PBJ: 17 Years Since the White Paper, BIP 444 Fork Announced, Square v Saylors Bitcoin Approach

Show Notes

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! 6:30 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. 40:58 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 Prediction markets: 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.