Bitcoin nodes - a primer

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.

The March 31, 2021 episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast features Nic Carter outlining Bitcoin’s small-block ethos, layered scaling, and conservative upgrade governance.

The October 01, 2025 episode of What is Money features Justin Bechler assessing whether Core 30’s permissive OP_RETURN and relay defaults shift Bitcoin’s base layer away from money-first settlement.