82: Tristan Lamonica‘s Bitcoin Story

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Tristan Lamonica is the director of digital strategy for the Parliament of Canada. He got into bitcoin in 2013 and has been researching it ever since. His master thesis was on how bitcoin can be integrated into social media platforms in order to fix some of their prevalent issues. We explore a wide range of topics in this episode ranging from Canadian politics, to the lightning network, to the "good ole days" of bitcoin.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Introduction

(01:54) - Tristan's early Bitcoin story

(13:49) - Learning about Tristan's background

(26:05) - Discussing the STEEM - HIVE split

(29:58) - The Lightning Network, and the many ways the Digital Generation gets into Bitcoin

(43:30) - How Bitcoin was procured 'back in the day'

(48:33) - Global perception of Bitcoin outside the US and Canada

(1:01:39) - Tristan's Thesis, and how the academic community responded to it

(1:09:18) - Other Cryptocurrencies, and can there be a "next Bitcoin"?

(1:21:56) - The practical experience of Bitcoin as a currency

(1:26:30) - Tristan's experience working in Parliament

(1:32:43) - Wrapping up

Edited and Mixed by Kaushik Sethunath.

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2020 Masters Thesis - Peer to Peer Decentralized Social Media Platform using 2nd Layer Blockchain Technology
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