# 032 American Hodl: Bitcoin is Forever War | KNOTS vs Core & BlackRock | All in Bitcoin w/CK

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Podcast: [All In Bitcoin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-in-bitcoin-7180799)
Published: 2026-05-20T12:00:28+00:00
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🎙️American Hodl: Bitcoin is Forever War | KNOTS vs Core & BlackRock | All in Bitcoin w/CK American HODL got into Bitcoin in 2014. He's seen every cycle since, every war, every wave of new people arrive and dilute the culture he helped build. In this episode he doesn't hold back. Nietzsche, René Girard, and whether Bitcoiners become the thing they fight. The block size war and the PTSD it left behind. Why the KNOTS vs Core debate is a sideshow — and what BlackRock is quietly doing to Bitcoin's development culture that actually matters. The four-year cycle: broken or evolving? And the big unresolved tension that will define Bitcoin's future: freedom versus number go up. Plus: when is deception moral? What Bukele got right. Why Europe is headed for civil war. And why Bitcoin is not a phase, not a moment — it's forever war. And we're making a Bitcoin movie: BIP-110, KNOTS vs Core. You'll have to watch to get the pitch! Bitcoin #AmericanHODL #BitcoinPodcast #BitcoinMaximalism #BlockSizeWar #BlackRock #BitcoinForeverWar #Cypherpunks #btc 👇 ORDER YOUR BITBOX 02 NOVA BITCOIN ONLY HARDWARE WALLET WITH 5% DISCOUNT https://bitbox.swiss/allinbitcoin or use Code ALLINBITCOIN 👉BTCHEL — Helsinki | Sept 25–26, 2026 https://btchel.com/tickets/ Use code ALLINBITCOIN for 10% off tickets. See you there! 👉 Follow, like , subscribe and tap the bell to All in Bitcoin for more unfiltered conversations that go where others won’t. 🎧 Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Nostr, and everywhere you listen: https://linktr.ee/allinbitcoin 👇FOLLOW AMERICAN HODL´S WORK: Nostr: hodl@primal.net 👇FOLLOW CK & ALL IN BITCOIN: Nostr: allinbitcoin@primal.net allinbitcoin@iris.to allinbitcoin@nostrplebs.com X: @allinbitcoinpod TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 2:06 Pseudonymity, identity, and inner truth 4:26 Nie…

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