S16 E16: Andreas Brekken on SideShift & Bitcoin Moderation

Andreas Brekken is best known for creating SideShift.ai and acting as the CEO of Shitcoin.com. In this episode, he talks about his views on Bitcoin development, the emergence of DeFi, and the reasons why he considers cryptocurrencies superior to fiat. Time stamps: Introducing Andreas Brekken (00:00:51) The Sam Bankman-Fried Interview on Shitcoin.com (00:01:50) Clustering Analysis and Customer Funds (00:02:44) Bybit's Technical Issues (00:05:18) Historical Context of Exchanges (00:09:26) Shapeshift's KYC Moment (00:11:13) Why Aren’t Zcash and Monero on SideShift? (00:14:59) Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks (00:20:45) Lightning Network Integration (00:22:23) Vulnerabilities in the Lightning Protocol (00:26:17) Critique of Lightning Network's Design (00:28:29) Submarine Swaps (00:29:28) LNBits v1 Launch (00:29:44) Lightning Wa...