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LTB E202 - Understanding Monero
April 7th, 2015 by
Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
- Matthew Zipkin dives in head first with Riccardo, one of the developers behind Monero, a privacy focused non-bitcoin derived blockchain based cryptocurrency.
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EB73 – Dan O’Prey & Daniel Feichtinger: Hyperledger Decentralised Ledger Platform
April 6th, 2015 by
Epicenter The cryptocurrency ecosystem is increasingly divided into different camps. There are those betting and working on the eventual mainstream success of Bitcoin. And there are those who take elements of Bitcoin’s technology and repurpose them to improve existing systems.
Hyperledger is one of the projects firmly in the latter camp. They are envisioning a world where innumerable interoperable ledgers are operated by different parties. Hyperledger is their tool for the creation and managemen...
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EP #62: The Texas Bitcoin Conference!
April 5th, 2015 by
John Barrett On today's show I travel to Austin, Texas for the 2nd annual Texas Bitcoins Conference! Friends I had the time of my life and despite a bit of audio tech difficulty on my part, the conference was a massively huge success! Please forgive me listeners as some of the audio is BELOW the normal quality of my show.
Much thanks to Paul and Linda Snow for going waaaaaay beyond the call of duty in putting this conference together. The venue was perfect, the speakers were brilliant and it was really...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin #201 Tips, Tokens and a Lawyer
April 4th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
- Adam interviews Chris Ellis on his project ProTip, a browser bitcoin wallet that automates your tipping. Th...
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SovereignBTC #59 Micah Winkelspecht of Gem and Stephen Macaskill of Amagi Metals
April 2nd, 2015 by
SovereignBTC In this episode of SovereignBTC, John Bush brings you two interviews with to moving and shaking CEOs in the Bitcoin space, Micah Winkelspecht of Gem and Stephen Macaskill of Amagi Metals.
Micah shares with listeners a big announcement about Gem, a cutting edge platform and multi-signature wallet to help developers build secure and easy to use bitcoin applications. Micah and John talk about the company, why Micah saw a need for Gem, and what lies ahea...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin #200 Understanding OpenBazaar
March 31st, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
- Adam and Stephanie catch up and dig in with Brian Hoffman and Washington Sanchez, two of the founding members of the OpenBazaar Distributed, D...
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EB72 – Siân Jones - Cryptocurrency Regulation Update: Uk, Isle Of Man, California, Bitlicense
March 30th, 2015 by Epicenter When one is busy driving a technological and societal revolution forward, complying with complicated regulatory requirements is rarely a top priority. Yet, the reality is that at this stage the often ambigious and rapidly evolving regulatory landscape can have an outsized impact on the fate of cryptocurrency startups and on the adoption/integration into existing systems.
Epicenter Bitcoin Regulatory Correspondent and founder of COINsult Siân Jones joined us for an update on the state of ...
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Bitcoins and Gravy EP #61 = EP #36 revisited! Airbitz & Open Bazaar
March 29th, 2015 by John Barrett On today’s show, due to a serious lack of time, I ask my listeners to forgive me for repeating a past show. I’ll be at the Texas Bitcoin Conference in Austin this weekend and will be back next week with a slammin show that is sure to make you stand up and shout Yee Haa!!!!
Original Episode: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoins-and-gravy-episode-36-airbitzco-openbazaarorg
On today's show I travel to San Diego to speak with Paul Puey, the CEO and co-founder of Airbit...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin #199 - Honor/Privilege/Duty
March 28th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
- Adam, Stephanie and Andreas discuss recent compromises at Coinapult and Evolution Market. The lessons to be learne...
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The Bitcoin Game #13 - Rivetz and Trusted Computing with Steven Sprague
March 26th, 2015 by
Rob Welcome to episode 13 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.
For today’s episode I spoke with Steven Sprague, an expert in an under-utilized technology called the Trusted Execution Environment that exists in many of our devices. Steven leveraged his extensive knowledge in this field to launch Rivetz, a company dedicated to bringing personal security to Bitcoin transactions, and more. The capabilities of this technology give me hope that there will soon be a migration past the current brok...
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SovereignBTC #58 Connie Gallipi on Bitcoin as a Force for Good
March 25th, 2015 by SovereignBTC In this episode of SovereignBTC, John Bush does an in-depth interview with Connie Gallipi of the BitGive Foundation. Connie and John discuss BitGive's previous project and focus much of their discussion on their recent action to build a well in an impoverished African community at an all girls school. They talk about bitcoin as a tool to empower non-profits and philanthropists and how crypto-currency bypasses middle-men and gatekeepers and allows those looking t...
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P2P Connects Us Episode 15 - Scott Santens
March 25th, 2015 by
John Light On today's episode we're going to be talking about Uber's legal troubles in Europe and Asia, Uber and Lyft drivers facing recategorization in the U.S., the Evolution exit scam, AB-1326 update, and last, but certainly not least, Greg Slepak and Scott Santen join the show to talk about basic income. Petition to save bitcoin businesses in California [<-- click here and sign] The okTurtles Foundation - developers of DNSChain, BlockchainID, and the okTurtles browser extension Bitseed - ded... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #198 Filling the Gaps
March 24th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
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Adam speaks with Grant and Mark of Billpayforcoins.com
- Adam gets an update with Anthony Di Iorio about his many [...
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EB71 – Lisa Cheng - Token Sales And Crowdfunding In The Cryptocurrency Space
March 23rd, 2015 by Epicenter Creating a new token and selling it to fund the development of software has become a preferred way of fundraising for cryptocurrency entrepreneurs. It’s a tempting tool, allowing startups to avoid traditional investors, build a community and allow anyone anywhere to own a stake in the project. For participants, there is the promise of big financial upside and being part of novel undertakings.
Lisa Cheng, whose consulting firm Vanbex has accompanied many crowdsales, joined us for a discu...
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Bitcoins and Gravy EP 60: Texas Bitcoin Conference THIS weekend!
March 22nd, 2015 by John Barrett In the first half of today's show I am thrilled to be speaking with Paul Snow, the Chairman of the Texas Bitcoin conference which is coming up in less than one week, March 27th through 29th. Of course there is still time to register for the conference by going to TexasBitcoinConference.com. Make sure to use the Bitcoins and Gravy discount code which is easy to remember because it is: BitcoinsAndGravy, not to be confused with Biscuits and gravy, wink, wink. ...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #197 Smart Contracts and Automating Insurance
March 21st, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
Andreas and Adam speak with Joshua Davis of the Dynamis Peer to Peer Insurance project.
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SovereignBTC #57 Dr. Robert Murphy on Austrian Economics, Bitcoin, and Silk Road
March 18th, 2015 by SovereignBTC In this episode of SovereignBTC, John Bush has a lengthy discussion with Dr. Robert Muprhy about Austrian Economics as it relates to bitcoin, the liberty movement vs. the bitcoin community, and his view on the Silk Road.
LINKS MENTIONED IN SHOW
http://understandingbitcoin.us/
http://mises.org/library/chaos-theory
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The Story of Chero from Sierra Leone: Interview with dmnyc, Part 2
March 18th, 2015 by
Cheryl Hulseapple In part one, I interviewed Daniel Modell (dmnyc) about the ChangeCup project he started, using ChangeTip and Bitcoin to buy coffee and food for the homeless during the cold winter in NYC.
When I asked him whether he had anything else he wanted to share during the interview, he said he has been corresponding with a young man named Chero.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #196 Distortions towards Privacy
March 17th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine *Subscribe to the LTBn All Podcasts feedor the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed and never miss an episode again.
On Todays Show
Matthew interviews Evan of the DarkCoin project for an in-depth look at how one community has attacked and perhaps solved many of the privacy concerns that are a part of Bitcoin.
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EB70 – Chainalysis, Surveillance And The Path To Mass Panic
March 16th, 2015 by Epicenter When spinning up a few hundred data-gathering Bitcoin nodes prevented some breadwallet users from transmitting bitcoin transaction, a minor panic quickly erupted about the Bitcoin compliance startup Chainalysis and their supposed sybil attack on the Bitcoin network.
Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager joined us for a discussion of what happened and what role transaction monitoring will play in the future. We dove deep into the tension between the desires for user privacy and the requirements...
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