#128: BCH & XEC feat. Amaury Séchet

Amaury Séchet: engineer, former BCH “benevolent dictator” and XEC lead developer, discusses history of Bitcoin splits, how BCH is doing these days, the battle for global reserve currency, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Amaury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadalnix

If interested in XEC: https://e.cash/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vpA8JiUtyaGMX1ILTNX9s3snhU2ip6U/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

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Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:38 Intro, FundMe.Cash & listener survey

01:42 Amaury’s intro & Bitcoin backstory

07:51 Big blockers

15:22 Market update

16:30 Tech, branding & price

34:30 Benevolent dictator

37:56 BTC/BCH split history

53:51 BSV split, hash war

59:43 BCH 2019-2021

1:03:34 Bitcoin ABC funding

1:11:59 Cost of split

1:18:26 Amaury’s thoughts on BCH today

1:22:39 Avalanche vs. POW consensus on XEC

1:35:21 What would convince Amaury BCH has won?

1:46:00 CashTokens

1:49:22 BCH: phase shift or feature creep?

1:59:15 On ABLA

2:04:07 XEC roadmap

2:11:18 Where does he look for technical inspiration?

2:14:34 How does he feel about XEC?

2:22:42 Amaury’s message to the BCH community

2:24:32 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:25:37 Vlad Costea

2:27:55 Amaury's shoutouts / Devon Eriksen

2:30:15 Jett and Jeremy's shoutouts

2:32:12 Outro