#175: Bitcoin Civil Wars feat. Tone Vays

Bitcoin OG, trader, and educator, Tone Vays, discusses the ongoing "Bitcoin Civil Wars", the historical block size debates, and the dynamics of Bitcoin chain splits. Tone shares his unique, first-hand perspective on the bitcoin scaling wars. I enjoyed the discussion and having him on the show. What do you think? Drop your thoughts below!

Links:

Tone Vays on X: https://twitter.com/ToneVays

Tone's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tonevays

- Scaling playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXoq0oFPhZA&list=PLQBwZ2xry6eZNK6zhYaefOl8prFbGxipq

- Debates playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQBwZ2xry6ebMsNNbfONiPaFEkLCqxcVn

- Bitcoin Core vs Knots playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5_uBdi4oH8&list=PLQBwZ2xry6eb2I7c1KqIa10Bhs4kgqF5Y

Episode slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pTSOl1nI0Kn4hrNP9KyrVifrYlc7UTWi/

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Timestamps:

00:00 Video starts

00:37 Intro & market update

01:37 Tone Vays

06:35 Tone and Roger Ver

15:00 "Rehabilitating" Bitcoin Core

22:00 "Too fast vs. too slow" dev debate

33:28 How do you define Bitcoin spam?

42:18 SegWit: compromise or catastrophe?

56:20 Big blockers compromises

1:10:13 BTC / BCH split

1:20:02 "BCashers vs. Knots brigade" meme

1:31:00 Who is BTC developer Dathon Ohm?

1:35:00 Is a chain split the worst outcome?

1:45:03 Tone's message to the community

1:47:09 Tether on BTC?

1:52:50 Bitcoin's trustless nature

1:57:51 Potential outcomes according to Tone

2:02:38 Shoutouts and outro

2:07:47 "The Best of Both Worlds" song

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