Navigating Chaos: The Role of Communication and Freedom in Evolution

Adam Back is cofounder and CEO of Blockstream, a company focused on building out bitcoin technology. We discuss his recent appearance in HBO documentary 'Money Electric,' the blossoming Swiss bitcoin city of Lugano, the early days of bitcoin, and his thoughts on ecash and nostr.

Adam on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw  

EPISODE: 142
BLOCK: 867036
PRICE: 1534 sats per dollar

support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate
nostr live chat: https://citadeldispatch.com/stream
nostr account: https://primal.net/odell
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CitadelDispatch
podcast: https://serve.podhome.fm/CitadelDispatch
stream sats to the show: https://www.fountain.fm/
join the chat: https://citadeldispatch.com/chat

Outro Music by TIP NZ: https://primal.net/p/npub1hrctsg2qwu5gsp65gvj29968z460g0th755jq92c8uaz620lewmq6qk525

(00:00:01) Bitcoin and Inflation: Insights from Paul Tudor Jones

(00:06:02) Introduction to the Show

(00:06:55) Bitcoin in Lugano: A Growing Economy

(00:10:19) Bitcoin Documentary: Money Electric

(00:21:00) The Mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto

(00:31:05) Bitcoin's Early Days and Adoption Challenges

(00:38:00) Scaling Bitcoin: Liquid and Lightning

(00:50:02) Future of Bitcoin: Simplicity and Smart Contracts

(01:00:19) eCash Protocols: Cashu and Fedimint

(01:09:10) Nostr and Decentralized Social Media