In this talk, Andreas points to the killer apps in the open blockchain ecosystem: sound money and governance. He also addresses arguments by finance tycoons that they “don’t need cryptocurrencies” as fundamentally elitist, failing to consider the broader needs of the other six billion (or even their butlers).

This talk was delivered for the Coinscrum meetup on June 13th 2019 at Monzo Bank HQ in London: https://www.coinscrum.com/event/coinscrum-presents-andreas-antonopoulos/

33:15 – Will transaction fees ever be $100, as price increases?
39:09 – Does proof-of-work pollute the planet?
41:48 – Are you concerned about Facebook’s GlobalCoin?
48:58 – Are SegWit and Lightning the best scaling solution?
53:42 – Will the U.S. or U.K. ban Bitcoin? What will happen?
57:23 – To what extent do we have a right to financial privacy?

If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

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

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MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations-of-mastering-bitcoin/

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY:
Spanish, ‘Internet del Dinero’ (v1) – https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq
French, ‘L’internet de l’argent’ (v1) – https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390
Russian, ‘Интернет денег’ (v1) – https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg
Vietnamese, ‘Internet Của Tiền Tệ’ (v1) – https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

MASTERING ETHEREUM (Q4): https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK

Music: “Unbounded” by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

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25 COMMENTS

  1. Censorship for the purpose of regulation is good, because the best way to stop criminal activity is to make it fruitless. If fraudsters can't keep hold of illicit money, then it will discourage fraud. The opposite is true for decentralised currency where criminal activity cannot be stopped and fraudulent money cannot be recovered. We need regulated trusted parties to be able to intervene where necessary for the greater good. Imagine a world where we have no police force … criminal activity will soar. The same will happen with Crypto.

  2. I don't agree with everything said but mostly I do, but lets examine the claims that miners will move to locations where energy is cheaper so that Bitcoin mining won't kill our planet. Well if this were true then miners should be paid only enough to allow them to operate on cheap energy which would force them to relocate. I don't see this happening so its all just wishful thinking to keep support for Bitcoin alive.

  3. hi, i have 20tb of pictures of corgies. can you help me understand how to turn this into dogecoin so i can buy lettuce at the grocery mart? thx. :3

  4. hi, im looking to migrate my spam ransomeware automated harrasement business to Blockchain. any suggestions on informational resources i should look into? :3

  5. It sucks that Andreas doesn't answer comments because my question would be… Do you think mesh networks would bring privacy to Bitcoin, without IP addresses Bitcoin is not pseudo-anonymous under the eye of law since it can't be proven that someone owns any addresses/keys with perfect certainty?

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