About this episode
Before Ethereum. Before smart contracts. Before the hype around NFTs and ICOs — Bitcoin was already experimenting.In this episode of Beyond Digital Gold we rewind to 2012–2014, when developers were pushing Bitcoin’s limits with: • Colored Coins were early real-world assets • Mastercoin, the first ICO in crypto history • Counterparty and Rare Pepes, the first NFTs • Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s first native Layer 2Featuring JR Willett, Matt Luongo, Yoni Assia, Adam Krellenstein and Elizabeth Stark, and co-hosted with Nathan from StarkWare, this episode asks a fundamental question:? If Bitcoin has already succeeded as digital gold, is it even worth experimenting anymore?The answer may surprise you.? Episode 1 of the Bitcoin DeFi mini-series? Subscribe for the full series on Bitcoin’s past, present, and future
