
Square's big release, Insatiable energy demand, Update from Berlin Conference
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0:00 Orange phones, orange signs.
1:30 Updates from Berlin Conference, experiences around Berlin, experiencing history.
8:19 Steve's presentation on Spark at BTC++
10:35 Differences and interplay between Ark & Spark & Lightning.
14:36 How these technologies can bring more people into Bitcoin and how the tech is advancing.
22:57 TLDR: A compelling solution is being developed, and hats off to the Second.Tech team.
24:56 What is the takeaway on the state of Lightning and adoption?
33:28 Square just enabled Bitcoin on merchant terminals, hopefully normalizing the use of Bitcoin.
43:54 Max's trip to orange pill the complexity science group at the Santa Fe Institute.
49:13 The importance of the difficulty adjustment to Bitcoin and why there is a Nobel prize hidden within.
53:14 Recapping Presidio Bitcoin's first Nostr event! Awesome Nostr GitHub is a great tool to explain the tech!
57:48 Audience engagement: How to bring merchants on board to Bitcoin.
1:02:42 Takeaways from the Freedom of the Press event in SF.
1:07:30 What is Chat Control, and what does it mean for end-to-end encrypted messaging?
1:14:30 Updates on the Type1 Summit at Presidio Bitcoin and why we need to build a new grid to meet energy demand.
1:23:58 What we hope to emerge from the Summit.
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