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Presidio Bitcoin Jam

Square's big release, Insatiable energy demand, Update from Berlin Conference

October 10, 2025·1h 33m
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Show Notes

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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SHOW NOTES:

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