My guest is Gabriel Kurman, Co-founder of the Rootstock protocol “RSK”, which is a merge-mined Bitcoin sidechain enabling smart contracts. Smart contracts on Bitcoin, won’t this make many Altcoins obsolete? I’m asking Gabriel about this too. We’re also discussing Money on Chain a decentralized stablecoin on Bitcoin.

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:01:00 – Brief Introduction to Gabriel

00:01:52 – Anita welcomes Gabriel

00:02:19 – The next LaBitconf conference in Argentina

00:03:49 – Who is Gabriel and how did he become a Bitcoiner?

00:07:25 – How Rootstock started

00:13:20 – Will Altcoins become obsolete?

00:15:13 – How secure is Rootstock since it works with Ethereum virtual machine?

00:21:54 – Use cases of stablecoins

00:22:25 – Gabriel explains how stablecoins aren’t really stable

00:30:55 – How to send Dollar On Chain anywhere in the world via Rootstock using smart contracts

00:36:44 – How to convert Dollar on Chain to cash, for example USD in Africa.

00:46:55 – Is Stacks a Bitcoin project?

00:50:51 – Using Bitcoin as native currency

00:56:51 – How Bitcoin changed Gabriel’s life

01:19:00 – How to get in touch with Gabriel