All Things Bitcoin with Andrew Poelstra, Giacomo Zucco, Jack Mallers, Matt Odell & Nic Carter

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“Bitcoin is a technology that is built for people that are paranoid and prepared, and unfortunately, the world has delivered on that paranoia this year.”
— Nic Carter

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Zoom
Date: Wednesday 5th July
Company: Blockstream, BHB Network, Zap & Strike, Tales from the Crypt & Rabbit Hole Recap, Castle Island Ventures
Role: Director of Research, Director, Founder, Co-Host, Partner

For my 250th show special, I asked some of my favourite Bitcoiners to join me for a panel discussion. In this episode, Andrew Poelstra, Giacomo Zucco, Jack Mallers, Matt Odell, Nic Carter and myself discuss all things Bitcoin.

TIMESTAMPS

00:04:10: Introductions
00:04:51: View of 2020
00:11:38: Future predictions and hyperinflation
00:15:14: Decrease in lending
00:17:02: Export of inflation
00:18:24: Generational changes
00:25:30: Current societal shift
00:29:22: Nic’s view on 2020
00:33:34: Update on Taproot
00:38:36: Impact of Taproot on users
00:40:03: Updating old nodes for Taproot
00:44:10: Killing the narrative around old nodes
00:50:41: Update on Lightning
00:57:47: Importance of Lightning
01:01:29: Bitcoin as unit of account
01:05:42: Global privacy concerns 
01:10:15: Privacy on chain
01:15:07: Cross input aggregation
01:23:45: Chain activity analysis
01:27:31: Important things happening on Bitcoin
01:34:40: Accountable Bitcoin banking
01:39:07: Increased user sovereignty of coins
01:43:46: Final comments

 

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