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S16 E53: Xenu on Bitcoin Culture & Moreno vs Zcash
Season 16 Episode 53
Xenu is the anti-moonboy: someone who is deeply dedicated to promoting digital money as something that you use to purchase goods & services, and a bl…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
S16 E52: Paul Sztorc on Bitcoin's Culture Wars
Season 16 Episode 52
While the Bitcoin Core v30 vs Knots debate went on, Paul Sztorc was hard at work building the Drivechains software. However, this doesn't meant that …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
S16 E51: Sean Bowe on Bitcoin, Zcash & Scaling Privacy with Tachyon
Season 16 Episode 51
Sean Bowe is a cryptographer and engineer who is best known for revolutionizing Zcash. After cooperating to fix the inflation bug in the first versio…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
S16 E50: Ray Youssef on Why Paxful's Terminated
Season 16 Episode 50
On October 1st 2025, Paxful announced the decision to "wind down operations" and blamed the "misconduct" of co-founder Ray Youssef for the company's …
8 months ago
S16 E49: Jay Berg on Bitcoin, SidePit & Maximalism
Season 16 Episode 49
Jay Berg joined Bitcoin in 2010 and became the first person to tweet about BTCUSD when the price hit a new high of $12. In this episode, he talks ab…
8 months ago
S16 E48: Christopher Smith on Quantus, Bitcoin & Quantum Resistance
Season 16 Episode 48
Christopher Smith (aka Yuvi Lightman, aka Ganesha 1024) is the founder of the Quantus network: an mbitious quantum-zk blockchain which he proudly bui…
8 months, 1 week ago
S16 E47: Max Hillebrand on White Noise & Private Messaging on Nostr
Season 16 Episode 47
Max Hillebrand makes his 8th appearance on the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast in order to talk about his latest project: White Noise, a private messaging a…
8 months, 1 week ago
S16 E46: Val Venis on Bitcoin, Liberty & Wrestling
Season 16 Episode 46
Back in 2013, former WWE Intercontinental Champion Val Venis bought 24 bitcoins for $80 each. Today, he is a big advocate for freedom, privacy, and t…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
S16 E45: Shai Wyborski on Bitcoin, Kaspa & Proof of Work Research
Season 16 Episode 45
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 r…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
S16 E44: Abdel on ZK STARKs & Bitcoin Maximalism
Season 16 Episode 44
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 STARK…
8 months, 4 weeks ago