LTB #425 Libre Not Libra – Thinking Critically About Facebook’s Blockchain Project

<p><strong>In “Libre Not Libra: Facebook’s Blockchain Project,” Andreas answers the burning question… Has he tried haggis? Just kidding… He shares his thoughts on the recently released Libra whitepaper, as part of a permissioned blockchain project spearheaded by Facebook.</strong></p> <p><em>This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by&nbsp;</em><a href="https://brave.com/ltb" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><em>Brave.com</em></a><em> and&nbsp;</em><a href="http://etoro.ltbshow.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><em>eToro.com</em></a></p> <p>Years of jokes about “FaceCoin” and “ZuckBucks” have finally come to life – sort of. In <a href="https://aantonop.com/the-killer-app-bananas-on-the-blockchain/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">a previous episode</a>, he talked about how some venture capitalists are monkeying around by downplaying the killer applications of open blockchains&nbsp; in favor of… bananas. Now he makes us wonder whether Libra will even survive to become a production network. Is Silicon Valley coming for banking? Will Libra’s challenges have any impact on open public blockchains?</p> <p>This talk took place on June 19th, 2019 at the Scottish Blockchain Meetup in Edinburgh, Scotland.</p> <p>Follow Andreas on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/aantonop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aantonop</a><br> Andreas's website:&nbsp;<a href="https://aantonop.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://aantonop.com/</a><br> <a href="https://aantonop.com/unscrypted/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Andreas's live talks released in podcast form</a></p> <p><strong>Episode Credits:</strong></p> <p>Today’s show featured Andreas M. Antonopoulos, with a little narration by Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine, as well as the live crowd and that guy with the great laugh about three quarters through.</p> <p>Photo by&nbsp;<a href="https://unsplash.com/@anna_tukhfatullina?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyT