Martin Matejka joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about using Bitcoin as collateral for loans without handing your coins to a trust me bro platform like the ones that collapsed in the last cycle. He and Knut get into how Firefish uses Bitcoin layer one tools like multisig, timelocks, and partially signed transactions to keep counterparty risk low, why borrowing in fiat is really a bet against a failing currency, and how self-custody changes what it even means to own an asset. The conversati...

George Bodine joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about Bitcoin self-custody, running a node, and why paper Bitcoin held through treasury companies and ETFs carries counterparty risk that real cold storage does not. Knut and George dig into the Core versus Knots debate, BIP-110, the power law disagreement, and the risks facing Bitcoin treasury companies as financialization accelerates. Along the way they explore creativity as the opposite of productivity, the discipline of dropping your ego,...

Max Hillebrand joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his new book The Praxeology of Privacy and why privacy sits at the foundation of sound money, self-custody, and the entire cypherpunk project. The conversation traces the prehistory of Bitcoin from David Chaum's anonymous eCash through Hal Finney's proof of work, explains how surveillance distorts prices the same way money printing does, and digs into the tools that make resistance cheap, including CoinJoin, the Lightning Network, and ...

Paco de la India joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his Run with Bitcoin journey across 40 countries, the reality of Bitcoin adoption in the global South, and what he learned about freedom, circular economies, and money along the way. Knut and Paco dig into the BIP-110 spam debate, India's 2016 demonetization, why running different node software is not censorship, and how Bitcoin acts as the immune system of a free society. They also cover geopolitics, hyper-bitcoinization, self-custo...

Matthew Kratter joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about the escalating fight against spam on Bitcoin, why he believes Bitcoin Core has been compromised, and how the pleb migration to Bitcoin Knots has gone from 1% to 25% of the network in under two years. Kratter walks through the case for BIP-110 as a temporary soft fork, explains why mining pool centralization is the structural problem underneath everything else, and shares his own setup for renting hashrate at industrial scale from home...

Luke de Wolf joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his upcoming book Defending Bitcoin: Industrial-Grade Cybersecurity for the Monetary Grid, the cybersecurity case for treating Bitcoin as critical infrastructure, and why arbitrary data on Bitcoin should be considered a textbook availability vulnerability. The conversation covers Luke's reversal on BIP-110, the governance concentration around Bitcoin Core, and why decentralized mining through Ocean, Datum, and Stratum V2 is essential for...

Erik Aronesty joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his role in BIP 148 and the User-Activated Soft Fork that reshaped the block size wars, and why he eventually traded his big-block stance for a small-block one rooted in bandwidth and node decentralization. He shares hard-earned lessons on Bitcoin mining economics, the long-term security budget question, and why he believes Bitcoin still needs protocol-level privacy through ideas like Mimblewimble alongside covenants like OPCTV for vaul...

Pierre Corbin joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about why most corporate Bitcoin reserves might be paper Bitcoin, how AI is accelerating the collapse of fiat currencies, and why Bitcoin is the only asset built to survive a world where everything trends toward zero. They also dig into copyright in the internet age, Nostr as proof of authenticity, and how Pierre's company Flash is helping businesses build real Bitcoin treasuries through self-custody. Connect with Pierre: https://x.com/Cier...

Unhosted Marcellus joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about how any Bitcoiner can now rent hash power for as little as $1 per day and run their own mining pool through Ocean's Datum Gateway. The conversation covers BIP 110 as a grassroots response to Bitcoin Core's controversial mempool policy changes, the game theory of soft fork activation, and why mining might be the final step in the Bitcoiner sovereignty journey that takes you from holding your keys to running your node to actually dir...

Samson Mow and Jimmy Song join the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about ProductionReady, their new nonprofit funding a conservative third Bitcoin node client designed to preserve Bitcoin's monetary properties and break Core's monopoly on the reference implementation. The conversation covers the dangers of developer-driven feature creep, the inflation bug that slipped past Core review, why multiple client implementations strengthen Bitcoin's decentralization, and the case for prioritizing sound mo...

Ed Juline joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about whether Bitcoin treasury companies are a necessary bridge to mass adoption or a dangerous recreation of fiat financial engineering on top of Bitcoin. Drawing on his experience as former Director of Bitcoin Advocacy at Strategy and years of organizing Bitcoin events, Ed explores the tension between self-custody principles and institutional onboarding, the case that orange pilling is over, and how the early majority can be kept honest as Bitc...

Nick Hudson joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about how billionaire bankers spent 150 years building the institutional framework of socialism to centralize control of assets, his personal persecution by professional bodies and intelligence assets for questioning the COVID narrative, and why extreme fragmentation of ownership through stock markets destroys sound stewardship. Knut and Nick explore the parallels between Austrian economics and Bitcoin's design philosophy, the epistemological c...

Jon Atack joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his years-long insider experience as a Bitcoin Core contributor, revealing how DEI-influenced selection criteria, centralized developer pipelines at Chaincode Labs, and social power dynamics reshaped the culture of Bitcoin's most important open source project. The conversation covers how hand-picked developers were fast-tracked while independent contributors struggled for funding, why the OP_RETURN controversy was the culmination of years o...

Giacomo Zucco joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about why he opposes BIP-110 despite being firmly anti-spam, arguing that a controversial soft fork without overwhelming consensus sets a dangerous precedent for future Bitcoin rule changes. The conversation covers the security budget debate, whether stablecoins on Lightning help or harm Bitcoin, the parallels to the block size wars, and whether Bitcoin's real defense lies in status quo resistance or user-driven action. Knut and Giacomo steel...

Zuby joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about what COVID revealed about human nature, why most people failed the compliance test, and how the authoritarian instinct in 20-30% of the population should terrify everyone. He explains why he left UK democracy for a UAE monarchy, why he judges governments by results rather than labels, and how Bitcoin remains the only peaceful escape hatch from a monetary system designed to extract wealth from the people who can least afford it. Connect with Zub...

Stephan Kinsella joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about why praxeology is the hardest science in economics, how Austrian theory explains Bitcoin's unique monetary properties, and whether you can truly own a Bitcoin or merely act as if you do. The conversation covers the foundations of property rights and natural law, the subjective nature of fungibility, and what a hyperbitcoinized future might actually look like. Kinsella and Knut also explore why intellectual property restrictions threa...

Hodlonaut joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his controversial decision to first support and then withdraw support for BIP-110, the proposed soft fork targeting spam and data abuse on Bitcoin. The conversation covers Bitcoin Core's uncapping of OP_RETURN, the "wokification" of Core development, lessons from the block size wars, and whether BIP-110 is the right hill for plebs to die on in defending Bitcoin as money. Knut and Hodlonaut go through BIP 110's specific restrictions point by...

Daniel Batten joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about how fiat money and psychological manipulation created the overconsumption crisis destroying the environment, why Bitcoin mining on landfills turns pollution into cheap decentralized power, and how most Bitcoiners are failing to orange pill skeptics by talking instead of listening. He shares a practical framework for persuading investors, policymakers, and everyday people drawn from 20 years of pitching technology, and explains why the W...

Chris Guida joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his rebuttal to Murch's earlier appearance on the show, arguing that Bitcoin Core devs are making the spam problem worse by removing mempool filters that Satoshi built in from the beginning, and that filtering transactions is fundamentally not censorship but a necessary defense of Bitcoin as money. The conversation covers why UTXO set bloat tripled during the BRC-20 spam attacks and crippled Raspberry Pi node syncing, how the CAT proposal...

Conza joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about the praxeological foundations of money, explaining why Bitcoin is a rivalrous digital commodity on an open source monetary network rather than a database for storing arbitrary data. The conversation covers the two problems money solves, why economic literacy among Bitcoin developers matters, and the case for BIP 110 and the Cat fork as tools to preserve Bitcoin's quality as money against spam and ordinals. Connect with Conza: https://x.com/Co...

Hunter Beast joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about BIP 360 and making Bitcoin quantum-resistant, the philosophical question of whether Bitcoin can truly be owned, and how mempool policy debates like the CAT fork reflect deeper questions about Bitcoin's social consensus. The conversation ranges from Austrian economics and property rights to pushing back against woke ideology in open source development. Connect with Hunter: https://x.com/cryptoquick Connect with Us: https://www.bitcoini...

Julian Figueroa joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his journey from early Bitcoin investing to founding GetBased media and producing high-production Bitcoin content like Exit Manual, focusing on making Bitcoin concepts accessible through humor, metaphors, and real-world visuals. They discuss YouTube strategies for growth in the niche, the importance of consistent weekly shows, and how creators can balance originality with proven formats to build sustainable audiences. The conversation...

Matteo Pellegrini joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about the rebrand of Orange Pill App to Club Orange, the challenges of building a location-based social network for Bitcoiners, and how features like tap zaps, geo zaps, and group chats foster real-world connections. He explains the app's paywall to eliminate bots and spam, the evolution toward offline economy focus, and future plans like ticketing and merchant integration to close the loop for Bitcoin adoption. The discussion highlights ...

Knut and Luke review the Bitcoin Infinity Show 2025, and look ahead to 2026. From 16+ conferences, re-releasing Praxeology, starting the Bitcoin Infinity Academy, putting on BTC HEL in Helsinki, all while making the Bitcoin Infinity Show each week, 2025 was a hugely exciting year! We also look ahead to 2026. Tune in to see what we'll be up to! Connect with Us: https://www.bitcoininfinityshow.com/ https://bitcoininfinitystore.com https://primal.net/infinity https://primal.net/knut https://prima...