Lightning, eCash, and Layer Trade-offs

"Bitcoin's anarchy, right? It does not have religious attribution, it does not have political attributions, it doesn't have f***ing anything. It's just a mathematical system with extremely conservative economic values and full anarchy."

In this episode of The Bitcoin Podcast, Walker America interviews NVK, discussing Bitcoin's current state, ecosystem debates, and the importance of focusing on personal responsibility and self-custody. They also discuss why you should go touch grass.

Key Topics:

• Bitcoin ecosystem
• Economic Nodes
• Node upgrades (Core v30 vs Bitcoin Knots)
• Consensus changes
• Hardware wallets
• Lightning Network and eCash
• Nostr

NVK LINKS:

X: https://x.com/nvk

Nostr: https://primal.net/nvk

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