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Is Bitcoin Doomed to Fail? Eric Wall and Justin Bons Face Off - Ep. 398

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In a heated debate, Eric Wall, crypto blogger and investor, and Justin Bons, founder and chief investment officer of Cyber Capital, discuss Bitcoin’s security model, whether there are fundamental flaws in its design, and which is the best consensus mechanism.

Show highlights:

why Justin stopped believing in Bitcoin and why he calls it “technically one of the worst cryptocurrencies”

how Eric’s views on Bitcoin changed over time

the problems they see with Bitcoin’s security

why Eric attacks BTC maximalism, even when he is a Bitcoiner

how the Bitcoin community will change in the next decades, and why the security problem is a challenge that could be solved

whether BTC should increase its inflation and whether that would break the store of value proposition

why Justin thinks that BTC fails as money and won’t play a relevant role in the future

what happened around the time of the blocksize debate back in 2015-2017

whether there’s something wrong with Bitcoin’s culture and why Eric compares it to a doomsday cult

why Ethereum has external dependencies that can impose systemic risks, according to Eric

whether proof of stake or proof of work is a better consensus mechanism

whether Ethereum is more censorship resistant than Bitcoin

why BTC is a speculative asset and what Justin believes is needed for crypto to finally flourish

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Episode Links

Previous Coverage of Unchained:

Arthur Hayes, Former Ethereum Skeptic, on Why the Merge Makes Him Bullish on ETH

With the Merge, Will Ethereum Take Over Bitcoin’s Title as Digital Gold?

Bitcoin’s Security, Blocksize and Culture
Surprisingly, Tail Emission Is Not Inflationary by Peter Todd
Justin’s thread that kicked off the debate
A (brief and incomplete) history of censorship in /r/Bitcoin
Theory On Bitcoin Governance; Three Stage Model by Justin Bons

Centralization:
Ethereum Post-Merge Centralization
Lido’s validators
BTC Centralization
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Publication year
2022
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