Bitcoin Q&A: What is the Roadmap?

What critical infrastructure is being worked on? A multitude of exchanges (preferably decentralised), secure wallets with intuitive user interfaces and the latest features (SegWit, RBF, CPFP), ATMs, and educational projects. What are the next big upgrades or projects in Bitcoin development? Schnorr signatures, signature aggregation, MAST, sidechains and drivechains, Taproot, and Graftroot. Are there block size increases in the roadmap?

Mailing list: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mai...
Repository: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/
Other Resources: https://bitcoincore.org/en/contribute/

More on MAST:
https://bitcointechtalk.com/what-is-a...
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/...

Note: When I've used Google Hangouts for recording Patreon Q&A sessions, the audio is sometimes slightly behind the video. I am now recording separately from Google Hangouts as well.

Chapters
0:00 What projects are most needed in the space right now?
5:35 What is the next big upgrade in bitcoin development? Will we see Schnorr signatures and MAST?
10:55 I find it very hard to get an overview of the bitcoin roadmap, as bitcoin is decentralised I guess it's harder to make a roadmap but where and how do the core dev team suggest new features and how to see if they will go into an update?

The first and third set of questions are from the patron-only live Q&A which took place on February 24th 2018. The second set of questions are from the patron-only live Q&A which took place on December 16th 2017. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: Patreon: aantonop

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.

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He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Mon...

[NEW] THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Money...

MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bi...

[NEW] MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitc...

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