Bitcoin & Blockchain in Norway - Andreas M. Antonopoulos

This interview by Stephan Nilsson (Norway Bitcoin and Blockchain Association) took place at the Kasbah Hub on April 27th 2017 in Oslo, Norway: https://norgesbitcoinforening.no/intervju-andreas-m-antonopoulos-oslo/ QUESTIONS & TOPICS: 0:37 - What are better ways to spread knowledge about Bitcoin and blockchain technology to young people (15-25 years old), especially in Nordic countries? 4:07 - What would you say to technicians and programmers who say "this will never scale"? Will the propose solutions work? 8:14 - The interest and marketing hype in "blockchain technology" has exploded. What are your thoughts on Hyper Ledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance? Is this disruptive innovation? 14:19 - Ethereum is planning to switch over from proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake (PoS) algorithm. Is PoS secure, at scale? 18:37 - What is your opinion about the role and risks of patents, patent strategies, and patent trolling in the blockchain ecosystem? 23:15 - Should there be a separation between money and state? What role will blockchains play in a "perfect" economical / social order? What are the issues for democracy when government operations are decoupled from tax revenue? 27:21 - Should countries create national cryptocurrencies? 31:42 - What can the general population do to secure themselves in the event of an economic collapse? Is Bitcoin an exit / safe haven? Should investors diversify their investment portfolio? 36:42 - Which centralised services in the financial sector should be decentralised? What will the impact be? 40:18 - What is the role of drama and adversarial debate in the global, decentralised community? Support Andreas: antonopoulos.com/donate/ 1andreas3batLhQa2FawWjeyjCqyBzypd Support Andreas by becoming a Patreon www.patreon.com/aantonop Norway Bitcoin- and Blockchain Association www.NorgesBitcoinforening.no www.NorgesBlockchainforening.no This audio is from a video first published under a creative commons licence (CC-BY-SA) by the aantonop YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/aantonop on 3 Jun 2017 and can be found here: "Bitcoin & Blockchain in Norway - Interview with Andreas M. Antonopoulos" https://youtu.be/5ODDCx6VL2Y creativecommons.org