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Charles Hoskinson discusses privacy onchain and the vulnerabilities of Bitcoin supply to quantum attacks.

Charles Hoskinson joins The Rollup to cover the Midnight launch, privacy onchain, ZEC & NEAR, how 34% of Bitcoin supply is vulnerable to quantum attack right now, how BIP 361 may be the only way to stop it, and much more. Charles Hoskinson is the founder of Midnight and co-founder of Cardano, with 15+ years in digital assets. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Why Big Companies Fail On-Chain 03:21 What Is Midnight? 07:04 Web 2.5 & Partner Chain Model 09:09 Token Distribution & Airdrop 12:06 Purism vs. Pragmatism Framework 14:27 AI Hacking Threat Coming 16:24 Midnight vs. Zcash 20:42 Near Intents & Account Abstraction 24:42 Midnight Passport Explained 31:23 Bitcoin's Three Quantum Options 33:56 BIP 361 Breakdown 36:56 DARPA Quantum Benchmarking 39:03 White Hat Race for Satoshi's Coins? 40:18 Hard Fork Problem for Bitcoin Website: https://therollup.co/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd... Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupco Follow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbiek__ Follow Andy on X…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robbie, Andy

Guest: Charles Hoskinson

Topics covered

• privacy onchain
• quantum attack
• Bitcoin supply
• BIP 361
• digital assets
• Midnight launch

Keywords

• privacy
• quantum attack
• Bitcoin
• BIP 361
• digital assets
• Midnight
• Zcash
• NEAR

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Midnight, Cardano, ZEC, NEAR, DARPA

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