Blockspace: AI & Bitcoin

A lot has happened since our last conversation with Hunter just 3 months ago. The Bitcoin developer mailing list has been popping off and now everyone’s talking about Quantum Bitcoin. But what’s changed? What new debates have kicked off & what are thei...

Bob Bodily explains how Odin.fun hides all the complexities of Bitcoin so the users get straight to doing what they want: trading tokens fast. Odin.fun solves the bonding issue, the token namespace reservations, threshold signing, etc. But at the end o...

Lyn Alden’s just dropped a report a little different than her normal Bitcoin & macro focus: Bitcoin Consensus. She takes us through defining the various stakeholder groups and how the game theory works as these groups’ influence wax and wane. You're li...

Charlie & Colin break down the conspiracy theory that claims Jack Dorsey is Satoshi Nakamoto. You might be surprised how deep the rabbithole goes and how crazy the connections sound. Notes: • Jack Dorsey’s Vietnamese restaurant • Hidden address referen...

Will Reeves, CEO of Fold, is hyperfocused on making it easy to save in Bitcoin. As the new Bitcoin user looks different than previous cycles, so does the modern Bitcoin company. Fold is going public on the thesis that the average American needs low fri...

Matt Luongo from Thesis helps us “wrap” our heads around what it means to take your bitcoin cross-chain. What are the trust assumptions? What are the differences between different wrapped Bitcoin products? Is there any “funny business” going on? Notes:...

It’s now openly acknowledged that the crypto industry has been targeted for years by the previous administration’s Operation Chokepoint 2.0 scheme. Charlie & Colin discuss how last week’s hearing saw Senators Warren & Scott addressed the matter before ...

Welcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! For this week's Writer's Room, Colin and Charlie cover the release of Tornado Cash co-founder Alexey Pertsev from prison. They also dive into recent policy talking points from Trump's Crypto Czar, David Sacks, includin...

After a crypto dump some are comparing to the COVID crash, Bitcoin dominance has skyrocketed. Is this the new normal? Bitwise's Jeff Park says the trade war may kick off a series of events that is actually good for Bitcoin, - Follow our hosts on X: @cb...

Quary, founder of Magisat, discusses the growing market for rare sats, unique satoshis with historical, aesthetic, or numerical significance. How does ordinal theory assign identities to satoshis? What are the technical challenges of procuring rare sat...

The culling is happening -- Bitcoin assets like Runes & Ordinals are collapsing. Is this the end? Top Ordinals assets are down 30% - 60% over the past month and the total Runes market cap has fallen below $1 billion, again. An interesting phenomenon th...

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...