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Presidio Bitcoin Jam · With David King, Max Webster, and Steve Lee
October 10, 20251h 33m
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Show Notes
<p>0:00 Orange phones, orange signs. </p>
<p>1:30 Updates from Berlin Conference, experiences around Berlin, experiencing history. </p>
<p>8:19 Steve's presentation on Spark at BTC++ </p>
<p>10:35 Differences and interplay between Ark & Spark & Lightning. </p>
<p>14:36 How these technologies can bring more people into Bitcoin and how the tech is advancing. </p>
<p>22:57 TLDR: A compelling solution is being developed, and hats off to the <a href="http://Second.Tech">Second.Tech</a> team. </p>
<p>24:56 What is the takeaway on the state of Lightning and adoption? </p>
<p>33:28 Square just enabled Bitcoin on merchant terminals, hopefully normalizing the use of Bitcoin. </p>
<p>43:54 Max's trip to orange pill the complexity science group at the Santa Fe Institute. </p>
<p>49:13 The importance of the difficulty adjustment to Bitcoin and why there is a Nobel prize hidden within. </p>
<p>53:14 Recapping Presidio Bitcoin's first Nostr event! Awesome Nostr GitHub is a great tool to explain the tech! </p>
<p>57:48 Audience engagement: How to bring merchants on board to Bitcoin. </p>
<p>1:02:42 Takeaways from the Freedom of the Press event in SF. </p>
<p>1:07:30 What is Chat Control, and what does it mean for end-to-end encrypted messaging? </p>
<p>1:14:30 Updates on the Type1 Summit at Presidio Bitcoin and why we need to build a new grid to meet energy demand. </p>
<p>1:23:58 What we hope to emerge from the Summit.</p>
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<p>SHOW NOTES:</p>
<p>Type1summit.org</p>
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<p>FOLLOW:</p>
<p>Presidio Bitcoin:<a href="https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin">https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
<p>Steve Lee:<a href="https://x.com/moneyball">https://x.com/moneyball</a></p>
<p>Max Webster:<a href="https://x.com/MaxAWebster">https://x.com/MaxAWebster</a></p>
<p>David King:<a href="https://x.com/dksf">https://x.com/dksf</a></p>
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<p>WATCH THE SHOW:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>