S5 E5: Alessandro Cecere on Bitcoin Full Nodes

Published: May 1, 2020, 2 a.m.

b'Alessandro Cecere is a bitcoiner from Venezuela who is very passionate about Bitcoin full nodes. As the CEO and founder of Coinspree, he is looking into the most interesting and promising ways of protecting financial sovereignty with dedicated hardware. 0:00 \\u2013 Introduction 04:36 \\u2013 How Alessandro Cecere got into Bitcoin full nodes, Bitcoin Core 05:17 \\u2013 Coinspree, A Bitcoin only business 5:30 \\u2013 Alessandro\'s beginnings with Bitcoin full nodes on a Raspberry Pi and CASA HODL 06:30 \\u2013 Not running a node equals not having a truly decentralized experience with Bitcoin 07:40 \\u2013 Bitcoin is a digital continent, not just a cryptocurrency 09:12 \\u2013 Bitcoin more than code, it\'s a HUGE step for humanity 10:15 \\u2013 Art & Bitcoin full nodes 11:15 \\u2013 Coinspree nitcoinizing Universidad Metropolitana by donating pandoraBox\\xae devices 13:30 \\u2013 Faster digitalization of economies, faster Bitcoin adoption\\xa0 15:20 \\u2013 Knowing hyperinflation in the flesh makes you triple down on Bitcoin 17:00 \\u2013 Alessandro\'s story from the 2008 financial crisis 23:10 \\u2013 Technological challenges that precoiners have when trying to run a Bitcoin full node 25:10 \\u2013 Reducing the learning curve for adopting Bitcoin full nodes 27:00 \\u2013 Importance of Bitcoin Core and running a node 31:20 \\u2013 Bitcoin\'s resilience and different ways of running a node 33:30 \\u2013 Understanding what\'s behind a full node makes you love one like it\'s your baby 39:00 \\u2013 Other Bitcoin full node companies from the industry 41:00 \\u2013 pandoraBox\\xae: a full node inside every home and office, globally 42:00 \\u2013 Bitcoin full nodes can put privacy and financial freedom in people\'s hands 42:30 \\u2013 pandoraBox\\xae: Less cables + Art for faster acquisition coming from precoiners 44:00 \\u2013 About Alessandro Cecere 46:40 \\u2013 Alessandro\'s thesis, "A production line for Full nodes pertaining to peer-to-peer Blockchain Networks: case Bitcoin" 49:30 \\u2013 Why is Coinspree working on increasing the capacity of Bitcoin full nodes production lines? 50:50 \\u2013 Most nodes on the market are unappealing to non-Bitcoin users.\\xa0 51:40 \\u2013 mynodeBTC is an Amazing Project that helps with mass adoption! 52:00 \\u2013 Coinspree\'s Experience with Casa 55:10 \\u2013 Yes, pandoraBox\\xae will soon be opened to people 56:13 \\u2013 Setting up and owning a Bitcoin full node company and/or business is hard 56:30 \\u2013 Samourai Dojo and Nodl have loyal users who are mostly coiners 1:01:10 \\u2013 BitBox Base has geograhical boundaries: REMOVE THEM! It\'s a Bitcoin full node! 1:02:30\\u2013 VC Industry and Bitcoin full node companies 1:10:00 \\u2013 Even a blind person should be able to run a Bitcoin full node: POWERFUL DUDE!'