Bitcoin Audible

"the most pressing issue in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology right now is, how are we going to achieve the original vision of blockchains as open, decentralized networks while scaling to reach a billion people?"  @neha   Today we read @neha’s The Importance of Layer 2: https://medium.com/mit-media-lab-digital-currency-initiative/the-importance-of-layer-2-105189f72102   Video of full L2 Summit presentations and discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzoS0tPUAiQ   Support the show:3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Support the Show:3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5   Are smart contracts really the trustless panacea that we all dream they are?  Or are there serious and often insurmountable challenges that too many ignore?  Find out more in @JimmySong’s excellent article on the Truth About Smart Contracts.   Don't forget to check ou the full article, multiple funny comic strips included, as well as Jimmy Song's other great work:https://medium.com/@jimmysong/the-truth-about-smart-contracts-ae825271811f --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Support The Show: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5   @TheBlueMatt has introduced a new protocol to re-decentralize the vulnerability of mining pools.  Listen to @dantwany’s article breaking down what this could mean for the future of Bitcoin.    Check out the website for further links and other articles on Bitcoin news and development: https://news.buybitcoinworldwide.com/betterhash-aims-to-increase-bitcoin-mining-decentralization/   Tales From the Crypto #31 with @TheBlueMatt:https://talesfromthecrypt.libsyn.com/tales-from-the-crypt-31-matt-corallo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Today we read @StopAndDecrypt’s thorough breakdown of the Ethereum scaling and validation trade-off.  Is ETH an inherently centralizing system?  Find out in today’s Quik Read. Don't forget to check the plethora of graphics and charts as well as the other great work from @StopAndDecrypt: https://hackernoon.com/sharding-centralizes-ethereum-by-selling-you-scaling-in-disguised-as-scaling-out-266c136fc55d Support the Show: 3CHTvvAhrzUs3QWN5DsyGXbM2W1SvL2bi5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Covering the weeks top stories with Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review - Looking to the Past and the Future.  Listen to today’s episode from Shawn Gordon and subscribe to hear all the best articles in the Cryptoconomy space.Don't forget to click the link for the other great work from @bitcoinmagazine and Shawn Gordon:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-magazines-week-review-looking-past-and-future/ Support the Show:3CHTvvAhrzUs3QWN5DsyGXbM2W1SvL2bi5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

The once-feared 51% attack of POW security has recently moved from a theoretical vulnerability to a common occurrence.  Today we read and discuss an article from @AlyssaHertig with @coindesk exploring recent events and what they might mean for the cryptoconomy at large.  Listen for more. Links to the article and relevant resources:https://www.coindesk.com/blockchains-feared-51-attack-now-becoming-regular/https://www.crypto51.app/Mentioned in the commentary: @DZack23@parabolictrav@goorha --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Another from @goorha and @parabolictrav detailing the application and incredible potential of Bitcoin's contractual governance.  A truly global and open platform for economic organization.  Don't miss this one!  Link to the full article and @parabolictrav's medium page:https://medium.com/@parabolicinvestor/introducing-bitcoin-contract-governance-d28eb046ce8b --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Is Bitcoin a new asset class, a fancy way to buy coffee, digital sound money, or something entirely different and more fundamental?  Listen to the article by Prateek Goorha (@goorha) and Parabolic Trav to dive into the future of contracts. Be sure to check out the full article for the links and other work by the author:https://medium.com/coinmonks/building-the-bitcoin-economy-the-complete-contract-governance-platform-54f723e88ccf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

One of the features of the Lightning network is its innate benefits to privacy.  Listen to a short exploration of privacy in Lightning with Toronex (@scidexer) plus commentary.Check out the full article at:https://medium.com/@scidexer/increasing-bitcoin-privacy-using-the-lightning-network-or-how-to-delete-the-origin-of-your-bitcoins-3c611d072e40 Also check out the LN visualizer used:https://rompert.com/recksplorer/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Has transaction count become an unreliable measure of Bitcoin’s usage because of batching?  Find out the answer to this and more thanks to the detailed analysis by coinmetrics.io and hasufly. Check out the full article for the large number of excellent visuals and graphs included:https://medium.com/hasufl/an-analysis-of-batching-in-bitcoin-9bdf81a394e0 Be sure to follow Coinmetrics.io and keep them as a reference for the excellent data they make available:https://coinmetrics.io/ And a few other great sources on batching/payments visualization on Bitcoin:p2sh.infohttps://transactionfee.info/charts/payments/perDay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message