Category: Video
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Video: Wasabi, Crypto Anarchy And Freedom W/ Max Hillebrand
Listen to the episode here: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast For this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, host CK sits down with Max Hillebrand (@HillebrandMax), a prolific Bitcoin education and member of the Bitcoin privacy research group zkSNACKs. The pair dive into updates on Wasabi Wallet (ZKSnacks’ primary product) and discuss higher-level introductions to…
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Video: Sync Bitcoin Faster! Assume UTXO
On this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss “Assume UTXO,” a proposal and project by Chaincode Labs alumnus James O’Beirne. One of the biggest, if not the biggest, bottlenecks for scaling Bitcoin is initial block download: the time it takes for a Bitcoin node to synchronize with the Bitcoin network, as…
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Video: The Fed Considers CBDCs And Bretton Woods 2.0
Where to listen: Apple Spotify Google Overcast YouTube Libsyn The IMF panel on cross-border payments was a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) discussion in disguise, headlined by Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve. The CBDC narrative is the central bank version of the hype around blockchain technologies that rose from 2016 to 2018. Back…
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Private Vs. State-run digital currencies: which could replace the dollar?
Author David Birch says a number of digital assets will arise to challenge the dollar as the dominant world currency.
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Video: Fresh Competition Is Shaping The Bitcoin Mining Hardware And Pool Landscape
Always a sector to watch, the Bitcoin mining space is host to several narratives that are worth a closer look today, as fresh capital and competition enter the market. Among these are the geographic distribution of hash power, mining hardware hierarchy and mining pool offerings. On this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Bitcoin In Asia,” Nishant…
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The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado: Bitcoin Core 0.21 Supports Tor V3
On this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss one of the biggest releases in Bitcoin’s history: Bitcoin Core 0.21. Specifically, they dive into how this release will add support for Tor V3 addresses, an important development for preserving privacy, and explain what this means and why it matters. The pair also…
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Recap of Cointelegraph panel: Brokers and banks in crypto
Cointelegraph recently hosted a YouTube panel discussing brokers and banks involved in the crypto industry, based on a report from CV VC and PwC.
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‘The Enron of Europe’ — What We Know So Far About the Wirecard Scandal
Australian YouTuber Dagogo Altraide posted a new video to his 2.5M subscribers detailing the fall of FinTech company Wirecard.