Blockstream Talk

@Blockstream @LarryBitcoin Blockstream Green Blockstream Jade 00:23 Discovering Bitcoin 02:38 Blockstream Wallet Offerings 05:05 Wallet Features 09:53 Lightning Integration 10:45 Long Term Wallet Development 11:50 Going Off-chain 12:13 Jade and Other Hardware Wallets 15:29 Wallet Security 24:36 Secure Elements 26:26 Self-custody best practices 30:11 Custodian Stress Tests 30:40 Exciting Bitcoin De...

@Blockstream @adam3us Blockstream Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 00:55 - What happened in the Terra ecosystem?  08:05 - Crypto market cap is a misleading metric 12:11 - UST failures effect on other stablecoins 23:40 - Incentives within the DeFi space  26:30 - Could the Luna situation have ended differently? 31:15 - Stablecoin velocity a...

@btcturk @keremtibuk BTC Turk 1:30 - Meeting Kerem  3:50 - Is BtcTurk strictly for residents of Turkey?  5:38 - How big is the market in Turkey?  6:49 - What are the biggest hurdles to running an exchange?  11:42 - What is the biggest hassle of running an exchange in Turkey?  13:48 - Are there more transactions when turmoil breaks out in an area?  16:41 - Do people in Turkey view Bitcoin different...

@WatchdogCapital @brucefenton Watchdog Capital Chainstone Labs 1:02 - Meeting Bruce  2:32 - What role does Bitcoin have in improving the future?  8:24 - Is the current world environment is taylor made for Bitcoin? 11:36 - How did the Bitcoin narrative change over time?  15:45 - Bitcoin transitioning to the medium of exchange  17:50 - Bitcoin beating adoption expectations 18:27 - What are the oppor...

@bitfinex @paoloardoino Bitfinex Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 01:07 Who is Paulo Ardoino? 02:14  Path to finding Bitcoin and working at Bitfinex 13:24 Reasons Bitfinex does not face downtime during high volatility 15:17 Bitfinex being the most battle tested exchange 16:17 What is the Liquid Network value proposition compared to altcoi...

Blockstream Research Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 1:52 What is Blockstream researching? 4:12 Why is Bitcoin privacy important? 15:05 Is AI and Bitcoin on opposite sides when it comes to the goals of privacy? 21:02 - Is the current approach to scaling Bitcoin to put as little data on the blockchain as possible? 28:42 - With all of the...

@Blockstream @basedlayer Blockstream Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 1:42 - What challenges do you have marketing products that are ahead of their time?  8:32 - Do you think mainstream media is anti-Bitcoin?  11:39 - What are the hardest parts of communicating Blockstream and Bitcoin to the public?  15:03 - Has marketing for Bitcoin beco...

@blksresearch @n1ckler Blockstream Research Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 1:35 - Biggest innovations happening in Bitcoin right now 4:11 - How long does a BIP take to get implemented into the Bitcoin protocol? 5:54 - What are Bitcoin's core principles? 8:32 - What off chain capabilities need to be deployed for Taproot to be considered...

@AdamantResearch @TuurDemeester Adamant Research Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 1:13 Meeting Tuur  3:02 How the global financial crisis made Bitcoin interesting 5:30 Impressions of the El Salvador Bitcoin Bond 8:15 Details of the Bitcoin Bond in El Salvador 19:37 Path for emerging markets adopting Bitcoin   26:45 What the world looks li...

@stokr_io @Arnab_Naskarr Stokr Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 1:11 - Meeting Arnab 2:05 - What is STOKR 3:51 - Current capital markets being outdated and what the future holds for them 7:35 - What is an STO and their difference between ICOs 11:22 - Liquid being a good way to issue STOs 13:00 - Privacy on Liquid being important 14:46 - R...

@SpecterWallet @MWietersheim Specter Solutions Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 2:20 Criticisms of the Liquid network 4:49 What is Hyperbitcoinization 6:24 Why would someone use the Liquid network 11:33 Views of Tether and other stable coins in Panama 14:49 Reasons to have stable coins on Liquid 16:09 Self custodian on Spectre 17:41 Using...

@BFXSecurities @KnutsonJesse Bitfinex Securities Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 1:25 Jesse’s introduction 2:15 Jesse's journey from banker to bitcoin 4:32 Jesse trying to get banks to get involved in Bitcoin 10:50 What is BMN? 15:50 What is the future for BMN? 17:32 Paul Tudor Jones on investing in Bitcoin and Bitcoins network effects g...

@Core_LN @Snyke Core Lightning Elements Project Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 2:27 - What is the Lightning Network, and what problems is it trying to solve? 5:29 - Limitations of the Lightning Network 7:22 - Existing protocols tackling the scaling problem 9:54 - The blocksize war 11:34 - How Lightning interacts with Liquid 13:39 - Are...

Jan3 Blockstream @JAN3com @Excellion Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 2:17 What is going on in China? Is mining done for good?  3:10 Can Chinese investors still buy and sell Bitcoin?  4:46 How important is Chinese retail to Bitcoin price appreciation?  5:26 What was the motivation behind China’s latest crackdown?  7:06 Is the mining hardw...

@Blockstream @adam3us Blockstream Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 01:20 Evolutionary History of Bitcoin and early attempts at creating electronic cash  11:38 What could have been Satoshi's thought process when designing Bitcoin  16:40 Bitcoin is not a prototype, it simply has a narrow pocket of design space  20:20 Bitcoin is not old tech...

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Blockstream Talk, a new podcast that will provide a glimpse into all the cutting edge Bitcoin products and technologies being developed at Blockstream. The goal of this podcast is to introduce very interesting people and their projects in a format that is accesible to everyone regardless of your background. 📱 Download the Blockstream App 🔑 Buy a Jade har...