Reigniting Bitcoin’s Utility: Fees, Governance, and Competitive Layer-2s
The October 21, 2025 episode of Supply Shock features Paul Sztorc arguing that durable security requires fee-backed usage, not custodial abstractions or marketing narratives.
Bitcoin governance
Bitcoin’s Paradigm Shift and the Limits of Legacy Pricing
The November 18, 2025 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features CK arguing that markets continue to misprice Bitcoin because they frame it within today’s financial paradigm rather than as a potential civilizational shift.
Emergency Soft Fork Politics and Bitcoin’s Neutrality
The November 18, 2025 episode of Supply Shock features host Pete Rizzo with Rob Hamilton, Joakim Book, and Aaron van Wirdum dissecting an “emergency” soft fork campaign emerging from a private Telegram channel.
Bitcoin Spam, Node Policy, and the Future of Relay Competition
The November 17, 2025 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Kevin Cai discussing the politics of “Bitcoin spam,” node policy, and attempts to control transaction propagation.
One-Year Bitcoin Data Guardrails and the Politics of BIP 444 Activation
The November 02, 2025 episode of the Bitcoin Mechanic podcast features Mechanic outlining a temporary Bitcoin consensus change to curb arbitrary data on-chain.
Zero-Knowledge Scaling and Bitcoin’s Governance Crossroads
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.
Citrea Founders: Bitcoin Rollups, OP_RETURN Policy, and the Battle for L1 Block Space
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.