In this talk, Andreas reflects on all the exhilarating and terrifying moments of the last five years in Bitcoin, especially the price bubble of 2017. But he also reminds people who have come for the price that they should stay for the principles.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:51 Technology, community and economy
3:57 Bitcoin bubble
6:09 Price dominated the cryptocurrency space
10:27 Nothing else can get done
14:29 Most people are only interested in cryptocurrency because of the price
17:05 Now is the time when we help educate people on why we do this and why we care so much about this
18:50 Make something better
23:29 Q&A session starts
24:34 What are your thoughts about proof-of-work vs proof-of stake?
27:35 Is ASIC resistance futile or are we at the mercy of Bitmain and do we all have to buy an Antminer to have a say in the network?
30:21 What do you see as the roadmap for regulation to change in order for cryptocurrency to be able to actually to be used the way we like it to be used?
34:24 Do you think that the Lightning Network is going well? What is your vision for a third layer on top of Lightning?
This keynote talk happened during the epic one-night only extravaganza at the historic Music Box Theater in Chicago on April 25th, 2018.
The main event, emceed by Pamela Morgan, was a live recording of the 5-year anniversary episode of the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Podcast. All four hosts Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, and Andreas M. Antonopoulos were together on-stage for the first time ever. The hour-long episode included the hosts discussing some of their favorite memories over the past five years, what’s happening now, and of course, they encouraged some audience participation. The show was recorded and made available as a podcast on the LTB network.
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