Digital Cash Network

Chad Barraford, technical lead for THORchain, comes on the podcast to discuss the project from start-to-finish: what THORchain is, how it manages to enable cross-chain decentralized exchange trading without custodial solutions or requiring the end user to interact directly with the RUNE token. We go into detail on how the system works, how one goes about running a THOR node, how one provides liquidity, and more. Finally, we go into the game theory and security measures behind the protocol which guarantee it will run smoothly for the foreseeable future.

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Dash Core developer Pasta comes on the Dash Podcast immediately following the version 0.17 release to explain everything that's in it, and a whole lot more. We cover some of the basic improvements, as well as the rebranding of the mixing function to CoinJoin, and the numerous Bitcoin backports. We go deep into BLS signatures and compare them to Schnorr, and go into the various signature schemes and tradeoffs. We also go into the structure of Dash development, and on its lateral rather than top-down structure, and much more.

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Scott Cunningham comes back on the Rundown to talk about the current state of the crypto markets, including the epic crypto crash, which may or may not have ended the bull run. We talk the effects of China FUD about new crypto bans coming on the markets, but mostly we talk about Elon Musk and the energy issues highlighted on Bitcoin, and whether or not it's an issue for proof-of-work cryptocurrencies moving forward, especially when compared with other large polluters like the banking system, mining, and more.

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Bitcoin perma-bull Anthony Pompliano, a.k.a. Pomp, recently came out with a new pizza company, Bitcoin Pizza, to sell junk food and raise some money for Bitcoin protocol development while he's at it. But the company, in a bizarre twist of fate, doesn't even take Bitcoin! Why is this? Here's my thoughts.

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Kurt Wuckert Jr. comes on the Digital Cash Rundown once again to talk the latest crypto happenings, mostly about Bitcoin and Elon Musk, of course. We discuss Musk's Bitcoin-manipulating antics, which of course launches a discussion into the energy efficienty of proof-of-work mining, and comparisons to proof-of-stake. We also talk Dogecoin, and whether or not there will ever be any significant development. And of course a lot of extra stuff.

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Anyone who has actually used Bitcoin recently knows that the user experience for the average user isn't so great: transactions can take a long time, fees are crazy, addresses are confusing, and plenty of network disruptions can happen. But how did it actually get this way, and why is it that way? I break down the real technical limitations that lead to this end result, as well as the design choices, both politically-motivated an otherwise, that led to this current state of affairs.

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Front End Product Owner for Dash Core Group Brian Foster comes on the podcast to introduce himself and talk about his role in Dash. We go into a deep dive on Dash Core Group's product strategy, which products are areas of focus, as well as which ones are not but that the community could have a hand in helping with. We also go over the various new integrations into the main wallets, including extra fiat on-ramps, which of course prompts a discussion into KYC and its friction point in onboarding new Dash users. Finally we hit on the development progress of the DashPay mobile username app, and how it's months ahead of schedule ahead of the mainnet Dash Platform release.

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Ben Nitschke of DeltaEngine comes on the Rundown to talk the latest crypto happenings, particularly the surge in cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin in the "alt season" people expect as the bull market comes into full swing. We also talked how the largest payment processor in Latin America is buying Bitcoin, yet doesn't accept it for payments for most products, in a move very similar to companies such as Tesla. We also talk the legal issues surrounding taxing digital assets, the problems traders are facing, and what a regulatory landscape might look like in the future. Finally, we talk gaming and in-game tokens and currencies, and how they could end up precipitating mass adoption of crypto.

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The Lightning Network is Bitcoin's premier off-chain scaling solution, and is basically the only way you can make small transactions these days without paying insane fees. You're supposed to run your own node to enjoy a truly decentralized process. But how important is it to run your own node? And, more importantly, how feasible is it? Here I quickly break down all you really need to know.

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Chris Pacia joins the podcast to talk all things crypto as per usual, including of course Bitcoin's persistent price pumping, which prompts an in-depth discussion as to the value of the network in the modern age, and how much speculation may or may not play into it. We also go into the recent-ish network issues caused by hashrate fluctuations from China, and any effects they may have rippling down across layer-two solutions like Lightning. We also touch on the SEC case against Ripple, as well as Tether and its purported backing, including the distinction between liquid and backed, along with some fun conspiracy theories. Finally we touch on the current state of OpenBazaar, its value in the modern world, and what its future could hold.

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