GuysTake_011 - Why Lightning Sucks
Lightning is complicated, difficult to use, sometimes doesn't work properly, requires a lot of learning and experimentation, and is still a risky place to hold Bitcoin funds. Doesn't this make it a p...
24 Apr 20191h 5min
CryptoQuikRead_239 - How to Scale Bitcoin Without Changing a Thing [Part 2 - Nic Carter]
Even with #Bitcoin, are we destined for a future with intermediated payments? Will that give us a different color of the same system we're stuck with today, or will Bitcoin still prove to be a revolu...
23 Apr 201955min
CryptoQuikRead_238 - How to Scale Bitcoin Without Changing a Thing [Part 1 - Nic Carter]
"I believe that institutional scaling presents an under-appreciated scaling vector, and it is quite possible to employ it without significantly compromising Bitcoin’s assurances." Don't miss today's a...
22 Apr 20191h 9min
CryptoQuikRead_237 - Casa Keymaster Security - Mobile Key Overview [Jameson Lopp]
Today we go through a recent blog post by Jameson Lopp and the Casa team that goes into the clever, meticulous design used to ensure the security and recoverability of the mobile key for their Keymast...
18 Apr 201934min
CryptoQuikRead_236 - How Is Fiat Money Possible [Part 3 - Hans Hermann Hoppe]
Today we reach the conclusion of Hoppe's incredible piece on the nature of fractional reserve banking and the contradictions of fiat money. With the final section, "From Deposit & Loan Banking to Fra...
17 Apr 201959min
CryptoQuikRead_235 - How Is Fiat Money Possible [Part 2 - Hans Hermann Hoppe]
Continuing from yesterday's episode with Part 2 of our journey through Hoppe's amazing piece on the nature and origins of the fiat money system. Could such a system ever work in a competitive market,...
16 Apr 201951min
CryptoQuikRead_234 - How is Fiat Money Possible [Part 1 - Hans Hermann Hoppe]
"Fiat money is the term for a medium of exchange which is neither a commercial commodity, a consumer, or a producer good, nor title to any such commodity: i.e., irredeemable paper money." Another grea...
15 Apr 201935min
CryptoQuikRead_233 - Exit & Freedom [Nick Szabo]
Building on the principles discussed in our exploration of the consequences of a society without cash, we apply it to a broader principle of how the power to exit acts as a check on abuse and centrali...
12 Apr 201942min
