Episode 65
Just add more blockchains
February 27th, 2023
1 hr 13 mins 37 secs
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About this Episode
Intro
- Ordinals force introspection on how initial block download works in bitcoin
News
Coinbase, a crypto exchange, is building an ETH L2 chain called 'base', that will be a super chain one day
- Its built on the ETH L2 optimism
The U.S. Federal Reserve, a central bank, confirmed its denial of Wyoming bank Custodia's application for a FED Master Account
Economics
- Changes to the U.S. Consumer Price Index (PCI) actually raised inflation numbers for 2022 in the United States
Privacy
- Signal, a private messaging app, calls out the magical thinking of the U.K.'s latest 'online child safety' law that bans end to end encryption
Bitcoin Education
Want to understand cyptography better? Try gandlaf's beginner focued guide
Bitcoin Optech #239 covers OP_VAULT and Lightning Channel qality of service flags
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