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Podcast: Stephan Livera Podcast
Episode: SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin
Description: James O’Beirne, Bitcoin Core Engineer at Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about the real nature of ‘power’ and control within Bitcoin. It’s not as simple as it might first seem! We talk about:Â
Differing conceptions of ‘power’ in Bitcoin
Peer to peer network governance
Bitcoin Core development
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James O’Beirne links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesobÂ
Github: https://github.com/jamesobÂ
Chaincode labs: https://chaincode.com/Â
Discussed in episode:Â
2019 Draft Paper by Angela Walch: Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/paper...