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Bitcoin 2012 London: Mike Hearn

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What it is

Mike Hearn's talk at the 2012 London Bitcoin Conference on the future of Bitcoin, new applications and rebuilding the banking system. He covers lesser-known protocol features such as contracts, escrow and scripting.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a great overview of what Bitcoin's protocol can do beyond simple payments, particularly contracts and smart property.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2014

What HN commenters said

  1. “Mike Hearn's talk at Bitcoin 2012 is a great overview of all that”

    Great overview of Bitcoin's hidden protocol capabilities.

    tjaerv, 2013-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why would a government have created bitcoin?”

  2. “I highly recommend watching this talk by Mike Hearn”

    Hearn talk on problems Bitcoin can solve.

    tlrobinson, 2013-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Bitcoin – The Internet of Money”

  3. “Around 25:50 he talks about ripple + bitcoin which is a practical autonomous lending system.”

    Hearn on using bitcoin protocol features for loans and Ripple.

    mesm, 2013-04 · Recommendation · in “Bitcoin Is Fundamentally Flawed”

  4. “Check out this video about bitcoin contracts which talks about the scripting language”

    Explains Bitcoin contracts and the scripting language.

    buss, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “How the Bitcoin protocol actually works”

  5. “Please see this video”

    Shows borrowing, lending, escrow built into Bitcoin design.

    jasdeepsingh, 2014-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, non-profit, online bank?”

  6. “Mike's great 2012 talk [1].”

    Hearn's talk on Bitcoin's developments, though progress has stalled since.

    bachback, 2014-12 · Recommendation · in “Bitcoin Developer Guide”

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Topics: mike hearn, bitcoin, smart contracts, scripting, 2012

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