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Supply Shock explores the latest Bitcoin news with a deep historical perspective. Featuring in-depth interviews with industry experts, each episode connects current events to key moments in Bitcoin history, revealing patterns, lessons, and insights shaping the future of digital assets.
BIP-444: The Soft Fork That Could Split Bitcoin | Roundup
Supply Shock
1 hour 10 minutes
1 week ago
BIP-444: The Soft Fork That Could Split Bitcoin | Roundup
In this episode, we dive into the escalating Bitcoin civil war over BIP-444 — the proposed “emergency soft fork” to limit arbitrary data onchain. The panel debates “pleb slop” culture, anti-core developer sentiment, and whether the community is repeating the moral crusades of the Blocksize Wars. We also dissect miner incentives, exploiting user-activated vs. user-rejected forks, property-rights implications, and prediction markets tracking whether the fork will ever activate. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:48) Debating “Pleb Slop” and Core Values
(08:25) Developers, Consensus, and the Community Divide
(16:20) Fork Proposals and the Governance Dilemma
(21:40) Soft Forks, User Action, and Network Power
(34:05) FG Trailer
(35:17) Soft Forks, User Action, and Network Power
(39:18) Game Theory: Block Invalidation and Chain Reorgs
(42:50) Prediction Markets, Fork Futures, and Incentives
(47:51) Economic Voting and Miner Power Dynamics
(52:42) Censorship, Property Rights, and Bitcoin Core’s Role
(1:06:01) Fork Scenarios and the Future of Bitcoin
(1:07:24) Final Thoughts
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Supply Shock
Supply Shock explores the latest Bitcoin news with a deep historical perspective. Featuring in-depth interviews with industry experts, each episode connects current events to key moments in Bitcoin history, revealing patterns, lessons, and insights shaping the future of digital assets.