Citizen Bitcoin

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.

Tommy and Brady discuss two opposing articles about bitcoin, one titled "Bitcoin is Ridiculous, Blockchain is Dangerous" and the other "The Bullish Case for Bitcoin"

Tommy and Brady discuss Bitcoin's energy usage, how it incentivizes renewable energy, the Petro and Telegram ICOs, time preference, a visualization of the history of bitcoin development, a cypherpunk research archive and the current BTC price.

Tommy and Brady discuss bitcoin news from the past week, including Switzerland's ICO regulations, Charlie Munger's hatred of bitcoin, feeding chicks with the Lightning Network, and the latest price action. We take a look at how the bitcoin main chain works and why we need the lightning network.