Fabric Protocol and Bitcoin Development

In this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills invites lifelong hacker and Bitcoin entrepreneur, Eric Martindale onto the show to discuss Bitcoin, his journey working as a developer for Bitcoin related companies, and his layer 3 software called Fabric. Brad kicks the show off describing life in Cape Breton and the lessons of that experience, which he compares to the great depression and the film Cinderella Man. He introduces Martindale and a handful of basic topics of critique such as DeFi and altcoins. The main topic of the show is censorship resistance and the advantages to the additional layers that Bitcoin has developed since its initial launch by Satoshi. Martindale shares valuable personal experience with Bitcoin’s development. Time Stamps 00:00:19 - Introduction and catching up with Brad Mills 00:32:50 - Show Start and introducing layer 3 and other terms 00:37:50 - Introducing Eric Martindale 00:44:40 - When did Martindale look closer at BTC? 00:54:04 - Martindale’s developer journey and insights 01:09:55 - Where does Fabric fit into the layers of BTC? 01:25:29 - On the Balkanization of the cryptocurrency world 01:40:07 - More questions about Fabric and Portal 01:51:30 - How to balance a passion for BTC with shitcoiner coworkers 01:58:50 - How does the token for Portal work? 02:06:20 - Outro and plugs Links to Mentions in the Show Fabric Portal Holepunch What is layer 3? DeFi Austrian economics The Lean Startup Cypherpunks The World Economic Forum The Lightning Network Find Eric Martindale Eric Martindale Twitter Eric Martindale Website Find Brad Mills Brad Mills Twitter MIM Twitter Brad Mills Facebook