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What qualities does a project need to have to be considered a cryptocurrency? Any project that has a token and uses cryptography could call it self a cryptocurrency, but does that make it an interesting project? You might want to ask a few questions, starting with... Is it open? Is it decentralized?

Trust without centralization, digital cash without identity, and the currency commons beyond corporations. In this talk, Andreas clarifies what "trustless" means and explains why we should avoid departing from a realm where people can pay people without intermediaries imposing their political choices into every transaction. He also argues that cashlessness represents a fundamental shift in the relationship between people and money, people and the state, people and corporations.

I transferred my bitcoin with too low of a fee and it's been unconfirmed for 10 days! What do I do? Is my bitcoin gone? How do I get it back? Help! In this video, Andreas explains the atomicity principle and what to do about stuck transactions. Watch and learn!

What are some misconceptions about the Lightning Network? How does the onion-routing work? How does channel funding work? Are there any security or legal risks to running a Lightning node? How far is the user experience development?

Keywords/phrases: Pre-launch thoughts on Zcash. I downloaded and ran the testnet version, and did some test transactions. I read the implementation of zkSNARKs and understood 30% of it, apparently that's generous. From a scaling perspective, Zcash has significantly bigger challenges than Bitcoin or Ethereum, but it works very well collaboratively with other chains. I would love to see Zcash as a sidechain in the ecosystem, where features are borrowed and used temporarily from each system. From Zcash you can get a better degree of privacy and anonymity, then move it out into something else. We all benefit from these inventions.

Demonetisation in India and the new Aadhaar identity/ biometric management system. It should be called "Hack Me." The most important criteria is that the politicians who voted for it should be registered. The fundamental question is not the type of database, it is about centralisation vs. decentralisation. Blockchains do not solve the problem of centralisation.

What will Bitcoin Core 1.0 look like? Is this project still considered experimental within a long time horizon? What would happen if Bitcoin developers and maintainers were coerced / disappeared / died etc.? Do cruise ships suck? What other client implementations are there?

Changing bitcoin wallets isn't hard but you need to learn the basics. Bitcoin owners can run into problems when trying to move funds from one bitcoin or cryptocurrency wallet to another. Some wallets use non standard configurations, which can cause people to think their money is gone when they try to switch wallets. In this video, Andreas discusses why and how that happens and talks about a new tool that can help.

Is quantum computing a threat to Bitcoin? How can Bitcoin become more secure against a quantum computing attack? Will this upgrade require moving coins to new addresses? Will it be implemented as a soft or hard fork? What happens to coins controlled by lost keys?

Cryptocurrency, DEX, and taxes. Three things that when put together make most of us run away. But don't run! Stay and watch instead. In this short video, Andreas answer's Craig's question, " What are the tax implications of using a decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency in international waters?"

How should I prevent myself from being tempted to spend or sell my bitcion savings? Should I store my keys in a place that is far away or difficult to access? Should I give them to a trusted relative for safe-keeping? Should I use timelocks? Are there any good alternatives? https://27bbdcj7ucmqdy9aztwsrzkkfi.hop.clickbank.net/

Will cryptocurrencies make taxation harder? Do countries with large, strict tax requirements actually prevent tax evasion? Why would people not want to pay taxes?

Is the "energy consumption" in mining a problem? Mining is a business of arbitrage for the cheapest sources of electricity. Proof-of-work mining is contributing to massive investment and subsidy in renewables / alternative energy and efficiency improvements in processing. It is driving the decentralization of energy production. "Consumption" in Bitcoin is easy to criticize because it is obvious, whereas the hidden externalities of the traditional financial system are massive.

Would companies try to blacklist coins that have been mixed with CoinJoin? What is taint? What is wallet fingerprinting?

How are cryptographic primitives employed in Bitcoin? What are hashes and digital signatures? How does elliptic curve cryptography work?

This is the first part of a more technical talk where Andreas explores Bitcoin script, with examples from the 2nd edition of Mastering Bitcoin, focusing on the use of conditional statements, flow control, guard clauses and time locks. The examples will include advanced multi-signature scripts, hash time lock contracts and asymmetric revocable commitments. Then he answers questions about Bitcoin's quirky bugs, where Bitcoin differs from Ethereum at a scripting level, how SegWit works, how consensus rules change, and whether Bitcoin is more than just a currency. https://27bbdcj7ucmqdy9aztwsrzkkfi.hop.clickbank.net/

This is the first part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the inaugural Bloktex Conference pre-event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualal...​

What are central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)? Why are they not as exciting as governments portray them to be?

How would Bitcoin be affected if major economies went back to the gold standard? Is this even possible at this point? Is gold as scarce as Bitcoin? If somehow many large countries did return to a real gold standard, what would happen to the price of a bitcoin?

This is a fantastic opportunity for Americans to learn some German; the first word they should look up is 'Schadenfreude,' as their hopes and dreams of "draining the swamp" are crushed by a completely sold-out establishment politician. I've spent the last six months telling people all around the world that Trump was going to win and no one would believe me. Was this a failure of politics or economics? The U.S. political system failed because the economy failed. Bitcoin is providing an honest market solution; the reason it's being used as an exit is because it offers the real market value for your currency exchange when the other markets have been artificially shut off.

Solar energy efficiency advances and proof-of-work. Factoring in capital costs of/ access to solar panels & mining equipment, access to internet, opportunity cost for excess energy and storage capacity. Energy scarcity is a fundamental issue. Sudoku as a proof-of-work algorithm. Bitcoin mining in space.

We are about to witness the greatest infrastructure inversion the world has ever seen, banking and finance will be changed forever. Open blockchains, and specifically bitcoin, will revolutionize the way finance is delivered over the next 10-15 years. Watch this aantonop ReMastered video to learn how automobiles, electricity, and the internet relate to this new world of finance. Oh, and you'll get to hear Andreas recreate the sound of two modems connecting, for that reason alone you should watch it!

In this new segment we're calling, Down the Rabbit Hole, Andreas dives into a question that has been on his mind. In this video Andreas explores DeFi disasters. What are some examples of attacks that have occurred in DeFi. Andreas walks through three examples of things going rather wrong in DeFi, the DAO hack, Dai's Black Thursday and flash load exploitation.

Is there an easy way to generate paper wallets securely? What types of wallets should you be using for different tiers / amounts of bitcoin? Following the standards for storage is the safest way to hold cryptocurrency, not by designing your own contrived system. You're more likely to accidentally lose or destroy your keys than have them stolen.

When is the optimal time to "come out" as a bitcoin user? How do you operate a cryptocurrency or multi-currency business? What if the price of bitcoin "falls to zero"? When will bitcoin be ready as a day-to-day currency, rather than as a speculative investment? Why is earning bitcoin, instead of buying, better from an economic and privacy perspective?