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![Read_731 - Let's Grow Nostr [Jack Spirko]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740724/c1a-9mg94-60k7d522i27-ity6zv.jpg)
Read_731 - Let's Grow Nostr [Jack Spirko]
"The biggest complaint members of my audience make about Nostr is the sheer dominance of Bitcoin content. This is understandable. Nostr uses a means...
![Read_730 - High Fees? Bitcoin is Working as Designed [Matt Odell]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740725/c1a-9mg94-7nqv47d6c3pw-iwxojl.jpg)
Read_730 - High Fees? Bitcoin is Working as Designed [Matt Odell]
"Bitcoin transaction fees limit network abuse by making usage expensive. There is a cost to every transaction, set by a dynamic free market based...
![Read_729 - BRICS, USD, and a Multipolar World [James Lavish]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740726/c1a-9mg94-k5m32r70b8zj-7tz8g9.jpg)
Read_729 - BRICS, USD, and a Multipolar World [James Lavish]
"This very dominance is causing certain countries to seek a way to be less dependent on the USD and the UST. To extract themselves...
![Read_728 - Who Controls Bitcoin Core [Jameson Lopp]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740727/c1a-9mg94-v0n317g8fnm3-oe28p5.jpg)
Read_728 - Who Controls Bitcoin Core [Jameson Lopp]
"The question of who controls the ability to merge code changes into Bitcoin Core’s GitHub repository tends to come up on a recurring basis....

Guy's Take #66 - Pooping in the Park
Bitcoin is a public good. The maintenance and stewardship of the network rests on the conviction and work of 10s or 100s of thousands...
![Read_727 - The Banking Crisis Stays, & the Treasury is Broke [Nik Bhatia, Joe Consorti]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740729/c1a-9mg94-924v5d60f22-n5dd1h.jpg)
Read_727 - The Banking Crisis Stays, & the Treasury is Broke [Nik Bhatia, Joe Consorti]
"The fall of First Republic Bank was the second-largest bank failure by assets in US history, putting us in the 2008 conversation. Times are...