17 Years Since the White Paper, BIP 444 Fork Announced, Square v Saylor's Bitcoin Approach

0:00 Happy Halloween! (Sorry for the audio issue!)

3:02 Fixed the mics! Only two people responded to Satoshi in the first 24 hours!

6:32 Facts from the 2008 Bitcoin White Paper launch. Same date as Martin Luther in 1517. Planned?

9:11 Numerology in the white paper? The beauty in the mystery of Satoshi.

14:30 Steak n Shake announced a strategic Bitcoin reserve in the "Square style" via payments and funding to Bitcoin.

20:24 Paying in Bitcoin in real life at merchants like Pink Owl Coffee and driving merchant adoption.

30:33 Revisiting the creation of a Bitcoin Merchant Association.

40:57 Making apps for everyday users and thinking through the complexity of options for payments.

53:35 Remaking traditional savings vehicles, like paper-based US Savings Bonds, using Bitcoin.

58:31 Strategy's STRC product is Tax-Free?

1:08:57 Unpacking the BIP 444 fork proposal and the history of how prior folks played out.

1:23:03 Running a node is not a vote, spending is.

1:26:12 Details on Max's Halloween costume.

1:29:28 Rapid Fire: Polymarket accepts Bitcoin. Predyx smooth UX. Brian reading the prediction market words on Coinbase earnings. Coreweave and Core deal fell apart. SimpleX messaging. Bitchat adoption in Jamaica during the hurricane.

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