# 17 Years Since the White Paper, BIP 444 Fork Announced, Square v Saylor's Bitcoin Approach

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Published: 2025-11-01T16:04:18+00:00
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## Resource

0:00 Happy Halloween! (Sorry for the audio issue!) 3:02 Fixed the mics! Only two people responded to Satoshi in the first 24 hours! 6:32 Facts from the 2008 Bitcoin White Paper launch. Same date as Martin Luther in 1517. Planned? 9:11 Numerology in the white paper? The beauty in the mystery of Satoshi. 14:30 Steak n Shake announced a strategic Bitcoin reserve in the "Square style" via payments and funding to Bitcoin. 20:24 Paying in Bitcoin in real life at merchants like Pink Owl Coffee and driving merchant adoption. 30:33 Revisiting the creation of a Bitcoin Merchant Association. 40:57 Making apps for everyday users and thinking through the complexity of options for payments. 53:35 Remaking traditional savings vehicles, like paper-based US Savings Bonds, using Bitcoin. 58:31 Strategy's STRC product is Tax-Free? 1:08:57 Unpacking the BIP 444 fork proposal and the history of how prior folks played out. 1:23:03 Running a node is not a vote, spending is. 1:26:12 Details on Max's Halloween costume. 1:29:28 Rapid Fire: Polymarket accepts Bitcoin. Predyx smooth UX. Brian reading the prediction market words on Coinbase earnings. Coreweave and Core deal fell apart. SimpleX messaging. Bitchat adoption in Jamaica during the hurricane. FOLLOW: Presidio Bitcoin: https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin Steve Lee: https://x.com/moneyball Max Webster: https://x.com/MaxAWebster David King: https://x.com/dksf WATCH THE SHOW: https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin

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