TIP160: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Segwit 2X, Atomic Swaps, Lightning Network, and Blockchain Technology w/ Charlie Lee and Tuur Demeester (Business Podcast)

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

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🗓️ 13 October 2017

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we have an in-depth discussion about Bitcoin and upcoming changes to the protocol. Before we have this mastermind discussion with Charlie Lee and Tuur Demeester, Preston provides a monologue on the importance of understanding cryptocurrencies. Our two guests are some of the biggest names in the space. Charlie Lee is the founder of LiteCoin which is a digital cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $3 billion dollars. Tuur Demeester is one of the first crypto writers and invested in Bitcoin when it was only $2 a coin.

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In this episode, you'll learn:

Why Central Banks are manipulating markets and why Bitcoin is important
What is Segwit 2X
What is the lightning network
What is an atomic swap
What capabilities will be important for bitcoin in the future
What the future price of bitcoin might be worth

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0:00.0	You're listening to TI P.
0:02.4	Boy, oh boy, do we have an interesting discussion for you guys today?
0:07.1	We're going to be talking about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
0:11.6	When we first started covering this on the investors podcast back in 2015, the price of
0:16.8	one Bitcoin was around $200, $220.
0:21.2	And today it's literally at $5,200.
0:26.0	So in short, the price has gone up 25 times higher just in that short amount of time that
0:32.4	we've been talking about it.
0:33.7	And we have two guests on the show.
0:35.7	The first is Turdomaster.
0:38.6	And he's been a key influencer in this space since the very early stages.
0:42.4	We've had him on the show before.
0:44.0	And I think anybody who heard the first interview with Turr knows how brilliant he is in this
0:49.2	space.
0:50.2	And he's got one of the most impressive understandings of the technology and the implications
0:54.1	for economic impacts.
0:56.0	Additionally, Turr works with high profile hedge funds and investors that want to enter
1:01.7	the crypto space.
1:02.7	So he understands the ever increasing investments that are being made into this field better
1:06.5	than almost anybody.
1:08.5	Our second guest is a graduate of MIT and has been a part of this space since the very
1:14.5	beginning.
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