May 24, 2021
SLP277 Alejandro De La Torre - Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Mining Pools
Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool joins me on the show to chat about his efforts in helping to coordinate Bitcoin Upgrades:
* Taproot Activation
* Learnings from 2017 SegWit
* UASF or MASF (Miner Activated Soft Fork)
* UASF within MASF
* Distribution of network hashrate
* Future Soft Fork upgrades
Alejandro links:
* Twitter: @bitentrepreneur
* Site: Taprootactivation.com
* Poolin: Poolin.com
Relevant episodes:
* SLP260 Luke Dashjr - How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot Lot=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks
* SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Form Activation, Taproot, And Playing Chicken
* SLP200 Christian Decker - Anyprevout, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
Sponsors:
* Swan Bitcoin
* Hodl Hodl Lend
* Compass Mining
* Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
* CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
* CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
* Show notes and website
* Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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