SLP277 Alejandro De La Torre - Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Mining Pools

<p>Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool joins me on the show to chat about his efforts in helping to coordinate Bitcoin Upgrades:</p> <ul> <li>Taproot Activation</li> <li>Learnings from 2017 SegWit</li> <li>UASF or MASF (Miner Activated Soft Fork)</li> <li>UASF within MASF</li> <li>Distribution of network hashrate</li> <li>Future Soft Fork upgrades</li> </ul> <p><strong>Alejandro links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bitentrepreneur">@bitentrepreneur&nbsp;</a></li> <li>Site: <a href="http://taprootactivation.com/">Taprootactivation.com</a></li> <li>Poolin: <a href="http://poolin.com/">Poolin.com</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Relevant episodes:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/260/">SLP260 Luke &nbsp;Dashjr - How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot Lot=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/257/">SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Form Activation, Taproot, And Playing Chicken</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/200/">SLP200 Christian Decker - Anyprevout, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://swanbitcoin.com/livera" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Swan Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="http://lend.hodlhodl.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Hodl Hodl Lend</a></li> <li><a href="http://compassmining.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Compass Mining</a></li> <li><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://cyphersafe.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CypherSafe</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CoinKite.com</a> (code LIVERA)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Stephan Livera links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/" re