Fork Wars & the Biggest Innovations Happening in Bitcoin with Jonas Nick - Blockstream Talk #8

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1:35 - Biggest innovations happening in Bitcoin right now

4:11 - How long does a BIP take to get implemented into the Bitcoin protocol?

5:54 - What are Bitcoin's core principles?

8:32 - What off chain capabilities need to be deployed for Taproot to be considered successful?

13:43 - Thoughts on the 2017 fork wars and why small blocks won out

17:37 - Threats to Bitcoin that were bigger than the fork wars

19:09 - Impressions of El Salvador after visiting

21:49 - Do El Salvador citizens use Bitcoin for savings or for payment processing?

22:22 - Sentiment of Bitcoin amongst El Salvador citizens

24:20 - Surprising learnings after visiting El Salvador

26:19 - PTLC's in Lightning and the significance of having it on a day to day basis

29:54 - MuSig

31:45 - Predictions for Bitcoin in 2022

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