Read_804 - The Past, Present, & Future of Offline Payments
"It might feel as if the promised future is perpetually out of reach, but building Lightning is a lot like climbing a mountain. Climbers never really see the summit until they’re standing on top of it...
28 Feb 20241h 3min
Read_803 - Inflation in a HyperBitcoinized World
"Izzy said there could be inflation in a hyperbitcoinized world. And she's right. Calm down, maxis, calm down! Explaining why this is true sheds light on yet another of Bitcoin’s quasi-magical propert...
27 Feb 202441min
Chat_093 - P2P Payments for the World with Roy Sheinfeld
"I'm super confident that lightning is not just the present but also the future of lightning. It is the interoperability layer between all things Bitcoin." ~ Roy Sheinfeld What is the future of the li...
23 Feb 20241h 42min
Ai_016 - Video AI Breakthroughs Already in 2024
"By the end of 2024, everyone will have tools easily available to them that will allow them to create any video they want by simply typing in a description and hitting generate." ~ Guy Swann Are we o...
22 Feb 202458min
Read_802 - How Inflation Destroys Civilization
"The foregoing considerations are by no means an exhaustive account of the cultural and spiritual legacy of fiat inflation. But they should suffice to substantiate the main point: that fiat inflaiton ...
21 Feb 202458min
Read_801 - To Dust You Shall Return
"During the peak transaction fee times over the past month, our example transaction would be dust even for .001 BTC. That’s a little less than $50 at current market conditions. This feels incredible. ...
19 Feb 202444min
Chat_092 - Second Coming of the P2P Web
We had an awesome chat on Twitter Spaces where we discuss the launch of Pear Runtime, bringing Paolo Arduino, Mathias Buus, David Markclem, Samson Mow, and Giacomo Zucco! We dig into what this could m...
16 Feb 20242h 13min
Read_800 - Mining Misinformation - How the UN Misrepresents Bitcoin Mining
"For too long, the world has had to endure the fallout of subpar academic research on bitcoin mining’s energy use and environmental impact. The outcome of this bullshit research has been shocking news...
14 Feb 20241h 15min
