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Nicolas Dorier is founder and maintainer of BTCPay Server as well as NBitcoin Library.
We talk about the BTCPay Server roadmap for the coming year, including Bitcoin Service Provider functions, and the bigger vision for the platform.
We also discuss Nicolas's experience going through the Blocksize War and how it prompted the development of BTCPay Server, his approach to assessing proposed changes to Bitcoin, and how he gets his technical information.
We also talk about the impact of transaction fees and Layer 2 solutions.
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Links:
BTCPay server - https://btcpayserver.org/
BTCPay Server Foundation - https://foundation.btcpayserver.org/
Nicolas on X - https://x.com/NicolasDorier
NBitcoin Library - https://github.com/MetacoSA/NBitcoin
The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57429394-the-blocksize-war
Bitsaga stripe deplatform - https://twitter.com/bitsaga_org/status/1747903745856348541
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