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1 | | -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Bitcoin Explained on ₿itcoin Transcripts</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/</link><description>Recent content in Bitcoin Explained on ₿itcoin Transcripts</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Aaron and Sjors discuss what's new in Bitcoin Core v30</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/aaron-and-sjors-discuss-what-s-new-in-bitcoin-core-v30/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/aaron-and-sjors-discuss-what-s-new-in-bitcoin-core-v30/</guid><description>Speaker 1: 00:00:00 |
2 | | -Intro Music Hello, how are you? |
3 | | -Speaker 0: 00:00:23 |
| 1 | +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Bitcoin Explained on ₿itcoin Transcripts</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/</link><description>Recent content in Bitcoin Explained on ₿itcoin Transcripts</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Aaron and Sjors discuss what's new in Bitcoin Core v30</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/aaron-and-sjors-discuss-what-s-new-in-bitcoin-core-v30/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/aaron-and-sjors-discuss-what-s-new-in-bitcoin-core-v30/</guid><description>Intro Sjors: 00:00:00 |
| 2 | +Hello, how are you? |
| 3 | +Aaron: 00:00:23 |
4 | 4 | It&rsquo;s been a while. |
5 | | -Speaker 1: 00:00:24 |
| 5 | +Sjors: 00:00:24 |
6 | 6 | It&rsquo;s been a few days. |
7 | | -Speaker 0: 00:00:26 |
8 | | -Yeah, we haven&rsquo;t made an episode because we always committed to only making episodes live in person. There were some exceptions, but I think neither of us really liked that, so we kind of made it a rule. But I haven&rsquo;t been in the Netherlands for a while now, never mind in Utrecht, so we couldn&rsquo;t do it.</description></item><item><title>Silent Payments part 2</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/silent-payments-part-2/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/silent-payments-part-2/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors welcome Ruben Somsen and Josie to the show to discuss BIP 352, their now-finalized Bitcoin Improvement Proposal for Silent Payments.</description></item><item><title>The Great Consensus Cleanup Revival (And an Update on the Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet Arrests)</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-great-consensus-cleanup-revival/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-great-consensus-cleanup-revival/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss the Great Consensus Cleanup Revival soft fork(s). This proposal would fix some known bugs in the Bitcoin protocol, specifically the timewarp vulnerability, large block validation times, 64 byte transactions and BIP 30 verification.</description></item><item><title>Bitcoin Core 27.0</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-27-0/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-27-0/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what new features are included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 27.0 release.</description></item><item><title>Hashcash and Bit Gold</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/hashcash-and-bit-gold/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/hashcash-and-bit-gold/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss two electronic cash projects that predate Bitcoin: Adam Back’s Hashcash and Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold. As detailed in Aaron’s new book, The Genesis Book, these systems introduced design element that were later utilized by Satoshi Nakamoto. Aaron and Sjors explain what these elements are, and how they inspired Bitcoin’s design.</description></item><item><title>The Block 1, 983, 702 Problem</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-block-1-983-702-problem/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-block-1-983-702-problem/</guid><description><p>The episode from &ldquo;Bitcoin Explained&rdquo; podcast, hosted by Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost, discusses a complex issue in the Bitcoin protocol known as the &ldquo;Block 1, 983, 702 Problem.&rdquo; The dialogue delves into the historical bug in Bitcoin&rsquo;s protocol that allowed for the existence of duplicate transactions, leading to potential consensus failure and the loss of Bitcoin for miners. This problem, stemming from an &ldquo;OG Satoshi bug, &quot; has been partially addressed over time through various Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), specifically BIP30 and BIP34, which aimed to prevent duplicate transactions by ensuring unique coinbase transactions in each block.</p> |
| 7 | +Aaron: 00:00:26 |
| 8 | +Yeah, we haven&rsquo;t made an episode because we always committed to only making episodes live in person. There were some exceptions, but I think neither of us really liked that, so we kind of made it the rule. But I haven&rsquo;t been in the Netherlands for a while now, never mind in Utrecht, so we couldn&rsquo;t do it.</description></item><item><title>Silent Payments part 2</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/silent-payments-part-2/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/silent-payments-part-2/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors welcome Ruben Somsen and Josie to the show to discuss BIP 352, their now-finalized Bitcoin Improvement Proposal for Silent Payments.</description></item><item><title>The Great Consensus Cleanup Revival (And an Update on the Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet Arrests)</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-great-consensus-cleanup-revival/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-great-consensus-cleanup-revival/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss the Great Consensus Cleanup Revival soft fork(s). This proposal would fix some known bugs in the Bitcoin protocol, specifically the timewarp vulnerability, large block validation times, 64 byte transactions and BIP 30 verification.</description></item><item><title>Bitcoin Core 27.0</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-27-0/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-27-0/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what new features are included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 27.0 release.</description></item><item><title>Hashcash and Bit Gold</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/hashcash-and-bit-gold/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/hashcash-and-bit-gold/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss two electronic cash projects that predate Bitcoin: Adam Back’s Hashcash and Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold. As detailed in Aaron’s new book, The Genesis Book, these systems introduced design element that were later utilized by Satoshi Nakamoto. Aaron and Sjors explain what these elements are, and how they inspired Bitcoin’s design.</description></item><item><title>The Block 1, 983, 702 Problem</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-block-1-983-702-problem/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/the-block-1-983-702-problem/</guid><description><p>The episode from &ldquo;Bitcoin Explained&rdquo; podcast, hosted by Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost, discusses a complex issue in the Bitcoin protocol known as the &ldquo;Block 1, 983, 702 Problem.&rdquo; The dialogue delves into the historical bug in Bitcoin&rsquo;s protocol that allowed for the existence of duplicate transactions, leading to potential consensus failure and the loss of Bitcoin for miners. This problem, stemming from an &ldquo;OG Satoshi bug, &quot; has been partially addressed over time through various Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), specifically BIP30 and BIP34, which aimed to prevent duplicate transactions by ensuring unique coinbase transactions in each block.</p> |
9 | 9 | <p>However, a subsequent realization highlighted a loophole: early blocks (pre-BIP34) could contain numerical sequences in their coinbase transactions that might accidentally be replicated in future blocks, posing a potential risk of creating duplicate transactions again. This issue, dubbed the &ldquo;Block 1, 983, 702 Problem, &quot; could theoretically allow an attacker to exploit this loophole, though it would require significant resources and specific conditions to be feasible.</p> |
10 | 10 | <p>To mitigate this risk, a temporary fix was implemented in 2018, deciding to reinstate BIP30 checks from block 1, 983, 702 onwards, giving the Bitcoin community time to find a more permanent solution. Several potential fixes are discussed, including making SegWit mandatory for all blocks, which would inherently prevent the duplication issue by ensuring a unique identifier in each block that was not present in pre-BIP34 blocks.</p> |
11 | 11 | <p>Throughout the conversation, Provoost and van Wirdum explore the technical nuances of the problem, the historical context of its discovery, and the implications for Bitcoin&rsquo;s security and consensus mechanism. They emphasize the importance of proactive problem-solving in the Bitcoin community while acknowledging the complexities involved in implementing changes to the protocol.</p></description></item><item><title>Ocean Tides</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/ocean-tides/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/ocean-tides/</guid><description>In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what features are offered by Ocean, the relaunched and rebranded Eligius mining pool. They discuss how payouts from this pool are (partially) non-custodial, how the block template creation is fully transparent, and how payout distribution is determined. Aaron and Sjors also briefly touch on the “spam” filtering employed by Ocean, and how that potentially affects profitability of the pool.</description></item><item><title>Bitcoin Core 26.0 (And F2Pool's OFAC Compliant Mining Policy)</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-26-0-and-f2pool-s-ofac-compliant-mining-policy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-26-0-and-f2pool-s-ofac-compliant-mining-policy/</guid><description>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 the transaction inclusion policy of mining pool F2Pool, which appears to have been compliant with the OFAC sanctions list.</description></item><item><title>Scaling to Billions of Users</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/scaling-to-billions-of-users/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/scaling-to-billions-of-users/</guid><description>In this episode, Aaron and Sjors discuss a recent blog post by Bitcoin Core developer Anthony Towns, “Putting the B in BTC”, in which he outlines a vision for scaling Bitcoin to facilitate billions of users. As Aaron and Sjors walk through the article, they explain what some of Towns’ proposed solutions are, and which tradeoffs they entail.</description></item><item><title>Bitcoin Core 25.0</title><link>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-v25/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-explained/bitcoin-core-v25/</guid><description>Aaron van Wirdum: 00:00:21 |
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