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EPISODE · Apr 18, 2026 · 1H 16M

Uneasy Money: BIP-361 Wants to Freeze Satoshi's Coins. What Happens If It Passes?

from Unchained · host Laura Shin

A Bitcoin developer just proposed freezing wallets that don't upgrade for quantum resistance. Including Satoshi's. Thank you to our sponsors!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nexo Nexo is the premier digital wealth platform. Receive interest on your crypto, borrow against it without selling, and trade a range of assets. Now available in the U.S with 30 days of exclusive privileges.  Get started at http://nexo.com/unchained Multichain Advisors MultiChain Advisors is an emerging technology growth firm that has helped create $50B+ in enterprise value for 80+ clients over the past 4 years. They're the partner to help navigate markets.  Build real traction today at multichainadv.com Citrea  Bitcoin’s application layer, Citrea, launched its mainnet, expanding Bitcoin’s utility to privacy, lending, BTC yields, and more. Citrea enables: cBTC: The first trust-minimized Bitcoin on a fully programmable platform. ctUSD: A native stablecoin for Bitcoin, allowing for unified liquidity. Bitcoin Capital Markets bringing demand, and utility to the Bitcoin Network. Explore the Citrea Ecosystem. A Bitcoin developer just proposed the unthinkable: freeze every wallet that does not upgrade for quantum resistance, including Satoshi's.  Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan are here to reckon with BIP-361, the quantum threat to early Bitcoin addresses, and what it means that this proposal exists at all. They also work through who actually wrote Bitcoin — Hal Finney, Adam Back, and Dave Kleiman — and a trail that runs through the Epstein files.  Plus: Justin Sun's frozen World Liberty Financial tokens expose why token holders have no legal rights, EtherFi's exit from Scroll turns into a live platform risk case study, and Circle's decision not to freeze known stolen USDC raises the question of what stablecoin issuers owe to the ecosystem. Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kain Warwick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Founder of Infinex and Synthetix ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Taylor Monahan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Security Expert Timestamps 🎙️ 00:00:00 Introduction ⚛️ 00:00:27 What BIP-361 proposes — and why it's wild even for Bitcoin 📜 00:04:00 Bitcoin history: code-as-code to ossified religion 🔒 00:19:17 How BIP-361 would freeze early wallets and Satoshi's coins 🔑 00:31:05 Satoshi as forcing function: the God candle theory 👻 00:41:57 Who actually wrote Bitcoin? Hal Finney, Adam Back, Kleiman 💰 00:51:22 World Liberty Financial vs Justin Sun: zero token rights 📉 01:06:55 EtherFi leaves Scroll, DNS hijacks, X cashtags: platform risk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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