Brian Hoffman on OpenBazaar's Funding Situation and Cryptocurrency's Viability in Commerce

<p>Brian Hoffman, CEO of OB1, the main development group behind decentralized marketplace project OpenBazaar, comes on the podcast to talk about the project's recent funding issues, as well as potential future as a more purely community-driven project. We also talk about the commercial viability of cryptocurrency for payments today, and what really happened with the great SegWit2x and block size debate issue of 2017.</p> <p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Donate - Sponsors</strong></p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://cointr.ee/thedesertlynx"><img src="https://thumbs.spee.ch/view/6/c08cb11db17d83ff.png"></a><a href="https://nordvpn.org/dcn"><img src="https://thumbs.spee.ch/view/1/525e9eeafe3ace37.png"></a><a href="https://lbry.tv/$/invite/@DigitalCashNetwork:c"><img src="https://thumbs.spee.ch/view/1/2d4cd3c9949d6a26.png"></a><a href="https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=rRIQPc1m"><img src="https://thumbs.spee.ch/view/b/f137d0b33d1409e2.png"></a><a href="https://presearch.org/signup?rid=865012"><img src="https://thumbs.spee.ch/view/d/35bf74741f029611.jpg"></a></p> <p>Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip if you enjoy the content, either here or via any of the cryptocurrency addresses in my <a href="https://cointr.ee/thedesertlynx">CoinTree link</a>. You can also send a message with a CoinTree donation. I'd love to hear from you! Thanks to my recurring donors both anonymous and otherwise! - https://cointr.ee/thedesertlynx</p> <p>Support us by checking out our sponsors! Protect your privacy online, <a href="https://nordvpn.org/dcn">sign up to NordVPN</a> with the promo code DCN and get 68% off, or just $3.71 per month, plus an additional month free! - https://nordvpn.org/dcn</p> <p>If you're tired of YouTube and other platforms censoring and demonetizing creators, what are you waiting for? <a href="https://lbry.tv/$/invite/@DigitalCashNetwork:c">Join LBRY</a>! - https://lbry.tv/$/invite/@DigitalCashNetwork:c</p> <p>Want to live on crypto? <a href="https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=