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In today's episode, we welcome back Mitchell McCallahan to the show. Jean previously discussed Bitcoin with Mitchell on episode 28 back in September last year, so do check that episode out especially if you're new to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. In today's episode, we discuss the evolution of Bitcoin over the past year, as well as some common questions and doubts that people have when they start looking at cryptocurrencies as an asset class. We talk about the two different types of blockchain forks - hard forks and soft forks. We touch on the forks we've had in Bitcoin this past year as well as the upcoming hard fork that has just been cancelled as I write up these shownotes (we didn't know that while recording). We also discuss whether one should pay attention to other cryptos apart from Bitcoin, and if so, why. Mitchell explains how whales can influence the price of cryptocurrencies with some tricks. This price manipulation is also done by the exchanges with fake orders. We also discuss why nations cre