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Bitcoin and Ossification w/ Jameson Lopp
Manage episode 450073653 series 2932360
We get to the bottom of what ossification is, why it's harmful to Bitcoin to push for premature ossification, and why we need to improve the building blocks available to developers to enable trustless and useful layers to be built on Bitcoin.
More about Jameson:
- Jameson's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/jameson-lopp/
More about ossification:
- Lopp's recent blog post: https://blog.lopp.net/on-ossification/
- Lopp's debate with Jimmy Song on ossification: https://x.com/LuganoPlanB/status/1855321782581924245
Supporting Opt Out:
- Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/donations
- Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!
- Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!
Chapters
1. Bitcoin and Ossification w/ Jameson Lopp (00:00:00)
2. Lopp introduces himself (00:01:26)
3. What is ossification? (00:03:29)
4. Are we experiencing natural ossification since 2017, or is there a narrative or shift that is preventing openness to change? (00:08:10)
5. Attacks on those who propose activation methods (00:11:04)
6. Why your sudden focus on pushing back on ossification lately? (00:18:39)
7. New layers w/o better building blocks leads to more trust and more complexity (00:29:09)
8. How do we take real steps towards helping Bitcoin continue to evolve? (00:51:09)
9. Is there a specific change or improvement that you're particularly wanting to see happen? (00:56:52)
10. What about improving Bitcoin's privacy? (01:07:21)
11. Listener questions (01:10:38)
42 episodes
Manage episode 450073653 series 2932360
We get to the bottom of what ossification is, why it's harmful to Bitcoin to push for premature ossification, and why we need to improve the building blocks available to developers to enable trustless and useful layers to be built on Bitcoin.
More about Jameson:
- Jameson's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/jameson-lopp/
More about ossification:
- Lopp's recent blog post: https://blog.lopp.net/on-ossification/
- Lopp's debate with Jimmy Song on ossification: https://x.com/LuganoPlanB/status/1855321782581924245
Supporting Opt Out:
- Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/donations
- Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!
- Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!
Chapters
1. Bitcoin and Ossification w/ Jameson Lopp (00:00:00)
2. Lopp introduces himself (00:01:26)
3. What is ossification? (00:03:29)
4. Are we experiencing natural ossification since 2017, or is there a narrative or shift that is preventing openness to change? (00:08:10)
5. Attacks on those who propose activation methods (00:11:04)
6. Why your sudden focus on pushing back on ossification lately? (00:18:39)
7. New layers w/o better building blocks leads to more trust and more complexity (00:29:09)
8. How do we take real steps towards helping Bitcoin continue to evolve? (00:51:09)
9. Is there a specific change or improvement that you're particularly wanting to see happen? (00:56:52)
10. What about improving Bitcoin's privacy? (01:07:21)
11. Listener questions (01:10:38)
42 episodes
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