Inside the Most Divisive Debate in Bitcoin Right Now

Описание: BIP-110 has divided the Bitcoin community more than anything I've covered in years, and a lot of the argument has played out as people shouting past each other online. Matt Kratter of Bitcoin University, one of the proposal's most vocal supporters, joins me to break down Bitcoin's civil war.

Matt makes his case, I push back where I have questions, and we talk about why this debate has gotten as heated as it has.

In this episode:
What BIP-110 would actually do, and why supporters say it would stop spam on the Bitcoin network
What a chain split would look like, and Matt's honest answer on whether he expects one
The arguments against BIP-110, including whether the data simply moves elsewhere
Why the debate turned so personal, and what Matt says to people it's driven away

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IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Who is Matt Kratter?
03:29 Working for Peter Thiel
05:11 How Bitcoin University started
08:07 What made Matt a Bitcoiner
10:23 Bitcoin is about sovereignty
14:56 The email attachment analogy for OP_RETURN
17:34 History of Core and Knots
19:38 What BIP 110 actually does
21:45 Why one change didn't need everyone's approval
23:01 How many nodes are running?
26:59 Who really decides Bitcoin's rules
32:18 Could this split Bitcoin in two?
35:52 Can spammers just get around it?
40:23 Why Matt calls this a civil war
42:05 What happens to your coins in a split
44:44 Why have attacks gotten so personal?
48:05 Will Matt Kratter call Michael Saylor
49:14 Separating money from the state
51:57 Who's putting spam on the blockchain?
55:05 Will this hurt Bitcoin’s neutrality
57:19 BIP-110 signaling Saturday
1:06:28 For Matt this is "life or death"

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