NVK of Coinkite rejoins me to talk about attitudes on Bitcoin development and consensus changes. We discuss how “ossification” is commonly thrown around as a term, but maybe there is a better term. “Extreme conservatism”? We talk:
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What is ossification?
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What about bug fixes?
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What changes would NVK be interested in?
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How many people will use Bitcoin?
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What the market is focused on
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It’s not your chain
Links:
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X: @nvk)
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Bitcoinsecurity.guide)
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coinkite.com)
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Unleashed.chat )
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:52) - Ossification and gardening
(06:06) - Where are the ossifiers?
(09:03) - Fixing bugs on the Bitcoin protocol
(17:13) - Assessing BIPs & change proposals
(23:53) - NVK on Bitcoin as SOV and/or MOE
(31:47) - Sponsors
(34:58) - “USD is the best shitcoin”
(37:32) - The fate of other blockchains
(45:41) - Putting Bitcoin on a pedestal?
(49:32) - Gresham’s Law in context of Bitcoin
(51:34) - Future path for Bitcoin
(57:27) - Outro
Sponsors:
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Swan.com) (code LIVERA)
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CoinKite.com) (code LIVERA)
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Mempool.space)
Stephan Livera links:
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Follow me on X: @stephanlivera)
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Subscribe to the podcast)
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Subscribe to Substack)
