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#677: How Bitfury Survived the Early Bitcoin Wars with George Kikvadze & Bill Tai

By Marty Bent

Aired Oct 31, 2025 · 1h 30m · Last boosted Nov 28, 2025

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Marty sits down with George Kikvadze and Bill Tai to discuss the early days of building Bitfury, the resilience required to scale Bitcoin infrastructure when the industry was full of doubters, and why Bitcoin remains the ultimate insurance against inevitable government fiscal collapse. George on Twitter: https://x.com/BitfuryGeorge Bill on Twitter: https://x.com/KiteVC Bitfury: https://bitfury.com/ And Then You Win: https://www.amazon.com/Then-You-Win-Start-Ups-Untold-ebook/… STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/ Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io...

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    Great episode full of Bitcoin history
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    Thank you for your time.. Very interesting episode
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