Nik Oraevsky is a Co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin Reserve, a popular, european bitcoin brokerage . Nik has since spent many years in the bitcoin space, and wrote the popular article for Bitcoin Magazine "The Inevitability of Bitcoin Supremacy". Before bitcoin, Nik worked in traditional finance. In this conversation we speak about the abnormally large Canadian Bitcoin scene, Quadriga Russia and bitcoin as a black hole.  

Mentioned in the video:
Bitcoin Reserve: https:/bitcoinreserve.com
Bitcoin Reserves Twitter: @BTCReserveHQ
Nik's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nik-oraevskiy/
The Inevitability of Bitcoin Supremacy (Bitcoin Magazine): https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-inevitability-of-bitcoin-supremacy  

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/stillearlyjack
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-star...
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
09:30 - Canadian regulatory environment
12:35 - Quadriga
16:00 - Canadian bitcoin scene
22:10 - Chain analytics and Bitcoin
30:00 - Is one bitcoin always = one bitcoin?
34:00 - Thoughts on Russia
42:15 - Bitcoin game theory and Russia
47:05 - The Inevitability of Bitcoin Supremacy
58:40 - When is bitcoin truly understood?
1:08:00 - What could stop bitcoin?
1:13:45 - Is bitcoin missing anything / decentralized social media
1:17:00 - Where to find Nick