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Bitcoin as Scarcity Protocol and Societal Catalyst

Bitcoin as Scarcity Protocol and Societal Catalyst

The September 15, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Jesse Tevelow describing Bitcoin as a protocol distinct from altcoin products, designed to counter fiat debasement through fixed supply.

Payments Friction, Custody Risk, and the Nostr Parallel

Payments Friction, Custody Risk, and the Nostr Parallel

The September 16, 2025 episode of the Archie Podcast features Martti Malmi outlining how early trades anchored Bitcoin’s price discovery and how Nostr mirrors Bitcoin’s permissionless design for communications.

Covenants, Culture, and Bitcoin’s Cross-Chain Onboarding

Covenants, Culture, and Bitcoin’s Cross-Chain Onboarding

The July 15, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Udi Wertheimer explaining how Taproot Wizards use ordinals, NFTs, and lore to attract new audiences to Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Fee Markets, Fork Risk, and Relay Policy

Bitcoin Fee Markets, Fork Risk, and Relay Policy

The August 07, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Pete Rizzo analyzing renewed disputes over arbitrary data on Bitcoin’s base layer. He frames these tensions as a continuation of the 2017 block size wars.

Bitcoin’s Meme Culture, Art Evolution, and On-Chain Music Innovation

Bitcoin’s Meme Culture, Art Evolution, and On-Chain Music Innovation

The August 14, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Rare Scrilla recounting the evolution of Bitcoin-native art from Rare Pepes on Counterparty to the launch of Fake Rares and early Ordinals inscriptions.

Balancing Bitcoin’s Cultural Roots with Financialization Pressures

Balancing Bitcoin’s Cultural Roots with Financialization Pressures

The July 21, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Thomas Pacchia examining how Bitcoin’s increasing integration with corporate treasuries, ETFs, and Wall Street narratives could erode its founding ethos of privacy, self-sovereignty, and “freedom money.”

Cryptographic Sovereignty in an Age of Emergency Rule

Cryptographic Sovereignty in an Age of Emergency Rule

The April 26, 2025 episode of The Transformation of Value features Erik Cason explaining how Bitcoin’s cryptographic consensus overturns state-centric legitimacy. He links emergency-era lockdowns to Carl Schmitt’s sovereign exception, arguing that crisis rhetoric now normalizes rights suspensions.