About this episode

The episode discusses attempts by Adam Back and Michael Saylor to influence consensus regarding the Bitcoin soft fork BIP-110 amidst ongoing controversies.

Join Bitcoin University Premium: https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/join Learn how to run BIP-110: https://bip110.org/howto/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1T6d-CfKJc https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/mining In this video, I discuss attempts by Adam Back and Michael Saylor to put a thumb on the scale of consensus, when it comes to the upcoming Bitcoin temporary soft fork BIP-110. Adam Back now appears to have bigger problems, as the cloud mining ponzi allegations continue. Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor. Saylor's plan to spam the chain: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/02/microstrategy-unveils-plan-for-bitcoin-based-decentralized-identity-using-ordinals STRC as an iPhone moment: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/08/02/why-michael-saylor-calls-strategy-s-strc-preferred-stock-his-firm-s-iphone-moment "We turn Bitcoin into Money": https://x.com/saylor/status/2055344564890640597 Adam Back weighs in: https://x.com/adam3us/status/2075884851794735602 Adam Back may have bigger problems: https://x.com/simplestbtcbook/status/2075999162156400910 https://natinfosec.substack.com/p/adam-backs-blockstream-borrows-billions…

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