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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: Why Filters Are Playing Into The Fed’s Hands w/ Fluffypony
Riccardo Spagni (“Fluffypony”), former Monero lead maintainer, says that Bitcoin's filter debate mirrors the blocksize wars, why most nodes don't matter for consensus, and what real Bitcoin privacy looks like. Plus: he accidentally becoming a WorldCoin top influencer.
Riccardo Spagni (Fluffypony), former Monero lead maintainer, joins the Bitcoin filter debate and explains why it's following the same playbook as the blocksize wars. Riccardo explains his early studies on Sybil attacking Bitcoin nodes, why filtering is fundamentally broken censorship, the thankless job of being a protocol maintainer. We also discuss his WorldCoin criticism, AI agent commerce, and why stablecoins will likely dominate machine-to-machine payments.
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**Notes:**
• Bitcoin nodes connect to 8 peers by default
• Fiber network enabled faster miner-to-miner relay
• Filtering OP_RETURN stops only 1 of 6 data methods
• Spagni maintained Monero 2014-2019 (5 years)
• Lightning privacy requires permanent open channels
• AI agents will likely use stablecoins, not Bitcoin
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:16 Who is Fluffypony?
06:45 Worldcoin influencer?
09:30 Filters (that don't filter anything)
12:53 Why don't "all nodes matter"?
18:35 Knots node count
23:16 OK, define censorship
31:24 Community criticism
38:26 The future of the "filter TM" debate
42:44 On-chain privacy
48:32 The state of Bitcoin privacy
53:23 OP_CTV
56:05 AI + Bitcoin
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Why CCP Games is Building a New Universe for EVE Frontier on Sui
Unveiling the launch of EVE Frontier on Layer-1 Blockchain Sui with CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson and Mysten Labs Co-Founder and CTO Sam Blackshear.
In an exclusive interview, CoinDesk's Sam Ewen sit downs with CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson and Mysten Labs Co-Founder and CTO Sam Blackshear unveil the launch of launch EVE Frontier on the Layer-1 blockchain, Sui. They dive into the core reason why CCP is building a successor to its legendary MMO to create a player-owned, "forever" universe. Plus, they explore how Sui’s architecture, originally designed for high-performance gaming, enables the real-time, massive space battles and player-moddable economy that EVE Frontier demands.
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Money Girl - Debt After Death–Does It Die With You?
964. Laura reviews what happens to your debt when you die and tips for better estate planning.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Using tariffs to help farmers … harmed by tariffs
When President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on Chinese goods earlier this year, China ceased crop purchases from U.S. farmers. That hurt American agriculture, so the government hopes to help those farmers out with aid using tariff revenue. Trump did this during his last trade war. Today, we'll outline how it all played out. Plus, the price of gold keeps climbing, and we check in with a tea shop owner about how tariffs are affecting business.
CBS News Roundup - 10/08/2025 | World News Roundup
Texas National Guard boots on the ground in Illinois. James Comey has a day in court. Air travel gets squeezed more by the government shutdown. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Gold prices surge to a new record
From the BBC World Service: Gold has breached $4,000 an ounce for the first time, following one of its strongest monthly performances and its biggest sustained rally since the 1970s. What's driving the surge? Then, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is attending a two-day summit in India focused on trade, but he's insisting the U.K. won't issue more visas to Indian workers. Also on the show: Trump's "gold card" visas and newly minted billionaire soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.
WSJ Minute Briefing - Federal Workers’ Back Pay in Doubt as Shutdown Persists
Plus: Unofficial jobs numbers are starting to come in from Wall Street, pointing to the U.S. labor market losing steam. And, Swiss tech giant ABB looks to sell off its robotics business to Japan’s Softbank. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Liberté, égalité, désordre: chaos in France
France’s newly-appointed prime minister has resigned only weeks into the job. Now President Emmanual Macron has given him 48 hours to come up with a plan for next year’s budget. Can Macron survive the turmoil? As driverless taxis take over San Francisco, what will happen to the human drivers? And remembering Jilly Cooper, queen of the bonkbuster
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WSJ What’s News - Shutdown Pain Spreads Across America
A.M. Edition for Oct. 8. The federal shutdown enters its second week, with strain spreading across the U.S. A new Trump administration memo casts doubt on whether furloughed workers will receive back pay once the government reopens. Plus, with Federal data frozen by the shutdown, Wall Street’s own numbers point to a cooling job market and rising unemployment. And, WSJ’s Margherita Stancati on why Milan, Italy is becoming a home for the super rich. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
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