Oct 2019

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SLP121 Yan Pritzker - Intro to Bitcoin M...

About this episode

Yan Pritzker, Bitcoin Author and previously CTO of Reverb joins me in this episode to talk about Bitcoin Mining, his book Inventing Bitcoin and give Bitcoin beginners an intro to Bitcoin Mining.

We talk about:

Whether a beginner should do Bitcoin Mining or use cloud mining
How bitcoin mining works
How the network stops cheaters
Bitcoin mining attacks
Common errors in thinking about Bitcoin

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