BRC2.0: Programmable Bitcoin Assets Without a Protocol Token
On October 07, 2025, the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast featured Binari outlining how BRC2.0 brings programmable assets to Bitcoin without a protocol token.
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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.
Bitcoin, AI, and Power Scarcity: Utilities, Curtailment, and the Next Rotation
The October 05, 2025 episode of the Jordi Visser Podcast features Jordi arguing that electricity, not GPUs, is now the binding constraint on AI deployment.
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AI Prediction, Human Judgment, and the Co-Invention Bottleneck
The October 02, 2025 episode of I’ve Got Questions features Ajay Agrawal explaining why AI’s value depends on organizational redesign that pairs machine prediction with human judgment.
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From Complacency to Sovereignty: Practical Paths to Bitcoin Readiness
The October 03, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Way features Wyatt Woodson examining how complacency, platform incentives, and policy volatility shape household saving decisions with Bitcoin.
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AI Gigawatt Campuses: Power Quality, Cooling, and Supply Risk
The October 02, 2025 episode of Anastasi In Tech has Anastasi doing a deep dive on the “Colossus 2,” a gigawatt-scale AI campus. She explains how siting, interconnection, sub-cycle power control, liquid cooling, and on-site recycled-water systems now determine uptime and cost.
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Self-Custody Adoption in 2025: Product Design, Policy Friction, and User Practice
The October 04, 2025 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features GG explaining why many users still avoid self-custody despite years of exchange failures.
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Mining-Backed Power and Exchange-Rate Frictions in Africa
The December 15, 2023 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Erik Hersman on currency shocks, informal exchange rates, and mining-enabled electrification.
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Generative Systems, Human Agency, and AI Governance
The October 03, 2025 episode of The Ezra Klein Show features Brian Eno explaining how generative systems shape attention, creativity, and civic life. Eno argues that governance and value-sharing - not technical capability alone -determine whether AI strengthens or weakens public goods.
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AI Capex, Grid Bottlenecks, and Bitcoin’s Hedge Case
The September 30, 2025 episode of Milk Road Macro features Jordi Visser analyzing how AI-driven capital expenditure is reshaping markets and real-economy bottlenecks.
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Beyond Price: User-Owned Protocols and Everyday Bitcoin
The October 02, 2025 episode of the Brandon Gentile podcast features Paul Keating outlining why Bitcoin’s relevance depends on self-custody, routine spending, and user-owned media.
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Bitcoin-Native Philanthropy: Verification, Treasury Policy, and Sustainable Impact
The October 02, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Fixes This features Jacob Lundskog on structuring Bitcoin-denominated giving for measurable outcomes. He emphasizes donor-advised funds, third-party verification, and KPI-driven dashboards that prioritize consequences over inputs.
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Censorship Resistance, Inscriptions, and Network Health
The October 02, 2025 episode of Coin Stories features Adam Back on censorship resistance, inscriptions, and node policy. Back argues that content-based filtering is both ineffective and corrosive to Bitcoin’s core guarantees, while fee markets and relay coherence determine practical outcomes.
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