The interview asks Grant McCarty, Co-Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to break down Bitcoin use cases and Bitcoin-specific policy items. It covers use cases from serving as digital gold, to various other applications that could be built on the Bitcoin network, including decentralized identity and DeFi applications. On the policy side, McCarty pushes back against common concerns raised against proof-of-work mining’s environmental impact, offers one potential action item to catch bad actors, and highlights potential political roadblocks to a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
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