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Dr. Murray Rudd is an applied environmental economist and policy researcher. His full attention is now on the economic, social, technical, and environmental impacts and potential of emerging technologies.
The June 10, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke Podcast features Eli Ben-Sasson explaining how ZK-STARKs offer massive scalability, remove trusted setup, and provide post-quantum security for future settlement layers.
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The June 09, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Anita Posch explaining how Bitcoin supports financial self-sovereignty in environments marked by inflation, authoritarianism, and capital controls.
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The July 03, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Citrea co-founders Orkun and Ekrem explaining how they are building a Bitcoin rollup that keeps transaction data on L1.
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The November 13, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Walusungu Nyachikanda explaining how Bitcoin education and circular economies are developing in Livingstone, Zambia.
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The November 12, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Fundamentals features Charles Edwards outlining how quantum computing threatens Bitcoin’s current signature schemes.
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The November 14, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Rob Hamilton explaining how the proposed “BIP444” user-activated soft fork attempts to restrict inscriptions by modifying Bitcoin’s consensus rules.
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The June 07, 2025 episode of Simply Bitcoin features Jeff Booth arguing that a structurally insolvent, debt-based monetary system is colliding with an open, fixed-supply Bitcoin standard.
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The November 15, 2025 episode of the TFTC podcast features Jordi Visser explaining why Bitcoin’s current consolidation reflects a “silent IPO” driven by early-holder distribution and demographic wealth patterns.
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The November 07, 2025 episode of Swan Signal features Lyn Alden assessing whether recent drawdowns reflect cyclical weakness or a liquidity-driven pause.
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The November 06, 2025 episode of Real Vision features Jordi Visser analyzing how an AI-driven compute buildout, energy constraints, and dollar-denominated stablecoin rails could shape markets into 2030.
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The November 06, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Rails features Matt Hill explaining how relay policy can curb arbitrary data without destabilizing consensus. Exchanges and large businesses - the “economic nodes” - anchor fork outcomes while miners follow the chain with real transaction flow.
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The November 06, 2025 episode of The CBP (Canadian Bitcoiners) features Praveen Perera and HodlDee debating Core v30’s OP_RETURN policy and the BIP-444 response.
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