January, 2015 Archives
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #183 Beyond the Blockchain with Open Transactions
January 31st, 2015 by
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A Community of Bitcoin Tippers
January 31st, 2015 by
Martin Reddit.com is host to many diverse and fascinating subreddits, created and monitored by the community. The following article discusses one of my favorite subreddits.
My Introduction to BitTippers
My morning routine is to eat a bowl of cereal, make a cup of coffee, and sit surfing my favorite Bitcoin-related sites before work. It was on one of these typical mornings sometime last year that I stumbled across a small subreddit called "BitTippers."
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Beyond Bitcoin - 25 - Considering Identity Systems With Chris Mountford
January 27th, 2015 by
Arthur S. Falls Chris Mountford is a developer at Atlassian, a software company based in Australia and has been interested in digital currency for over twenty years. In this episode we discuss reputation and personal information management systems. Chris' ability to identify the issues and dangers of various approaches make him an excellent commentator.
Content: Arthur Falls, Chris Mountford
Music: CSUS
Mixing and mastering: Richard Toth
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #182 The Age of Cryptocurrency
January 27th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
- Adam speaks with Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey, authors of the Wall Street Journals BitBeat column and the newly released book [The Age of Cryptocurre...
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P2P Connects Us Special #1 - Coinbase E1
January 26th, 2015 by
John Light The first special episode of the P2P Connects Us podcast, featuring Episode 1 of Coinbase, one of the first podcasts to get me excited about bitcoin.I will not be charging Patreon patrons for this episode since I did not produce the majority of content, but Patreon patrons will still reap the rewards of the P2P Connects Us proof-of-publishing points earned for this episode. Thank you to all of my Patreon patrons for your support! P2P Connects Us Patreon Campaign P2P Connects Us Twitter ... Read More -
Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #52: Fool’s Gold & Dolphin Tanks!
January 25th, 2015 by
John Barrett On today's show I am honored to be speaking with Dr. Charles Evans, Professor of Finance and Economics at Barry University in beautiful Miami Shores, Florida. Dr. Evans talks to us today about fool’s Gold, Dolphin tanks that replace shark tanks, the Lighthouse project by Mike Hearn and how a lot of people may be unknowingly stepping over sacks of money in their rush to get rich.
Magic Word
Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sou...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #181 Let's Talk Bitcoin for the Befuddled
January 24th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
- Adam speaks with Conrad Barski and Chris Wilmer about their book Bitcoin for the Befuddled as well as Conrad's Cointagion no-account bitcoin bookstore and Chris' [bitcoin journal project](https://bitcointalk.org/index...
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SovereignBTC #52 In Depth Review of Ross Ulbricht Trial and 2,000,000 LTBc Sale
January 24th, 2015 by
SovereignBTC In this SovereignBTC podcast, John Bush delivers a comprehensive review of the first two weeks of the Ross Ulbricht Trial. He reads from an article he wrote for Tech Crunch as well as the daily reports he published for week two proceedings.
Indiegogo Fundraiser to Send News Team to NYC to Cover Rest of the Trial
John also informs the audience about their recently launched IndieGogo fundraising campaign to help raise monies to have the Liberty Beat team covering the rest of the trial ...
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Coinorado: Colorado's First Bitcoin Hackathon
January 23rd, 2015 by
Ryan Walker I attended the University of Colorado Boulder Bitcoin Club's official hackathon, Coin-orado, this past November. Over 50 participants, including many exciting Bitcoin personalities, gathered for the event. Here's my recap.
Event Details
Coin-orado, Colorado’s first official Bitcoin competition, took place on November 14th, 2014 in Boulder, Colorado. The 24-hour event, organized by club co-founder Broc Kanady -- a senior ma...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #180 We Can Build That
January 20th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
LTB Correspondent Matthew speaks with Lior Yaffe and Alexander Chepurnoy, two of the developers behind the ever-expanding NXT project.
Sponsors for Episode 180
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P2P Connects Us Episode 9 - Paul Puey
January 19th, 2015 by John Light On today's episode we're going to be talking about Indie's successful crowdfunding campaign, the Silk Road trial and the war on freedom, a code review for bitmessage, and last but certainly not least, Paul Puey joins the show to talk about the Airbitz bitcoin wallet. Patreon patron LTBcoin giveaway program Ind.ie Indie focusing on Mac The Silk Road trial begins Mark Karpeles = Dread Pirate Roberts? Mark Karpeles denies being Dread Pirate Roberts DarkNetMarkets subreddit Open Bazaar ... Read More -
Bitcoins and Gravy #51: Bitcoins in Bali!
January 18th, 2015 by John Barrett On today's show I interview Gary Dykstra a Detroit transplant living in Indonesia on the beautiful island of Bali. Gary tells us about Bitcoin in Bali and how it’s now possible to vacation in Bali and spend only Bitcoins. We get an update on the Ubud weekly meetup and we learn about the BitIslands.com social experiment going on right now. Gary also tells us about late night parties, monkeys that will steal your sunglasses and off road motorcycling through the jungle....
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The Bitcoin Game #8 - Danno Ferrin, Bitstamp & Visualization
January 18th, 2015 by
Rob Welcome to The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.
Danno Ferrin's current day job is working on Java for the Oracle Corporation. But for fun, Danno uses his programming skills to create visualization software for the BItcoin blockchain. In the wake of the large Bitstamp theft, Danno has been able to analyze some of the Bitcoin movements, using his software. Danno might be one of the most knowledgeable people about the loss, other than insiders like Bitstamp employees and the actual hacker (I ha...
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Support P2P Connects Us, Get LTBcoin
January 18th, 2015 by John Light Recently, I set up a Patreon campaign for the P2P Connects Us podcast. For those who aren't familiar with Patreon, it's a unique crowdfunding platform for content creators. People who enjoy the content that a creator produces ("patrons") can pledge a certain amount of money, which is then charged to the patron's credit/debit card or PayPal account each time a new piece of content is released. So if someone pledges $5, then each time the creator released a new piece of content, they will be charg... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #179 The Weight and Mechanism
January 17th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
Adam and Andreas speak with Preston Byrne and Casey Kuhlman about Eris Industries on its work.
The Distributed Application Server
The Decerver is the ap...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #178 Imperfect Martyrs
January 13th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
Stephanie speaks with Julia Tourianski aka BraveTheWorld from New York City on the Ross Ulbrecht "Dread Pirate Roberts" federal trial, the controversial state actions surrounding it and what normal people [can do to participate](http://...
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TBS EP10 - Peertracks - Eddie Corral and Cédrik Cobban
January 13th, 2015 by
Lij Shaw First of all let me say hello again.
It is great to be back!
I stepped down from Bitcoins and Gravy (and left you in the very capable hands of John Barrett) to focus on my own podcast TheToyBoxStudioShow.com to help audio professionals take their recording studio to the next level.
I am incredibly honored to be back here with you all at Let's Talk Bitcoin!
I missed you guys.
Lij Shaw
[TheToyBoxStudioShow.com](http://thetoy...
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Sovereign BTC #51 Silk Road Trial Represents Ongoing Struggle Between Freedom and Control
January 13th, 2015 by SovereignBTC Beta.WatchMyBit.com - We have partnered with WatchMyBit to bring you exclusive daily video updates from the Silk Road Trial. Visit the site and give their bitcoin paywall a try. Proceeds from the trial videos will go to support the Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Fund.
To support our reporting of the trial and help us come back for the conclusion of the trial, donate btc here: 1A8VquaX272eMmFZsPCm8sfZ4kv9HVMK8Q
More Than Meets the Eye
The trial for R...
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P2P Connects Us - Episode 8
January 12th, 2015 by John Light On today's episode we're going to be talking about slur.io, The Pirate Bay shutdown, new Ripple consensus papers, how p2p platforms can support the peers, and last but certainly not least, Alyse Killeen joins the show to talk about venture funding for p2p projects.Show notes:Slur.io [bad idea and/or honeypot]The Pirate Bay shut downOld Pirate BayOpen BayReaching Consensus In RippleThe Ripple Consensus ProcessInterview with Ripple Labs Chief CryptographerPeers tweetArticle with Paul Saffo quoteVe... Read More -
The Future Of Currency: Time-Based Asset Tokens and Experience Coins
January 12th, 2015 by
Michael Manville The proliferation of cryptocurrencies has caused many to question the very definition of currency. The introduction of user-created assets, network tokens, app coins, and other Bitcoin 2.0 jargon represents our attempt to name something similar but somehow different than currency. Bitcoin itself has many attributes that fit the definition of currency, and yet, many of its attributes do not resemble currency at all.
Regardless of the terms used to define a currency, currency does not have ...
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