339. DIY Bitcoin with HAC
By Dr. Saifedean Ammous
Aired Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 10m · Last boosted Aug 23, 2026
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Bitcoiner HAC invites us to rethink Bitcoin hardware from scratch. What does a signing device actually do and can you do it yourself? He makes the case for why DIY Bitcoin with generic hardware is better than specialized Bitcoin hardware. Twitter: https://x.com/heavilyarmedc Yeticold: https://yeticold.com/ Mentioned GitHub: https://github.com/bowlarbear/yeti-2.0 WTF Happened in 1971: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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1.1k (Saying that Bitcoin produces a block every 10 minutes without even adding "on average" may be setting them up for disappointment. / Someone who's waited 40+ minutes for a new block).
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1k Re:other nodes and making news, you're clearly not watching Eric Voskuil on Twitter. Libbitcoin 4 just did IBD in 14 minutes on a consumer connection (with assumevalid height of 950k) and 55 min for full validation. Older than Knots, and older than Core being called, well, Core.
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1k A Bitcoin that can be governed by politicians passing laws, influencing public company miners, is not interesting to me.
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Generating entropy with dice offline is actually preferable IMO if done correctly.
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A million times yes. Thank you for addressing this in the right way. You're one of the only podcasts that hasn't responded to Coinkite with yet more bad options. Very much excited that Learning Bitcoin From The Command Line is getting a new edition too -- long overdue.
