Tommy and Brady discuss an assortment of recent happenings in bitcoin including bitcoin scaling (a 2.26 MB block and Lightning Network's astonishing growth), the "blockchain cruise" debate between Jimmy Song and Roger Ver, the Winklevoss stablecoin and The Final Boss of Bitcoin (aka The Bank for International Settlements).
Tommy and Brady discuss an assortment of recent happenings in bitcoin including bitcoin scaling (a 2.26 MB block and Lightning Network's astonishing growth), the "blockchain cruise" debate between Jimmy Song and Roger Ver, the Winklevoss stablecoin and The Final Boss of Bitcoin (aka The Bank for International Settlements).
Links from the show below.
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Links from the show:
Bitcoin mines it's largest block ever at 2.26 MB:
https://twitter.com/ConanOBitcoin/status/1038824249065197570
Lightning Network continues its amazing growth:
https://twitter.com/ConanOBitcoin/status/1039203077876838400
Full debate between Jimmy Song and Roger Ver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKM6DlaRpYo&feature=youtu.be
Jimmy Song's "BCH is Fiat Money":
https://medium.com/@jimmysong/bitcoin-cash-is-a-fiat-money-39626c002f77
Winklevoss stablecoin:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/winklevoss-twins-gemini-trust-launches-worlds-first-regulated-stablecoin-2018-09-10
Simon Lutz thread on the Bank for International Settlements:
https://twitter.com/simonlutz21/status/1038811798521229312
The Tower of Basel book:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/books/review/tower-of-basel-by-adam-lebor.html
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKRW6GI?ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_pK2jybM43ZD7K&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpe