BIP-444, Neutral Blockspace, and Bitcoin Fork Risk
The November 06, 2025 episode of Supply Shock features a panel assessing BIP-444’s attempt to restrict certain data patterns through a time-limited Bitcoin soft fork.
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Murray Rudd
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.
Rethinking Microstrategy (MSTR) Valuation
The November 04, 2025 episode of MSTR True North features Adam Livingston explaining why MSTR’s market value behaves like a sentiment multiple rather than a controllable “MNAV lever.”
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Asian Pathways for Public Bitcoin Treasuries
The November 05, 2025 episode of the Bitcoin Treasuries podcast features John Riggins outlining Moon Inc’s Hong Kong–centered approach to building a public Bitcoin treasury.
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Jeff Booth on the Role & Impact of Bitcoin & Bitcoiners
The May 05, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Jeff Booth arguing that technologically driven deflation collides with debt-based fiat systems that cannot allow falling prices.
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Relay Policy, Consensus, and Bitcoin’s Governance
The October 17, 2025 episode of What is Money features Jameson Lopp examining how relay-policy disputes intersect with consensus rules and governance.
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Japan’s Policy Crossroads and Bitcoin’s Liquidity Exposure
The October 20, 2025 episode of Bitcoin for Millennials features Roberto Rios (Peruvian Bull) explaining how Japan’s currency-versus-bonds trade-off can ignite global deleveraging that hits Bitcoin first.
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Standardness, Miner Centralization, and Data Limits
The October 17, 2025 episode of Tone Vays Podcast features Luke Dashjr and Bitcoin Mechanic dissecting Core v30’s standardness changes. They assess whether OP_RETURN sizing and inscription pathways expand large non-financial payloads that raise legal exposure and concentrate mining.
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Policy vs Consensus: Lessons from the Core v30 and Knots Debate
The October 16, 2025 episode of Tone Vays Podcast features Adam Back and Jimmy Song examining how Bitcoin Core v30 aligns relay policy with network behavior.
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Quantum Risk, AI Math, and Bitcoin Governance
The October 15, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Martin Shkreli assessing whether quantum computing or AI-assisted mathematics could threaten ECDSA-secured Bitcoin.
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ETF Flows, Treasury Finance, and Censorship Resistance
The October 15, 2025 episode of the Tim Kotzman podcast features Adam Back analyzing how institutional flows and treasury strategies are reshaping Bitcoin’s market structure.
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Bitcoin–CRE Convergence: Energy, Credit, and Operating Edge
The October 20, 2025 episode of TFTC features Chris Drzyzga outlining how aging U.S. commercial real estate and higher operating costs change risk and return.
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A Bitcoin science roadmap could identify research priorities and capacity-building opportunities across environmental, social, financial, economic, and security dimensions
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