Today I stepped away from the heavy technical talk to chat with Rockstar Dev – core contributor to BTCPay Server who – to talk about lightning, Bitcoin history, and forging a career in the Bitcoin industry.

Today, we covered:

• SegWit2X and the Bitcoin Blocksize wars
• The rise of the lightning network
• VC raising for Strike (a lightning company) vs token projects
• Why you shouldn’t shitcoin
• The importance of having a good team in Bitcoin

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- https://x.com/BtcPayServer

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0:00 Intro

2:10 The story of Rockstar Dev

3:50 Bitcoin enforces fiscal discipline

6:00 Everyone started as a Twitter pleb7:50 Bitpay tried to “change Bitcoin.”

9:55 Bitcoin Cash was made for payments

12:00 What was SegWit2X?

15:00 How small blockers won

19:10 What is BTCPay Server?

21:19 Lightning Network’s Rise

23:28 When Bitcoin Became Legal Tender

26:20 Bitcoin is deciding elections now

27:30 How did venture capital respond to lightning?

31:20 “Tokens are a zero-sum game”

33:00 The best investments are Bitcoin plays!

34:50 Don’t take the shitcoin money

37:30 Stay patient, keep searching for your team

39:50 MicroStrategy’s insane success

42:00 Advice to start a Bitcoin career

45:30 Plan B: Join a team you believe in

48:15 Does your team make you better?

49:50 Good teams move together

53:00 Lightning lets us settle our conflicts

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