October, 2015 Archives
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #260 New Growth
October 31st, 2015 by
Adam B. Levine On Episode 260...
Adam sits down with Daniel Larimer, leader of the Bitshares project. They talk about the new release, the lessons learned over the last nearly three years and what comes next.
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The Ether Review #3: Roman Mandeleil
October 31st, 2015 by
Arthur S. Falls Roman Mandeleil, builder of the Ethercamp blockchain explorer and the java implimentation of Ethereum, discusses (among other things) what it is like to be a longtime developer in the Ethereum community.
[Note: This episode does not contain a magic word.]
Content: Roman Mandeleil, Arthur Falls
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The Crypto Show: Darth Vader vs. Chewbacca, Ladar Levison, and Cliff Baltzley
October 29th, 2015 by
TheCryptoShow We're joined in studio by Cliff Baltzley, creator of Hushmail and partner of StashCrypto. Ladar Levison, creator of Lavabit and DarkMail, also joins in. This is all one show, not two separate interviews. This was one of the funnest episodes we've had the privilege of doing to date. We also have a cameo appearance by Darth Vader and Chewbacca.
Original air date on the Logos Radio Network: October 28, 2015
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Tatiana Moroz: An Early Fall Interview Uncut
October 28th, 2015 by
Tatiana Moroz About a month ago, I provided an interview to Justin O'Connell at CryptoCoinsNews and Max Keiser. Here it is uncut. It's the first real time since the launch of Tatiana Coin that I have had an update.
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #22 SAFE School, Class V, Connecting All
October 28th, 2015 by
John Ferguson In this Episode
Class V of the School of the SAFE Network brings clarity on another component of the SAFE Network configuration which is critical to the autonomous functioning of the network.
We explore some of the problems and solutions of peer-to-peer networking, and explore some of the key terminology necessary to communicating about it.
We really only scratch the surface enough to better understand what the SAFE Network needs to accomplish to operate properly, but the mirac...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #259 Perspectives on Turbulence
October 27th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Episode 259...
First, Bruce Fenton shares his concerns about the newly announced Blockchain Alliance project. Then we're joined by Jason Weinstein of the Blockchain Alliance who addresses some of Bruce's questions and introduces the organization and effort. For the second half of the show, we listen in as Josh Cincinatti of Blockcypher talks about the cause, impact,...
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EB102 - Flavien Charlon: Openchain, Centralized Digital Assets Without Blockchains or Consensus
October 26th, 2015 by
Epicenter Among the dividing themes in the Bitcoin space is the idea of public versus private blockchains. While some argue that private and permissioned blockchains can offer better scalability and lower latency for enterprises, others insist the Bitcoin blockchain will offer the best level of security and robustness longterm. Recently, projects have emerged that propose the best of both worlds by leveraging both off-chain and on-chain transactions.
This is the idea behind Openchain, an “open so...
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The Crypto Show: Bruce Fenton on the Blockchain Alliance
October 26th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow We speak with Bruce Fenton about the recent Blockchain Alliance, which has joined with the cluster of three-letter agencies who want to get their hooks into Bitcoin.
We start off the show with a local musician who wants to learn about Bitcoin. Then Christian Blaze of Death Row Democracy (DRD) fills us in on his plan to fully fund and pay out his web series of the same name.
*Original air date on [Logos Radio Network](http://www.logosradionetwork.com/pm.cg...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #258 Liquidity and Malleability
October 24th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Episode 258...
Stephanie, Andreas and Adam, talk about the first Sidechain, called 'Liquid' coming early next year from the Blockstream team that aims to prevent future gox-like events by creating an almost voting-pools like multi-sig protected, bitcoin escrow'ing structure tying together different exchanges for liquidity and stability purposes.
Then they get into the recent Bitcoin Malleability issue that first had headlines in the aftermath of the MtGox calamity and has recent re-emerged on the network in force. Adam explains his mis-understanding of the issue and how he's dealing with it at Tokenly and Andreas corrects his misconceptions and puts things into perspective.
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The Ether Review #2 - Vlad Zamfir
October 23rd, 2015 by Arthur S. Falls Jarrad and Arthur speak with Vlad Zamfir, a software engineer developing the proof-of stake consensus system that will replace proof-of-work in Ethereum.
This is a weekly show featuring interviews with the people building the Ethereum ecosystem.
[Note: This episode does not contain a magic word.]
Production: Arthur Falls
Content: Vlad Zamfir, Jarrad Hope, Arthur Falls
Additional assistance: Rob Mitchell of The Bitcoin Game.
Twitter: @[etherreview](https://twitter.com/etherr...
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Africoin Report #6: Bitcoin Is Perfect for Libya
October 23rd, 2015 by
ahmadmanga Written and illustrated by guest author Ahmad al-Hemmaly
Salam (peace) upon you all.
I'm Ahmad al-hemmally, known on the Internet as @ahmadmanga.
It's a known fact that I'm Libyan, and I believe Libya needs Bitcoin. It's a digital, global, and transparent currency. The people at the Africoin Report asked me to write about the state of Bitcoin in my country. I hope this article will be enlightening.
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The Bitcoin Game #28: Would You Trust a Bitcoin Trading Bot?
October 22nd, 2015 by
Rob Hello, welcome to episode 28 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.
When I scheduled an interview with CoinCube CEO Robert Allen, I felt pretty skeptical. My gut told me a cloud-based Bitcoin-trading-bot would be something like a cloud-mining Ponzi-scheme on steroids. I wondered, would this interview be my first exposé? Would my "gotcha" questions be too difficult for Robert to field? Listen to find out!
*7/19/16 UPDATE: For the sake of being informative, the gains in my CoinCube-traded...
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The Crypto Show: Connie Gallippi of BitGive and Paul Sztorc of TruthCoin.info
October 22nd, 2015 by TheCryptoShow Tonight we talk with Connie Gallippi of BitGive about several different charitable projects shes working on. One of which is sponsored by Cheapair.com that gives $5 for every flight booked with Bitcoin until Oct 24 as well as another fundraiser by Gem and Purse.io on Amazons smile program.
Then we speak with Paul Sztorc of TruthCoin.info about prediction markets.
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #21 SAFE School, Class IV, Reaching Bedrock
October 21st, 2015 by John Ferguson In this Episode
In Class IV of the SAFE Network School we get down to bedrock on one of the most important aspects of the SAFE Network. We have loads of fun, actually. It's back to school for sure, but also has a bright gem of entertainment to help bring the lesson home.
With this material we are able to get our feet on solid ground on not only how the network organizes and administers so many intricate actions, but we see the foundations of the very different, but very powerful m...
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SovereignBTC #75 Bitcoin Panel at Liberty Fest 2015
October 20th, 2015 by
SovereignBTC This episode of SovereignBTC features the bitcoin panel that took place at Liberty Fest 2015. Hosted by my beautiful wife, Catherine Bleish, the panel included the following bitcoin personalities:
Paul Puey - CEO of AirBitz
Tone Vays - Head of Research of Brave New Coin
Julia Tourianski - Founder of Brave the World
Jefferey Tucker - Founder of Liberty.me
Enjoy the panel and be sure ...
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Africoin Report #5: Voices of Kenema
October 20th, 2015 by
Chernoh Saeed Sow Written by guest authors: Mamadu Sallieu Barrie, Abubakar Mansaray, and Abdulrahman Jalloh
We are three young and energetic youths striving hard to make a change in our country. We are not yet university students, but on the verge of enrolling (depending on our performance) in the just concluded West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). We first encountered bitcoin in January 2015 through a friend, who later became a brother, called Chernoh Saeed Sow.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #257 Coming Apart at the Seams
October 20th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
- Adam, Stephanie and Andreas talk about a recent story out of Greece, where if at all Bitcoin can provide solutions and the malaise of modern reality.
Source Article: Keep Talking Greece
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Charles Hoskinson: A Brief Introduction to Smart Contracts
October 20th, 2015 by
Charles Hoskinson Charles Hoskinson provides a succinct overview of smart contracts from the perspective of a Bitcoin transaction. He categorizes them into two broad groups: deterministic and non-deterministic, and then provides some canonical examples to further explain the concepts. He concludes with some additional resources for learning more about the topic and writing your own smart contracts using Solidity.
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EB101 - Ryan Shea & Muneeb Ali: Bringing Decentralization to Identity with Blockchain ID and Onename
October 19th, 2015 by Epicenter A brilliant fact about crypto-economic blockchains is that they enable the construction of naming systems that transcend limits imposed by Zooko's triangle. Traditional naming systems such as human names, Domain Name System (DNS) and Facebook profile names are subject to Zooko's triangle and cannot be secure, human memorable and decentralised at once. For instance human names such as Meher Roy are human-memorable and decentralised but not secure (nothing prevents hundreds of people being cal...
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The Crypto Show: The Creators of E-Coin — Dimitry, Georgy, and Tim
October 19th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow We talk with the creators of E-Coin.io, a new Bitcoin-funded debit card available in 140 countries that works with multiple currencies. Dimitry Lazarichev, Georgy Sokolov, and Tim Frost discuss E-Coin features not available with some of the other cards, such as multisig wallets, insurance by BitGo, no limits on funds, plastic and virtual cards, as well as a mobile app.
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