I believe that's actually their longer term goal, but needs moar work on the splicing engineering and trade offs
Burak (Bitcoin researcher/developer) joins me to talk about Ark, a new protocol for Bitcoin scaling and privacy. We chat about:
Downsides of LN
High level overview
ASPs, vTXOs
Vapourware?
Other criticisms
Interactive vs non-interactive versions
Covenants and what they’d mean for Bitcoin
Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss:
Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric
Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining
Incoming Twitter CEO looks like a globalist WEF Kamala Harris level moron.
makes me more bullish on nostr.
You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentralising Bitcoin transaction selection. Listen and learn about how Stratum v2 Reference Implementation can help:
Overview of Stratum v2 benefits
Encryption, efficiency, censor resistance
Are changes needed to Bitcoin Core?
Different actors in mining: Pools, Miners, Hardware
Device firmware and translation proxy
How you can help or contribute
I might think Ordinals and Inscriptions are mostly garbage, but I also acknowledge that trying to stop them is probably worse than simply letting them get outcompeted by financial transactions on Bitcoin.
Bullish on engineers finding clever ways to batch financial transactions!
Matyas Kuchar joins me to talk about the Czech Bitcoiner scene and what’s coming up with BTC Prague nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r
Notable and early bitcoin companies in Prague
Organising Bitcoin conferences
What to expect with BTC Prague
Matthew Mezinskis of Porkopolis / Crypto Voices joins me on the show to help explain the structure of the fiat fractional reserve system. Listen to this episode to get an understanding of the different monetary metrics and more:
Monetary metrics, monetary base and more
Fractional reserve in the fiat system
Eurodollars and ‘crypto’ eurodollars
How the bitcoin system may evolve in future
Why focusing on bottom up is key
Pierre Rochard (VP of Research at Riot Platforms) rejoins me on the show to correct the NYT’s recent disinformation article on Bitcoin. We discuss:
Fundamental problems with the degrowth world view
Factual errors in the article
Demand response
Bitcoin mining has zero emissions
How Bitcoiners should respond
Have you wondered what utreexo is and how it works? Check out my latest episode with Calvin Kim
As one of your regular listeners I'd certainly be interested in that! But why not on nostr long form such as with https://habla.news?
Interesting, does it do email newsletter though?
Thinking to play around with doing a companion free substack newsletter to go with my podcast. Curious if there'd be interest?
General idea would be to write up some podcast digests and occasional writing on bitcoin and austrian economics related stuff.
ah ok, yeah snort.social seems to be a bit better for me now than before. Was finding iris slow
I'm finding nostr fast and good on mobile but slow on desktop, any tips on what I'm doing wrong here?
I've got an episode coming on APO, keep an eye out for it
My latest episode with Matt Corallo. We chat bitcoin longer term, BTC contrasted with stablecoins, Canadian truckers and donations, soft forks and LDK
I have my lightning address in profile, isn't that all? Or am I missing something
I don't think amethyst has that built in yet, very early days
Yeah I think they're great for more casual lower security setups, whereas for more secure stuff I prefer the devices with a screen.
The fiat inflationary system has a big shill army. It's no surprise there's a lot of inertia keeping the masses in fiat systems.
Our challenge is to teach people why that system is irreparably flawed.
Still figuring this nostr stuff out, but it's pretty cool. Definitely seeing potential here