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Episodes from Bitcoin Takeover Podcast
S17 E43: Mike Belshe on BitGo, Quantum & Clarity
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe returns after 20 months to discuss the Clarity Act, BitGo's IPO and retail launch, quantum-resistant wallets, AI code auditing, and what changed since we last spoke in S16 E1. Time stamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - Welcome to S17 E43: Mike Belshe Returns 1:26 - The White House Visit…
S17 E42: Bob Summerwill on Ethereum Classic & Bitcoin's Fork Season
Ethereum Classic veteran Bob Summerwill retells the DAO hack from inside the Foundation, explains why forks are features, and shares advice for Paul Sztorc's ecash launch, plus FIFA stories and lost ETH. Time stamps: 00:47 - Welcome to S17 E42: Fork Season Begins 01:26 - Bob Summerwill & the DAO…
S1 E3 Remaster: Zack Voell on Bitcoin & Politics
The January 2019 Zack Voell crossover (he was hosting The Coin Pod) is now remastered: featuring opt-in money, gridlock as a feature, FDR's gold grab, Russia rumors & dating as a Bitcoiner in NYC. The audio has been enhanced too! Time stamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Remaster Notes: This Show Was Almost…
S17 E41: Vik Sharma on Radar, Arbiter & Vibe Coding the Future of Cake Wallet
Vik Sharma is best known as the CEO of Cake Wallet. But lately, he's built two new projects: a Signal fork with BTC tipping called Radar, and a perpetual trading app named Arbiter. In this episode, he explains how the AI revolution speeds up development. Time stamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Vik Sharma…
S17 E40: Richard Werner & Amir Taaki on Economics, CBDCs & Cypherpunk Tech
Prof. Richard Werner is one of the best known economists in the world. Amir Taaki is one of the most famous cryptographers and cypherpunks of his generation. Together, they join forces to defeat centra planning & stop the rise of CBDCs. Time stamps: 0:00 - Intro: A Crossover Panel at Mallorca…
S1 E2 Remastered: John Carvalho on Bitcoin Politics
Recorded in January 2019 and published alongside the rest of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Season 1 episodes in February 2019, this interview with John Carvalho is one of the show's early hits and a statement that this initiative is able to feature unique insights from popular bitcoiners. The…
S1 E1 Remastered: Donald McIntyre on Bitcoin, The Teachings of Tim May & Nick Szabo, and the History of Money
Donald Hugh McIntyre passed in 2025, but is remembered as one of the most insightful polymaths... while his blog Etherplan lives on. The episode came out in the first week of February 2019, ran two hours, and set the genetic code for Bitcoin Takeover podcast. Time stamps: 00:02:45 – Introduction:…
S17 E39: Kurt Wuckert Jr. on BSV & Big Block Bitcoin
Kurt Wuckert Jr. is best known for his work at Gorilla Pool and CoinGeek. In this interview, he explains why BSV formed from BCH, what are the biggest differences between the two versions of big block Bitcoin, and why he believes he found Satoshi Nakamoto. 00:49 – The Cake Wallet contest explained…
S17 E38: Keagan McClelland (Keags) on Lightning Metrics, Covenants, Consensus Politics & Verifying Bitcoin
Keagan McClellan (Keags) co-founded Start9 Labs, worked on Sapio with Jeremy Rubin at Judica during the CTV saga, spent time at Lightning Labs maintaining LND, and is now building BTC Verified, a formal specification and verification project for Bitcoin's consensus rules written in Lean 4. He is…
S17 E37: Paul Sztorc on the eCash Three Stage Launch, Free Coins & 12 Drivechains
n August 2026, eCash (ECX) comes out in its alpha phase: leading up to a final complete rollout on October 31st 2026, Bitcoin's 18th birthday. To better explain how this process will take place and why every bitcoiner should try BIP300 this Halloween, Paul Sztorc joins the show for a…
S17 E36: Yonatan Sompolinsky on Kaspa Covenants, DAGKnight & Coordination Markets
I met Yonatan Sompolinsky in Romania during his summer holiday, so we decided to do a roadtrip interview about covenants, the state of Kaspa development, why intents are more interesting than smart contracts & stag hunts. 00:00:54 – Intro: a road trip with Yonatan Sompolinsky 00:01:50 – Life since…
S17 E35: Vinny Lingham on Bitcoin Post-Maximalism, Scaling Regrets & Saylor's Endgame
Vinny Lingham is a Bitcoin OG who pioneered gift card payments in 2012 with Gyft, served on the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, spearheaded blockchain identity verification with CIvic, and in more recent years moved on to managing risk with Praxos Capital. Thanks to some of his accurate price…