WBD Live - NYC: Junseth on Ordinals with Junseth - WBD626

Junseth is an OG Bitcoiner and the former co-host of Bitcoin
Uncensored. In this live interview, recorded at Pubkey in New
York, we discuss the latest Bitcoin phenomenon - ordinals. We
also talk about the philosophy of Bitcoin: what it’s for, what it
can be, and how it’s still the only blockchain that adds value to
society.


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This was the second ever live What Bitcoin Did show, hosted at
the excellent Pubkey in New York City. And, for a live show, we
needed a combination of an OG Bitcoiner, with strong opinions,
who could sing…luckily Junseth was available!


Junseth is obviously a Bitcoiner who’s happy to tackle hot
topics. So we began by discussing the good and the bad of
ordinals: it has certainly strengthened Bitcoin in terms of node
usage and transaction fees, but are inscriptions the best use of
the blockchain? And, as Junseth espouses, should we get too
concerned about tests of Bitcoin’s anti-fragility?


Further, we talked about what, for an OG, Bitcoin represents both
today and in the future. Can Bitcoin fix everything? If not, what
is Bitcoin’s lane or lanes? How early are we? Why people need to
shitcoin before finding Bitcoin is the only blockchain. How it
strengthens American democracy. And what it will take for Bitcoin
to change the world.


Finally, Junseth took some excellent questions from the crowd. He
covered economic degeneracy, Bitcoin’s limitations, how Bitcoin
supports democracy and American values, and whether we should be
hodling or spending Bitcoin. He would have given us golden
material on every subject under the sun if we’d had the time!


We were very grateful to have a sell-out and supportive crowd,
and thanks again to our amazing hosts Pubkey! It’s been a long
time since we did a live event, but there will definitely be more
to come this year. In fact, we have 2 shows scheduled: in
Bedford on April 14th and in Miami on
May 17th.