Media archive
On the record
More than 100 public appearances since 2016. The ones on record are collected here, across debates, stages, podcasts, The Bons Review and the press, each linked to the recording or the article. Beyond this list, 200+ articles since 2017 quote or cover Justin.
100+
appearances since 2016
20+
debates, three on Unchained
2,200+
attendees, keynote in Bucharest
200+
news articles since 2017
Debates
12 on record
On record here: Eric Wall, Tone Vays, Jordi Alexander and, twice, Giacomo Zucco, among others.
Sep 2026
PoW vs PoS
Common S3nse 2026 (CryptoCanal), Amsterdam
·
Dr. Karl Kreder (Quai Network)
Debate
19 Sep 2025
Should Stablecoin Chains Have an Ethereum L2 or Their Own L1?
Unchained with Laura Shin, Ep. 907
·
Haonan Li (Codex)
Debate
10 Sep 2024
ETH Is Down Bad, While L2s Are Ripping. Are L2s Parasitic to Ethereum?
Unchained with Laura Shin, Ep. 701
·
Ryan Berckmans
Debate
3 May 2024
PoW vs PoS
Hotep Jesus (YouTube livestream)
·
Jagdeep Sidhu
Debate
14 Apr 2024
Monolithic vs modular scaling
ETHDam 2024, main stage, Amsterdam
·
Toghrul Maharramov (Scroll)
Debate
9 Nov 2022
Does Bitcoin have utility?
Blockworks On the Margin
·
Jordi Alexander (Selini Capital)
Debate
20 Sep 2022
Is Bitcoin doomed to fail?
Unchained with Laura Shin, Ep. 398
·
Eric Wall
Debate
18 Apr 2022
NFTs
ETHDay (CryptoCanal, Devconnect week), Amsterdam
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Adrian le Bas
Debate
May 2020
Bitcoin scalability
Blockconf DIGITAL 2020 (online)
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Giacomo Zucco
Debate
1 Nov 2019
BTC vs BCH
Hotep Jesus (YouTube livestream)
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Giacomo Zucco
Debate
11 Oct 2018
Permissioned vs permissionless blockchains
Blockchain Talks no. 12, Amsterdam
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Frans Kempen (IBM)
Debate
28 Sep 2018
BTC vs BCH: the block size
Blockchain Talks special, Amsterdam
·
Tone Vays
Debate
On stage
26 appearances
Talks, keynotes, panels and pitch judging: 26 stages, from Townsville to Bucharest.
Sep 2026
Crypto's Rise and Fall
Common S3nse 2026 (CryptoCanal), Amsterdam
Talk
Sep 2026
OtterTank Best Pearls Showcase (judge)
Common S3nse 2026 (CryptoCanal), Amsterdam
·
Noah Jelich, Devons Martens (Panther Hollow Ventures)
Judge
May 2025
BTC: A corrupt and broken dead end
ETHDam III, Amsterdam
Talk
May 2025
The state of onchain governance
ETHDam III, Amsterdam
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Mateusz Rzeszowski (Arbitrum Foundation), Gidion Peters, Joël Valenzuela (Dash), Amy Wilkinson (Aragon)
Panel
May 2025
Cypherpunks
ETHDam III, Amsterdam
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Sal Mayweather, Joël Valenzuela (Dash), Ameen Soleimani (0xbow), Vlad Costea (Bitcoin Takeover)
Panel
Apr 2024
Ethereum is dying without L1 scaling
ETHDam 2024, Amsterdam
Keynote
Apr 2024
Cypherpunks unite
ETHDam 2024, Amsterdam
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Joel Valenzuela (Dash), Kieran Meskita (Railgun), Amir Taaki (DarkFi)
Moderator
20 Oct 2023
There is no Decentralization Without Governance
xDay 2023 (MultiversX), Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
Keynote
Sep 2023
Pitch judge
OtterTank, September 2023 (CryptoCanal), Amsterdam
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Thijs van Boven (VanEck), David Truong, Sterling Schuyler
Judge
May 2023
L2s are Not the Future of Scaling
ETHDam 2023, Amsterdam
Talk
25 Apr 2022
Funding the next generation
DeFi Day (CryptoCanal, Devconnect week), Amsterdam
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Andrew Jones (Index Coop), Yj (Uniswap), Francesco Andreoli (Consensys)
Panel
2021
A critical perspective on Solana
World Solana Forum 2021
Talk
27 Sep 2019
Why cryptocurrencies
BeleggersFair 2019 (TRIPLE i), Amsterdam
Masterclass
4 Sep 2019
Investing in Utility
Bitcoin Cash City Conference, Townsville, Australia
Talk
5 Jun 2019
Shark Tank 1, 2 and 3 (judge)
Blockchain Talks special: DeFi and tokenomics, Amsterdam
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Pitches by Aave/ETHLend, Opium Protocol, Autradety
Judge
9 Nov 2018
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Crypto Congres, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
Talk
9 Nov 2018
Talkshow
Bitcoin Crypto Congres, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
·
Wessel Simons (moderator), Edin Mujagic, Jan Robert Schutte, Michael van de Poppe
Panel
21 Sep 2018
Protocol Layers. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Blockchain Talks no. 11, Amsterdam
Talk
16 Aug 2018
ICO Shark Tank (judge)
Blockchain Talks no. 10, Amsterdam
Judge
5 Jul 2018
The State of Cryptocurrency Today
Bitcoin Wednesday 5-Year Anniversary Edition, Amsterdam
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On a bill with Silvio Micali and Phil Zimmermann
Keynote
6 Jun 2018
Session chair
Bitcoin Wednesday, edition 60, Amsterdam
Session chair
9 May 2018
Investing in a Digital Future
The New Era of FinTech Powered by Blockchain (EPNex seminar), Amsterdam
Talk
9 May 2018
Panel discussion
The New Era of FinTech Powered by Blockchain (EPNex seminar), Amsterdam
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Eimantas Tomkevicius, Juan Ibagon
Panel
4 Apr 2018
Session chair
Bitcoin Wednesday CoinFest edition, Amsterdam
Session chair
2 Dec 2016
Governance in the Age of Blockchains and Digital Currencies
MoneyLab #3: Failing Better (Institute of Network Cultures), Amsterdam
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Richard Kohl, Emanuele Braga, Roberto Valenti, Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof, Balázs Bodó
Panel
3 Aug 2016
Two Chains Better Than One? The Ethereum vs Ethereum Classic fork debate
Bitcoin Wednesday conference, Amsterdam
Moderator
Podcasts and interviews
21 conversations
21 podcasts and interviews, the longer conversations, with room to argue a case in full.
4 Jun 2025
Justin Bons from Cyber Capital
The Cryptopolitan Podcast
Podcast
May 2025
Interview at ETHDam III
CryptoCanal, at ETHDam III
Interview
19 Jul 2024
Justin Bons on Bitcoin's Issues
Bitcoin Takeover, S15 E47
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Vlad Costea
Podcast
28 Mar 2024
A Harsh Critique of Layer Two Scaling by Justin Bons
Digital Cash Network
Podcast
7 Nov 2023
How Justin Bons Reconsidered His Thesis About Solana
Validated (Solana)
·
Austin Federa
Podcast
4 Oct 2023
External Risks to Crypto, Bitcoin Governance, PoS vs. PoW
Chris Blec Conversations
·
Chris Blec
Podcast
25 Jun 2023
Ethereum's Scaling Roadmap Has Been Subverted by Layer 2s
Hayden Otto
·
Hayden Otto
Interview
27 Feb 2023
Why BTC is destined to fail
Monero Talk, EPI 256
·
Douglas Tuman
Podcast
15 Dec 2022
Justin Bons: Bitcoin vs Altcoins
Hotep Jesus
·
Hotep Jesus
Livestream
11 Dec 2022
Justin Bons talks Decentralization and Governance
The ReCoop
·
Cooper Daniels
Interview
24 Oct 2022
Justin Bons on a Spirited Defense of Proof-of-Stake Consensus
Digital Cash Network
Podcast
3 Oct 2019
The Crucial Investment Case for Bitcoin
CoinSpice, at the Bitcoin Cash City Conference
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Calvin Tran
Interview
12 Jun 2019
Bitcoin's failing ideology and the alternatives
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Interview
14 Feb 2019
Justin Bons on the Bitcoin bubble and crypto investment
Exrates
·
Stan
Interview
17 Jan 2019
On the use and relevance of tokens and dapps
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Interview
6 Dec 2018
Bitcoin Cash fight: a historic episode in the crypto world
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Interview
15 Nov 2018
BCH blockchain is saved. The crooks are defeated!
Vincent Everts
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Vincent Everts
Interview
1 Nov 2018
The future of Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Magazine NL, at the BCH Hackathon Amsterdam
Interview
1 Oct 2018
Justin Bons on Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Magazine NL, at Blockchain Talks Amsterdam
Interview
15 Aug 2018
Justin Bons on Ethereum, EOS and Cardano
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Interview
4 May 2018
Interview with Justin Bons
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Interview
The Bons Review
3 episodes
Justin’s own show, three episodes in the archive so far.
In the press
37 items
37 items, from a NOS Nieuwsuur segment in 2017 to a New York Times quote in 2025.
12 Oct 2026
XRP Ledger Defends Emergency Patch Amid Criticism
Cointelegraph
Quoted
11 Oct 2026
XRP Ledger patches decade-old bug that could have minted trillions of XRP
The Block
Quoted
17 Jun 2026
Justin Bons Wants Charles Hoskinson Out of Cardano — Community Erupts
BeInCrypto, via Yahoo Finance
Feature
5 Jun 2026
Zcash Developers Weigh New Shielded Pool After Orchard Bug
Cointelegraph
Quoted
25 Feb 2026
Nederlandse crypto-expert botst met Ripple: 'XRP is niet gedecentraliseerd'
Crypto Insiders
Feature
25 Feb 2026
Ripple CTO noemt kritiek op centralisatie XRP Ledger "objectief onzinnig"
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Quoted
8 Dec 2025
Nederlandse crypto legende Justin Bons waarschuwt voor XRP – daalt Ripple deze week?
Cryptonews NL
Feature
23 Sep 2025
Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Says L2 Base Is 'Doing Things the Right Way'
Decrypt
Quoted
20 Aug 2025
Expert waarschuwt dat Bitcoin binnen tien jaar kan verdwijnen
Business AM (Belgium)
Feature
18 Aug 2025
Popular crypto analyst warns Bitcoin will collapse in 7 years
TheStreet
Feature
16 Aug 2025
Solana veiliger dan Bitcoin? Crypto CIO voorspelt nieuwe blockchain oorlog
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Feature
23 May 2025
Cetus' hack response on Sui was once successful on Solana
Cointelegraph Magazine
Quoted
23 May 2025
Cetus offers $6 million white hat deal to recover stolen ETH after hacker's activity is blocked on Sui
The Block
Quoted
22 Mar 2025
Tether seeks Big Four firm for its first full financial audit — Report
Cointelegraph
Quoted
14 Mar 2025
Solana rejects proposal to slash $3.5bn expense as community dubs vote 'major victory'
DL News
Quoted
25 Jan 2025
Trump's Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support
The New York Times
Quoted
2 Jan 2025
Bitcoin FUD: 6 common arguments from BTC skeptics during bull markets
Cointelegraph
Quoted
15 Dec 2024
Crypto analyst claims AI-enabled wallets will be the death of ETH alignment
Cryptopolitan
Coverage
5 Dec 2024
Uniswap's Departure: Breaking Down Ethereum's Potential Revenue Crisis
Forbes (contributor)
Quoted
23 Nov 2024
Bitcoin Open to a Bank Run, Smaller Parties Vulnerable to Death Spiral Event
Bitcoin.com News
Coverage
20 Nov 2024
Bitcoin Faces ‘Bank Run’ Vulnerability, Warns Cyber Capital Founder Justin Bons
BeInCrypto
Coverage
20 Sep 2024
Investors claim Tether's $118B reserves may face audit and liquidity risks
Cointelegraph
Quoted
28 Aug 2024
Is Cardano a Millionaire Maker?
The Motley Fool
Quoted
8 Aug 2024
'Ethereum Has Massive Problems': Justin Bons Sounds Alarm
U.Today, via Investing.com
Feature
5 May 2024
Sui Network addresses claims about its token supply
Cointelegraph
Quoted
12 Mar 2024
Ethereum Layer 2 tokens dip as Dencun Hard Fork looms: MATIC, IMX, OP, ARB, MNT see sharp corrections
FXStreet
Quoted
25 Jan 2024
Solana (SOL) Outperforms Ethereum (ETH) by This Overlooked Criterion, Analyst Says
U.Today, via Investing.com
Quoted
30 May 2023
Acclaimed Crypto Researcher Says Bitcoin is 'Fools Gold'
Coin Edition, via Investing.com
Feature
16 May 2023
Only Twelve of Top 50 Cryptos Implement On-chain Governance
Coin Edition, via Investing.com
Feature
18 Oct 2022
'Not even a single TX has been censored on ETH' — Cyber Capital founder
Cointelegraph
Feature
4 Oct 2022
CyberCapital CEO Justin Bons Criticizes Solana Following Outages
Coin Edition, via Investing.com
Feature
29 Aug 2022
Bitcoin is 'one of the worst cryptocurrencies' claims Cyber Capital founder
Cointelegraph
Feature
29 Aug 2022
Justin Bons of Cyber Capital on why Bitcoin lacks utility
The Financial Express
Feature
23 Aug 2022
Ethereum community splits over solutions for transaction censorship
Cointelegraph
Quoted
2022
What Is Solana (SOL)? Learn About Ethereum's Growing Rival
Blockworks
Quoted
26 Oct 2018
Video: Debat Tone Vays vs. Justin Bons (Cyber Capital) over bitcoin en bitcoin cash
Bitcoin Magazine NL
Feature
4 Dec 2017
'Mijn bijzondere hobby levert cryptogeld op'
NOS Nieuwsuur, NPO 2
TV