"look what we have now, it's like literally death. The US dollar is like extremely toxic, right? It bombs countries every time it needs a pump. So you know like just moving from like you know bomb based monetary system to like you know voluntary based imperfect system, it's already like again a million times win."

On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with NVK.

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NVK's Links:

Nostr: https://primal.net/nvk

X: https://twitter.com/nvk

Bitcoin Review Podcast: https://twitter.com/BitcoinReviewHQ

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WALKER’S LINKS:

NOSTR: https://primal.net/walker

X/TWITTER:

https://twitter.com/walkeramerica

https://twitter.com/titcoinpodcast

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Website: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/

TIMESTAMPS:

04:00 Introduction and Background

06:12 The Significance of Bitcoin

07:32 The Impact of Having Children

09:08 The Current State of Bitcoin Adoption

10:40 The Future of Noster and E-Cash

13:27 The Waves of Bitcoin Adoption

15:14 The Potential of Nostr

16:50 The Benefits of Unleashed.Chat

19:29 The Open Source Models of AI

27:37 Bitcoin for Anyone, Not Everyone

30:05 The Changing Landscape of TradFi

33:21 The Winning Nature of Bitcoin

36:02 The Importance of Savers

39:10 Debates and Upgrades in Bitcoin

40:29 The Value of Running Old Nodes

41:00 Bitcoin's Lack of Officiality

42:53 The Complexity of Bitcoin Dynamics

43:33 The Role of Economic Nodes

45:29 The Economic Power of Dumping Forks

46:11 Historical Precedence of Forks Trending Towards Zero

46:35 Activation Methods and Economic Nodes

47:44 Transaction Validation Throughput and Fork Support

48:08 Game Theory and Economic Incentives

50:40 The Futility of Rare Sats and Ownership

51:44 Understanding CTV and Covenants

59:26 The Market's Ability to Work Itself Out

01:01:52 The Future of AI Compute and Bitcoin Payments

01:06:47 Exciting Developments in Bitcoin Tech

01:14:12 Advice for Entrepreneurs in the Bitcoin Space