Bitcoin scaling, on-chain vs. off-chain. Trustless second layer technologies. Lightning Network. Requiring a super-majority to make changes to the protocol, while others make trade-offs toward centralisation. Store-of-value. Different leagues of scaling and governance.

The first question is from a talk which took place at the Blockchain Africa Conference on March 2nd 2017 at the Focus Rooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/

Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/SMEOKDVXlUo

The second question is from a talk which took place on July 7th 2017 at a Bloktex event hosted by the Wisma BeeOn Group in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/the-future-of-money-kuala-lumpur-malaysia/

Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/HaJ1hvon0E0

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SegWit, scaling, and consensus – https://youtu.be/Jc7mrR6AAto
The Lightning Network – https://youtu.be/vPnO9ExJ50A
The Internet will eat your business – https://youtu.be/DXLZSgf4b8Q
Fee markets, SegWit, and scaling – https://youtu.be/zxt-FLzZPhg
Altcoins and the scaling debate – https://youtu.be/slbpdW-H3yk
Does Lightning need SegWit? – https://youtu.be/qQuNv_qx1xs
Scaling is a moving target – https://youtu.be/pT9kJq_Ogrk
What is the role of nodes? – https://youtu.be/fNk7nYxTOyQ
Rules versus Rulers – https://youtu.be/9EEluhC9SxE
Microfinance and streaming money – https://youtu.be/xs6hUcfuX9w
Is Bitcoin a democracy? – https://youtu.be/TC3Hq76UT5g
An Evolutionary Perspective on Currency – https://youtu.be/G-25w7Zh8zk
The Lion and the Shark: Divergent Evolution in Cryptocurrency – https://youtu.be/d0x6CtD8iq4
Open source as cross pollination – https://youtu.be/JTHV6PA-Dw8

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.

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He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042

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13 COMMENTS

  1. "It's a feature not a bug" public blockchains without centralization are a core foundation of network-based technologies. I wonder if any of the centralized coins will ever even get to 25% of bitcoin's value or if there will always be massive separation.

  2. As a relative newcomer, I have learned much from Andreas' videos. I have not found anything where he addresses directly the chainsplit that occured Aug 1st. It seems like he avoids speaking about it. The talk of Chain Death Spiral had me really spooked about a week ago but it hasn't happened, yet. But no mention of it from AA. It just seems to me that high fees and slow confirmation wasn't what Bitcoin was supposed to be about especially if you take the talk of "future of money" seriously. I am holding both coins and I just want straight talk about what is going on with as little politics as possible. BCore seems to favor the current "settlement layer" route (which is antithesis to money) but equally troubling to me are the miners attempting to consolidate power.

  3. I don't think Andreas is aware of Tangle and DAG cryptocurrencies like IOTA. He claims there is no solution to the scaling problems without centralization trade-off, but IOTA has done this by using a Tangle instead of a Blockchain.

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