Early Bitcoin Core developer Matt Corallo started working on Bitcoin in 2011. At that time he still attended high school and lived in Germany near Frankfurt am Main. He was a cofounder of Blockstream before he started working on open source projects for Bitcoin at Chaincode Labs in New York. We discuss many different topics, ranging from his interest in Bitcoin at the beginning, to current issues like miner centralization, projects he is working on &#8211; Fibre, BetterHash and Rust lightning to the music he likes.Topics:how he got into Bitcoin at the age of 18who the first developers werewhy he speaks german &#8211; he went to kindergarden in Germany and lived near Frankfurt around 2011non-remote working at Chaincode Labshis first major patch for Bitcoin corehow Bitcoin developers got funded and Blockstream startedBitcoins growth outside the western worldMining in Chinathe energy consumption of Bitcoin is not a problem in the long runhow stranded energy is used to mine bitcoinrelationship between mining and the price of bitcoin &#8211; hashrate follows the priceprivacy has to be defaultGlobalCoin or FacebookCoin (this was recorded before the Libra Whitepaper was released)cannot compete with bitcoin and its core features like uncensorabilityhow the Blockstream satellites and miners utilize the Fibre (Fast Internet Bitcoin Relay Engine) protocol Matt worked onthe great firewall of Chinahis Rust Lightning library BetterHash a mining protocol to decentralize mining within a poolopen questions like Mining centralization, Lightning and scalability of any blockchain systemon how to become a Bitcoin developerthe mindset of Bitcoin developers&#8220;I still consider Bitcoin largely an experiment to see wether or not we can build a decentralized currency, because right now, it’s not.&#8221; &#8211; Matt Corallo&#8220;It takes a long time to develop robust markets across the entire globe.&#8221; &#8211; Matt Corallo&#8220;Bitcoin is a system where you don’t need to trust someone.&#8221; &#8211; Matt CoralloSponsors Order a Card Wallet here and get 20% off! (time-limited)Support the podcastShare the podcast with friends and family! Subscribe to my newsletterSubscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | YouTube | Pocket Casts | Castbox | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Feed Give a 5 stars recommendation on Apple Podcast Follow me on Twitter | YouTube | LinkedInDonations Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better.Every donor, will be invited to my exclusive Telegram group with personal background stories and updates. Send me a short message with your Telegram ID after donating and I will add you. Donate with PayPal Donate with BTC Donate with Lightning Der Beitrag Matt Corallo on the Social Good of Bitcoin and the Mindset of a Bitcoin Developer erschien zuerst auf The Anita Posch Show.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

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