The Bitcoin Cash Podcast is adding its support & approval for all 4 of the Jason Dreyzehner proposed CHIPs to lock-in November 15 2025 & go live May 15 2026 as the "Layla" upgrade. I will also be advocating as such regarding my involvement internally in Selene, BLISS & BLAZE and don't anticipate any difficulties there, but this statement is not on behalf of those entities.

• ✅ CHIP-2021-05 Loops: Bounded Looping Operations Github commit hash: bd3ebc76bfa2190255fd3b5fcd84ec8910652f4e
• ✅ CHIP-2024-12 P2S: Pay to Script Github commit hash: c144f03fe11b6de0e924b2285b355370d0e658b8
• ✅ CHIP-2025-05 Bitwise: Re-Enable Bitwise Operations Github commit hash: a432a19bcbc597391d0f0a29ae62a902b575d1dd
• ✅ CHIP-2025-05 Functions: Function Definition and Invocation Operations Github commit hash: 26e22566a18f2f3b542ff46a70d258d5da585cd8

Note: Functions CHIP is the unaltered version, not the "Take 2" or "Take 3" proposals.

As discussed on The Bitcoin Cash Podcast Episode 157, community polling indicates a high appetite for protocol innovation & upgrades - presumably built on the confidence of previous upgrade quality & results. It is very noticeable how the CashTokens upgrade in 2023 is living up to expectations in late 2025. There has been no problems really to speak of & impressive traction/uptake of CashTokens technology. I have a biased favourite project in the BLISS NFT ticket collections, but the success of CashTokens is widespread and compelling. One excellent recent example, congratulations to the Riften Labs team on recently passing $1M USD TVL on Cauldron! The mounting success of the CashTokens ecosystem speaks to the quality of both research & implementation of BCH upgrades and the community's ability to make powerful investments in those upgrades without expecting instant gratification. The trend is set to continue in 2026.

Loops, Functions & Bitwise operations are all standard issue features of essentially every programming language ever so I'm glad to see the BCH VM catching up to that standard. Loops demonstrates that yet again the BCH community is able to bypass propaganda & misunderstandings ("Bitcoin VM has no loops") in a way that other cryptocurrency communities severely struggle to. I was also impressed by the community debate that produced the final products (including iterating Functions from OP_EVAL, different function variations & the removal of lowering base-instruction cost). It is critical for the CHIP process & the work produced to be evaluated & critiqued without contention becoming unresolvable.

I would also like to note I see an underrated value in the P2S CHIP specifically - moving P2S from non-standard relay policy to standard. Especially given the current drama in BTC over policy/consensus gap exploitation (aka "Node wars" between "Knots/filters" vs "Core/spammers"), I see a strong opportunity for BCH to once against front-run potential problems by a research effort (& possibly CHIP) to unify policy/consensus where appropriate or document the status/reasoning and reflect on alternative solutions where not. For instance, perhaps an ABLA/DAA style approach - either by consensus or policy - could be used for minimum fee rates? Needs investigation. BitcoinCashAutist (notable CHIP contributor) also mentioned this in his 2026 CHIP endorsement. I encourage readers interested in this initiative to read or contribute to my Bitcoin Cash Research thread about this topic of non-standard transactions.

In any case, the four endorsed CHIPs combined make a very powerful upgrade. I'm thrilled to see BCH making bold strides forward to accelerate our growing momentum & industry-leading presence in UTXO DeFi. I am also glad to be a part of the momentum around endorsements (my own endorsement in 2024 was not published until late October) & developer tooling/education (sign up to BCH BLAZE!).

There is also great stuff on the horizon with the 1 minute blocks proposal continuing to be discussed. I would love to see UTXO Commitments start to be focussed on in more detail & the relay policy ideas mentioned above but that's simply my wishful thinking - as always, a /someone problem!

Finally, a big thank you to Jason Dreyzehner for his tireless work on these proposals & anyone who has been involved in feedback, review, implementation, testing or assistance of any kind. It's a team effort and testament to a decentralised community but Jason also deserves specific recognition for his ceaseless effort here. Delivering two enormous upgrades back-to-back is an effort that will resonate through BCH history in perpetuity.

Layla follows CashTokens & Velma in bringing BCH to the forefront of cryptocurrency scriptability and will draw in ever more interested parties as a result. I'm enthused & anticipating activation already!

Jeremy

August 15, 2025 – The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community is thrilled to announce BCH BLAZE 2025, a virtual hackathon hosted on DoraHacks, designed to drive developer adoption and showcase the power of the Bitcoin Cash blockchain. Kicking off on November 15, 2025, coinciding with the BCH testnet upgrade lock-in, this event invites developers worldwide to build innovative prototypes using the latest Bitcoin Cash Improvement Proposals (CHIPs) on Chipnet.

Event Overview​

BCH BLAZE 2025, organized by the team behind the BCH Bliss conference in partnership with DoraHacks, aims to attract both seasoned BCH developers and newcomers from other blockchain communities to explore the scalable, low-fee Bitcoin Cash network. Participants will compete for a 11+ BCH prize pool, exclusive tickets to BLISS 2026, and potential mentorship or funding opportunities from Bitcoin Cash ecosystem sponsors. The hackathon fosters creativity in decentralized finance, payments, and beyond.

Key Details​

Registration Opens: September 1, 2025

Submission Period: November 15–23, 2025

Judging Period: November 24–27, 2025

Winner Announcement: November 28, 2025 (via livestream)

Prizes:​

• 1st Place: 5 BCH + BLISS 2026 tickets for the entire team
• 2nd Place: 3 BCH + 1 BLISS 2026 ticket
• 3rd Place: 1 BCH + 1 BLISS 2026 ticket
• Community Choice Award: 1 BCH
• Other Bounties: 1+ BCH

Eligibility: Open to individuals or teams (2-4 members) worldwide. Projects must integrate with BCH and leverage Chipnet features.

Judging Panel​

Projects will be evaluated by a panel of Bitcoin Cash experts:

• John Nieri, Co-founder of GeneralProtocols, prioritizing clear and impactful code.
• Josh Ellithorpe, an entrepreneur valuing stable and maintainable solutions.
• Calin Culiano, a developer with Fulcrum and BCHN, favoring clean and efficient architecture.

Sponsors​

BCH BLAZE 2025 is proudly supported by the Bitcoin Cash Podcast (bitcoincashpodcast.com), a leading voice in BCH education, and several anonymous Bitcoin Cash ecosystem contributors dedicated to fostering innovation. Their support underscores the community’s commitment to growing the BCH developer ecosystem.

Join the Movement​

Whether you’re building the next big DeFi protocol or a novel payment solution, BCH BLAZE 2025 is your chance to shape the future of peer-to-peer electronic cash. Register on DoraHacks starting September 1, 2025, and connect with the community on Telegram or follow updates on X.

For more details, visit https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/bchblaze2025/detail.

Contact​

For inquiries, join our Telegram community or follow us on X.

About BCH BLAZE 2025​

Organized by the team behind the BCH BLISS conference and powered by DoraHacks, BCH BLAZE 2025 is a celebration of innovation on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain. Our mission is to onboard new talent, highlight the network’s latest upgrades, and foster prototypes that could evolve into transformative products. Join us to build the future of decentralized finance and peer-to-peer cash!

Media Contact dorahacks@monsterbitar.se

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast recently completed its 8th round of funding, having switched from Flipstarter as with previous campaigns to the new easier-to-use & exciting FundMe.cash tech (thanks Sayoshi Nakamario!).

For more about BCH Fundraising, check out the FAQ article.

In the spirit of accountability and transparency, a record of the FundMe campaign is preserved here - for later reference of donators and to demonstrate credibility of & delivery by The Bitcoin Cash Podcast. The original hosted FundMe url (https://fundme.cash/campaign/25) may eventually go stale.

One more thanks to all our contributors:

BitcoinOutLoud
majamalu
CashDragon
Murray Store
Ben
@cashstamps
Anon
Bernanácatl
Milton Friedman
emergent_reason
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Nico
molecular
Doramas
@_minisatoshi
yeahhhbeer
Steve2048
Dunconomics
PurelyPeer
Anonymous
Mathieu G
Paul
Remora_101
Gaucho Ibérico
BCH Podcast

Right, back to work on delivering!

Jeremy

Further reading:​

BCH Podcast Proof of Work

What is Flipstarter and why is it exciting?

Short update today as I am super busy with everything - March looking to be the biggest 2025 month already.

Podcast​

• Episode 141, 142 released. Especially enjoyed having both Emergent & Fiendish on at the same time, group discussions always bring out new perspectives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f-NLQta41g We're looking likely for 3 episodes in March, you can check in on the live episode times at https://helpme.cash/events (and list your own BCH related dates & events!)
• Was able to have some good bridge building with Bitcoin Mechanic. It's nice to be finally breaking through so much of the hoaxes & disinformation about BCH to have some proper dialogue. https://x.com/TheBCHPodcast/status/1887409340883050575
• I also appeared on the Digital Cash Rundown with @thedesertlynx for the first time in a while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--a57hu5Yg
• Tested out a first round of "BCH Bank Run", which didn't pump the price but did get a fair amount of community exposure & engagement. Something to build on over time, next one will be 15th March & 1st April - so set your DCAs or prep your assets to be active on that day! https://x.com/TheBCHPodcast/status/1895619994563580226

BLISS​

• Now just 72 days until BLISS! Grab your Velma NFT ticket at https://tapswap.cash/trade/5a4f6b25243c1a2dabb2434e3d9e574f65c31764ce0e7eb4127a46fa74657691
• Released our second Velma BLISS explainer video, this time on "What is BLISS?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddVj8LepAPs
  • The plan is to have a series of these helping spread BCH education as they have been incredibly effective
• Background work ongoing on the event.

Selene​

• The next version of Selene, coming in the next two weeks, is better than ever. Includes CashTokens, CoinControl, massive performance upgrade & several bugfixes.
  • I have been really impressed with how far the project has come since August 2022 (now 2.5 years ago!)
  • I expect a rise in active users after the release, as with the previous one. But we'll see.
• We're preparing a full report on Selene's progress in order to request another round of Flipstarter funding, as it has now been 12 months since our last round. There will be more detail in that.

Alright that's all I have time for, keep spreading p2p cash!

A medium-speed start to the year. I suffered a few days of illness that delayed early momentum, but by the end of the month things have been getting moving again at increasing speed. The BLISS ticket sale opening is the biggest milestone & February will be far more focussed on keeping up the promotion efforts. Buy a ticket, help us sell out & come have a great Bitcoin powered holiday in Slovenia in May!!

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast recently completed its 7th round of funding, having switched from Flipstarter as with previous campaigns to the new easier-to-use & exciting FundMe.cash tech (thanks Sayoshi Nakamario!).

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast was very fortunate to recently complete an 18 BCH FundMe campaign. Budget has been decreased from previous campaigns due to a seeming somewhat reduced interest in funding The Podcast.

For more about BCH Fundraising, check out the FAQ article.

In the spirit of accountability and transparency, a record of the FundMe campaign is preserved here - for later reference of donators and to demonstrate credibility of & delivery by The Bitcoin Cash Podcast. The original hosted FundMe url (https://fundme.cash/campaign/18) may eventually go stale.

One more thanks to all our contributors:

Bruno
Paul
majamalu
Mark
Milton Friedman
@cashstamps
molecular
BigV
sandakersmann
EmergentReasons
@_cyber_diamond
CashDragon
ErdoganTalk

Right, back to work on delivering!

Jeremy

A predictably quieter month. December is always going to be a slow month - both myself & the rest of the Podcast team slow things down particularly at the end of the month, have a break to reflect & spend some time with family. That's in general effect throughout BCH & the world at large - it's important to have a proper rest sometimes! Just a short update today.

I've been super inspired by the great monthly dev blog of A Fifth Of Gaming https://www.reddit.com/r/afog/ as a method for distributing news on the project & performing some public accountability, so I'm starting to also write a quick monthly summary of what I've been involved in.

This will help me stay on track as well as serve as a bit of a news bulletin & reminder for anything my audience might have missed the first time around.

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast is adding its support & approval for CHIP-2021-05 VM Limits: Targeted Virtual Machine Limits & CHIP-2024-07 BigInt: High-Precision Arithmetic, to lock in November 15 2024 & go live May 15 2025.

• CHIP-2021-05 VM Limits: Targeted Virtual Machine Limits
• CHIP-2024-07 BigInt: High-Precision Arithmetic for Bitcoin Cash

The VM Limits CHIP has been long desired & heavily requested by builders in the space. As any product manager knows, with limited resources it's important to build what end users (in this case, application developers) actually need rather than what the engineers (in this case, CHIP proposers & BitcoinCashResearch regulars) feel most excited about & the demand for these VM Limit upgrades is already well established among real world use cases. In fact, we're even seeing interest from OUTSIDE the BCH space - which to my knowledge is a first for BCH development before an upgrade has hit mainnet, let alone chipnet! This is a great vindication of progress in both the relevance & quality of upgrade work, as well as the messaging & productive discussion around it.

The amount of work done on VM Limits is very impressive, producing a thorough analysis & also additional reusable tooling for testing the BCH VM. This level of rigour and engineering excellence is typical of BCH CHIPs, helping to set us apart from our competitors (particularly as the cumulative effect snowballs over time), and I feel this CHIP has continued that tradition.

In reviewing the CHIP, it was also obvious to me (as Jason had explained to me on the show) that the new limit selections contain very few "choices" - instead they are the logical result of engineering analysis for an optimal value. This is a good indicator that the work is fundamentally valid & unlikely to need revisions.

Although the Big Ints part of the process did operate slightly unusually, I am not concerned we're taking an excessive / serious risk or setting a problematic precedent in approving it for this November 2024 for the following reasons:

1. The quality of the CHIP on its own is very high (taken together with the VM Limits references).
2. In my own observation, I have seen overwhelming community support for a 2024 lock in (community discussion channels, Podcast listener survey, other statements of support, my own personal conversations etc.) instead of a delay.
3. Consensus appears certain on the concept of (Big) Big Ints & intended working of the CHIP, therefore I feel even in the unlikely case of an unexpected issue the community will similarly be able to find agreement on a solution. Contention over fixing "bugs" tends to occur in cases where the initial change was not well understood or desired (as with BTC Taproot Inscriptions), and I don't think that's the case here.
4. Of anyone requesting somewhat of an exception for this specific type of scenario, you couldn't find a better candidate than Jason Dreyzehner. Previous CHIP author, technical aficionado, conscientious BCH contributor over many many years. Attempts to argue for future changes to happen similarly not only will need to provide evidence for the similarity of the surrounding circumstances, but also the credibility of the proposer.

With these mitigating factors in mind & given the sizeable lost opportunity cost of delay, I think it clear that the best choice is to activate both the VM Limits CHIP as well as accompanying Big Ints this year.

I look forward to the activation of both CHIPs on chipnet next month & the flow on effect of increased app development & community momentum.

Final note: The ABLA Explainer video from last year received an incredibly positive community response. Building on that success, I will also be working with Jason & others to produce promotional/educational material for the BCH community and broader visibility around the importance & impact of these 2025 upgrades. If anyone has any particular suggestions or ideas in this regard, I'm always open to discuss it.

Jeremy

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast recently completed its 6th round of funding, having switched from Flipstarter as with previous campaigns to the new easier-to-use & exciting FundMe.cash tech (thanks Sayoshi Nakamario!).

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast was very fortunate to recently complete a 35 BCH FundMe campaign. Budget was increased in BCH terms (and only very slightly in fiat terms), but the final 5.5 BCH was provided by the Podcast itself to reflect the inability to deliver on the BCH Argentina deliverable (due to circumstances beyond the immediate control of The Podcast).

For more about BCH Fundraising, check out the FAQ article.

In the spirit of accountability and transparency, a record of the FundMe campaign is preserved here - for later reference of donators and to demonstrate credibility of & delivery by The Bitcoin Cash Podcast. The original hosted FundMe url (https://fundme.cash/campaign/7) may eventually go stale.

One more thanks to all our contributors:

molecular
majamalu
ErdoganTalk
bchautist
Pieter Wuille
CashStamps
BigV & The Bitcoin Cash Tokyo Gang
emergent_reasons
Milton Friedman
yeahhhbeer
Bitcoin Jason
sandakersmann
Mathieu G
Remora_101
Bruno
BitcoinOutLoud
Back to earth
Willem Bliss88
lugaxker
anon
rondie
Paul
Fundme.cash
Kilian
AVG
discsurfer
Eric Lombrozo
devperate
Anon
Anon
Anonymous JP

Right, back to work on delivering!

Jeremy