Luke Dashjr, long time Bitcoin Core contributor joins me on the show to discuss his views on how UASF went down in 2017. We talk through the various trade offs and points around Taproot activation and why he believes that LOT = True maximally reduces the risks.

We chat:

• Luke’s background
• BIP91, BIP148
• Miner signalling
• Chainsplits
• Average user and code review
• Speedy Trial
• Small blocks

Luke links:

• Twitter: @LukeDashjr
• Mastodon: @LukeDashjr
• Email: luke@dashjr.org

Relevant prior episodes:

• SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
• SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
• SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

Sponsors:

• Swan Bitcoin
• Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
• CompassMining.io
• Hodl Hodl Lend
• CypherSafe
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

• Show notes and website
• Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Patreon @stephanlivera