Interview: Bitcoin Smart Contracts With Ben Carman

Interview: Bitcoin Smart Contracts With Ben Carman

Bitcoin developer Ben Carman joined the "Bitcoin Magazine Podcast" to discuss his cutting-edge work in the Bitcoin smart contracting space.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastIn this episode of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” host Christian Keroles sat down with rising Bitcoin developer Ben Carman to discuss his cutting-edge work in the Bitcoin smart contracting space, as well as controversy and disputes that Carman finds himself in as he trolls Bitcoin Twitter.Carman and Keroles first met far before Carman’s rise to prominence in the Bitcoin....


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