#671: What's Really in Bitcoin Core Version 30 with Instagibbs
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
4.8 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Marty sits down with Instagibbs to discuss the Bitcoin Core version 30 release, covering technical improvements like checkpoint removal and orphanage updates, the controversial OP_RETURN debate, privacy challenges in Lightning, and the future roadmap for Bitcoin development amid regulatory pressures.
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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 |
| 0:23.5 | currency, 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. |
| 0:36.2 | It's going to be spicy, Greg. |
| 0:38.2 | We meet here on the eve of Bitcoin's death, October 9th, 2025. |
| 0:44.5 | Bitcoin Core version 30. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:47.9 | Drops tomorrow. |
| 0:48.8 | Somber. |
| 0:49.8 | Very somber. |
| 0:50.7 | Pretty somber. |
| 0:53.1 | In all seriousness, though, I think uh a lot of discussion as we were just |
| 0:57.6 | talking um before we hit record has revolved around obviously this op return um debate whether or not |
| 1:05.6 | the limit should be lifted or not and the potential consequences of doing that. Maybe we'll touch on that, but I think |
| 1:14.1 | there hasn't been enough discussion on everything else that's included in Bitcoin Core |
| 1:21.5 | version 30. So I wanted to sit down with you and talk about what bitcoin core has been working on with this |
| 1:28.9 | particular version and i think before we do that for the layman out there maybe we just do like |
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