Roundtable_014 – Soft Forks and Censorship
November 5, 2025
Grab your drink and pull up a chair – it’s another Bitcoin Roundtable with Simple Steve, Bitcoin Mechanic, and my brother Jeff Swann.
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Grab your drink and pull up a chair – it’s another Bitcoin Roundtable with Simple Steve, Bitcoin Mechanic, and my brother Jeff Swann.
This
“They’re passing the torch. And the torch is being received by entities who care less about ideology and more about returns. BlackRock doesn’t care about
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