"look what we have now, it's like literally death. The US dollar is like extremely toxic, right? It bombs countries every time it needs a pump. So you know like just moving from like you know bomb based monetary system to like you know voluntary based imperfect system, it's already like again a million times win."
On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with NVK.
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NVK's Links:
Nostr: https://primal.net/nvk
Bitcoin Review Podcast: https://twitter.com/BitcoinReviewHQ
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WALKER’S LINKS:
NOSTR: https://primal.net/walker
X/TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/walkeramerica
https://twitter.com/titcoinpodcast
Website: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/
TIMESTAMPS:
04:00 Introduction and Background
06:12 The Significance of Bitcoin
07:32 The Impact of Having Children
09:08 The Current State of Bitcoin Adoption
10:40 The Future of Noster and E-Cash
13:27 The Waves of Bitcoin Adoption
15:14 The Potential of Nostr
16:50 The Benefits of Unleashed.Chat
19:29 The Open Source Models of AI
27:37 Bitcoin for Anyone, Not Everyone
30:05 The Changing Landscape of TradFi
33:21 The Winning Nature of Bitcoin
36:02 The Importance of Savers
39:10 Debates and Upgrades in Bitcoin
40:29 The Value of Running Old Nodes
41:00 Bitcoin's Lack of Officiality
42:53 The Complexity of Bitcoin Dynamics
43:33 The Role of Economic Nodes
45:29 The Economic Power of Dumping Forks
46:11 Historical Precedence of Forks Trending Towards Zero
46:35 Activation Methods and Economic Nodes
47:44 Transaction Validation Throughput and Fork Support
48:08 Game Theory and Economic Incentives
50:40 The Futility of Rare Sats and Ownership
51:44 Understanding CTV and Covenants
59:26 The Market's Ability to Work Itself Out
01:01:52 The Future of AI Compute and Bitcoin Payments
01:06:47 Exciting Developments in Bitcoin Tech
01:14:12 Advice for Entrepreneurs in the Bitcoin Space