{"id":111485,"date":"2021-02-05T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=111485"},"modified":"2021-02-05T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:25:14","slug":"genesis-anniversary-live-recap-kurts-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/genesis-anniversary-live-recap-kurts-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Anniversary Live recap \u2013 Kurt\u2019s perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the hour leading up to the Genesis Anniversary Livestream, I was nervous. I have been broadcasting since 2003, but every time I get ready to go on the air, I need a bit of time to myself to clear my head and get mentally ready to talk to the audience. I\u2019d like to tell the world that it gets easier. But it doesn\u2019t. It never gets easier, and maybe it shouldn\u2019t!<\/p>\n
We had been preparing this show for a few months now. CoinGeek brought me on to do a podcast of some sort, but the details hadn\u2019t been fleshed out, so starting in November, we kicked around some ideas.<\/p>\n
On a Saturday morning a few months ago, CoinGeek contributor (and personal friend) Joshua Henslee called me up and we brain-stormed some ideas. I honestly can\u2019t remember who said it first, but by the end of the call, we came to the conclusion that there would be something extra special about doing it live! So, I pitched it that way to the CoinGeek editorial and media team (who loved the idea!), and we headed down that path looking for a debut date around the end of January.<\/p>\n
Then, in the shuffle of everything going across the editor\u2019s desk at CoinGeek, we realized we needed a piece of content for the Genesis anniversary, and decided this would be the perfect time to debut the new livestream to the world.<\/p>\n
The Genesis Anniversary Livestream would be the first episode of \u201cthe CoinGeek Weekly Livestream with Kurt Wuckert Jr!\u201d<\/p>\n
February 4th: Bitcoin\u2019s Second Genesis<\/strong><\/p>\n Opening with an anecdote about the Genesis block in 2009, and meandering through a brief history of bitcoin, my monologue covered The Bitcoin Civil War, the split to BCH and then BSV, a quick mention of Quasar, and then settled on the story of the second Genesis! As my monologue came to a close, my nerves loosened up, and I let everyone know that Zatoshi donated some free BSV to give away on the show, and that my big announcement was that this was the first of many streams to come!<\/p>\n I was happy to be joined by my guests for this episode. Longtime audience favorite, Connor Murray, lined up with nChain R&D ace Jack Davies and the CTO of CREA, Matej Trampu\u0161, whose team recently joined nChain and was critical in the development of Genesis. We discussed the history of Bitcoin with a focus on the Genesis upgrade, and talked about the technical, philosophical and economic thought that went into the creation of truly unbounded Bitcoin.<\/p>\n If there is one word that could describe the discussion, it would be \u201cgratitude.\u201d So many times, everyone on the show was happy to pass along praise. From Trampus\u2019 sharing a photo of his large team to the praise coming from Steve Shadders in the troll box, and Davies\u2019 excitement to have \u201cthe best job in the world\u201d working under Dr. Craig Wright, these men are solving problems with tools that could matter \u201cforever,\u201d It was exciting to show the world a few of the faces that are truly bringing Bitcoin to the real world in a way which is useful for normal people to create very real value!<\/p>\n