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Ep26: Making Bitcoin FUN! w/ Parker Day & Casey Rodarmor

Parker Day & Casey Rodarmor chat backstage about the ideas & execution behind the FUN! Collection. How did Parker get into Bitcoin, who are the models, and why did it take several years to bring this collection to life? Follow our guests: @rodarmor @heyparkerday Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and bitcoin tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter! Chapter Markers: 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Conference Partnership 01:02 Subscribe and Connect 01:38 Meet Casey and Parker Day 02:04 Parker's First Bitcoin Conference 02:26 From Analog Art to NFTs 03:53 Collaborating on Ordinals 05:55 Innovating with Metadata 07:00 Artistic Exploration and Identity 12:52 Subjects and Collaborators 15:00 Technical Innovations 19:53 Community and Impressions 22:50 Future Plans and Reflections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep25: The Business Behind the Biggest Bitcoin transactions

We sat down with Brian & Toby, cofounders of Ordinalsbot, a Bitcoin ordinals infrastructure business. Brian and Toby describe what they're working on -- from artist partnerships to launching an Ordinals & Runes marketplace. Charlie also reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech! Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter: ---- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Partnership Announcement 01:39 Meet the Ordinals Bot Team 02:28 Origins, Vision, and API-First Approach 05:10 Innovations and Full Megas on Bitcoin 08:27 Engineering Challenges and Team Growth 10:04 Community Engagement and Industry Collaboration 14:23 Future Plans and Special Projects 17:09 Ordinals London and Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep24: Ordinals are Mainstream Now

We're back from Bitcoin 2024 and Ordinals are officially MAINSTREAM! Also, Runes are still very dead and a new type of Bitcoin transaction! Charlie also reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech! Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter! -- Chapters: 00:31 - Introduction and Overview 01:05 - Debrief from Nashville and Recovery 01:44 - New YouTube Channel and Giveaway 02:24 - Highlights from Nashville Conferences 05:04 - Trump's Speech and Bitcoin Mining 10:09 - Ordinals Market Analysis 21:02 - Version Three Transactions and Technical Discussion 26:27 - Wrap-Up and Calls to Action Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep23: Builders vs Leverage

Lots of Ordinals enjoyers have been REKT by leverage, what's the damage? Also, the bear market hasn't slowed down Ordinals builders! Charlie also reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech! --- 00:00: Introduction by Charlie Spears from Black Space Media. 00:35: Overview of Bitcoin Season Two, livestream schedule, and Black Space Media content. 01:23: Discussion on Bitcoin fee rates, transaction backlog, and potential market trends. 02:17: Analysis of the runes market and various assets' performance. 03:25: Examination of ordinal assets and collections' market status. 04:47: Observations on market trends, including potential recovery signals. 06:17: Insights on ordinal leverage and loan defaults in the Bitcoin ecosystem. 08:51: Upcoming events, including Inscribing Nashville and the Bitcoin 2024 conference, and conclusion. Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep22: Miner Capitulation & UNCOMMON GOODS

Bitcoin miners are capitulating.... or are they? Also, a new fee dynamic emerges that sets a new baseline for fees on Bitcoin! Charlie also reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech! Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter! -- 00:00:33 - Welcome back to Bitcoin Season Two 00:01:03 - Bitcoin prices drop to $55,800 00:01:35 - Germany selling Bitcoin 00:01:54 - Bitcoin ownership and market impact 00:02:18 - Bitcoin mining and hash price index 00:03:38 - Bitcoin mining profitability challenges 00:04:31 - Bitcoin adoption and mining cycle 00:05:17 - Bitcoin mining difficulties and hash rate trends 00:06:09 - Bitcoin miners facing economic challenges 00:06:57 - Uncommon Goods rune analysis 00:07:20 - Runes market cap and trends 00:08:08 - Ordinals activity and secondary market trends 00:09:01 - Uncommon Goods minting dynamics 00:10:16 - On-chain fee rates and Uncommon Goods minting 00:11:22 - Tools for minting Uncommon Goods 00:12:22 - The impact of Uncommon Goods on Bitcoin fee rates 00:14:11 - Technical overview of a complex Bitcoin transaction 00:17:06 - Conclusion and shout-out to Boston on Stacker News 00:18:25 - Outro and upcoming events Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep21: Bitcoin L2 Roadmaps

Where are the current Bitcoin L2 projects in their respective roadmaps? Charlie also reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech! Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep20: The Future of Fees

Alkimiya founder, Leo Zhang, discusses the past, present, and future of Bitcoin's fee market. Leo describes how Bitcoin's blockspace is undergoing commoditization, how it mirrors/differs from other commodities markets. Follow our guest on Twitter: @Leozayaat @alkimiya_io Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. --- 00:00 - Intro 02:29 - The Vision of Alkimiya 07:06 - Future of Block Space Commoditization 10:10 - Comparison with Traditional Commodities Markets 13:19 - Impact of Ordinals and Mempool Sniping 15:03 - Physical vs. Synthetic Block Space 19:19 - Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) 24:09 - The Future of Bitcoin's Fee Market 33:22 - State of Alkimiya and Future Plans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep19: Bitcoin is Dead, Everything is Dead

Charlie Spears reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech. → Ordinals, Runes, & Bitcoin all massively drawn down → Are "Programmable Runes" real? → MtGox payouts incoming Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter! --- 00:01:43 - Welcome and Introduction 00:01:49 - Bitcoin and Crypto Market Status 00:02:27 - Bitcoin Price and Market Sentiment 00:03:06 - Bitcoin Fees and Transaction Activity 00:04:24 - Marketplace Volume and Magic Eden's Dominance 00:08:44 - Runes Market Cap and Activity Decline 00:18:53 - Mt. Gox Repayment Announcement and Sell Pressure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep18: Fighting Back Against Election Fraud with Bitcoin

Carlos from SimpleProof.com explains how the 2023 Guatemalan election used Bitcoin to timestamp results and prevent accusations of fraud. Governments can use Bitcoin’s immutable ledger to timestamp election results and prove that they haven’t been tampered with. Follow our guest on Twitter: @carlostoriello Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 03:00 - Overview of Guatemala's Voting System 04:50 - Proof of Work in Paper-based Voting 06:00 - Timestamping Election Results 07:08 - The 2019 Election Issues in Guatemala 08:20 - Open Timestamps Protocol 09:00 - Timestamping in 2023 Election 10:00 - How Timestamping Works 11:00 - Verifying Election Documents 16:00 - Comparison of Timestamp Data from Bitcoin 24:00 - Addressing Accusations of Election Fraud 27:00 - The Role of Bitcoin in Protecting Election Integrity 29:00 - Future Plans and Expanding the Use of Timestamping 33:00 - Challenges of Using Bitcoin for Public Registries Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep17: ETH NFTS are dead, Suss BTC L2s & Saylor yeets BTC

Charlie Spears reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech. → ETH NFTs down to 4,000 daily active users → Are Bitcoin L2s actually worthwhile? → Saylor buys $500 million BTC Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. 00:00:32: Welcome and introduction. 00:00:56: Overview of recent transaction activity on Bitcoin. 00:01:25: Discussion on Bitcoin transaction fees and mempool status. 00:02:18: Breakdown of transaction types on Bitcoin. 00:03:30: Analysis of inscription activity on Bitcoin. 00:04:24: Examination of Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions. 00:06:21: Review of Merlin Bitcoin L2. 00:07:19: Ordinals marketplace and volume analysis. 00:09:09: Overview of active addresses and market trends in ordinals. 00:10:08: Runes market analysis and trends. 00:11:22: Detailed look into runes minting activity. 00:12:36: Discussion on ETH NFTs and their decline. 00:14:08: Overview of Bank of Nakamoto and its stablecoin. 00:15:08: News on MicroStrategy's Bitcoin investment. 00:16:25: Analysis of various Bitcoin L2 projects. 00:18:00: Mention of upcoming interviews and content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep16: The Biggest Memecoin on the Biggest Blockchain

Runemaster Leonidas says it's time for memecoins to come home to Bitcoin and explains why DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON should be the #1 dog coin everywhere. Follow our guest on Twitter: @LeonidasNFT Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Preview 00:00:34 - Intro 00:02:08 - Leonidas OG and DOG meme coin 00:03:14 - Bull case for DOG 00:05:43 - Largest airdrop in Bitcoin's history 00:06:44 - Decentralization and community-driven approach 00:09:41 - Exchange listings and challenges 00:10:54 - Competitive landscape of meme coins 00:12:16 - Structural limitations of the Runes protocol 00:14:00 - Future developments for liquidity and trading 00:17:10 - DOG's market performance and growth potential 00:17:56 - Cultural conversation on Bitcoin 00:20:08 - Legacy Bitcoin maximalism vs. new Bitcoin culture 00:24:24 - Speculative nature of Bitcoin and meme coins 00:26:20 - Bitcoin’s security and fee market 00:28:14 - Embracing speculation in Bitcoin 00:30:04 - Bitcoin as a future store of value 00:31:09 - Final reflections on DOG and Bitcoin’s future 00:32:14 - Potential of meme coins on Bitcoin 00:33:13 - Closing remarks and outro Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep15: Fees Pump, OKX Burns Millions & are BRC20s back?

Charlie Spears reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech. → Fees pumped on Bitcoin → OKX Burns millions -- is this just the beginning? → Ordinals Conferences coming → Are BRC20s Back Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep14: How Maximalism Dies with Dylan LeClair

Maximalism has peaked. Bitcoin is no longer dominated by a Bitcoin maximalist dogma, but is quickly welcoming a diverse crowd of degens, gamblers and token peddlers. Is this good for Bitcoin is the question of course! To answer that question, we've brought on Dylan LeClair, Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Japanese corporation Metaplanet, joins Bitcoin Season 2 to discuss Bitcoin's changing culture scene and what “Bitcoin Accelerationism” actually means. Follow our guest on Twitter: @DylanLeClair Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 04:20 Recent travels 06:50 Michael Saylor comparisons 10:40 BitBlockBoom to BTC Asia 18:40 Narratives over time 26:30 Do shitcoins have positive externalities? 29:50 Tech(acc) to Bit(acc) 39:00 Malthusian vs Promethean 43:05 User influx may drive UI/UX innovation 45:30 Origination of Accelerationism 48:50 Who are the interesting voices in Bitcoin? 55:40 Accelerationists are Optimists Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep13: Return of Runes, Bitcoin Startups, and Has Saylor Gone Soft on ETH?

Charlie Spears reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech. → Runes market picking up → Ordinals Metrics are DOWN → Big Raises for Bitcoin startups → Saylor softens on ETH? Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here: https://blockspace.media/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep12: The Chaos Of Bitcoin Consensus

Bitcoin Developer PortlandHODL rips 4meggers on the regular, but how does all this stuff work under the hood? Portland explains how he built Slipstream for Marathon Digital, how he reorged Testnetv4 TWICE, and what exactly “Mempool Relay Policy” is. Charlie & Portland cover many Bitcoin topics in this 2 hour episode – Soft Forks, explaining Bitcoin with analogies, and how Bitcoin has been used over the past 15 years. Follow our guest on Twitter: @PortlandHODL Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:15 Views on Bitcoin 06:05 Slipstream is like a shipping service 10:55 Standardness & Relay Policy 17:40 Analogy for Standardness vs Consensus 18:40 Challenges to build Slipstream 21:00 Great Consensus Cleanup 25:00 Revenue from Slipstream 29:00 Why has nobody else built Slipstream? 33:20 Bitcoin developer landscape 39:40 The "M" Block 48:00 Wild Bitcoin File Storage idea 51:00 Reorging Testnet 58:01 Explain the Testnet v3 story 1:04:00 Thoughts on Bitcoin Core 1:09:49 BTCD exploit 1:11:40 Thoughts on other Bitcoin clients 1:16:15 Chaos is good for Bitcoin 1:17:10 Soft forks 1:23:20 Portland's view on Soft Forks 1:32:40 Bitcoin education 1:36:10 What are Bitcoiners lacking? Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep11: Weekly Update (5/27)

Charlie Spears reviews news & metrics for all things Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, and Bitcoin Tech. → Runes market picking up → Ordinals continue to die → Bitcoin tech: eCash / Bitcoin Layers → Saylor on devs Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep10: Behind The Great Rune Rush | Bitcoin Season 2 & The Mining Pod

Chief Research Officer at Bitcoin miner Griid, Mike Hamilton is an experienced & well-known Bitcoin miner. But even more impressive might be his feat snagging of the second Runes ticker once the moment the protocol launched last April. Mike talks about how his experience with Bitcoin and tinkerer mentality let him beat all the other teams competing for the top Runes spots. Mike also discusses Bitcoin mining, the role miners may play going forwards, and his personal project “Mutable Trees” Follow our guest on Twitter: @mikehamilton / @mutabletrees Follow our host: @cbspears 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Chapters: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:55 Mike intro 00:08:12 What is etching & hard coding? 00:09:59 Acquiring the Runes ticker 00:15:01 Building Runes tools 00:19:24 Airdropping 00:23:54 Miners learning Runes 00:26:38 Managing UTXOs 00:32:17 Including Runes in business model 00:34:26 Block templates 00:38:43 Miners vs Maxi 00:40:16 Fix the filters? 00:42:35 Mutable Trees 00:48:34 OP_CAT 00:52:07 Miners & soft forks Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep9: How to Build a Bitcoin Rollup: Citrea

Chainway & Citrea founder, Orkun Kılıç, explains how his team at Chainway is building the first ZK rollup on Bitcoin: Citrea. - Subscribe to Blockspace Media newsletter to get all your Bitcoin Season 2 news! https://blockspace.media/newsletter/ Bitcoin Season 2 is about new ideas, new conversations on Bitcoin. It's the technical and cultural smashed together for an exciting era of new topics on the oldest blockchain. - 0:00 Intro 1:50 From Eth to Ordinals to Rollups 4:00 What is a Rollup? 7:30 What differentiates Citrea? 9:15 Using inscriptions to post data to Bitcoin 12:10 Optimizing beyond Ordinals 15:30 BitVM enabling a Bitcoin Bridge 16:30 How does Clementine work? 19:40 Does BitVM get more pragmatic? 21:20 Progress on Implementation 24:20 ZK proof verifier R&D 26:00 OP_CAT and soft forks 27:10 The Sequencer Problem 29:50 Competition from other rollups 32:20 Citrea to lead Bitcoin programmability 34:00 Just how scalable is a rollup? 35:05 Using Bitcoin as the token 37:40 Where does Citrea go from here? 40:10 Resurgence in Bitcoin development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep8: How the Taproot Wizards made CatVM

Rijndael & Tyler Whittle tell us the tale of how they wrote the CatVM storybook and how OP_CAT could fulfill the promises a lot of other Bitcoin ideas have failed to deliver. Subscribe to Blockspace Media newsletter to get all your Bitcoin Season 2 news! https://blockspace.media/newsletter/ Bitcoin Season 2 is about new ideas, new conversations on Bitcoin. It's the technical and cultural smashed together for an exciting era of new topics on the oldest blockchain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep7: Casey & Raph: Behind Runes & Ordinals

Casey Rodarmor & Raphjaph talk about how they built Runes, the future of Ordinals, and what they're working on next! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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