January, 2017 Archives
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168 - Rick Dudley: The Future of Ethreum as a Strongly Typed Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Network
January 31st, 2017 by
Epicenter We're joined by Rick Dudley, an opinionated and passionate blockchain developer who is actively involved in multiple projects. He works as a DevOps at Monax, works closely with Vlad Zamfir on implementing Casper in Ethereum, is a leading member of the Coala organization and is Founder and CEO of the startup Vulcanize. Rick gives us insider insights on Ethereum and on how the project may evolve, in particular, once Casper is implemented and when more robust, strongly typed language VMs are made available to the protocol.
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The Crypto Show with Dayna Martin The UnNanny ,Dean Masley of Blockchain Education Network and Sir DWB
January 29th, 2017 by
TheCryptoShow Tonight we talk with Dayna Martin The UnNanny and Dean Masley from the Blockchain Education Network. We bring the idea of crossing The Blockchain Education Network with homeschooling and Unschooling not just college kids hopefully this will take root and be very fruitful in the future. Also Bryan Deery returning from the Satoshi Round Table who finally after all of his hard work achieved Knighthood from the Satoshi Round Table we now stand before "Sir Dances With Bitcoin"!
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #322 Hard Changes
January 29th, 2017 by
Adam B. Levine On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Recorded on January 12th, 2017 - Andreas, Stephanie and Adam discuss Circle's business model pivot, the cycle of violence occuring on the fringes of opportunity, the release of the first Lightning Network Daemon and the difficulties Segregated Witness has run into on its way to activation.
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Segregated Witness Activation: segwit.co
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The Tatiana Show - Alejandro De La Torre Of BTC
January 26th, 2017 by
Tatiana Moroz Tatiana interviews Alejandro De la Torre of BTC.com & Jordan Page. Topics include: --"The Importance of the Bitcoin Philosophy" --"Is Bitcoin Mining Still Viable?" --"Cannabis Activism" --"A Special Performance" About the Guests: -Alejandro has been in bitcoin since early 2013. He saw many challenges facing bitcoin adoption so decided to create a few things to help adoption, one of them being a company that was eventually acquired... Read More -
The Crypto Show with Christopher Hering of BlockPay and Andrew Wagner from CoinFest
January 25th, 2017 by
TheCryptoShow Tonight Christopher Hering of BlockPay fills us in on the Point Of Sale services provided by BlockPay as well as their up coming services in the works in the very near future. The second hour we talk with Andrew Wagner about his event CoinFest which is a Virtual Bitcoin Conference held over a weeks time with participants from around the world including us.
Sponsored by: Dash, CryptoCompare Bitmain and [Anarchapu...
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167 - Peter Harris: Democratizing the Music Industry with the Streaming Music Cooperative Resonate
January 24th, 2017 by
Epicenter After the successful Ethereum crowdfunding campaign, musician and web developer Peter Harris saw a path to creating a fair, decentralized music streaming platform. Out of that Resonate was born. Peter joined us to discuss why the dysfunctional structure of the music industry results in a bad deal for musicians and why a decentralized platform supported by blockchain technology and run as a cooperative represents a better way forward.
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The Tatiana Show - Javi Sarcar of Furious Primates and Brian Sovryn of Sovryn Tech
January 23rd, 2017 by
Tatiana Moroz Tatiana interviews musician and liberty lover, Javi Sarcar of Furious Primates, along with speaker, cybersecurity specialist, game developer, and podcaster Brian Sovryn of Sovryn Tech! Topics include: --"Ron Paul and the Antiwar Message" --"The Importance of Music in Liberty" --"Cybersecurity for 2017" --"The Reality of Government and Technology" About the Guests: -Javi Sarcar is part of the band, Furious Primates, which presently has ... Read More -
The Crypto Show with Scrooge Mc Dances with Altcoins
January 22nd, 2017 by
TheCryptoShow Tonight were joined by Daniel Krawisz,Brian Deery and DD's Paloma to cover multiple topics on bitcoin and crypto. Then we get into how government is nothing more than a cult and how to create your own cult.
Sponsored by: Dash, CryptoCompare Bitmain and Anarchapulco coupon code: Crypto
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[FreeRoss](http://F...
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The Crypto Show Seinfeld Edition
January 16th, 2017 by
TheCryptoShow Chris and Danny discuss the Bitcoin news as well as some plans to get crypto accepted in marijuana dispensaries. We've put a little effort into aligning several different entities to come up with a plan to get dispensaries on board to help expose The every day Joe weed buyer it. This is the Seinfeld addition because it's mostly about nothing
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166 - G. Andrew Stone & Andrew Clifford: Bitcoin Unlimited
January 16th, 2017 by
Epicenter Years into the controversy around how to scale Bitcoin, there have been many challengers to Bitcoin core's dominance. After XT, Classic and others have faded, Bitcoin Unlimited has been gaining traction and emerged as plausible new way forward.
Bitcoin Unlimited wants to make the block size a parameter that is set by miners and nodes, but not fixed at a network level. They argue a natural fee market would emerge, allowing Bitcoin to rapidly scale and realizing its promise of electronic cash as well as store of value. The project is also member-driven, with democratic decisions driving its development decisions. Core developer G. Andrew Stone and Bitcoin Unlimited President Andrew Clifford joined us for the episode.
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Technology and Choice #12, Influence Says It All
January 16th, 2017 by
John Ferguson In this Episode
What is the most basic action in the universe? Influence.
Technology is all about better directing influence, whether it be influence on the environment, the materials at hand, electronics, software, or people. And there is a lot of technology on the nature of influence and persuasion amongst people.
In this episode, we look at how influence is the most fundamental action of life, and why it's a good idea to not be ignorant of the technologies of personal and socia...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #321 Around the Loop Again
January 15th, 2017 by
Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
Recorded on January 5th, 2017
Andreas, Stephanie and Adam discuss the recent bitcoin price swing, what's different this time compared to 2013 and what's still the same?
Then the hosts discuss the topic first explained during episode 320 - The Cell Phone Sim Card Hustle.
Kraken's In-Depth Walkthrough of How to Safely Not Use Your Phone
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The Ether Review #53 — Dan Boneh, Master Cryptographer
January 14th, 2017 by
Arthur S. Falls In Brief: From better signature schemes for blockchains, to quantum preparedness, to novel cryptography like zero knowledge proofs and threshold signatures, Dan Boneh takes us on a tour of cryptography in our age.
Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Dan Boneh, has been working in the field of cryptography for over 25 years. During which time he has co-developed a signature scheme known as BLS Signatures. This was an opportunity to have some real questions answered, or more a...
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The Bitcoin Game #41: Charlie Shrem
January 14th, 2017 by
Rob Hello, welcome to episode 41 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest today is Charlie Shrem.
When I got into Bitcoin, the two ways I was most familiar with to buy Bitcoin were to wire money to Mt. Gox in Japan, or go to the local 7-Eleven to send cash to BitInstant. It's not hard to see why BitInstant became one of the biggest Bitcoin companies in the U.S., until it stopped doing business in 2013.
 at Texas Tech University. Dr. Murphy earned his B.A. in economics from Hillsdale College and his Ph.D. in economics ... Read More -
The Crypto Show Unsung & Dash In Action with Dean Masley, Natalie Drost and Steven Masley
January 9th, 2017 by
TheCryptoShow Today the main Unsung team from Baltimore dropped in to Austin to team up with us to feed some hungry folks. Thanks to the funding that the Dash.org network gave us to fund these philanthropic efforts, we were able to jump into action and hand out 120 meals in downtown Austin. Dean and Natalie also share with us the future plans of expanding the Unsung.org platform internationally. Dean also shares his work with Blockchain Education Network. (BEN)
FB live video: https://www.facebook.com/thec...
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165 - Brian, Meher & Sebastien: Wrapping Up The Year and Looking Ahead at What's to Come
January 9th, 2017 by
Epicenter It's been an eventful year in the blockchain space, for the Epicenter podcast, and its hosts. Brian, Meher and Sebastien look back on 2016 and provide a few personal updates, give their thoughts and insights on how the space evolved, and make predictions on where they feel the industry will go in the next year.
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The Crypto Show with NSA Whistleblower William Binney, Richard Jacobs & Son
January 8th, 2017 by
TheCryptoShow Tonight we talk with William Binney former NSA technical analyst turned whistleblower about the recent fake DNC hack and what's really involved with that. We're also joined in studio by Richard Jacobs of the future tech podcast just back from the CES conference to tell us about the latest tech. He brought his 9 yr old son long to tell us about Bitcoin.
Sponsored by: Dash, CryptoCompare and [Anarchapulco](http://Anarchapulco.com/buy-your-...
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The Ether Review #52 — Arcade City is Back on the Road
January 7th, 2017 by
Arthur S. Falls In Brief: In spite of the tumultuous public life of it’s founder, the sharing economy project is evolving and moving forward rapidly. We’ve just seen the end of a successful token launch and an all star advisory board informing new leadership fronting a strong dev team. Arcade City is back on the road.
Three members of the post-Chris David team: Bernd Lapp, Michael Thuy, and Stephan Ponnet discuss the status and future roadmap of Arcade City. What was once thought of only as a ride sharin...
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