody advice would Erik Voorhees give his younger self? 1:00:25 – Why should anyone buy a KeepKey hardware wallet instead of something else? 1:01:30 – Does KeepKey work with Electrum and Wasabi?

Charles Guillemet is the CTO of Ledger, the market leader in the field of Bitcoin hardware wallets. In this episode we talk about Ledger's philosophy for security, innovation, and how the Ledger Nano X compares to Trezor, BitBox, Coldcard and others. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. –––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 0:00 – 3:01 – Intro 03:02 – The journey of the Ledger Nano X 05:00 – Bluetooth and mobile connectivity for Ledger Live 05:55 – What makes Ledger devices unique and what’s the difference between Nano S and Nano X? 09:29 – Microcontroller differences between Nano S and Nano X 11:15 – How expensive is it to break the security of a Nano S or Nano X when the hacker gains physical access? 15:13 – Ledger Live’s support for connecting a full Bitcoin node 20:06 – How Coin Control (UTXO management) works 21:34 – Tor routing on Ledger Live? 22:35 – Ledger Live on desktop vs Ledger Live on mobile 24:03 – Full node on smartphones 25:40 – Ledger Nano X vs Trezor Model T 27:45 – Ledger Nano X vs BitBox02 29:02 – Ledger Nano X vs Coldcard 31:15 – Ledger Nano X vs Cobo, Passport, Jade, SafePal & others 34:09 – What is Ledger’s DonJon? 36:09 – Charles Guillemet’s contributions to finding vulnerabilities in Trezor 37:57 – PSBT, Airgap, QR codes & Shamir 41:54 – What are the security advancements that get Charles Guillemet most excited? (Schnorr, Zero-knowledge proofs, cryptography) 45:26 – Why should we still use hardware wallets, in spite of critics? 47:06 – How can Ledger users protect their devices? 48:55 – Never type the seed phrase on your keyboard 50:23 – Is multisig the silver bullet for security? What about Shamir Secret Sharing? 55:16 – Exclusive announcement about adding native multisigs to Ledger 56:38 – What’s next for Ledger? 57:58 – Should Ledger users set up passphrases? 59:00 – Closing statements

Benma is a software developer and researcher who works on the BitBox02 hardware wallet. In this episode, he talks about the qualities that make the BitBox02 unique, and how the device compares to other competing hardware wallets (Trezor, Ledger, Coldcard). Benma also mentions the current state of multisig standards, why users should use hardware wallets, and which security advancements get him most excited. In the end, he talks about ShiftCrypto's upcoming plans and projects. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. --------------------------------- Time Stamps: 0:00 – 04:00: Intro 04:00 – Why Benma wouldn't call himself a hardware wallet hacker, despite disclosing a vulnerability in the Coldcard Mk3. 04:30 – The BitBox02's journey since getting launched in late 2019 07:30 – Typing on the BitBox02 09:30 – What makes the BitBox02 unique? 12:15 – Connecting your Bitcoin full node to the BitBoxApp and other power user features 14:10 – The anti-klepto feature on the BitBox02 and how it involved Schnorr signatures, and the review of Blockstream's Jonas Nick and Andrew Poelstra 22:36 – BitBox02's encrypted communication with the computer and mobile phone 24:00 – Connecting your BitBox02 to Android devices 27:53 – BitBoxApp on ChromeOS and Chromebooks? 29:00 – BitBox02 vs Trezor Model T 33:12 – BitBox02 vs Ledger Nano S/X 36:33 – BitBox02 vs Coldcard 40:40 – PSBT and security 41:55 – When does an airgapped cold storage help? 48:40 – BitBox02 vs Cobo Vault and other new hardware wallets 50:55 – Multisig 56:00 – Shamir Secret Sharing 1:00:00 – Replacing hardware wallets with improvized setups 1:05:30 – Why hardware wallet alternatives are not really feasible 1:06:30 – Hardware wallets and privacy 1:13:00 – What is next for BitBox02 and ShiftCrypto?

Atlas (@ancapchildren) first rose to Bitcoin prominence after American Hodl started a campaign to turn him into a wholecoiner. Almost a year later, Atlas is still holding onto that bitcoin he received and keeps his strong conviction.

Giacomo Zucco and Mir are the Bitcoin power couple in its purest and best-intentioned form. You'd think that they wouldn't have much to say outside of Bitcoin, but as soon as you ask them questions they will keep on talking for 2 hours straight! Topics include politics, music, and films. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Hodlonaut & Katia are one of Bitcoin's most popular and beloved couples. But when they don't run the Citadel21 operations, they watch 1980s films and enjoy electronic music. In this episode, they talk about their preferences & express their cat-like views. --------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Koleya Karringten is best known in the Bitcoin space for her executive director role in the Canadian Blockchain Consortium. But her main job involves designing combustion heating systems for aviation and construction. In this episode, we talk about Koleya's background, her volunteering work, and the role of freedom and science pandemic-induced lockdowns. --------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Most people know Charlie Lee as the creator of Litecoin or one of the major investors in Bitcoin companies. But in this episode, Charlie talks about his love for video games and Star Wars. We go way back to the days of the NES & 1990s PC gaming! --------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

When he doesn't do Bitcoin stuff, John Carvalho enjoys writing and listening to music, as well as playing video games. In this episode, the Lightning business developer that nobody asks for tells more about how he almost became a punk rock star. -------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Car Golzalez is best known for doing Bitcoin-related research during his Thriller Podcast. But in his spare time, he enjoys listening to Bob Dylan albums and has some very interesting opinions on some of the more obscure and underrated albums. We also talk about what it's like to be an ethical podcaster in a space where most people seem to shamelessly enjoy every financial benefit while maintaining a shady reputation. ----------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.