Show Notes
Spam is legal now — welcome to Bitcoin’s moral collapse. On this episode of the Hell Money Podcast, we dive back into the spam wars to break down all the discourse in the wake of Bitcoin Core v30. From Luke Jr’s plan to hard fork Bitcoin to Nick Szabo clocking in for the discourse, we cover every twist in the ongoing moral and technical meltdown over filters, Knots, and consensus itself. Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SATSCARDS: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-satscard GET YOUR TICKET FOR INSCRIBING MIAMI 2025: https://inscribing.com/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:00 Bitcoin Core v30 & the history of the blocksize wars 9:00 Spam filters, technical vs. moral argument 19:00 Bitcoin core's response 22:50 Calle's explanation of spam 27:00 Dealing with Knots people on X 31:30 Luke Jr's plan to hard fork Bitcoin 47:00 Nick Szabo clocking in for the discourse 57:30 What is consensus? 1:07:00 Are girls allowed in Bitcoin?
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