# #159: Knots Navigation & Price Of Purity feat. JC (@BarackOmaba)

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Podcast: [The Bitcoin Cash Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-cash-podcast-1383214)
Published: 2025-09-08T16:41:12+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/bitcoincashpodcast/2205596
Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/26745/2205596/bitcoincashpodcast/2025_09_08_16_40_27_0241a5a9-8f1e-4cd0-a982-310c3a12fd70.mp3
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Duration seconds: 7933

## Resource

Knots advocate JC (@BarackOmaba) joins to give a BTC perspective on Knots resistance, Bitcoin scaling, and why he thinks the BCH Podcast is wrong! Enjoy and please share your thought in the comments. Links: JC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/barackomaba Podcast listener survey: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/survey BCH Bullet: https://thebchbullet.substack.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XLzl-QqFSJrOmcBoNLsKoLovaHxOkPAB/ Donations: bitcoincash:qq5ezu4jc86e58t8ytv49049zh0wa2umusg70rfcnd Sponsors: Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/57 BCH BULL: https://bchbull.com Be the bull & leverage or hedge with Bitcoin Cash - Non-custodial, permissionless, fully collateralized DeFi Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Video starts 00:38 Intro and market update 01:35 Listener survey 2025 03:27 JC 19:24 Buying Bitcoin in the early days 24:40 JC & Bitcoin politics 31:19 Has the market decided? 39:44 Bitcoin scaling 1:00:53 Lightning network 1:05:58 Ark protocol 1:13:06 BTC vs BCH 1:33:32 Knots DDoS attacks 1:49:43 Knots progress 2:05:54 Message to the community 2:07:38 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:08:48 Shoutouts and outro 2:10:28 "Rich Men North of Richmond", BTC version!

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