Adam Back joins me to discuss the next Bitcoin halving, the utilization of untapped power, the aesthetic value of Bitcoin, and the probability of another Blocksize War.

Adam Back is a British cryptographer and cypherpunk. He is the CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash. 

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00:00 - Coming up 
00:47 - Intro 
02:20 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 
03:07 - Introducing Adam Back 
03:38 - The Bitcoin Price Bet 
07:17 - Trend Analysis of Bitcoin’s Price 
08:07 - Impact of Bitcoin’s Halving Pattern 
12:50 - One Zeta Hash 
15:59 - Bitcoin Mining Dynamics 
21:14 - Gold Bull Market 
22:25 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 
23:21 - Bitcoin Takes on the Duck Curve 
27:35 - Wealth of Nations and Power Capacity 
29:13 - Utilizing the Untapped Power 
30:45 - Bitcoin is Right 
32:53 - Is Bitcoin Art? 
37:07 - The Aesthetic Value of Bitcoin 
39:39 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 
40:31 - The User Activated Soft Fork 
43:44 - Impact of UASF on Bitcoin 
46:02 - Probability of Another War in the Bitcoin Network 
48:41 - The Unique Feature of Bitcoin 
52:57 - Why did the Bitcoin War Occur? 
56:00 - Where to Find Adam on the Internet

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