Shows
Live at PubKey NYCCOIN BASED: The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin (w/ Drew Armstrong & ArbedOut)The Coin Based boys (Drew Armstrong & ArbedOut) take the stage in their LIVE AT PUBKEY show at PubKey NYC to discuss the quantum threat to Bitcoin:Why the quantum threat is a real Bitcoin engineering problemThe simplest usable mental model of classical bits vs. qubits (and how private keys could be theoretically derived from exposed public keys)Which Bitcoin address/script types are most exposed, why old P2PK outputs are “low-hanging fruit,” and how newer types reduce (but don’t eliminate) exposureThe messy debate over what to do about vulnerable old coins... burn them? Thrott...
2026-01-161h 27Live at PubKey NYCThe OP_RETURN Saga Continues (w/ ArbedOut)The Coin Based boys (ArbedOut and Thomas Pacchia) take the stage in their LIVE AT PUBKEY show at PubKey NYC to discuss the latest Bitcoin technical buzz, Bitcoin Knots Flag Day, and:ArbedOut's steelman of Bitcoin Knots (and why even the best Knots steelman fails under its own logic)Why CSAM and terrorism keep reappearing as rhetorical dead-ends in protocol disputesThe real stakes of BIP-110 and other proposals (do soft forks implicitly rewrite Bitcoin's social contract?)The interlinked relationships between node costs, UTXO bloat, protocol design, and political powerWhether filtering hostile data creates new choke...
2025-12-151h 06Live at PubKey NYCThe OP_RETURN Flame War (w/ Adam Back & ArbedOut)Adam Back and ArbedOut take the stage at PubKey NYC with host Thomas Pacchia to discuss the brewing tensions between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots. Could we be heading toward a fork? Plus:How the OP_RETURN “flame war” revives a decade-old argument over spam, censorship, and Bitcoin’s purposeWhy ArbedOut is choosing to steelman Bitcoin Knots and its alleged ability to filter "spam" transactionsWhy it's crucial to understand the difference between policy and consensus when it comes to BIPs The forgotten history of XT, Classic, Unlimited, and other Bitcoin forks (and what those client wars r...
2025-10-061h 19Live at PubKey NYCOP_RETURN Limits (w/ Antoine Poinsot)The COIN BASED gang (Thomas Pacchia, Drew Armstrong, and ArbedOut) sits down with Bitcoin Core dev Antoine Poinsot for a tavern chat and open Q&A about: - The real reason why the OP_RETURN change broke people’s brains - The growing rift between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots—is Knots the “censorship-resistance” client now? - Whether or not Bitcoin Core contributors wield soft power through default settings - Yes, mempool rules are political - What Antoine ACTUALLY believes about the risk of censorship... and why neutrality might be slipp...
2025-06-211h 21
The PregameThe OP_RETURN Limit Debate (w/ Antoine Poinsot , ArbedOut, & American HODL)Thomas Pacchia and Drew Armstrong sit down for a livestreamed chat in the PubKey parlor with Antoine Poinsot and ArbedOut. Partway through, MrHODL crashes our studio to stir the pot. They discuss: What really caused the OP_RETURN firestorm, and why it’s about more than just inscriptions How the push for more data storage is creating incentives for harmful workarounds and network bloat Why Bitcoin Knots is no longer “just a slightly modified Core," and why that should concern you The tension between “community values” and miner incentives in the ag...
2025-06-1735 min
Citadel DispatchCD161: ARBEDOUT - SOMETHING MORE PROFOUNDArbedout is the creator of Sigbash, a novel new collaborative custody tool, and author of Something More Profound, a book focused on the political economy of network protocols. Highlighting his deep experience working with open protocols we dive into topics including secure custody, inheritance, nostr, and potential bitcoin protocol changes.Arbedout on Nostr: https://primal.net/arbedoutSigbash: https://www.sigbash.comSomething More Profound: https://somethingmoreprofound.comEPISODE: 161BLOCK: 899077PRICE: 951 sats per dollar(00:00:00) Ross Ulbricht Intro Clip(00:04:04) Happy Bitcoin Friday(00:06:49) Guest Introduction: Arbedout
2025-05-301h 44Live at PubKey NYCWho Gets to Change Bitcoin? (w/ Will Foxley & ArbedOut)Drew Armstrong sits down with Will Foxley and ArbedOut for a wide-ranging fireside chat about: Why even Bitcoin’s top developers can’t agree on how to change BitcoinHow obscure opcodes like OP_CAT and OP_CTV are driving ideological riftsThe “Great Consensus Cleanup” proposal and the real threats it’s trying to fixWhy some believe we should do a low-stakes soft fork just to prove we still canHow miner ignorance, core dev vetoes, and reputational politics shape protocol progressThe unlikely impact of NFTs, sandwich emojis, and anime cats on Bitcoin governanceWhat’s actually needed to activate...
2025-05-071h 33The PregameHave Fun Playing With Your Bitcoin, America (w/ MrHodl, Arbedout, Shinobi, & David Zell)Arbedout, MrHodl, David Zell, Shinobi, and Thomas chat live from the parlor at PubKey.Recorded on January 16th, 2025 at PubKey NYC.
2025-01-2258 minLive at PubKey NYCCoin Based: Concepts of a Plan for Nation-State Bitcoin AdoptionIt's our first Coin Based since the 2024 presidential election, and my…how things have changed.
Ideas that only a few weeks ago were laughed at by pundits and commentators are now on the table, with Cynthia Lummis leading the charge right out of the gate with her November 6th xweet:
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
So, we ask: How does this actually happen? How will the government acquire, HODL and use bitcoin? What's the strategy for the strategic reserve? What concepts of a plan does the second Trump administration have for long-term ado...
2025-01-201h 40The PregameDoes Satoshi's Identity Matter? (w/ Cullen Hoback)You’ve heard Peter Todd’s take on Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity. (If not, you can watch it here!)Cullen Hoback is the documentary filmmaker and creator of Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, released in October. He'll be joined by PubKey cofounder Thomas Pacchia, for an interview about the film, the result of several years of investigative journalism that began with a thread Cullen pulled after discovering a link between El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption and early bitcoin developer Adam Back.We'll discuss the clues he found, how the evidence led to his theory, and why he thi...
2024-12-191h 10Live at PubKey NYCCoin Based Returns: 03.14.2024But His Emails! + COPA/Faketoshi, OP_CAT, Covenants & More...
We cover recent happenings in the bitcoin universe including: * The Satoshi Papers * The COPA
@tpacchia & @arbedout
2024-03-181h 15
2022-05-0454 min
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#280: A spooky Halloween special with our good friend @arbedoutMarty and Matt sit down with their good friend @arbedout to discuss:
- Joining Unchained Capital
- Writing a book
- Has Lightning been attacked?
- Is Tor reliable?
- Is Bitcoin sufficiently robust without robust alternative transaction relay networks?
- How are we going to transition from HTLCs to PTLCs
- much more
Follow @arbedout on Twitter
Shoutout to our sponsors:
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2021-10-301h 25
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap LIVE with @arbedout: Week of 2021.10.18This week Marty, Matt, and @arbedout recorded live from the Unchained Capital offices in Austin, Texas and discussed:
- bitcoin hits new all time high
- first bitcoin ETF launches
- hacker steals identification info of every argentinian via government database
- Jonas Schnelli steps down from role as bitcoin core maintainer
- worldcoin launches
- electrs v0.9.1
- rust-lightning v0.0.102
- specter-desktop v1.7.0
- elements v0.21.0
- nthkey v1.0.5
- joinmarket v0.9.3
- joininbox...
2021-10-2354 min
Yirmibir, Bitcoin PodcastiYirmibir- Bölüm 2 - 2021 18.Hafta Haberleri - Taproot Sinyal HaftasıBu hafta, gündemi madencilik ile ilgili farklı alanlardaki konular meşgul etti. Mara'nın OFAC uyumlu olarak çıkardığı bloktan, madencilerin taproot'u sinyallemesi gibi ilgi çekici konuları Efe, Kemal ve Şükrü sizler için yorumladı.
Twitter üzerinden iletişime geçmek için: https://twitter.com/YirmibirBitcoin 'i
Telegram üzerinden iletişime geçmek için : https://t.me/YirmibirBitcoin linkini kullanabilirsiniz.
#Bitcoin #taproot #madencilik #Nydig
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Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMLFw9yBR-k Elvan: "Kripto paralarla ilgili ciddi kaygılarımız var"
1) Sima Baktaş, 'Kripto Varlıkların...
2021-05-081h 29
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#219: arbedoutJoin Marty and Matt as they sit down with their very good friend arbedout to discuss:
- Gurri's Revolt of the Public
- Telecommunications networks
- Deflationary v. Inflationary currencies
- MMT vs Bitcoin in context of Hirschmann's Exit, Voice and Loyalty
- Great American Mining, energy, and Bitcoin
- much more
Follow arbedout on Twitter
Shoutout to this week's sponsors.
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2020-12-233h 37
Once Bitten! A Bitcoin Podcast.@matt_odell - If We Don't Do This Right, It's Gonna Be Dark. #58BTC $ 11'788
Today's guest on the show is none other than @matt_odell!
Go grab your favourite tipple of choice and settle in for an absolute treat!
How did Matt ultimately conclude that he needed to be more visible in the #Bitcoin space, what was his biggest mistake and how does that decision sit with him now?
What steps can parents take to help set kids up with more privacy as they enter their digital lives and how would @Matt_odell feel if #Bitcoin was not in his life right now?
2020-08-082h 28
Beef and BitcoinChina Goes Blockchain | Bitcoin Sentiment Flips - BBP049Join Brett and CH as we discuss the recent explosion of interest in 'blockchain technology' out of China. Bitcoin sentiment has also changed very quickly after one of the largest daily gains in bitcoins history. Amazing how emotional markets can get with bitcoin!
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/44646/xi-jinping-says-to-let-china-take-the-leading-position-in-blockchain
https://twitter.com/arbedout/status/1187541012069175296/photo/1
2019-10-3133 minTFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastTales from the Crypt #100: @arbedoutJoin Marty as he sits down with Matt Odell and a very special guest, arbedout. Arbedout is a Twitter anon who has some incredible views on Bitcoin. Particularly how the nascent "cryptocurrency boom" shares a lot of eerie parallels with market booms throughout history.
The trio polishes off 3/4 of a bottle of Knob Creek while reminiscing on their experiences within the "cryptocurrency boom".
Follow arbedout on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arbedout
Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App.
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2019-09-193h 22
Block DigestBlock Digest #187 - The Shire Is Hiring Welcome to episode #187 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, August 14th 2019)
Join us: https://dragonsden.io/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick
Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73
Intro Song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM
This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Blockstream Announces Mining Farms And Pools
https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1159561249165893633
https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1159592363842342914
https://blockstream.com/2019/08/08/en-mining-launch/
https://www.forbes.com/sites...
2019-08-161h 57TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2018.12.05This week Matt and Marty are joined by Bitcoin Sign Guy and they discuss: -Rogoff v. White recap -Vertcoin 51% - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1069989819969929218 -International oil contracts - https://twitter.com/arbedout/status/1070323234845925376 -Buy Bitcoin in Paris - https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1069330451695845383 -Pierre Rochard's lnd launcher + Zap + Joule - https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard/status/1070296265806745600 -Wasabi UX update - wasabiwallet.io -Death spiral - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/12/04/the-bitcoin-mining-death-spiral-debate-explained/ -Coinshares Bitcoin mining research - https://medium.com/coinshares/an-honest-explanation-of-price-hashrate-bitcoin-mining-network-dynamics-f820d6218bdf -RAMP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Anonymous_Marketplace -Larimer new coin - https...
2018-12-061h 08
Citizen BitcoinA Reading: The Technical Foundation of Bitcoin MaximalismBrady reads through and discusses three recent Twitter threads that explain the technical foundation of bitcoin maximalism: bitcoin is a protocol for the transfer of value over the internet and the history of internet protocols demonstrates that only one will win.
Links from the show below.
Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a...
2018-05-2424 min
Block DigestBlock Digest #78 - Feeling DOWn? Welcome to episode #78 of Block Digest! (Tuesday, February 6th 2018)
Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
JW Weatherman - https://twitter.com/WeathermanIam
This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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The Price! Do you know da way?
https://twitter.com/bitstein/status/960703002439950336
https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/960614104552689665
https://twitter.com/antoniehodge/status/960710155959656449
https://twitter.com/acityinohio/status/960711143957282816
https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/960912409912201216
https://twitter.com/giacomozucco...
2018-03-292h 09