Unconfirmed: MIT's Neha Narula on Why Building DeFi on Bitcoin Is a Great Idea - Ep.257
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Neha Narula, director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, discusses Elon Musk’s appearance at ‘The B Word’ conference, along with a few current events in the Bitcoin world. Show highlights:
her main takeaway from ‘The B Word’ conference
why governance plays an essential role in Bitcoin’s block size arguments
what Neha thinks of proof-of-work mining and Bitcon’s environmental concerns
why Neha is skeptical of Dogecoin becoming a serious cryptocurrency
why Jack Dorsey’s new Bitcoin platform business is a good idea
what Bitcoin’s dip in hashrate due to China’s crackdown could affect network security going forward
what questions Neha has about Bitcoin’s adoption in El Salvador
why Neha thinks cryptocurrencies and CBDCs will coexist
what DCI has planned for the rest of 2021
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Episode Links:
Neha Narula: https://twitter.com/neha
MIT Media Lab: https://twitter.com/medialab
Digital Currency Initiative
https://dci.mit.edu/
CBDC research
https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency
Bitcoin network development
https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency
The B Word conference
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx_7XAJ3p0
Neha’s appearance:
https://www.thebword.org/c/track-3-Supporting-the-Developer-Ecosystem
Miscellaneous
Square’s Bitcoin DeFi platform
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/square-is-building-a-decentralized-finance-business-for-bitcoin.html
Bitcoin and El Salvador
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/05/el-salvador-becomes-the-first-country-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-.html
Bitcoin hashrate drop
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/chinas-bitcoin-miner-exodus-.html
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Neha Narula, director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, discusses Elon Musk’s appearance at ‘The B Word’ conference, along with a few current events in the Bitcoin world. Show highlights:
her main takeaway from ‘The B Word’ conference why governance plays an essential role in Bitcoin’s block size arguments what Neha thinks of proof-of-work mining and Bitcon’s environmental concerns why Neha is skeptical of Dogecoin becoming a serious cryptocurrency why Jack Dorsey’s new Bitcoin platform business is a good idea what Bitcoin’s dip in hashrate due to China’s crackdown could affect network security going forward what questions Neha has about Bitcoin’s adoption in El Salvador why Neha thinks cryptocurrencies and CBDCs will coexist what DCI has planned for the rest of 2021
Thank you to our sponsors!
Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021
Oasis: https://oasisprotocol.org/
NEAR: https://near.org
Episode Links:
Neha Narula: https://twitter.com/nehaMIT Media Lab: https://twitter.com/medialab Digital Currency Initiative https://dci.mit.edu/ CBDC research
https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency Bitcoin network development
https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency The B Word conference Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx_7XAJ3p0 Neha’s appearance: https://www.thebword.org/c/track-3-Supporting-the-Developer-Ecosystem Miscellaneous Square’s Bitcoin DeFi platform https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/square-is-building-a-decentralized-finance-business-for-bitcoin.html Bitcoin and El Salvador https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/05/el-salvador-becomes-the-first-country-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-.html Bitcoin hashrate drop
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/chinas-bitcoin-miner-exodus-.html
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