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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #234 Doublespends!
July 28th, 2015 by
Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
Andreas and Adam talk all about Doublespends in the bitcoin network.
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EB89 – Greg Slepak: The Turtle Crawl Towards Internet Decentralization
July 27th, 2015 by
Epicenter Amidst all the discussion of alternative uses of blockchains, it is often forgotten that the very first fork of Bitcoin, Namecoin, pursued a daring vision for a decentralized, censorship-resistant internet. Greg Slepak, co-founder of the okTurtles Foundation joined us for an interesting discussion of DNS, Namecoin and how blockchains can be used to decentralize the internet.
Topics covered included:
- What DNS is and the role it plays in the architecture of the internet
- What man-in-th...
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XCP Weekly Update #9 - Storj Development Update
July 26th, 2015 by
Robert Ross This weeks episode is sponsored by Tokenly – an open source company building tools to make tokens more useful and usable to everyone
Weekly Update #9:
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 touching base on the other Bitcoin 2.0 communities. You can find a compl...
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The New Renaissance and Autonomous, Self Driving Cars
July 26th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine Arthur S. Falls and Adam B. Levine are pleased to present the second episode in their new, twice monthly show exploring the intersection of disruption, open source and the individual which they call The New Renaissance.
On Todays Show
- Adam & Arthur speak with [Zack Kanter](http://qz.com/403628/...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin #233 - Recursive Iterations
July 25th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
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Andreas speaks at the recent Wired Money conference in one of his best talks to date.
- John Ferguson shares his impressions and thoughts on what he terms the "Decentralization Itch" in a reading of his recently published article by the same title.
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The Decentralization Itch
July 25th, 2015 by
John Ferguson Decentralization. The buzzword of our times.
Increasing numbers and types of people are possessed of an elusive, but very real, visceral “itch” tied to the concept of decentralization. It’s hard to tell if the itch is caused by the concept or if the concept is simply being deployed in an effort to scratch the itch. It can have the appearance of both.
“Decentralization, good; centralization, bad.” We see more and more sectors of society plugging this idea into their thoughts and...
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #9 SAFE Is For People
July 22nd, 2015 by John Ferguson In this Episode
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with two members of the Project SAFE community, James Lindsey and David McCauley, about there involvement in the project and why they chose to invest their time and energy in helping it along.
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LTB E232 - A Chain of Custody
July 21st, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
- Adam and Stephanie discuss the prospect, potential and threat of corporate blockchains.
- Adam interviews Pavlo, CEO of Blockverify about how they're using a dual blockchain solution to track ownership of nearly everything to eliminate fraud, theft and other foul play.
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The Tatiana Show with guest Connie Gallippi of BitGive
July 21st, 2015 by
Tatiana Moroz Singer-songwriter and musician Tatiana Moroz returns for more crypto discussion on The Tatiana Show! This week, she is joined by Connie Gallippi, the Founder and Executive Director of the BitGive Foundation.
On the show, Connie talks about the organization's fundraising efforts, including the #BitGiveAuction, and how the funds raised will help BitGive to continue its important global initiatives on behalf of the bitcoin community. She also announces the launch of BitGive's Bitcoin Charity 2....
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EB88 – Sian Jones: Bitlicense And The Regulatory Straitjacket
July 20th, 2015 by Epicenter In this episode, we revisited the perennial topic of digital currency regulation with Siân Jones, our regulatory correspondent and founder of the regulation-focused virtual currency consultancy COINSULT. With the final version of the BitLicense, what may turn out to be the most influential document for digital currency regulation, is now out. Besides diving into many different aspects of the onerous BitLicense, we talked about California's coming rules, how Bitcoin startups will be affected...
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Peer to Peer Since the Beginning [Updated With Video]
July 20th, 2015 by
Rock Siles Barcellos Hello there! My name is Rock Barcellos. (It's my name, for real.) I'm an illustrator from Brazil and I have been participating here at Let's Talk Bitcoin! for a while, offering my services as an illustrator off and on.
This post came from an idea I had, and I wanted to give it a shot and share it with everyone. Basically, in this piece, I wanted to think about the role and importance of the peer-to-peer concept throughout history, putt...
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EP #72: Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It!
July 19th, 2015 by
John Barrett On today's show I interview film producer Torsten Hoffman about the release of his new Bitcoin Documentary, Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It which recently picked up two awards at the Freedom Fest in Las Vegas. In the words of Calvin Tran, this important documentary is: "Dynamic and filled to the brim with hard-hitting history. There’s electricity in the pace, a kineticism in the narration, a fervor in the subject matter and the high-stakes world of finance. It is a rapid film that ca...
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Less Liberty, More Freedom
July 19th, 2015 by
Andy Tudhope This post grows out of the comments and responses to Let’s Talk Bitcoin #231 on Diversity and Consensus. Check it out first, if only to hear two of the smoothest voices you’ll hear anywhere online.
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XCP Weekly Update #8 - The first Counterparty Mobile App
July 19th, 2015 by Robert Ross This weeks episode is sponsored by Tokenly – an open source company building tools to make tokens more useful and usable to everyone
Weekly Update #6:
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 touching base on the other Bitcoin 2.0 communities. You can find a compl...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #231 Diversity and Consensus
July 18th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
Adam and Stephanie discuss the ongoing Block Size Debate and what it means for bitcoins future.
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The Bitcoin Game #21 - Bitcoin Option Trading
July 17th, 2015 by
Rob Hello, welcome to episode 21 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This podcast is my opportunity to learn from all types of people involved in cryptocurrency.
For today’s episode I spoke to Marco Cuesta of Alt-Options. This company is aiming to bring a high-end option trading platform to Bitcoin. Alt-Options earned 2nd place at the startup pitch competition at Inside Bitcoins in Chicago shortly after this interview took place, and the company is planning to go live with Bitcoin option t...
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #8 Perspectives on Africa, Nhial Majok
July 15th, 2015 by John Ferguson In this Episode
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Nhial Majok, a Project SAFE member who is a system administrator for backup and storage with IBM Australia. He reached out recently to share some insights on the impact of Bitcoin and the SAFE Network on his home continent of Africa.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #230 The Regulatory Burden
July 14th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
Adam and Jerry Brito, Executive Director of non-profit research and advocacy group Coin Center. They discuss what "good" regulation could look like, the highs and lows in California/New Yorks respective efforts and more.
If you want more of Coin Centers perspective don't miss their blog
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The Tatiana Show with guest Jeffrey Tucker
July 13th, 2015 by Tatiana Moroz On this episode of The Tatiana Show: Guest Jeffrey Tucker of Liberty.me shares his thoughts on the philosophy of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency movement. He and Tatiana also discuss the American justice system and the injustices of the Prison Industrial Complex. Drawing on his own experience, Tucker makes the point that while Americans pay lip service to human rights and compassion, but this generosity doesn't extend to those who are incarcerated.
Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer...
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EB87 – John McDonnell: How Bitcoin Will Win Online Payments
July 13th, 2015 by Epicenter Solving the pain points of online payments was the applications that garnered the most attention in Bitcoin's early days. In recent times, as consumer adoption of Bitcoin payments has been underwhelming much of that attention has shifted elsewhere. Nevertheless, companies keep working hard on making the vision of a universal, global payment system a reality.
Among those companies, one stands out as the top contender to compete with existing payment systems: Bitnet. Funded with a heavy wa...
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