What is up?

It's Bryce and Pizza Mind here for a very special episode,

and this is what I call a once-in-a-blue moon episode.

This is as rare as any clips

when you see the light in the sky suddenly disappear for just a moment, or in this case,

light coin's block rewards are having today, drastically reducing the amount of LTC's supply on

the market. What does this actually mean? Today we are joined by Franklin Richards of the Lightcoin Foundation.

And we're going to talk about minor incentives and game theory around events like the

having, fundamental crypto economics, the future of proof of work, the future of

light coin, and just so much more.

My only word of advice for today is to please get out a pen and paper, take some notes, and re-listen to this episode because we're about to cover a lot.

Franklin has been in the crypto space since 2013 and sees things from a broader perspective than most.

He is a heavyweight intellectual with insights into both tech and finance. He's routinely

on stage educating conference goers around the world. Today, he joins us on Crypto 101.

Franklin, welcome to the show. Thank you for having me on. It's good to be able to chat about

stuff. Yeah, we got a very exciting day happening here. So right now it's Sunday at 11.07 a.m. Pacific time.

And in under 24 hours is one of the most significant events in the history of light coin. And that's called the having. And so we're going to get into what the having is, why it's important, how it started,

what this all means to you, to me, to the viewers here at Crypto 101. But before we get into

the really, really juicy stuff, we want to get to know who the heck you are. So, Franklin,

tell us how'd you come into contact with the Lightcoin Foundation,

how'd you get involved there? And what were you doing before crypto?

Yeah. So before crypto, I was actually in school. So I'm quite young in this space. And I had

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