Bitcoin Audible

Diving deeper down the Lightning rabbit hole with Part 2!  How do we turn payment channels into a secure and trustless network?  Listen to hear more from Aaron van Wirdum's article series on Bitcoin magazine.Link to Aaron's article on BitcoinMagazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-creating-the-network-1465326903/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Take a dive down the Lightning Rabbit hole with Part 1 of Aaron Van Wirdum's 3 part series at Bitcoin Magazine to understand how a smart contract network accomplishes instant, secure, and trustless payments.  Listen to learn more!Link to the article at BitcoinMagazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-building-a-bidirectional-payment-channel-1464710791/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Schnorr Signatures could result in a significant change in the Bitcoin network efficiency and the size and types of transactions, but what will it mean for privacy?  Listen to @nopara73's article to learn more.   Link to nopara73's article and other works:https://medium.com/@nopara73/privacy-and-schnorr-signatures-e2175d27f022 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Schnorr signatures could be a boon to the efficiency of the Bitcoin system and a hinderance to its spammers.  Listen to the article from Sam Wouters to learn more.   Dont forget to check out Sam Wouter's Medium page to explore the links, graphics, and his many other works:https://medium.com/@SDWouters/why-schnorr-signatures-will-help-solve-2-of-bitcoins-biggest-problems-today-9b7718e7861c --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Monero's hard fork has been successfully executed as planned... or has it?  Like many hard forks in the past, the consequences are rarely a simple matter.  Listen to learn more.Link to the article from Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/monero-just-hard-forked-and-it-resulted-four-new-projects/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Listen to the extraordinary history of the Lightning Network stretching back to the beginnings of Bitcoin itself. Link to the article on Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/history-lightning-brainstorm-beta/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Tuur Demeester lays out his arguments against Vitalik's Proof of Stake Design Philosophy.  Guess what he has to say.  Listen to today's quick read to find out.Link to Tuur's article and Medium page: https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/critique-of-buterins-a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-49fc9ebb36c6   Link to Vitalik's original article and Medium page: https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Decentralized blockchains are an entirely new organism in the realm of economics, cryptography, and social consensus.  Is Proof-of-work still the king of the show? Or will the years of development and discussion reveal a more efficient and effective security philosophy?  Listen to Vitalik Buterin's article to learn more!Link to the article and Vitalik's Medium page: https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

With thousands of ICOs and altcoins out there, how on earth can we tell a difference?  And are they all better and faster versions, or is there something that makes Bitcoin different?  Listen to @jimmysong’s article to find out.   Link to the article: https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-bitcoin-is-different-e17b813fd947 Link to "Off Chain with Jimmy Song" on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFJVYNiPp8xeIUyfaPCPQw And a link to Laura Shin's podcast "Unchained" to cover my mistake: http://unchainedpodcast.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Not only can Bitcoin not be separated from the macro economic movements of the world, it may represent one of the few assets to hedge against a meltdown in the global financial system.  So how is the central banking economy fairing?  Listen to find out.   Link to read the article:  http://www.goldtelegraph.com/the-central-bank-bubble   Link to Alex Deluce on Twitter:https://twitter.com/AlexDeluce --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message