What is the waiting period before miners can spend the block reward / coinbase transaction? Why does this protect against chain reorganization? How much energy would it take to reverse the chain back to the genesis block? Should we sustain immutability with proof-of-work or move to proof-of-stake? These questions are from the Scottish Blockchain Meetup and the July monthly patron session, which took place on June 19th and July 27th 2019, respectively. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop RELATED: Consensus Algorithms, Blockchain Technology, and Bitcoin - https://youtu.be/fw3WkySh_Ho Advanced Bitcoin Scripting Part 1: Transactions and Multisig - https://youtu.be/8FeAXjkmDcQ Advanced Bitcoin Scripting Part 2: SegWit, Consensus, and Trustware - https://youtu.be/pQbeBduVQ4I What is Consensus: Rules without Rulers - https://youtu.be/2tqo7PX5Pyc Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies - https://youtu.be/rpeceXY1QBM Bitcoin: Where the Laws of Mathematics Prevail - https://youtu.be/HaJ1hvon0E0 Software distribution security - https://youtu.be/_V0vqy046YM What is mining? - https://youtu.be/t4p4iMqmxbQ The mining process - https://youtu.be/L4Xtau0YMJw Nonces, mining, and quantum computing - https://youtu.be/d4xXJh677J0 Iterating nonces and the block reward - https://youtu.be/tjn2aoMaFlY Miners, pools, and consensus - https://youtu.be/JHz7LM4ncLw Mining, energy prices, and fee market - https://youtu.be/hrVCd6Pt4l4 What is difficulty targeting? - https://youtu.be/h429LCTRmQw Genesis block and coinbase transactions - https://youtu.be/strhfzJ56QE Cryptographic primitives - https://youtu.be/RIckQ6RBt5E The rules of Bitcoin (part 1) - https://youtu.be/VnQu4uylfOs The rules of Bitcoin (part 2) - https://youtu.be/vtIp0GP4w1E Rules versus rulers - https://youtu.be/9EEluhC9SxE The value of proof-of-work - https://youtu.be/ZDGliHwstM8 Could a state-sponsored 51% attack work? - https://youtu.be/KUd8ZGgm6Qo Honest nodes and consensus - https://youtu.be/KAhY2ymI-tg Spam transactions and Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) - https://youtu.be/t3c0E4fkSNs Is Bitcoin a democracy? - https://youtu.be/TC3Hq76UT5g Governments versus Proof-of-Work or Proof-of-Stake - https://youtu.be/qrwgYDAoZV0 Decentralized power, leaderless governance - https://youtu.be/E5VbDlQTPzU What is the role of nodes? - https://youtu.be/fNk7nYxTOyQ Why running a node is important - https://youtu.be/oX0Yrv-6jVs Spam transactions and Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) - https://youtu.be/t3c0E4fkSNs Energy consumption - https://youtu.be/2T0OUIW89II Solar energy and mining in space - https://youtu.be/cusakcpa8AM Bitmain and ASICBoost allegations - https://youtu.be/t6jJDD2Aj8k Binance hack, chain rollback? - https://youtu.be/2cZhkV6BqLg Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in Bitcoin. He is the author of “Mastering Bitcoin,” “The Internet of Money" series, and "Mastering Ethereum." Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop Website: https://aantonop.com/ Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains; click on the red bell to enable notifications about new videos! MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9 Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations-of-mastering-bitcoin/ THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY: Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5 French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390 Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang MASTERING ETHEREUM: https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/) Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/) Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)