David Shattuck rejoins the show to discuss building momentum on “A Fifth of Gaming”, and the long list of things that have happened in the AFoG world since his last appearance. We also talk about the US election results re: crypto, and many other topics.

David is a software engineer, blockchain evangelist, gamer, and creator of “A Fifth of Gaming” and BitcoinCashClient.

Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

David on Twitter: https://x.com/davidshattuck8

A Fifth of Gaming website: https://afifthofgaming.com

A Fifth of Gaming on Twitter: https://x.com/a5thofgaming

David’s previous appearance on the Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yadskoNfbwI

2024 BCH CashTokens MemeCoin Competition: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XFx5i4bhmATXdv4KUGlzs1TTKA_J4395wYnAl0iyAIU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.yda0rd1q6pzx

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kuLcH8h6WdWC9RshP3kSk9Lr0J_NFeFw/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

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General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

07:00 Conferences BCH

09:30 Reflections on the past year for BCH

19:35 Using BCH in St. Kitts

29:02 AFoG

32:50 AFoG stats

43:50 AFoG token

51:50 Cauldron.quest DEX

54:35 Marketing AFoG

1:06:00 Building software products

1:23:54 Trump election

1:47:16 Meme of the week #1

1:51:18 ETH Foundation spending

2:07:06 Crypto industry losing track of BCH

2:26:26 Meme of the week #2

2:29:55 Message to the community & invitation

2:35:00 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:36:30 Shoutouts and outro

Milan (NanoGPT developer, XNO Advocate, formerly the famous Mira Hurley) joins to discuss pseudonymity, Nano, BTC ossification vs. innovation, and many other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Milan (formerly Mira Hurley) on Twitter: https://x.com/milan_dereede

2024 BCH CashTokens MemeCoin Competition: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XFx5i4bhmATXdv4KUGlzs1TTKA_J4395wYnAl0iyAIU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.yda0rd1q6pzx

How to create your own (meme) Cashtokens on Bitcoin Cash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9h8sqso3tA

NanoGPT: https://nano-gpt.com/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1x8U7qlz1ex8Oc_QKcyfeCxWyDhWr0m67/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash campaign contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

03:20 Milan (formerly Mira Hurley)

24:10 Pseudonymous crypto advocacy

31:00 Crypto and wrench attacks

37:00 From Mira to Milan

39:00 NanoGPT

1:01:54 Nano (XNO)

1:24:48 Bitcoin mining

1:51:51 POS in Nano

1:57:00 Attacking POS vs POW

2:04:45 Joining BCH?

2:19:46 BCH narrative wins

2:20:30 BTC ossification

2:24:06 Meme of the week

2:25:23 Community comment of the week

2:27:05 Message to the community

2:30:07 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:31:15 Shoutouts and outro

BTC Commentator PakoVM joins the show to discuss Saylor's confused custodial messaging, if BTC has/n't ossified, BCH 2025 upgrades, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

PakoVM on Twitter: https://x.com/PakoVM

2024 BCH CashTokens MemeCoin Competition: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XFx5i4bhmATXdv4KUGlzs1TTKA_J4395wYnAl0iyAIU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.yda0rd1q6pzx

Podcast's CHIP Endorsement May 2025: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/blog/chip-endorsement-may-2025

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TzsDYzHGzOihZ29jVtlRxUBIttUZHvqS/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash campaign contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:37 Intro

01:35 Meme Competition 2024

02:39 PakoVM intro

04:29 Venezuela and Argentina

09:24 BTC: ossification or innovation?

37:09 BTC builders stuck in gridlock

44:36 BTC upgrade?

52:24 Michael Saylor sabotage

1:11:16 Saylor pivoting to POS?

1:22:03 VM Limits upgrade

1:38:26 BCH conferences

1:44:21 Other news

1:54:00 Community comment of the week

1:57:58 Meme of the week

2:00:30 Message to the community

2:02:34 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:04:14 Shoutouts and outro

Mathieu Geukens, a libertarian, p2p cash advocate, and prominent BCH developer, returns to the show to discuss CashScript, XO.cash, VM Limits and BigInt CHIPS, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Mathieu Geukens on Twitter: https://x.com/GeukensMathieu

CashScript: https://cashscript.org

Cashonize: https://cashonize.com

Tokenaut: https://tokenaut.cash

XO.cash: https://xo.cash

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ujIf8AHiV5jeKy7ZMxRnF-8buZ0id_yT/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash campaign contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

07:27 CashScript

22:11 Economics of infrastructure funding

31:35 Tokenaut and other projects

44:06 Cashonize

54:43 VM Limits and Big Big Ints.

1:05:18 Implications for DEXs & other BCH apps

1:14:30 XO.cash

1:30:03 Other news

1:36:59 Community comment of the week

1:41:41 Dormant coins?

1:49:36 Meme of the week

1:51:47 Mathieu's message to the community

1:55:22 Podcast supporter appreciation

1:58:37 Shoutouts and outro

Marcelo Fleischer, a Bitcoin OG from 2010, returns for his third appearance on the show. We discuss the imminent BCH Argentina Conference, "Hijacking Bitcoin" book, Javier Milei's Argentina, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Marcelo (El Bitcoin en Español) on Twitter: https://x.com/elBitcoin

"No Hay Almuerzo Gratis" YouTube channel (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/@UCbn-pMEEOoIAQVU2xv2iOsA

BCH Argentina Conference: https://2024.bcharg.com/

Journal of Global Surgery: https://jogs.one

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EptCXVpNbRrwnKA2_VtFH_R0bM7zqkG_/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash campaign contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

More links on website

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

01:49 Marcelo

18:00 People's perception of time and trends

29:36 Miguel Anxo Bastos, Eduardo Marty

39:45 "Hijacking Bitcoin" is a game-changer

43:17 Argentina Conference: speakers & panels

46:19 Speakers: Walter, Ian, Marcelo

50:36 Vít Jedlička, Marc De Mesel, Miguel

52:53 Eduardo Marty, Lillia Lemoine, Fernando

57:16 Fronts & challenges: Marc, Marcelo, Josh Ellithorpe

58:19 Entrepreneurs: Williams, Gustavo, Alejandro

1:00:10 Joemar Taganna, Matias Goldenhorn

1:01:27 Adoption: Ian, Sebastian, Joemar, Gerard

1:02:00 Commercial success stories: Claudio

1:02:43 BCH as a solution: Pedro, Sal The Agorist

1:04:00 BCH as a refuge: Aaron Day, Vít, Sal

1:13:31 Final notes about the conference

1:16:06 VM Limits and Big Big Ints.

1:30:20 Javier Milei's Argentina

1:43:07 JoGS publishes Harvard article

1:44:01 Community comment of the week

1:50:49 Meme of the week

1:58:29 Marcelo's message to the community

2:03:02 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:05:10 Shoutouts and outro

Prominent BCH developer & CHIP author Jason Dreyzehner gives an in-depth update on all the testing work on 2025 Bitcoin Cash Improvement Proposals (CHIPs): Targeted Virtual Machine Limits, and High-Precision Arithmetic for BCH (Big Int). We also discuss the learnings for CHIP process of this unusual parent-child CHIP. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Jason Dreyzehner on Twitter: https://x.com/bitjson

Jason's blog: https://bitjson.com/

CHIP 2021-05 Targeted Virtual Machine Limits: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2021-05-targeted-virtual-machine-limits/437

CHIP 2024-07 Big Int: High-Precision Arithmetic for Bitcoin Cash: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chip-2024-07-bigint-high-precision-arithmetic-for-bitcoin-cash/1356

Description of CHIP process: https://gitlab.com/im_uname/cash-improvement-proposals/-/blob/master/CHIPs.md

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LJ-yH_dk6OgZYBd20dDIXZKzRnHB-iXC/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash campaign contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

01:32 The feeling of learning

01:44 Jason's intro

02:26 VM Limits

10:30 History and expected timeline

21:28 Safety margin for VM performance

25:10 Automatic limits in the future?

38:23 Satoshi's design and VM

40:37 Big Big Integers

47:41 Why a separate CHIP for Big Int?

49:20 CHIP process

1:00:16 "Bear markets are for building"

1:15:21 CHIPs timeline

1:19:14 Multiple layers of defense

1:26:03 Other tech: DSP vs. ZCE

1:50:40 Jason’s message to the community

1:53:02 Podcast supporter appreciation

1:54:09 Shoutouts and outro

Jett and I take a look into the reported community sentiment from this year and catch up on some drama and gossip that haven't fit into recent episodes. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Listener survey: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fTib647Esja-1VFbdN02lboD0hF1pfcR/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash campaign contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

More on website

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

03:49 FundMe.Cash

14:16 Market update: price improves

21:05 Bitcoin hijacking continues

28:28 Community comment of the week

30:07 Fractal Bitcoin

38:48 ETH community discombobulated

52:48 Iggy Azalea vs. Eric Wall

1:00:18 Listener survey 2024

1:02:27 Listener demographics, crypto background

1:13:17 BCH community & progress, CHIPs

1:23:27 BCH apps and wallets used

1:35:56 BCH BLISS

1:40:39 #1 priority for community resources

1:45:47 Predictions for next year

1:51:10 BCH Podcast segments

1:56:09 Listener survey comments

2:06:18 Meme of the week

2:15:19 Message to the community

2:25:01 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:26:15 Shoutouts and outro

Amaury Séchet: engineer, former BCH “benevolent dictator” and XEC lead developer, discusses history of Bitcoin splits, how BCH is doing these days, the battle for global reserve currency, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Amaury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadalnix

If interested in XEC: https://e.cash/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vpA8JiUtyaGMX1ILTNX9s3snhU2ip6U/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

Donations:

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Sponsors:

Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7

General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.com

Socials:

Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Others linked from website

Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro, FundMe.Cash & listener survey

01:42 Amaury’s intro & Bitcoin backstory

07:51 Big blockers

15:22 Market update

16:30 Tech, branding & price

34:30 Benevolent dictator

37:56 BTC/BCH split history

53:51 BSV split, hash war

59:43 BCH 2019-2021

1:03:34 Bitcoin ABC funding

1:11:59 Cost of split

1:18:26 Amaury’s thoughts on BCH today

1:22:39 Avalanche vs. POW consensus on XEC

1:35:21 What would convince Amaury BCH has won?

1:46:00 CashTokens

1:49:22 BCH: phase shift or feature creep?

1:59:15 On ABLA

2:04:07 XEC roadmap

2:11:18 Where does he look for technical inspiration?

2:14:34 How does he feel about XEC?

2:22:42 Amaury’s message to the BCH community

2:24:32 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:25:37 Vlad Costea

2:27:55 Amaury's shoutouts / Devon Eriksen

2:30:15 Jett and Jeremy's shoutouts

2:32:12 Outro