##### <center> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC3Hq76UT5g&feature=em-uploademail

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##### <center> Andreas M. Antonopoulos is an early pioneer, adopter & educator in the Bitcoin/Crypto space if you have not heard of him. 

##### <center> He routinely puts out some of the best information going.  He speaks plainly and simply with some humour! 

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Published on Jul 4, 2017


> The intersection between blockchains and democracy. "Democracy" is a loaded word where people project a lot of things. 

> Democracy without restraints (human rights, civil rights, constitutional protections) is a brutal system. I don't think Bitcoin is a democracy - rather it is a flat, network-based, collaborative system of super-majority consensus among five constituencies (users, developers, exchanges, merchants, miners), which makes change very difficult. It is a radical decentralization of power. 

> Some people call the politics of this system "cypherpunk," "crypto-anarchy," and other words we don't yet have. Bitcoin and open public blockchains are redefining political systems, organisational systems, freedom of speech, and freedom of association on a transnational basis. Democracies today are systems of hierarchical institutions born out of the era of industrialisation.

 > It doesn't scale any more. We have the ability to produce enough food and energy for everyone, but we just can't distribute it. 

> What is the structure of consensus? The different constituencies of the ecosystem. Coalitions, influencers, and pundits. Noise doesn't change the consensus rules. 

> Talk is cheap but real changes play out between live participating nodes on a network protocol with game theory economic incentives overriding everything else. You can be right or you can be wrong, but if you break consensus you'll be poor either way. People may signal they want one thing, but execute something else, holding on until they start losing money.

> This is part of a talk which took place on June 6th 2017 at a joint meet-up with Blockchain Professionals, BitcoinSYD and SydEthereum in Sydney, Australia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/blockc...



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The Lightning Network - 

https://youtu.be/vPnO9ExJ50A

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##### <center> Lightning, full nodes, and miners - 

https://youtu.be/dlJG4OHdJzs

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##### <center> Bitcoin & Blockchain in Norway -

https://youtu.be/5ODDCx6VL2Y

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##### <center> What happens to transaction fees when the block reward is zero? - 

https://youtu.be/FffX32ENGKc

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##### <center> Rules vs. Rulers - 

https://youtu.be/9EEluhC9SxE

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##### <center> Governance and the transaction fee market - 

https://youtu.be/gdknUUVOdHU

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##### <center> Scaling is a moving target - 

https://youtu.be/pT9kJq_Ogrk

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##### <center> Why we should worry about optimization, not scaling -

 https://youtu.be/J3sEcuCc9fg

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##### <center> Altcoins and the scaling debate - 

https://youtu.be/slbpdW-H3yk

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##### <center> The Scaling Rites of Passage - 

https://youtu.be/rZi86_ovB3Y

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##### <center> Is Bitcoin development centralised? - 

https://youtu.be/7hm4Ro4wdTk

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The separation of money and state -

 https://youtu.be/jGmtRA9S7_Y

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##### <center> The end of vampire-squid financing -

 https://youtu.be/yyXOQG5iNWo

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Why we should worry about optimisation, not scaling - https://youtu.be/J3sEcuCc9fg
The Lightning Network - https://youtu.be/vPnO9ExJ50A
Lightning, full nodes, and miners - https://youtu.be/dlJG4OHdJzs
Bitcoin, Lightning, and Streaming Money - https://youtu.be/gF_ZQ_eijPs
Rules vs. Rulers - https://youtu.be/9EEluhC9SxE
The Scaling Rites of Passage - https://youtu.be/rZi86_ovB3Y
Altcoins and the scaling debate - https://youtu.be/slbpdW-H3yk
Unlimited vs. Cypherpunks - https://youtu.be/5adgo4-32HU



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### QUESTION & ANSWER:


Scaling is a moving target - https://youtu.be/pT9kJq_Ogrk
ICOs and financial regulation - https://youtu.be/Plu_WX3Gs8E

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### <center>  RELATED:


What happens to our bitcoins during a hard fork? - https://youtu.be/sNR76fWd7-0
The dangers of hard forks in protocol evolution - https://youtu.be/vxEHRvhJKvA
Hard forks and the cultural mulligan - https://youtu.be/KT-7APasANI
Open source as cross-pollination & consensus through collaboration - https://youtu.be/JTHV6PA-Dw8
The Lion and the Shark: Divergent Evolution in Cryptocurrency - https://youtu.be/d0x6CtD8iq4
Bitcoin: A new species of money - an evolutionary perspective on currency - https://youtu.be/G-25w7Zh8zk
Evolving layered technologies in cryptocurrecy - https://youtu.be/13Iff4d3p3k
The Scaling Rites of Passage - https://youtu.be/rZi86_ovB3Y
Ethereum: Consensus vs. Immutability - https://youtu.be/OGGW9ozE-ys
LTB Live: TheDAO, ETH, Soft-Fork, DoS and what's next - https://youtu.be/epWjD6mlBVs
Unlimited vs. Cypherpunks - https://youtu.be/5adgo4-32HU


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##### <center> Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
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Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop

Website: https://antonopoulos.com/

He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Mon...

MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bi...

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