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0 sats \ 11 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Feb \ parent \ on: Optimal Tariff Theory and Its Relation to Standard Free Trade Arguments econ

Is he? I’ve only heard him talk about Bitcoin and it seemed like he got it.

80 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 18 Feb

I think Bob did a show with Roger Ver and Bob seemed convinced by some of the arguments for BCH. But to be fair he had Stephan Livera come on after and offer the rebuttal case for Bitcoin and to me, seemed like he understood those points as well....

39 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Feb

Was it actually with Ver? I remember he had Stephen Patterson on to sort of give Roger's side of the argument.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 18 Feb

Yeah, that's my recollection

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 18 Feb

Ahhh...you're right. It was Patterson giving case for Ver!

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 18 Feb

He gets bitcoin. He also sees utility in the application of blockchain and I have tried to get what he says but it doesn't make sense to me as a dev and bitcoiner.

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Feb

I don't know enough to know why bitcoiners don't see any utility in that. Although, the few times when I have tried to understand other blockchain applications they ultimately didn't seem very compelling.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 18 Feb

It seems less compelling the more I learn about the tech side of bitcoin

25 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 18 Feb

He does work for an insurance company that uses "blockchain" that has a token. He's explained the logic on their podcast in the past.

Not talking about BCH

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Feb

Oh, I didn't even know where he was working now. He seems to change jobs frequently.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 18 Feb

https://infineo.ai/team

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Feb

Yikes, that doesn't look good on the surface.

Smart contracts, in particular, are something that seems less impressive the more I've learned about them.