Bitcoin Takeover Podcast
1) S16 E45: Shai Wyborski on Bitcoin, Kaspa & Proof of Work Research
Shai Wyborski is one of the three co-authors of the GHOSTDAG paper, and a man who takes pride in his independent thinking and divergent approach to research. As a PhD in quantum cryptography, he's got...Show More
2) S16 E44: Abdel on ZK STARKs & Bitcoin Maximalism
Abdel is a Starkware engineer who, over the last 7 years, went from building EIP 1559 on Ethereum to becoming a Bitcoin maximalist who wants ZK STARKs to happen. In this episode, we talk about his jou...Show More
3) S16 E43: Vikrant Sharma on Cake Wallet, Bitcoin & Privacy
Vikrant Sharma, better known as Vik, is the CEO and founder of Cake Wallet: the first Bitcoin wallet to support both Silent Payments and PayJoins. In this episode, we talk about the wallet's Monero ro...Show More
4) S16 E42: Michael Tidwell on Bitcoin Drama & Tabconf
Michael Tidwell is the organizer of Tabconf, the longest running Bitcoin technical conference which takes place every year in Atlanta. In this episode, we talk about Bitcoin drama & use a fun roulette...Show More
5) S16 E41: Yonatan Sompolinsky on Bitcoin, Kaspa & Proof of Work
Yonatan Sompolinsky is an academic in the field of computer science, best known for his work on the GHOST protocol (Greedy Heaviest Observed Subtree, which was cited in the Ethereum whitepaper) and th...Show More
6) S16 E40: Cory Klippsten on Bitcoin Culture & Maximalism
Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Swan Bitcoin and has a long history in both traditional finance and the Bitcoin space. In this two-part episode, he talks about why Bitcoin is winning and how the culture ...Show More
7) S16 E39: Karl Kreder (Dr. K) on Scaling Proof of Work, Bitcoin & Quai
Karl Kreder, better known as Dr. K, is best known in the space for researching the use of merged-mined subnets to scale Proof of Work in 2018 – a concept which led to the launch of the Quai Network, w...Show More
8) S16 E38: Bitcoin Payments in 2025 with Sergej Kotliar & Matt Ahlborg
Sergej Kotliar is the CEO of Bitrefill, while Matt Ahlborg recently created PPQ.AI to enable millions of users to experience LLMs without expensive subscriptions. But how are bitcoin payments doing? I...Show More
9) S16 E37: Andrew Poelstra on Simplicity, Bitcoin Smart Contracts & Upgrades
Simplicity, a scripting language so simple that it can fit on a t-shirt, has finally launched on Liquid after a decade of development. Andrew Poelstra, who works as director of research at Blockstream...Show More
10) S16 E36: Maud Bannwart & Cheng Wang on Alephium, Proof of Less Work & Bitcoin
Alephium is one of the most interesting Proof of Work projects, which aims to build secure smart contracts & fast DeFi on a mineable base layer which minimizes electricity consumption. Maud Bannwart &...Show More