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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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XCP Update 10/18 - Scott Fargo Joins the Chit Chat
October 18th, 2015 by
Robert Ross Warning: Immature Language
This show is not intended for investment advice.
Counterparty News
- Counterparty released a new development update this week.
Project News
- Spells of Genesis continues to release cards each and every week. Make sure that you follow their Tumblr and twitter account to make sure you catch the c...
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MMM Global Republic of Bitcoin: Crypto's Next Scandal?
October 17th, 2015 by
William Suk Recently I came across a scam of alarming proportions. It is called “MMM Global Republic of Bitcoin.” Those who follow Ponzi schemes will immediately recognize the name MMM. In the 1990s, Russian fraudster Sergey Mavrodi ran one of Russia’s largest Ponzi schemes with the same name. Savvy marketing and promises of 1000%+ returns suckered tens of thousands of people into investing their savings in Mavrodi’s scheme. By 1994, when MMM’s offices were closed due to tax evasion, Mavrodi owed his investors beween 100 billion and 3 trillion rubles (between tens of millions and billions of dollars). Mavrodi spent a few years in jail, but by 2011, he was responsible for at least two other pyramid schemes.
Now Mavrodi is back in business, bigger and badder than ever. This time he is using Bitcoin.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #256 Keep it Simple, Stupid!
October 17th, 2015 by
Adam B. Levine On Today's Show
We're zooming in on two projects that are keeping things simple with the idea that once you've solved the basic problems you can do all of the fun stuff. As technology enthusiasts we love the fun stuff, but even more we love projects actually getting to the people who can prove their value (or not!).
- Adam speaks with the founder of Joystream.co, a Bittorrent Client with a built-in bitcoin wallet that uses Payment Channels to let Downloaders pay Uploaders using market-based pricing.
- Matthew digs into the Bitmarkets project with founder Steve for an in-depth look at the choices they've made and why they make sense. This is a great interview. I'm very interested in this project and its ethos after hearing this interview.
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The Crypto Show: Hayek Gold, Anarchapulco, Anthem Blanchard, and Nathan Freeman
October 17th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow During our trip to NYC for Liberty Fest, we were able to squeeze out a few podcasts. In this episode, we talk with Anthem Blanchard about his purchase of the company Amagi Metals, now known as Anthem Vault. Anthem has also created a gold-backed crypto on Counterparty called Hayek Gold.
Our second guest is Nathan Freeman, who has taken the reins of organizing the Anarchapulco 2016 conference in February in Acapulco, Mexico.
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The Ether Review #1: Joseph Lubin
October 17th, 2015 by
Arthur S. Falls Arthur speaks with Joseph Lubin, one of the founders of the Ethereum project and also Consensys, a constellation of Ethereum focused companies.
This is the first episode of 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: Joseph Lubin, Arthur Falls
Additional assist...
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The Crypto Show: Bitcoin Wallet Smackdown
October 16th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow On our trip to NYC for Liberty Fest, which took place on October 10 and 11, Tone Vays of Brave New Coin opened his home to our mobile studio for a pretty fun episode with Paul Puey of AirBitz, Dimitry Murashchik of Mycelium, and himself.
Contrary to the silly title, Paul and Dimitry do not compete in this episode, but they do compare the different features of each wallet. We also get into a whole range of other topics, such as sports bettin...
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Disruptek.info: Bitshares 2.0 Release Overview and Interview with Christoph Hering
October 15th, 2015 by
Juan S. Galt In this first episode of Disruptek.info, I cover Bitshares 2.0, which was released on October 13. I interview Christoph Hering, business developer at Bitshares, and member of the Munich Bitshares community.
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The StartUp #4: Pay Per View with Bitcoin
October 15th, 2015 by
Michael Pair Doug Scribner of WatchMyBit.com talks about his new service and how he offers an alternative to advertising-sponsored video sites. Content providers can earn more for their videos and get paid instantly by receiving bitcoin.
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #20 SAFE School, Class III, Deep and Wide
October 14th, 2015 by
John Ferguson In this Episode
In Class III of the SAFE Network School we break down some of the underlying computer technology needed to get a better grip on why the SAFE Network can do what it is designed to do. We take a closer look at the Vault structure and get an understanding of what a distributed hash table is about, and much more. Find out what David Irvine has to say about how to go about understanding the technology of the SAFE Network, from his years of experience telling others about it...
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The Crypto Show: Adam B. Levine, Ray Youssef, and Will Pangman
October 14th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow Will Pangman of AirBitz sits in as cohost as we talk with Adam B. Levine of the LTB Network and Ray Youssef of Paxful. With Adam, we get into the block size debate, the new roll out of the LTB Network, and more. Ray fills us in on Paxful and the Backpage effect.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #255 Controlling Bitcoins in Time
October 13th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
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Adam, Stephanie and Andreas sit down for an hour of discussion on the recent government supported launch of Monetas in Tunisian Post Offices.
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They talk about how Bitpay continues to knock down the reasons why you wouldn't use bitcoin in a brick-and-mortar retail situation
- Andreas explains the new dimension of programmability coming to the Bitcoin Blockchain with BIP65 (OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY) and BIP112 (CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY)
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EB100 - Juan Benet: Decentralizing the Web With the Inter-Planetary File System (IPFS)
October 12th, 2015 by
Epicenter We've made it to episode 100! Our guest for our celebratory episode is Juan Benet, inventor of the Inter-Planetary File System and founder of Protocol Labs. IPFS is a distributed file system that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files. The possibilities for IPFS could range from distributed cloud hosting to websites without central servers to even replacing HTTP. It's a project as audacious as any we've had on the podcast.
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XCP Update 10/11/15: Charles Hoskinson Talks Blockchain
October 11th, 2015 by Robert Ross Weekly Update #19
Robert Ross is a Counterparty Foundation Community Director and the Director of FoldingCoin Inc. Each week Robert and various guests will bring you the news of what has been going on in the Counterparty communities and also touch base on the other Bitcoin 2.0 communities.
I am happy to announce the ability for paid sponsorships. I accept any Counterparty Token that is on CoinMarketCap.com in addition to TOP...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #254 State of the Art
October 10th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Today's Show
We're at the recent "Scaling Bitcoin" conference for another one. This time we'll catch up on the day 2 roundtables covering Payment Channels, Collaboration, The challenges of China, Non-Currency Applications and more.
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The Bitcoin Game #27 - John Barrett of Bitcoins and Gravy
October 9th, 2015 by
Rob Hello, welcome to episode 27 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.
I’ve been a podcast listener for many years now, so when I got interested in Bitcoin, listening to Bitcoin podcasts was a natural. I think Adam B. Levine launched The Daily Bitcoin the same day I first searched for Bitcoin podcasts. And I've been hooked on Bitcoin podcasts ever since.
Bitcoins and Gravy has always been a hugely influential show for me. In a sea of podcasts with poor audio quality and barely exist...
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SovereignBTC #74 John McAfee on Privacy, Politics, and His Presidential Campaign
October 9th, 2015 by
SovereignBTC In this episode of SovereignBTC, John Bush and Danny Sessoms of the The Crypto Show interview John McAfee, founder of the McAfee antivirus software suite, about privacy, politics, and his presidential campaign, for which he is accepting bitcoin donations. Listen through til the end to hear an amazing story of how McAfee escaped the crutches of the corrupt Belize government and nearly avoided a potential life in prison.
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The Crypto Show: Bitcoin Bounty Hunter, Dollar Vigilante, and Factoid Man
October 8th, 2015 by TheCryptoShow We team up to tackle censorship, data layers, the Shemitah, and a range of topics with Jeff Berwick, Roger Ver, and Paul Snow.
With Jeff, we get into the Shemitah, the Oregon shooter, and Anarchapulco 2016 (scheduled for February 16 to 21).
Roger discusses the launch of the new Bitcoin.com forums, an alternative to r/bitcoin censorship. He fills us in on how you can win $1000 or 4 BTC for the most popular post on the forum. Also, anyone can submit a story to Bitcoin.com. If they use th...
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #19 SAFE School, Class Two, Going Deeper
October 7th, 2015 by John Ferguson In this Episode
Class Two of the SAFE Network School takes us deeper. We probe down and start to pull apart the great intricacy of the SAFE Network by closely examining the key elements that make it work. But not too fast or overwhelmingly. You'll be surprised how understandable it is when guided by a Simpleton who has already done most of the brain-warping exploration, so that you don't have to warp YOUR head so much.
Come along as we start to peel apart the "secrets" of how the ...
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The Rise of the Internet of Value (IoV)
October 7th, 2015 by
Philip Farah How Blockchains Are About to Disrupt Industries, Governments, and People’s Lives
Most people are familiar with the trajectory of digital evolution to date, from Web 1.0 (a one-way content distribution net) to Web 2.0 (an interactive social net) and possibly Web 3.0 (where smart applications monitor data and make decisions as human’s agents, and in doing so interact with both humans, other apps, or IoT-enabled machines).
What might be less well-understood is the disruptive power of a new wave of digital capabilities enabled by cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin) and the underlying distributed ledger technology enabling the P2P exchange of digital value (e.g., the blockchain).
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