Research area
Analysis of Bitcoin nodes, client diversity, network rules, governance debates, and long-term resilience
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.
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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.
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The November 02, 2025 episode of the Bitcoin Mechanic podcast features Mechanic outlining a temporary Bitcoin consensus change to curb arbitrary data on-chain.
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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.
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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.
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The November 14, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Rob Hamilton explaining how the proposed “BIP444” user-activated soft fork attempts to restrict inscriptions by modifying Bitcoin’s consensus rules.
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The November 06, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Rails features Matt Hill explaining how relay policy can curb arbitrary data without destabilizing consensus. Exchanges and large businesses - the “economic nodes” - anchor fork outcomes while miners follow the chain with real transaction flow.
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The November 06, 2025 episode of The CBP (Canadian Bitcoiners) features Praveen Perera and HodlDee debating Core v30’s OP_RETURN policy and the BIP-444 response.
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The November 06, 2025 episode of Supply Shock features a panel assessing BIP-444’s attempt to restrict certain data patterns through a time-limited Bitcoin soft fork.
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The October 17, 2025 episode of What is Money features Jameson Lopp examining how relay-policy disputes intersect with consensus rules and governance.
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The October 17, 2025 episode of Tone Vays Podcast features Luke Dashjr and Bitcoin Mechanic dissecting Core v30’s standardness changes. They assess whether OP_RETURN sizing and inscription pathways expand large non-financial payloads that raise legal exposure and concentrate mining.
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The October 16, 2025 episode of Tone Vays Podcast features Adam Back and Jimmy Song examining how Bitcoin Core v30 aligns relay policy with network behavior.
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