Why Bitcoin Should Not Ossify - Steve Lee SLP569
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A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining  pool centralisation and what is driving it.  Links: X: @moneyball  AJ Town’s ‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned:  Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin (BIP324)  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe to Substack
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