"Bitcoin Is Under Attack From Within" - Luke Dashjr on Core V30, Spam Crisis & Ocean Mining's Mission

Is Bitcoin under a coordinated internal attack? In this explosive episode of Cypherpunk’d, host Matty Ice sits down with legendary Bitcoin Core developer and Ocean CTO Luke Dashjr to discuss the "Node War" of 2026. Luke reveals why he believes Bitcoin Core v30 is a "malicious attack" on the protocol, facilitating the storage of "illegal data" and "spam" that threatens the network's decentralization. We dive deep into the plummeting full node counts—dropping from 200k in 2017 to just 100k today—and why Luke gives Bitcoin a single-digit probability of success if users don't start enforcing the rules. In this episode, we cover: The "Bad Actors" controlling the Bitcoin GitHub. Why "Spam" is a breach of consent, not just data. The reality of the Jeffrey Epstein and MIT Media Lab funding speculation. Ocean Mining: Returning block construction to individual miners. Why the next few years will be "dark" if Bitcoin fails as peer-to-peer cash. Don't just trust, verify. Run your own node. Bitcoin #Cypherpunk #LukeDashjr #CryptoNews #BitcoinMining #Blockchain