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KDC #38: Adam Back (PhD) - The Bitcoin Rabbit Hole & Lightning Network.

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During the Lightning Conference 2019 in Berlin, I had the pleasure to sit down with Adam Back (cyberpunk, cryptographer, PhD in computer science, CEO/Co-Founder of Blockstream etc.) for an interview.

Adam´s works (Hashcash used in Bitcoin Mining) is cited in the White Paper of Satoshi Nakomoto. 

Our fascinating talk deep down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole covers a spectrum of questions and topics: 

  • Lightning: Purpose / Vision/ Challenges / Scalability / Privacy / Security / On&Off Chain
  • Finalization of Payment
  • Future Developments: Layer 1 & 2; Interoperability / Splice-In / Channels
  • UX / UI / By Default Functions&Features/ "All in One"?/ New Wallets
  • Coinjoin&Wasabi / Samourai&Whirlpool 
  • Different Trade-Offs: Convenience, Privacy, Security etc.
  • Liquid-Chain / Encryption / Block Explorer
  • IPs/ Tor / VPN
  • Education / Self-Responsibility 
  • Critical Mass-Adoption
  • Multi-Signatures / 2FA 
  • Safe Recovery-Key / User-Control 
  • The Bigger Picture 
  • Bail-In / Negative Rates / Recession / Crash
  • Keynesianism / Modern Monetary Theory / (Hyper-) Inflation
  • Investment-Allocation of Bitcoin / Gold / Volatility / Stability / Adoption-Curve
  • FOMO / Mass-Psychology / Stock-to-Flow-Ratio / (Absolute) Scarcity 
  • Digital Gold Asset
  • Adoption Saturation
  • Permissionless / Self-Sovereignty / Censorship-Resistance / Privacy
  • Predecessors of Bitcoin / Failures / Centralization
  • Satoshi Nakomoto´s Vision and Ethos 
  • Human Civilization / Evolution / Technological "Zero-to-One" Innovations 
  • Hard & Sound Money / Bitcoin: The New Gold-Standard 
  • Limitations of Gold 
  • Bank Runs
  • Fractional Reserve Banking & Money 
  • Humanity Not Understanding Money 
  • Low Time Preference & Saving
  • True Potential & Essence of Bitcoin for Humanity 
  • "The Bitcoin Rabbit Hole" 
  • Improving the Quality of Life for Billions of People with Bitcoin
  • Beautiful Vision: Evolution. 

    • Follow Adam Back on twitter: @adam3us

    Website: cypherspace.org/adam/


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    Keyvan

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