Paul Sztorc on BIP 300, Taproot and the Citadel

Paul Sztorc, the creator of Drivechain (https://drivechain.info) dropped in to chat with Andreas and Blake about Taproot, his BIP0300 proposal and plenty more spicy stuff! Paul is one of the most knowledgable Bitcoiners in the space, this one is worth a watch. Timestamps: 0:00 - 0:34 -- Intro 0:35 - 3:03 -- Paul's take on Taproot 3:04 - 4:30 -- Merklized Abstract Syntax Trees (MAST) 4:31 - 6:07 -- Atomic Swaps 6:08 - 10:30 -- Script & data compression possibilities 10:31 - 12:15 -- Old school exchange nostalgia 12:16 - 16:30 -- Tech Advancements in sidechains & systems 16:31 - 17:37 -- Z Cash 17:38 - 21:03 -- BIP 300 21:04 - 26:01 -- Allegory of the Citadel 26:02 - 32:12 -- Sidechain applications 32:13 - 34:52 -- Pauls problem with the uninformed 34:53 - 37: 47-- Sats vs Bits 37:48 - 40:04 -- Outro The links: Follow Paul: https://twitter.com/truthcoin Check out Drivechain: https://drivechain.info The Drivechain Telegram chat: https://t.me/DcInsiders Some notable resources to check out: Previous Bitcoin forks broken down: https://twitter.com/Truthcoin/status/1088934244762640384 UTXO's are convertible: https://twitter.com/Truthcoin/status/1391036272022589445 Thunder sidechain explained: https://www.truthcoin.info/blog/thunder/ How John missed Segwit: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1095071667515285505 Pt. 2: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1308408621198389248 The Shitcoin.com links.. Website: https://shitcoin.com Follow Andreas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/abrkn Follow Blake too: https://twitter.com/PresidenteBlake