The Bitcoin Game #66: Jeremy Rubin

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.

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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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