Ark’s first implementation with Arkade has launched and I would love to see you cover this kind of thing. Bitcoin scaling seems to be entering a new era, and your unbiased opinion would be highly valued!

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This Week in Bitcoin • 79: Collateral Damage • Listen on Fountain

The Fed cuts, the layoffs hit, and AI papers it all over. But the real story’s in the collateral. From credit crunches to Bitcoin-backed loans, w...

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One of the main things keeping me from switching fully to @Fountain is the lack of desktop or web support. I’m not going to pretend that adding a new platform to support would be easy, but so many other podcast apps have a desktop equivalent and the lack of one messes with my existing flow. I still want to support the app though and continue to boost through it.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 76: The Knots Tighten • Listen on Fountain

Core wars, treasury liquidity changes, and Europe’s digital dollar. Why Q4 of 2025 will be Bitcoin’s moment of truth. Affiliate Links 🇺🇸...

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Wanted to give you another resource to get some info on Spark. Instead of issuing a separate BTC-based coin, the whole system is built on pre-signed exit transactions that get updated for every Spark transaction. This allows users to unilaterally exit from the base chain at any time. I know you consume a lot of content though, so no worries if you can’t get to it, but I do truly believe this might be one of the best scaling solutions that stays true to the Bitcoin ethos.

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The Blockspace Podcast • How To Beat Coinbase At Their Own Game (But On-Chain) • Listen on Fountain

Flashnet CEO Ethan Marcus joins us to discuss Bitcoin & markets. We chat the challenges of stablecoins, and how Spark’s signing protocol offers a...

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This Week in Bitcoin • 73: Gain-of-Function Monetary Policy • Listen on Fountain

The jobs myth collapsed overnight. The Fed’s the fall guy, and Scott Bessent’s hint is loud and clear: buy Bitcoin. Affiliate Links 🇺🇸 B...

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Wondering is @primal would ever consider implementing Spark in their wallet for a non-custodial Lightning option. 🤔 cc @miljan

Hey Chris, I’m curious if you’ve looked into the Spark layer 2 solution from LightSpark. Seems really promising and that it would be a good compliment to Lightning. It feels a lot like Liquid, but more trustless. It feels like there are a lot of new layer 2 solutions in the works right now and I’d love your take on them. As always, thanks for the show!

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This Week in Bitcoin • 70: Empire Extraction • Listen on Fountain

Empires drowning in debt turn to plunder, tariffs, and control. But this time, the cracks in the empire reveal the case for Bitcoin. Affiliate Link...

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I’m surprised I haven’t seen more people talking about the Spark Layer 2 solution for Bitcoin. Seems extremely promising.

Question for @jack mallers or anyone else who knows on how the @strike app calculates taxes. If I send or receive USD over lightning/onchain, does this result in a taxable event? In the Strike transaction history a send of let’s say $5 over lightning shows up as a single transaction. However, in the background that $5 had to be used to buy BTC to be sent over the lightning network. Or would this be considered more like a fiat withdrawal. Thanks in advance!

I’ve been following Bitcoin since 2013, and while I empathize with the current debate around OP_RETURN, I do wish there was more of a focus on solutions to a specific problem. I’ve never been a huge fan of the idea of the lightning network being the be all end all solution for scaling, and the Bitcoin community could benefit from all the research from other ecosystems. I currently think a decentralized, trust minimized, censorship resistant rollup style “layer 2” would be great for Bitcoin, and I hope the community starts working backwards from the end goal to find the optimal solution for this kind of technology. This is how the forks that allowed the lightning network to operate were accomplished, so I’m sure we can do the same once again. As always, love the show!

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This Week in Bitcoin • Knots, Treasuries & Turmoil • Listen on Fountain

Why Bitcoin Knots is surging—and what you should know before switching. Plus, Bitcoin Treasury risks in a downturn, and the Stablecoin showdown i...

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Happy #Bitcoin ATH Day

Saw Skrillex at Red Rocks with one of my best friends. Legendary set, legendary venue, legendary day. #tunestr

Haven’t boosted in a while so here’s some to help with the lack of an episode next week.

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This Week in Bitcoin • Bitcoin Core’s Identity Crisis • Listen on Fountain

A battle is raging over Bitcoin’s future—should it stick to finance, or allow data of all kinds? Inside the debate over blockchain limits, and ...

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Finally on the finishing touches of this track. What do we think #tunestr? Should I drop this one on @Wavlake ? #music #dubstep #riddim

I guess I missed the news that Coinbase will be launching perpetual futures in the US in the coming weeks. This. Is. Massive. https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coming-soon-24/7-and-perpetual-style-futures-in-the-us

New Skrillex album 🙏 today is a good day

Just a heads up, now is a great time to set up a lightning channel. 👀 I’m finally giving @ZEUS a shot. #bitcoin #lightning #lightningnetwork

Need to finish the mixing and mastering, but this track is getting close to releasable 👀 #tunestr

SoundCloud

Rage Bait v3.0

Listen to Rage Bait v3.0 by Hashraid #np on #SoundCloud

Thinking about doing an EDM DJ set on zap.stream soon, mostly dubstep and other bass music. I've done a couple of sets over FaceTime with a friend of mine and they've gone well, and I could use a push out of my comfort zone.

I also have a few other tracks in the pipeline that aren’t even on my SoundCloud yet, so stay tuned. 👀

Alright you all have given me some serious motivation 💪 time to finish up some of these tracks and get them on @Wavlake and @Fountain. Maybe if I’m lucky @Chris Fisher will put me on TWiB 😅

Wish I had more UTXO’s to consolidate. Good problem to have though. View quoted note →