Bitcoin Agents, Tap-to-Pay, and New Payment Rails
The February 28, 2026 episode of TFTC features Calle arguing that autonomous AI agents are already reshaping software work, payments, and freedom-tech infrastructure.
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Bitcoin’s Trillion-Dollar Settlement Rail
The December 04, 2025 episode of Simply Bitcoin features David Marcus outlining how Bitcoin can become a neutral settlement layer for a new internet of money.
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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.
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Bitcoin Governance Reality, Payment Pragmatics, and Vault Security
The October 10, 2025 episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast features NVK arguing that Bitcoin’s governance is rule-bound “anarchy” where economic settlement, not headcounts, shapes outcomes.
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RGB on Bitcoin: Stablecoins, RWA, and Asset-Denominated Lightning
The October 08, 2025 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Anant Tapadia and Federico Tenga explaining RGB’s client-side validated assets on Bitcoin.
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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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Bitcoin Governance, Relay Policy, and Scaling UX
The September 28, 2025 episode of the Bitcoin Marketing Podcast features Jimmy Song dissecting how governance norms, miner incentives, and relay policies shape what enters blocks.
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ZK Rollups on Bitcoin: Trustless Scaling, Real UX, No Base-Layer Change
The August 05, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Source features David Seroy explaining how zero-knowledge (ZK) rollups can scale Bitcoin without base-layer changes.
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Scaling Bitcoin Layer 2: Innovations & Challenges
On March 28, 2025, Built on Bitcoin featured Kevin He discussing groundbreaking solutions for scaling Bitcoin through BitVM and Bitlayer. The conversation focused on overcoming on-chain verification limits, optimizing zero knowledge proofs, and enhancing cross-chain interoperability.
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Bitcoin Scaling and Regulatory Challenges
The March 15, 2025 episode of the Robin Seyr podcast featuring John Carvalho examines the realistic limitations of hyperbitcoinization and the trade-offs between onchain and layered scaling solutions.
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Unlocking UTXO-Based DeFi on Bitcoin: FluidTokens' Approach
The November 15, 2024 episode of the Built on Bitcoin podcast features Matteo Coppola and Raul Antonio discussing FluidTokens’ journey in pioneering UTXO-based decentralized finance (DeFi) across Cardano and Bitcoin.
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Unlocking Decentralized Finance for Bitcoin: Velar’s Perpetual DEX Vision
The November 1, 2024 episode of the Built on Bitcoin podcast features Mithil Thakore, CEO and Co-Founder of Velar, as he delves into the vision behind Velar’s Bitcoin-native perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX).
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