In this talk, Andreas questions whether our ways of measuring success in Bitcoin and open blockchains (such as price, market capitalisation, or being able to buy coffee at Starbucks) make sense, what these metrics reveal about our individual goals, and why we should instead focus on fostering communities founded on principles we want to see flourish in the world. This talk took place on May 23rd 2018 as part of 'The Internet of Money Tour' at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland: https://antonopoulos.com/event/dublin-bitcoin-meet-up/ If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop RELATED: Why Open Blockchains Matter - https://youtu.be/uZPIz3ArQww Decentralised Globalisation - https://youtu.be/QoiR4aNbTOw Investing in Education instead of Speculation - https://youtu.be/6uXAbJQoZlE Beyond Price: Bitcoin's Impact on the Future - https://youtu.be/rvwVbRQ5Ysc Wallet design and mass adoption - https://youtu.be/WbZX6BDZJHc Mass adoption and peer-to-peer commerce - https://youtu.be/n9qIAEFS-Qs Price volatility and store of value - https://youtu.be/wzzZT95ijTo Why I earn bitcoin instead of buying - https://youtu.be/Ci7TyD8jETY Job opportunities with cryptocurrencies - https://youtu.be/89_p4pDlQtI Inspiring cryptocurrency projects - https://youtu.be/WW8norCKUbE From barter to abstract money - https://youtu.be/KYsppZoHguQ Crossing the chasm of theoretical vs. real need - https://youtu.be/yIR0OBEAaUE Remittances and smuggling in Venezuela - https://youtu.be/RRXecXfWARw How long until mainstream adption? - https://youtu.be/y3cKBDBabtA What is the biggest adoption hurdle? - https://youtu.be/jHgyHF3F2TI Bitcoin as everyday currency - https://youtu.be/xYvvSV4mjH0 Hyperbitcoinization - https://youtu.be/AB5MU5fXKfo Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin. Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop Website: https://antonopoulos.com/ He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters. THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 [NEW] THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Money-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/194791006X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042 [NEW] MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388 Translations of MASTE ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPMsbgWl9p4

What are keyless, seedless threshold signatures? Does it have advantages over multi-signature schemes? What are the best practices for key storage by organizations? What is SLIP-39? How do I turn a BIP-39 recovery seed into K-of-N Shamir sharing scheme? These questions are from the June and August monthly patron sessions, which took place on June 29th and August 24th 2019 respectively. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop RELATED: Key storage best practices - https://youtu.be/A5I55aOgX2o Are hardware wallets secure enough? - https://youtu.be/3zNVDIz6Snw How do I choose a wallet? - https://youtu.be/tN6b62sEpsY Secure, tiered storage system - https://youtu.be/uYIVuZgN95M Hardware wallets and attack surface - https://youtu.be/8mpDcBfNA7g Setting up secure storage devices - https://youtu.be/wZ9LxLLvfXc What is a private key? - https://youtu.be/xxfUpIV9wRI How do mnemonic seeds work? - https://youtu.be/wWCIQFNf_8g Using paper wallets - https://youtu.be/cKehFazo8Pw Wallet design and mass adoption - https://youtu.be/WbZX6BDZJHc Cryptographic primitives - https://youtu.be/RIckQ6RBt5E Public keys vs. addresses - https://youtu.be/8es3qQWkEiU Re-using addresses - https://youtu.be/4A3urPFkx8g Passphrases and seed storage - https://youtu.be/jP7pEgBpaO0 Coin selection and privacy - https://youtu.be/3Ck683CQGAQ Multi-signature and distributed storage - https://youtu.be/cAP2u6w_1-k Nonces, mining, and quantum computing - https://youtu.be/d4xXJh677J0 Is quantum computing a threat? - https://youtu.be/wlzJyp3Qm7s How to get people to care about security - https://youtu.be/Ji1lS9NMz1E Wallets, nodes, and monetary sovereignty - https://youtu.be/8Hb3tUn8s4E Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in Bitcoin. He is the author of “Mastering Bitcoin,” “The Internet of Money" series, and "Mastering Ethereum." Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop Website: https://antonopoulos.com/ Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains; click on the red bell to enable notifications about new videos! MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9 Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations-of-mastering-bitcoin/ THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY: Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5 French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U52kZYBApM

1. The Lightning Network's trustless anonymity 0:00 Assignment of claims, a series of IOUs / forward-looking promises. You don't have to trust any of the partcipants in between, and if it's implemented properly you have no idea who the other participants are. Onion routing like Tor, i.e. one-hop information, with encrypted connections, with no idea if a person started the transaction or is relaying it from someone else, or if the person you're sending it to is the end or another relay. Increases for privacy and anonymity. 2. Smart contracts using multisignatures, opcodes, hashed timelock contracts (HTLC) 1:58 3. Incentives for intermediaries 2:34 Participating in the network, collecting very small fees. Routing to give the lowest fee or lowest latency. Transaction fees will be on a different scale: close to the marginal cost of delivering that service. Anyone charging high fees will be pushed out of the market. 4. If you use a less costly route with more hops, won't that introduce more settlement costs on the blockchain? 4:24 No. By adding more hops, you're cancelling out bilateral obligations for parties involved in the hops. It will reduce settlements on the blockchain. 5. Effect on on-chain transaction fees for miners & decentralisation 5:03 Anchor and settlement transactions. This doesn't change that Bitcoin Core layer will need to be scaled - we'll do scaling on both. 6. Will the Lightning Network be compatible with BU? 6:36 That is up to them to decide. SegWit. You can also run the Lightning Network on top of Ethereum, or any cryptocurrency that enables the checking of hashes, multisgnature contracts, and time-based controls. This is part of a keynote talk which took place on October 19th 2016 during the Bitcoin Wednesday Meetup at the Eye Film Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands: https://www.meetup.com/BitcoinWednesday/events/234498117/ Event Info: http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/event/special-edition-19-october-2016/ Presentation Info: http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/antonopoulos-bitcoin-incubator-black-swans/ RELATED: Lightning, full nodes, and miners - https://youtu.be/dlJG4OHdJzs Does the Lightning Network have proof-of-stake elements? - https://youtu.be/GOYP4O4yetQ Bitcoin, Lightning, and Streaming Money - https://youtu.be/gF_ZQ_eijPs The Lightning Network & Rootstock - https://youtu.be/jUhe7J6-aG0 Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin. Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop Website: https://antonopoulos.com/ He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matter ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnO9ExJ50A

Looking for an entertaining, trustworthy, unbiased opinion on bitcoin and open blockchains? This is it. During this livestream Andreas will answer questions about bitcoin and open blockchains, like Ethereum and the lightning network. Andreas never talks investment but if you want to learn about the technology then don't miss this event. BECOME a Patreon Community Builder: https://patreon.com/aantonop JOIN this YouTube channel: https://aantonop.io/youtube LEARN from Andreas in one of his popular Workshops which will teach you practical crypto skills. There’s even a FREE Intro to Bitcoin & Open Blockchains to get you started. https://aantonop.io/takeaworkshop You can also learn from one of aantonop's many books. Andreas has written three technical books for developers about blockchain technology, Mastering Bitcoin, Mastering Ethereum, and Mastering the Lightning Network (2021) published by O’Reilly Media. He’s also written The Internet of Money Series books, which explain why bitcoin, ethereum, and open blockchains matter. Learn more at https://aantonop.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-YWbmDstHI