Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine's editor-in-chief Aaron van Wirdum teams up with Bitcoin Core contributor Sjors Provoost to explain Bitcoin one episode at a time.

99 episodes Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin Updated 2026-05-21
99 episodes in Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin
2021-12-31

Episode 51: Compact Blocks

Hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are back from their travel bre…
2021-11-27

Episode 50: The Mempool (And Why We Need It)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors …
2021-11-12

Episode 49: The Attack of the Fake Peers!

Bitcoin was under attack! It’s the story the mainstream media won’t tell…
2021-10-29

Episode 48: SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo part 2

In this episode of “Bitcoin Explained,” host Sjors Provoost and guest Ch…
2021-10-15

Episode 47: Lightning Network Payment Flows

In this episode of Bitcoin Explained, (formerly known as The Van Wirdum …
2021-10-11

Episode 46: The Chivo App (First Look)

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained (formerly known as The Van Wirdum …
2021-09-13

Episode 45: Bitcoin Core 22.0

The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado has rebranded, and is now called Bitcoin, Expla…
2021-08-13

Episode 44: BOLT 12

Sjors is back! In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron …
2021-07-30

Episode 43: Hardware Wallets and Blockstream’s Jade Wallet

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron van Wirdum hosts one …
2021-07-16

Episode 42: The Bitcoin Beach Wallet (Bitcoin Beach Special)

A Bitcoin Beach special! In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado hos…
2021-07-02

Episode 41: Lightning Network Routing

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-06-18

Episode 40: Taproot Activation part 5: Lock-in

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-06-11

Episode 39: The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) Process

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-05-21

Episode 38: The Replace-By-Fee Bug Affecting Child Transactions In Bitco…

In this Episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-05-07

Episode 37: MaraPool and Mining Censorship

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-04-23

Episode 36: Taproot Activation part 4: Speedy Trial and the LOT=true Cli…

The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado 36 — Speedy Trial And The LOT=True Client   In …
2021-04-16

Episode 35: SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-04-09

Episode 34: Erlay

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-03-26

Episode 33: RGB

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-03-19

Episode 32: Segregated Witness (SegWit)

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-03-12

Episode 31: Taproot Activation part 3: Speedy Trial

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-03-05

Episode 30: Hardware Wallet Integration in Bitcoin Core and the Hardware…

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-02-26

Episode 29: Taproot Activation part 2: LOT=true Versus LOT=false

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …
2021-02-19

Episode 28: Bitcoin Addresses

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and …