SLP249 Bitcoin Patents & Open Crypto Alliance with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant

<p>Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant join me to chat about Open Crypto Alliance.</p> <p>We talk:</p> <ul> <li>Why IP laws are anti-liberty and anti-progress</li> <li>How progress has been delayed by improper concepts of property rights</li> <li>How Patent laws could hinder the Bitcoin industry</li> <li>The asymmetry of attack vs defense here</li> <li>How to stop overly broad patents</li> <li>How to support OCA</li> </ul> <p><strong>Guest links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Site: <a href="https://www.opencryptoalliance.org/">https://www.opencryptoalliance.org/</a></li> <li>Stephan twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NSKinsella" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@NSKinsella</a></li> <li>Jed twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JediGrant" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@JediGrant</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Prior episodes:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/15/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">SLP15 – Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/211/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design &amp; Crypto Patents (COPA)</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://swanbitcoin.com/livera" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Swan Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="http://lend.hodlhodl.com/">lend.Hodl Hodl</a></li> <li><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a>&nbsp;(code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://cyphersafe.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CypherSafe</a>&nbsp;(code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CoinKite.com</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="http://minewithcompass.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Compass Mining</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Stephan Livera links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><