Crypto Bitz: Ryan X. Charles and Casey Hamilton Take on Bitcoin Social Media with HeartMail

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Last week, Crypto Bitz’ Britney sat down with Ryan X. Charles and Casey Hamilton. Along with another interesting chat about all things BSV, the duo also announced a new Bitcoin social media related company.

Bitcoin social networks with HeartMail

Casey and Ryan kicked things off with an exciting announcement: they’re merging their brands under one umbrella to combat rampant censorship from big tech and social media companies. Check out Heartmail.com for a closer look at what they’re up to right now.

After describing the problem of mass censorship, Casey turned it over to Ryan to explain the technology. He explained that people need to own their own domains, but those domains need to have social features, like being able to connect with friends. However, Ryan thinks it should also involve money (Bitcoin wallets like Money Button) to allow us to pay each other for content.

“Think of it as something like WordPress but with bitcoin inside,” Ryan said.

Educate people on the use of technology

Casey explained his side of the adventure: education. It will provide the educational materials to show others how to do everything from setting up their own domains to managing their own servers.

“We’re building things that will allow people to resist peacefully,” Casey said, describing the purpose of the new technology. “You will rule yourself.”

Ryan explained that while there’s a learning curve, it’s not as hard as it sounds. He said it will be easier to use than Facebook and Google and the only reason it hasn’t been built yet is that Facebook, Google and other big platforms didn’t want to build it.

Casey pointed out that the world was waiting for something like this, but Bitcoin and its micropayment capabilities were the missing piece. Now that the bitcoin genie is out of the bottle, it’s possible to monetize in a way that makes big platforms like Facebook unnecessary.

What is the real benefit for the average person?

Ryan pointed out that most people don’t need the technology, but content creators do because they’re the most vulnerable to censorship. Consumers will simply use the tools as they do today without even necessarily understanding how they work under the hood.

Casey told us that it will launch in April and there are already a lot of great engineers helping them out. Ryan mentioned that the network is already growing behind the scenes and this stuff is already well understood by many content creators.

Turing Completeness of Bitcoin

Ryan is known for his deep technical understanding of Bitcoin, and he took some time to explain some of the misunderstandings surrounding it. One of them is that it’s not complete Turing, which he says is absolutely wrong.

“Complete Turing just means you can calculate any number,” he explained. “Bitcoin is Turing complete in many ways; not just in one direction.

He then took the time to explain the different ways Bitcoin complements Turing after 25 minutes of the interview.

The video above also explains how Bitcoin is Turing complete. It’s a fascinating look at how Bitcoin is far superior to systems like Ethereum, which were founded on the misunderstanding that Bitcoin isn’t Turing-complete.

“That’s part of why it’s evolving,” Ryan explained, pointing out that many people in the industry know this now, but are financially incentivized to promote lies about it.

SPV, the Bitcoin White Paper, and Early Criminals

Ryan mentioned that he thought the white paper was too short and should have explained some things better, including SPV (Simple Payment Verification):

“If there hadn’t been so many crooks involved, they would have worked with Satoshi to get him going.”

Pointing out some of the criminals and crooks who were involved early on and who started to antagonize Satoshi early on, Ryan says a lot of people just inserted their own ideas to fill in the gaps in the white paper.

“I don’t think to this day Craig understands who he’s up against,” Casey said. “It’s an all-out world war.”

On freedom of expression and dissent

Digging deeper into the new network’s focus, Ryan pointed out that free speech means tolerating that you won’t agree with everything everyone says, but you don’t need to censor them.

However, the new platform will exist within the law. It will not allow crimes to be committed with impunity and will in fact make it easier to detect illegal content.

On Craig Wright’s determination to prove his identity without a key

Dr. Craig Wright was determined to prove his identity without using Satoshi’s keys. He wants to use the legal system to do it.

Ryan said he doesn’t have as much faith in the justice system as Dr. Wright. Pointing out that they may be corrupt or may simply misunderstand Bitcoin and other deep issues, he’s not sure Dr. Wright will be able to prove his identity in court, but still thinks his strategy should work out. long term.

“Everyone wants Craig to sign with Satoshi’s keys because it will drive up the price,” Ryan said. “However, we need to move away from Bitcoin as a speculative asset.”

The recent node software update in BSV

Britney asked Ryan and Casey their thoughts on the node’s recent software updates.

Ryan explained that he was not aware of recent upgrades, but he explained a much more important point: that the software can be upgraded or updated to move funds or comply with legal orders. .

Pushing back a bit, Britney asked what would happen if the government got even more corrupt and started abusing its power. Ryan simply said that there is no way to handle this in Bitcoin and the law should be settled on its own.

“My dream is for them all to go down together,” Casey said. She explained some of the disgusting criminal activity going on in the digital currency space and that she hopes Bitcoin can play a part in cleaning it up.

On rumors of another hard fork

Finally, Britney asked for their opinion on the rumors of another potential hard fork.

“There is no Bitcoin forking,” Ryan said, dismissing the idea as nothing more than an attention-grabbing ploy. “Even if they do, it’s just another crappy Bitcoin clone,” he said.

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