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BTC242: Bitcoin Core Vs. Knots w/ NVK (BItcoin Podcast)

63 min • 9 juli 2025

Preston Pysh welcomes back NVK, renowned Bitcoin expert and founder of Coinkite, for an in-depth conversation on the future of Bitcoin, the evolving dynamics of its core development, and the promising rise of decentralized platforms like Nostr.


IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro 

02:01 - How Bitcoin's increasing price may sustain mining incentives post-halving

09:37 - The evolution from Satoshi’s original code to the current Bitcoin Core

14:15 - Insights into Bitcoin Knots and the separation of wallet and consensus code

19:41 - Critiques of Bitcoin’s development scene and current conference culture

20:09 - The controversy surrounding Bitcoin Core’s GitHub governance

24:22 - Debates around removing the OP_RETURN 83-byte limit

32:23 - Nostr’s potential to revolutionize identity and AI communication

35:45 - Key adoption challenges facing Nostr and possible solutions

44:44 - The philosophy and features behind Coinkite’s hardware wallets

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.


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