Description

In this episode, Christine D. Kim discusses Bitcoin developer community-building, culture, and events with niftynei from Bitcoin++ and Charlie Spears from Blockspace Media. 

This interview was recorded on April 1, 2026.

Timestamps:

(1:23) What Charlie and niftynei do in Bitcoin

(5:50) Changes in the Bitcoin developer community culture

(12:12) Navigating the politics of Bitcoin development 

(17:40) Bridging the gap between Bitcoin developers and institutions

(29:09) niftynei’s goal and vision for Bitcoin++

(37:17) The need for better Bitcoin UX

Links: 

Niftynei’s X profile (https://x.com/niftynei)   

Charlie Spears’ X profile (https://x.com/cbspears)   

Blockspace Media (https://blockspace.media/) 

Opnext Conference (https://opnext.dev/) 

Bitcoin++ Events (https://btcpp.dev/) 

OpenSats (https://opensats.org/) 

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