Episode notes
Every first Friday of the quarter some bitcoiners meet in the wild. There is a QnA with Aaron van Wirdum with the title "Bitcoin, over half a century of freedom development, explained". The interview and QnA about “the genesis book” that was released on the 3rd of january will be given in English. Half an hour interview and half hour questions. After this informative hour you can enjoy food and drinks and pay with bitcoin.Parking garage almost underneath the venue.It’s a 5 minutes walk from the central station of Eindhoven.
00:00 thank you Stijn, Jeffrey, Ramon, Roy
00:30 introduction Aaron
3:00 coin courant
8:00 how did you find bitcoin?
10:28 free Ross
11:00 why are you still interested in bitcoin?
12:00 how did you find the cypherpunks?
14:30 is there still a cypherpunk mailing list
15:30 it took you six years to write the book?
17:00 where did you write the book and where are you planning to live?
18:00 how do you see the next 15 years unfold?
23:00 opening quote of the book, Hayek
27:00 extropian movement
33:00 freezing yourself?
36:00 David chaum, democracy or dictatorship?
38:00 Hong Kong protests
40:00 tim may, government control and tax
43:00 hall finney VS Tim may, the moderate vs the radical
45:00 the goal of writing the book
47:00 Nick szabo e money and the anonymous contributer
49:00 who is Satoshi?
50:00 Satoshi and the growth of bitcoin
53:00 questions
