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Listen: What a Bitcoin Researcher Says About Lightning

Chaincode Labs researcher Clara Shikhelman has been studying mathematics in university since she was 14 years old. Now, as the bitcoin company’s newest post-doctoral fellow, she is exploring ways to optimize the Lightning Network.

(Clara Shikhelman)

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Mass Adoption with Leigh Cuen and Zack Seward

Mass adoption has been a long unrealized dream. How close are we to reaching that potential? Meet the aficionados on the forefront of driving bitcoin into the mainstream. HOST: Leigh Cuen and Zack Seward A-Block: Bitcoin and the beauty industry Guests: Michelle Phan & Alex Adelman B-Block: TOPIC - Bitcoin in the Middle East Guests: Meltem Demirors & Nimrod Lehavi C-Block: Sports and Crypto Guests: Spencer Dinwiddie D-Block: Bitcoin and Industry Advancements Guests: The Winklevoss Twins

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Mass Adoption With the Winklevoss Twins

Mass Adoption hosts Leigh Cuen and Zack Seward are joined by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to talk about BTC and the halving.

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Bitcoin in the Middle East With Meltem Demirors and Nimrod Lehavi

Coin Shares Founder Meltem Demirors and Simplex CEO Nimrod Lehavi join CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Zack Seward to talk about BTC in the Middle East. “Turkey has been making headlines in the crypto space recently,” Meltem Demirors said.

CoinDesk TV – Consensus: Distributed

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Bitcoin and the Beauty Industry With Michelle Phan and Alex Adelman

Beauty mogul Michelle Phan and Lolli founder Alex Adelman join Consensus: Distributed about making bitcoin a central point of their businesses. “When I first started on YouTube, in the beauty space there was a lot of mystery behind beauty,” compared the amount of educated consumers today, Phan said.

CoinDesk TV – Consensus: Distributed

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How Spencer Dinwiddie Wants to Turn Athletes Into Businesses

NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie joins CoinDesk’s Zack Seward and Leigh Cuen to discuss on of the most exciting avenues towards mass adoption: tokenized contracts involving celebrities. The idea is: Dinwiddie will offer a regulated securities investment tied to his NBA contract and performance as an athlete.

CoinDesk TV – Consensus: Distributed

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Bram Cohen: 'Getting Rich Is a Terrible Metric of Success'

CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen sits down with Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol and CEO of Chia.

Chia founder Bram Cohen

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Udi Wertheimer on Cypherpunk Myths and Bitcoin in Real Life

CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by VR meetup organizer Udi Wertheimer to talk about how bitcoin (BTC) fits into the broader cypherpunk movement.

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Leader to Watch: Elena Giralt Talks Zcash and Feminism

CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by Elena Giralt, the Electric Coin Company’s product marketing associate known for her research on cryptocurrency usage in Latin America, to talk about how digital assets can subvert power dynamics.

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