I’ve been having a lot of conversations with people about Bitcoin, DeFi, and other crypto-currencies and blockchain technology and about how they are going to change the world of finance. However, it wasn’t until I got the chance to read Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks by Steven Boykey Sidley and Simon…
The concept of parasite stress is one that has been studied by my guest Dr Randy Thornhill for decades – it’s the idea that the more infectious disease that is prevalent in a country, the more right-wing and collectivist a population is. With a very strong correlation. With that in mind, I was curious as…
NFTs, the Metaverse, and digital real estate are all concepts that fascinate me. I’ve had discussions with a few people about this topic and now I decided to get a true expert on the show! I’m lucky enough to be joined by Dave Carr of Parcel (formerly of Decentraland)! He’s here to explain to me…
Max Hillebrand is free software engineer an economist who started reading Keynes when he was 9 and got into Bitcoin at the age of 16. He says “Bitcoin is for everyone”, even his grandmother runs a Lightning node. Max came across my radar as a Bitcoin enthusiast, but he really peaked my interest when he…
Emma Reilly is a former UN employee and now UN whistleblower who uncovered that the UN was handing names of dissidents to the Chinese government. Emma said, “One of the first issues we had to deal with was a request from China to know whether specific individuals were planning to attend the session. I had…
So when I spoke to Peter McCormack, host of What Bitcoin Did, I was curious as to whether he thought that BTC is Bitcoin or whether it even matters. I wanted to ask him about the Bitcoin block size debate (also known as the fork wars), why the bitcoin block size was important, and whether the block size debate was even relevant!
