Episode Description
Giacomo Zucco joins Walker America to discuss Bitcoin spam, ordinals, inscriptions, Bitcoin Core, Core v30 / OP_RETURN, Knots, and why he thinks the BIP-110 soft fork will fail—and why that’s a problem. They break down the technical and political fight over spam filtering, consensus changes, and the future of Bitcoin nodes. Zucco argues that while spam is real, BIP-110 is the wrong solution—and its failure could damage the movement trying to fight it.
Key Topics:
• Plan B Lugano + the rise of Cypher Tank
• Is Bitcoin Core compromised?
• Bitcoin spam vs censorship: where’s the line?
• Core v30 vs Knots: what’s really happening?
• Why Giacomo thinks BIP-110 will fail
• Would BIP-110 actually fix Bitcoin spam?
• Ordinals and inscriptions
• Should Bitcoin change consensus rules to fight spam?
• Why Giacomo believes Layer 2s—not forks—solve the problem
• What happens to Bitcoin if BIP-110 fails?
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