Show Notes
This episode was recorded while driving to BitDevs in Atlanta. The car belongs to Art (at least 1/3 of it) and is the first vehicle ever bought for bitcoin in 2013: a 2011 Toyota Prius, for which the Mycelium wallet founder paid 1000 BTC.
We talk about cars, Bitcoin development, why the medium of exchange side of BTC matters, and how we can achieve privacy and scalability. Other people join too towards the end: Ekrem Bal from Citrea, Christian from Alpen Labs, Paul Sztorc from LayerTwo Labs, and Rob Hamilton from Anchor Watch.
Time Stamps: 0:45 Riding to the BitDevs barbecue in the 1,000 BTC Prius 2:05 The first car ever bought with bitcoin 11:29 Robin's 1,000 BTC dream car: a VW Beetle? 16:01 BitPay, KYC and why BTCPay Server exists 29:50 Would you pay 1,000 BTC? Shielded CSV vs Visa 32:54 Roger Ver and the block size war revisited 38:01 TABConf highlights: Peter Todd, Paul Sztorc and a 2029 cleanup 45:27 LayerTwo Labs, BIP300 and drivechains 49:31 Cake Wallet, Wasabi and the Spark custody problem 57:30 Arriving at BitDevs: the Taproot annex PR 1:01:09 Ekrem of Citrea and the Bitcoin privacy wars 1:06:24 Bitcoin Spaces and one name for every address 1:10:15 Alpen vs Citrea, then Paul Sztorc joins 1:16:10 BitNames and the Truthcoin relaunch
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