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Adam Back: Why Bitcoin Needs a Measured Approach to Scaling
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Adam Back: Why Bitcoin Needs a Measured Approach to Scaling
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
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Length:
76 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
As the debate about forks, the blocksize and decision making in Bitcoin continues, we are joined by Adam Back. Adam is best known for his invention hash-cash which became one of the fundamental building blocks of Bitcoin. He is also the inventor of the sidechains concept and founder and president of Blockstream, the single biggest employer of Bitcoin core developers.
With Adam we talked about the different blocksize proposals and how a decentralized cryptocurrency should be governed in general. He is an influential conservative voice in the current debate and has been warning that a rapid increase of the blocksize could undermine the decentralization of Bitcoin.
Topics covered in this episode:
Adam’s concerns with Bitcoin XT and the approach by Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn
Why Adam favors a slower blocksize increase to preserve decentralization
How Bitcoin will function as a settlement network in the medium-term with the bulk of transactions going through the Lightning Network or sidechains
Why forks are in Bitcoin are different from forks in other open source projects
The upcoming Scaling Bitcoin workshop in Montreal
Episode links:
Scaling Bitcoin Montreal Event
Blockstream
Gavin Andresen's BIP 101
Jeff Garzik's BIP 100
Adam Back's blocksize proposal
List of different blocksize proposals
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/095
With Adam we talked about the different blocksize proposals and how a decentralized cryptocurrency should be governed in general. He is an influential conservative voice in the current debate and has been warning that a rapid increase of the blocksize could undermine the decentralization of Bitcoin.
Topics covered in this episode:
Adam’s concerns with Bitcoin XT and the approach by Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn
Why Adam favors a slower blocksize increase to preserve decentralization
How Bitcoin will function as a settlement network in the medium-term with the bulk of transactions going through the Lightning Network or sidechains
Why forks are in Bitcoin are different from forks in other open source projects
The upcoming Scaling Bitcoin workshop in Montreal
Episode links:
Scaling Bitcoin Montreal Event
Blockstream
Gavin Andresen's BIP 101
Jeff Garzik's BIP 100
Adam Back's blocksize proposal
List of different blocksize proposals
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/095
Released:
Sep 7, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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