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Read_590 - The State of Lightning - Part 1
“The Lightning Network, and the possibility to perform micropayments instantaneously, will most likely change how we pay for certain services. We alr…
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_589 - Proof of Stake & Stablecoins - Part 2 [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740915/c1a-9mg94-924v5k3kt3g6-5a1k3n.jpg)
Read_589 - Proof of Stake & Stablecoins - Part 2 [Lyn Alden]
“Crypto exchanges with numerous coins have an incentive to get you excited about new coins, because they make money from trading volumes. Even if it’…
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_588 - Proof of Stake & Stablecoins - Part 1: A Centralization Dilemma [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740916/c1a-9mg94-jk0o4wq4c2kk-k6wi9f.jpg)
Read_588 - Proof of Stake & Stablecoins - Part 1: A Centralization Dilemma [Lyn Alden]
"If Bitcoin were built on a proof-of-stake model, where the more coins you have the more votes you have on how the network functions, the large excha…
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_587 - Bitcoin & The American West [Croesus]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740917/c1a-9mg94-zo5nz74psdw9-bdyjh0.jpg)
Read_587 - Bitcoin & The American West [Croesus]
"These pioneers are akin to the Bitcoiners who showed up post-Mt. Gox, through to the Class of 2020. These are the individuals who saw the promise an…
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_586 - Bitcoin & Tesla's Peaceful Energy Vision [Level39]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740918/c1a-9mg94-o87n4rpji4oz-j0fy3a.jpg)
Read_586 - Bitcoin & Tesla's Peaceful Energy Vision [Level39]
"If Bitcoin had existed in Tesla’s time, it would have removed the need for a corrupted monetary arrangement. Bitcoin mining is a permissionless and …
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_585 - Your Money AND Your Life [Edward Snowden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740919/c1a-9mg94-gd412q5vfmq6-ufhjzj.jpg)
Read_585 - Your Money AND Your Life [Edward Snowden]
"Neither is a Central Bank Digital Currency a State-level embrace of cryptocurrency—at least not of cryptocurrency as pretty much everyone in the wor…
4 years, 6 months ago
Chat #65 - To Airgap, Or Not to Airgap? ...& Other Hardware Challenges with Lixin Liu & Douglas Bakkum
If you missed the awesome Twitter spaces we had with Lixin Liu from Keystone and Douglas Bakkum from Shift Crypto, you can't stop crying because we h…
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_584 - Yes, Bitcoin is a Smart Contract Platform [Shinobi]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740921/c1a-9mg94-1xnz0grqu5kn-jruspw.jpg)
Read_584 - Yes, Bitcoin is a Smart Contract Platform [Shinobi]
“'Smart contracts' as a term was coined by Nick Szabo back in 1996 before the idea of a blockchain was even a twinkling in Satoshi’s eye. They had no…
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_583 - Libertarianism & the Bitcoin Strategy [Stephan Livera]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740922/c1a-9mg94-qxjgrn16hp8q-45hlx2.jpg)
Read_583 - Libertarianism & the Bitcoin Strategy [Stephan Livera]
"Even if we could somehow convince the world or the U.S. government to adopt a gold standard, there’s not really anything stopping them from claiming…
4 years, 6 months ago
![Read_582 - The World Bitcoin Will Build [Cory Klippsten]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740923/c1a-9mg94-33zvk2xra0ow-as0rv9.jpg)
Read_582 - The World Bitcoin Will Build [Cory Klippsten]
“Money appreciates in value over time so that individuals can plan their future knowing their wealth will be protected. This leads to market particip…
4 years, 6 months ago