May 9, 2026

The Block Runner Blog

Hanta Virus Fears, Black Swan Playbooks, and BIT Token Forensics — Episode 314

Episode 314 digs into the emerging Hanta virus outbreak and its 2020 parallels, walks through what a pandemic-driven black swan could mean for Bitcoin and MicroStrategy, breaks down on-chain forensic analysis of the BIT token by Toshi Sakamoto, and gives a NAT.fun security audit update.

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Hanta Virus Fears, Black Swan Playbooks, and BIT Token Forensics — Episode 314

Episode 314 digs into the emerging Hanta virus outbreak and its 2020 parallels, walks through what a pandemic-driven black swan could mean for Bitcoin and MicroStrategy, breaks down on-chain forensic analysis of the BIT token by Toshi Sakamoto, and gives a NAT.fun security audit update.

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NAT Listed on Three Exchanges Overnight — And The Bitcoin Security-Budget Math You Haven't Seen Yet

TITLE: NAT Gets Listed on Three Exchanges — And The Bitcoin Security-Budget Math, Run Through Saylor's Own Numbers SUMMARY: In Episode 312, The Block Runner hosts walk through a week of surprise centr

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SpiderPool Pays Miners in Bitcoin AND NAT — What That Actually Means for Bitcoin's Future

The Moment Everyone in NAT Has Been Waiting For On this week's Block Runner Podcast, William and I-man opened with a topic they could barely contain: SpiderPool, the fifth-largest Bitcoin mining pool by hash rate, has announced it will begin distributing both Bitcoin and NAT

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Episode 310: AI Brainrot, Google’s Quantum Warning, and the Cost of Promising the Future Too Early

AI Brainrot Is Not a Joke. It Is a Market Signal. Episode 310 opens in a place that sounds unserious at first: K-pop demon hunters, AI fruit drama, and the weird internet universe sometimes labeled “b

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Episode 309: The Billion Dollar AI Race, NAT.fun Launch, and Why Google Just Put Bitcoin on a Countdown Clock

The Block Runner team breaks down the AI solopreneur billionaire hype, previews NAT.fun launch week with creator and collector playbooks, analyzes Google quantum computing paper and its 2029 deadline for Bitcoin, and examines the accelerating security budget crisis.

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