The Bitcoin Game #62: Michel Rauchs of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
Release Date: 04/12/2019
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info_outlineWelcome to episode 62 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Michel Rauchs is the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain lead at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). For the past few years, Michel has devoted his life to studying the space, and he's been a big part of several comprehensive studies that dig into many aspects of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You'll see Michel and his reports cited in tons of articles, particularly those that focus on Bitcoin's energy use. I hope you enjoy Michel as my guest on today's episode.
EPISODE LINKS
Michel Rauchs on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mrauchs
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/ccaf
CCAF (2017) - Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/global-cryptocurrency
CCAF (December 2018) - 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study (Section 7 has mining stats and map)
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/2nd-global-cryptoasset-benchmark-study
CCAF (August 2018) - Distributed Ledger Technology Systems
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems
Marc Bevand (2017) - Electricity consumption of Bitcoin
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems
Michel's 2018 Blog post, "A note on censorship resistance"
https://mrauchs.com/2018/10/a-note-on-censorship-resistance
Michel Rauchs, Xmas Lecture (December 2017)
https://youtu.be/BTp3o60xcEI
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