Bitcoin: Experts clash over the crypto-currency
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Saif explains the importance of Bitcoin's supply schedule and the difficulty adjustment; the anatomy of monetary demand versus monetary supply; the proper comparison of Bitcoin to the current international payment system as opposed to purchasing coffee on-chain ; and a Bitcoin standard.
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We discuss the development of monies over time, and the various reasons why Bitcoin diverges from this blueprint, such as its prior, non-monetary use cases and fixed supply. We explore why academic experts look askance at Bitcoin.
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We talk a bit about the current global financial system, and the optimistic yet cautious role he sees for Bitcoin in it. We conclude with the archetype of "Blockchain Dan" a path which Fernando and Matthew are arguably onand reflections from Dr. White on the monetary enthusiasm of undergraduates over the years. Finally, he reveals he is working on a new book comparing gold and bitcoin! Very interesting and broad discussion on the various social and economic implications of privacy.
Zooko explores the numerous reasons for privacy coins, where Bitcoin has taken us with its success, how he hopes Zcash can take us further, why it's needed, and how privacy coins can effect society. We explore some straw men dark markets in terms of their analog comparisons today. We discuss other use-cases for privacy coins. We discuss some facets of the Zcash team and protocol, including some of the stephen kinsella bitcoin behind establishing a company to launch the currency.
He notes the importance of security audits. He addresses the open questions on improving Bitcoin versus improving other coins such as with privacy upgrades. Zooko concludes with some reflections on DigiCash, as well as some lessons on the importance of not resting on laurels in building this technology for the future. This episode is part II of II. In Part II we discuss some of Paul's recent writings and updates on the Drivechain protocol, and how Bitcoin can scale via sidechains.
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We also discuss thoughts on some of the politics of Bitcoin, and how sidechains could emerge eventually via soft fork, hard fork, futures market, or a new protocol entirely said paths are not mutually exclusive. This episode is part I of II.
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Crypto Voices is grateful to work with such authors in this exciting industry. Paul details his history in tech and how we got into Bitcoin, as well as why he decided to found Edge formerly known as Airbitz. We cover the current differences between the newly branded Edge wallet versus Airbitz, and the longer-term stephen kinsella bitcoin for the company under the Edge brand.
We cover a good deal of time on the exchanges, how their business model differs from wallet providers, security versus utility versus risk, how they work together, fees, and some of the challenges of centralized entities exchanges in crypto versus more decentralized ones, such as client-side wallet providers.
We discuss some of the technical, longer-term prospects for Edge, such as when and how multi-sig will be usable and easy for the average user across crypto assets, not just in Bitcoin. Also, will the future of crypto use wallets? We further do some speculating on more philosophical questions, such as will all bitcoin in the world eventually be lost or stolen? Paul has some cautious views on the Lightning Network, which tandems with their more crypto-agnostic efforts and company direction.
Henry Brade Originally published: Crypto Voices did receive express permission from the author to reproduce this content in audio. Matthew and Henry discuss a good variety of current Bitcoin topics, from adoption to regulation. Henry details the Prasos model and a few of their key services, including Coinmotion and Denarium.
Henry overviews how he got into Bitcoin, including his pre-Bitcoin days as a poker player, and how some of his political and economic views have changed since getting into Bitcoin.
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Henry concludes by detailing all their new and improving services, including a crypto investment fund. Finally, Prasos is hiring! They are looking for great developers for their Lightning integration.
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We begin with Patrick's background, moving from philosophy to Wall Street. We discuss the complexities of running a publicly traded company, and the many dealings and battles Patrick has had with the SEC.
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This could offer those in desparate environments a fighting economic chance at establishing their title and property, potentially opening up access to credit and other entrepreneurial tools. We discuss many of the technicalities of RSK, which is the first general purpose smart contract platform secured by the Bitcoin network. We discuss RSK Labs' vision for scaling programmable contracts on Bitcoin, how their system relates and works with Ethereum, security and consensus issues, and how they are progressing from being a more centralized system, to becoming a truly decentralized one.
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