The Bitcoin Cash Podcast

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#128: BCH & XEC feat. Amaury Séchet Sep 27, 2024

Show notes

Amaury Séchet: engineer, former BCH “benevolent dictator” and XEC lead developer, discusses history of Bitcoin splits, how BCH is doing these days, the battle for global reserve currency, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Amaury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadalnix

If interested in XEC: https://e.cash/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vpA8JiUtyaGMX1ILTNX9s3snhU2ip6U/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Others linked from website

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro, FundMe.Cash & listener survey

01:42 Amaury’s intro & Bitcoin backstory

07:51 Big blockers

15:22 Market update

16:30 Tech, branding & price

34:30 Benevolent dictator

37:56 BTC/BCH split history

53:51 BSV split, hash war

59:43 BCH 2019-2021

1:03:34 Bitcoin ABC funding

1:11:59 Cost of split

1:18:26 Amaury’s thoughts on BCH today

1:22:39 Avalanche vs. POW consensus on XEC

1:35:21 What would convince Amaury BCH has won?

1:46:00 CashTokens

1:49:22 BCH: phase shift or feature creep?

1:59:15 On ABLA

2:04:07 XEC roadmap

2:11:18 Where does he look for technical inspiration?

2:14:34 How does he feel about XEC?

2:22:42 Amaury’s message to the BCH community

2:24:32 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:25:37 Vlad Costea

2:27:55 Amaury's shoutouts / Devon Eriksen

2:30:15 Jett and Jeremy's shoutouts

2:32:12 Outro

#127: Theft of Fire & Political Media feat. Devon Eriksen Sep 17, 2024

Show notes

Devon Eriksen, author of SciFi novel: "Theft of Fire", political writer and engineer, joins the show to discuss intellectual property & crypto, political writing & libertarianism, and many other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Devon Eriksen on Twitter: https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_

Devon’s Substack: https://devoneriksen.substack.com

Devon’s website: https://devoneriksen.com/

"Theft of Fire" NFT on tapswap.cash: https://tapswap.cash/trade/798666058f90dd5088009dc44c4eb9f20da65382ab37da50f4983eb9c792ea62

Listener survey 2024: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yBUPrb8dtOejZmlzMW0mXEQW4hyK7bj3/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:37 Intro, fundme.cash, listener survey

02:14 Devon's intro & Bitcoin backstory

06:40 Theft of Fire

25:54 Building a relationship with an audience

33:27 Shoutout to bitcoincashautist

35:10 Intellectual property + crypto

49:26 "Winning" strategy in crypto

1:01:26 Medium of exchange, volatility & adoption

1:07:16 Hijacking Bitcoin

1:18:52 Asteroid mining

1:23:41 References in "Theft of Fire"

1:27:54 Devon’s message to the community

1:29:35 Podcast supporter appreciation

1:30:24 Shoutouts and outro

#126: Zapit feat. Romit Sep 07, 2024

Show notes

Romit, CEO & Founder of Zapit, discusses the latest Zapit updates, building on Bitcoin Cash, adoption in India, ongoing SEC lawfare, collapsing BTC hoax, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Romit on Twitter: https://x.com/RadicalRomit

Zapit wallet on Twitter: https://x.com/Zapit_io

Zapit website: https://zapit.io/

Pantera on Twitter: https://x.com/Pantera_BCH

Listener survey 2024: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qjff5m-OXTB65LlxJrL7qGGVfRiFc6oE/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Video starts

00:39 Intro

01:16 FundMe.Cash for the podcast

02:39 Listener survey 2024

03:35 Romit's intro

05:21 Market update: bad week

10:23 Zapit updates

16:43 P2P exchange, regulations, KYC, and Apple

26:12 Web3 gaming: Zappy Bird

30:42 ZRP token

44:08 Building on Bitcoin Cash

49:28 Thoughts on ABLA, VM limits & BigInt

56:50 BCH developers solving real world problems

1:04:14 CashFusion in Zapit wallet

1:09:28 Wallet Connect

1:15:18 Community comment of the week

1:23:28 Where does the yield come from?

1:38:13 Lawfare & free speech under attack

1:54:10 BTC hoax

2:02:53 Meme of the week

2:07:10 Romit’s message to the community

2:08:32 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:10:03 Shoutouts and outro

#125: Journal of Global Surgery feat. Saqib Noor Aug 30, 2024

Show notes

We talk to Saqib Noor, an Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon committed to medicine and surgery in the developing world. He is the founder of One.Surgery, an organization dedicated to empowering the progression of global surgery. Saqib is also Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Global Surgery, the first community-funded, peer-review, open-access, equitable scientific journal, fully powered by Bitcoin Cash.

This was a very enjoyable conversation. Please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Saqib on Twitter: https://x.com/saqibnoorcom

The Journal Of Global Surgery (ONE) on Twitter: https://x.com/jogs_one

The Journal Of Global Surgery website: https://jogs.one/

One.Surgery: https://one.surgery/

Saqib’s website: https://www.saqibnoor.com/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yixRV9YvGlkO8UolzFXMJ4g42d9g-Ib3/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Video starts

00:38 Intro, Saqib’s crypto backstory

10:25 Saqib’s medical backstory

12:20 Haiti, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Gaza

18:58 Global Surgery initiative

22:07 Global Surgery & BCH: similarities & differences

33:13 Scientific publishing and peer-review

38:16 Current problems in scientific publishing

44:26 Solutions: Sci-Hub, etc.

50:48 Journal of Global Surgery's solution: 4 innovations

57:37 BCH powering a global scientific economy

1:01:09 Saqib's side gig or full time?

1:04:16 BCH as the currency of science

1:06:41 Accepting Bitcoin Cash payments

1:09:30 Getting indexed at PubMed

1:12:53 Getting to a sustainable model

1:22:18 Next: 1st issue, ISSN #, special print edition

1:31:34 Saqib’s relationship with General Protocols

1:36:58 General Protocols vision

1:49:48 Other news

1:53:27 BCH Bull-ish?

1:55:02 Saqib’s message to the community

1:56:19 Podcast supporter appreciation

1:57:13 Shoutouts and outro

#124: Properties of Bitcoin & BTC in El Salvador feat. NoPara Aug 24, 2024

Show notes

NoPara, a BTC C# developer, and a “rejuvenator”, discusses Bitcoin properties, what makes the best kind of money, and how BTC & BCH compare on these metrics. We also talk about BTC in El Salvador, Wasabi wallet, John Carvalho capitulating, and other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

NoPara on Twitter: https://x.com/nopara73

NoPara on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nopara73/featured

BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space by Kallisti: https://x.com/kzKallisti/status/1824521374175531478

BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T1tYtWTjE4

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16oYp6MHM2aLM8WBX8rFQ6nkCyk1c4kpC/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100290143879929950045&rtpof=true&sd=true

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

01:02 NoPara intro: Rejuvenation, Fitcoiners

04:00 Wasabi wallet

12:00 Blocksize war

14:00 Chain split & privacy

15:00 Rising fees and Wasabi wallet

22:50 Market update: downwards volatility

24:21 Bitcoin properties

32:14 Maximalism & network effect

36:31 BCH surviving 3 chain splits

42:13 NGU formula

49:00 BTC vs. BCH

56:51 Medium of exchange, programmability

1:01:12 Cognizability, acceptability

1:12:26 BCH edge: circular economy and fungibility

1:16:32 On blocksize

1:33:27 No such thing as intrinsic value

1:40:42 BTC in El Salvador

1:41:00 BTC is missing portability

1:45:00 Lightning network

2:01:23 John Carvalho capitulates

2:06:00 On Replace-by-fee (RBF)

2:13:40 Community comment of the week

2:19:47 Rearden / Shinobi takes on BTC

2:27:07 Confession time: NoPara, Shinobi & Roger Ver

2:31:52 Question time

2:32:23 Meme of the week

2:34:36 Other news

2:36:04 UK riots

2:40:02 NoPara’s message to the community

2:40:55 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:42:00 Shoutouts and outro

#123: BTC Conference & BCH Vibes feat. Kallisti & Steve Thurmond Aug 14, 2024

Show notes

Kallisti and Steve Thurmond talk about their experience at BTC 2024 Nashville Conference. We also discuss VM Limits & Big Ints upgrades for BCH, latest adoption groundwork, and more. Kallisti is Selene wallet's cypherpunk lead developer; and Steve Thurmond is a financial educator (Forward Financial) and a BTC to BCH convert. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Kallisti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kzKallisti

Steve Thurmond on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevethurmond

BTC Conference 2024 Roundtable (Selene Wallet, THORChain, DASH, ZKALYX): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaZFwDDtBiE

Kallisti Bitcoin 2024 Nashville Fox News Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qOFAe1hwA

Cash stamps: https://stamps.cash

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kLdEUjCjipbSHK0h2RGv4gXU6k5J6stK/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

02:49 BCH outperforms

06:52 BTC community defers

22:56 BTC Conference: on the ground report

31:30 Wavlake board

38:55 Steve's BTC Conference experience

48:07 Beef jerky for BCH

51:07 Kallisti on Fox news!

59:19 Steve's 7 seconds of fame & other stories

1:10:06 Cash stamps

1:22:19 Integration into Selene wallet

1:31:49 BTC Conference vibe, final thoughts

1:41:05 Selene stats

1:52:02 VM limits & Big Ints

2:04:30 NanoGPT integration

2:09:27 ETH inflation

2:19:27 Community comment of the week

2:24:49 Meme of the week

2:31:57 Kallisti's message to the community

2:33:44 Steve's message to the community

2:39:00 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:39:53 Shoutouts and outro

#122: VM Limits feat. Jason Dreyzehner Aug 03, 2024

Show notes

Discussion of proposed BCH '25 "Targeted VM Limits" upgrade, with prominent BCH developer & CHIP author Jason Dreyzehner. We get into the historical context, rationale, and details of VM Limits. We also discuss BigInts, CashTokens retrospect, LibAuth, ZCEs, Looping and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Jason Dreyzehner on Twitter: https://x.com/bitjson

bitjson's blog: https://bitjson.com/

CHIP 2021-05 Targeted Virtual Machine Limits: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2021-05-targeted-virtual-machine-limits/437

CHIP 2024-07 BigInt: High-Precision Arithmetic for Bitcoin Cash: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2024-07-bigint-high-precision-arithmetic-for-bitcoin-cash/1356

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wLaTFfq4PQ1dfTs2EMsNxGMQOZKZMIpW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100290143879929950045&rtpof=true&sd=true

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

01:50 Jason’s intro

06:34 Thoughts on ABLA upgrade

10:20 VM Limits: overview

13:40 VM Limits: rationale

17:31 VM Limits: Satoshi’s work

32:15 Differences among implementations

39:26 BTC overflow bug

45:00 CHIP: Targeted VM Limits

49:35 VM Limits + Big Integers

52:28 Big Ints CHIP relation to VM Limits CHIP

1:00:18 Benchmarking worst case contracts with LibAuth

1:02:24 Timing: 2025 vs 2026

1:10:35 Testing process

1:16:55 Zero-Confirmation Escrows (ZCE) and Looping

1:20:35 0-confirmations, miner incentives, and finality

1:25:10 Loops and UTXO commitments

1:34:32 CashTokens

1:39:17 Mathieu’s Q: Zero knowledge proof verifier?

1:42:33 Sidechain necessary for prediction market apps?

1:49:29 Jason’s message to the community

1:51:00 Podcast supporter appreciation

1:52:03 Shoutouts and outro

#bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

#121: BCH Argentina Conference & Hoax Collapse feat. Marcelo Jul 26, 2024

Show notes

Marcelo Fleischer, a Bitcoin OG from 2010, is back after more than 100 episodes! We discuss BCH Argentina Conference, dictating the free market in El Salvador, the crumbling BTC narrative, and BTC camp trying to reinvent BCH.

Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Marcelo’s previous appearance on the Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk6GvmByv2U

No Hay Almuerzo Gratis YouTube channel (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/@AlmuerzoNo/

BCH Argentina Conference: https://2024.bcharg.com/

“A Fifth of Gaming”: https://afifthofgaming.com/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e7FWRAo0pqXY2Bmaif3nH8X81nsAe58a/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrDsJnHFnkMnJhEslofyPQ

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:09 Flipstarter update

01:34 Marcelo

04:38 Reflections on BCH Podcast by Marcelo

17:56 Splits, governance, and incentives

33:06 Demurrage on BTC?

38:07 Reflections on BCH St. Kitts '22 conference

43:25 BCH is getting vindicated

48:44 Javier Milei and Argentina politics

1:00:12 ABLA, CHIP & consensus building

1:03:46 Shoutout to bitcoincashautist

1:07:35 Upcoming BCH upgrades

1:13:44 Market update: recovery time

1:19:18 BCH Argentina Conference

1:27:23 Expected attendance, interpreters, livestream

1:33:27 BCH business solutions in Argentina

1:41:50 Conference speakers and topics

1:51:16 Dictating the free market in El Salvador

2:02:07 Other news

2:04:02 BCH improving scalability, programmability, speed

2:10:50 Hoax collapsing

2:18:08 Trump at BTC conference

2:25:46 Reinventing BCH, and the "revolving door" cycle

2:33:01 Community comment: @Dunconomics

2:38:10 Meme of the week: Peter Schiff nightmare

2:40:51 Marcelo’s message to the community

2:42:56 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:44:03 Shoutouts and outro

#bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc

#120: Phoenix Mining & Polkadot Paid Shills feat Paul Jul 18, 2024

Show notes

Crypto YouTuber Paul, fresh from BLISS, joins us to discuss Phoenix mining strange move, Polkadot paid propaganda, Mt. Gox coins release, and the heated responses to our Episode 119 on BTC narrative collapse. Enjoy the chat!

Links:

Paul on Twitter: https://x.com/Rspl382

Paul’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rspl2024

The BTC Hoax - Full Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYcTqHrYKFc

"A Fifth of Gaming": https://afifthofgaming.com/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PD50i2qP6ttzWX5ISXZWnCeW0WKMb5ml/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our previous flipstarter contributors.

New flipstarter is LIVE: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

01:03 Flipstarter update

01:36 Paul's intro

10:19 Reflections on BLISS

12:54 Crypto market update

14:44 Phoenix mining

24:12 A sign that is BCH is resilient

29:31 Mt. Gox coins released

44:33 Polkadot paid propaganda

58:32 Meme of the week

1:01:54 Other news

1:10:08 Community comment of the week 1

1:13:13 Community comment of the week 2

1:18:52 119 response: Nopara73

1:28:12 119 response: Mechanic

1:32:59 119 response: Peter McCormack

1:41:51 119 response: David Hoffman

1:50:45 Message to the community

1:57:02 "A Fifth of Gaming"

1:58:22 Supporter appreciation

1:59:28 Shoutouts and outro

#bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

#119: Narrative Collapse Clip Collection Jul 03, 2024

Show notes

No guest, just discussion of leading innovations from Selene Wallet & Emergent Coding, Julian Assange, then a huge exposé of abysmal BTC disintegration. Enjoy the chat!

Links:

Presentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10AKrgyT3Mf9Fi6-ywWt7N8DjVuk19Njw/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. New flipstarter is LIVE: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:37 Intro