Orphaned Blocks and Stuck Transactions
What happens to transactions in an orphaned block? How can one fix stuck transactions? How do replace-by-fee (RBF) and child-pays-for-parent (CPFP) work?
https://youtu.be/MsdW0CTYwyY
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What happens to transactions in an orphaned block? How can one fix stuck transactions? How do replace-by-fee (RBF) and child-pays-for-parent (CPFP) work?
https://youtu.be/MsdW0CTYwyY
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Bitcoin Q&A: Orphaned Blocks and Stuck Transactions
What happens to transactions in an orphaned block? How can I fix stuck transactions? How do replace-by-fee (RBF) and child-pays-for-parent (CPFP) work?
These questions are from part of the May and August monthly Patreon Q&A sessions, which took place on…
These questions are from part of the May and August monthly Patreon Q&A sessions, which took place on…
Multi-Signature and Distributed Storage
What happens when wallets (personal or at an exchange) are hacked? What is "sweeping" with regards to private keys? After a hack, is it possible to track the stolen Bitcoin and identify the hacker? How do you keep Bitcoin safe in a group / corporate environment? Is it possible to create a multi-signature setup with Trezor and Electrum? Could passphrases be brute-forced? What is happening with browser extension deprecation?
https://youtu.be/cAP2u6w_1-k
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What happens when wallets (personal or at an exchange) are hacked? What is "sweeping" with regards to private keys? After a hack, is it possible to track the stolen Bitcoin and identify the hacker? How do you keep Bitcoin safe in a group / corporate environment? Is it possible to create a multi-signature setup with Trezor and Electrum? Could passphrases be brute-forced? What is happening with browser extension deprecation?
https://youtu.be/cAP2u6w_1-k
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Bitcoin Q&A: Multi-signature and Distributed Storage
What happens when wallets (personal or at an exchange) are hacked? What is "sweeping" with regards to private keys? After a hack, is it possible to track the stolen bitcoin and identify the hacker? How do you keep bitcoin safe in a group / corporate environment?…
Ethereum Smart Contract Bugs
What happens if there are bugs in Ethereum smart contracts? Are smart contract developers the new middlemen? What happened during the Bancor hack? Are Ethereum smart contracts and tokens secure? Could someone make centralized contracts still based on the ERC-20 standard?
https://youtu.be/VxEzZP3zx9o
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What happens if there are bugs in Ethereum smart contracts? Are smart contract developers the new middlemen? What happened during the Bancor hack? Are Ethereum smart contracts and tokens secure? Could someone make centralized contracts still based on the ERC-20 standard?
https://youtu.be/VxEzZP3zx9o
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Ethereum Q&A: What happens if there are bugs?
What happens if there are bugs in Ethereum smart contracts? Are smart contract developers the new middlemen? What happened during the Bancor hack? Are Ethere...
MimbleWimble and Dandelion
What is the story behind MimbleWimble? What is Grin? What is a Dandelion transaction relay, as described in BIP156, and how does it improve the anonymity of the Bitcoin network?
https://youtu.be/LjDJGTpK_lE
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What is the story behind MimbleWimble? What is Grin? What is a Dandelion transaction relay, as described in BIP156, and how does it improve the anonymity of the Bitcoin network?
https://youtu.be/LjDJGTpK_lE
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Bitcoin Q&A: MimbleWimble and Dandelion
What is the story behind MimbleWimble? What is Grin? What is a Dandelion transaction relay, as described in BIP156, and how does it improve the anonymity of the Bitcoin network?
CLARIFICATION/ CORRECTION: At 1:14, I talk the origins of MimbleWimble. The…
CLARIFICATION/ CORRECTION: At 1:14, I talk the origins of MimbleWimble. The…
What Is ewasm?
ewasm stands for Ethereum flavored WebAssembly. It is a restricted subset of the WebAssembly (WASM) programming language to be used for contracts in Ethereum and updating the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
ewasm also implies the initiative to upgrade the EVM version to improve the latter’s performance.
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ewasm stands for Ethereum flavored WebAssembly. It is a restricted subset of the WebAssembly (WASM) programming language to be used for contracts in Ethereum and updating the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
ewasm also implies the initiative to upgrade the EVM version to improve the latter’s performance.
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Decentralized Exchanges and Counterparty Risk
How will markets transition from centralized exchanges to decentralized exchanges (LocalBitcoins, cash ATMs, Bisq, cross-chain atomic swaps)? Could fiat-pegged cryptocurrencies ease the process of fiat-to-crypto exchanges? How could the counterparty risk introduced by custodial parties like Tether affect the security of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency ecosystem at large?
https://youtu.be/hi_jaw0dT9M
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How will markets transition from centralized exchanges to decentralized exchanges (LocalBitcoins, cash ATMs, Bisq, cross-chain atomic swaps)? Could fiat-pegged cryptocurrencies ease the process of fiat-to-crypto exchanges? How could the counterparty risk introduced by custodial parties like Tether affect the security of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency ecosystem at large?
https://youtu.be/hi_jaw0dT9M
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Bitcoin Q&A: Decentralised Exchanges and Counterparty Risk
How will markets transition from centralised exchanges to decentralised exchanges (LocalBitcoins, cash ATMs, Bisq, cross-chain atomic swaps)? Could fiat-pegged cryptocurrencies ease the process of fiat-to-crypto exchanges? How could the counterparty risk…
What Is Segregated Witness (SegWit)?
How do you know you’re using SegWit? SegWit fixes transaction malleability and enables further upgrades towards Bitcoin smart contracts. Can transaction malleability lead to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks? Does SegWit put witness data in a different block? Did SegWit change transaction validation? versus? Are there any security risks of invalid blocks?
https://youtu.be/dtOjjB4mD8k
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How do you know you’re using SegWit? SegWit fixes transaction malleability and enables further upgrades towards Bitcoin smart contracts. Can transaction malleability lead to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks? Does SegWit put witness data in a different block? Did SegWit change transaction validation? versus? Are there any security risks of invalid blocks?
https://youtu.be/dtOjjB4mD8k
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Bitcoin Q&A: What is Segregated Witness?
What is Segregated Witness (SegWit)? How do you know you’re using SegWit? SegWit fixes transaction malleability and enables further upgrades towards Bitcoin smart contracts. Can transaction malleability lead to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks? Does SegWit…
Paper Wallets
What are the risks and benefits of paper wallets? How do you spend from them? Why are they hard to create and use securely? Why is a hardware wallet preferable?
https://youtu.be/cKehFazo8Pw
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What are the risks and benefits of paper wallets? How do you spend from them? Why are they hard to create and use securely? Why is a hardware wallet preferable?
https://youtu.be/cKehFazo8Pw
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Bitcoin Q&A: Using Paper Wallets
What are the risks and benefits of paper wallets? How do you spend from them? Why are they hard to create and use securely? Why is a hardware wallet preferable?
Chapters
0:00 When spending part of the funds in a paper wallet, why do you risk losing your…
Chapters
0:00 When spending part of the funds in a paper wallet, why do you risk losing your…
CVE-2018-17144 Vulnerability
What is the CVE-2018-17144 vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core client? How did such a critical bug happen? What should we do about it? Andreas Antonopoulos explains.
https://youtu.be/5GD0kGT0SU0
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What is the CVE-2018-17144 vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core client? How did such a critical bug happen? What should we do about it? Andreas Antonopoulos explains.
https://youtu.be/5GD0kGT0SU0
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Bitcoin Q&A: CVE-2018-17144 Vulnerability
What is the CVE-2018-17144 vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core client? How did such a critical bug happen? What should we do about it?
More on the vulnerability here: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice/
Please see the following about upgrading your…
More on the vulnerability here: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice/
Please see the following about upgrading your…
Bitcoin’s Origins & The Genesis Blockade
In this talk, Andreas Antonopoulos recounts the origins of Bitcoin and the meaning of the message embedded forever in its genesis block. He also speaks about what happens when money stops working and why censorship resistance was one of Bitcoin’s most valuable characteristics from the start.
https://youtu.be/cagoyF3WePo
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In this talk, Andreas Antonopoulos recounts the origins of Bitcoin and the meaning of the message embedded forever in its genesis block. He also speaks about what happens when money stops working and why censorship resistance was one of Bitcoin’s most valuable characteristics from the start.
https://youtu.be/cagoyF3WePo
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Bitcoin's Origins and the Genesis Blockade
In this talk, Andreas recounts the origins of Bitcoin, the meaning of the message embedded forever in its genesis block, and how we figured out who the banks truly serve when there was no other choice. He also speaks about what happens when money stops working…
Public Keys vs. Addresses
What is the difference between public keys and addresses? How are new addresses generated? How are change addresses generated? Why have two outputs? Do you still pay fees if you are sending Bitcoin to new addresses in your own wallet?
https://youtu.be/8es3qQWkEiU
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What is the difference between public keys and addresses? How are new addresses generated? How are change addresses generated? Why have two outputs? Do you still pay fees if you are sending Bitcoin to new addresses in your own wallet?
https://youtu.be/8es3qQWkEiU
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Bitcoin Q&A: Public Keys vs. Addresses
What is the difference between public keys and addresses? How are new addresses generated? How are change addresses generated? Why have two outputs? Do you still pay fees if you are sending bitcoin to new addresses in your own wallet? What is the VanityGen…
Sidechains and Federated Consensus
What are sidechains? What is Liquid and what are the use cases of sidechains? What are the differences to the Lightning Network? What is Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance? What are issues with these federated models? Find out below.
https://youtu.be/mHLgpX4VYBQ
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What are sidechains? What is Liquid and what are the use cases of sidechains? What are the differences to the Lightning Network? What is Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance? What are issues with these federated models? Find out below.
https://youtu.be/mHLgpX4VYBQ
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Bitcoin Q&A: Sidechains and Federated Consensus
What are sidechains? What is Liquid and what are the use cases of sidechains? What are the differences to the Lightning Network? What do you think about Dele...
Mixing Services
How do mixing services work? What are CoinJoin transactions? How much could they improve privacy or anonymity in Bitcoin?
https://youtu.be/rKoMvOH4zoY
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How do mixing services work? What are CoinJoin transactions? How much could they improve privacy or anonymity in Bitcoin?
https://youtu.be/rKoMvOH4zoY
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Bitcoin Q&A: Mixing services
How do mixing services work? What are CoinJoin transactions? How much could they improve privacy or anonymity in Bitcoin?CORRECTION: At the start of the vide...