Ah, early April. I found myself plopped at the MIT Bitcoin Expo, caffeine coursing violently through my veins, ready to chat with none other than the elusive Jameson Lopp. Yeah, that guy—the one who practically vanished from the grid after some bone-chilling swatting incident back in ’17 during those nerve-wracking blocksize wars. You know, those Bitcoin battles where tech nerds wage verbal warfare over data blocks? Anyway, some maniac thought it’d be hilarious to tell the cops he was running a hostage circus in his living room. Spoiler: he wasn’t, but that whole deal sent him running off to live the hermit life. Can’t blame him.
Alright, so, Lopp. A dude who’s been swimming in the Bitcoin pool since, like, 2012. Not just paddling around, but diving deep. He co-founded Casa with Jeremy Welch back in ’17—it’s this multisig self-custody gig. Before all that, he was sculpting code at Bitgo, another multisig wizardry company. Multisig, multisig, multisig. Say that three times fast.
Our conversation? It was like a wild ride on a rollercoaster built with words. We tiptoed, ever so briefly, around the ominous territory of address poisoning attacks. It’s like digital land mine planting for your Bitcoin address. Blink and you miss it. But then, the chat zigzagged into deep waters of Bitcoin’s past, present, and maybe, just maybe, its future. The protocol, the very soul of Bitcoin, dissected and laid bare. What does it need to thrive, to not just survive but to prosper in the world that’s spinning ever faster and crazier?
Oh, and listen, if your eyeballs and eardrums are up for it, catch the full brain-bending interview here. But remember, wear a helmet—ideas might ricochet.
