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SHOW NOTES: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-battle-for-bitcoin-with-bitcoin-mechanic “It’s not a game, Bitcoin is life and death for billions of people and there is no one in Venezuela that’s excited about cats on the freakin’ chain; this is a mockery of the seriousness of what people are trying to do here.” — Bitcoin Mechanic Bitcoin Mechanic is a Bitcoin educator and Chief Boiling Officer at OCEAN. In this interview, we discuss the issues with arbitrary data on the Bitcoin blockchain, if filters can work as well as OCEAN mining pool and the need for greater decentralisation in mining. THIS EPISODE’S SPONSORS: IREN - https://www.iren.com/ Swan - https://swan.com/ Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ CheatCode - https://www.cheatcode.co.uk/ Casa - https://casa.io/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: → Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/whatbitcoindid/ → Subscribe on iTunes → Leave a review on iTunes → Share the show out with your friends and family on social media → Drop me a line on hello@whatbitcoindid.com → https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/sponsorship/ SUPPORT BITCOIN → Donate to OpenSats https://opensats.org/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:15:00 Data on blockchain & incentives 00:32:18 Blockspace battle; coin control 00:53:29 Spam, bugs; filtering; fungibility 01:15:24 Miner templates, payouts, & transparency 01:35:51 Beating spam, fees, & scaling 01:49:01 Nodes, decentralisation, dev, & culture 02:08:06 Bitcoin mission 02:29:20 Covenants, scaling, & antifragility WHERE TO FIND THE SHOW: → My website: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/ → Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2OOlzVV → Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ygc4W1 → YouTube: https://bit.ly/3nyi9Ez → Rumble: http://tinyurl.com/rumblewbd → Fountain: tinyurl.com/43rdtnyd LISTEN TO OLD EPISODES: → By guest: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/guests/ → By topic: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/topics/ → Transcriptions: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/transcriptions/ WHERE TO FOLLOW ME: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatbitcoindid/ → Medium: https://medium.com/@whatbitcoindid/ → Instagram: http://instagram.com/whatbitcoindid/ → Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatbitcoindid/ → YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/whatbitcoindidpodcast → Rumble: http://tinyurl.com/rumblewbd → Website: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/ → Email list: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/subscribe/ LEARN ABOUT BITCOIN: → Step by Step Guide: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/learn-bitcoin → Training: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/training/ → Resources: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/resources/ #Bitcoin #Finance #Economics