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Thursday, 26 December 2019

The Bitcoin Game #73: Tim Pastoor, P2P Identity

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Welcome to episode 73 of‚The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. When I started paying attention to Bitcoin Twitter in 2013, I noticed a guy named Tim Pastoor, who seemed pretty well-respected by the Bitcoin Twitter community. He and I eventually became good friends on Twitter, so much so that we hung out for a long afternoon when I visited Amsterdam a few years ago. Tim has been focused on peer-to-peer identity and reputation systems for the past five years, supporting Martti Malmi's work in the space (Martti was the first coder to work with Satoshi on Bitcoin). Twitter's Jack Dorsey recently garnered a ton of attention promoting the goal of decentralized social media, and P2P identity may well be the base layer for such projects. Hope you enjoy our talk!

Oh, and a correction Tim gave me after our interview - Microsoft's Distributed ID project is now called Ion.


EPISODE LINKS

Tim Pastoor on Twitter
https://twitter.com/timpastoor

Jack Dorsey's Tweet about Decentralized Social Media
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

Complementary Currencies (LETS, Brixton Pound, etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency

Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

Martti Malmi (article)
https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/10/8751933/the-shy-college-student-who-helped-build-bitcoin-into-a-global

Identifi (now Iris)
https://identifi.github.io/

Microsoft Decentralized Identity
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/technology/own-your-identity

W3C Decentralized Identifiers
https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core

Carsten Keutmann's Digital Trust Protocol
https://medium.com/@carstenkeutmann_96497/digital-trust-protocol-c37e17eeca20

Sovrin
https://sovrin.org

Urbit ID
https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/urbit-id

Sockpuppet Account
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)

Sybil Swarm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

Six Degrees of Separation Principle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

Metcalfe's Law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law

Network Effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

Microsoft's Ion (Decentralized Identity)
https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ion

Anchoring into the Blockchain
https://medium.com/@edhonour/how-anchors-help-ensure-authenticity-on-the-blockchain-3359051a181

TJ Miller on The Adam Carolla Show (see part two)
https://adamcarolla.com/tj-miller-and-mark-geragos

Switchboard Operator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchboard_operator

Bell Labs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs

Iris GitHub
https://github.com/irislib

Iris Proof-of-Concept
https://iris.to


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CREDITS

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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Lightning Network tipping:
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via The Let's Talk Bitcoin Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-73-tim-pastoor-p2p-identity

Binance Blockade of Wasabi Wallet Could Point to a Crypto Crack-Up

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2020 may see crypto’s most consequential fork yet: A split between the worlds of regulated exchanges and privacy-focused users.

via CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/binance-blockade-of-wasabi-wallet-could-point-to-a-crypto-crack-up

Bitcoin Magazine: Trace Mayer on Monetary Sovereignty and Proof of Keys

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For almost a decade, Bitcoiners from all across the world have celebrated January 3 as Bitcoin's bonafide birthday. It was on that date in 2009 that Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin's genesis block and it was this first successful hash computation that defined the political purpose of Bitcoin with the embedded message: 'œThe Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on Brink of Second Bailout for Banks.'

Simply put, Bitcoin is an instrument that is specifically designed to resist the inflationary urges of monetary politics, and its qualities empower individuals to become sovereign. However, the business sector that developed and blossomed around Bitcoin has not always remained true to the cypherpunk origins that created it; Oftentimes, exchanges and lending services impose withdrawal limits, freeze accounts and find other ways to arbitrarily restrict users' access to their funds.

In this episode, Bitcoin Magazine's Vlad Costea interviews long-time Bitcoiner Trace Mayer. They discuss how some cryptocurrency businesses tend to restrict the concept of sovereignty that the technology was meant to protect, and Mayer's response to the phenomenon, the Proof of Keys [Jan/3žž'] event, held every year on January 3.

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DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let's Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.



via The Let's Talk Bitcoin Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoin-magazine-trace-mayer-monetary-sovereignty-proof-of-keys

The View From Tel Aviv: Ouriel Ohayon

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Tel Aviv is a hotspot for crypto development. ZenGo CEO Ouriel Ohayon puts us on the ground there.

via CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/the-view-from-tel-aviv-ouriel-ohayon

The Ethereum Community Is No Longer Fighting With Itself

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Ethereum's infighting in 2016 and 2017 has been replaced by co-operation and alliance-building, says a veteran member of the community.

via CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/the-ethereum-community-is-no-longer-fighting-with-itself

Wednesday, 25 December 2019

Rob ‘Crypto Bobby’ Paone and Preethi Kasireddy on Fundraising, Halvings, and the Long Steady Slog of Crypto

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Why 2019 was a long, steady slog of behind the scenes building and why 2020 promises more of the same.

via CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/rob-crypto-bobby-paone-and-preethi-kasireddy-on-fundraising-halvings-and-the-long-steady-slog-of-crypto

Citizen Bitcoin - Andreas M. Antonopoulos: Money as a System of Control, Decentralization vs Centralization, Base Layer and Lightning Tech

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In this episode Andreas and I talk about the early PC and Internet era and why it is often analogized to bitcoin's evolution, we talk about how money has become coopted by governments drunk of Keynesian ideology, how money is used as a system of control and how bitcoin fixes this. In the second half of the discussion we talk tech - first base layer tech and then Lightning. We finish up with Andreas' vision of a bitcoin future.

Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter (https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin)

Citizen Bitcoin Podcast (https://citizenbitcoin.world)



via The Let's Talk Bitcoin Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/citizen-bitcoin-andreas-antonopoulos-money-as-system-of-control-lightning-tech