#124: Properties of Bitcoin & BTC in El Salvador feat. NoPara

NoPara, a BTC C# developer, and a “rejuvenator”, discusses Bitcoin properties, what makes the best kind of money, and how BTC & BCH compare on these metrics. We also talk about BTC in El Salvador, Wasabi wallet, John Carvalho capitulating, and other topics. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

NoPara on Twitter: https://x.com/nopara73

NoPara on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nopara73/featured

BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space by Kallisti: https://x.com/kzKallisti/status/1824521374175531478

BTC / BCH Bitcoin-tech Dev Forum Twitter Space (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T1tYtWTjE4

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16oYp6MHM2aLM8WBX8rFQ6nkCyk1c4kpC/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100290143879929950045&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro

01:02 NoPara intro: Rejuvenation, Fitcoiners

04:00 Wasabi wallet

12:00 Blocksize war

14:00 Chain split & privacy

15:00 Rising fees and Wasabi wallet

22:50 Market update: downwards volatility

24:21 Bitcoin properties

32:14 Maximalism & network effect

36:31 BCH surviving 3 chain splits

42:13 NGU formula

49:00 BTC vs. BCH

56:51 Medium of exchange, programmability

1:01:12 Cognizability, acceptability

1:12:26 BCH edge: circular economy and fungibility

1:16:32 On blocksize

1:33:27 No such thing as intrinsic value

1:40:42 BTC in El Salvador

1:41:00 BTC is missing portability

1:45:00 Lightning network

2:01:23 John Carvalho capitulates

2:06:00 On Replace-by-fee (RBF)

2:13:40 Community comment of the week

2:19:47 Rearden / Shinobi takes on BTC

2:27:07 Confession time: NoPara, Shinobi & Roger Ver

2:31:52 Question time

2:32:23 Meme of the week

2:34:36 Other news

2:36:04 UK riots

2:40:02 NoPara’s message to the community

2:40:55 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:42:00 Shoutouts and outro