Bitcoin Philosophy and Tech with Jameson Lopp
Mr Obnoxious - Un pódcast de Peter McCormack
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In this podcast, I chat with Cypherpunk and BitGo engineer Jameson Lopp aka @lopp. We discuss both the philosophical and technical aspects of Bitcoin, the scaling debates, forks and the various leading personalities in the community.
Breakdown of the show
00:00 Introduction
10:17 Jameson's background in tech and how came to be involved with Bitcoin
13:39 The Cypherpunk movement, privacy and the birth of Bitcoin
23:39 Jameson answers the question "What is the real Bitcoin" and explains consensus
28:00 What nodes are, why they are important to Bitcoin and how they relate to scaling
32:28 Breaking down the scaling debate, small blocks v big blocks, off chain v on chain scaling
39:52 What happened with the User-Activated Soft Fork (UASF)
43:52 Segwit activation, the arrival of Bitcoin Cash (BCash) and the personalities behind it
47:35 Roger Ver's history with Bitcore Core and his role in BCash
52:14 Segwit2x cancelling and the risks posed by bugs in the Jeff Garzik's code
55:30 The risks of scaling Bitcoin with larger blocks
57:50 Jameson's thoughts on Dr Craig S Wright and the background to his claim to be Satoshi
1:01:13 Thoughts on Satoshi and his relevance to the future of Bitcoin
1:03:44 Thoughts on BCash, price and manipulation
1:09:00 Segwit2x, replay protection, New York Agreement and its collapse
1:15:13 Why Bitcoin is so resilient and why Bitcoin needs to be attacked
1:16:50 How big Bitcoin can get
1:24:24 Why people should spend more time learning and understanding Bitcoin
1:27:38 Managing personal money and associated risk
1:29:37 Are we ignoring the issues of power consumption with Bitcoin and the environmental risk
1:33:26 Jameson's thoughts on Litecoin, Dash, Monero, ZCash, Ethereum, EOS, IOTA and Ripple
1:46:00 Final thoughts, future for Bitcoin and Jameson
1:49:26 My closing thoughts
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Connect with Jameson:
- On Twitter @lopp
- On Medium
- On earn.com
His websites:
- Personal
- Statoshi.info - Realtime Bitcoin Node Stats
- BitGo - his current engineering role
Important articles
- Securing Your Financial Sovereignty
- Nobody Understands Bitcoin (And That's OK)
- SegWit: The Swiftest Safe Path Forward
- Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks
Other important information:
- A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
- Jameson's resources
- Other interviews with Jameson
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