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Episode 86: Ocean Tides from 2023-12-06T08:15:47
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what features are offered by Ocean, the relaunched and r...
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Episode 85: Bitcoin Core 26.0 (And F2Pool’s OFAC Compliant Mining Policy) from 2023-11-23T09:22:17
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what new features are included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 0.26 release. They also briefly discuss recent developments concerning ...
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Episode 84: Marathon Pool’s Invalid Block (And Some Updates About the Show) from 2023-10-05T11:56:32
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss an invalid block mined by Marathon Pool. They explain why the block was invalid, what caused it (and what didn’t), and why that d...
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Episode 83: The Milk Sad Vulnerability from 2023-08-17T19:00
In this episode, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) discuss a vulnerability in Libbitcoin dubbed “Milk Sad”, which allowed people to generate private key seeds with such weak entropy that ...
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Episode 82: Scaling to Billions of Users from 2023-07-11T03:09:52
In this episode, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) discuss a recent blog post by Bitcoin Core developer Anthony Towns (@ajtowns), “Putting the B in BTC”, in which he outlines a vision for...
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Episode 81: Bitcoin Core 25.0 from 2023-06-26T17:16:42
In this episode, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) discuss Bitcoin Core 25.0, the latest major release of the Bitcoin Core software. They highlight four of the most notable changes: perfo...
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Episode 80: Stratum V2 from 2023-06-13T13:43:47
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) are joined by Braiins co-founder Jan Čapek (@janbraiins), who has been leading the initiative to upgrade pooled mi...
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Episode 79: The Witness Discount from 2023-05-23T15:51:46
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) explain why the witness discount was included in the Segregated Witness protocol upgrade from 2017, why this disco...
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Episode 78: Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs) (And Dutch Auctions) from 2023-05-08T23:48:37
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) explain Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs), discussing what problems they solve, how they work, and som...
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Episode 77: Peer-to-peer Encryption from 2023-04-24T19:06:02
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss BIP 324, the proposal by Dhruv, Pieter Wuille and Tim Ruffing to add peer-to-peer (P2P) encryption to the Bitcoin protocol. They ex...
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Episode 76: Stamps (And the Invalid Block Caused by It) from 2023-04-15T16:10:10
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain Stamps, a new(?) protocol to upload images onto the Bitcoin blockchain, which end up in the UTXO set. To learn more about some of ...
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Episode 75: Multisig (And Musig) from 2023-03-31T12:00:13
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss multi-signature (multisig), and the various ways that Bitcoin enables multisig; from bare multisig, to P2SH, SegWit, Taproot, and f...
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Episode 74: Pay-to-Script-Hash (P2SH) from 2023-03-17T15:29:41
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain pay-to-script-hash (P2SH), which allows bitcoin to be sent to and from the hash of a script. Besides (the current implementation of...
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Episode 73: OP_VAULT from 2023-02-24T16:26:58
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain OP_VAULT, a proposed op code that would enable an elegant type of vaults through Bitcoin’s scripting language.
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Episode 72: Inscriptions from 2023-02-09T15:03:47
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain Inscriptions, a new method to upload arbitrary data onto the Bitcoin blockchain.
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Episode 71: Timelocks from 2023-01-20T19:43:22
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss the different types of timelocks available on Bitcoin (and what can go wrong when used incorrectly).
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Episode 70: The Bitcoin Core 24.0 Bug (Or Why There Is a Bitcoin Core 24.0.1 Release) from 2022-12-30T11:45:39
Aaron and Sjors explain how a wallet bug crept into the Bitcoin Core 24.0 release, and why there is now a Bitcoin Core version 24.0.1 available.
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Episode 69: The Tornado Cash Trial from 2022-12-02T12:55:02
Aaron and Sjors explain what happened in the pro forma hearing concerning the trial against Alexy Pertsev, one of the developers behind the Ethereum-based Tornado Cash mixer. While this means th...
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Episode 68: Full Replace-By-Fee (RBF) in Bitcoin Core 24.0 from 2022-11-18T14:34
Episode 67: Insights From the Fourth Largest Lightning Network Node from 2022-11-07T17:27
Episode 66: The BTCD Bug That Brought Down LND Nodes from 2022-10-21T20:45
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss a recent bug in the btcd Bitcoin implementation that affected a large par...
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Episode 65: Bitcoin Core 24.0 from 2022-10-07T19:30
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Episode 64: HD Wallets, Mnemonic Codes and SeedQR from 2022-09-19T15:10:37
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) Wallets, mnemonic codes, and — especially...
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Episode 63: The Bitcoin Core Development Process from 2022-09-02T12:30:21
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the Bitcoin Core development process, and more specifically, the differen...
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Episode 62: Hash Functions from 2022-08-12T13:30:32
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost go back to basics. They explain one of the most fundamental building blocks in al...
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Episode 61: OP_RETURN (And the ‘OP_RETURN Wars’) from 2022-07-15T18:30:13
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss OP_RETURN and what some have called the “OP_RETURN wars”. More specifical...
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Episode 60: Reusing Addresses (and the Hertzbleed Attack) from 2022-07-01T08:31:29
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss reusing Bitcoin addresses. More specifically, they explain why reusing Bitcoin addresse...
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Episode 59: Hard Forks (And Whether Bitcoin Has Ever Hard Forked) from 2022-06-20T14:11:48
Episode 58: Silent Payments from 2022-06-10T09:59:24
Episode 57: User Rejected Soft Forks (URSFs) from 2022-05-06T10:32
Episode 56: Bitcoin Core 23.0 from 2022-04-25T10:42:41
Syncing Old Bitcoin nodes - Episode 55 from 2022-03-25T17:19:47
Episode 55: Syncing Old Nodes from 2022-03-25T17:19:47
Episode 54: Burying Soft Forks from 2022-02-25T16:44:12
Burying Soft Forks - Episode 54 from 2022-02-25T16:44:12
Episode 53: Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) from 2022-02-11T14:08:20
Discreet Log Contracts - Episode 53 from 2022-02-11T14:08:20
Episode 52: Federated eCash from 2022-01-14T07:07:40
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by resident sidechain and Layer Two expert Ruben Somsen, this time t...
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Federated Ecash - Episode 52 from 2022-01-14T07:07:40
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by resident sidechain and Layer Two expert Ruben Somsen, this time t...
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Episode 51: Compact Blocks from 2021-12-31T11:37:40
Compact Blocks - Episode 51 from 2021-12-31T11:37:40
Episode 50: The Mempool (And Why We Need It) from 2021-11-27T02:24:29
Death To The Mempool, Long Live The Mempool - Episode 50 from 2021-11-27T02:24:29
The Fake Peers Attack! - Episode 49 from 2021-11-12T17:18:16
Bitcoin was under attack! It’s the story the mainstream media won’t tell you!
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Episode 49: The Attack of the Fake Peers! from 2021-11-12T17:18:16
Bitcoin was under attack! It’s the story the mainstream media won’t tell you!
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Lightning Network Upgrades (Eltoo + SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT) with Christian Decker - Episode 48 from 2021-10-29T18:45:52
In this episode of “Bitcoin Explained,” host Sjors Provoost and guest Christian Decker discussed SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, a proposed new sighash flag that would enable a cleaner version of the Lightn...
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Episode 48: SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo part 2 from 2021-10-29T18:45:52
In this episode of “Bitcoin Explained,” host Sjors Provoost and guest Christian Decker discussed SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, a proposed new sighash flag that would enable a cleaner version of the Lightn...
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Lightning Network Channel Payments with Rene Pickhardt - Episode 47 from 2021-10-15T20:45
Episode 47: Lightning Network Payment Flows from 2021-10-15T20:45
A First Look at the Chivo App - Episode 46 from 2021-10-11T14:31:11
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained (formerly known as The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado) hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the Chivo application, the Bitcoin wallet, and payment termin...
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Episode 46: The Chivo App (First Look) from 2021-10-11T14:31:11
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained (formerly known as The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado) hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the Chivo application, the Bitcoin wallet, and payment termin...
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Episode 45: Bitcoin Core 22.0 from 2021-09-13T20:09:05
The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado has rebranded, and is now called Bitcoin, Explained!
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Bitcoin Core 22.0, t...
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Bitcoin Core 22.0 Explained - Episode 45 from 2021-09-13T20:09:05
The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado has rebranded, and is now called Bitcoin, Explained!
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Bitcoin Core 22.0, t...
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Episode 44: BOLT 12 from 2021-08-13T18:08:46
Sjors is back!
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss BOLT 12 (Basis of Lightning Technology 12), a newly proposed Lightning Networ...
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Basis of Lightning Technology 12 - NADO 44 from 2021-08-13T18:08:46
Sjors is back!
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss BOLT 12 (Basis of Lightning Technology 12), a newly proposed Lightning Networ...
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Episode 43: Hardware Wallets and Blockstream’s Jade Wallet from 2021-07-30T17:03:11
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron van Wirdum hosts one more interview without his regular cohost Sjors Provoost. Instead, he is joined by Blockstream’s Lawrence Nahum, one of th...
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Hardware Wallets and Blockstream’s Jade wallet - NADO 43 from 2021-07-30T17:03:11
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron van Wirdum hosts one more interview without his regular cohost Sjors Provoost. Instead, he is joined by Blockstream’s Lawrence Nahum, one of th...
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Episode 42: The Bitcoin Beach Wallet (Bitcoin Beach Special) from 2021-07-16T18:28:50
A Bitcoin Beach special! In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado host Aaron van Wirdum speaks with Bitcoin Beach Wallet developer Nicolas Burtey — without cohost Sjors Provoost this time. Aa...
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The Bitcoin Beach Wallet - NADO 42 (Bitcoin Beach Special) from 2021-07-16T18:28:50
A Bitcoin Beach special! In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado host Aaron van Wirdum speaks with Bitcoin Beach Wallet developer Nicolas Burtey — without cohost Sjors Provoost this time. Aa...
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Episode 41: Lightning Network Routing from 2021-07-02T14:41:51
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are joined by Lightning developer Joost Jager to discuss everything about L...
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Lightning Network Routing - NADO 41 from 2021-07-02T14:41:51
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are joined by Lightning developer Joost Jager to discuss everything about L...
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Taproot Lock-in - NADO 40 from 2021-06-18T14:43:30
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the lock-in of the Taproot soft fork upgrade.
Episode 40: Taproot Activation part 5: Lock-in from 2021-06-18T14:43:30
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the lock-in of the Taproot soft fork upgrade.
How the Bitcoin Improvement Process Works - NADO 39 from 2021-06-11T15:40:16
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost explain what Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) are, and how the BIP process works. They discuss why the ...
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Episode 39: The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) Process from 2021-06-11T15:40:16
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost explain what Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) are, and how the BIP process works. They discuss why the ...
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Episode 38: The Replace-By-Fee Bug Affecting Child Transactions In Bitcoin Core from 2021-05-21T19:27:23
In this Episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss CVE-2021-31876, a bug in the Bitcoin Core code that affects replace...
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Replace-by-Fee Bug - NADO 38 from 2021-05-21T19:27:23
In this Episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss CVE-2021-31876, a bug in the Bitcoin Core code that affects replace...
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Mara Pool and Mining Censorship - NADO 37 from 2021-05-07T16:57:39
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the emergence of Mara Pool, the American Bitcoin mining pool operat...
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Episode 37: MaraPool and Mining Censorship from 2021-05-07T16:57:39
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the emergence of Mara Pool, the American Bitcoin mining pool operat...
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Episode 36: Taproot Activation part 4: Speedy Trial and the LOT=true Client from 2021-04-23T14:23:08
The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado 36 — Speedy Trial And The LOT=True Client
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Taproot Activation Update: Speedy Trial And The LOT=True Client - NADO 36 from 2021-04-23T14:23:08
The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado 36 — Speedy Trial And The LOT=True Client
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Episode 35: SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo from 2021-04-16T16:05:18
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, a proposed new sighash flag that would enable a cleaner version of the Lightnin...
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SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo - NADO 35 from 2021-04-16T16:05:18
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, a proposed new sighash flag that would enable a cleaner version of the Lightnin...
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Episode 34: Erlay from 2021-04-09T14:50
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the Erlay protocol. Erlay is a proposal to reduce the bandwidth req...
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Scaling Bitcoin With The Erlay Protocol - NADO 34 from 2021-04-09T14:50
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the Erlay protocol. Erlay is a proposal to reduce the bandwidth req...
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Episode 33: RGB from 2021-03-26T14:57:27
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. The trio discusses RGB tokens, a Layer Two protocol for Bitcoin to s...
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Explaining RGB Tokens - NADO 33 from 2021-03-26T14:57:27
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. The trio discusses RGB tokens, a Layer Two protocol for Bitcoin to s...
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Episode 32: Segregated Witness (SegWit) from 2021-03-19T17:16:11
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Segregated Witness, also known as SegWit. SegWit was the last soft ...
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Segregated Witness (SegWit) - NADO 32 from 2021-03-19T17:16:11
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Segregated Witness, also known as SegWit. SegWit was the last soft ...
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Episode 31: Taproot Activation part 3: Speedy Trial from 2021-03-12T15:59:27
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Speedy Trial, the proposed Taproot activation mechanism that has been gaining traction in recent we...
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Taproot Activation with Speedy Trial - NADO 31 from 2021-03-12T15:59:27
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Speedy Trial, the proposed Taproot activation mechanism that has been gaining traction in recent we...
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Episode 30: Hardware Wallet Integration in Bitcoin Core and the Hardware Wallet Interface (HWI) from 2021-03-05T15:22:08
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss hardware wallet integration into Bitcoin Core, one of the ongoing projects that Sjors regularly con...
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Hardware Wallet Integration in Bitcoin Core and HWI - NADO 30 from 2021-03-05T15:22:08
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss hardware wallet integration into Bitcoin Core, one of the ongoing projects that Sjors regularly con...
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Explaining Taproot Activation and LOT=True VS LOT=False - NADO 29 from 2021-02-26T16:58:42
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss activation of the Taproot soft fork upgrade, and more specifically, the lock-in on timeout (LOT) pa...
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Episode 29: Taproot Activation part 2: LOT=true Versus LOT=false from 2021-02-26T16:58:42
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss activation of the Taproot soft fork upgrade, and more specifically, the lock-in on timeout (LOT) pa...
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Explaining Bitcoin Addresses - NADO 28 from 2021-02-19T16:45:36
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Bitcoin addresses. Every Bitcoin user has probably at one point used Bitcoin addresses, but what ar...
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Episode 28: Bitcoin Addresses from 2021-02-19T16:45:36
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Bitcoin addresses. Every Bitcoin user has probably at one point used Bitcoin addresses, but what ar...
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Softchains — NADO 27 from 2021-02-12T16:49:59
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. This time, they discuss one of Ruben’s own proposals, called Softcha...
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Episode 27: Softchains from 2021-02-12T16:49:59
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. This time, they discuss one of Ruben’s own proposals, called Softcha...
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Replace By Fee (RBF) — NADO 26 from 2021-02-05T05:10:40
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Replace By Fee (RBF). RBF is a trick that lets unconfirmed transactions be replaced by conflicting ...
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Episode 26: Replace-By-Fee (RBF) from 2021-02-05T05:10:40
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Replace By Fee (RBF). RBF is a trick that lets unconfirmed transactions be replaced by conflicting ...
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Compact Client Side Filtering (Neutrino) — The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado 25 from 2021-01-29T16:04:51
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Compact Client Side Filtering, also known as Neutrino. Compact Client Side Filtering is a solution ...
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Episode 25: Compact Client-Side Block Filters (Neutrino) from 2021-01-29T16:04:51
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Compact Client Side Filtering, also known as Neutrino. Compact Client Side Filtering is a solution ...
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Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 — NADO 24 from 2021-01-22T17:26:46
In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the newly released Bitcoin Core 0.21.0. Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 is the 21st and latest major release ...
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Episode 24: Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 from 2021-01-22T17:26:46
In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the newly released Bitcoin Core 0.21.0. Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 is the 21st and latest major release ...
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Drivechain — NADO 23 from 2021-01-15T15:23:51
In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. The trio discusses Drivechain, a sidechain project spearheaded by ...
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Episode 23: Drivechain from 2021-01-15T15:23:51
In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. The trio discusses Drivechain, a sidechain project spearheaded by ...
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The Lightning Network Basics — NADO 22 from 2021-01-08T17:59:28
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the basics of the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s Layer 2 protocol for cheaper, faster and potentially...
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Episode 22: The Lightning Network from 2021-01-08T17:59:28
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the basics of the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s Layer 2 protocol for cheaper, faster and potentially...
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Why Open Source Matters for Bitcoin - NADO 21 from 2020-12-18T16:36:50
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss why it matters that Bitcoin software is open source… and why even open source software doesn't necessa...
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Episode 21: Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) In Bitcoin (And Why It Matters) from 2020-12-18T16:36:50
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss why it matters that Bitcoin software is open source… and why even open source software doesn't necessa...
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RSK, federated sidechains and Powpeg - NADO 20 from 2020-12-11T16:19:05
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss RSK’s shift from a federated sidechain model to the project’s new Powpeg solution. RSK is a merge m...
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Episode 20: RSK, Federated Sidechains and Powpeg from 2020-12-11T16:19:05
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss RSK’s shift from a federated sidechain model to the project’s new Powpeg solution. RSK is a merge m...
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Mempools, Child Pays for Parent, and Package Relay - NADO 19 from 2020-12-04T18:42:01
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discussed Bitcoin mempools, Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) and package relay.
Package relay is the pro...
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Episode 19: Child Pays for Parent (CPFP) and Package Relay from 2020-12-04T18:42:01
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discussed Bitcoin mempools, Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) and package relay.
Package relay is the pro...
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Erebus Attacks and how to stop them with ASMAP - NADO 18 from 2020-11-20T16:47:36
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss the Erebus Attack. The episode is a follow-up from last week’s episode on Eclipse Attacks, a type of attack that isolates a B...
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Episode 18: Erebus Attacks from 2020-11-20T16:47:36
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss the Erebus Attack. The episode is a follow-up from last week’s episode on Eclipse Attacks, a type of attack that isolates a B...
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Bitcoin Eclipse Attacks And How To Stop Them - NADO 17 from 2020-11-13T16:48:13
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss Eclipse attacks. More specifically, they discuss the 2015 paper “Eclipse Attacks on Bitcoin’s Peer-to-...
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Episode 17: Eclipse Attacks from 2020-11-13T16:48:13
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss Eclipse attacks. More specifically, they discuss the 2015 paper “Eclipse Attacks on Bitcoin’s Peer-to-...
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Open Timestamps - NADO 16 from 2020-11-06T14:56:49
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss Open Timestamps, a Bitcoin-based time stamping project by applied cryptography consultant and former B...
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Episode 16: Open Timestamps from 2020-11-06T14:56:49
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss Open Timestamps, a Bitcoin-based time stamping project by applied cryptography consultant and former B...
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Utreexo w/ Ruben Somsen - NADO 15 from 2020-10-30T16:07:28
Episode 15: Utreexo from 2020-10-30T16:07:28
Headers First, Assume Valid and Assume UTXO - NADO 14 from 2020-10-23T12:31:04
Episode 14: Headers First, Assume Valid and Assume UTXO from 2020-10-23T12:31:04
Bitcoin Core 0.21 supports Tor v3 - NADO 13 from 2020-10-16T17:16:18
Bitcoin Core 0.21 will support Tor v3 addresses. Aaron and Sjors explain what this means and why it matters, and also discuss how new Bitcoin nodes find existing Bitcoin nodes when they bootstra...
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Episode 13: Tor v3 Support in Bitcoin Core 0.21 from 2020-10-16T17:16:18
Bitcoin Core 0.21 will support Tor v3 addresses. Aaron and Sjors explain what this means and why it matters, and also discuss how new Bitcoin nodes find existing Bitcoin nodes when they bootstra...
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The Perpetual One-Way Peg - NADO 12 from 2020-10-09T15:36:42
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Ruben Somsen returns to explain his proposal to combine blind merged mining and perpetual one-way pegs in order to create a new type of sidechain. Th...
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Episode 12: Blind Merged Mining and the Perpetual One-Way Peg from 2020-10-09T15:36:42
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Ruben Somsen returns to explain his proposal to combine blind merged mining and perpetual one-way pegs in order to create a new type of sidechain. Th...
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Accounts for Bitcoin, Easypaysy! - NADO 11 from 2020-10-02T15:20:36
In this episode Sjors and Aaron discuss Jose Femenias' Easypaysy proposal, an account system for Bitcoin, on Bitcoin. They also announce groundbreaking news: The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado now has its...
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Episode 11: Easypaysy from 2020-10-02T15:20:36
In this episode Sjors and Aaron discuss Jose Femenias' Easypaysy proposal, an account system for Bitcoin, on Bitcoin. They also announce groundbreaking news: The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado now has its...
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Explaining Signet - NADO 10 from 2020-09-25T15:09:54
Sjors and Aaron discuss Signet, a new type of testnet for Bitcoin that was merged into Bitcoin Core last week. They also discuss the original version of testnet and its problems, as well as alte...
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Episode 10: Signet from 2020-09-25T15:09:54
Sjors and Aaron discuss Signet, a new type of testnet for Bitcoin that was merged into Bitcoin Core last week. They also discuss the original version of testnet and its problems, as well as alte...
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Schnorr Signatures and Libsec256k1 - NADO 9 from 2020-09-25T05:22:29
Schnorr signature support was merged into the libsec256k1 library last week. In the episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss what the libsecp256k1 library is, why it matters ...
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Episode 9: The Libsecp256k1 Library from 2020-09-25T05:22:29
Schnorr signature support was merged into the libsec256k1 library last week. In the episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss what the libsecp256k1 library is, why it matters ...
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Statechains w/ Ruben Somsen - NADO 8 from 2020-09-25T05:20:11
Aaron and Sjors welcome their first guest on to the show, Ruben Somsen, to discuss his proposals for Statechains on Bitcoin! Statechains allow you to send keys not UTXO and it offers quite a few...
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Episode 8: Statechains from 2020-09-25T05:20:11
Aaron and Sjors welcome their first guest on to the show, Ruben Somsen, to discuss his proposals for Statechains on Bitcoin! Statechains allow you to send keys not UTXO and it offers quite a few...
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What is an XPub? - NADO 7 from 2020-09-25T05:18:24
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Sjors and Aaron explain what an xpub is and how it is used by Bitcoin wallets.
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Episode 7: XPubs from 2020-09-25T05:18:24
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Sjors and Aaron explain what an xpub is and how it is used by Bitcoin wallets.
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Payment Pools and Taproot - NADO 6 from 2020-09-25T05:14:56
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Sjors and Aaron discuss the future of Bitcoin Scaling. This podcast is all about Taproot and the cool feature it enables called Payment pools.
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Episode 6: Payment Pools from 2020-09-25T05:14:56
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Sjors and Aaron discuss the future of Bitcoin Scaling. This podcast is all about Taproot and the cool feature it enables called Payment pools.
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The Time-warp Soft Fork&Bitcoin Cash's Difficulty Adjustment Drama - NADO 5 from 2020-09-25T05:10:06
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Sjors explains the "time-warp attack" on Bitcon and Aaron explains the unfolding drama with the bcash difficulty adjustment.
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Episode 5: Time-Warp Attacks (And Bitcoin Cash’s Difficulty Adjustment Drama) from 2020-09-25T05:10:06
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Sjors explains the "time-warp attack" on Bitcon and Aaron explains the unfolding drama with the bcash difficulty adjustment.
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What is Miniscript - NADO 4 from 2020-09-25T05:06:17
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors dive into Miniscript and how it makes using Bitcoin Script much easier.
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Episode 4: Miniscript from 2020-09-25T05:06:17
In this episode of the Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors dive into Miniscript and how it makes using Bitcoin Script much easier.
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Breaking Down Taproot Activation Options - NADO 3 from 2020-09-25T04:58:48
Episode 3: Taproot Activation from 2020-09-25T04:58:48
Explaining Taproot - NADO 2 from 2020-09-25T04:56:17
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Explaining New PSBT and RBF Attacks - NADO 1 from 2020-09-22T19:16:29
Bitcoin Magazine's Technical editor Aaron van Wirdum teams up with Bitcoin core contributor Sjors Provoost to explain Bitcoin one episode at a time. In the debut episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsn...
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Episode 1: The Fee Burning Bug and Replace-By-Fee (RBF) Wallet Issues from 2020-09-22T19:16:29
Bitcoin Magazine's Technical editor Aaron van Wirdum teams up with Bitcoin core contributor Sjors Provoost to explain Bitcoin one episode at a time. In the debut episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsn...
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