#138 Sergio Lerner: How RSK Will Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

• Episode: #138 Sergio Lerner: How RSK Will Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
• Website: Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
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• Duration: 12:59:00
• Published: 2016-07-04 21:04

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Security researcher and RSK co-founder Sergio Lerner joined us to discuss RSK (also Rootstock), the project to launch a turing-complete smart contract sidechain to Bitcoin. We talked about how he got into the industry, spending countless days analyzing Bitcoin for vulnerabilities and finding a few along the way. And, of course, RSK, the ambitious project to strenghten the Bitcoin ecosystem through adding smart contract capabilities.

Topics covered in this episode:

• How Sergio initially got involved in the Bitcoin space
• His early work on turing-complete cryptocurrencies going back to 2012
• Why financial inclusion is the most important problem to solve
• Merged mining and RSK’s security model
• How RSK compares to Ethereum
• RSK’s business model

Episode links:

• Rootstock (RSK) website
• Drivechain BIP Proposal

This episode was hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture, and is availble on YouTube, SoundCloud, and our website.