Jonathan Bier
The man behind BitMEX Research and author of The Blocksize War (2021), the standard small-block-side history of the war.
The wiki's angle: Bier is the war's most-cited chronicler, and on S16 E60 he was candid that he was a participant, not a neutral observer, who went to Hong Kong in 2015 specifically to rebut Peter Rizun.[5]
Contents
BitMEX Research
Vlad introduced Bier on S16 E60 as “the man behind the BitMEX Research account” and author of The Blocksize War[1]. Bier said that instead of writing anonymously on Bitcointalk he began writing professionally for BitMEX's blog[2].
The Blocksize War
Farside's announcement of 15 March 2021 calls it “a new book by BitMEX Research” covering the war “from mid 2015 to late 2017”[3]. On the show Bier also discussed his other book, Reckless, a history of cryptocurrency interest rates[4].
Hong Kong, 2015
Bier said that after seeing Peter Rizun's presentation he wrote to the organisers and gave a reply presentation at the next conference in the series in Hong Kong, “trying to refute some of the points”[5].
On forks and Wright
On S16 E60 Bier recalled that after the SegWit2x cancellation Bitcoin Cash briefly reached about 51% of Bitcoin's price[6]. He also discussed Craig Wright's effect on the big-block side[7].
On Bitcoin Takeover
Episodes with Jonathan Bier as a guest, from the show's feed (bitcoin-takeover.com/audio/feed.xml).
References
- episodeS16 E60: Jonathan Bier — introduction▶ listen at 0:46timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- episodeS16 E60: Jonathan Bier on how BitMEX Research started▶ listen at 3:54timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- primaryJonathan Bier, “Book Published: The Blocksize War”, Farside Investors / BitMEX Research, 15 Mar 2021 [archived]
- episodeS16 E60: Jonathan Bier on his book Reckless▶ listen at 17:14timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- episodeS16 E60: Jonathan Bier on replying to Peter Rizun in Hong Kong▶ listen at 58:56timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- episodeS16 E60: Jonathan Bier — the SegWit2x cancellation and the BCH price spike▶ listen at 2:01:14timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- episodeS16 E60: Jonathan Bier — Craig Wright “inadvertently” helped the small blockers▶ listen at 2:20:47timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]
- episodeS16 E60: Jonathan Bier on Bitcoin Civil Wars & BitMEX Research [archived]