Bitcoin Tech Talk #315

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What I've been working on

1. Why Bitcoin Doesn’t Compete With Altcoins - I did an interview with Bitcoin Magazine about altcoins, NFTs, stablecoins and so on from a technical perspective. Suffice it to say that the key question is “why do you need a token?” The answer is always, “you don’t.” Still, if you’re interested in why I think stablecoins should really be set up as Chaumian banks, this is a good episode to listen to.

2. Politics and Bitcoin - It’s election season and my panel from the Thank God for Bitcoin conference is up. I spoke to Jesse Sullivan, Blake Masters and Bruce Fenton about the campaigns they’re running for office, Bitcoin and faith back in May. Jesse unfortunately lost his primary, but Bruce is still going and Blake is looking at a pretty nice surge in Arizona. As Bitcoin enters the political conversation through candidates like these, it should be interesting to see how government policy changes.

3. Thank God for Bitcoin - My co-author Jordan Bush had this interview about Bitcoin and the book. He’s speaking to a Christian audience and the points he makes about why Christians need to care about sound money are very pertinent to the economic reality that we face today. His experience as a missionary in Uruguay and the hyperinflation that wrecked people will definitely give a different perspective than what you’d normally hear at church.

What I'm up to

1. Activate HD Wallet Class - I will be teaching this on Tuesday, October 25th to people that have either taken my class or gone through my book. This should be useful for wallet developers especially as HD wallets are used by every wallet these days, even the altcoin wallets. The class is free and only 2 hours long, as opposed to the normal 2-day class that I teach so I encourage you to apply!

2. Lugano Plat B Forum - My busy week continues with the conference in Lugano, Switzerland where I’ll be speaking about how fiat ruins everything. The conference promises to be a good one with the all-star lineup. The city is also known for its Bitcoin adoption so I look forward to seeing what I can buy with lightning. By the way, if anyone knows of lightning ATMs that I can use to get cash, please let me know.

3. SatsConf - I will be in Sao Paolo in two weeks for this conference. It should be a lot of fun, especially for people in South America. The schedule after that is to go to laBitConf in Buenos Aires and do some traveling around South America. I’ve heard that the dollar is very much more desirable than the local currency, I’m not sure how this will factor into my Bitcoin spending. If anyone has suggestions on the best way to make most of my sats, I would love to learn.

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What I’m Shilling

• Books

  • Bitcoin and the American Dream

  • Thank God for Bitcoin

  • The Little Bitcoin Book

  • Programming Bitcoin

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