Jameson Lopp: Bitcoin Will Never Die, It’s a Pure Form of Economic Interaction

Jameson Lopp is very well known in the Bitcoin space for his wide expertise on security, technology and privacy. He is maintaining and curating a Bitcoin resources page with links to valuable information on Bitcoin and since his house was swatted by police in 2017 after an unknown attacker reported a false hostage situation, he is a cypherpunk at heart. Jameson is the CTO at Casa, a company devoted to providing products for personal sovereignty.

“Bitcoin can’t be dead, until we all agree that it is dead and it is so widely distributed now.” – Jameson Lopp

Money is language
Byzantine generals problem
Security of Bitcoin
Why full nodes are important
Trust and reputation
When should I sell?
Is Bitcoin dying because ____?
On Bitcoin being built by the NSA, FBI
On becoming a cypherpunk
Privacy and fungibility
Tainted coins
Facebook and Libra
A bitcoin miner in every household
The Casa node, the keymaster app and the seedless setup
Personal sovereignty
His vision for Bitcoin

“The game of just speculating is a waste of time and it’s not adding a lot of value to the system.” – Jameson Lopp

“We need to have a very solid user friendly foundation of security, if we want average people, who don’t live, eat and breathe Bitcoin all day long to be able to do this. They need to be as confident with their bitcoin wallet as they are with the money in their bank, so we still have a long way to go for that.” – Jameson Lopp

Welcome to Bitcoin, newcomers! Here's your FAQ:

Q: Who should I trust?
A: Nobody.

Q: When should I sell?
A: Never.

Q: Is Bitcoin dying because ____?
A: No.

Q: What have I gotten myself into?
A: Nobody knows.

Q: How do I learn more?
A: https://t.co/POqNimM4uy

— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) November 19, 2017