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SLP249 Bitcoin Patents & Open Crypto Alliance with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant
Season 1
Episode 249
Published 5 years, 4 months ago
Description
Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant join me to chat about Open Crypto Alliance.
We talk:
- Why IP laws are anti-liberty and anti-progress
- How progress has been delayed by improper concepts of property rights
- How Patent laws could hinder the Bitcoin industry
- The asymmetry of attack vs defense here
- How to stop overly broad patents
- How to support OCA
Guest links:
- Site: https://www.opencryptoalliance.org/
- Stephan twitter: @NSKinsella
- Jed twitter: @JediGrant
Prior episodes:
- SLP15 – Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella
- SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- lend.Hodl Hodl
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
- Compass Mining
Stephan Livera links: