Defending Bitcoin - Luke Dewolf #611

About this episode

Luke Dewolf discusses cybersecurity challenges for Bitcoin and critical infrastructure.

What can you learn from a Cybersecurity professional? $ BTC 73,686 Block Height 951,540 Today's guest on the show is Luke Dewolf, author of "Defending Bitcoin," who discusses cybersecurity challenges for critical infrastructure, including Bitcoin, drawing parallels between industrial control systems and the Bitcoin network. Key Topics: Luke's background in critical infrastructure and cybersecurity "Defending Bitcoin" book and its motivations Real-world examples of cyberattacks (Stuxnet, NotPetya/Maersk) Ransomware and Bitcoin's association with it Individual Bitcoin security best practices (hardware wallets, full nodes, social engineering awareness) The CIA triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) in cybersecurity and Bitcoin The "arbitrary data" debate, Ordinals, Runes, OpReturn, and BIP-110 Bitcoin's layered defenses: policy, miners, and consensus Soft forks versus hard forks The future of Bitcoin security, AI, and adoption challenges BTC Hell conference Connect with Luke and find out more about the book! https://defendingbitcoin.com/ https://bitcoininfinitystore.com/ X - @lukedewolf NOSTR - npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld Check out my…

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Prince

Guest: Luke Dewolf

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• Bitcoin
• critical infrastructure
• ransomware
• individual security best practices
• future of Bitcoin security

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• Bitcoin
• Defending Bitcoin
• ransomware
• hardware wallets
• Stuxnet
• NotPetya
• CIA triad
• soft forks
• hard forks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, BTC Hell conference, cluborange

Books & works: Defending Bitcoin

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