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JGarzik

So I just wanted to throw this out there: What, in your opinion, shouldn't people do? And how does that answer change from the time that they first hear about Bitcoin, to when they become knowledgeable and want to make some kind of informed disagreement?

I have no idea how to answer this ...

JGarzik

Word on the Reddit is that with the hectic week Bitcoin is having in price speculation that blocks are already maxing out as we speak. What would be the timeline for upgrading the block size? Are we 6 months away? 90 days? A year?

I think a doubling every year should work through 2020. Going ...

JGarzik

What is your advice to kids and parents about coding and getting kids interested in computer work? Can you elaborate about your early coding?

Despite lots of efforts we still have a gender bias towards men from young age into adult professional careers. How can we get more young women, kids and ...

JGarzik

Thanks for your contributions to resolve the blocksize issue!

What do you think will happen after the Hong Kong Conference regarding Bitcon Core?

It is my hope that there is a clear consensus on block size moving forward.

JGarzik

How much power do the miners have in attacking the network? Either for their own interests or colluding together? What security safeguards are there preventing a majority stake?

The main safeguard is economic. Miners are paid in bitcoin.

There are always selfish mining strategies - but they are ...

JGarzik

How did it feel perpetrating the most glorious Freudian slip in the history of Bitcoin at the end of the talk in Montreal?

I think I will never live that down

JGarzik

Hi Jeff,

In August you tweeted that you were thinking about creating a C++ implementation of the Chainpoint protocol that I and Shawn Wilkinson of Storj coauthored.

Yes, definitely. The pgdb2 work on my github is a pre-requisite for C++ "hashserv" server. As soon as pgdb2 is working, hashserv ...

JGarzik

Hi Jeff,

What do you think of the recent statement by Coinbase that they are willing to switch to XT?

Does that surprise you?
Do you support such a move?

It is important for businesses to perform forward planning and publicly voice their desires.

Coinbase will not move without the mass of ...

JGarzik

Is BIP100 still under consideration?

BIP 100 will be presented at Scaling Bitcoin in Hong Kong on December 6/7...

...however it seems unlikely to be adopted.

JGarzik

Hi Jeff

Is it correct that under BIP 100 it becomes possible to reduce blocksize by vote even if the network was running at capacity and the situation required larger blocks? And if so what effect would this have if smaller blocksize's were consecutively voted in when larger ones were required for ...

JGarzik

1. How long has bloq been in the making?

The idea has been around for a while - I grabbed the torch in September and started running with it

2. Will institutions use sidechains for permissioned ledgers, or make their own?

All of the above. They will look at their own privacy and ...

JGarzik

Jeff -
Q1. With all the hype, ups and down, weirdness and passion, debates and misunderstanding around B(b)itcoin - what do you believe is the best way to get folks to truly understand what it is and how much of an impact it will be in the future?

It's tough! The PR pivot due to hype and ...

JGarzik

Hi Jeff,

I'm a relative newbie to Bitcoin and was wondering if (and when/how) any government could create their own coin (e.g. Fed +IBM) and then, perhaps, MAKE everyone in their territory use it.

That's pretty much the US Dollar or another fiat currency, right?

USDcoin is coming.

The best ...

JGarzik

Hi Jeff,

Thank you so much for your involvement with Bitcoin.

You were one of the first people I ever recall ever seeing in the media talking about Bitcoin.

1. What has you the most excited about Bitcoin today, and is that different than when you first discovered bitcoin?

There are so many ...

JGarzik

What do you see as the biggest threat(s) to Bitcoin?

Complacency! This is the early day of bitcoin, and we should not get stuck - developmentally or psychologically - where we are today. We have so much farther to go.

JGarzik

Hi! Ladies and gents, ask me anything.

A little bit about myself...
- Coding since the age of 8
- First stock trading at 12, first business at 16
- Coding open source software - GNOME, Linux, cloud and more - for over 20 years
- Discovered bitcoin in the "Great Slashdotting" of July 2010 ...

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