2015 Archives
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The Crypto Show: Sebuh Honarchian and Zhou Tonged Song 'Many Bitcoin to You'
December 31st, 2015 by
TheCryptoShow Chris's 14-year-old friend Sabastian learns about Bitcoin, loads an Airbitz wallet, and receives his first bitcoins four minutes later in the show.
We play the new Zhou Tonged Christmas song "Many Bitcoin to You."
Then we talk Bitcoin with Sebuh Honarchian, covering trading altcoins, mining, and the dreaded scumbag scammers that plague the space with their MLMs and Ponzi schemes.
Sebuh gives the scoop on a Bitcoin/Disruptive Tech conference in Amsterdam called D10E.
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The Africoin Report: 'Banks Are a Poor Solution for Monetary Transactions,' by Chernoh Saeed Sow
December 31st, 2015 by
Chernoh Saeed Sow I visited many banks recently just to see how they work, and how they render services to customers. Since then, I see no authentic reason why people should ignore bitcoin, because it is the only global currency that preaches liberty to all. It makes monetary transactions simple, fast, and easier than with a bank today.
According to the U.S. Department of State website:
"Sierra Leone’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011 was $2 billion. The World Bank estimate gross national income (GNI) per capita for Sierra Leone is $340. This translates to over 72 percent of the population living on less than $1 per day, in extreme poverty."
This is why Sierra Leone needs Bitcoin.
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Tipping Point: Take the #SocialGiving Challenge to Bring Holiday Meals to the Homeless
December 30th, 2015 by
Daniel Modell Update 1/1:
We did it! Thanks to the participation and generosity of the bitcoin community, we not only met but exceeded our goal. With the matching contributions from ChangeTip, we raised $4,850.06, which is approximately 2,487 meals delivered!
THANK YOU!
Everyone, we need your help today!
We only have until midnight EST on New Year’s Eve to help a great charity we are supporting, Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, of Philadelphia, PA, USA. (@PhillyHomeless on Twitter)
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SovereignBTC #79 Juan S. Galt on Financial Privacy and Bitcoin Fungibility
December 29th, 2015 by
SovereignBTC In this episode of SovereignBTC, John Bush interviews Juan S. Galt, journalist and bitcoin advocate, about the differences between anonymity and pseudonymity, bitcoin privacy issues, and the important crypto-fungibility.
Some of the articles referenced in this podcast:
Follow Juan S. Galt on twitter here: @JuanSGalt
The Good the Bad and the Ugly of Bitcoin Pseudonymity
[How Not to Build an Orwellian Reputation System Pt. 1](http://b...
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The Crypto Show: A Series of Interviews from the Texas Bitcoin Conference in March 2015
December 28th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow As we take a break for the holiday, we still want to bring you content. Here's our live show from the Texas Bitcoin Conference on March 28, 2015.
We talked with Erik Voorhees, Bob Murphy, Paul Puey, Yoshi Goto, Daniel Krawisz, Ernest Hancock and Toni Lane in a series of multiple interviews packed together.
You can find a magic word in the first hour.
Original air date: March 28, 2015 on the Logos Radio Network
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EB111 - Andrew Miller: The Gas Model And Ethereum's Economics
December 28th, 2015 by
Epicenter Andrew Miller is a computer science PhD student at the University of Maryland who focuses on cryptocurrency. Having gotten involved in Bitcoin in 2011 and focused on cryptocurrencies early in his research work, he is one of the most prolific researchers in the field.
Our discussion mainly focused on security aspects of Ethereum including their gas model, Proof-of-Work algorithm and plans to switch to Proof-of-Stake.
Topics covered included:
- How he got involved in doing research on ...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #275 World Domination and What Bitcoin Should Learn from the Success of Linux
December 26th, 2015 by
Adam B. Levine On Episode 275 ...
This time, we're sitting in on a talk from open-source developer Warren Togami, one informed by his earlier and extensive work in the open-source Linux ecosystem. This talk is called "World Domination: What Bitcoin Must Learn from Linux's Success."
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The Ether Review #10: Hack.ether.camp, Session 2
December 26th, 2015 by
Arthur S. Falls Today is our second episode covering the ether.camp hackathon. Familiar voice Hudson Jameson returns with Jaden Hess to explain their milestone reward Dapp kit “Motivate.” Then Roman Mandeleil wraps things up for us.
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The Crypto Show: Daniel Dabek of Safex.io and Jered Reyes
December 24th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow First Hour
We talk with Daniel Dabek of Safex.io and we're joined by Jered Reyes in studio for the whole show. We play John Barrett's Christmas song "Let It Grow" so listeners of Austin can get a taste of Bitcoins and Gravy for the holiday.
Second Hour
We continue with Daniel, and then we get into education and other topics, carrying over beyond the on air time and going into podcast mode.
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #28 SAFE Network School Class IX, Let's Grok Safecoin
December 23rd, 2015 by
John Ferguson grok [Martian] literally meaning "to drink" but taken to mean "to understand at a deep, intuitive level." (from the novel Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein, a story about a human raised by Martians)
In this Episode
Having explored the SAFE Network from end to end through our School series so far, in this Class we are finally ready let safecoin help spread our senses out through the SAFE Network as a whole. We can now begin to grok SAFE in fullness.
Now can...
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'Recent Actions by Government Could Motivate Brazilians to Adopt Bitcoin,' by Rock Barcellos
December 23rd, 2015 by
Rock Siles Barcellos Recently, Brazil’s government ordered WhatsApp to shut down its services within the country. WhatsApp is widely adopted by Brazilians. In a country with a population of around 200 million, there are about 100 million users, and the ruling caused a massive reaction against the decision. People immediately sought ways to get around the block through the use of VPN services, in order to keep using the messaging service. Many migrated to other apps, such as Telegram.
Will such events cause an eventual migration to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin?
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Holiday Bitcoin Song: Let It Grow!
December 22nd, 2015 by
John Barrett Let It Grow
To the tune of:
Let It Snow
By Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn, 1945Lyrics by John Barrett
Copyright 2015 RJM Publishing
BMI – Nashville, TennesseeOh the currencies they’re all crashing
While my bitcoin friends are stashing
Deflation is all we know - so
Let It Grow, Let It Grow, Let It GrowWhile the bankers are busy cryin
And the Wall Street crooks are fryin
My stash will be building - so
Let It Grow, Let It Grow, Let It GrowA...
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EB110 - James D’Angelo: Satoshi's Big Mistake And The Centralization Of Bitcoin
December 21st, 2015 by Epicenter With over 600,000 views, James D'Angelo's educational videos at the World Bitcoin Network are among the most popular resources on Bitcoin. Besides his excellent technical explanation, he has also been vocal about the dangers of the increasing centralization of mining.
James joined us to talk about his background as a rapper, the World Bitcoin Network, his proposal to use the Bitcoin blockchain to fight climate change and his argument that keeping Bitcoin decentralized would require sacrif...
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The Crypto Show: Paul Snow of Factom, and Eijah of Demonsaw and GTA5
December 21st, 2015 by TheCryptoShow First Hour
We take it on the road and visit the Factom office to talk with Paul Snow about Factom's recent add to Microsoft, the Texas Bitcoin Conference, and CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.
Second Hour
We talk with hacker Eijah, creator of Demonsaw, an anonymous file-sharing platform. He was also a dev for Grand Theft Auto 5.
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Bitcoins and Gravy EP #74: BitLunch & Bitcoin Music 2015
December 20th, 2015 by John Barrett On today's show I head over to Tenn 16, one of East Nashville's great little eateries where I meet up with Melvin, Aaron, Kate and Bob of the New Nashville BitLunch meetup group. During lunch we talk about the youth unemployment crisis here and abroad, the miserable failure of a Vancouver bitcoin ATM machine, the prestigious Vanderbilt University Computer Science Department and everything else bitcoin related. The BitLunch meetup group is a revolving group of great folks who enjoy getting togeth...
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The Africoin Report: 'ChangeTip Isn't Global Anymore,' by Ahmad Al-Hemmally
December 20th, 2015 by
ahmadmanga In October, I wrote an article about bitcoin in my country. Since then, I've found a lot of ways to get the most out of it. I was going to write an article about these things, until one thing stopped me — the day I couldn't log in to ChangeTip.
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The Bitcoin Game #31: Bitcoin, Micropayments, Action! With Valerian Bennett
December 19th, 2015 by
Rob Hello, welcome to episode 31 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.
I used to run into Valerian Bennett frequently at Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetups in 2014. I thought he’d disappeared from the Bitcoin scene, only to realize how wrong I was. Valerian has taken his experience in mainstream television production, and combined it with his passion for Bitcoin, to create several online Bitcoin video services, with his partner, payment channels developer James Poole. I hope you enjoy our discussio...
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Disruptek.info: Andreas Antonopoulos Makes a Case Against Reputation and Identity Systems
December 19th, 2015 by
Juan S. Galt Andreas Antonopoulos makes the case against reputation and identity systems, arguing that with the invention of blockchains, multisignature transactions, and smart contracts, we can minimize default risk without reputation.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #274 Starting Fires
December 19th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Episode 274 ...
Today we're talking about two exciting projects building more functionality on top of the Bitcoin protocol. We end todays show with Ryan Shea, one of the leads at the open source OneName.io project as he talks about the power of identity.
But first, capacity is one of the biggest challenges ahead of Bitcoin, The Lightning Network concept is one of the more promising approaches, and this probably isn't the first time you've heard about it. We kick things off with Tadge Drydja, one of the founders behind the startup implementation of lightning network for an inside look at the possibilities and an update on their progress.
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The Ether Review #9: Hack.ether.camp, Session 1
December 18th, 2015 by Arthur S. Falls On the first of this month, Roman Mandeleil and the Ether Camp team kicked off the first decentralised Ethereum-based hackathon. It offered a tremendous opportunity to see the developer community showcase the ideas that were simmering away behind the scenes. There were a ton of solid entries and hundreds of people active in the Ether Camp slack. All told, the event was a roaring success and showed that the grass roots development community is vibrant and active.
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