Alex B, writer at Bitcoin Magazine and longtime Bitcoin Twitter user, joins The Gwart Show in this two part series on the heart and soul of Bitcoin maximalism, why it matters, if Bitcoin Season 2 is a sham and, of course, if Ethereum is a scam.
Follow our guest on Twitter: @bergealex4
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Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:18 Introducing Alex Be
00:05:41 Bitcoin scaling discussion
00:17:44 Necessary Bitcoin primitives
00:36:02 Protocols & Bitcoin economy
00:38:18 Incremental vs risky changes
00:48:30 Eric & Rudy's views
00:49:44 Bitcoiners' concerns
00:50:50 Defi's degeneracy
01:00:31 MEV on Bitcoin
01:02:03 Miners & economies of scale
01:09:55 Drive chains & merged mining
01:14:21 Meta protocols & centralization
01:18:55 Miners & meme coins
01:20:21 Ordinals' impact on Bitcoin
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- Published14 April 2024 at 11:00 am UTC
- Length1h 30m
- RatingExplicit