In this monthly open topic session, Andreas answers your questions about everything from the relationship between ETH and BTC, to what type of cryptography is used in bitcoin. Andreas hosts these sessions at the end of every month. Subscribe to be notified of the next one. 0:00 July Livestream Starts 2:05 Moderation Policy 2:28 Welcome to the July Livestream and Opening Comments 4:56 Q: What is your opinion on Ethereum plans around proof-of-stake? What potential use cases it might unlock? How would it affect ETH and BTC "relationship" (Tomer) 9:10 Q: Do you think it's important for more people to run non-pruned nodes? Or are there enough copies of the ledger already? (Anonymous) 11:15 Q: I know bitcoin transactions aren't anonymous. So why are they considered more secure and private than fiat? (Anonymous) 15:20 Q: What kind of cryptography is used in bitcoin? Where else is it used? (Anonymous) 19:18 Q: What implementation of lightning node do you recommend running? Is it safe to run lightning wallets based on Neutrino? (Anonymous) 24:09 Q: Why do some people think crypto is so scary? What is example to use for explaining that it isn't scared? (Bjorn) 26:55 Brief pause to thank Patreon Community Builders 30:10 Q: Ethereum is in competition with so many other 2nd or 3rd generation CC. Why did you call your book "Mastering Eth" not "Mastering Smart Contracts" (Anonymous) 33:34 Q: What do you think about Cosmos and 'The Internet of Blockchains'? Is this just a gimmick or another important invention/innovation (Anonymous) 37:02 Q: Hi Andreas, could you recommend how best to set up a private/public key messaging system so that you can send verifiable messages in case of social media hacks? (David Frier) 40:30 Q: What new use cases does Dynamic Commitments for lightning channels enable? (Viktor) 45:09 Q: High gas prices seem to be the norm now on Ethereum - does this kill innovation for non-Defi projects? How can this be fixed? (anonymous) 51:07 Q: If we keep adding new opcodes to bitcoin script is it possible that bitcoin becomes turing complete or at least more general purpose than before? (anonymous) 54:12 Q: IF Bitcoin is a store of value, why did it lose rather than gain value when markets crashed due to Covid-19, and why is its value only now starting to climb? (Andrew) 59:28 Closing comments, upcoming livestreams, and thanks You may already know that my mission is to educate as many people as possible about #Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. Participating in these Livestream sessions is one way to do that. Thank you for being part of this mission. Learn more about becoming a Community Builder: https://patreon.com/aantonop *** Socials, Books, & More *** Website: https://aantonop.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AndreasMAnto... Insta: https://www.instagram.com/amantonop/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aant... Amazon Author: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00MVAG8Z8 Audible: https://www.audible.com/author/Andrea... Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this youtube channel and select the bell for notifications. Thanks for watching! Join the aantonop Channel: https://aantonop.io/joinaantonopyt