<![CDATA[bitcoin++'s Insider Edition: Insider Interviews]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/s/insider-interviewshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y_ng!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30eeeceb-d343-4c5d-93d2-4da0d7357725_650x650.pngbitcoin++'s Insider Edition: Insider Interviewshttps://insider.btcpp.dev/s/insider-interviewsSubstackWed, 19 Aug 2026 03:54:15 GMT<![CDATA[Peter Todd - BTC++ Insider Interviews]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/peter-todd-btc-insider-interviewshttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/peter-todd-btc-insider-interviewsMon, 17 Aug 2026 14:30:58 GMT[FULL INTERVIEW] Peter Todd talks about his early career as an artist, his successful softfork (OP_CLTV), replay protection, the future of BIP110, and who is really in control of Bitcoin.

]]><![CDATA[Alternative clients to Bitcoin Core - Calvin Kim]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/alternative-clients-to-bitcoin-corehttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/alternative-clients-to-bitcoin-coreTue, 11 Aug 2026 13:02:26 GMTAlternative clients to Bitcoin Core: Calvin Kim tells us about btcd, utreexod and floresta.

]]><![CDATA[FULL INTERVIEW: Chris Guida and Josh Doman]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/full-interview-chris-guida-and-joshhttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/full-interview-chris-guida-and-joshFri, 07 Aug 2026 20:01:16 GMTFULL INTERVIEW: Chris Guida and Josh Doman discuss: UASF history, Wipeout Risk, the URSF, and will a chain split look like?

]]><![CDATA[Proof-of-work change, Bitcoin Cash, and potential coming attacks on the “Legacy chain”]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/proof-of-work-change-bitcoin-cashhttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/proof-of-work-change-bitcoin-cashFri, 07 Aug 2026 13:30:52 GMTProof-of-work change, Bitcoin Cash, and potential coming attacks on the “Legacy chain”.

Chris Guida explains to Josh Doman why he believes the BIP110 chain will win.

]]><![CDATA[“Covenants make Bitcoin better money” - Chris Guida]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/covenants-make-bitcoin-better-moneyhttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/covenants-make-bitcoin-better-moneyThu, 06 Aug 2026 22:30:50 GMTChris Guida shares the monetary use cases of covenants for Lightning (LN-Symmetry and Watchtowers in particular).

]]><![CDATA[Voices from BTC++ Consensus Edition - Andrew Toth]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/voices-from-btc-consensus-edition-4c7https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/voices-from-btc-consensus-edition-4c7Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:30:04 GMTVoices from BTC++ Consensus Edition - Andrew Toth talks about talks about his current effort to make Initial Block Download (IBD) more efficient.

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]]><![CDATA[Voices from BTC++ Consensus Edition - Azad]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/voices-from-btc-consensus-editionhttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/voices-from-btc-consensus-editionWed, 05 Aug 2026 16:57:25 GMTVoices from BTC++ Consensus Edition - Azad from Bull Bitcoin implemented Compact Block Filters into Bull via BDK as his hackathon project at BTC++ Toronto

]]><![CDATA[Cryptography Talks - Ethan Heilman]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/cryptography-talks-ethan-heilmanhttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/cryptography-talks-ethan-heilmanWed, 24 Jun 2026 14:02:51 GMTWhat’s it like working on making Bitcoin quantum-resistant? We talked to Ethan Heilman at the MIT Bitcoin Expo last month to get his thoughts on the work needed for preparing for a quantum future.

Tune in for another Insider Report!

]]><![CDATA[Does bitcoin need more devs?]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/does-bitcoin-need-more-devshttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/does-bitcoin-need-more-devsWed, 22 Apr 2026 19:23:48 GMTDoes bitcoin need more devs? @btcinsider__ reporter @niftynei chats with @satsie, a @Bitcoin_Devs, about getting into bitcoin development at the @MITBitcoinClub Expo this past Sunday, April 12th.

Stacie tells us about her journey into bitcoin, and what she’s working on now

]]><![CDATA[jharvey gossips with nifty about what's next for scaling Lightning]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/jharvey-gossips-with-nifty-abouthttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/jharvey-gossips-with-nifty-aboutSat, 18 Apr 2026 22:21:06 GMTInsider reporter @niftynei chatted with Jonathan Harvey-Buschel (jharveyb), an @MIT grad and current @ChaincodeLabs researcher, about his work on the Lightning gossip protocol at the @MITBitcoinClub this past Sunday, April 12th.

See what he had to say about networking clusters, minisketch considerations, and how he’s repurposing insights from the Erlay paper to make the Lightning Network scale to the next 100k nodes.

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]]><![CDATA[B4OS Mentor Spotlight: Iván Fuentes Sánchez 🇪🇸]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-mentor-spotlight-ivan-fuenteshttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-mentor-spotlight-ivan-fuentesWed, 01 Apr 2026 21:01:15 GMTIvan is the CTO of B4OS and Librería de Satoshi. He shares his belief in his students future careers in Bitcoin development and support for Saving Satoshi 🐈

]]><![CDATA[B4OS Mentor Spotlight: Fox / Federico Zupicich 🇦🇷]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-mentor-spotlight-fox-federicohttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-mentor-spotlight-fox-federicoWed, 01 Apr 2026 15:02:13 GMTFox is the Director of B4OS and Librería de Satoshi, and an organizer of Argentina BitDevs. He shares the vision of taking the B4OS program beyond the Southern Cone and bringing it to the world. 🌎

]]><![CDATA[B4OS Student Feature: Héctor Salazar 🇨🇴]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-hector-salazarhttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-hector-salazarTue, 31 Mar 2026 21:01:46 GMTHéctor is a B4OS student from Colombia who has studied with Librería de Satoshi for three years. He shares how Lightning matters as a payment system in Latin America and why that’s the problem he is called to work on.

]]><![CDATA[OP_TWEAKADD is now BIP449]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/op_tweakadd-is-now-bip449https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/op_tweakadd-is-now-bip449Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:27:20 GMTJeremy Rubin has been in bitcoin development for a very long time. He cares deeply about the programmability part of money. In this episode of Insider Edition, sits down with Jeremy in Char’s Miami offices to talk about his opcode proposal, OP_TWEAKADD, which just got a number assigned. It’s now known as BIP449. Take a listen to find out more about what a TWEAKADD is and why it’s something nifty is excited about.

]]><![CDATA[B4OS Student Feature: Guillermo Schettino 🇦🇷]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-guillermo-schettinohttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-guillermo-schettinoTue, 31 Mar 2026 15:03:11 GMTGuillermo is a student of both B4OS and the BOSS challenge. He’s made serious progress contributing to the Peer Observer project by 0xB10C and taking third place at the Bitcoin++ Floripa hackathon.

]]><![CDATA[B4OS Student Feature: Ignacio Porte 🇨🇱]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-ignacio-portehttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-ignacio-porteWed, 25 Mar 2026 15:01:21 GMT

Ignacio started his career working for Buda.com, where he was introduced to bitcoin maximalism. It was at Santiago BitDevs where he learned about the B4OS program by Librería de Satoshi. He earned a grant contributing to LDNK, under the guidance of a fellow Chilean mentor.

]]><![CDATA[Scaling Bitcoin off-chain with PIPEs]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/scaling-bitcoin-off-chain-with-pipeshttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/scaling-bitcoin-off-chain-with-pipesWed, 25 Mar 2026 14:02:50 GMT

]]><![CDATA[B4OS Student Feature: Talking Meat 🇺🇾]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-talking-meathttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-talking-meatTue, 24 Mar 2026 21:45:50 GMTTalking Meat has been a software and game developer for 20 years. Now he runs the nodes and server infrastructure that power the Librería de Satoshi platform, and dreams of future integrations between bitcoin and video games.

]]><![CDATA[B4OS Student Feature: Diego Bianqui 🇦🇷]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-diego-bianquihttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-diego-bianquiTue, 24 Mar 2026 15:00:29 GMTDiego worked a corporate job for 15 years at Accenture before meeting the Librería de Satoshi team at LABITCONF Buenos Aires. He is a student in their current cohort, and tells us about his “gossip observer” hackathon project and incoming PRs to Bitcoin Dev Kit.

]]><![CDATA[B4OS Student Feature: Kley Santos 🇻🇪 ]]>https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-kley-santoshttps://insider.btcpp.dev/p/b4os-student-feature-kley-santosTue, 24 Mar 2026 00:30:45 GMTKley shares his journey through the B4OS program, where he got his start contributing to Fedimint building the UI for the notification system.

Now he’s building the Librería de Satoshi course platform, which rewards students with sats for successfully completing Bitcoin developer courses.

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