# Manufactured Bitcoin Crisis

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/93/
> AI is getting the blame for deflation, but other forces may be driving it. What happens to Bitcoin in a world of falling prices? Then: BIP-110 and the biggest governance fight since the blocksize wars.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 93
- Date: 2026-02-18
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:15:23
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/tYcwtPTIi8gp1KCfmciI/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---76daf999-dfe8-4d74-823f-ca1e7ce6f7b7.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/tYcwtPTIi8gp1KCfmciI/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




### Episode Links

* 🇺🇸 [Buy Sats on River](https://partner.river.com/jupiter) \- The best way to stack in the US
* 🇨🇦 [The Bitcoin Well](https://www.bitcoinwell.com/jupiter) \- An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
* ⚡ [The Bitcoin Company](https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER) \- Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
* 🏦 [Fold Card](https://use.foldapp.com/r/XNHPXTFC) \- Pay bills Stack Sats
* 💵 [SALT Lending](https://borrower.saltlending.com/register?referralCode=GkPQdbqWG) \- Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling

**Show Notes:**

* [Lyn Alden on the Gradual Print Era, Gold & Bitcoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuImiSh5oqU)
* [Cathie Wood Predicts Deflation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxwr64A6vOg)
* [BIP-110 Official Site](https://bip110.org/)
* [BIP-110 Overview — The Bitcoin Manual](https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/bip-110/)
* [BIP-110 Soft Fork Gains Support — Phemex](https://phemex.com/news/article/bip110-soft-fork-gains-support-from-238-of-bitcoin-nodes-55757)
* [Bitcoin Nodes Running BIP-110 Cross 2% — Cointelegraph](https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:749a4bc98094b:0-bitcoin-nodes-running-bip-110-crosses-2-as-spam-wars-heat-up/)
* [BIP-110 Divides Developers and Miners — Bit2Me News](https://news.bit2me.com/en/Bitcoin%27s-bip-110-divides-developers-and-miners)
* [Adam Back Criticizes BIP-110 — ForkLog](https://forklog.com/en/adam-back-denounces-bip-110-as-a-threat-to-bitcoins-reputation/)
* [BIP-110 Validator Support Snapshot — RootData](https://www.rootdata.com/news/518836)
* [Could BIP-110’s Data Cap Disrupt Bitcoin? — AInvest](https://www.ainvest.com/news/bip-110-data-cap-break-bitcoin-flow-2602/)
* [Plan ₿ Forum 2026 — Knots & BIP-110 Debate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO5_xYBXiVk)
* [Recent OP_RETURN Output Statistics — Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/recent-op-return-output-statistics/2248)
* [Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Interview — CNBC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL7RGd2Id0)
* [T-Bills Driving Bitcoin Price — Cointelegraph](https://cointelegraph.com/news/treasury-bills-primary-driver-bitcoin-price)
* [Goldman Sachs CEO on Bitcoin & Clarity Act — Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/358449/goldman-sachs-ceo-owns-very-little-bitcoin-backs-bessent-clarity-act)
* [Radio Brigade — Mellow Cassette](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6952640?episode=24524846430)