Ask Me Anything 2.0 with Matt, Nic, and Ria (EP.222)

On The Brink with Castle Island

English - June 14, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 272 ratings
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Previous Episode: Weekly Roundup 06/11/21 (Bitcoinización in LatAm, volcano mining, El Salvador turns orange) (EP.221)

Next Episode: Weekly Roundup 06/18/21 (Bukele's Bitcoin ambitions, the World Bank spurns El Salvador, DeFi risks) (EP. 223)

In our second OTB AMA, we field questions from Brink Nation. In this episode:

What other countries are good candidates to ratify Bitcoin next? What are the prospects for DeFi on Bitcoin? Is price to hashrate a viable ratio to use to value bitcoin? Will other countries follow El Salvador's lead in light of the pushback from the IMF? Who will win Euro2020? Are ransomware attacks good because they will get directors to add Bitcoin to corporate balance sheets "just in case"? Will users eventually hold their bitcoin through banks? What is missing to make lightning workable? Why do people allocate energy cost pro rata across bitcoin transactions? Matt's turkey update Stablecoin yields as an attractive product for corporate treasuries? Why doesn't bitcoin just increase the block size? Our takes on DAOs What govt action could turn bitcoiners into dissidents? Our proposed improvements for twitter spaces

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