Gloria Zhao on Bitcoin Network Defense: Core Developers, Decentralized Nodes, and Emerging Tech Threats

In this episode with Bitcoin Core dev Gloria Zhao we discuss:

Second generation immigrant pursuing grant-funded development over job at Google, Meta, etc.

The verifiability of Bitcoin

Do we have enough nodes around the world?

Block scarcity

Is Bitcoin really nation-state resistant and unhackable?

Should people put all their money into Bitcoin?

Financing core devs and incentives

Can AI or quantum computing crack Bitcoin?

Will there be another Block Size War?

GLOSSARY:

Bitcoin Core: Software considered the reference implementation for the Bitcoin protocol. It is the continuation of Satoshi…

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