PBJ: Unpacking the latest bitcoin drama, Spark is live, and Epic vs. Apple

Show Notes

0:00 X vs. Stacker News in the latest bitcoin debates 3:40 Updates about the Presidio Bitcoin Hackathon 10:00 What's the drama happening in bitcoin right now? Money vs. Data 16:08 Discussing the debate around bitcoin core node relay policies. Consensus vs. Policy 20:42 What is OP_Return and why it's being discussed 30:20 One reason this is important is there is growing interest in expanding the packet size 38:30 Audience Engagement: Data in the witness is cheaper, so its a preferential storage location 46:40 How this relates to mining centralization and censorship concerns 59:40 When and where should discussions like this take place? 1:09:00 Epic Games vs. Apple. Opening the door for bitcoin as an alternative payment mechanism? 1:20:50 The Quantum Bitcoin Summit happening this June at Presidio Bitcoin 1:24:29 Spark is live! Exploring what it is and evaluating its tradeoffs 1:35:40 De minimis rules coming? That's what we heard at Presidio Bitcoin LINKS: www.pbhackathon.com FOLLOW: Presidio Bitcoin: https://x.com/presidiobitcoin Steve: https://x.com/moneyball Max: https://x.com/maxawebster DK: https://x.com/dksf