Click to download audio version “I think Proof of Work is very risky, it’s
amazing its been working in practice for 10 years.” — Neha Narula Interview
Location: Boston Interview Date: Thursday 20th June, 2019 Company: MIT’s Digital
Currency Initiative Role: Director The security of Bitcoin is one of the
factors which gives it so much value, and after ten years there still hasn’t
been a single counterfeit Bitcoin created, there has never been a
successful 51% attack, and the few potentially catastrophic bugs have been fixed
without any negative consequences. But how secure is Bitcoin? Is Proof of Work
too risky? Can we trust those that are developing Bitcoin to do so with the
right ethical judgement? In this interview, I spoke with Neha Narula, the
Director of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative to talk about these critical
issues. We discuss: How the DCI got started Bugs in the Bitcoin protocol Proof
of Work being too risky Ethical development on Bitcoin 51% attacks Government
controlled crypto This episode is also on:
amazing its been working in practice for 10 years.” — Neha Narula Interview
Location: Boston Interview Date: Thursday 20th June, 2019 Company: MIT’s Digital
Currency Initiative Role: Director The security of Bitcoin is one of the
factors which gives it so much value, and after ten years there still hasn’t
been a single counterfeit Bitcoin created, there has never been a
successful 51% attack, and the few potentially catastrophic bugs have been fixed
without any negative consequences. But how secure is Bitcoin? Is Proof of Work
too risky? Can we trust those that are developing Bitcoin to do so with the
right ethical judgement? In this interview, I spoke with Neha Narula, the
Director of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative to talk about these critical
issues. We discuss: How the DCI got started Bugs in the Bitcoin protocol Proof
of Work being too risky Ethical development on Bitcoin 51% attacks Government
controlled crypto This episode is also on:
