Scaling Bitcoin Without Compromises: Jagdeep Sidhu on 10 Years of Building Syscoin

 🎙️ Guest: Jagdeep Sidhu, Core Developer of Syscoin
 🕒 Duration: ~47 minutes

Episode Overview

In this episode of Token for Your Thoughts, host Lindsey McConaghy sits down with Jagdeep Sidhu, the longtime core developer behind Syscoin, to talk about what it really takes to scale blockchain infrastructure without compromising on decentralization or security.

Jagdeep shares lessons from over a decade of building, including why Syscoin never pivoted, what edge chains and AI agents actually do, and how their team is rethinking Bitcoin interoperability with Robin Bridge.

They cover:

• The hard trade-offs between scalability, decentralization, and usability
 • What edge chains are, and how they enable vertical and horizontal scaling
 • Why AI services need blockchains, and vice versa
 • How ZK-Sys brings Bitcoin-level security to modular smart contracts
 • What it means to keep evolving without abandoning your original vision
 • Advice for founders on surviving multiple market cycles

If you care about protocol design, long-term thinking, or just want a smarter way to scale without compromise, this one’s for you.

Where to Listen

🔹 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scaling-bitcoin-without-compromises-jagdeep-sidhu-on/id1799063494?i=1000712198039
 🔹 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/episode/4SiNkI1IUNkJj8XUczvcEP?si=a0baac61fa6d4302
 🔹 YouTube → https://youtu.be/0Y-0NcoDcfE

Connect with Jagdeep & Syscoin

🌐 Website: syscoin.org
🐦 X (Twitter): @syscoin | @realSidhuJag

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