The Bitcoin Game #66: Jeremy Rubin

The Bitcoin Game

Welcome to episode 66 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. My second interview at the recent Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco was with Jeremy Rubin, a fascinating guy who has contributed a ton to Bitcoin. We review Jeremy's background, discuss his current project (a BIP intended to aid with scaling pressures), and we revisit his controversial idea of a Bitcoin reorg in the wake of the recent Binance hack. And a lot more! Jeremy provides some pretty compelling content; I bet you'll enjoy this interview.

EPISODE LINKS

Jeremy's Website https://rubin.io

Jeremy on Twitter https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin

Tidbit Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidbit

Coinhive (similar to Tidbit, more recent) https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive

MIT Bitcoin $100 Giveaway (Coindesk article) https://www.coindesk.com/time-we-gave-500000-bitcoin-college-kids

Period of Exclusivity Encourages Early Adopters, by Christian Catalini http://news.mit.edu/2017/bitcoin-study-period-exclusivity-encourages-early-adopters-0713

MIT Digital Currency Initiative https://dci.mit.edu

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org

OP_SECURETHEBAG https://github.com/JeremyRubin/bips/blob/op-secure-the-bag/bip-secure-the-bag.mediawiki

Article on Jeremy's BIP from The Block https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/05/24/proof-of-work-a-bitcoin-covenant-proposal

BIP - Bitcoin Improvement Proposal https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters

HTLC - Hash Time Locked Contracts Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hash_Time_Locked_Contracts

Jeremy's Initial Tweet about Binance Hack Reorg https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin/status/1125919526485254144

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