Marty Bent on What Bitcoin Did in 2018

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Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Sunday 23rd Dec, 2018
Company: Tales From the Crypt Podcast
Role: Host

What a year 2018 has been. The bear market has taken its toll on many: traders have lost money, companies such as Bitmain and Consensys are looking at significant layoffs, and the steep decline has provided the mainstream media with ammo to attack crypto.

Still, we may look back on the 2018 bear market as a good thing. Without a doubt, the majority of the crypto industry has been plagued with scams, poor projects and ideas which have raised vast sums of money and shipped little. Certain naysayers have been proven right with their criticism of Crypto, and sadly, these criticisms attack the category which includes Bitcoin.

As companies and projects close, teams face layoffs and investors lick their wounds; Bitcoin has continued to go from strength to strength. Despite the recent fall in hash rate, in 2018 it has doubled, Lightning Network continues to expand, and the user experience on wallets improves. Further, Wall Street adoption is happening, ICE is launching Bakkt in January and The SEC continues to make positive statements for a Bitcoin ETF.

In this interview, I review the year with Marty Bent: we discuss the bear market, what has been happening at Coinbase, the growth of stablecoins and what has happened for Bitcoin.

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Timestamps:
00.04.08: Intro and welcome
00.05.06: Summary of the year
00.09.26: ICOs and nonsense projects
00.14.21: The growth of Crypto podcasts and content
00.20.16: Bear market thoughts
00.25.35: Thoughts on Coinbase
00.30.37: Bitcoin OGs diversifying away from Bitcoin
00.33.27: The growth of stablecoins
00.38.09: Thoughts on the year for Bitcoin
00.46.28: Crypto journalism
00.49.34: Venture capital and funds in Crypto
00.53.56: Tim May’s Coindesk article
00.56.29: Predictions for 2019

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Marty:
- On Twitter @MartyBent
- On YouTube
- Tales From The Crypt Podcast
- Marty’s Newsletter

Mentoned in the interview:
- Lindy effect
- Bitcoin’s Immaculate Conception
- Bar stool sports
- Whisky: Bulleit, Hudson
- TFTC Episode: Bitcoin Sign Guy
- Chris Dixon interview with Brian Armstrong
- Erik Voorhees - Satoshi Dice
- Maker Dao
- Black Swan events
- Jameson Tweet about Hash rate doubling
- Pieter Wuille proposal for Bitcoin sync to be less data intensive
- CVE bug
- Bitcoin fungibility
- Coinjoin
- Schnorr Signatures
- Tim May Coindesk article

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD057: Core Developer Bryan Bishop on Building Bitcoin
- WBD055: Vijay Boyapati's Bullish Case for Bitcoin
- WBD052: Nathaniel Whittemore on Crypto Narratives and the Ills of Modern Advertising
- WBD047: Adam Back on a Decade of Bitcoin
- WBD043: Dan Held on Bitcoin's Immaculate Conception

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