"How many hashes did this take to produce" is not sufficient to the security unless with the additional knowledge "how much energy a mining rig need to consume to calculate one hash" which is a public knowledge but not well-known outside of bitcoiner...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #388 - Controlling Bitcoin?
February 17th, 2019 byadam
"We're beginning to see the first steps of backlash against the assertion of cryptocurrencies... That commerce will flow freely on the internet" - Andreas M. Antonopoulos
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, and Jonathan Mohan once again join Adam B. Levine for a discussion on the theory and practice of applying international sanctions to individual bitcoin addresses. What starts as merely annoying could become much worse... or not! We talk about it.
Then, in case anybody was wondering, Bitcoin is in a bear market! The cycle continues! We talk about that, too.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #387 POW, POS and Self Fulfilling Counter Prophecies
February 10th, 2019 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy join Adam B. Levine for an in-depth discussion on the ups and downs of consensus reality and the two "big" methods (Proof of Work and Proof of Stake) which we use to define it.
Topic 1: Proof of Stake and Proof of Work Discussion
Topic 2: Ethereum Update and Upgrade Path
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #386 Decentralized Identity and Pairwise Identifiers
January 27th, 2019 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Andreas M. Antonopolous, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine are joined by Daniel Buchner for a wide ranging conversation on granular, distributed identifiers, how you'll use them and why they might matter more than you'd think.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #385 Consensus Concrete
January 20th, 2019 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Andreas M. Antonopolous, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine answer listener questions with a big focus on Code is Law vs. Political decision-making.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #384 Keys, Complexity and Community
December 23rd, 2018 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy are joined by Trace Mayer to discuss the nascent #ProofofKeys movement.
Later, the hosts answer listener questions as part of the Bitcoin Clock give-away detailed on episode #383.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #383 Hashpower and Consensus (in the world of dust)
December 9th, 2018 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
First, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan talk about the recently lawsuit filed against many of the largest players in Bitcoin Cash. Expanding on last weeks discussion if Hashpower isn't enough, should it be enough to dictate consensus?
Then, Adam is joined by one of the authors of the Crypto Caselaw Minute and returning guest Stephen Palley for a more in-depth look at the
And finally, Bitcoin Clock creator and long time LTB editor Matthew Zipkin tells us how he wound up hand-making "non-boring bitcoin full nodes", which listeners of the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show have an opportunity to win.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #382 Is Hashpower Enough?
December 2nd, 2018 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan are joined by Daniel Krawisz for an in-depth talk about the miner incentives playing a major role in Bitcoin SV's path to victory.
Read more for links mentioned in the episode, bitcoin/lightning tipping info and full shownotes...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #381 Airdrops and Decentralization without Anonymity
November 11th, 2018 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Andreas Antonopoulos discuss the recent flurry of interest in Airdrops, their history and whether they actually work as advertised.
Later: With smart contract based exchange EtherDelta suddenly the first decentralized exchange to settle with US regulators, the conversation turns to the place of decentralization and anonymity in truly disruptive projects.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #380 UberCoin or OpenUber?
November 4th, 2018 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos and Jonathan Mohan join Adam B. Levine for a wide ranging discussion on adaptation, mimicry and how we might eventually arrive in a truly distributed sharing economy.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #379 Tether, ICOs and STOs
October 21st, 2018 byadam
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan join Adam B. Levine for an update on the shifting "Stablecoin" equilibrium, followed by an in-depth conversation about the past, present and future of Initial Coin Offerings and "Securitized Token Offerings"
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