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Bitcoin Scaling / Block Wars

2,268
mentions
311
episodes
2021–2026
span
2017
peak year

The civil war over Bitcoin's block size — Core vs. Classic vs. Unlimited, SegWit, SegWit2x, and the birth of Bitcoin Cash — was the defining governance fight of Bitcoin's adolescence, and the panel argued it out in real time. The small-block, Core-aligned camp prevailed; the scars shaped the culture.

Across the years

Mentions per year in the show transcripts.
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The episodes that covered it most

Ranked by how heavily each episode engaged the topic.
#1462017-06-16UAHF - Price Tumbles - Coinbase Freeze - Dennis Rodman94×
#1532017-08-04BCash Launches - BTC-E Claims - Cloning Bitcoin - The Future76×
#1472017-06-23Segwit2X - ETH Flash Crash - Status & Civic - Coinbase & Cry39×
#3552023-04-22Bitcoin $28,000 - Coinbase Bermuda? - Lightning is Cheaper -38×
#1552017-08-18Bitcoin in Space - Bitcoin $6000 - Bcash Profitable? - Civil36×
#1502017-07-14Alphabay Takedown - Bitcoin Sign Guy - Alleged Ponzi ICOs - 32×
#1622017-10-27Will the Deceptive Segwit2X Attack Succeed?32×
#1272017-02-04Gavin vs. The Core, No Privacy, Bitcoin $2000, Litecoin Seg 29×
#1422017-05-19Bitcoin $1900 - Alza - Congress vs. IRS - Dogecoin Tipbot29×
#3692023-08-08Hackers Exposed - Miner Halvening - Stop Trading - Coinbase 29×
#1402017-05-05Price Breakout - Litecoinbase - Bitcoin Dominance - What abo28×
#1782018-06-01No SegWit Conspiracy - Hash Rate Climbs - Ripple Napster - C28×
METHOD — Counts are keyword/theme matches across the show transcripts (WCN + Mad Bitcoins + TBG). The written synthesis is grounded in Bitcoin's public history and the show's coverage.