The $100,000 Bitcoin Bet with Adam Back (WiM371)

Adam Back joins me to discuss the next Bitcoin halving, the utilization of untapped power, the aesthetic value of Bitcoin, and the probability of another Blocksize War.

Adam Back is a British cryptographer and cypherpunk. He is the CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash.

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// OUTLINE //
00:00 - Coming up
00:47 - Intro
02:20 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
03:07 - Introducing Adam Back
03:38 - The Bitcoin Price Bet
07:17 - Trend Analysis of Bitcoin’s Price
08:07 - Impact of Bitcoin’s Halving Pattern
12:50 - One Zeta Hash
15:59 - Bitcoin Mining Dynamics
21:14 - Gold Bull Market
22:25 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
23:21 - Bitcoin Takes on the Duck Curve
27:35 - Wealth of Nations and Power Capacity
29:13 - Utilizing the Untapped Power
30:45 - Bitcoin is Right
32:53 - Is Bitcoin Art?
37:07 - The Aesthetic Value of Bitcoin
39:39 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet
40:31 - The User Activated Soft Fork
43:44 - Impact of UASF on Bitcoin
46:02 - Probability of Another War in the Bitcoin Network
48:41 - The Unique Feature of Bitcoin
52:57 - Why did the Bitcoin War Occur?
56:00 - Where to Find Adam on the Internet

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