Guy's Roundtable_002 - Conbase, Control, The Nature of Privacy, and Decentralized Mining
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It's here! We are back for the second Roundtable!! What do Coinbase and the Blackrock debacle, paper Bitcoin, the difference between privacy and anonymity, Bitcoin drama, the capitulation of Telegram, the problems of centralized mining pools, and the efforts to re-decentralize it have in common? That's right, Guy's Roundtable!
Links mentioned for further exploring from the show:
Pavel Durov criminal charges (Link: https://tinyurl.com/232razkc)
Signal messenger blocked in Russia (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mwhutn3r)
Blackrock's Coinbase transactions recorded off-chain (Link: http://tiny.cc/taqozz)
BOLT-12 merged into LN spec (Link: http://tiny.cc/aaqozz)
Ashigaru (Link: https://ashigaru.rs)
DATUM: Decentralized Alternative Templates for Universal Mining (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4ydce8hb)
Thanks to the guests for joining:
Steve Simple Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3s6a8yn8)
Steve Simple on X (Link: https://x.com/stevesimple)
Bitcoin Mechanic Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2tm827ut)
Bitcoin Mechanic on X (Link: https://x.com/GrassFedBitcoin)
Jeff Swann Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3sjc3bcp)
Jeff Swann on X (Link: https://x.com/agoristview)
Links mentioned for further exploring from the show:
Dark Skippy (Link: https://darkskippy.com/)
ProtonWallet (Link: https://proton.me/wallet)
Mutiny Wallet to Shut Down at the End of the Year (Link: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-wallet-to-shut-down-at-the-end-of-the-year/)
Fedi Launch (Link: https://www.fedi.xyz/blog/fedi-announces-launch-of-world-s-first-community-superapp)
bitaxe mines a block! (Link: https://twitter.com/altair_tech/status/1816176460656243146)
Swan Cancels Public Listing Plans (Link: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/swan-cancels-public-listing-plans-rolls-back-mining-business-cuts-staff/)
Swan cancels Pacific Bitcoin 2024 (Link: https://www.pacificbitcoin.com/)
Taproot Assets first mainnet release of multi-asset Lightning (Link: https://twitter.com/lightning/status/1815768786752164213)
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