Can Bitcoin Be Hacked? The Secret History of Bitcoin Security & Satoshi’s Core Developers | Juan Galt

Can Bitcoin Be Hacked? The Secret History of Bitcoin Security & Satoshi’s Core Developers | Juan Galt

April 11, 2026 · 1h 5m · Episode 177

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The episode explores the history of Bitcoin security and the role of its core developers, questioning the decentralization of the network.

If Satoshi Nakamoto handed the keys to a single successor, is the network truly decentralized? We go deep into uncomfortable questions about who controls the Bitcoin blockchain and how the power to merge code has shifted since the Genesis block. Juan Galt (@JuanSGalt) joins us in El Zonte to break down the history of the maintainer role. He proves that the security of our money depends on janitorial consensus rather than a single lead developer. We explore the cypherpunk origins of the ...

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