Looking for an entertaining, trustworthy, unbiased opinion on bitcoin and open blockchains? This is it. During this livestream Andreas will answer questions about bitcoin and open blockchains, like Ethereum and the lightning network. Andreas never talks investment but if you want to learn about the technology then don't miss this event.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:14 I finished writing a book - Mastering the Lightning Network
7:56 How [technically speaking] do bitcoin nodes find each other on the Internet? Is there any sort of centralized registry with IP addresses of bitcoin nodes?
13:57 A miner does not get his block reward until 100 blocks have been mined. Is this checked by the nodes? is this part of the consensus rules?
19:38 What are your thoughts on Lightning centralization? Do you think it will grow into a more centralized or decentralized network? Could it lead to privacy problems or denial of service and in what measure?
29:10 Every month, I pay my half of the rent to my partner in BTC. Around 400€. 1) Would it make sense to open a big LN channel between us or should we stick to on-chain for now? 2) Can you describe the different ways for refilling this channel?
36:01 As a BTC inheritance system: can you set UTXOs to be transferable by a PK (owned by you) anytime, but also by another PK (given to your descendants) only after block X? You could roll them while alive. Only after you die can be moved.
40:42 Are the usernames of community builders just getting silly now?
44:23 What are some things to look forward to when block 709632 is mined? What projects can be built of Taproot? What can be done in the mean time? Will that block be Bitcoin's 1995 moment?
53:49 In an old QA/podcast you mentioned a tool to explore the most usual derivation paths of a given seed, looking for UTXOs. I was never able to find it again, what was it?
57:39 Broadly speaking, what might be the significance of the Crypto Bill now before Congress (a) for Bitcoin and (b) for crypto in general?
1:03:19 Could you explain how the price of BTC is determined, is that based on available coins on exchanges (supply/demand)? Since there is no central exchange, how is the price tracked all the time and mostly equal on most exchanges?
1:11:28 Does bitcoin have intrinsic value and if so, why?
1:14:31 Conclusion and announcements

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