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Vlad Costea

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Romania
As seen in: Bitcoin Takeover, Bitcoin Takeover Podcast, Apple Podcasts, Nasdaq, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoGlobe
Covers:  Mostly Bitcoin. I also like to go in-depth and have no word limit. If I'm not happy about my own work, then I'd rather not have it published.
Doesn't Cover: Sensationalistic, tabloid-style journalism. I also resent the dishonesty of the whole "blockchain industry" and will most likely stay away from hype pieces about it.
Bitcoin post-maximalist / Building Bitcoin Takeover Podcast since Jan 2019 / Self-hosted AI enthusiast / Fan of privacy tech / Nerd in chief @btctkvr

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I like to write about Bitcoin stuff, hardware devices which enable personal sovereignty, and cypherpunk culture.

This interest of mind stems from the disillusionment I've had with the financial system and the banking system from a pretty young age. I don't view Bitcoin as a factor for radical change that will overthrow our current institutions and power structures, but think it will build fairer relations with our governments and allow us all to negotiate our positions.

Autonomy, privacy, sel…

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S17 E21: Paul Sztorc Hard Forks Bitcoin to Launch Ecash with Drivechains!

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By Vlad Costea Verified
| Bitcoin Takeover
In August 2026, Paul Sztorc (developer and LayerTwo Labs CEO) will hard fork Bitcoin to create a BIP300-powered altcoin called Ecash. Yes, you read that correctly: after a decade of proposing his soft fork upgrade, the prediction market pioneer got fed up with politics and decided to create what might just turn out to be this decade’s Bitcoin Cash fork. At block height 964000, Bitcoin will once again split.
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S17 E9: Cameron Robertson on Burner & Bitcoin in 2010

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By Vlad Costea Verified
| Bitcoin Takeover
Cameron Robertson first read about Bitcoin in 2009 on Slashdot: a news website for nerds and hackers. However, it wasn’t until 2010 that he started mining and getting involved more actively in the project. This puts Cameron in a very unique position, as he remembers every year in Bitcoin’s existence and he lived the entire project’s existence. Needless to say, it was an honor for me to interview the Burner CEO on February 18th 2026 — the first day of ETH Denver.
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S17 E8: Riccardo Spagni on Bitcoin, Monero & Privacy

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| Bitcoin Takeover
Riccardo Spagni (aka FluffyPony) is best known for leading the engineering and development efforts of the Monero project. However, he’s a 2011 bitcoiner who got involved in BTC mining, built payments processors PayBee and Globee in order to increase cryptocurrency adoption, and also contributed to the popularization of peer to peer (P2P) marketplaces.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

The first paid job was at Crypto Globe. But I started writing at age 16 on a personal blog, and kept on learning.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yeah, grandma used to have one.

How is social media changing news?

It increases the speed requirement, but decreases the quality. Being first and getting more clicks has become more important than verifying.
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