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BTC116: Bitcoin Ordinals and NFTs on Layer 1 of the Protocol w/ Pierre Rochard (Bitcoin Podcast)

Feb 8, 2023

Pierre Rochard, an expert in Bitcoin and Vice President at Riot Platforms, returns to discuss the intriguing topic of Bitcoin ordinals and NFTs on the Bitcoin protocol. He unpacks how these advancements could reshape the ecosystem, stirring debates on their impact and potential risks. The conversation dives into the implications of large files in blocks and the controversial use of Bitcoin for non-financial data. Rochard also explores the future of NFTs on Bitcoin, touching on legal concerns and the ethical complexities of data storage on the blockchain.

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Episode notes

Intro

4min

Evolution of Bitcoin Transactions: SegWit and Block Size Changes

2min

The Implications of Zero Fee Transactions in Bitcoin Mining

2min

Exploring the Impact of Bitcoin Ordinals on Fungibility and Transactions

4min

Bitcoin Ordinals and the Future of NFTs

7min

Navigating Bitcoin's Block Dynamics

18min

Navigating Controversial Data on the Bitcoin Blockchain

3min

Exploring Bitcoin's Layer One Complexities

22min

Pierre Rochard comes back to the show to do a deep dive into ordinals and the impact of people being able to put NFTs onto the base layer of the Bitcoin protocol. Many people in the space are currently debating whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, and there's no one better than Pierre to provide a good objective look at what it means and whether it potentially presents an attack vector to the protocol in the long term.

Pierre has an in-depth understanding of the code, how exchanges work, mining, and everything else in between.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:30 - What are ordinals?

11:37 - A background on the current mining company that nearly filled an entire block with a .jpg file.

29:07 - The idea of a soft fork limiting an op-push in the input / output portion of each block.

34:50 - A history on what updates occurred that allowed this to start happening on layer 1 Bitcoin.

50:20 - Is this a coordinated DoS attack on the network? Could it be?

50:20 - Are their concerns with illicit pictures being put onto the blockchain a potentially attack vector?

51:29 - Couldn't node operators simply run a pruned node to defend against such an attack?

55:05 - What does this look like in 3 to 5 years from now if nothing is done?

56:32 - Thoughts on Charlie Munger's Wall Street Journal article bashing Bitcoin.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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Related Episode: Listen to BTC109: Bitcoin Taro, GBTC Discount, & More w/ Pierre & Morgen Rochard, or watch the video.
Related Episode: Listen to BTC095: Bitcoin Time Stamping w/ Pierre Rochard, or watch the video.

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