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CryptoQuikRead_276 - More Immutable than Stone [Simon Lutz]
We start today's show reading a short Twitter thread by @simonlutz21 which sparks a fun discussion about the presence of Proof-of-Work in nature, the...
![CryptoQuikRead_275 - Bit Gold [Nick Szabo]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1741331/c1a-9mg94-o87n4r7rfv89-erhspk.jpg)
CryptoQuikRead_275 - Bit Gold [Nick Szabo]
There were many precursors to the Bitcoin system, but IMO, none came as close to correctly defining the problem, & solving the key issues...
![CryptoQuikRead_274 - BetterHash, Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with new Hashing Protocols [StopAndDecrypt]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1741332/c1a-9mg94-gd412q44a0vo-5tsijq.jpg)
CryptoQuikRead_274 - BetterHash, Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with new Hashing Protocols [StopAndDecrypt]
What if we already had a solution to one of the biggest threats to the Bitcoin network, but simply weren't implementing it? Today we...
![CryptoQuikRead_272 - Keynesian Errors on Time and Demand [Ben Kaufman]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1741333/c1a-9mg94-k5m32m2ds7zj-qqdnh3.jpg)
CryptoQuikRead_272 - Keynesian Errors on Time and Demand [Ben Kaufman]
What if there was a single, fundamental flaw in Keynesian economic theory that could shed light on the major imbalances and debts that have...
![CryptoQuikRead_272 - Statechains, Sending Keys Not Coins [Aaron Van Wirdum]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1741334/c1a-9mg94-gd41242wtgor-m6k9oj.jpg)
CryptoQuikRead_272 - Statechains, Sending Keys Not Coins [Aaron Van Wirdum]
From Bitcoin Magazine, today we read Aaron's piece on the recently conceptualized "Statechains" from the mind of Ruben Somsen. An entirely different way to...
![CryptoQuikRead_272 - Letting a Million Channels Bloom [Rusty Russell & Joe Netti]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1741335/c1a-9mg94-04r1drd7frgr-br3vmf.jpg)
CryptoQuikRead_272 - Letting a Million Channels Bloom [Rusty Russell & Joe Netti]
The Lightning Network does, in fact, have scaling problems of its own. When the network grows to millions of channels we obviously won't be...