How do you determine the value of a salary in bitcoin? Does bitcoin work better as a medium of exchange or unit of account? Is bitcoin a reserve currency for other cryptocurrencies, as gold was for fiat? These questions are from the August and September monthly subscriber sessions, which took place on August 24th and September 27th 2019, respectively. RELATED: Measuring Success: Price or Principle - https://youtu.be/mPMsbgWl9p4 Beyond Price: Bitcoin's Impact on the Future - https://youtu.be/rvwVbRQ5Ysc Consensus Algorithms, Blockchain Technology, and Bitcoin - https://youtu.be/fw3WkySh_Ho Advanced Bitcoin Scripting Part 1: Transactions and Multisig - https://youtu.be/8FeAXjkmDcQ Advanced Bitcoin Scripting Part 2: SegWit, Consensus, and Trustware - https://youtu.be/pQbeBduVQ4I What is Consensus: Rules without Rulers - https://youtu.be/2tqo7PX5Pyc Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies - https://youtu.be/rpeceXY1QBM Bitcoin: Where the Laws of Mathematics Prevail - https://youtu.be/HaJ1hvon0E0 Software distribution security - https://youtu.be/_V0vqy046YM What is mining? - https://youtu.be/t4p4iMqmxbQ The mining process - https://youtu.be/L4Xtau0YMJw Nonces, mining, and quantum computing - https://youtu.be/d4xXJh677J0 Iterating nonces and the block reward - https://youtu.be/tjn2aoMaFlY Miners, pools, and consensus - https://youtu.be/JHz7LM4ncLw Mining, energy prices, and fee market - https://youtu.be/hrVCd6Pt4l4 What is difficulty targeting? - https://youtu.be/h429LCTRmQw Genesis block and coinbase transactions - https://youtu.be/strhfzJ56QE Cryptographic primitives - https://youtu.be/RIckQ6RBt5E The rules of Bitcoin (part 1) - https://youtu.be/VnQu4uylfOs The rules of Bitcoin (part 2) - https://youtu.be/vtIp0GP4w1E Rules versus rulers - https://youtu.be/9EEluhC9SxE The value of proof-of-work - https://youtu.be/ZDGliHwstM8 Could a state-sponsored 51% attack work? - https://youtu.be/KUd8ZGgm6Qo Honest nodes and consensus - https://youtu.be/KAhY2ymI-tg Spam transactions and Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) - https://youtu.be/t3c0E4fkSNs Is Bitcoin a democracy? - https://youtu.be/TC3Hq76UT5g Governments versus Proof-of-Work or Proof-of-Stake - https://youtu.be/qrwgYDAoZV0 Decentralized power, leaderless governance - https://youtu.be/E5VbDlQTPzU What is the role of nodes? - https://youtu.be/fNk7nYxTOyQ Why running a node is important - https://youtu.be/oX0Yrv-6jVs Spam transactions and Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) - https://youtu.be/t3c0E4fkSNs Energy consumption - https://youtu.be/2T0OUIW89II Solar energy and mining in space - https://youtu.be/cusakcpa8AM Bitmain and ASICBoost allegations - https://youtu.be/t6jJDD2Aj8k Binance hack, chain rollback? - https://youtu.be/2cZhkV6BqLg Block reward, reorg protection, and immutability - https://youtu.be/R6KMp6vkeVU ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExuHOCyje-w

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=aaPAfKUPMrA

Who is in charge of Bitcoin? Why is it so hard to change the rules? The governance model of Bitcoin, where there can be transparent and neutral rules without rulers, without regulators, is confusing to most people. It is a natural human inclination not only to appeal to authority but to see the absence of a leader as an invitation, a "job opening." Bitcoin has resisted this for nine years, but it is still immature and trying to find its potential. What the failure of SegWit2x demonstrated was not that this group one and that group lost, but that consensus is an overwhelming majority system. Without it, you are unlikely to succeed. The question is not whether we will scale, but how. The battles we've faced so far are tiny compared to what lies ahead. The choice you all make between convenience and liberty, between safety and freedom, will open up opportunities for billions tomorrow. This talk took place at the Swedish Bitcoin Association event on November 19th 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden: http://www.bitcoinforeningen.se/ RELATED: Bitcoin for Beginners - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTuN6kdNWlElfr2tzigB9Nnj Decentralized Truth - https://youtu.be/XCVaabu3J04 Open Blockchains for Cashless Developed Economies - https://youtu.be/eo-0BgrKxiI Money as a System-of-Control - https://youtu.be/FyK4P7ZdOK8 Worse Than Useless: Financial Surveillance - https://youtu.be/n4F-h4xuXMk Fake News, Fake Money - https://youtu.be/i_wOEL6dprg Delivering Liberty, at Scale - https://youtu.be/AecPrwqjbGw Hardware, Software, Trustware - https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies - https://youtu.be/rpeceXY1QBM Decentralized power, leaderless governance - https://youtu.be/E5VbDlQTPzU The Switzerland of currencies - https://youtu.be/pV83Qmy578c HODLing and the "get free" scheme - https://youtu.be/MhOwmsW1YNI Why developers are leaving banks - https://youtu.be/GqOZ4IAQ-xQ 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. Highlights of IoM Volume 2: https://youtu.be/Qkjm5E5BeB8 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] MAST ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tqo7PX5Pyc

In this talk, Andreas discusses the evolution of technology along a "grand arc", from grandiosity, to... grandparents. He also looks at how bitcoin expresses money as a content type, changing the nature of payments into a form of generic communication. This talk was delivered on November 29th 2014 for the BitcoinSouth conference at the Millennium Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand. RELATED: The Digital Currency Commons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYBKWrqR4I8 Bitcoin: Dumb Networks, Innovation, and the Festival of the Commons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8FCRZ0BUCw Money as Free Speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NqDNetEqmI Immutability and Proof-of-Work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsLrJp6cLf4 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. 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 French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390 Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang MASTERING ETHEREUM (Q4): https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vFgBGdmDgs