The Bitcoin Cash Podcast

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast

by Jeremy

Entrepreneurship Investing

Season 1

#128: BCH & XEC feat. Amaury Séchet

Amaury Séchet: engineer, former BCH “benevolent dictator” and XEC lead developer, discusses history of Bitcoin splits, how BCH is doing these days, the battle for global reserve currency, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Amaury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadalnix If interested in XEC: https://e.cash/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vpA8JiUtyaGMX1ILTNX9s3snhU2ip6U/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qpxxc3etrqyxfe66z7s8369ue25wtlhl4y53zdnkaw Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7 General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Others linked from website Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro, FundMe.Cash & listener survey 01:42 Amaury’s intro & Bitcoin backstory 07:51 Big blockers 15:22 Market update 16:30 Tech, branding & price 34:30 Benevolent dictator 37:56 BTC/BCH split history 53:51 BSV split, hash war 59:43 BCH 2019-2021 1:03:34 Bitcoin ABC funding 1:11:59 Cost of split 1:18:26 Amaury’s thoughts on BCH today 1:22:39 Avalanche vs. POW consensus on XEC 1:35:21 What would convince Amaury BCH has won? 1:46:00 CashTokens 1:49:22 BCH: phase shift or feature creep? 1:59:15 On ABLA 2:04:07 XEC roadmap 2:11:18 Where does he look for technical inspiration? 2:14:34 How does he feel about XEC? 2:22:42 Amaury’s message to the BCH community 2:24:32 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:25:37 Vlad Costea 2:27:55 Amaury's shoutouts / Devon Eriksen 2:30:15 Jett and Jeremy's shoutouts 2:32:12 Outro

#127: Theft of Fire & Political Media feat. Devon Eriksen

Devon Eriksen, author of SciFi novel: "Theft of Fire", political writer and engineer, joins the show to discuss intellectual property & crypto, political writing & libertarianism, and many other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Devon Eriksen on Twitter: https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_ Devon’s Substack: https://devoneriksen.substack.com Devon’s website: https://devoneriksen.com/ "Theft of Fire" NFT on tapswap.cash: https://tapswap.cash/trade/798666058f90dd5088009dc44c4eb9f20da65382ab37da50f4983eb9c792ea62 Listener survey 2024: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yBUPrb8dtOejZmlzMW0mXEQW4hyK7bj3/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qzvpnv6yh64n5adgf38p8stwppdtd0x8rcslck36as Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7 General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:37 Intro, fundme.cash, listener survey 02:14 Devon's intro & Bitcoin backstory 06:40 Theft of Fire 25:54 Building a relationship with an audience 33:27 Shoutout to bitcoincashautist 35:10 Intellectual property + crypto 49:26 "Winning" strategy in crypto 1:01:26 Medium of exchange, volatility & adoption 1:07:16 Hijacking Bitcoin 1:18:52 Asteroid mining 1:23:41 References in "Theft of Fire" 1:27:54 Devon’s message to the community 1:29:35 Podcast supporter appreciation 1:30:24 Shoutouts and outro

#126: Zapit feat. Romit

Romit, CEO & Founder of Zapit, discusses the latest Zapit updates, building on Bitcoin Cash, adoption in India, ongoing SEC lawfare, collapsing BTC hoax, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Romit on Twitter: https://x.com/RadicalRomit Zapit wallet on Twitter: https://x.com/Zapit_io Zapit website: https://zapit.io/ Pantera on Twitter: https://x.com/Pantera_BCH Listener survey 2024: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qjff5m-OXTB65LlxJrL7qGGVfRiFc6oE/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qpdu2yz8vx0z8lsshmas2t8r7qlljy4v85yfn8ksc0 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7 General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Video starts 00:39 Intro 01:16 FundMe.Cash for the podcast 02:39 Listener survey 2024 03:35 Romit's intro 05:21 Market update: bad week 10:23 Zapit updates 16:43 P2P exchange, regulations, KYC, and Apple 26:12 Web3 gaming: Zappy Bird 30:42 ZRP token 44:08 Building on Bitcoin Cash 49:28 Thoughts on ABLA, VM limits & BigInt 56:50 BCH developers solving real world problems 1:04:14 CashFusion in Zapit wallet 1:09:28 Wallet Connect 1:15:18 Community comment of the week 1:23:28 Where does the yield come from? 1:38:13 Lawfare & free speech under attack 1:54:10 BTC hoax 2:02:53 Meme of the week 2:07:10 Romit’s message to the community 2:08:32 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:10:03 Shoutouts and outro

#125: Journal of Global Surgery feat. Saqib Noor

We talk to Saqib Noor, an Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon committed to medicine and surgery in the developing world. He is the founder of One.Surgery, an organization dedicated to empowering the progression of global surgery. Saqib is also Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Global Surgery, the first community-funded, peer-review, open-access, equitable scientific journal, fully powered by Bitcoin Cash. This was a very enjoyable conversation. Please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Saqib on Twitter: https://x.com/saqibnoorcom The Journal Of Global Surgery (ONE) on Twitter: https://x.com/jogs_one The Journal Of Global Surgery website: https://jogs.one/ One.Surgery: https://one.surgery/ Saqib’s website: https://www.saqibnoor.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yixRV9YvGlkO8UolzFXMJ4g42d9g-Ib3/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qrfly360lmsdeym4w2khnadsp6t0vts3wy55kc79e6 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Video starts 00:38 Intro, Saqib’s crypto backstory 10:25 Saqib’s medical backstory 12:20 Haiti, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Gaza 18:58 Global Surgery initiative 22:07 Global Surgery & BCH: similarities & differences 33:13 Scientific publishing and peer-review 38:16 Current problems in scientific publishing 44:26 Solutions: Sci-Hub, etc. 50:48 Journal of Global Surgery's solution: 4 innovations 57:37 BCH powering a global scientific economy 1:01:09 Saqib's side gig or full time? 1:04:16 BCH as the currency of science 1:06:41 Accepting Bitcoin Cash payments 1:09:30 Getting indexed at PubMed 1:12:53 Getting to a sustainable model 1:22:18 Next: 1st issue, ISSN #, special print edition 1:31:34 Saqib’s relationship with General Protocols 1:36:58 General Protocols vision 1:49:48 Other news 1:53:27 BCH Bull-ish? 1:55:02 Saqib’s message to the community 1:56:19 Podcast supporter appreciation 1:57:13 Shoutouts and outro

#124: Properties of Bitcoin & BTC in El Salvador feat. NoPara

NoPara, a BTC C# developer, and a “rejuvenator”, discusses Bitcoin properties, what makes the best kind of money, and how BTC & BCH compare on these metrics. We also talk about BTC in El Salvador, Wasabi wallet, John Carvalho capitulating, and other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: NoPara on Twitter: https://x.com/nopara73 NoPara on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nopara73/featured BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space by Kallisti: https://x.com/kzKallisti/status/1824521374175531478 BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T1tYtWTjE4 Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16oYp6MHM2aLM8WBX8rFQ6nkCyk1c4kpC/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100290143879929950045&rtpof=true&sd=true Donations: bitcoincash:qpsest28ghjz8030dqfe4ustqg2a5n0gh5afmnp960 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 01:02 NoPara intro: Rejuvenation, Fitcoiners 04:00 Wasabi wallet 12:00 Blocksize war 14:00 Chain split & privacy 15:00 Rising fees and Wasabi wallet 22:50 Market update: downwards volatility 24:21 Bitcoin properties 32:14 Maximalism & network effect 36:31 BCH surviving 3 chain splits 42:13 NGU formula 49:00 BTC vs. BCH 56:51 Medium of exchange, programmability 1:01:12 Cognizability, acceptability 1:12:26 BCH edge: circular economy and fungibility 1:16:32 On blocksize 1:33:27 No such thing as intrinsic value 1:40:42 BTC in El Salvador 1:41:00 BTC is missing portability 1:45:00 Lightning network 2:01:23 John Carvalho capitulates 2:06:00 On Replace-by-fee (RBF) 2:13:40 Community comment of the week 2:19:47 Rearden / Shinobi takes on BTC 2:27:07 Confession time: NoPara, Shinobi & Roger Ver 2:31:52 Question time 2:32:23 Meme of the week 2:34:36 Other news 2:36:04 UK riots 2:40:02 NoPara’s message to the community 2:40:55 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:42:00 Shoutouts and outro

#123: BTC Conference & BCH Vibes feat. Kallisti & Steve Thurmond

Kallisti and Steve Thurmond talk about their experience at BTC 2024 Nashville Conference. We also discuss VM Limits & Big Ints upgrades for BCH, latest adoption groundwork, and more. Kallisti is Selene wallet's cypherpunk lead developer; and Steve Thurmond is a financial educator (Forward Financial) and a BTC to BCH convert. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Kallisti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kzKallisti Steve Thurmond on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevethurmond BTC Conference 2024 Roundtable (Selene Wallet, THORChain, DASH, ZKALYX): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaZFwDDtBiE Kallisti Bitcoin 2024 Nashville Fox News Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qOFAe1hwA Cash stamps: https://stamps.cash Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kLdEUjCjipbSHK0h2RGv4gXU6k5J6stK/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qrkc2yvrxqy0w3eetxhcdc8teqlymxklsspkwv0eww Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 02:49 BCH outperforms 06:52 BTC community defers 22:56 BTC Conference: on the ground report 31:30 Wavlake board 38:55 Steve's BTC Conference experience 48:07 Beef jerky for BCH 51:07 Kallisti on Fox news! 59:19 Steve's 7 seconds of fame & other stories 1:10:06 Cash stamps 1:22:19 Integration into Selene wallet 1:31:49 BTC Conference vibe, final thoughts 1:41:05 Selene stats 1:52:02 VM limits & Big Ints 2:04:30 NanoGPT integration 2:09:27 ETH inflation 2:19:27 Community comment of the week 2:24:49 Meme of the week 2:31:57 Kallisti's message to the community 2:33:44 Steve's message to the community 2:39:00 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:39:53 Shoutouts and outro

#122: VM Limits feat. Jason Dreyzehner

Discussion of proposed BCH '25 "Targeted VM Limits" upgrade, with prominent BCH developer & CHIP author Jason Dreyzehner. We get into the historical context, rationale, and details of VM Limits. We also discuss BigInts, CashTokens retrospect, LibAuth, ZCEs, Looping and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Jason Dreyzehner on Twitter: https://x.com/bitjson bitjson's blog: https://bitjson.com/ CHIP 2021-05 Targeted Virtual Machine Limits: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2021-05-targeted-virtual-machine-limits/437 CHIP 2024-07 BigInt: High-Precision Arithmetic for Bitcoin Cash: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2024-07-bigint-high-precision-arithmetic-for-bitcoin-cash/1356 Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wLaTFfq4PQ1dfTs2EMsNxGMQOZKZMIpW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100290143879929950045&rtpof=true&sd=true Donations: bitcoincash:qzm59xkz4pkqgpakkpvjcrsffu4gtjxdju7hq6q30h Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 01:50 Jason’s intro 06:34 Thoughts on ABLA upgrade 10:20 VM Limits: overview 13:40 VM Limits: rationale 17:31 VM Limits: Satoshi’s work 32:15 Differences among implementations 39:26 BTC overflow bug 45:00 CHIP: Targeted VM Limits 49:35 VM Limits + Big Integers 52:28 Big Ints CHIP relation to VM Limits CHIP 1:00:18 Benchmarking worst case contracts with LibAuth 1:02:24 Timing: 2025 vs 2026 1:10:35 Testing process 1:16:55 Zero-Confirmation Escrows (ZCE) and Looping 1:20:35 0-confirmations, miner incentives, and finality 1:25:10 Loops and UTXO commitments 1:34:32 CashTokens 1:39:17 Mathieu’s Q: Zero knowledge proof verifier? 1:42:33 Sidechain necessary for prediction market apps? 1:49:29 Jason’s message to the community 1:51:00 Podcast supporter appreciation 1:52:03 Shoutouts and outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

#121: BCH Argentina Conference & Hoax Collapse feat. Marcelo

Marcelo Fleischer, a Bitcoin OG from 2010, is back after more than 100 episodes! We discuss BCH Argentina Conference, dictating the free market in El Salvador, the crumbling BTC narrative, and BTC camp trying to reinvent BCH. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Marcelo’s previous appearance on the Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk6GvmByv2U No Hay Almuerzo Gratis YouTube channel (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/@AlmuerzoNo/ BCH Argentina Conference: https://2024.bcharg.com/ “A Fifth of Gaming”: https://afifthofgaming.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e7FWRAo0pqXY2Bmaif3nH8X81nsAe58a/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qr95ggj2ums64p2fge54yc8a0p9gqz5g5ux5t55suv Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrDsJnHFnkMnJhEslofyPQ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:09 Flipstarter update 01:34 Marcelo 04:38 Reflections on BCH Podcast by Marcelo 17:56 Splits, governance, and incentives 33:06 Demurrage on BTC? 38:07 Reflections on BCH St. Kitts '22 conference 43:25 BCH is getting vindicated 48:44 Javier Milei and Argentina politics 1:00:12 ABLA, CHIP & consensus building 1:03:46 Shoutout to bitcoincashautist 1:07:35 Upcoming BCH upgrades 1:13:44 Market update: recovery time 1:19:18 BCH Argentina Conference 1:27:23 Expected attendance, interpreters, livestream 1:33:27 BCH business solutions in Argentina 1:41:50 Conference speakers and topics 1:51:16 Dictating the free market in El Salvador 2:02:07 Other news 2:04:02 BCH improving scalability, programmability, speed 2:10:50 Hoax collapsing 2:18:08 Trump at BTC conference 2:25:46 Reinventing BCH, and the "revolving door" cycle 2:33:01 Community comment: @Dunconomics 2:38:10 Meme of the week: Peter Schiff nightmare 2:40:51 Marcelo’s message to the community 2:42:56 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:44:03 Shoutouts and outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc

#120: Phoenix Mining & Polkadot Paid Shills feat Paul

Crypto YouTuber Paul, fresh from BLISS, joins us to discuss Phoenix mining strange move, Polkadot paid propaganda, Mt. Gox coins release, and the heated responses to our Episode 119 on BTC narrative collapse. Enjoy the chat! Links: Paul on Twitter: https://x.com/Rspl382 Paul’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rspl2024 The BTC Hoax - Full Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYcTqHrYKFc "A Fifth of Gaming": https://afifthofgaming.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PD50i2qP6ttzWX5ISXZWnCeW0WKMb5ml/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qz48xc0g57e3kt2j85f6e8h44240tuh4zusm9rv24s Sponsors: Thank you very much to our previous flipstarter contributors. New flipstarter is LIVE: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:38 Intro 01:03 Flipstarter update 01:36 Paul's intro 10:19 Reflections on BLISS 12:54 Crypto market update 14:44 Phoenix mining 24:12 A sign that is BCH is resilient 29:31 Mt. Gox coins released 44:33 Polkadot paid propaganda 58:32 Meme of the week 1:01:54 Other news 1:10:08 Community comment of the week 1 1:13:13 Community comment of the week 2 1:18:52 119 response: Nopara73 1:28:12 119 response: Mechanic 1:32:59 119 response: Peter McCormack 1:41:51 119 response: David Hoffman 1:50:45 Message to the community 1:57:02 "A Fifth of Gaming" 1:58:22 Supporter appreciation 1:59:28 Shoutouts and outro #bitcoin #bitcoincash #bch #btc #crypto #cryptocurrency #cbdc ▪️

#119: Narrative Collapse Clip Collection

No guest, just discussion of leading innovations from Selene Wallet & Emergent Coding, Julian Assange, then a huge exposé of abysmal BTC disintegration. Enjoy the chat! Links: Presentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10AKrgyT3Mf9Fi6-ywWt7N8DjVuk19Njw/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4 Donations: bitcoincash:qz2eufwztg7t8x45tkqf60vmqe3734cpus0ys4hupu Sponsors: Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. New flipstarter is LIVE: https://bchpodcastflipstarter.cash/en General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast starts 00:37 Intro 03:26 Flipstarter update 04:36 Market update 11:36 Selene update 19:47 Emergent Coding update 27:27 Community comment of the week 30:19 Julian Assange freed 38:08 Other news 46:27 BTC narrative collapse 1:08:34 BTC is failing - Part I 1:17:33 BTC is failing - Part II 1:33:02 BTC is failing - Part III 1:50:02 BTC is failing - Part IV 2:01:48 BCH on Bankless 2:14:36 Meme of the week 2:18:27 Message to the community 2:20:02 Shoutouts and outro

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