Bitcoin Audible

The true disruptive potential of Bitcoin is that we can guarantee our own financial sovereignty without trusting anyone else. Don’t be a second class Bitcoin citizen, listen to Jameson Lopp’s article explaining how to be Bitcoin sovereign! Don't forget to check out the links and information for setting up your own full node:https://medium.com/@lopp/securing-your-financial-sovereignty-3af6fe834603 And of course check out the massive collection of resources and great info at Lopp.net! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Building a robust, censorship resistant, and globally available financial network, reliance on centralized networking infrastructure becomes one of the most significant points of failure. GoTenna and Samurai Wallet are building the tools to make this a problem of the past. Listen to the great article by richard myers introducing TxTenna! Check out the other links and the full article at:https://inthemesh.com/archive/txtenna-decentralizing-last-mile-bitcoin/ And don't forget to check out Samourai Wallet:https://samouraiwallet.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Liquid is finally arriving! The sidechain that could be a game changer for scalability, custodial trust, exchange privacy, and overall speed and liquidity throughout the crypto industry. Listen to the introduction from @Billfodl_Wallet written by its founder @Colin_Aulds! Dont forget to check out the full article and the awesome products at billfodl.com!https://billfodl.com/blogs/fodl-blog/gamechanger-blockstream-liquid --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Are Bitcoin maximalists just cultist fools? Or are they realists who have yet to see a solid case for alternative blockchains? Hitting Jimmy Song's article "Why Blockchain Is Hard" we find out what blockchain is, and what it isn't. Listen for more! Dont forget to check out the full article on Cong's Medium page for numerous funny comic strips:https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-blockchain-is-hard-60416ea4c5c --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

The most entertaining panel discussion so far @Consensus2018 was between Joe Lubin, Amber Baldet, and Jimmy Song. Song met the panel with uninhibited skepticism over the "blockchain hype." We read David Floyd's article for details on what happened as a lead into the next quick read. Link to David Floyd's article at Coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/lubin-song-wager-bitcoin-blockchain-consensus/?utm_content=buffer432a3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

This may be one of the most important articles I’ve read to date. If you think you know about the intricacies, costs, and dynamics of ASIC manufacturing and Cryptocurrency mining, this quick read might prove you wrong. David Vorick brings us this excellent piece that I consider “need-to-know” for anyone invested in POW coins. Listen for more! Link to the blog and full article:https://blog.sia.tech/the-state-of-cryptocurrency-mining-538004a37f9b?token=JSQXnyGCLkSJhiRx --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

New ideas take the stage at the EIP:0 meeting. Governance, Inflation, Social Consensus, funds recovery and more. Reading one of Rachel O’Leary’s great articles on Ethereum development, we explore a major turning point in Ethereum’s world. Is it good, or could this spell disaster? Listen to find out more! The full article, links to Rachel's other works and the great content at Coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/new-ideas-energize-ethereum-though-true-signaling-solution-still-elusive/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

[Trigger Warning!] Giacomo Zucco recently delivered an epic Twitter thread detailing why he thought bcash supporters were stupid. He may not be the most diplomatic ambassador, but he certainly made some excellent arguments! Listen to find out more. Link to the unrolled Thread:https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/991438132812943369.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Szabo's excellent essay on the specific trade-offs that empower Satoshi's brilliant solution to the scaling of trust across human institutions. Listen if you are ready to learn.Link to his blog and the full article with lfurther links to explore the topics discussed:https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2017/02/money-blockchains-and-social-scalability.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

With so many new features, tricks, and protocol changes, what will it be like to use lightning? What will Carol, the user, need to know? Listen to Bryan Vu's story of Carol's first day with Lightning from the Lightning Labs Blog. Link to the blog and full article:https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2018/05/02/lightning-ux.html Don't forget to check out their other links in the article and stay tuned for future posts expanding the details of the awesome work being done by Lightning Labs! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Splicing Payments, Submarine Swaps, Atomic Swaps, Dual-Funded Channels, Eltoo, Channel Factories, AMPS, and More! Listen to Aaron's recent article to hear more of the awesome potential and the future of the Lightning Network. Listen to the end for a special thank you for all the increxible work at Bitcoin Magazine and the always reliable Aaron Van Wirdum!Link to read it at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/future-bitcoin-what-lightning-could-look/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

The Lightning network is a new protocol layer that not only has implications for Bitcoin payments, but could hugely impact many altcoins, decentralized exchanges, and the nature of crypto payments for the entire ecosystem. Learn more about its benefits from another of Aaron van Wirdum's excellent articles with Bitcoin Magazine.Link to the article on Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/atomic-swaps-how-the-lightning-network-extends-to-altcoins-1484157052/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

An introduction to Channel Factories and the concept of a new Layer 2 protocol that could shift the Lightning Network into Layer 3. Is this another piece of the puzzle to building a global payment system? From Michiel Mulders with Bitcoin Magazine, listen to learn more details. Link to the article @BitcoinMagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/new-scaling-layer-could-make-payment-channels-ten-times-more-effective/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Lightning is a fascinating protocol with enormous potential, but also many challenges. A nee mechanism for updating channel states may work to solve some of Lightning’s biggest challenges. Learn more from the announcement by Cristian decker on Blockstream.comLink to the article:https://blockstream.com/2018/04/30/eltoo-next-lightning.htmlLink to the eltoo paper:https://blockstream.com/eltoo.pdfLink to the paper describing channel factories:https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/a20a865ce40d40c8f942cf206a7cba96/Scalable_Funding_Of_Blockchain_Micropayment_Networks%20(1).pdf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Nick Szabo is undeniably one of the most influential thinkers and pioneers in the Cryptoconomy. Learn more of his history and his works in this article from unblock.netLink to the article and others on unblock.net:https://unblock.net/nick-szabo/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

ERC20 bugs, Forking the forked BCH fork, Will we ever get Parity coins back, and Does France want you to move your ICO to their country? This and more as we hash all the topics I couldn't get to last week. Link to the shownotes and the links to all the relevant articles on medium.com:https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/cryptoconomy-weekly-hash-april-22-28-e450497a53e9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"Chaum’s work would inspire a group of cryptographers, hackers and activists, connected through a mailing list. It was this group — which included DigiCash contributors like Nick Szabo and Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn — that would come to be known as the cypherpunks."Link to the Bitcoin Magazine article by Aaron Van Wirdum:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/genesis-files-how-david-chaums-ecash-spawned-cypherpunk-dream/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

What does it mean that we are crossing the 17 millionth Bitcoin in existence? In a world where sound money has gone extinct, Bitcoin stands alone as a provable and transparent monetary guarantee. Listen to today’s episode reading David Floyd’s article on Coindesk.com to learn more. Link to the article on Coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/17-millionth-bitcoin-mined-means-matters/ Link to Flyod’s other articles:https://www.coindesk.com/author/dfloyd/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Bitcoin mining is useless, it unnecessarily pollutes, its worse than credit cards, and its going to boil the oceans!! Are these inspired revelations, or inspired by ignorance? Listen to Peter van Valkenburgh’s article breaking apart the common myths around Bitcoin mining to learn more! From concenter.orgLink to the article:https://coincenter.org/entry/five-myths-about-bitcoin-s-energy-use Also check out another article explaining Mining in more detail:ttps://coincenter.org/entry/what-is-bitcoin-mining-and-why-is-it-necessary Here's another clip that I mentioned from Andreas Antonopolous on the topic of Bitcoin Energy Use:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0OUIW89II --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Are we likely to see another 2014 extended bear market, or have the bulls returned? Listen to the article from UnBlock.net, “Bullish Signal: The Return of the South Korean Kimchi Premium” to find out more.Link to read the article at Unblock.net:https://unblock.net/south-korean-kimchi-premium/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

The segwit protocol upgrade was the biggest and most controversial software change in Bitcoin's history. Listne to Aaron Van Wirdum's article at BitcoinMagazine.com to learn why it was needed, and the many twists and turns it took to get the code live on Bitcoin's mainnet.Link to the article at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/long-road-segwit-how-bitcoins-biggest-protocol-upgrade-became-reality/Link to further details on SegWit's many benefits:https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/01/26/segwit-benefits/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

So who are the people behind Bitcoin's past improvements and who are building its future? Today we have an article from CryptoCoreMedia.com introducing the "Chuck Norris of coders," Pieter Wuille, and his enormous contributions to the bitcoin protocol. Listen to learn more!Don't forget to check out CryptoCoreMedia.com: https://cryptocoremedia.com/pieter-wuille-leading-innovate-bitcoin/Also Other works by Nuno Menezes: https://cryptocoremedia.com/author/nuno-menezes/ And of course Pieter Wuille's Github page: https://github.com/sipa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Is Bitcoin really decentralized if we consider the enormous market dominance and hash power of Bitmain and the largest mining pools? Listen to Jimmy Song's argument about the elements and consequences of centralized mining scenarios to find out.Don't forget to check out @jimmysong's other works on Medium: https://medium.com/@jimmysong/mining-centralization-scenarios-b74102adbd36 Also check out Jimmy's podcast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFJVYNiPp8xeIUyfaPCPQw --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"In 3 years no one will be talking about Bitcoin." Miguel Cuneta has something to say about that claim. Listen to find out!Don't forget to check out Miguel's other works and the other writers with Decentralize.today: https://medium.com/@MiguelCuneta_21450 https://decentralize.today/ https://decentralize.today/its-too-late-nothing-can-stop-the-bitcoin-protocol-738047bb5201 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

We're back in action! In the follow-up to Aaron van Wirdum's excellent explanatory series, I decided to tackle 15 common claims against the Lightning Network, one by one. Only listen if you're ready to learn!Want to see all the fun memes, the other linked graphics, and links to related works? Check out my article on Medium.com:https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/dont-count-your-fud-before-the-lightning-strikes-15-claims-against-lightning-answered-9671d4a663a9Don't forget Aaron's explainer series and BitcoinMagazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-building-a-bidirectional-payment-channel-1464710791/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Completing the Lightning Puzzle with Part 3 of Understanding the Lightning Network. The riveting conclusion of Aaron van Wirdum's series on the Lightning protocol from Bitcoin Magazine. Listen if you're ready to learn.Don't forget to check out Aaron's other works as well as the wealth of information at Bitcoin Magazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-completing-the-puzzle-and-closing-the-channel-1466178980/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Diving deeper down the Lightning rabbit hole with Part 2! How do we turn payment channels into a secure and trustless network? Listen to hear more from Aaron van Wirdum's article series on Bitcoin magazine.Link to Aaron's article on BitcoinMagazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-creating-the-network-1465326903/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Take a dive down the Lightning Rabbit hole with Part 1 of Aaron Van Wirdum's 3 part series at Bitcoin Magazine to understand how a smart contract network accomplishes instant, secure, and trustless payments. Listen to learn more!Link to the article at BitcoinMagazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-building-a-bidirectional-payment-channel-1464710791/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Schnorr Signatures could result in a significant change in the Bitcoin network efficiency and the size and types of transactions, but what will it mean for privacy? Listen to @nopara73's article to learn more. Link to nopara73's article and other works:https://medium.com/@nopara73/privacy-and-schnorr-signatures-e2175d27f022 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Schnorr signatures could be a boon to the efficiency of the Bitcoin system and a hinderance to its spammers. Listen to the article from Sam Wouters to learn more. Dont forget to check out Sam Wouter's Medium page to explore the links, graphics, and his many other works:https://medium.com/@SDWouters/why-schnorr-signatures-will-help-solve-2-of-bitcoins-biggest-problems-today-9b7718e7861c --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Monero's hard fork has been successfully executed as planned... or has it? Like many hard forks in the past, the consequences are rarely a simple matter. Listen to learn more.Link to the article from Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/monero-just-hard-forked-and-it-resulted-four-new-projects/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Listen to the extraordinary history of the Lightning Network stretching back to the beginnings of Bitcoin itself. Link to the article on Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/history-lightning-brainstorm-beta/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Tuur Demeester lays out his arguments against Vitalik's Proof of Stake Design Philosophy. Guess what he has to say. Listen to today's quick read to find out.Link to Tuur's article and Medium page: https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/critique-of-buterins-a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-49fc9ebb36c6 Link to Vitalik's original article and Medium page: https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Decentralized blockchains are an entirely new organism in the realm of economics, cryptography, and social consensus. Is Proof-of-work still the king of the show? Or will the years of development and discussion reveal a more efficient and effective security philosophy? Listen to Vitalik Buterin's article to learn more!Link to the article and Vitalik's Medium page: https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

With thousands of ICOs and altcoins out there, how on earth can we tell a difference? And are they all better and faster versions, or is there something that makes Bitcoin different? Listen to @jimmysong’s article to find out. Link to the article: https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-bitcoin-is-different-e17b813fd947 Link to "Off Chain with Jimmy Song" on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFJVYNiPp8xeIUyfaPCPQw And a link to Laura Shin's podcast "Unchained" to cover my mistake: http://unchainedpodcast.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Not only can Bitcoin not be separated from the macro economic movements of the world, it may represent one of the few assets to hedge against a meltdown in the global financial system. So how is the central banking economy fairing? Listen to find out. Link to read the article: http://www.goldtelegraph.com/the-central-bank-bubble Link to Alex Deluce on Twitter:https://twitter.com/AlexDeluce --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

So many of us misunderstand the underlying implications or consequences of the scaling debate when first introduced. Listen to hear the critical realizations I had in my Bitcoin scaling journey. Link to the medium article:https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/7-misunderstandings-of-bitcoins-scaling-problem-c5142e938a68 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

The final lightning app has arrived to finish out the Week of Lapps! Listen to the announcement from @Blockstream.Link to the blog post:https://blockstream.com/2018/03/28/lightning-jukebox-offers-a-fun-end-to-our-week-of-lapps.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

With data from the Satis Group, The Merkle gives us a breakdown of the successes and failures of the current ICO market. Is this a nail in the Appcoin coffin? Listen to hear more. The article from The Merkle: https://themerkle.com/statistics-show-nearly-81-of-all-icos-eventually-become-scams/The Satis Group Medium page where you can find their CryptoAsset analysis: https://medium.com/satis-group/ico-quality-development-trading-e4fef28df04f --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

LApp #6 called IfpayTTT allows non-programmers to create Lightning-powered services using the IFTTT methodology. Listen to the announcement from @Blockstream to learn more.Link to the blog post:https://blockstream.com/2018/03/27/ifpaytt-brings-lightning-micropayments-to-ifttt.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Daniel Krawisz gives us a solid argument to why appcoins are all snake oil. A failed application of economics in an immature market. But is he right? Listen to hear more. Link to the article: http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/appcoins-are-snake-oil/ Link to the Crypto-mises episode on the topic: http://nakamotoinstitute.org/podcast/12-22-14-appcoins-and-bitcoin-maximalism/ And thanks to @tril0byte for linking to the information! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

LApp #5 is Nanopos, a simple to use point-of-sale system for in-person merchants. Listen for further details from @Blockstream Link to the Blockstream blog: https://blockstream.com/2018/03/26/streamlined-nanopos-lapp-offers-point-of-sale-simplicity.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Moving from the Electronic Age of Securities into the Digital Age. Anthony Pompliano lays out a vision of what the future may hold. Listen to the article to learn more.Link to read the article and @apompliano's blog: https://medium.com/@apompliano/the-digital-age-of-securities-e78950fd1b5d --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

LApp #4 brings us Paypercall, a powerful tool to enable micropayments for API calls and micro services across the web. Setting the stage, for a new era in the internet. Link to read it or explore links and references on the Blockstream blog: https://blockstream.com/2018/03/25/paypercall-shows-the-full-power-of-lightning-charge.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Bitcoin's ancestry comes from decades of cypherpunk principles and the work of dedicated and principled thinkers. Learn more from Jameson Lopp's piece about the history and ideology of the Cypherpunks that made Bitcoin into reality. View the article and explore the available links and videos at:https://www.coindesk.com/the-rise-of-the-cypherpunks/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

LApp #3 from Blockstream and @shesek is Nanotip, bringing micropayments back to bitcoin one strike at a time. Listen to learn more. Link to the Blockstream blog and further details on how to setup your own node and begin experimenting with these new additions to the crypto world:https://blockstream.com/2018/03/24/tipping-on-lightning-with-nanotip-lapp.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Quick and decisive action by Binance has seen them seek out a new, crypto-friendly home in Malta to accomodate their explosive growth in the cryptoconomy. Listen to hear Amy Castor's update at Bitcoin Magazine. Link to the article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/binance-seeks-new-home-maltas-fintech-friendly-environment/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

7 LApps for Lightning Charge on the way! LApp #2 is Lightning Publisher, a Wordpress plug-in that allows publishers to monetize their own content, no third parties needed. Read more and check out the links to the software at Blockstream: https://www.blockstream.com/2018/03/23/lightning-publisher.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Could Bitcoin be a new and revolutionary tool in the quest for individuals to secure their property rights from both thieves and authoritative regimes across the globe? Listen to find out more. The article by Muchael Dubrovsky published on Fee.org is titled "Bitcoin, Despite All its Problems, Could Revolutionize Property Rights":https://fee.org/articles/bitcoin-despite-all-its-problems-could-revolutionize-property-rights/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

7 LApps coming for Lightning Charge integration. LApp #1 is FileBazaar, integrating lightning payments for photos, videos, and documents.From the Blockstream Blog: https://www.blockstream.com/2018/03/22/filebazaar-joins-the-lightning-charge-lapps.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message