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IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Growing up in Soviet Union
4:24 Early computer experience
5:12 First hearing about Bitcoin in 2011
8:07 Bitcoin 2024 promo
8:40 Coinkite Cold Card Wallet promo
9:08 CrowdHealth promo
9:48 Writing “Inventing Bitcoin”
14:06 What is Bitcoin mining?
17:23 What is the Bitcoin ledger?
18:39 What is Proof of Work?
23:03 Understanding Bitcoin mining
27:24 What is the difficulty adjustment?
29:21 Can Bitcoin be hacked?
32:41 Orange Pill App promo
33:18 Bitcoin Evangelism book promo
34:07 How Bitcoin solves money
40:12 Bitcoin’s competitors
44:20 What is a 51% attack?
49:15 Risks of centralization
54:21 Bitcoin privacy issues and solutions
58:53 Satoshi Nakamoto mystery
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