Bitcoin Adoption Is Going Mainstream | Max Guise

<p>Max Guise from Block joins the show to break down one of the biggest leaps forward for Bitcoin self-custody: BitKey’s new privacy upgrade, why it matters, and how it removes one of the last major trade-offs between safety and privacy. </p> <p>We get into how BitKey’s new chaincode-delegation system prevents Block from seeing balances or transactions, and why this BIP unlocks a new era for private, user-friendly multisig. </p> <p>We also get into Square switching on Bitcoin payments across the US and why that’s a much bigger deal than most people realise - removing the friction of onboarding merchants and making Bitcoin everyday money. As well as the structural risk of mining centralisation, how relying on a handful of foreign ASIC manufacturers threatens Bitcoin’s long-term resilience, and how Proto’s approach is designed to spread hashpower, strengthen the network, and give miners real optionality for the first time in years.</p> <p><strong>THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.iren.com/"><strong>IREN</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/wbd"><strong>RIVER</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.anchorwatch.com/"><strong>ANCHORWATCH</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://mining.blockwaresolutions.com/wbd"><strong>BLOCKWARE</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://ledn.io/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=2025_whatbitcoindid&utm_content=ad_read"><strong>LEDN</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://bitkey.world/"><strong>BITKEY</strong></a></p> <p><strong>FOLLOW</strong>:</p> <p>Danny Knowles: <a href="https://x.com/%5C_DannyKnowles"><strong>https://x.com/\_DannyKnowles</strong></a> or <a href="https://primal.net/danny"><strong>https://primal.net/danny</strong></a></p> <p>Max Guise: <a href="https://x.com/max_guise"><strong>https://x.com/max_guise</strong></a></p>