Legendary guest Dr. Adam Back updates his Bitcoin observations.

<div class="powerpress_player"> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://media.blubrry.com/bitcoinruntogold/p/www.satoshisdeposition1.com/podcast/BTCK-251-2019-02-12.mp3" /><a href="http://media.blubrry.com/bitcoinruntogold/p/www.satoshisdeposition1.com/podcast/BTCK-251-2019-02-12.mp3">http://media.blubrry.com/bitcoinruntogold/p/www.satoshisdeposition1.com/podcast/BTCK-251-2019-02-12.mp3</a></audio> </div> <p class="powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links"> Subscribe: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=301670981&mt=2&ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bitcoin.kn%2F%3Fp%3D1887" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes" title="Subscribe on Apple Podcasts" rel="nofollow">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://subscribeonandroid.com/www.bitcoin.kn/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android" title="Subscribe on Android" rel="nofollow">Android</a> | <a href="https://www.bitcoin.kn/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss" title="Subscribe via RSS" rel="nofollow">RSS</a> </p> <p>Legendary guest <a href="https://twitter.com/adam3us">Dr. Adam Back</a>, cofounder and CEO of <a href="https://blockstream.com/">Blockstream</a>, gives his latest observations of the Bitcoin ecosystem.</p> <p>About the episode. <p><h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.bitcoin.kn/2015/09/why-dr-adam-back-so-legendary/">Dr. Adam Back</a></li> <li><a href="https://blockstream.com/liquid/">Liquid</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bitcoin.kn/legendary/">Confidential transaction episodes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.weusecoins.com/gregory-maxwell-bitcoin-expert/">Greg Maxwell</a></li> <li><a href="https://blockstream.com/bitcoin17-final41.pdf">Confidential Assets</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption">Homomorphic encryption</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoingold.org/">Bitcoin gold</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Atomic_swap">Atomic swaps</a></li> <li><a href=" https://bitcointechtalk.com/what-is-a-bitcoin-merklized-abstract-syntax-tree-mast-33fdf2da5e2f">MAST</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/real_or_random">Tim Ruffing</a></li> <li><a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/237.pdf">Switch commitments</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@nicolasdorier/btcpay-server-is-growing-5e170452c7c5">BTCPay</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/swlh/the-untold-history-of-bitcoin-enter-the-cypherpunks-f764dee962a1">Cypherpunk</a></li> </ul> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <ul> <li>00:00:32 - What interesting things are going on in Bitcoin today?</li> <li>00:02:05 - Confidential Assets – What are they?</li> <li>00:09:05 - Why Bitcoin security is very difficult to replicate.</li> <li>00:10:45 - Why the fourth network effect of miners is so important.</li> <li>00:11:53 - How useful side chains could be.</li> <li>00:21:03 - Gold vs. the Dollar vs. Bitcoin a...