Cryptocurrency Threat Models
Jan 10, 2021•1 hr 55 min
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Episode description
With our special guest James Bore, we ask the tough questions about cryptocurrency:
- Is it the worst idea ever implemented?
- How might it be attacked in unanticipated ways?
- How might it directly threaten us as a society and as a species?
0:00 James Bore Introduction
2:51 What is Threat Modeling?
3:33 Threat Modeling Cryptocurrency
4:16 Cryptocurrency as a Threat Itself
5:14 Can Tools Be Ethical?
5:58 Cryptocurrency Threat Modeling Primer
9:16 The Two Types of Unbreakable Encryption
9:48 Prioritizing Threats to Cryptocurrency
10:55 Speaking to Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts
13:04 Initial Coin Offerings
16:32 Gambling vs. Investing
17:54 Most People Will Lose Money With Bitcoin?
20:23 What is Bitcoin?
24:44 Bitcoin Chain of Custody
25:33 Threats to Bitcoin Utility
29:40 Threats to Bitcoin Wallets
35:32 Threats to Bitcoin Users
1:04:21 Threats to Bitcoin Transactions
1:19:27 Threats to Bitcoin Markets
1:21:20 Threats to World Resources
1:37:44 Threats to Bitcoin Ideology
1:41:46 Bitcoin: The Worst Idea Ever Implemented?
1:47:59 Proof of Work and Alternative Systems
1:52:21 Conversation Wrap-Up
1:53:39 Episode Sign-Off
More from James Bore:
- https://twitter.com/coffee_fueled
- https://coffeefueled.org/
- Is it the worst idea ever implemented?
- How might it be attacked in unanticipated ways?
- How might it directly threaten us as a society and as a species?
0:00 James Bore Introduction
2:51 What is Threat Modeling?
3:33 Threat Modeling Cryptocurrency
4:16 Cryptocurrency as a Threat Itself
5:14 Can Tools Be Ethical?
5:58 Cryptocurrency Threat Modeling Primer
9:16 The Two Types of Unbreakable Encryption
9:48 Prioritizing Threats to Cryptocurrency
10:55 Speaking to Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts
13:04 Initial Coin Offerings
16:32 Gambling vs. Investing
17:54 Most People Will Lose Money With Bitcoin?
20:23 What is Bitcoin?
24:44 Bitcoin Chain of Custody
25:33 Threats to Bitcoin Utility
29:40 Threats to Bitcoin Wallets
35:32 Threats to Bitcoin Users
1:04:21 Threats to Bitcoin Transactions
1:19:27 Threats to Bitcoin Markets
1:21:20 Threats to World Resources
1:37:44 Threats to Bitcoin Ideology
1:41:46 Bitcoin: The Worst Idea Ever Implemented?
1:47:59 Proof of Work and Alternative Systems
1:52:21 Conversation Wrap-Up
1:53:39 Episode Sign-Off
More from James Bore:
- https://twitter.com/coffee_fueled
- https://coffeefueled.org/
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