Kevin Rose interviews Andreas M. Antonopoulos, author of “Mastering Bitcoin” (O’Reilly).
In just ninety minutes Andreas rattles through decentralization, Bitcoin’s volatility, transitioning to micro-streaming payments, Andreas’ favorite wallet, decentralized exchanges, the future of Ethereum and privacy coins like Zcash and Monero.
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Specific topics and times:
01:30 — ‘Mastering Bitcoin’, ‘The Internet of Money’, and ‘Mastering Ethereum’
03:40 — Bitcoin’s unique trust protocol
06:15 — The politics of currency and the Wikileaks payment embargo
12:55 — How Bitcoin decentralizes power and control
18:12 — Global opportunities and challenges for expanded Bitcoin use
28:00 — Why Andreas spends Bitcoin almost every day
29:38 — How reduced volatility will help Bitcoin achieve mass adoption
32:38 — Bitcoin’s potential market capitalization
35:35 — Bitcoin versus Visa for consumer transactions
41:10 — Scaling with protocol stacks (SPDY, TCP and WebRTC) and smart contracts
44:30 — Transitioning to ‘micro-streaming’ payments
46:53 — Reversing centralization and skeuomorphism on the web
51:08 — Why Andreas advocates earning Bitcoins instead of buying them
53:42 — Andreas’s favorite wallets: Jaxx, Mycelium, Bread, and Samurai
55:00 — How to locate a Bitcoin ATM
56:32 — Bitcoin matching service for local transactions
57:16 — Do we need a decentralized exchange? Tether
59:10 — The future of Ethereum and other digital currencies
1:06:10 — The most compelling application areas Andreas is tracking
1:08:00 — Privacy currencies: Zcash and Monero
1:08:22 — Zero-traceability (zk-SNARK) and the upcoming Ethereum Metropolis
1:11:13 — Resource utilization and decentralized storage: YouTube video ban
1:17:09 — Leveraging the blockchain for charity: BitGive
1:20:40 — Quantum computing and the challenge of unequal computing power
1:22:54 — The future of cryptography: ECDSA and SHA-256
1:26:43 — Andreas’s book ‘The Internet of Money’ on Audible
Original Source: https://www.kevinrose.com/post/andreas-antonopolous