Marty sits down with Steve Barbour before the first Nakamoto Forum debate to talk about energy, mining, and replacing the US Dollar.
 
Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour
Upstream Data: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/
 
7:30 - Bitcoin dev conflict of interest 19:18 - Bitcoin reaching maturity 21:01 - Russian mining 25:37 - Fiat IOUs 28:30 - The state of US mining 34:25 - Will "Coal" Cole 38:09 - Upstream's progress since Steve's last pod 47:06 - Hydro is better for portability 55:31 - New design 59:53 - Is coal the future? 1:04:48 - Hydrocarbons debate 1:08:33 - Lizard men 1:10:57 - Mock the rulers 1:19:03 - Fiat dying 1:25:01 - Wrapping up
 
 
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#415: Coal Is The Future with Steve Barbour