Neha Narula, director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, discusses Elon Musk’s appearance at ‘The B Word’ conference, along with a few current events in the Bitcoin world. Show highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">her main takeaway from ‘The B Word’ conference</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why governance plays an essential role in Bitcoin’s block size arguments</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what Neha thinks of proof-of-work mining and Bitcon’s environmental concerns</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Neha is skeptical of Dogecoin becoming a serious cryptocurrency</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Jack Dorsey’s new Bitcoin platform business is a good idea</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what Bitcoin’s dip in hashrate due to China’s crackdown could affect network security going forward</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what questions Neha has about Bitcoin’s adoption in El Salvador</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Neha thinks cryptocurrencies and CBDCs will coexist</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what DCI has planned for the rest of 2021</li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: <a href= "https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021"> https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021</a>  Oasis: <a href= "https://oasisprotocol.org/">https://oasisprotocol.org/</a>  NEAR: <a href= "https://near.org/">https://near.org</a>    Episode Links: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Neha Narula: <a href= "https://twitter.com/neha">https://twitter.com/neha</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">MIT Media Lab: ​​<a href= "https://twitter.com/medialab">https://twitter.com/medialab</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Digital Currency Initiative</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://dci.mit.edu/">https://dci.mit.edu/</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">CBDC research</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency"> https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Bitcoin network development</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency"> https://dci.mit.edu/cbdc-central-bank-digital-currency</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">The B Word conference</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood conversation:</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx_7XAJ3p0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx_7XAJ3p0</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Neha’s appearance:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.thebword.org/c/track-3-Supporting-the-Developer-Ecosystem"> https://www.thebword.org/c/track-3-Supporting-the-Developer-Ecosystem</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Miscellaneous</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Square’s Bitcoin DeFi platform</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/square-is-building-a-decentralized-finance-business-for-bitcoin.html"> https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/square-is-building-a-decentralized-finance-business-for-bitcoin.html</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Bitcoin and El Salvador</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/05/el-salvador-becomes-the-first-country-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-.html"> https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/05/el-salvador-becomes-the-first-country-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-.html</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Bitcoin hashrate drop</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/chinas-bitcoin-miner-exodus-.html"> https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/chinas-bitcoin-miner-exodus-.html</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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