The B Foundation and Nouriel Roubini's Testimony to Congress with Giacomo Zucco

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Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Company: BHB Network
Role: Director

Giacomo Zucco is a proud Bitcoin Maximalist, and his presentation on the subject at the Honey Badger conference in Riga led to mixed reactions. Some called out the stupidity of Bitcoin Maximalism specifically concerning his slide: The Four Universal Truths of Bitcoin Maximalism:
1. Everything which is not Bitcoin is a scam!
2. Every attempt at changing Bitcoin is a scam!
3. Every attempt at pushing people to spend Bitcoin is a scam!
4. We shouldn’t be nice to scammers!

While the slide was part tongue in cheek, and I suspect point 3 was trolling Bitcoin Cash supporters, many took this as a strict doctrine of Bitcoin Maximalism and attacked Giacomo for it. Bitcoin Cash is indeed under threat, the Bitmain IPO has identified how much Bitmain accepting and buying BCH is supporting the price, and outside of Bitcoin, very few projects have managed to demonstrate use case or adoption.

Even with Bitcoin, there are no coiners who attack the entire crypto space, chief amongst the naysayers is Nouriel Roubini, who last week declared war on crypto with his testimony to Congress. The disappointing thing about Nouriel’s presentation was that he made many good points, but became lost amongst exaggerations and falsities.

In this interview, I discuss Nouriel’s testimony with Giacomo Zucco, the disservice he did himself with how he presented his arguments and what Giacomo and I agreed and disagreed with. We also discuss:
- The B Foundation
- Brexit
- Monero

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Giacomo:
- On Twitter @giacomozucco
- On Medium
- On LinkedIn
- His website: https://giacomozucco.com

Connect with BHB Network:
- Website: https://www.blockchainlab.it/
- On Twitter
- On Medium
- On LinkedIn

Giacomo media:
- Noded Podcast interview
- Bitcoin Cash Tweetstorm
- Honey Badger Presentation: Bitcoin Maximalism Dissected
- Honey Badger - (3:38:05) The B Foundation Announcement
- Blockchain Conf 2018: The ICO Triangle
- Bitcoin Uncensored: The Politics of Bitcoin

Nouriel Roubini and Peter Van Valkenburg and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology:
- Video of testimony
- Nouriel Roubini’s written testimony
- Peter Van Valkenburg’s written testimony

Reactions:
- Chris Burniske on Medium: The Nouriel in All of Us
- Panama Crypto Summary
- Ethan Buchman
- Jake Chervinsky
- Alan Silbert

Other topics discussed:
- Ferdous Bhai: Post-Bitcoin-Maximalism: A call for embracing the currency competition
- Brexit
- Lega Nord (Italian Political Party)
- Venetian Separatism
- Book: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD038: Questioning the Obsession with Blockchains and On-Chain Governance with Nic Carter
- WBD028: Bitcoin Maximalism with Pierre Rochard
- WBD018: Bitcoin Scaling and Lightning Network with Jameson Lopp
- WBD003: Bitcoin Philosophy and Tech with Jameson Lopp

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