Episode
#175: Bitcoin Civil Wars feat. Tone Vays
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- The Bitcoin Cash Podcast
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- Mar 10, 2026
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- 7868
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Summary
Bitcoin OG, trader, and educator, Tone Vays, discusses the ongoing "Bitcoin Civil Wars", the historical block size debates, and the dynamics of Bitcoin chain splits. Tone shares his unique, first-hand perspective on the bitcoin scaling wars. I enjoyed the discussion and having him on the show. What do you think? Drop your thoughts below! Links: Tone Vays on X: https://twitter.com/ToneVays Tone's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tonevays - Scaling playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXoq0oFPhZA&list=PLQBwZ2xry6eZNK6zhYaefOl8prFbGxipq - Debates playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQBwZ2xry6ebMsNNbfONiPaFEkLCqxcVn - Bitcoin Core vs Knots playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5_uBdi4oH8&list=PLQBwZ2xry6eb2I7c1KqIa10Bhs4kgqF5Y Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pTSOl1nI0Kn4hrNP9KyrVifrYlc7UTWi/ Donations: bitcoincash:zrls2w7l24rjuw5lp9dvas2z8wmtprvs4cm54r7ens Sponsors: - Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/78 . New campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/99 - 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 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrDsJnHFnkMnJhEslofyPQ Timestamps: 00:00 Video starts 00:37 Intro & market update 01:37 Tone Vays 06:35 Tone and Roger Ver 15:00 "Rehabilitating" Bitcoin Core 22:00 "Too fast vs. too slow" dev debate 33:28 How do you define Bitcoin spam? 42:18 SegWit: compromise or catastrophe? 56:20 Big blockers compromises 1:10:13 BTC / BCH split 1:20:02 "BCashers vs. Knots brigade" meme 1:31:00 Who is BTC developer Dathon Ohm? 1:35:00 Is a chain split the worst outcome? 1:45:03 Ton…