Bitcoin Core’s Identity Crisis
from This Week in Bitcoin
A battle is raging over Bitcoin’s future—should it stick to finance, or allow data of all kinds? Inside the debate over blockchain limits, and the recent controversies denting Bitcoin’s image. Affiliate LINKS: 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling LINKS: Remove arbitrary limits on OP_Return outputs by petertodd · Pull Request #32359 Bitcoin devs continue fight over ‘arbitrary’ data storage Jameson Lopp :: Angel Investor Citrea Bitcoin Core Going Rogue? - YouTube Bitcoin Knots Federal Reserve retracts guidance discouraging banks from engaging in crypto Bitcoin has a Brand Problem UN Claims Mining "Powerful Tool" For Money Laundering Trump Bitcoin Report Card - Day 100 - stacker news trump-bitcoin-report-card MUSIC: You and me vs close to you By: Oxford
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- 0:00 Welcome to TWiB 56
- 0:25 Introduction to Episode 56
- 3:41 Controversy in Bitcoin Core
- 6:07 Arguments for and Against Changes
- 7:09 Speculation on Bitcoin's Future
- 11:01 The Role of Bitcoin Nodes
- 12:19 Alternatives to Bitcoin Core
- 13:30 Positive Shifts in Crypto Regulations
- 19:49 The Brand Problem of Bitcoin
- 28:02 The Perception Crisis
- 29:56 Supporting the Show
- 42:03 Upcoming Topics
- 43:38 UN Report on Mining and Money Laundering
- 47:13 Trump's 100-Day Report Card
- 48:14 Coinbase's Stance on Bitcoin
- 49:10 State of the Bitcoin Network
- 50:31 Final Thoughts - No show next week!
- 52:36 You and me vs close to you
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