Episode 82: Scaling to Billions of Users

In this episode, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) discuss a recent blog post by Bitcoin Core developer Anthony Towns (@ajtowns), “Putting the B in BTC”, in which he outlines a vision for scaling Bitcoin to facilitate billions of users. As Aaron and Sjors walk through the article, they explain what some of Towns’ proposed solutions are, and which tradeoffs they entail.
Link to the blog post: ⁠https://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2023/06/21/putting-the-b-in-btc⁠

Sjors New Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Technical-innovations-Sjors-Provoost/dp/9090360425

THIS EPISODE’S SPONSORS:
⁠Voltage Cloud⁠
⁠Bitcoin 2024 Nashville⁠
⁠Bitcoin Magazine⁠
⁠Bitcoin Amsterdam⁠

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