The Ledger
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.
why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Collison: Bitcoin consumes 40 times more power than the Visa network
“Bitcoin is kind of inefficient enough that it uses 40 times the power of the Visa network, despite kind of a much lower throughput than the Visa network.”
Ludwin: Sidechains won't drive innovation in capital markets or payments
“So side chains, I think are going to be very, very powerful with respect to innovating the Bitcoin network, less so with respect to Innovating in capital markets, in payments and other areas.”
Ludwin: Interoperable specialized networks will win over a single Bitcoin network
“I think we'll have I think the future will be many, many different networks. The Bitcoin network will be one. I think you'll have networks around prepaid and gift and loyalty. I think you'll have networks for capital markets, networks in the mobile market and …”
Ludwin: Bitcoin network design is ill-suited for merchant-issued gift cards
“Bitcoin doesn't actually fit quite well there, perfectly there, because the only way to leverage the Bitcoin network for Starbucks would be to kind of hack the network and layer a Starbucks dollar into the Bitcoin network, which is an approach called a colored…”