{"podcast":{"title":"BTC Sessions","slug":"btc-sessions-354141","podcast_index_feed_id":354141,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11e95d20/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.btcsessions.ca/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2905064/2905064-1740701994402-5f42f4d61c249.jpg","author":"Ben Perrin","episode_count":669,"summary":"Get your dose of Bitcoin with weekly news roundups and \"Why Are We Bullish\" panel shows featuring Bitcoiners from around the world!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T00:20:17.405839+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/btc-sessions-354141"},"episode":{"title":"The Bitcoin Attacks are NOT About Money | Simon Dixon","slug":"the-bitcoin-attacks-are-not-about-money-simon-dixon","published_at":"2026-08-13T11:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/btc-sessions-354141/the-bitcoin-attacks-are-not-about-money-simon-dixon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/btc-sessions-354141","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btcsessions/episodes/The-Bitcoin-Attacks-are-NOT-About-Money--Simon-Dixon-e3nbff1","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11e95d20/podcast/play/124156833/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-13%2F429753815-44100-2-02ec26199e029.mp3","summary":"Mentor Sessions Ep. 087: Simon Dixon breaks down the Coldcard hack, BIP-110 chain split fallout, node vs miner power, and Bitcoin self-custody security in 2026. PART 1: Simon Dixon & Doomberg - https://youtu.be/Q0P0X7j_kcA Over $100 million in Bitcoin vanished in the Coldcard entropy bug — and days later a chain split ended with the nodes defeated and Bitcoin more centralized than before. Simon Dixon joins Nathan to trace what really happened. This is the deep-dive follow-up to the Doomberg conversation. You'll learn why Simon now treats every incident as an attack \"guilty until proven innocent,\" how the BIP-110 resistance became the most successful node mobilization since the block size war yet still failed to move the mining pools, and why he refuses to die on a hill that ends in an altcoin. You'll see how the Coldcard low-entropy vulnerability, Zeus, Boltz and BTCPay attacks fit one pattern, and hear a clear framework for rebuilding your self-custody with dice-rolled entropy, multisig, and active participation. Simon and Nathan also unpack developer centralization, the loss of Knots as a competing implementation, and why sovereignty is proof of work you can't outsource. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:24 - Resuming After Doomberg Discussion 0:55 - Infrastructure Attacks on Coldcard and Others 1:32 - BIP-110 and Resulting Chain Split 1:50 - UASF and Block Size War History 2:50 - Tether Fees and Scaling Debates 4:02 - Barry Silbert and SegWit2x Deal 4:51 - Nodes Defeating Miners in Past Wars 6:02 - Role Reversal With Core Changes 7:35 - Running Knots to Support Resistance 8:20 - Developer Centralization Concerns Rise 10:14 - BIP-110 Failure and Altcoin Stance 11:39 - Knots Node Adoption Surge to 20% 12:08 - Infiltration Risks and Verification 12:54 - Can Node Minori…","meta_description":"Mentor Sessions Ep. 087: Simon Dixon breaks down the Coldcard hack, BIP-110 chain split fallout, node vs miner power, and Bitcoin self-custody security in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2796,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/btc-sessions-354141/episodes/the-bitcoin-attacks-are-not-about-money-simon-dixon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/btc-sessions-354141/the-bitcoin-attacks-are-not-about-money-simon-dixon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}