Tristan Lamonica is the director of digital strategy for the Parliament of Canada. He got into bitcoin in 2013 and has been researching it ever since. His master thesis was on how bitcoin can be integrated into social media platforms in order to fix some of their prevalent issues. We explore a wide range of topics in this episode ranging from Canadian politics, to the lightning network, to the "good ole days" of bitcoin. Timestamps:(((((((((((( Edited and Mixed by Kaushik Sethunath. Mentions from the Show2020 Masters Thesis - Peer to Peer Decentralized Social Media Platform using 2nd Layer Blockchain TechnologyBest Exchange in Canada - ShakePayAdopting Bitcoin Summit in El SalvadorLightning.Network Tristan Lamonica Social LinksTwitterInstagramLinkedIn Go Full Crypto Social LinksKeegan Francis NewsletterGoFullCrypto.comMrugaksheePalwe.comkeeganfrancis.comKeegan TwitterMrugakshee Instagram