Was Bitcoin invented or discovered? Tuur Demeester: "A carpenter created a chair with four legs… the concept of the chair was going to eventually emerge anyway." Satoshi gets credit for the specifics. The idea was waiting. @TuurDemeester in the full episode. S15 E10

On S17 E4 of Bitcoin Takeover I talked with {ideal} founders: Robin Linus, Liam Eagen & Ying Tong Lai. Robin Linus, Liam Eagen, Ying Tong Lai are the co-founders of {ideal}: an initiative which recently created Argo: a garble circuits scheme which enabled 2000x efficiency gains for BitVM. The group aims to use cryptography for advancing Bitcoin development.

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S17 E4: {ideal} on BitVM Optimizations

On January 19th 2026, the Bitcoin development world was taken by storm: Ideal Group, aka {ideal}, launched Argo with a 2000x efficiency

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Super excited to announce the launch of the new Bitcoin Takeover website 😍 No more php, better security, Takeover Terminal! Seriously, check out the qwen 2.5-powered Takeover Terminal. It blows my mind every time!

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The eCash fork is launching next week, around Halloween time Why, though? Find out from this documentary:

Now live with Robin! Riding in the 1000 BTC Toyota Prius, the first car ever bought with bitcoin in 2013! https://youtube.com/live/4KinDbEmLa8?feature=share

Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S15 E17 with Andrew Poelstra Director of Research at Blockstream. Co-author of the MuSig paper. Wrote the MimbleWimble paper that turned the idea into a protocol. One of the smartest guys working on Bitcoin script and covenants! Link:

Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S15 E30 with Charlie Lee Creator of Litecoin, launched in 2011. Former Director of Engineering at Coinbase. Managing Director of the Litecoin Foundation. The man who called Bitcoin “the best form of money” on BTCTKVR!

October 28th: Zcash celebrates 10th anniversary October 31st: Bitcoin whitepaper celebrates 18th anniversary Also October 31st: the eCash BIP300 hard fork takes place to create a new altcoin I want people on my podcast to talk about these events. Who would you like to see?

Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S8 E3 with @ErikVoorhees Founder of SatoshiDice, one of Bitcoin’s first killer apps. Founder of ShapeShift, the no-account crypto exchange. Founder of Venice. A Bitcoin OG who can debate anyone from Peter Schiff to SBF

Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S4 E7 with @Peter Todd Bitcoin Core contributor for 14+ years. Author of Replace-by-Fee & CheckLockTimeVerify. Founder of OpenTimestamps. Took part in Zcash’s 2016 trusted setup ceremony!

Here in Atlanta, I’ve had the pleasure to launch the new BTCTKVR: Forks! magazine Printed 60 copies for Tabconf8, now I’m on my way to the post office to send some magazines to my US friends Does anyone want a copy? I’m leaving tomorrow evening, so please let me know!

Today's Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S15 E26 with @rogerkver The original "Bitcoin Jesus." First investor in Bitcoin startups like Blockchain, BitPay, Kraken & Ripple. Second Zcash investor. The most famous of big blockers, author of Hijacking Bitcoin! "Bitcoin was never supposed to be a get-rich-quick scheme. It was supposed to be a get-free-quick scheme." — Roger Ver 🎙

Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S16 E24 with VitalikButerin Co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine in 2011. Author of the Ethereum whitepaper & co-founder of the biggest Bitcoin 2.0 network. For 3 hours we talk Bitcoin, Ethereum and cypherpunk ideals! "To me, the tribe should be first and foremost not about a particular asset, but about the underlying ideals."

Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S14 E15 with Phil Zimmermann Creator of PGP, the encryption that took privacy mainstream. Investigated by the US government for exporting “munitions” when PGP spread worldwide. The boss of Hal Finney, whom he hired to code PGP 2.0. Co-founder of Silent Circle. Internet Hall of Fame inductee!

Today’s Bitcoin Takeover Podcast episode recommendation: S16 E12 with @Sirius Satoshi Nakamoto’s first collaborator. Creator of Bitcoin Talk. Content manager on Bitcoin dot org. Founder of the first Bitcoin exchange, responsible for the first BTC to fiat trade! Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/live/Xld93NQH-lI?si=9Jd2YDlw0H5TWH0F

Infinite money glitch: Claim your XBT Blake2b airdrop Sell the XBT Blake2b airdrop Deposit your BTC on large exchange that doesn’t list XBT Blake2b Withdraw BTC that most likely wasn’t used for claiming XBT Blake2b Repeat until XBT Blake2b goes to 0

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I programmed agents to analyze other Bitcoin and crypto podcasts: The guests they’re inviting, the hottest topics, the most popular talks of today. I read the report every morning at 9 AM and do the opposite. Everyone invited on other podcasts? I avoid them for a few months. Topics that others talk about? I barely mention them. If I do choose to follow the trend, I do it from a completely different angle. There is no value in being a relay for something that’s already being discussed. I can rarely beat everyone else in the race of presenting the information first due to the guest scheduling process. I don’t consider my personal input on news to be very valuable. So I seek guests willing to do their own thing. Talk about something that’s currently not very popular. Or have incredible exclusives that my competitors cannot get. But everything should stay evergreen and/or write history. The fun part begins when I notice that other podcasters are copying me. That’s how I know that I’m still ahead of the curve and I offer valuable information before the law of diminishing returns kicks in. It works out pretty good and have a really smart audience that makes me proud. Not mere numbers, but names: people who listen carefully, interact, provide feedback or insights, appear to care about the show. If you’re also a content creator and you’re reading this, try to be different from everyone else. You may not have access to the stories that break the news. But there are so many great stories out there if you know where to look!

Tomorrow I’m interviewing Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo Join the livestream at 11 AM EST / 5 PM CET It will be fun, I promise!