Chat_004 – John Wolpert on Blockchain, Identity, Trust, and a New Internet

Taking a break from Bitcoin maximalism to have a chat with John Wolpert (@Consensys, @IBMblockchain, @Hyperledger) for what consensus protocols and blockchain can do for the future of decentralization, trust, and privacy!  Don’t miss today’s episode!
Don’t forget to check him out on Twitter and Medium:https://twitter.com/jwolperthttps://medium.com/@jwolpert
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Read_121 – Ethereum, Fomo3D, and Dangerous Game Theory

“This game, underlying FOMO3D (F3D), is called “The War of Attrition” and it can produce some insanely irrational outcomes… Human beings tend to play terribly and lose.”  Don’t miss Matt Stephenson’s great piece on how FOMO3D exploits “dangerous game theory.”
Dont forget to applaud the article on medium and dig a little deeper with part 2:https://hackernoon.com/fomo3d-and-dangerous-game-theory-97bd5f47ab3b
Part 2:https://blog.coinfund.io/can-a-good-smart-contract-beat-blockchains-new-12m-ponzi-yes-in-theory-6964eead5b84
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Read_120 – Visions of Bitcoin

Many different and often conflicting ideas of what Bitcoin is, and what it’s future should be, have emerged throughout the years.  Here @nic_carter’s and @hasufl’s exploration of past, present, and future narratives that molded Bitcoin into what it is today.
Don’t forget to clap for the article on Medium and check out the graphs and timeline visualizing the Bitcoin narrative history:https://medium.com/@nic__carter/visions-of-bitcoin-4b7b7cbcd24c
Check out both of their Medium pages for more great work:https://twitter.com/nic__carterhttps://twitter.com/hasufl
 
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Read_119 – Deep Dive into ETF Disapproval and SEC Commissioner’s Dissent

The SEC has disapproved the Winklevoss twin’s second attempt at a Bitcoin ETP for traditional markets.  Rife with contradictions & misunderstandings, a thorough rebuttal comes in a “Letter of Dissent” from none other than the SEC Commissioner herself!  Don’t miss today’s episode!  

Links to content referenced and sourced to bring together the information for today’s episode:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/winklevoss-bitcoin-etf-proposal-denied-us-sec/
https://www.coindesk.com/winklevoss-brothers-bitcoin-etf-rejected-by-sec-for-second-time/
https://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2018/34-83723.pdf
https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-dissent-34-83723#.W1o-36vBMDU.twitter  

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Read_118 – Securing Property with Owner Authority

Bitcoin is the first truly decentralized registry for property ownership. The first application of which is value in its most abstract form, money.  But how can we extend this to physical property and titles outside of political institutions?  Who better to explore the topic with than Nick Szabo (@nickszabo4)? “Securing Property Titles with Owner Authority.”
Check out other detailed work on this concept and more with the excellent collection of literature at the Nakamoto Institute:https://nakamotoinstitute.org/secure-property-titles/#selection-7.7-7.50
Video with Peter Wuille referenced in the commentary:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUVRj8iznU
My own article referenced in the commentary:Written – https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/7-misunderstandings-of-bitcoins-scaling-problem-c5142e938a68Audio – https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t7qjf-8e4fe2
 
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Read_117 – How Central Banking Increased Inequality

With the huge number of conversations and claims of income inequality, the central banking monetary policy, which directly benefits the wealthy and financial sector, is almost entirely ignored.  What if it’s the largest piece of the inequality puzzle?  Listen to Louis Rouanet’s piece from Mises.org.
Check out the full article and other amazing content from Mises.org:https://mises.org/library/how-central-banking-increased-inequality
 
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Read_116 – Coindesk & Jake Chervinsky on the Bitcoin ETFs

Today we have a dual QuikRead with Nikhilesh De’s Coindesk article regarding the Direxion ETF and the SEC’s decision to postpone until September. Plus Jake Chervinsky’s comments and clarification on SEC processes in his informative Twitter thread. Listen for more details!
Check out the full @Coindesk article by @nikhileshde:https://www.coindesk.com/sec-delays-decision-on-direxions-bitcoin-etfs-until-september/
Link to @jchervinsky’s Twitter thread:https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1021795224958455810
 
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Chat_003 – Nik Bhatia on The Future of Bitcoin Financial Markets

The Lightning Reference Rate, Changes in Lightning Tech #eltoo, Returns without Counterparty Risk, CFA Institute Enters Crypto, ETFs on the horizon, Futures, and a revolution in Financial Markets. 

Listen to this CryptoChat with Nik Bhatia for all this and more!  

Previous episode covering @timevalueofbtc’s article “The Bitcoin Risk Spectrum”:
https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/e/cryptoquikread_109-the-bitcoin-risk-spectrum/

Links to the full article and Bhatia’s (@timevalueofbtc) Medium page.  Don’t forget to clap for his article on Medium if you enjoyed the episode!
https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-bitcoin-risk-spectrum-949f6abec290   

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Read_115 – Announcing Bitcoin OpTech

“We’re as excited about Lightning, Schnorr signatures, Taproot/Graftroot and scriptless scripts as any other Bitcoin engineers, but the project’s focus is on technology that can be deployed by companies today.” – @bitcoinoptech

Those mentioned in the commentary:
@jfnewbery
@starkness
@Melt_Dem
@BtcpayServer

Check out the official announcement from @bitcoinoptech and check out their newsletter below:
https://bitcoinops.org/en/announcing-bitcoin-optech

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Read_114 – Schnorr Poised to Become Bitcoin’s Biggest Change Since SegWit [Alyssa Hertig]

Thanks to the incredible work by Pieter Wuille (@pwuille) and others, #Schnorr signature scheme has an official proposal.  Despite still much work and testing to be done, schnorr is poised to grant #Bitcoin a plethora of amazing improvements. 

Listen to @AlyssaHertig’s article from @coindesk to learn more! Check out the article and other news and developments throughout the Cryptoconomy at:
https://www.coindesk.com/schnorr-is-looking-poised-to-become-bitcoins-biggest-change-since-segwit/

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Chat_002 with The Friends Against Government Podcast [CarCampit]

The future of #Crypto, Bitcoin, New Developments, Shitcoins?, and really really Bad Movies! Don’t miss a great time with the FAGcast crew! Follow them on Twitter! @CarCampIt @birdarchist

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Read_113 – The Dawn of Trustworthy Computing [Nick Szabo]

“It’s actually the protocol (Nakamoto consensus, which is highly distributed) combined with strong cryptography, rather than just decentralization per se, that is the source of the far higher reliability and and much lower vulnerability of block chains.” – @NickSzabo4

Check out Szabo’s incredible blog, Unenumerated, at:
https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-dawn-of-trustworthy-computing.html

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