Happy 7th anniversary, Bitcoin Takeover podcast! I documented the most important moments in the early history of Bitcoin Takeover in this article:

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Much like Satoshi Nakamoto’s decentralized money system, the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast was launched in times of turmoil and uncertainty. But i...

On this day 7 years ago, I registered the domain bitcoin-takeover.com Around the same time, I started recording the first few podcast episodes and I wrote an article titled “The 5 Rules of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast” which I’ve been using as a Northern Star ever since

> Satoshi Nakamoto was a time traveling alien AI who descended upon mortals to bring the perfect money > in July 2010, German programmer ArtForz sent an e-mail to Satoshi & Gavin Andresen to disclose a bug that makes it possible to spend bitcoins from somebody else’s wallet (1 Return bug, look it up)

Bitcoin Talk is such a treasure Hope it stays up for many years to come And most importantly, I hope bitcoiners acquire an interest in studying the history of the project as it happened – not as influencers will tell it You have LLMs now, just ask the right questions!

In a world where Bitcoin is winning No miner would choose to switch to BCH It would just die off and become forgotten. But over the last year, Bitcoin Cash has been hitting new all-time highs in terms of hashrate Why?

This is what copium looks like Coming from the guy who came up with the dumbest NGU theory in the history of bitcoin

My interview with Bruce Fenton got downloaded 8055 times on Spotify over the last week it’s almost as if he became super famous in the meantime and people started searching for more content involving him… or something Anyway, check out Bitcoin Takeover podcast S17 E1 https://www.youtube.com/live/eVRrIcGQxdg?si=5RbWrrbPLE3uXpuc

Bitcoin maximalism is an oblivious “nuh uh” that reacts to a 2014 Vitalik article, but forgets that the point addressed in the article is “everything interesting that you build on altcoins will come back to Bitcoin”. Bitcoin post-maximalism is a return to this original vision

Can anyone show me where the winning is? Bitcoin didn’t scale in a non-custodial way. Didn’t get adopted for payments at a satisfactory rate compared to 10 years ago. Didn’t become a fungible currency. Didn’t add smart contracts. No quantum resistance either.

Apple Podcasts is amazing Now it automatically transcribes the audio and generates chapters that listeners can navigate Ready within the first minute of listening to an episode! Give it a try on your iPhone, now my long-form content easier to digest!

Maximalism is spiteful and hateful towards experimentation. Post-maximalism is welcoming and open to experimentation. Which one do you think will get Bitcoin tech in the hands of 8 billion people?

Bitcoin maximalism is about hoping that the price increase will match the fiat printing (demand is assumed). Bitcoin post-maximalism understands that the price increase is driven by fundamentals and adoption (demand grows alongside technological innovation and development).

Finally watched all episodes of Stranger Things season 5 Super mediocre, tediously long, excessively cheesy, and ruined by the curse of having too many characters and subplots Just when I thought they had too many characters, they added the school teacher & the lesbian nurse into the mix But in spite of all the flaws, Derek was awesome and the ending felt wholesome: a new generation of preteens discovers D&D after the main characters graduate high school and begin their adult lives. 6/10, will never watch again.

Bitcoin maximalism punishes experimentation. The incentive is to do nothing and learn nothing new. Bitcoin post-maximalism encourages experimentation and learning. It goes back to the original meaning of the term, but also acknowledges the progress that was made in cryptography & computer science.

Did you subscribe to the Bitcoin Takeover podcast on any of the audio-only platforms such as Spotify, Anchor, and Apple Podcasts? Because S17 E2 with Tyler Spalding should now show up in your RSS feeds! Once you’re done listening, don’t forget to leave feedback. Every comment matters!

Should I also livestream my podcasts to Nostr too? If this note gets 69 likes, I will do it!

Kind reminder that 2017 was 9 years ago The altcoins you remember as lazy carbon copies of Bitcoin have gotten much better, survived through 2 bear markets and now have much better adoption/network effects The new generation of altcoins doesn’t use the Bitcoin codebase at all And the Bitcoin dominance is no longer 85%, it dropped to 57% Adjust your worldview to the new data, or the data will bring you down Embrace post-maximalism today!

Bitcoin post-maximalism acknowledges that the maximalist ideology has failed Instead of nurturing development on Bitcoin, it was overtaken by dumb conservatism which led to premature ossification In the name of the number go up religion Post-maximalism heals the culture and restores the focus on Bitcoin’s original goal to become the main internet currency Post-maximalism recognizes the innovation that happened in altcoins and the encourages experimentation for the purpose of also improving Bitcoin in the process. Markets are inseparable from software engineering. So if a certain proposal gets significant support and market demand, it definitely gains more legitimacy and is worth considering to add to Bitcoin. And if Bitcoin is stagnating, then post-maximalism encourages the free market mechanisms that create healthy competition. So if Bitcoin loses a significant amount of users and the price plummets, it’s more likely for the development culture to change in order to adapt to the existing demand for features. Are you a post-maximalist yet? Join the movement, let’s save Bitcoin!

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The Bitcoin Takeover podcast is about to celebrate its 7th anniversary Man, it’s been a wild ride! I made this video to give old timers a trip down memory lane. Will also use it as the intro for season 17! Let’s go, more interviews are coming soon!