Monolithic Culture, Writing in C and Bitcoin Core with Eric Voskuil

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Eric Voskuil from Bitware Co.

Eric Voskuil is a respected voice in the cryptocurrency space, known for his critiques of inefficiencies in Bitcoin development and the industry's monopolistic tendencies. He advocates for lean, decentralized innovation and highlights challenges like scalability, software bloat, and development inefficiencies.

Bitware Co. is a technology and software development company founded by Eric Voskuil, focusing on innovative solutions in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. The company emphasizes lean, decentralized approaches to building resilient and efficient systems.

We spoke to Eric Voskuil about Bitware Co and:

• Web features in everything
• You're not building Bitcoin but hurting it
• Bitcoin Core is not scalable
• You never ship your prototype
• We don't believe you get better performance from writing in C
• So self-DOS
• At least a half a million lines of code to maintain and move forward
• People want a monopoly
• Development by committee is a disaster
• Satoshi was a premature optimization addict
• Monolithic culture and software
• Fallibility that's real

Timestamps

00:00 – 06:10 : Intro
06:10 -- 15:04 : Alternative toolkit
15:04 – 01:03:10 : Bitcoin alternative community and philosophies

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