Carpe Consensus

Fees, Frenzy on Bitcoin Amid BRC-20 Debate

Plus: CoinDesk turns 10, Aragon’s governance crisis and IRL generative art in Barcelona.

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ABOUT

On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson review the latest news in crypto.

  • [2:24] Inside the Desk: Bitcoin’s ‘BRC-20’ debate might be a re-run of the 2015-17 blocksize wars. The hosts weigh in.
  • [8:05] CoinDesk Turns 10: Crypto seems to experience crisis after crisis. CoinDesk reflects on 10 years of crypto reporting.
  • [16:13] Danny’s Dungeon: Yet another DAO has spun itself into trouble on Discord – Danny recaps the latest with Aragon’s governance crisis.
  • [22:57] Cam’s Corner: Cam (and a lot of other people) saw generative art IRL at Avalanche Summit II in Barcelona.

“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.

HOSTS

Dan Ilett

Dan Ilett writes on tech, money and energy. He advises business on digital strategy and technology messaging for large deals. He is founder of Erbut - an advisory company - and Greenbang - a smart technology research company.

Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

Cam Thompson
Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

Danny Nelson
Benjamin Schiller

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

Benjamin Schiller
Danny Bradbury

Danny Bradbury has been a professional writer since 1989, and has worked freelance since 1994. He covers technology for publications such as the Guardian.