S11 E11 · 1:34:23 · 25 Jul 2022
S11 E11: Peter Todd on Bitcoin Inflation, Lightning & Privacy
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Recently, Peter Todd published a mathematical paper to explain how tail emission could work om Bitcoin. In this episode, he gets to explain why he thinks inflation is necessary to secure the Bitcoin network as the mining rewards get halved every 4 years.
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