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  • Mastering Bitcoin

    I’m still in the office right now (wading through Excel models) and I’m late for a Christmas party. So by necessity today’s post is going to be a short one.

    Below is a podcast from the Kevin Rose Show called “Bitcoin’s true potential”. It’s with Andreas M. Antonopoulos, who is the author of a number of books on the topic including: Mastering Bitcoin, The Internet of Money, and Mastering Ethereum.

    If you’re pressed for time, here are a couple of time stamps that may interest you:

    18:12 – Global opportunities and challenges for expanded Bitcoin use 
    28:00 – Why Andreas spends Bitcoin almost every day
    29:38 – How reduced volatility will help Bitcoin achieve mass adoption
    32:38 – Bitcoin’s potential market capitalization
    35:35 – Bitcoin versus Visa for consumer transactions
    1:06:10 – The most compelling application areas Andreas is tracking
    1:22:54 – The future of cryptography: ECDSA and SHA-256

    And if you can’t see the embedded podcast below, click here.

    https://embed.simplecast.com/bd660142