Bitcoin Core v30: Relay Policy, UTXO Incentives, and Client Governance
The October 07, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Antoine Poinsot explaining the intent and impacts of Bitcoin Core v30.
Nodes
Insights on Bitcoin node operation, governance debates, client diversity, and the role of nodes in network rules and resilience.
Bitcoin Core Policy, Mempool Diversity, and Fork Risk
The October 07, 2025 episode of Supply Shock features Mike Schmidt examining Bitcoin Core v30 policy shifts and their network effects.
Censorship Resistance, Inscriptions, and Network Health
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.
Bitcoin Governance, Layers, and Energy Markets
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.
OP_RETURN Policy and Node Costs on Bitcoin
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.
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.
Bitcoin nodes - Core versus Knots debate
Based on briefing notes for 44 long-form interviews and panel discussions from a variety of YouTube channels, this AI-generated Core versus Knots debate helps non-technical listeners cut to the core positions for the different camps.