The Fight For Bitcoin’s Future | Samson Mow
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Samson Mow is the CEO of JAN3 and former CSO at Blockstream. In this episode, we get into the growing rift between Bitcoin Core and Knots, why mistrust in Core development is at an all-time high, and what it means for the future of the network. We discuss the battle over spam and data storage on-chain, whether Bitcoin should ossify or adapt, and how governance really works in Bitcoin. Samson breaks down why the UTXO set could become a systemic risk, how mempool fragmentation is reshaping the network, and why multiple implementations of Bitcoin may be both a blessing and a curse. In this episode: - The origins of the Core vs. Knots debate - Spam, filters, and the slippery slope of arbitrary data on Bitcoin - UTXO bloat, miner incentives, and decentralization risks - How nation-state adoption may trigger the suddenly moment for Bitcoin THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: IREN RIVER ANCHORWATCH BLOCKWARE LEDN BITKEY Follow: Danny Knowles: https://x.com/_DannyKnowles or https://primal.net/danny Samson Mow: https://x.com/Excellion
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- 0:00 Bitcoin for data or money?
- 1:16 Samson Mow on Bitcoin Core vs. Knots
- 13:10 Impact of knots node runners on the network
- 15:58 Defining spam on Bitcoin
- 20:34 Monetary maximalism
- 24:43 Immigration as a parallel to spam on the network
- 32:49 Mistrust of Bitcoin Core development
- 40:39 Is knots a safe node implementation to run?
- 44:58 Need for conservative development of Bitcoin
- 50:53 The debate on Taproot and future of Bitcoin
- 58:03 Samson as dictator of Core
- 1:02:57 Jan3's progress with nation state adoption
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