SLP84 Stepan Snigirev - Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets

SLP84 Stepan Snigirev - Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets

Stepan Snigirev, Quantum Physicist and CTO of CryptoAdvance joins me in this episode to talk about the Quantum threat to Bitcoin, and we also talk about Bitcoin Hardware Wallets. This interview was recorded in person in San Francisco just prior to the Bitcoin2019 conference.

Topics covered:

  • What Bitcoin’s security relies on
  • Why the Quantum Computing threat against Bitcoin is overblown
  • How long until it might be a realistic consideration
  • Challenges faced by Bitcoin Hardware wallets today
  • What could be done better in future
  • CoinJoining and Lightning on a Hardware wallet
  • CryptoAdvance

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SLP69 Saifedean Ammous - How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios

SLP69 Saifedean Ammous - How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios

Saifedean Ammous, Bitcoin economist and author of seminal book, The Bitcoin Standard, joins me in this episode. We talk about some of his recent research: How governments could try to kill Bitcoin ...

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SLP68 Joost Jager - Lightning Loop Out/In, and Lightning Network Criticisms

SLP68 Joost Jager - Lightning Loop Out/In, and Lightning Network Criticisms

Joost Jager, Lightning Network Infrastructure Engineer at Lightning Labs, joins me in this episode to talk about Lightning Loop Out and In. We also discuss some of the recent criticisms of the Lightni...

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SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) - Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques

SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) - Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques

Plan B (@100trillionUSD), operator of a well known pseudonymous twitter account joins me for discussion on modelling the incredible value of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this discussion on data modelling, fina...

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SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin

SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin

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...

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SLP65 Nik Bhatia: Bitcoin Lightning Reference Rate and Node Accrual Rate

SLP65 Nik Bhatia: Bitcoin Lightning Reference Rate and Node Accrual Rate

Nik Bhatia CFA charter holder and Bitcoin-native financial theorist joins me for discussion on the Lightning Network Interest Rate (LNRR) - a concept on how Bitcoin Lightning Network participants can ...

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SLP64 Tuur Demeester - What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework

SLP64 Tuur Demeester - What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework

Tuur Demeester, Bitcoin/Macro Investor and Writer, and Founding Partner of Adamant Capital joins us in a very important macro-economic and investment discussion on how to assess Bitcoin’s value throug...

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SLP63 LightningK0ala - Bitcoin and Lightning enabled online gaming

SLP63 LightningK0ala - Bitcoin and Lightning enabled online gaming

LightningK0ala joins us to talk about his new Bitcoin Lightning powered online gaming venture, Koala Studio. We talk: How he got into Lightning development Experiences with Satoshi’s Place What h...

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SLP62 Rodolfo Novak - Keeping Bitcoin Cypherpunk

SLP62 Rodolfo Novak - Keeping Bitcoin Cypherpunk

Rodolfo Novak, Founder of Coinkite joins me to discuss ways to keep Bitcoin in line with its true cypherpunk values: Decentralizing Bitcoin’s communication networks Alternative methods of sending,...

27 Maalis 201959min