THE MINING POD: Its Name Was OP_CAT

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The Mining Pod descends on Bitcoin++ in Austin, Texas to discuss the future of Bitcoin development, including an infamous online pet.

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In this week’s Mining Pod, Charlie, Matt, Will, and special guest Walt Smith of Cyber Fund discuss the talks from the Bitcoin developer conference Bitcoin ++ in Austin, Texas, with a special focus on new soft forks for Bitcoin that could bring more programmability on-chain.

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00:00 Start

01:37 What is Bitcoin ++?

05:09 Specter of MEV on Bitcoin

11:49 Defining MEV

17:23 Slipstream & Data Blobs

21:08 Protocol Ossification

23:56 OP_CAT

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