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SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin
SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Apr 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
James O’Beirne, Bitcoin Core Engineer at Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about the real nature of ‘power’ and control within Bitcoin. It’s not as simple as it might first seem! We talk about:
Differing conceptions of ‘power’ in Bitcoin
Peer to peer network governance
Bitcoin Core development
Assume utxo
James O’Beirne links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesob
Github: https://github.com/jamesob
Chaincode labs: https://chaincode.com/
Discussed in episode:
2019 Draft Paper by Angela Walch: Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3326244
WBD089 - Angela Walch appearance on What Bitcoin Did podcast - https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/critiquing-bitcoin-with-angela-walch
Assumeutxo: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-April/016825.html
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Subscribe on Android: https://subscribeonandroid.com/anchor.fm/s/7d083a4/podcast/rss
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera
Differing conceptions of ‘power’ in Bitcoin
Peer to peer network governance
Bitcoin Core development
Assume utxo
James O’Beirne links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesob
Github: https://github.com/jamesob
Chaincode labs: https://chaincode.com/
Discussed in episode:
2019 Draft Paper by Angela Walch: Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3326244
WBD089 - Angela Walch appearance on What Bitcoin Did podcast - https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/critiquing-bitcoin-with-angela-walch
Assumeutxo: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-April/016825.html
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Subscribe on Android: https://subscribeonandroid.com/anchor.fm/s/7d083a4/podcast/rss
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera
Released:
Apr 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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