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Security researcher and RSK co-founder Sergio Lerner joined us to discuss RSK (also Rootstock), the project to launch a turing-complete smart contract sidechain to Bitcoin. We talked about how he got into the industry, spending countless days analyzing Bitcoin for vulnerabilities and finding a few along the way. And, of course, RSK, the ambitious project to strenghten the Bitcoin ecosystem through adding smart contract capabilities.

Topics covered included:

How Sergio initially got involved in the Bitcoin space

His early work on turing-complete cryptocurrencies going back to 2012

Why financial inclusion is the most important problem to solve

Merged mining and RSK's security model

How RSK compares to Ethereum

RSK's business model

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