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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#620: A New Lens On The OP_RETURN Debate with James O'Beirne

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with James O'Beirne to discuss the OP_RETURN controversy.


James O'Beirne on Twitter: https://x.com/jamesob


0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Multi axis issue

5:07 - Core governance

9:36 - Derailing productive discussions

17:01 - Fold & Coinkite

18:32 - CTV

29:14 - Unchained

29:43 - Magnitude of change

41:35 - Covenant proposals

50:06 - CTV benefits

57:46 - Institutional ownership

1:05:16 - Moving forward


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Transcript

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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency,

0:24.4

Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.8

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:36.3

Combination of physically tired and mentally tired.

0:39.1

It's also tiresome, James.

0:40.4

It's, it's, I was looking at that picture today and I was actually going to tweet it

0:45.1

absent any caption just because it's a really good, yeah, it's a really good epitome of,

0:51.4

of a lot of stuff.

0:52.4

But I'm with you, man.

0:52.9

I'm tired.

0:53.9

It's Friday.

0:55.1

Who is that? Was that just some random Japanese guy?

0:57.9

I think it's, it's, I actually think it's from a documentary about, I don't know if it's Africa, but.

1:05.1

Oh, yes. Yes. It's there, there's a little bit of a kind of like racy connotation there.

1:14.1

Yeah, yeah. There's a little bit of a kind of like racy connotation there. Yeah.

1:15.8

It's been long.

1:16.7

It was interesting for me.

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