
#568: Building A Way Around Govt Digital ID with John Carvalho
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Marty Bent
December 27, 20241h 37m
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Show Notes
<p>Marty sits down with John Carvalho to discuss his BIP on bitcoin units and an update on Pubky.</p>
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<p>https://pubky.app/</p>
<p>https://pubky.org/</p>
<p>https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog</p>
<p>0:00 - Intro</p>
<p>0:36 - John's BIP</p>
<p>10:16 - Millisats</p>
<p>14:30 - Unchained</p>
<p>15:30 - Optimizing against govt controlled btc</p>
<p>22:30 - OP_VAULT and fork consensus</p>
<p>36:53 - Zaprite & SOTE</p>
<p>38:26 - Pubky</p>
<p>45:21 - Government digital ID</p>
<p>54:10 - Nostr's vs X vs Bluesky</p>
<p>1:00:00 - Why Nostr needs an ID solution</p>
<p>1:03:13 - Atomic Economy</p>
<p>1:08:08 - Tether</p>
<p>1:12:15 - Bitfinex stolen coins</p>
<p>1:14:13 - MSTR</p>
<p>1:21:20 - Core dev incentives</p>
<p>1:25:39 - John's hot take history</p>
<p>1:29:29 - Bluesky culture</p>
<p>1:33:15 - Giving people what they don’t know they want</p>
<p>1:35:52 - Wrapup</p>
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