CD75: Privacy, Speech, and Bitcoin with Adam Back
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(00:01:15) Introduction and funding of the podcast (00:03:01) Ways to support the podcast (00:04:18) Discussion about the Baltic Honey Badger conference (00:56:43) Confidential transactions and their implementation (00:57:51) CT implemented using simplicity and script size (00:58:46) Fees for using confidential transactions (01:00:13) Timeline for implementing simplicity and confidential transactions (01:01:30) Bitcoin’s resistance to change and the need for overwhelming support (01:03:26) Federated Chaumian mint (Fedimint) and its potential (01:06:44) Interoperability of Fedimint with lightning and liquid (01:18:58) Blockstream’s focus on mining and the acquisition of Spondoolies (01:22:59) Estimating the percentage of energy consumption dedicated to Bitcoin mining in 50 years
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