Neha Narula, director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, discusses Elon Musk’s appearance at ‘The B Word’ conference, along with a few current events in the Bitcoin world. Show highlights:

her main takeaway from ‘The B Word’ conference
why governance plays an essential role in Bitcoin’s block size arguments
what Neha thinks of proof-of-work mining and Bitcon’s environmental concerns
why Neha is skeptical of Dogecoin becoming a serious cryptocurrency
why Jack Dorsey’s new Bitcoin platform business is a good idea
what Bitcoin’s dip in hashrate due to China’s crackdown could affect network security going forward
what questions Neha has about Bitcoin’s adoption in El Salvador
why Neha thinks cryptocurrencies and CBDCs will coexist
what DCI has planned for the rest of 2021

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Episode Links:

Neha Narula: https://twitter.com/neha
MIT Media Lab: https://twitter.com/medialab
Digital Currency Initiative
- https://dci.mit.edu/
- CBDC research
- - https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency
- Bitcoin network development
- - https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency
The B Word conference
- Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood conversation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx_7XAJ3p0

Neha’s appearance:
- https://www.thebword.org/c/track-3-Supporting-the-Developer-Ecosystem

Miscellaneous
- Square’s Bitcoin DeFi platform
- - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/square-is-building-a-decentralized-finance-business-for-bitcoin.html
- Bitcoin and El Salvador
- - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/05/el-salvador-becomes-the-first-country-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-.html
- Bitcoin hashrate drop
- - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/chinas-bitcoin-miner-exodus-.html

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Unconfirmed: MIT's Neha Narula on Why Building DeFi on Bitcoin Is a Great Idea - Ep.257