Defending Bitcoin with John Carvalho

Mr Obnoxious - Un pódcast de Peter McCormack

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Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Wednesday 2nd Jan, 2018
Company: Bitrefil

The Bitcoin protocol is now over 10 years old and in that time Bitcoin has been attacked on numerous fronts:
- Government crackdowns
- Mt Gox collapse and breakdown of investor confidence
- The closing of the Silk Road
- Blockchain, not Bitcoin narrative
- S2X attempted corporate takeover
- High profile forks such as Bitcoin Cash

The success of Bitcoin for early investors has triggered the greed in others to attempt to replicate its success or find a use for the blockchain. Also, the inherent features of Bitcoin such as censorship resistance and pseudo-anonymity are a perceived threat to governments.

Bitcoin’s survival is in part down to the dedicated army of those who feel a need to defend it, whether it is developers conscious efforts to ensure the protocol is free from bugs to voices who stand up and fight when individuals and groups try and exert too much control over the future of Bitcoin.

One such person is John Carvalho, an often harsh voice in the world of Bitcoin. During the scaling debate, John was a regular on the mailing list discussions standing up for Bitcoin and pointing out the wrongs of those attempting to take control of the protocol.

In this interview, I discuss with John why he feels the need to defend Bitcoin, the different types of attacks and why most people should not be trading.

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Timestamps:
00.02.58: Intro and welcome
00.03.18: Black Mirror Bandersnatch
00.06.40: John’s Bitcoin origin story
00.07.37: What is Bitcoin to John
00.10.30: How timeframes affect opinions on Bitcoin and altcoins
00.14.02: SegWit2x mailing list and defence
00.17.58: When Bitcoin clicks in the mind
00.19.54: Ethereum
00.22.41: Thoughts on Wall Street adoption
00.26.19: Thoughts on altcoins
00.30.15: Use cases with cryptocurrencies
00.37.47: The reality of being
00.41.42: The care and attention from Bitcoin developers
00.45.25: SegWit2x
00.53.23: Bitcoin Cash attack on Bitcoin and Roger Ver
00.59.53: Is Ethereum an attack on Bitcoin
01.00.58: Ripplecoin
01.05.52: How to educate people
01.06.58: Hopes for the future of Bitcoin
01.11.03: Staying in touch with John

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Mike:
- On Twitter @matt_odell
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Connect with The Block:
- The Website: https://www.theblockcrypto.com
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Important articles from The Block:
- The Burden of Infura
- Ripple’s changing narrative around the creation of $XRP
- Two identities, one man: the story of $800 million hedge fund fraudster Boaz Manor who led the alleged $31 million Blockchain Terminal ICO

Mentioned in the interview:
- Breakermag: We Asked Crypto News Outlets If They’d Take Money to Cover a Project. More Than Half Said Yes
- Jeff Goldberg XRP

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD062: Matt Odell and Neil Woodfine on What They Would Like to See for Bitcoin in 2019
- WBD058: Trace Mayer on Why You Must Own Your Bitcoin Private Keys
- WBD057: Core Developer Bryan Bishop on Building Bitcoin
- WBD056: Alex Gladstein on Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom
- WBD047: Adam Back on a Decade of Bitcoin
- WBD046: Francis Pouliot on the Network Effect of Money and Why Tokens Are Scams
- WBD043: Dan Held on Bitcoin's Immaculate Conception
- WBD038: Questioning the Obsession with Blockchains and On-Chain Governance with Nic Carter
- WBD037: Jimmy Song on the Game Theory of Bitcoin Attacks and why Proof of Work Needs to be Expensive
- WBD028: Bitcoin Maximalism with Pierre Rochard
- WBD017: Why Small Blocks are Important for Bitcoin with Samson Mow
- WBD003: Bitcoin Philosophy and Tech with Jameson Lopp

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