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Feb 2023
1h 27m

SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with ...

STEPHAN LIVERA
About this episode

Matt Corallo of Spiral Bitcoin rejoins me to chat about the purpose of Bitcoin and developments in the space:

  • Bitcoin contrasted with stablecoins
  • Bitcoin’s specialty
  • Future problems vs today problems
  • Canadian Trucker Bitcoin
  • Donations and adversarial environments
  • Cultural aspects
  • What does it take to have Bitcoin Soft forks again?
  • LDK

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