"While bitcoin is still mainly seen as digital currency, it’s essentially a timestamped log with special properties. As such, it can be utilised for far more things than payments and store of value. I presented some of the alternative uses several years ago and the list continues to grow. Brian Deery, chief scientist at Factom, wrote an excellent history of time-stamping, in which he argues that a secure timestamped record wasn’t feasible before the existence of secure digital value." — Jameson Lopp Today we dive into another great piece from Jameson Lopp that takes us back to 2016 on understanding the value of Bitcoin's creation of its own sense of time, how it accomplishes it, and why its the most secure blockchain. Check out the original article at : Bitcoin: The Trust Anchor in a Sea of Blockchains A huge thanks to our sponsors, and don't forget to check out the offers for the listeners of this show! 9% off the Coldcard with code BITCOINAUDIBLE, ⁠⁠⁠⁠bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out the KYC Free, simple, no management, Bitcoin merchant solution, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Nodeless.io/guy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get 50,000 free sats, plus sats back on everything you buy by signing up with Fold and the Spin+ Debit Card. ⁠⁠⁠⁠bitcoinaudible.com/fold⁠⁠⁠⁠ ------------------------- "We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." — Alan Turing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"A successful blind merge mined sidechain with significant MEV opportunities could offer Bitcoin significant benefits, which could more than offset the disadvantages." - "Blind merge mining works by a third party running the sidechain, building sidechain blocks and receiving the sidechain fees. This entity then creates a Bitcoin transaction, which passes on these fees to the Bitcoin miners in the form of Bitcoin transaction fees." — ⁠Bitmex research A trustless, high assurance means of moving Bitcoin into, and out of a side-chain, is essentially the holy grail of Bitcoin scaling. It would change the game and potentially be the last piece of the puzzle for a global, interoperable Bitcoin ecosystem where the entire world could truly and completely "hold their own keys." Are Drivechains the best solution, or is it lacking? The always thorough, Bitmex Research covers a great piece on the ins and outs of Paul Sztorc's Drivechain proposal which he has unrelentingly supported for nearly a decade now. Find out in today's show! Check out the original article from Bitmex research: ⁠Drivechains A huge thanks to our sponsors, and don't forget to check out the offers for the listeners of this show! 9% off the Coldcard with code BITCOINAUDIBLE, ⁠⁠bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard⁠⁠ Check out the KYC Free, simple, no management, Bitcoin merchant solution, ⁠⁠Nodeless.io/guy⁠⁠ Get 50,000 free sats, plus sats back on everything you buy by signing up with Fold and the Spin+ Debit Card. ⁠⁠bitcoinaudible.com/fold⁠⁠ ------------------------- "Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?" — Tim Burton --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message