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Art Antonopoulos

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Feb 3, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

Bitcoin Scaling Q&A- What are MimbleWimble and Schnorr signatures

Mimblewimble leverages previous concepts like Confidential Transactions and "one-way aggregate signatures" to provide private transactions and better scalability which contrasts with previous proposa…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Feb 2, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC

Answering Questions from the Senate of Canada about Bitcoin and Crypto

Background on the “Study on the use of digital currency”: This is the 11th session. Senate of Canada asks Andreas about Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies. As Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies were being formal…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Feb 1, 2018, 5:05 AM UTC

Decentralized Truth

In this talk, Andreas explores the confusion and instinctive disbelief from newcomers about how open, decentralized cryptocurrencies can scale and grow in value without the finality of approval from…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Jan 31, 2018, 2:54 AM UTC

Farewell to Centralized Data - Slush Conference - Bitcoin:Crypto

Our very sophisticated panel talks about the threat of centralized financial systems and the world wide web as a whole. How they threaten our democracy and privacy and how we can use blockchain and c…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Jan 30, 2018, 5:18 AM UTC

What is Consensus? Rules without Rulers

Who is in charge of Bitcoin? Why is it so hard to change the rules? The governance model of Bitcoin, where there can be transparent and neutral rules without rulers, without regulators, is confusing…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Jan 29, 2018, 6:35 AM UTC

Bitcoin Stats - Wealth distribution statistics

Addresses are not people! The majority of addresses are used anonymously / pseudo-anonymously, so clustering is very difficult. Exchanges or payment processors may be holding the funds of hundreds of…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Jan 28, 2018, 3:54 PM UTC

Ethereum + Bitcoin - ICOs and pyramid schemes

How do we make people more resistant to ponzi & pyramid schemes? Does regulation stop them? Is the added attention a risk for the rest of the cryptocurrency space? As long as you don't make the m…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Jan 27, 2018, 5:49 PM UTC

BITCOIN - The price of losing privacy

Privacy is described as a fundamental right now in many countries, but why is financial privacy so hard? How do we make it easier for more people to afford privacy? Does censorship-resistance matter…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Jan 4, 2018, 4:08 AM UTC

Bitcoin vs Blockchain

What is the difference between Bitcoin and "blockchain"? Blockchains are only one of the foundational technologies. In an attempt to co-opt the interest around Bitcoin, companies and governments are…

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Art Antonopoulos
@aantonopoulos Dec 2, 2017, 5:19 AM UTC

My response to Jamie Dimon - Andreas M. Antonopoulos

My response to Jamie Dimon's criticism of Bitcoin as a "fraud." Jamie doth protest too much methinks, because JPMorgan Chase was fined for mortgage fraud. The world's banks have never faced competiti…

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