Blockspace: AI & Bitcoin

Charlie & Colin break down the conspiracy theory that claims Jack Dorsey is Satoshi Nakamoto. You might be surprised how deep the rabbithole goes and how crazy the connections sound. Notes: • Jack Dorsey’s Vietnamese restaurant • Hidden address references in old Bitcoin transactions • Are clues hidden in comic books? Check out our Bitcoin scaling conference! Visit opnext.dev to learn more. Chapters: 00:00 Is Jack Dorsey Satoshi? 01:14 The bizarre connections begin 02:29 Jack’s “Satoshi” Shirt 05:02 Jack Dorsey was a Cypherpunk 06:44 Arch Network 07:16 Old Addresses 09:52 Clues in old vanity addresses 19:07 Jack, Bitcoin, and nautical references 36:54 Why Jack Dorsey isn’t Satoshi - 👉 Brought to you by Arch Network! Arch brings the speed of Solana & the best of crypto UX to Bitcoin. Tap into the rich app ecosystem on Arch & try out the testnet while you’re still early! Visit arch.network to learn more. - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Reeves, CEO of Fold, is hyperfocused on making it easy to save in Bitcoin. As the new Bitcoin user looks different than previous cycles, so does the modern Bitcoin company. Fold is going public on the thesis that the average American needs low friction options to orient their existing habits around saving in Bitcoin. Notes: • Fold vs other public crypto companies • Different company models each cycle • Successful (and unsuccessful) products • Starbucks & airline miles, but with Bitcoin Check out our Bitcoin scaling conference! Visit opnext.dev to learn more. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 1:26 Nasdaq listing 02:47 Fold 1.0 to Fold 2.0 04:25 Arch Network 04:55 Fold 2.0 05:35 Why Fold holds over 1,000 BTC 09:59 Adapting for a changing Bitcoin landscape 19:08 The reasoning behind Fold’s Nasdaq listing 29:59 Bitcoin's Changing User Base 39:25 Plans for 2025 and beyond 41:44 Reflections on the future of Bitcoin - 👉 Brought to you by Arch Network! Arch brings the speed of Solana & the best of crypto UX to Bitcoin. Tap into the rich app ecosystem on Arch & try out the testnet while you’re still early! Visit arch.network to learn more. - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Luongo from Thesis helps us “wrap” our heads around what it means to take your bitcoin cross-chain. What are the trust assumptions? What are the differences between different wrapped Bitcoin products? Is there any “funny business” going on? Notes: • New users are coming to ETFs • Microstrategy vs cross-chain Bitcoin • TVL mirroring • BitGo’s Wrapped Bitcoin vs other wrapped Bitcoin Check out our Bitcoin scaling conference! Visit opnext.dev to learn more. - 👉 Brought to you by Arch Network! Arch brings the speed of Solana & the best of crypto UX to Bitcoin. Tap into the rich app ecosystem on Arch & try out the testnet while you’re still early! Visit arch.network to learn more. - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:03 What is Wrapped Bitcoin 05:12 Bitcoin Layers and Bridging 07:45 Arch Network 08:15 Layers 10:30 Trust Assumptions in Wrapped Bitcoin 14:14 Proof of Reserves vs. Solvency 19:02 The Scale of Wrapped Bitcoin 25:12 Soft Forks and Bitcoin’s Future - Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s now openly acknowledged that the crypto industry has been targeted for years by the previous administration’s Operation Chokepoint 2.0 scheme. Charlie & Colin discuss how last week’s hearing saw Senators Warren & Scott addressed the matter before the House Financial Services Committee. We explain how we got here and where we might go as an industry. Notes: • History of regulatory scrutiny • FTX Fallout • Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Hearing • Elizabeth Warren changes tune Check out our Bitcoin scaling conference! Visit opnext.dev to learn more. Chapters: 03:23 – Operation Choke Point 2.0: Background & FTX Fallout 07:20 – Nick Carter’s Revelations & Chokepoint Analysis 09:23 – Silvergate’s Story & the 15% Deposit Cap 18:09 – House Financial Services Committee Hearing Recap 25:05 – Elizabeth Warren’s Pivot & Broader Political Implications 42:41 – Future Outlook: Could There Be a Choke Point 3.0? - 👉 Brought to you by Arch Network! Arch brings the speed of Solana & the best of crypto UX to Bitcoin. Tap into the rich app ecosystem on Arch & try out the testnet while you’re still early! Visit arch.network to learn more. - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! For this week's Writer's Room, Colin and Charlie cover the release of Tornado Cash co-founder Alexey Pertsev from prison. They also dive into recent policy talking points from Trump's Crypto Czar, David Sacks, including why stablecoin regulation could become a pillar of this administration's crypto approach (and what that means for dollar dominance). Plus, what Trump's executive order for a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund means for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears, @AsILayHodling Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a crypto dump some are comparing to the COVID crash, Bitcoin dominance has skyrocketed. Is this the new normal? Bitwise's Jeff Park says the trade war may kick off a series of events that is actually good for Bitcoin, - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quary, founder of Magisat, discusses the growing market for rare sats, unique satoshis with historical, aesthetic, or numerical significance. How does ordinal theory assign identities to satoshis? What are the technical challenges of procuring rare sats? Despite current liquidity & market drawdown, Quary argues that rare sats represent an authentic, grifter-resistant asset class, poised to gain value as Bitcoin adoption grows. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:09 How Quary Discovered Rare Sats 04:43 What Are Ordinals and Rare Sats? 09:40 What Makes a Satoshi Rare? 15:21 The Unique Nature of Rare Sats 17:31 The Rare Sat Marketplace: How Sats Get Traded 24:31 Technical Challenges in Building a Rare Sat Marketplace 30:53 Market Valuation and Adoption of Rare Sats 39:03 The Bull Case for Rare Sats Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears Check out our conference - opnext.dev Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The culling is happening -- Bitcoin assets like Runes & Ordinals are collapsing. Is this the end? Top Ordinals assets are down 30% - 60% over the past month and the total Runes market cap has fallen below $1 billion, again. An interesting phenomenon the past week has been the attention on Solana memecoins from the ordinals & Bitcoin maxi community. Unlikely as it may seem, "boomer" Bitcoiners are launching memecoins on Solana. - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ross Ulbricht is free, full pardon! But how did we get here & what actually was the Silk Road? Colin & Charlie dive in - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears, @AsILayHodling Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this emergency Writer's Room episode, Charlie and Colin talk Trump's inauguration speech, in which he doesn't mention Bitcoin (quelle suprise!); the $10 billion dollar elephant (or should we say "shitcoin"?) in the room, TRUMP coin; and Trump's myriad Bitcoin policy promises. - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears, @AsILayHodling Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are now 7 states with Bitcoin reserve proposals! But they're not all the same, and it can be super confusing how each one works. Charlie & Colin explain & rank the Bitcoin reserves according to our (admittedly arbitrary) metrics! - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears, @AsILayHodling Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loans on Bitcoin are better than loans on Ethereum. More private, more secure, and better "attestations" Dive into the world of DLCs, Discreet Log Contracts - an underexplored but powerful mechanism that Shezhan Marieda uses to power Lava Loans Follow our guest on Twitter: @MarediaShezhan Follow our host: @cbspears --- 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. --- Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:23 What is Lava? 03:50 Bitcoin Smart Contracts 05:19 Explaining DLCs 10:49 Lava Loan Mechanics 13:13 Counterparty Dynamics 16:42 Challenges in Building Lava 19:01 Yield and Interest 25:58 DLC Innovations 41:41 Future of Lava Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Runes are back down below $1 billion market cap and seem like they have lower to go. Is this the moment that Runes die? - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! - Stream Bitcoin Season 2 everywhere 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1NQIkiC... 🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🎧 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/bitcoin-se... 📺 Watch: • Bitcoin Season 2 FULL Episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! For today's Writer's Room, Colin and Charlie celebrate Running Bitcoin Day by picking through the Bitcoin Talk archives for a selection of Hal Finney's most prescient takes. Finney is famous for being the first person (after Satoshi) to run Bitcoin -- a claim to fame that involves receiving the first non-mining related transaction from Bitcoin's creator -- as well as being one of the earliest contributors to Bitcoin Core. Hal was highly active in Bitcoin's salad days and a prolific poster on Bitcoin Talk, where he provided his thoughts on Bitcoin's earliest versions, pontificated over the cryptocurrency's future, and shared ideas with its earliest adopters. Many of Hal's ideas and prognostications were incredibly incisive and clairvoyant -- almost frighteningly so -- hence the title of today's show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most large custodians secure Bitcoin using multisig or MPC, but that tech hasn't really changed or upgraded for almost a decade. Anchorwatch founder Rob Hamilton explains how Miniscript levels up the custodian game and allows for better risk mitigation for the largest holders of Bitcoin. He also dives into Bitcoin script, soft forks, and getting Ethereum holders to burn their assets onto Bitcoin. Follow our guest on Twitter: @Rob1Ham Follow our host: @cbspears --- 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Timestamps: 02:11 Anchorwatch TLDR 03:55 The tech behind Anchor Watch’s Trident Vault. 04:28 Bitcoin native smart contracts. 07:23 Bitcoin address encoding. 13:16 Multi-sig of Multi-sig explained. 14:09 Designing distributed risk solutions. 30:00 How Clubhouse and Bitcoin discussions led to Anchor Watch. 34:38 Vision for Bitcoin banking infrastructure. 36:47 Bitcoin-denominated insurance policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rumors are swirling of custodians & services rehypothecating Bitcoin for the various staking protocols which have popped up over the past year. Are these founded? What's the risk? Also, why is everyone using the same custodians in the first place? - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears, @AsILayHodling Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! - Stream Bitcoin Season 2 everywhere 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1NQIkiC... 🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🎧 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/bitcoin-se... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fourth Turning? That's the Uranus return cycle. Ray Dalio's 250 civilizational cycle? That's Pluto's return. Erin Redwing explains how Bitcoin astrology works & how "Girl pseudoscience" (astrology) is just as useful as "Boy pseudoscience" (economics). What is Bitcoin astrology & how it guides us through 2025 ✨ Follow our guest on Twitter: @realizingerin Follow our host: @cbspears --- Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz --- 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. 00:00 Intro 03:34 From Planetary Science to Bitcoin 09:32 Bridging Bitcoin and Astrology 13:23 Outer Planet Astrology 20:07 Predictions for 2025 40:04 Astrology as a Lens for Bitcoin and Economics 49:48 The Future of Bitcoin: 2025 and Beyond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Taproot Wizards "are a new Bitcoin Cultural movement" that combines nerdy tech & fun experimentation. "Illusionist" OuterLumen joins Bitcoin Season 2 to talk about Spellverse, the Wizard's project to document & catalogue the universe of community submissions over the past 2 years. Follow our guest: @OuterLumen --- Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz --- Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! - 0:00 Intro 3:30 OuterLumen name origin 5:50 Discovering Taproot Wizards 7:40 What Are Taproot Wizards 10:25 The Appeal of Web3 and Digital Identity 13:10 Researching NFT Traits and Discoveries 16:45 Spellverse Creation 18:50 Visualizing Spellverse 25:00 Showcasing Community Stories 35:15 Bitcoin and Ethereum Communities 40:05 Reflecting on Bitcoin Culture and Evolution 44:50 Trends in the Ordinals Ecosystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The race is ON between who can attract more Bitcoin: Corporations or the on-chain Bitcoin economy. Bitcoin layers, staked & wrapped Bitcoin are growing fast -- but are they growing fast enough to beat Michael Saylor & Saylor copycats? We use BitcoinLayers.org to help us track things! - Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz - Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We thought we won the Blocksize War in 2017 when Bitcoin Cash forked off -- but now it sounds like some Bitcoin developers are picking up the same talking points? Charlie & Colin dissect what's going on. - Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears, @AsILayHodling Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most "Quantum FUD" you hear is probably BS. But there are some ways Bitcoin is vulnerable to quantum computers. Hunter Beast helps us understand what these threats look like and explains a solution. Follow our guest: @cryptoquick --- Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz --- Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! - 03:13 Hunter’s Quantum Resistance Work 05:05 Google’s Willow Chip & Its Implications 07:29 Early Quantum Computers vs. Today 09:31 Quantum Noise & Error Correction 11:30 How Quantum Computers Challenge Bitcoin 13:07 Is Quantum a Real Threat? 14:00 The Four Vulnerability Scenarios in Bitcoin 15:35 Public Key Hash Addresses: Safe or Not? 19:40 The Importance of Operational Security 23:25 Satoshi’s Coins as a Quantum Shield 28:09 Proactive Quantum-Resistant Solutions for Bitcoin 33:45 Should Bitcoin Take a Proactive or Reactive Approach to Soft Forks? 43:00 Bitcoin’s Resilience Remains Unshaken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin is solidly over $100k but what in the world is happening in the "Bitcoin ecosystem"? Microstrategy has a premium but on-chain activity is dead? Ordinals are down in BTC terms, but they are UP in USD terms. Everything is upside-down, let's review the numbers! - Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz - Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hyperbitcoinization is more than just the price going up, it's about Bitcoin being the basis for every transaction in the world *and* it means a vibrant on-chain ecosystem. Founder of Botanix Labs, Willem Schroe, believes we are at a massive crossroads in Bitcoin where the future could be dominated by custodians. Willem calls for more on-chain activity, hoping for a sovereign bitcoin future. Follow our guest: @WillemSchroe --- Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz --- Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 6:20 Origin Story: Spider Chain Whitepaper 9:00 Permissionless vs Decentralized Explained 13:45 User Demand vs Ideology in Bitcoin 17:30 Crossroads for Bitcoin: Custody vs Sovereignty 22:10 Product Market Fit in Bitcoin and Stablecoins 28:00 Applications Driving Bitcoin Adoption 34:50 The Role of Blackrock and Stakeholder Power 39:00 Bitcoin Soft Forks and Covenants Discussion 43:00 Botanix in 2025: Vision for Hyperbitcoinization 47:00 Call to Action: Bitcoin Back On-Chain 50:00 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"What do Bitcoin devs think about X?" is the most popular question right now in the soft fork discussion. How do we measure who supports what? It's not super straightforward, but just this week we found a super useful chart! - Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz - Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp talks about Bitcoin consensus, ossification, and how he hopes Bitcoin does not follow the same path the email (SMTP) protocol has -- being limited to a handful of centralized providers. Follow our guest: @lopp --- Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix!ac Botanix Labs is pioneering a new direction for DeFi with the first EVM L2 running on Bitcoin that’s built to be forward secure, decentralized, and share gas fees generated by the network with users. See the future of DeFi from botanixlabs.xyz --- Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:21 Taproot Wizard and Background 06:30 Bitcoin and Ethereum Context 10:09 SMTPification of Bitcoin Explained 13:14 Ossification and Protocol Challenges 19:47 Improving Bitcoin at the Protocol Layer 31:33 Current State of Bitcoin Development 46:09 Soft Forks and Future Proposals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices