The Blocksize Wars

In the 16th episode of The Conor Chepenik podcast, Conor and his guest Mike from River delve into a discussion about altruism, decentralization, and the future of Bitcoin. During their conversation, they explore the impact of the Blocksize War on the Bitcoin community and the role of the Austrian school of thought in the development of Bitcoin. They also discuss their personal experiences on the Nostr platform and the potential impact of this new platform. The podcast is timestamped, and it features an introduction to Mike and River, an overview of the Lightning network, the Blockchain trilemma, decentralization in running a node, the significance of Ordinals & Inscriptions, incentives, Satoshi's take on the Blocksize War, meeting people where they are in life, and how Bitcoin scales to meet the needs of 8 billion people. Mike's Twitter handle and npub, as well as Chep's npub, are provided for listeners who want to connect with them, and the podcast concludes with an outro.

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Timecodes 

00:00:00 Intro to Mike & River

00:01:06 Lightning network

00:02:00 Blockchain trilema

00:06:17 The Blocksize War

00:12:56 Decentralization in regards to running a node

00:18:00 Ordinals & Inscriptions

00:22:45 Austrian school of thought

00:27:45 Incentives 

00:33:45 No third parties

00:35:00 Satoshi’s take on the block size war

00:37:30 Meeting people where they are in life

00:42:07 How Bitcoin scales to meet the needs of 8 billion people

00:55:00 Outro

Mike's twitter

Mike's npub - npub152cuwjx7z6s0yl5l3qjxqrrujxe0v5uu5cm465dxzptazvreg3nqz2qjqm

Chep's npub - npub16syt2k5uky4pxycfttxrxmwwzht2t3008f2q68kw4almjl4guu9qea8t7y

River