Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Nik sits down with Pierre Rochard, VP of Research at Riot Platforms and longtime bitcoin educator. Pierre discusses ordinal theory as a social layer and why bitcoins fungibility is not impacted, what's going on in Lightning, and the latest developments at Riot and across the BTC/LN ecosystem. Follow George on Pierre: https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre New YouTube videos every Wednesday and Friday. New Substack posts every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: thebitcoinlayer@zbd.gg Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 778157 #TheBitcoinLayer #NikBhatia #PierreRochard #Bitcoin #Research #Catholic #Riot #Mining #Assets #Freedom #BTC #Market #Macro #Crisis #Recession #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education *The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.*

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