Research area
Analysis of Bitcoin nodes, client diversity, network rules, governance debates, and long-term resilience
The December 28, 2024 episode of the Human Rights Foundation at PubKey podcast features Bitcoin Core maintainer Gloria Zhao discussing how Core underpins transaction relay, censorship resistance, and node accessibility.
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The October 01, 2024 episode of the Juan Cienfuegos Podcast features Matt Hill explaining how StartOS enables non-technical users to run Bitcoin nodes and personal servers.
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The July 29, 2024 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Antoine Poinsot explaining inheritance tooling, the Great Consensus Cleanup, and recent Bitcoin Core disclosures.
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The June 28, 2024 episode of The Mining Pod features Portland Hodl explaining how Slipstream enables direct-to-miner transaction submission that bypasses standard relay filters.
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The July 18, 2024 episode of the Bitcoin Infinity Show features Bitcoin Mechanic examining how mining concentration and policy chokepoints could erode transaction neutrality and user sovereignty.
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The June 17, 2024 episode of The Bitcoin Matrix features Luke Dashjr explaining how mining centralization concentrates block decisions and weakens censorship resistance. He describes recent spam waves as gamified attacks and argues that miner-led filtration has always been part of Bitcoin’s design.
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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.
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The November 16, 2024 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Lyn Alden and Steve Lee analyzing how Bitcoin consensus differs from relay policies and why this distinction matters for network safety.
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The May 08, 2024 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Gloria Zhao explaining how Bitcoin Core governance is constrained by transparency and reversibility, limiting unilateral authority.
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The April 19, 2024 episode of The Mining Pod features Casey Rodarmor and Raphjaph examining ordinals, inscriptions, and the Runes token design on Bitcoin.
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The September 12, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Way features Knut Svanholm examining mining centralization as Bitcoin’s central systemic threat. He frames the Core–Knots divide as a governance stress test led by vigilant users.
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The September 12, 2025 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features Jameson Lopp analyzing the Knots–Core filtering debate and why relay policies cannot change consensus.
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