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December 19, 2023 · 1h 44m

Spamming, Scamming, & Incentives in the Free Market: Giacomo Zucco (Bitcoin Talk on THE Bitcoin Podcast)

Walker talks with Giacomo Zucco, a Bitcoin entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, and adviser. I wanted to talk to Giacomo about Ordinals and Inscriptions, because there’s quite a debate raging around these topics right now, and I always appreciate Giacomo’s perspective. We start the conversation off talking about what the purpose of Bitcoin is and setting up some definitions for "what is spam," then discuss the "free ma

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12 I wanted to talk to Jacomo about ordinals and inscriptions, 13 because there's quite a debate raging around these topics right now, 14 and I always appreciate Jacomo's perspective.

15 We start the conversation off talking about what the purpose of Bitcoin is, 16 and setting up some definitions which I think is crucial for us to have a constructive conversation in the Bitcoin space.

17 To be honest, I've been pretty ambivalent about ordinals and inscriptions, 18 trusting that things will work themselves out and it's really not that big of a deal, 19 but talking with Jacomo changed my perspective a bit.

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So the market will figure it out, but we are the market and everything that we do may change stuff in one direction or the other,

especially if we are very influential by being, for example,

ushrate controlling people that have some kind of ethics,

or if we are developers that can code good code,

or if we are so-called influencers that can change minds,

or if we are teachers and we are good at explaining things.

So in all these roles, we can accelerate the change.

This is not interfering in the free market.

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Walker talks with Giacomo Zucco, a Bitcoin entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, and adviser. I wanted to talk to Giacomo about Ordinals and Inscriptions, because there’s quite a debate raging around these topics right now, and I always appreciate Giacomo’s perspective. We start the conversation off talking about what the purpose of Bitcoin is and setting up some definitions for "what is spam," then discuss the "free market" and what exactly that means in terms of active or passive response.

GIACOMO’S LINKS:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco

Website: https://www.giacomozucco.com

THE BITCOIN PODCAST LINKS:

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