In this talk, recorded at D10E in San Francisco in July 2016, Andreas discusses the architecture of power, how decentralization compares to centralization and how each scales. Architecture determines how power is concentrated and has important implications for liberty. Want to hear more about Bitcoin and open blockchains? Follow on Twitter: @aantonop Visit my website: https://antonopoulos.com/ Read more: “Mastering Bitcoin” - https://www.bitcoinbook.info/ “The Internet of Money” - https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Money-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454 via OpenBazaar: ob://efece349f9830a6d6167c3bbc6ed3ce855277a8f (https://duosear.ch/efece349f9830a6d6167c3bbc6ed3ce855277a8f/listing/974a62586f0e48c53b7c19592f9ceb64a4b08e84) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlYgNH2t43U

Keywords/phrases: The ethical dimension of Bitcoin software engineering. Code setting standards for societal interaction. CORRECTION: At 0:35, I talked about Lawrence Lessig's "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace." It was published in 1999, not 1991. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFakKzxcMaw

Would countries reliant on remittances adopt cryptocurrencies? Price premiums providing an incentive for arbitrage in international transfers. To get money from the UK to India, Western Union will charge 5% in fees while Bitcoin will charge -20%. They can stop one person doing it, but they can't stop everyone or they're going to have to search a lot of luggage in the airports. If they start finding papr wallets, people will start memorising seeds and walk across the border with remittances. Mining factories and ant miner smuggling in Venezuela. Being involved with Bitcoin in Venezuela can put you in jail. If you live in the West - you think Bitcoin is hard, that it's too difficult to enter an 8-character password with symbols? Go talk to a Venezuelan about what they go through. CLARIFICATION: At 2:26, I said that it was illegal to use bitcoin in to escape Venezuela's currency collapse. This is somewhat incorrect. There is still no law in Venezuela that is explicitly in favor or against the use of bitcoin itself; Bitcoin's status in Venezuela would be more accurately described as a grey market. Authorities have justified arrests based on accusations of "committing cyber fraud and power theft," or "money laundering" and "financing terrorism." Bitcoin miners are often subject to extortion by local police. Another charge has been "bypassing currency controls," which is what I meant to address in that statement. This is part of a talk which took place on December 3rd 2016 at the Coinscrum {MiniCon}, hosted by Imperial College in London, England: https://www.meetup.com/coinscrum/events/235709468/ Want to hear more about Bitcoin and open blockchains? Follow on Twitter: @aantonop Visit my website: https://antonopoulos.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRXecXfWARw

In this talk, Andreas recounts the history of Bitcoin and what it represents, building upon all the stories we've been told over the centuries about what "money" is, how we perceive its value, and why the old answers have changed as we adjust to this new world of digital peer-to-peer currencies. He also discusses global threats to economic stability and trust in the financial system, including demonetisation and wealth destruction through inflation. This talk took place at the JW Marriott Sahar (International Airport) on March 26th 2017 in Mumbai, India: https://www.townscript.com/e/bitcoin-talk-by-the-world-famous-andreas-antonopoulos-203132 TOPICS: In the beginning... 00:00 Digital scarcity 00:41 Peer-to-peer network 01:34 Solving the double-spending problem 01:59 Cash, peer-to-peer without intermediaries 04:10 People paying companies to maybe pay people 04:34 The un-banked and the under-banked 05:28 Bitcoin - digital money as cash 06:08 What is cryptocurrency? 07:16 Independent self-verification 08:42 Why the Internet is special - global free flow of information 10:24 Why Bitcoin is special - global free flow of money 12:24 The bizarre aspects of traditional banking 13:34 Adjusting to this new world 15:36 Governments attempting to control Bitcoin 16:48 "Who's in charge?" - system of trust without hierarchy 18:18 People who see Bitcoin's strengths as flaws 20:20 Multi-signature schemes for consumer protection 21:19 Our misunderstanding of the most ancient technology 23:20 What gives money value? Stories we tell, promises we trust 26:30 The shared hallucination of paper money 29:48 False promises and the myth of "zero-value" currencies 31:22 Gresham's Law in India 34:02 The characteristics of good money & currency 35:13 Difficulties of barter at a large scale 36:49 Ancient tokens of values 38:13 Scarcity vs. inflationary supply, debt & devaluation 39:11 Bitcoin vs. traditional money as a store of value 41:52 "How much is a bitcoin worth?" 43:05 Digital gold 43:47 "Fake money" resolved by the market 44:21 Closing summary & remarks 45:17 QUESTION & ANSWER: What happens to our bitcoins during a hard fork? - https://youtu.be/sNR76fWd7-0 What is the role of nodes? - https://youtu.be/fNk7nYxTOyQ Price premiums and arbitrage - https://youtu.be/B4tsk-ZiHuE Fee markets, SegWit, and scaling - https://youtu.be/zxt-FLzZPhg Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? - https://youtu.be/1iEv-gUZNx4 Unlimited vs. Cypherpunks - https://youtu.be/5adgo4-32HU RELATED: Aadhaar and blockchain identities - https://youtu.be/GylSvJf53zI Why KYC is dangerous - Microviolations of Privacy As Payment - https://youtu.be/rwF7nMWUjBs Privacy, Identity, Surveillance and Money - https://youtu.be/Vcvl5piGlYg Remittances & smuggling in Venezuela - https://youtu.be/RRXecXfWARw Andreas M. Antonopou ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONvg9SbauMg