Blockspace: AI & Bitcoin

Ross Ulbricht is free, full pardon! But how did we get here & what actually was the Silk Road? Colin & Charlie dive in - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears, @AsILayHodling Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B pub...

For this emergency Writer's Room episode, Charlie and Colin talk Trump's inauguration speech, in which he doesn't mention Bitcoin (quelle suprise!); the $10 billion dollar elephant (or should we say "shitcoin"?) in the room, TRUMP coin; and Trump's myr...

There are now 7 states with Bitcoin reserve proposals! But they're not all the same, and it can be super confusing how each one works. Charlie & Colin explain & rank the Bitcoin reserves according to our (admittedly arbitrary) metrics! - Follow our hos...

Loans on Bitcoin are better than loans on Ethereum. More private, more secure, and better "attestations" Dive into the world of DLCs, Discreet Log Contracts - an underexplored but powerful mechanism that Shezhan Marieda uses to power Lava Loans Follow ...

Runes are back down below $1 billion market cap and seem like they have lower to go. Is this the moment that Runes die? - Follow our hosts on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bit...

Welcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! For today's Writer's Room, Colin and Charlie celebrate Running Bitcoin Day by picking through the Bitcoin Talk archives for a selection of Hal Finney's most prescient takes. Finney is famous for being the first person ...

Most large custodians secure Bitcoin using multisig or MPC, but that tech hasn't really changed or upgraded for almost a decade. Anchorwatch founder Rob Hamilton explains how Miniscript levels up the custodian game and allows for better risk mitigation...

Rumors are swirling of custodians & services rehypothecating Bitcoin for the various staking protocols which have popped up over the past year. Are these founded? What's the risk? Also, why is everyone using the same custodians in the first place? - Fo...

The Fourth Turning? That's the Uranus return cycle. Ray Dalio's 250 civilizational cycle? That's Pluto's return. Erin Redwing explains how Bitcoin astrology works & how "Girl pseudoscience" (astrology) is just as useful as "Boy pseudoscience" (economic...

The Taproot Wizards "are a new Bitcoin Cultural movement" that combines nerdy tech & fun experimentation. "Illusionist" OuterLumen joins Bitcoin Season 2 to talk about Spellverse, the Wizard's project to document & catalogue the universe of community s...

The race is ON between who can attract more Bitcoin: Corporations or the on-chain Bitcoin economy. Bitcoin layers, staked & wrapped Bitcoin are growing fast -- but are they growing fast enough to beat Michael Saylor & Saylor copycats? We use BitcoinLay...

We thought we won the Blocksize War in 2017 when Bitcoin Cash forked off -- but now it sounds like some Bitcoin developers are picking up the same talking points? Charlie & Colin dissect what's going on. - Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix!...

Most "Quantum FUD" you hear is probably BS. But there are some ways Bitcoin is vulnerable to quantum computers. Hunter Beast helps us understand what these threats look like and explains a solution. Follow our guest: @cryptoquick --- Bitcoin Season 2 i...

Bitcoin is solidly over $100k but what in the world is happening in the "Bitcoin ecosystem"? Microstrategy has a premium but on-chain activity is dead? Ordinals are down in BTC terms, but they are UP in USD terms. Everything is upside-down, let's revie...

Hyperbitcoinization is more than just the price going up, it's about Bitcoin being the basis for every transaction in the world *and* it means a vibrant on-chain ecosystem. Founder of Botanix Labs, Willem Schroe, believes we are at a massive crossroads...

"What do Bitcoin devs think about X?" is the most popular question right now in the soft fork discussion. How do we measure who supports what? It's not super straightforward, but just this week we found a super useful chart! - Bitcoin Season 2 is broug...

Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp talks about Bitcoin consensus, ossification, and how he hopes Bitcoin does not follow the same path the email (SMTP) protocol has -- being limited to a handful of centralized providers. Follow our guest: @lopp --- Bitcoin Season...

While everyone's arguing about soft forks like OP_CAT, several researchers have proposed sneaky workarounds which are able to emulate certain covenants *without a soft fork*. Charlie reviews what they are, a bit of how they work, and what it might mean...

FarmerJoe is an unlikely DeFi yield farmer who found himself investing in all things Bitcoin Season 2 *and* becoming an accidental $PUPS memecoin founder. FarmerJoe is bullish all things new on Bitcoin, Bitcoin defi, and Bitcoin assets. Follow our gues...

AI models are now everywhere in crypto, and you've probably already interacted with one that Bootoshi built! We also talk AI strong memory building, how AI models will drive user experiences, and why crypto + AI are uniquely positioned for 2025. Follow...

James O'Bierne just dropped a SPICY twitter thread "The Consensus Conundrum" which basically says Bitcoin has a leadership problem. Colin & Charlie dive into this hot topic! - Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneering a ...

"Memecoins will exist as long as fiat money" says Murad Mahmudov. Murad outlays his thesis for why the next year will be historic for memecoins, and how the best memecoins will look more like quasi-religions, movements, than speculation. Follow our gue...

Mihael Šinkec from sCrypt talks about how enabling covenants on Bitcoin superpower the chain, unlocking "platform" and computer-like characteristics. Follow our guest: @MSinkec --- Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Botanix Labs is pioneeri...

Ordinals Creator Casey Rodarmor just gave away his first every ordinals inscription to a random Minecraft player! Also, the mempool is close to clearing, Taparoo swap launches, and OP_NEXT is coming! - Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by Botanix! Bot...

How does Bitcoin's "governance" work? Trick question: there IS no governance! Why our OP_NEXT conference in Boston next week (Nov 9!) is aiming to be one of the places we actually move the needle on what a soft fork looks like! - Bitcoin Season 2 is br...