How many people can use Bitcoin and Lightning today? Severin Buhler from Synonym joins me to talk about the LSP spec as well as lightning development.
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SLP530 Growing a Bitcoin Circular Economy with Fernando Motolese (Bitcoin Beach Brazil & Bitcoinize POS)
There are various Bitcoin ‘circular economies’ but we talk with Fernando Motolese about how he started Bitcoin Beach Brazil, as well as his efforts in creating a new merchant POS terminal device, Bitcoinize.
SLP529 Ciudad Morazán with Massimo Mazzone
Free Private Cities are an exciting attempt at a new model for private governance. I’ve previously spoken with leaders in this movement such as Titus Gebel and Peter Young. Today I’m speaking with the founder of Ciudad Morazan, another free private city in Honduras.
SLP528 Bitcoin Mining Decentralisation with Ocean – Bitcoin Mechanic
Bitcoin’s mining ecosystem centralization and possible solutions are discussed with Bitcoin Mechanic from Ocean. Topics include hashers vs miners, pool payout methods, Stratum v2, block withholding attacks, what Ocean is doing about it, fees, and lightning payouts.
SLP527 Has Business Been Exploiting Labour since 1971? with Gene Epstein
Many Bitcoiners have seen or shared around the images that show Labour Compensation (wages and other benefits) diverging from Labour Productivity since 1971, particularly from sites such as wtfhappenedin1971.com. Rejoining me today is Gene Epstein to break down why this chart is flawed! We also talk about broader issues around CPI, whether inflation is over or undercounted, and cost of living pressures that so many people are facing today. The conclusions will surprise you!
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