In this episode featuring Bitcoin developer **Jimmy Song** , you’ll learn:

  * What an atomic swap is, how it affects the future of Bitcoin, and why it is useful
  * How an atomic swap works, with a real-world example
  * Why trusted third parties are security holes, and how atomic swaps remove the need for them
  * Pros and cons of on-chain atomic swaps compared to off-chain swaps such as the Lightning Network
  * What some of the cryptocurrencies that support atomic swaps are, including Decred (DCR) and Litecoin (LTC) which made headlines after recently completing an atomic swap

Atomic Swaps

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In this episode featuring **Crypto Venture Fund Co-Founder Nick Tomaino**, you’ll learn how his $26M fund, 1Confirmation, decides how to deploy their capital into blockchain investments.

How Crypto Investment Fund Manager Nick Tomaino Evaluates Tokens

In this episode featuring Crypto Venture Fund Co-Founder Nick Tomaino, you’ll learn how his $26M fund, 1Confirmation, decides how to deploy their capital into blockchain investments.

In this episode featuring Software Engineer **Haseeb Qureshi** , you’ll learn about the four potential killer apps of blockchain technology: dark web and black market payments, digital gold, payments (macro and micro), and tokenization.﻿

We already know blockchain's killer apps

In this episode featuring Software Engineer Haseeb Qureshi , you’ll learn about the four potential killer apps of blockchain technology: dark web and black market payments, digital gold, payments (macro and micro), and tokenization.﻿

In this episode featuring Scalar Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner **Linda Xie** , you’ll learn:

  * The basics of Bitcoin Cash is, and how it compares to Bitcoin
  * How and why Bitcoin Cash was created
  * The differences between the scaling approaches of Bitcoin Cash (on chain) and Bitcoin (off chain)
  * How forks like Bitcoin Cash allow cryptocurrencies to experiment when groups of people cannot reach consensus on contentious decisions﻿

Atomic Swaps

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