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Fun With Bitcoin E0097 BenTheCarman

duda-wsm • September 3, 2020

This week we go deep with BenTheCarman, Class of '17, working on BTCcore and talking bips!

RH Story
Class of 2017
College for computer science
Started working on BTC core
Worked on wasabi what did you do on that? contribution game
Soft fork what is it?
BIP 9 how to coordindate/signal the softfork
Segwit - miners cant vote/ timeout for miners signal was a real world time and not height
BIP 8 fixes BIP 9 lock in on timeout -
Surebits discreet log contracts (DLC's)- you dont need the arbitrator
Bitcoins here to stay, its unstoppable!
PTLC - the avg user should never know they are using it
https://suredbits.com/blog/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak1iojpiHpM&t=148s
Andreas Antonopoulos: "50 currencies today have less intrinsic value than goat shit"
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bip-8-bip-9-or-modern-soft-fork-activation-how-bitcoin-could-upgrade-next


Twitter Contact:@benthecarman

Twitter & Telegram @Coinicarus

Email me at coinicarus@funwithbitcoin.com

Intro music by @CryptoContagion

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