{"podcast":{"title":"Bitcoin Well Podcast","slug":"bitcoin-well-podcast-7678220","podcast_index_feed_id":7678220,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/K4fNsugsQSuLZj6Ag7Oj","website_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2563778","image_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/K4fNsugsQSuLZj6Ag7Oj/files/COVER_ART---DEFAULT---173c1f22-7b4e-45b2-a4b0-f0db94825531.jpg","author":"Bitcoin Well","episode_count":43,"summary":"Under the Bitcoin Well Podcast banner are different shows including Answers, Explains and Reads. All shows that will help expand people's understanding of Bitcoin, both from a beginner and a veteran's perspective. With a strong focus on self-custody, self sovereignty, personal freedom and empowerment.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-well-podcast-7678220"},"episode":{"title":"Explains: Miners, Nodes, and the War That Settled Everything","slug":"explains-miners-nodes-and-the-war-that-settled-everything","published_at":"2026-04-09T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-well-podcast-7678220/explains-miners-nodes-and-the-war-that-settled-everything","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-well-podcast-7678220","url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/K4fNsugsQSuLZj6Ag7Oj/items/6JOyKDjsGfuXt3RKWj9h/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---daa72ecd-858c-4577-a9ac-648dc0100f3e.mp3","audio_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/K4fNsugsQSuLZj6Ag7Oj/items/6JOyKDjsGfuXt3RKWj9h/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---daa72ecd-858c-4577-a9ac-648dc0100f3e.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: Nodes and Governance In 2017, the biggest mining pools, major exchanges, and venture capital firms signed an agreement to change Bitcoin's rules by force. They controlled over 80% of the network's computing power. They lost. Completely. Embarrassingly. This is the story of the Blocksize War — and the quiet, underappreciated participants who won it: the node operators. In this video you'll learn: What Bitcoin nodes actually are and why they matter Why miners propose but nodes dispose How anyone can run a node on a $100 Raspberry Pi Why Satoshi deliberately kept blocks small What happened at the New York Agreement How UASF — the User Activated Soft Fork — defeated a corporate takeover Why Bitcoin Cash lost 99% of its value against Bitcoin How Bitcoin's three-way balance of power makes it ungovernable by any single group No boardroom can rewrite Bitcoin's rules. The Blocksize War proved it. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: Welcome & schedule update 0:54 – The Adam O'Brien Show announcement 1:38 – Today's topic: Bitcoin governance & the Block Size Wars 2:02 – Can miners rewrite Bitcoin's rules? 2:52 – Meet the node operators: Bitcoin's unsung referees 3:29 – How nodes actually work: The validation process 4:25 – Who runs nodes? And why accessibility matters 5:48 – Who writes the software? Bitcoin's open-source developers 6:36 – Why Bitcoin is designed to change slowly 7:21 – 2017: The network gets congested and the corporate side mobilizes 8:00 – The New York Agreement: An 80% power grab 8:31 – The nodes push back: UASF explained 10:32 – August 1st: The corporations blink 10:41 – Bitcoin Cash: The aftermath 11:32 – What the Block Size War proved 12:14 – What's next: Wallets, Keys, and Seeds Bitcoin #BlocksizeWar #BitcoinNodes #BitcoinHistory…","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: Nodes and Governance In 2017, the biggest mining pools, major exchanges, and venture capital firms signed an agree…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":784,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-well-podcast-7678220/episodes/explains-miners-nodes-and-the-war-that-settled-everything/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-well-podcast-7678220/explains-miners-nodes-and-the-war-that-settled-everything.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}