{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"020: Bitcoin is at $10,000 \u2013 Here\u2019s a Brief History with Professor Emin G\u00fcn Sirer","description":"Emin G\u00fcn Sirer is a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and Co-director of IC3 (Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts) &amp;nbsp; He has made numerous contributions to both Bitcoin &amp;amp; Ethereum. His research spans, networking, distributed systems, and operating systems. &amp;nbsp; Professor Sirer created Karma \u2013 the first cryptocurrency to use a distributed mint-based proof-of-work \u2013 6 years before Bitcoin existed. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; In this episode, we discuss: &amp;nbsp;  Emin\u2019s invention \u2013 Karma \u2013 the first decentralized cryptocurrency pre-dating Bitcoin The pros and cons of Segwit2x (which has now been abandoned) Little-known aspects of Bitcoin\u2019s architecture and history such as the Bitcoin Relay, Falcon, and Fiber networks, selfish mining, the lightning network, sidechains, and much more We also discuss some of the relatively unknown academics who contributed the theoretical foundations to what we now know as Bitcoin  ","author_name":"Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain","author_url":"https:\/\/blockchain.global","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6007114\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/6007114"}