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BTC242: Bitcoin Core Vs. Knots w/ NVK (BItcoin Podcast)
Episode 1058
Preston Pysh welcomes back NVK, renowned Bitcoin expert and founder of Coinkite, for an in-depth conversation on the future of Bitcoin, the evolving dynamics of its core development, and the promising rise of decentralized platforms like Nostr.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
02:01 - How Bitcoin's increasing price may sustain mining incentives post-halving
09:37 - The evolution from Satoshi’s original code to the current Bitcoin Core
14:15 - Insights into Bitcoin Knots and the separation of wallet and consensus code
19:41 - Critiques of Bitcoin’s development scene and current conference culture
20:09 - The controversy surrounding Bitcoin Core’s GitHub governance
24:22 - Debates around removing the OP_RETURN 83-byte limit
32:23 - Nostr’s potential to revolutionize identity and AI communication
35:45 - Key adoption challenges facing Nostr and possible solutions
44:44 - The philosophy and features behind Coinkite’s hardware wallets
Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago