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#173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates
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() – Introduction
() – Can humans fully understand reality?
() – The dollar system
() – Bitcoin
() – Opendime
() – Core values of Bitcoin
() – Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
() – How Bitcoin works
() – Bitcoin blocksize wars
() – Layered scaling of Bitcoin
() – Lightning network
() – Schnorr/Taproot update to Bitcoin
() – Criticisms of Bitcoin
() – Bitcoin failure modes
() – Bitcoin vs Ethereum
() – Vitalik Buterin
() – Creative destruction
() – Future of Bitcoin
() – Tesla, Elon Musk, and Dogecoin
() – NFTs
() – Bitcoin maximalism
() – On writing
() – Writing a book on Bitcoin
() – Bitcoin resources
() – Book recommendations
() – Advice for young people
() – Meaning of life
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