Adam Back joins me to discuss the next Bitcoin halving, the utilization of untapped power, the aesthetic value of Bitcoin, and the probability of another Blocksize War.

Adam Back is a British cryptographer and cypherpunk. He is the CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash.

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00:00 - Coming up
00:47 - Intro
02:20 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
03:07 - Introducing Adam Back
03:38 - The Bitcoin Price Bet
07:17 - Trend Analysis of Bitcoin’s Price
08:07 - Impact of Bitcoin’s Halving Pattern
12:50 - One Zeta Hash
15:59 - Bitcoin Mining Dynamics
21:14 - Gold Bull Market
22:25 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
23:21 - Bitcoin Takes on the Duck Curve
27:35 - Wealth of Nations and Power Capacity
29:13 - Utilizing the Untapped Power
30:45 - Bitcoin is Right
32:53 - Is Bitcoin Art?
37:07 - The Aesthetic Value of Bitcoin
39:39 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet
40:31 - The User Activated Soft Fork
43:44 - Impact of UASF on Bitcoin
46:02 - Probability of Another War in the Bitcoin Network
48:41 - The Unique Feature of Bitcoin
52:57 - Why did the Bitcoin War Occur?
56:00 - Where to Find Adam on the Internet

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