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October 2, 2023 65 mins

Jameson Lopp, a computer scientist at the forefront of Bitcoin's evolution talks the importance of digital security as he faced a swatting attempt. Jameson has a great ability to simplify complex systems giving great insights to the early days of Bitcoin.


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Jameson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lopp

Jamesson's Website: https://www.lopp.net/

Casa: https://keys.casa/


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Slash Dot: https://slashdot.org/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/

Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/


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I hope and trust this chat brought you some interest and joy. If you feel inclined to send a few happy sats to support the channel, we'd be forever grateful:


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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:05 Upbringing and Education

06:01 Handling Criticism

09:50 Computer Scientist Meets Bitcoin Whitepaper

13:50 First Bitcoin Purchase

16:04 Forking Bitcoin

17:29 Early Bitcoin Economy

20:05 The Silk Road

21:39 Block Size Wars

23:37 BitGo and BitcoinJ

26:06 DevOps Mindset

28:14 Creating Good User Experiences

29:33 Community Growth and Adversarial Environments

33:33 Infamous 2017 Swatting Attack

36:54 White Collar Crimes

40:11 Events on the Day of the Swatting

44:34 Conviction in Adversarial Environments

47:17 Challenges of Online Exposure

51:22 Bitcoin Past & Present

55:00 Bitcoin Price Vs Dollar value

56:02 Jameson’s Projects

58:25 Be Your Own Bank

59:46 Potential of Cryptography

1:01:31 Words of Wisdom

1:04:58 Previously on Bitcoin People



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We talk about the 'Bitcoin Community' but who in fact are these anonymous 200 million wallet owners across the planet? Are we actually a community with common values and ideals? Or are we a disparate group of people all here for our own selfish ends? What hopes and dreams do we each have pinned on it, if any? And how realistic are those dreams?


I set out to learn about the Bitcoin people I've met on Twitter and elsewhere, to put faces to names and learn about how everyday folk are thinking about and using Bitcoin.


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