Auditing bitcoin narratives with Pierre Rochard

In this episode, Pierre Rochard revisits his foundational experience with the Nakamoto Institute and its influence on bitcoin philosophy, including "Hyperbitcoinization" and "Speculative Attack." Rochard recounts his transition from an accountant to software engineer to product manager at Kraken, emphasizing the importance of the 'don’t trust, verify' approach in his work. He tackles common bitcoin misconceptions, the New York Times environmental impact controversy, and the future of Bitcoin mining amidst halving block rewards. Rochard critically assesses the Stock-to-Flow concept and shares his bullish outlook for bitcoin.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:22 The Nakamoto Institute and speculative attacks

00:07:03 Why are we not seeing more speculative attacks?

00:13:42 Auditing Everything

00:18:29 Building bitcoin products

00:22:02 What are we wrong about?

00:24:04 Auditing bitcoin miners emitting CO2

00:31:20 2024 halving from a miner’s perspective

00:39:40 Auditing the S2F model and concept

00:44:56 Auditing Artificial Intelligence

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