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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #225 The New Renaissance
June 27th, 2015 by
Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
Arthur S. Falls joins forces with Adam B. Levine in a new, twice monthly show exploring the intersection of disruption, open source and the individual they call The New Renaissance.
**Note: If you were one of the first 600 people to listen to this episode, you heard a version missing about 20 m...
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The Tatiana Show with Chris Ellis of ProTip
June 25th, 2015 by
Tatiana Moroz Chris Ellis of ProTip talks with Tatiana Moroz about his open-source project that allows people to track their own internet habits and send bitcoin tips to the content creators they enjoy the most.
They begin the conversation with a quick Bitcoin 101 session, allowing newcomers to discover the political and social implications of putting the power of Bitcoin into the hands of the people.
Follow Chris Ellis and the ProTip project on Twitter: @protiphq
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Brooklyn Graffiti Artist 'Gadse' and the Spread of Bitcoin
June 25th, 2015 by
Kristov Atlas This article originally appeared on the blog of Kristov Atlas.
If you’ve spent any time in Brooklyn, you’re probably familiar with the works of Gadse. A typical intersection in the Bushwick neighborhood displays his anti-totalitarian art.
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #5 Tim Coomber on the New Renaissance
June 24th, 2015 by
John Ferguson In this Episode
We are delighted to present a recap of important aspects of the SAFE Network ecosystem and why they are important, followed by a great interview with Tim Coomber of Scotland, one of the hosts of the LIFE IS PEOPLE videocast on Google Hangouts/Youtube. We explore the subject of how the SAFE Network--through the application N99 (Network 99)--will allow content creators to be compensated by the network itself, whether consumers pay for their content or not! This is a game c...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #224 - Rating Wallets with the Open Bitcoin Privacy Project
June 23rd, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
Stephanie, Adam and Andreas talk to Justus Ranvier, one of the founders of the Open Bitcoin Privacy Project about their first report, what it means and how you can get ...
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EB84 – Tim Swanson: Permissioned Ledgers And The Case For Blockchains Without Bitcoin
June 22nd, 2015 by
Epicenter One topic that is guaranteed to cause heated discussion among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is the idea that blockchains can be controlled by known validators and function without an underlying cryptocurrency. Some think this is a non-sensical idea fabricated by those spineless enough to want to appease regulators and but clueless enough to miss the whole point of cryptocurrencies. But others believe that Bitcoin is unsuited for a lof of 'Bitcoin 2.0' applications and that permissioned ledgers ...
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XCP Weekly Update #4 with Robert Ross
June 21st, 2015 by
Robert Ross 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 complete breakdown of everything discussed on this show by going to this XCPassets.org news blog or read the notes below.
Thank you to Anthem...
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SovereignBTC #68 Joseph Castillo of VeldtGold.com
June 20th, 2015 by
SovereignBTC In this episode of SovereignBTC, John talks with Joseph Castillo, the CEO of Veldt Gold, a bitcoin accepting precious metals dealer that also buys precious metals in exchange for bitcoin. The two talk about the economy, the precious metals business, why privacy and encryption is a big part of the Veldt Gold model, how Veldt will buy precious metals for bitcoin, and more.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #223 Some Other Castle
June 20th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
- Adam interviews Daniel Larimer, Founder of the Bitshares project. It's been almost two years since the project got started, we talk about what's happened, what they've learned and what comes next.
Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feed or the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and neve...
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #4 Ben Bollen Talks Dessert, and Rust on Bare Metal
June 17th, 2015 by John Ferguson In this Episode
We are delighted to present an interview with MaidSafe Core Developer, Benjamin Bollen, starting with topics of basic computer and networking technology (to undercut the latter part of the interview for as many people as possible) and working our way to why the MaidSafe team decided shift the project to a brand new programming language so late in the game. There are lots of exciting ramifications of this.
Why the title? You’ll just have to listen. You will not be d...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #222 - Understanding Augur
June 16th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
- Matthew Zipkin speaks with with Joey Krug (lead core dev) and Tony Sakich (marketing) about the upcoming decentralized prediction market Augur. Some of the topics covered are why they've chosen a fork of Ethereum as their vehicle, why decentralized prediction markets can be more than gambling and their concept of Reputation as a token that powers it all.
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EB83 – David Andolfatto: Fedcoin And The Implications Of Cryptocurrencies Issued By Central Banks
June 15th, 2015 by Epicenter Many people think of Bitcoin as the ultimate contender against the power of central banks, most importantly the Federal Reserve System. But that is certainly not the only way that cryptocurrencies and the blockchain can be used and one particularly interesting idea is that central banks could issue their own cryptocurrencies.
To discuss how this could be done and what the consequences could be we were joined by David Andolfatto, a Vice President of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of ...
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XCP Weekly Update #3 with Robert Ross
June 14th, 2015 by Robert Ross 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 complete breakdown of everything discussed on this show by going to this XCPassets.org news blog.
Thank you to Chris DeRose, a Community Direc...
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SovereignBTC #67 F*** REGULATION!
June 13th, 2015 by SovereignBTC In this edition of the SoveriegnBTC Podcast, which marks the beginning of Season 6, John Bush shares the speech he delivered at the Texas Bitcoin Conference on Bitcoin, Anarchism, and Radical Social Organization. John's talk followed a regulation panel where regulators and pro-interventionists took to the stage to provide their arguments for why Bitcoin needs regulation. Not holding anything back, John explains to the crowd why he is an anarchist, why regulation would only serve to harm bitcoi...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #221 Names and Places
June 13th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
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Adam interviews Justin Newton of Netki, a service providing platform agnostic Wallet Names to solve the "Bitcoin Address" sharing problem.
- Then, Adam speaks with Shay Zluf - One of the minds driving La'Zooz, a distributed ridesharing application looking to bring Hitchiking back as a reliable service to better use some of those 3.9 seats left empty in the average vehicle on the road. La'Zooz currently has a Token Sale act...
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The Bitcoin Game #19 - The Mega Interview Episode
June 12th, 2015 by
Rob Welcome to The Bitcoin Game 19, the Mega Interview Episode! I’m Rob Mitchell, and in today’s episode you’ll hear 17, yes 17, never-before heard interviews from the Texas Bitcoin conference.
In order of appearance:
- Nick Spanos – New York Bitcoin Center
- Elisabeth Grothe-Møller – CommonCollection
- Troy Fearnow – CryptoArt
- Kimberly Morgan – Texas Coinitiative
- Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D. – Economic Consultant
- Catherine Bleish – The Bit Mom
- Andy...
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SAFE Crossroads #2 Daniel DaBek and the Future of Commerce
June 10th, 2015 by John Ferguson In This Episode
We’re very happy to present an interview with Daniel DaBek, the Co-founder and CEO of Infinity Algorithms, the first company created specifically to exploit the SAFE Network commercially. We talk about Daniel’s remarkable background and fully break down (simply) the first project of Infinity Algorithms, SafeX, the technology which will allow truly decentralized commerce with the launch of the SAFE Network.
This is exciting stuff, folks. Don’t miss it!
If you ge...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #220 The Blockchain Is Everything
June 9th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine On Todays Show
- Adam talks about his concept of "Idealists and Entrepeneurs" and presents two selections from the recent Exponential Finance Conference
- CNBC's Bob Pisani shares his enthusiasm for the Blockchain
- Blythe Masters, formerly of JP MorganChase shares her perspective on the Blockchain and its potential.
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EB82 – Mike Hearn - Blocksize Debate at the Breaking Point
June 8th, 2015 by Epicenter Whether the block size should be increased to 20MB has created more controversy than any other question in Bitcoin's recent history. For some, it is an urgent and necessary step in Bitcoin's evolution. Their view is that leaving the block size at 1MB would be irresponsible inaction with potentially catastrophic consequences. Others see increasing the block size as unnecessary and a dangerous first step down a slippery slope towards a more centralized Bitcoin.
We were joined by Mike Hearn,...
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Bitcoins and Gravy #70 Bitsapphire & the Moonstone Wallet!
June 7th, 2015 by
John Barrett On Today's show I am privileged to be speaking with Taulant Ramabaja, the CEO of Bitsapphire. Bitsapphire aims to change the face of how society works through the development of Distributed Autonomous Corporations (DAC's) and applications which utilize this revolutionary technology. We also talk about the Moonstone Wallet - a free crypto wallet that allows transfers and trades among Bitcoin, BitAssets (like bitUSD and bitGOLD), User-Issued Assets (UIA), and other tokens without the need to go th...
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