SP45 Giacomo Zucco & Mir Liponi on bitcoin in Italy and threats to bitcoin

In this episode, Giacomo Zucco and Mir Liponi give us a glimpse into the Italian bitcoin community and alleviate concerns about supposed threats to bitcoin.

Giacomo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco
Mir's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mir_btc
Mir's list of bitcoin resources in Italian: https://github.com/mirserena/risorsebitcoin/blob/main/README.md

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Chapters⌚:
0:00 Intro
2:51 What are Giacomo and Mir working on right now?
6:08 Italian bitcoiners
12:55 Italian mainstream media and bitcoin
16:13 Are ordinalds retarded?
18:34 Bitcoin and layered architecture
28:00 Threats to bitcoin
32:24 SEC vs. shitcoin casinos
36:36 Quantum computing
39:13 Bitcoin subcultures & why need both privacy and scarcity
43:11 Evolving bitcoin tools
47:14 Bitcoin and the importance of good communication
52:08 Giacomo's bodyguard