Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine's editor-in-chief Aaron van Wirdum teams up with Bitcoin Core contributor Sjors Provoost to explain Bitcoin one episode at a time.

99 episodes Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin Updated 2026-06-15
99 episodes in Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin
2023-03-31

Episode 75: Multisig (And Musig)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss multi-sig…
2023-03-17

Episode 74: Pay-to-Script-Hash (P2SH)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain pay-to-sc…
2023-02-24

Episode 73: OP_VAULT

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain OP_VAULT,…
2023-02-09

Episode 72: Inscriptions

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain Inscripti…
2023-01-20

Episode 71: Timelocks

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss the diffe…
2022-12-30

Episode 70: The Bitcoin Core 24.0 Bug (Or Why There Is a Bitcoin Core 24…

Aaron and Sjors explain how a wallet bug crept into the Bitcoin Core 24.…
2022-12-02

Episode 69: The Tornado Cash Trial

Aaron and Sjors explain what happened in the pro forma hearing concernin…
2022-11-18

Episode 68: Full Replace-By-Fee (RBF) in Bitcoin Core 24.0

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-11-07

Episode 67: Insights From the Fourth Largest Lightning Network Node

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-10-21

Episode 66: The BTCD Bug That Brought Down LND Nodes

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-10-07

Episode 65: Bitcoin Core 24.0

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-09-19

Episode 64: HD Wallets, Mnemonic Codes and SeedQR

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-09-02

Episode 63: The Bitcoin Core Development Process

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-08-12

Episode 62: Hash Functions

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-07-15

Episode 61: OP_RETURN (And the ‘OP_RETURN Wars’)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-07-01

Episode 60: Reusing Addresses (and the Hertzbleed Attack)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-06-20

Episode 59: Hard Forks (And Whether Bitcoin Has Ever Hard Forked)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-06-10

Episode 58: Silent Payments

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-05-06

Episode 57: User Rejected Soft Forks (URSFs)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-04-25

Episode 56: Bitcoin Core 23.0

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-03-25

Episode 55: Syncing Old Nodes

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-02-25

Episode 54: Burying Soft Forks

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-02-11

Episode 53: Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2022-01-14

Episode 52: Federated eCash

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …