Bitcoin Consensus and Upgrade Risks
The November 18, 2024 episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast features Lyn Alden and Steve Lee analyzing risks in Bitcoin consensus and protocol upgrades.
Nodes
Insights on Bitcoin node operation, governance debates, client diversity, and the role of nodes in network rules and resilience.
Securing Bitcoin Core: Relay Policy, Fees, and Privacy
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.
Bitcoin Nodes, Sovereign Computing, and Education Futures
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.
Securing Bitcoin: Time Warp, Validation Costs, and Safe Upgrades
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.
Slipstream, Relay Policy, and the Economics of Miner Control
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.
Defending Bitcoin’s Neutrality: Mining, Nodes, and Censorship Pressures
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.
Mining Centralization, Spam Attacks, and Miner Autonomy
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.