On this week's episode'. Segment 1 "Long Bitcoin, Short the World? Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money"CoinDesks' Nolan hosts a fascinating Discussion with Eric Weinstein at Invest2019(https://www.coindesk.com/events/invest-2019)They talk about embedded growth obligations and the sociopathic companies they engender'...and Tuur Demeester's (https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester) Reformation of Bitcoin (https://docsend.com/view/ijd8qrs)Is everything fine, or are we already experiencing a low grade revolution?The big value of blockchains is that they replicate real world "It just works", if imperfectly.Much more in this wide-ranging "fireside chat" Segment 2 "New Tools, Layers, and Tradeoffs for scaling Blockchains"In Segment 2, the hosts of Let's Talk Bitcoin are joined by Ruben Somsen to dig into his proposal for blockchain agnostic "Statechains"A low-trust, low knowledge, high accessibility approach to side chainsPairing Statechains with Lightning NetworksRuben's journey from podcasting enthusiast (https://www.unhashedpodcast.com/) to scaling innovator https://twitter.com/SomsenRuben/status/1145738783192600576 Episode 418 Credits: SponsorsEdge.app,Brave.comeToro HostsAdam B. Levine (http://ltbshow.com)Andreas M. Antonopoulos (https://aantonop.com/)Stephanie Murphy (https://www.stephaniemurphyvoice.com/)Ruben Somsen ( https://twitter.com/somsenruben?lang=en) https://twitter.com/SomsenRuben/status/1145738783192600576) Special thanks toInvest2019,NolanEric Weinstein ProducerAdam B. Levine EditorsJonasAdam B. Levine MusicJared Rubens (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-a-rubens-099349135)General Fuzz (https://www.generalfuzz.net/)