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2026-03-02 23:00:36 CET

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Not if you get the Mk4 in good condition, with the driving wheel on the left side (super rare).

2026-02-28 05:38:44 CET

Citrea has been on mainnet for a month.
Embedding ZK proofs on the timechain.
Bitcoin didn’t break.
Go figure 🤷🏻‍♂️

2026-02-28 03:03:14 CET

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lolololololololololol
You guys are mentally stuck in 2017

2026-02-28 03:02:25 CET

https://www.youtube.com/live/BXVZ50tGf0w?si=Zz69K3VhdR5yqpaK

2026-02-27 16:19:05 CET

The BIP110 debate reminds me that it’s much cheaper and more efficient to fix a problem with free markets than with politics
Tldr: just fork off and see what the market thinks about your ideas

2026-02-27 14:18:13 CET

During my 4-day stay in Denver, I watched TV for about an hour every morning.
Based on the ads I saw, I realized that the US is heading towards a recession:
– bank ads are about refinancing debt, not cheap loans to spend recklessly
– lots of ads about saving money buying cheaper alternatives (even Burger King menus and generic viagra lol)
– aggressive ads for apps that track your spending to cut unnecessary subscriptions and realize where most of the money goes
When these are the products/services needing advertisement (and considering it worth the expense), that’s how you know that the economy is in a critical state.

2026-02-27 03:44:27 CET

If you enjoy listening to the Bitcoin Takeover podcast
Please take a minute of your day and leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
It helps a lot, makes the content easier to discover.
Thank you in advance!
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2026-02-26 18:31:21 CET

More than 100 podcast episodes related to Bitcoin get published every week
(including the “crypto” label)
Thousands of YouTube videos featuring “Bitcoin” in the title get uploaded every day
I am truly grateful that so many people choose to listen to mine ❤️

2026-02-26 16:18:28 CET

If I had the maximalist “everything sucks except for the thing that I own and use” mindset when I discovered Bitcoin
I would have never touched Bitcoin.

2026-02-26 13:01:04 CET

Ideologies are great for as long as they are grounded in facts and serve an achievable goal
Toxic bitcoin maximalism was mostly a reaction to the 2017 forks, to make sure that the original chain remains known as “Bitcoin” and promising tech like Lightning gets a chance to compete
Almost a decade later, Bitcoin is less relevant for payments and the Lightning network is still a small-scale experiment. Other digital money networks emerged and took 40% of what used to be Bitcoin’s market.
There used to be a time when everything was a reaction to Bitcoin or an attempt to improve Bitcoin’s design. Today we have projects that don’t care about Bitcoin at all and serve entirely different use cases.
You can’t possibly live in complete ignorance like it’s still 2017 and a whole decade of market information doesn’t exist. Update your worldview, adapt to the new conditions. Understand that there are people who don’t give a shit about Bitcoin, but use other blockchains instead.
Don’t be afraid of learning. Because if you are and you convince all your friends that ignorance is the way, that’s how Bitcoin keeps on losing market share and relevance. Adapt or die.

2026-02-26 00:42:44 CET

Zcash is private Bitcoin
Litecoin is faster Bitcoin
Kaspa is scalable Bitcoin
Decred is governance Bitcoin
Bitcoin Cash is big block Bitcoin
Ethereum is smart contract Bitcoin
Quantus is quantum resistant Bitcoin
Monero is reactionary fungible Bitcoin
“Bitcoin” is not just a ticker.
“Bitcoin” is not just one network.
Bitcoin is the name of a movement, the symbol of a revolution, and the ecash that actually changed the world.

2026-02-25 17:56:52 CET

I agree with “Bitcoin, not crypto” – with a twist!
Crypto has historically referred to cryptology and cryptography. It should probably remain so.
“Cryptocurrency” makes no sense without the existence of privacy.
So instead, use “Bitcoin” to describe everything that resembles it: private Bitcoin, scalable Bitcoin, smart contract Bitcoin, proof of stake Bitcoin, quantum resistant Bitcoin.
Why? Because Bitcoin is open source just like Linux. Also, Bitcoin is the only for of ecash (electronic cash) that succeeded in starting a revolution.
Of course, every Bitcoin uses a different ticker and trades for a different amount of money. But the shared goal and use of blockchain-derives tech make them all Bitcoins.
Of course, we could have had one Bitcoin that does everything. But the ossification culture has killed any chance of achieving the 21 million coin utopia.
Instead, we have a Bitcoin for every new use case that branched out of Bitcoin due to deficient upgrading. And that’s just fine.
Bitcoin. Not crypto.

2026-02-25 12:41:25 CET

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Wtf is the technical era?

2026-02-25 04:35:47 CET

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I think this one is pretty good. Long, but you have time stamps in the description:
https://www.youtube.com/live/GMX_Agbe-9w?si=l3HqadiDQd7AAOOx

2026-02-25 04:33:46 CET

It’s my 34th birthday, I’m sick in bed, haven’t been outside in 4 days, and I’ve never felt lonelier.
At least my girlfriend drew this for me, but it might be the last one.
I can’t even drink alcohol because I’m taking antibiotics. No cake or candles either.
Good night!
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2026-02-25 04:31:09 CET

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He didn’t ask the question in good faith. Made up his mind long time ago, now he’s just looking for reassurance.
That, or he is a spook 🤷🏻‍♂️

2026-02-25 04:28:35 CET

Sometimes I feel like my podcast would be more successful if I didn’t post my pessimistic thoughts
If I just claimed that everything is great, came up with a bullish spin to all the bad news, completely ignored the data that destroys narratives
But then again, that’s not who I am 🤷🏻‍♂️
And if a bunch of people never get to listen to my awesome show because they don’t like my tweets, then so be it. This only makes my audience smarter.

2026-02-25 04:28:01 CET

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How does that really make you feel, though?

2026-02-24 13:53:45 CET

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I wrote it with my own human fingers

2026-02-24 13:52:46 CET

The 3 bullish scenarios for Bitcoin:
1. JD Vance becomes US president and we get another 4-8 years of light regulations + building without fear of retribution from the left.
2. Gen alpha switches from collecting Fortnite skins to buying digital currency.
3. AI to AI settlements use BTC. It’s likely that the agents will choose to build their own high throughput payments network, with their own token. But in between trades, to avoid higher volatility, they will swap into BTC. Might be an issue is stablecoins get in the way.

2026-02-24 08:38:12 CET

Someone who started DCAing into bitcoin in October 2021 and never sold
Hasn’t made any profits, didn’t beat inflation, wasn’t able to store any value
Would be much better off DCAing into gold or the S&P500
Stop the store of value psyop. Bitcoin’s value proposition is freedom of transactions and unconfiscatable money. The price discovery is just a side effect.

2026-02-24 08:37:47 CET

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We couldn’t make it during the most friendly and relaxed US presidency.
You think it will be any better when Newsom & AOC walk in?

2026-02-24 04:20:48 CET

For the first time ever, I am not convinced that Bitcoin will return to its previous all-time high
The reason is simple: there is no bullish narrative
Store of value/digital gold/reserve asset?
It all imploded once institutions got cold feet because of quantum computing risks
Freedom money?
The project didn’t undergo any upgrades to scale better and receive better privacy. You can only get high throughput & anonymity on ruggable federations, mints & other centralized services.
Unconfiscatable wealth?
Not so long ago, we witnessed unironic conversations about freezing dust UTXOs. Some people also talk about freezing Satoshi’s coins in the post-quantum future. Both are dangerous precedents that threaten the network’s main value proposition.
Permissionless money?
There’s an ongoing debate about gatekeeping certain transaction types which an army of religious zealots describes as “spam”. Also, the BitVM builders are already frowned upon for bringing “shitcoin tech” to Bitcoin and filling the block space in unorthodox ways.
One coin to rule them all?
The current Bitcoin maintainers are against adding anything controversial to Bitcoin. CTV, CSFS, CAT, GSR, BIP300 will probably never happen for as long as there is one popular voice that opposes activation. Which only lends legitimacy to altcoins trying the tech.
Beautiful stories about the noble and pure money system that fights against central banking?
The Epstein files have effectively tainted the reputation of Bitcoin in the eyes of many normies. Biggest devs were under MIT’s paycheck, some folks even visited Epstein’s island in a time that was crucial for the project’s development. Reputations were destroyed, hopes were broken, new conspiracies emerged.
The cyber hornet hivemind that brings peace, unity & laser eyes?
The Bitcoin community has never been more divided and hostile – even to people who have been around for many years and brought significant contributions to the project. The purity tests have become so ridiculous that any sane person would purposely fail them.
Retail grassroots adoption?
People still remember FTX, BlockFi, Celsius, and the other failures of the previous cycle. Lots of money was lost, harsh lessons were learned, the likeliness of having these people embrace decentralized internet money is lower than ever.
Hedge against inflation?
Oh please, Tether has never been more popular world wide. To third world countries, USDT is the inflation hedge and the most desired medium of exchange. Even in the US the stablecoins are hotter than Bitcoin.
The great power grid stabilizer?
US miners are pivoting to AI because it pays better. Chinese ones are doing it too. Proof of Work mining is becoming less popular.
The uncorrelated asset to protect you and your family from a total financial collapse?
Oh please, Bitcoin trades like a tech stock. People invest in it because they hope it will one day fulfill its potential as a global digital cash. So when the stock market crashes, Bitcoin follows the trend.
Will Bitcoin survive the reward halvings with empty blocks? Are people willing to pay $100 per transaction?
There is still a looming uncertainty concerning these situations. Mostly because a bunch of loud gatekeepers shunned away all experiments that could turn into valuable use cases.
Also remember: with the exception of last year’s bubble, every massive bull market has been precedes by a notable network upgrade.
Bitcoin needs a new philosophy which embraces innovation in cryptography and computer science, nurtures experimentation & encourages builders to stick around.
Arrogant close mindedness won’t work again this time.

2026-02-23 23:10:21 CET

Okay so a Satoshi-era wallet transferred 9k BTC to Coinbase
Good for him, made a fortune just by being patient
But the most important question is: why sell now?
Did the OG whale lose faith in the project? Because if he still hoped Bitcoin was the future of money, he’d sell 100 for living expenses and keep the rest for another decade or so.
Or maybe he’s dying and doesn’t have a good inheritance plan?
Bottom line: when the guys who believed in bitcoin when the price was 0 are exiting, it’s never a good sign. These are the idealists who supported the project since its inception.

2026-02-23 20:16:41 CET

To everyone who is still here in spite of the bleeding markets:
I salute you 🫡
It’s moments like these that differentiate true believers from tourists
Better use the next 3 years to educate yourself about the tech you invested in & maybe build something meaningful.

2026-02-23 11:29:21 CET

Bear markets are the true conviction test.
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2026-02-23 10:55:51 CET

There are useful idiots.
There are paid shills.
And then there’s @npub1cjw…j2rh expressing opinions on BIP110
which he said he wouldn’t support but now promotes like it’s the second coming of Christ

2026-02-22 19:10:03 CET

How it started: let’s create sovereign money to liberate every person on the planet
How it’s going: the humans don’t want it, let’s optimize the blockchains and L2s for AI agents

2026-02-20 22:01:04 CET

Anyone unironically supporting BIP444/110 is NGMI

2026-02-20 05:48:35 CET

A fork of Bitchat but it’s called bitch at

2026-02-19 17:35:21 CET

Quantum-resistant signatures are much larger in size than ECDSA
Larger signatures -> more block space taken up by a single transaction -> higher transaction fees
Hot take: a quantum upgrade for Bitcoin should be accompanied by a block size increase

2026-02-19 16:53:38 CET

Bitcoin won’t move forward until the spam lunatics leave and another UTXO fork onboards a lot of users
Therefore, Bitcoin needs 2 hard forks to get back on track:
– one that removes the loud non-technical LARPs (BIP110 is perfect)
– one that welcomes all the frustrated builders, which creates the kind of competition that Core will take seriously
Without these two, Bitcoin is stuck as an open source project. The problem isn’t technical, but cultural.

2026-02-19 07:32:21 CET

Emojis destroyed beautiful text-based emoticons such as
>.<
o(–_–)o
^_^
XD
^.^
X.X
O.O
UwU
And I miss using these! Or even saying rotflmao instead of 😂

2026-02-16 00:00:05 CET

Left: Grok AI
Right: my girlfriend on her iPad
Same instructions, both of them were unaware of each other’s work and involvement in this experiment
Which one do you prefer?
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2026-02-15 21:45:47 CET

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Grazie signore!

2026-02-15 21:45:03 CET

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Found another place. But moving has been exhausting!

2026-02-14 18:22:38 CET

Over the last 22 months, I’ve recorded more than 100 Bitcoin Takeover podcast episodes in this tiny apartment room
It feels bittersweet to leave it empty and unrecognizable
But I got evicted and tonight I’ve seen it for the last time
Farewell, old desk! New adventures await
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2026-02-14 18:21:58 CET

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Yup

2026-02-11 14:34:11 CET

I don’t want Bitcoin adoption to get built on fake news & lies
The whole “Shakira was in El Salvador” campaign reeks of pathetic desperation and also proves how much hopium lingers on
Some people don’t care if the information is not true as long as it’s “bullish”.
Sad!

2026-02-11 14:21:20 CET

Vik Sharma didn’t join the show only to brag about the great Zcash integration and the Monero community’s reactions: he also presented a demo of the Lightning network feature, which is bound to get added to Cake Wallet within weeks.
On top of Bitcoin privacy tools such as Silent Payments and PayJoin, now users of Cake Wallet will also be able to move their BTC to the second layer in order to send transactions that confirm faster and get better privacy.
This would make Cake the only multi-coin wallet which adds Lightning support, as all the existing ones are BTC-only (unless you count L-BTC or R-BTC as altcoins).
https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s17-e6-vik-sharma-on-ending-wars-between-privacy-coins/

2026-02-11 03:54:50 CET

Okay, where are we on this chart?
https://image.nostr.build/0fedabd7c41a3f9f5f7ca2f3d1dfafde76dfc980d879c72a9a8a8443a087d280.jpg

2026-02-11 02:27:10 CET

Colin Harper is a veteran Bitcoin journalist and commentator, whose articles you might have read in Bitcoin Magazine, Coin Central, or the Luxor Mining blog.
He famously traveled the world trying to pay for everything in bitcoin and I first met him in person in Berlin in 2019 while he was running the experiment in Europe.
https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s17-e7-colin-harper-bitcion-mining-epstein-emails-journalism/

2026-02-10 06:52:29 CET

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Prune the node. But I find it hard to believe that buying a $200 computer every 5 years is too much

2026-02-10 06:32:32 CET

Are you guys on Bitcoin Talk?
Let’s exchange merit points 😍
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5572027.msg66391885#msg66391885

2026-02-10 01:03:57 CET

I think Tone Vays makes an interesting point about the Knots faction:
they’re broke lol
I mean, what kind of person complains about spending $100 extra on a hard drive
and expects new software to run flawlessly on a Raspberry Pi from 7 years ago?

2026-02-09 22:06:14 CET

If we don’t actually improve Bitcoin
BTC will get tokenized on other networks
WBTC on ETH is already the most popular L2/sidechain with 121k BTC spread across 164k addresses
BTCx on Zano is already a thing: Monero privacy for bridged bitcoin
Shielded assets on Zcash are coming. DarkFi is coming too.
There is a non-zero chance that the future of Bitcoin happens outside of the mother blockchain

2026-02-08 14:09:40 CET

In the future, content creators will learn to speak with weird accents or speech impairments only to distinguish themselves from AI

2026-02-08 02:53:12 CET

How many Bitcoin podcasts are older than 7 years and still publish new episodes regularly?

2026-02-08 02:53:03 CET

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I think Fountain is included in the audio category (Spotify/Apple).

2026-02-06 18:14:33 CET

Tomorrow the Bitcoin Takeover podcast celebrates 7 years since I posted the first episodes
If you’re on the Elon app, join the anniversary
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqKDNqpvOwJV

2026-02-06 00:46:10 CET

Bitcoin Takeover podcast stats for January 2026:
36699 downloads in total
Bruce Fenton, Tyler Spalding & Paul Sztorc were the most popular guests
Thank you all for listening! 🫡
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2026-02-04 02:41:46 CET

Yes, the Epstein files are nice
But can we activate CTV + CSFS now?
Or OP_CAT? Great Script Restoration?
Anything at all that lets the builders create the next use case that brings users and investors?

2026-02-04 02:41:20 CET

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False equivalence

2026-02-03 11:41:36 CET

This is the most concerning thing I’ve read in the Epstein files:
Plotting to control Bitcoin development.
Finding a power vacuum when the Foundation shut down in order to grab the top 3 developers.
Possibly influencing development for the next few years.
https://image.nostr.build/02451107831e96e23d4b30194002295d43cf0b5e9ee8f51c65c985f7025a48bb.jpg

2026-02-03 11:41:11 CET

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Yeah, no. Your analogies are whack.

2026-02-02 02:00:22 CET

Bitcoin deserves better competition.
Otherwise, it will never improve.

2026-02-02 02:00:03 CET

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A bunch of Core devs are in the same files. Doesn’t make the open source code any better or worse.

2026-02-02 01:59:14 CET

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What’s the best way to contact you?

2026-02-01 00:01:08 CET

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Thanks fren, happy listening! 🫡

2026-01-31 23:56:48 CET

If you’re going to listen to one podcast episode this weekend
Check out my recent interview with Paul Sztorc
In which he talks about the multiple Bitcoin derangements
This will help you understand why the market is so red and 17 years later we still can’t make banks obsolete
https://www.youtube.com/live/GMX_Agbe-9w?si=5xwFAOcn4U23fkVX

2026-01-31 23:55:53 CET

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That’s the wrong way of putting it. Which BIP has the most devs and offers a good solution for helping Bitcoin become the best money in the world?

2026-01-30 22:44:25 CET

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I didn’t do anything to fix it, so no idea what to say 😅
Hope you’ll enjoy listening to the show!

2026-01-30 22:43:37 CET

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I don’t know how AntennaPod works.
But if the source works (and Spotify & co don’t have issues either), it’s usually the app that grabs the RSS feed.

2026-01-30 03:01:27 CET

Bitcoin Takeover mentioned 😍
Wen podcast @npub1vad…nuu7?
#note1dl4…jx77

2026-01-30 03:00:20 CET

How low should Bitcoin go in order to once again have an honest conversation about upgrades?

2026-01-30 02:55:38 CET

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Try directly from the source at
https://bitcoin-takeover.com/audio

2026-01-28 17:03:55 CET

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Who says that? Bitcoin progressed more for adoption in its first 7 years of existence (Steam, Microsoft, Dell, Overstock, Expedia) than during the upcoming decade.

2026-01-28 16:53:48 CET

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Thank you! Custodians really defeat the purpose. We should support better tech.

2026-01-28 16:53:06 CET

Had a dream that bitcoin crashed to $100 and the alts were in the single digits
Michael Saylor had deleted his account
Everyone was freaking out, wondering if this is the end. Should they buy the 99% dip or short it to 0?
But I was feeling hopeful that we can finally rebuild

2026-01-28 09:55:31 CET

genuinely happy that gold is finally having its moment
honestly unsurprised that bitcoin hasn’t replaced it as the preferred store of value in times of financial uncertainty
it’s only been 17 years and we still have a lot of stuff to figure out: scaling, privacy, contracts, quantum resistance, user experience for self custody, education and honest narratives about what this is and what it’s supposed to do
not too late for bitcoin to get replaced by a better design either

2026-01-28 09:20:40 CET

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https://www.truthcoin.info/blog/derangements/

2026-01-28 09:19:56 CET

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That’s how you fall behind. When you are more concerned with virtue signaling than the discovery of the truth.
Good for making friends, bad for science.

2026-01-28 01:33:30 CET

Cure your derangements with Paul
https://www.youtube.com/live/GMX_Agbe-9w?si=NhhSn3hGYrWRG3-n

2026-01-28 01:32:54 CET

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Try before you deny

2026-01-28 01:32:25 CET

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Peace, good health and prosperity to you too, friend!

2026-01-27 16:27:03 CET

> citrea launched today
> the bitcoin fees are going up
> sub 1 sat/vbyte transactions take longer to confirm
> the bitcoin miners are eating again
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2026-01-27 03:37:28 CET

Bitcoin needs more awkward nerds and schizophrenic geniuses
Fewer sleazy suits, self confident conference speakers, and self help book salesmen
It’s the nerds who stop mid sentence during podcasts because they had an eureka moment and lose their train of thought who make BTC great

2026-01-26 21:05:56 CET

> there was no demand for an internet currency for payments, so we turned bitcoin into a store of value
> tether has about 2x the volume of btc on a daily basis
usdt is the ultimate blind spot for the maxi cult

2026-01-26 14:54:18 CET

how to use the quantum craze to crash the bitcoin price:
1. find 2009 miner who is not satoshi
2. buy his 50 btc utxo for 10x the spot price
3. short btc on exchange
4. move the 50 btc to a new taproot address
5. pay a journalist to publish a piece about quantum computer stealing satoshi’s bitcoin
6. profit
7. rinse and repeat with diminishing returns until bitcoin replaces ecdsa with post-quantum signatures

2026-01-26 14:52:53 CET

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Awkwardness is bullish

2026-01-26 00:35:20 CET

The year is 2026 and the Bitcoin virtue signalers are still talking about spam, filters, and for some reason Udi Wertheimer
I thought last year’s battle was ridiculous (and chose to spend my time studying Zcash instead)
but it seems like we’re amping up for another round of dumb analogies and screaming at Bitcoin users for not choosing the orthodox path

2026-01-25 23:29:12 CET

> stop doomscrolling
> listen to Bitcoin Takeover podcast
> continue doomscrolling
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2026-01-25 15:36:39 CET

If you’re gonna listen to a single podcast this week
Let it be this one, there is so much to learn & discover!
https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s17-e4-ideal-on-bitvm-optimizations-robin-linus-liam-eagen-ying-tong-lai/

2026-01-25 00:15:36 CET

Bitcoin Takeover podcast is sort of like Bob Dylan’s “Renaldo and Clara”:
LONG
Except that Dylan launched a rather overindulgent 4-hour film only once in his life
I launch a 4-hour podcast pretty much every week 🥹

2026-01-24 23:00:33 CET

Bitcoin Core devs be like:
“here’s a new version of our software. It doesn’t add any significant features, but it might have a bunch of bugs that we will fix in upcoming releases”

2026-01-23 12:07:48 CET

Early 2000s joke that I remember hearing from Romanian politician Mircea Geoana:
An American visits Romania and starts bragging:
“In the US we have lots of famous people. Steve Jobs, Bob Hope, Stevie Wonder!”
“Well, here in Romania we have no jobs, no hope, no wonder!”

2026-01-23 00:28:51 CET

This is what I think about Bitcoin maximalism
and why I believe post-maximalism will replace it
https://bitcoin-takeover.com/on-bitcoin-maximalism-and-dogmatically-losing-the-currency-and-platform-network-effects/

2026-01-22 21:29:35 CET

My journey to 1 million continues tomorrow with S17 E4 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast
At 2:30 PM CET/8:30 AM EST
Listen to Robin Linus, Liam Eagen & Ying Tong
As we talk about BitVM optimizations, why they still bother to build on Bitcoin + the meaning of post-maximalism
https://youtube.com/live/HlQJtCdkj4I
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2026-01-22 18:03:17 CET

2026 will be the year when I become a millionaire:
1 million downloads for Bitcoin Takeover podcast
1 million Nostr likes on my notes
Hopefully $1 million dollars too 🤑
I plan to achieve it by doing more of the same, but more efficiently!

2026-01-22 17:51:56 CET

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Reductio ad absurdum, nice!

2026-01-22 14:20:01 CET

The Bitcoin ETF was supposed to be the ultimate prize for staying pure and not shitcoining
“There is no second best”, “Bitcoin is a commodity, everything else is an unregistered security”
Then the SEC approved Ethereum ETFs in 2024!
Ripple, Solana & Litecoin joined in 2025.
Cope and seethe. You have been deceived by a bunch of unserious people who produce entertainment.
The same Max Keiser who was selling Maxcoin and Startcoin. Shilling Dash. Promoting Monero on his show. Told everyone that there is no war in Ukraine and it’s just Western propaganda.
The same presidential advisor who made the president of his adoptive country criminalize selling small bitcoin UTXOs.
Escape the programming, regain your freedom. Stop moving goalposts to justify a broken ideology.
Read about Bitcoin post-maximalism today!
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2026-01-22 13:36:00 CET

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Thank you!

2026-01-21 23:09:40 CET

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ZK SNARKs are much more cryptographically advanced than ring signatures with bulletproofs
Anonymity set is in the orders of millions even if there is only 1 user in the shielded pool
Will actually scale to billions of users this year
Still soft forkable to Bitcoin as Zerocash protocol

2026-01-21 22:12:24 CET

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Zcash is great. If you were serious about Bitcoin, you would like it too.

2026-01-21 15:04:14 CET

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No hate. Pretty sure someone said “how about we give them a dollar in bitcoin for every hour?”
Then some orange pilled upper management guy replied “21”
Everyone turned their heads and exclaimed “dollars? 21 dollars?!”
Then the Bitcoin bro clarified: “Of course not. 21 cents!”
Afterwards, the smartest guy in the room sighed and whispered: “This will be our Laszlo pizza moment. We are giving them a chunk of our generational wealth! These waitresses will buy private jets and take trips to Vegas just to eat the casino shrimp. It might ruin us!”

2026-01-21 14:58:30 CET

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Word salad 🥗

2026-01-21 14:38:02 CET

Nothing humbles you more than the free market.
The 4 year cycle appears to be alive and kicking. Everyone who didn’t believe in it is now getting punished.

2026-01-21 14:31:01 CET

Oh wow, Steak ‘n Shake is making the waitresses rich
$0.21 per hour in Bitcoin?!
OMG that’s a whole dollar after 5 hours of work!
But wait, there’s more: when bitcoin flips gold (30x from here) that $1 will turn into $30!
My God, they will be able to retire! Unbelievable!
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2026-01-21 00:36:42 CET

This kind of announcement used to make the number go up, bring a fresh sense of optimism
But the market has now become immune to good news and very reactive to anything negative
They said the 4 year cycle is dead, but it appears to be punishing all the nonbelievers!
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2026-01-21 00:36:22 CET

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Yes yes yes