Sep 27 2024 154 mins 8
Amaury Séchet: engineer, former BCH “benevolent dictator” and XEC lead developer, discusses history of Bitcoin splits, how BCH is doing these days, the battle for global reserve currency, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.
Links:
Amaury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadalnix
If interested in XEC: https://e.cash/
Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vpA8JiUtyaGMX1ILTNX9s3snhU2ip6U/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4
Donations:
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Others linked from website
Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast starts
00:38 Intro, FundMe.Cash & listener survey
01:42 Amaury’s intro & Bitcoin backstory
07:51 Big blockers
15:22 Market update
16:30 Tech, branding & price
34:30 Benevolent dictator
37:56 BTC/BCH split history
53:51 BSV split, hash war
59:43 BCH 2019-2021
1:03:34 Bitcoin ABC funding
1:11:59 Cost of split
1:18:26 Amaury’s thoughts on BCH today
1:22:39 Avalanche vs. POW consensus on XEC
1:35:21 What would convince Amaury BCH has won?
1:46:00 CashTokens
1:49:22 BCH: phase shift or feature creep?
1:59:15 On ABLA
2:04:07 XEC roadmap
2:11:18 Where does he look for technical inspiration?
2:14:34 How does he feel about XEC?
2:22:42 Amaury’s message to the BCH community
2:24:32 Podcast supporter appreciation
2:25:37 Vlad Costea
2:27:55 Amaury's shoutouts / Devon Eriksen
2:30:15 Jett and Jeremy's shoutouts
2:32:12 Outro
