The Bitcoin Standard, Bitcoin Scaling, Sidechains

Tommy and Brady discuss tweets that caught our attention this week about sidechains, The Bitcoin Standard book, bitcoin maximalism, and an interesting Lightning Network use case idea. We take a look at the bitcoin price and at why Roger Ver is wrong about scaling bitcoin.

Links from the show below.

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Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin

Citizen Bitcoin on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_fqW5K7-eLUXcLU-dR3eQ/featured

Citizen Bitcoin Podcast:
https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/

Sidechains tweet from Armin van Bitcoin:
https://twitter.com/ArminVanBitcoin/status/978291979208536064?s=03

The Bitcoin Standard tweet from Brady:
https://twitter.com/bswen/status/983901356200267777

The Bitcoin Standard book:
https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861

Dr. Saifedean Ammous Udemy course:
https://www.udemy.com/understanding-macroeconomics-for-university-and-business/learn/v4/overview

Lightning Network publishing platform idea tweet from Ansel Lindner:
https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/984115149299748865

Three bitcoin facts not widely understood yet:
https://amp.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/8bgjlw/3_basic_facts_that_show_bitcoin_is_the_most/?__twitter_impression=true

Jack Dorsey the bitcoin maximalist:
https://twitter.com/bswen/status/983709064730497024

Why Roger Ver is Wrong About Scaling Bitcoin:
https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin/rebutting-roger-why-roger-ver-is-wrong-about-scaling-bitcoin-10ca4799975d

Jameson Lopp's bitcoin resources:
https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html

Cryptoconomy Quick Reads podcast:
https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/

Bitcoin and Markets podcast:
http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/