#568: Building A Way Around Govt Digital ID with John Carvalho
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
4.8 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Marty sits down with John Carvalho to discuss his BIP on bitcoin units and an update on Pubky.
Links:
https://pubky.app/
https://pubky.org/
https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - John's BIP
10:16 - Millisats
14:30 - Unchained
15:30 - Optimizing against govt controlled btc
22:30 - OP_VAULT and fork consensus
36:53 - Zaprite & SOTE
38:26 - Pubky
45:21 - Government digital ID
54:10 - Nostr's vs X vs Bluesky
1:00:00 - Why Nostr needs an ID solution
1:03:13 - Atomic Economy
1:08:08 - Tether
1:12:15 - Bitfinex stolen coins
1:14:13 - MSTR
1:21:20 - Core dev incentives
1:25:39 - John's hot take history
1:29:29 - Bluesky culture
1:33:15 - Giving people what they don’t know they want
1:35:52 - Wrapup
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| 0:00.0 | You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free. |
| 0:10.0 | If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts. |
| 0:16.0 | So it's all acting like safe haven. |
| 0:18.0 | I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency, |
| 0:24.4 | Bitcoin wins. |
| 0:25.3 | In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor. |
| 0:29.2 | I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin. |
| 0:31.8 | If you're not paying attention, you probably should be. |
| 0:36.3 | Bitcoin's dumping. |
| 0:41.3 | Strategic Bitcoin Reserve on the docket. Pets' heads are falling off. |
| 0:43.3 | We're back with John Carvalho. |
| 0:44.3 | It's been a while, sir. |
| 0:45.3 | It's great to see you. |
| 0:46.3 | Yes, sir. |
| 0:47.3 | How you been? |
| 0:48.3 | Been well. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm tired. |
| 0:50.3 | Whenever it's at Bitcoin meet in a conference last week. I'm still a little jet lagged. |
| 0:55.4 | I didn't follow it too closely. |
| 0:57.4 | It's like once I have my last conference for the year, I unplug and that's it. |
| 1:01.5 | What was your last one? |
| 1:03.2 | Riga. |
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