Shir Ya Khat · شیر یا خط

A non-profit, volunteer-run podcast making blockchain and cryptocurrency accessible to Farsi speakers everywhere.

shiryakhat.net · "Heads or Tails" in Farsi

Shir Ya Khat has published seven seasons (since 2016) of in-depth, bilingual conversations — recorded as live panels with builders, researchers, and experts from around the world. We cover Bitcoin fundamentals and mining, Ethereum and smart contracts, the DeFi ecosystem, scaling and Layer 2, major network upgrades (EIP-1559, Dencun, Pectra), privacy and its legal battles, AI × blockchain, and the philosophy of decentralization.

Part of the Coiniran family, alongside Coiniran Academy. Free and open — our goal is to remove the language barrier so the knowledge of blockchain and decentralization is accessible to Farsi speakers, and to offer a global open platform to discuss it.

Listen & follow

• 🎧 Spotify · Apple Podcasts · SoundCloud
• 📺 YouTube
• 💬 Telegram · X / Twitter
• 📡 RSS

This repository

The Jekyll source for shiryakhat.net. Notable paths:

• _posts/ — one Markdown file per episode (episode notes, sources, chapters, cross-links)
• _includes/, _layouts/ — theme templates (episode PodcastEpisode JSON-LD lives in _includes/head.html)
• llms.txt, llms-full.txt — LLM-friendly index and full episode notes for AI crawlers
• robots.txt, sitemap.xml, feed.xml — crawler, sitemap, and RSS

Run locally

Requires Ruby 3.x (e.g. via rbenv or Homebrew) and Bundler 2.

gem install bundler
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
# open http://127.0.0.1:4000/

Add a new episode

1. Create a branch (e.g. S08E01).
2. Duplicate a file in _posts/ and rename it YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md.
3. Fill in the front matter — title, episode (e.g. S08E01), date, description (a concise SEO paragraph), img, the platform links (youtube, spotify, …), and optionally duration and keywords — then write the episode notes in the body.
4. Push and open a Pull Request.

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome — episode notes, corrections, translations, and site improvements. The episode notes aim to be accurate, detailed, and richly cross-linked so both people and search/AI can find and learn from them.

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