Interview: "The Bitcoin Protocol"

In this interview, Andreas answers questions about Bitcoin's development into a secure, borderless system that is already influencing geopolitical relations and decision-making, and why the banks' attempt to offer "blockchains in a bottle" is mostly a re-run of the boring and isolated intranets failing to compete against the innovation of the open internet.

Chapters
0:17 What is the potential for bitcoin to address financial inclusion?
1:58 What will bitcoin's impact be on countries like Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Venezuela, and China?
4:36 How does Bitcoin's consensus algorithm and architecture determine its properties?
6:44 Is Bitcoin a success story in terms of decentralisation?
7:54 Is Bitcoin's governance system efficient? Is inefficiency bad?
9:20 What are the most interesting upcoming developments? Technical: Time-based scripts, Segregated Witness, Schnorr signatures, Lightning Network, etc. Social: remittances, cross-border payments
14:10 What big challenge does Bitcoin face in the next few years?
15:46 What kind of regulations should we expect in the next few years? Who / what will be the focus or target?
18:17 What is your advice for developers interested in Bitcoin, Ethereum, or blockchains in general?
19:12 Is the blockchain the most interesting part of Bitcoin?
21:47 Do big banks and other financial companies really need blockchains?
24:44 Why are open blockchains more innovative?

This interview with Vidal Chriqui, "Le protocole Bitcoin," took place in October 2016 during the Merkle Conference in Paris, France: http://www.merkleconference.com/

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.

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Website: https://antonopoulos.com/

He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

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