Bitcoin Core Developer Jorge Timón explains Confidential Transactions

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Bitcoin Core Developer Jorge Timón explains Confidential Transactions and how Blockstream is making a difference.

About the episode.

Resources

• Jorge Timón
• Blockstream
• Bitcoin Core Github
• Mark Friedenbach
• Freicoin
• Demurrage
• Greg Maxwell
• Coinjoin
• Liquid
• Smart Contracts
• MAST

Show Notes

• 00:00:00 - Welcome & Intro.
• 00:00:56 – How Timón got involved with bitcoin.
• 00:01:56 – Timón explains Frycoin and why it was unique.
• 00:04:49 – Timón gives a high-level explanation of what Blockstream is doing with confidential transactions.
• 00:06:26 – Timón gives some use cases of these confidential transactions.
• 00:10:11 – Timón explains how MAST could play into this.
• 00:11:29 – Timón gives his advice to newcomers to the bitcoin space.