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The Ether Review #75 — Streamr, Completing the Data Services Trifecta
October 11th, 2017 by
Arthur S. Falls Current solutions for decentralized data processing like Golem or Truebit provide part of a data services solution. Storj, Filecoin, Sia, and others offer storage solutions.
Streamer tokenizes the value in streams of Data. Using the same interface for both data delivery and payment, Streamr hopes to create a two sided market for data. This rounds out the basic data services portfolio, operating synergistically with existing projects.
CEO Henri Pihkala and COO Risto Karjalainen explain.
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#204 Ben Bollen & Jason Goldberg: Simple Token - Bringing Tokens to Mainstream Consumer Applications
October 11th, 2017 by
Epicenter Simple Token CEO Jason Goldberg and Chief Technology Strategist Ben Bollen joined us to discuss Simple Token and bridging mainstream consumer applications with cryptocurrencies.
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The Ether Review #74 —An Emerging Capital Market
October 9th, 2017 by Arthur S. Falls Element Group is a full service investment bank for the crypto-token markets.
Stan Miroshnik has a background in traditional finance. After watching the crypto-markets form, Stan and his colleagues began working to understand these new markets and build a traditional finance business to serve the space.
We discuss the maturity of the companies using the token launch fundraising mechanism, and those investing in the tokens. Stan sees an emerging market with strong similarities to traditiona...
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Bitcoins & Gravy EP #97.1 Christopher Columbus Exposed!
October 9th, 2017 by
John Barrett In this episode, to celebrate Columbus Day in grand fashion, I reveal the true Christopher Columbus - the world famous mariner, explorer, Murderer, Rapist and Slave master. We’ll dig a bit deeper than our public school history books ever did, in order to find out the truth about how the Spanish explorers were some of the true early terrorists in the Americas.
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The Crypto Show: Paul Snow Bitcoin Drama x 63,000,000 & The 3rd Annual Texas Bitcoin Conference
October 8th, 2017 by
TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Chief Architect at Factom, Inc., and CEO of the Factom Foundation Paul Snow joins us to discuss the 3rd Annual Texas Bitcoin Conference, recent developments at Factom, ICOs and coins, and the ongoing "Bitcoin Drama," as well as the Austin Bitcoin meetup. Great show!
http://TexasBitcoinConference.com coupon code: crypto
Sponsored by: Dash, CryptoCompare and [Defense Distributed](http://defdist.or...
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The Bitcoin Game #50: Jeremy Allaire
October 6th, 2017 by
Rob Hello, welcome to episode 50 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode also marks three years since I started this podcast.
Back in 2013, when I was first getting into Bitcoin, Jeremy Allaire's interest in the space was a big validation of Bitcoin's importance as a disruptive technology. So I was pretty excited when Brian Cohen introduced me to Jeremy to arrange this interview. In today's podcast, you'll hear Jeremy talk about his early days exploring the Internet, then building c...
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Bitcoins & Gravy EP #97: Distributed Health 2017
October 4th, 2017 by John Barrett On today's show I head over to the second annual Distributed Health conference held at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center right here in beautiful Nashville Tennessee. We had speakers and attendees joining us from all over the world who shared with us information about their projects and insights about what the future holds for Blockchain tech in Healthcare.
Great talks from brilliant minds, great panels and a wonderful mix of attendees from all over the world. Needless to say I had a blast! ...
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The Crypto Show: Rolf Versluis Of ZenCash & Jose Rodriguez Of Bitso
October 4th, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," we interview Zen Cash's head of business operations Rolf Versluis about Zen Cash, a relatively new cryptocurrency that has a lot of potential thanks to its unique combination of features. We also talk about their very generous donation to the relief efforts in Mexico City after the major earthquake there.
In the second hour, we interview Jose Rodriguez of Bitso, the largest Bitcoin exchange in Mexico and one of the largest in Latin America. We talk ...
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#203 Fredrik Voss: Nasdaq - How Blockchain Technologies Will Transform Capital Markets
October 4th, 2017 by Epicenter Fredrik Voss, VP of Blockchain Innovation at Nasdaq, joins us to discuss how Nasdaq is leveraging blockchain technologies to propel itself into the future. Having invested in Chain and Stratumn, Nasdaq is taking a very hands-on approach, building products which it integrates into the various software solutions they sell.
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The Ether Review #73 — Kik, Establishing a Micro-economy
October 3rd, 2017 by Arthur S. Falls Today we hear from Ted Livingston, who founded Kik interactive in 2009 to address the problem of chat between blackberry, android and iPhone. Since then their chat app, Kik, has exploded in popularity, experiencing use by up to 40% of US teenagers.
In 2015 Tencent, the builder of Chinese chat giant Wechat, purchased a 5% stake in the company at a Billion dollar valuation. A move that some are saying has anointed Kik as the Wechat of the west. It’s interesting to see the youth focus with One...
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The Crypto Show: Cody Wilson Releases The 1911 On The Eve Of The Las Vegas Shooting
October 2nd, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On the eve of the terrible Las Vegas shooting gun control is sure to be a hot topic in the coming days and weeks. The timing of this episode is certainly strange. On this episode of "The Crypto Show," Danny returns to the studio to interview our returning guest, Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed. Before our discussion with Cody, Danny talks about his trip tomorrow to Houston to be a part of Max Keiser's and Steve Baldwin's reality TV show called "The Great American Pilgrimage," funded by Dash,...
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The Crypto Show: Scrooge McAltcoin + Danny's Update On The London Dash Conference
September 29th, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On the latest episode of "The Crypto Show," Danny joins us from London after attending the Dash and Blockchain Conference. He informs of his experiences and personal encounters at that conference, as well as at the Nexus Conference which he attended earlier in Aspen, Colorado. We then discuss his upcoming relief trip to Mexico, as well as the prospect for using crypto for remittance payments. Daniel Krawisz, a.k.a., Scrooge McAltcoin, who is an upcoming speaker at the Texas Bitcoin conference, j...
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The Ether Review #72 — Nick Dodson and Governx
September 27th, 2017 by Arthur S. Falls Between re-constructing TheDAO and building his own governance platform Governx (once Boardroom), ConsenSys developer Nick Dodson is building a portfolio of powerful Ethereum based tools.
Disappointingly, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance instantiation of Governex is not up for discussion. However, we do dig into the abstract structure of governance tools, data-driven design, the flaws of The DAO, and what can be salvaged from that project.
Ares DAO is a joint project between Nick and shado...
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SAFE Crossroads #37, SAFE Network Alpha 2, with Mobile
September 26th, 2017 by
John Ferguson Nick Lambert joins us with to talk about the new Alpha 2 network just released by MaidSafe, as well as other aspects of the network development and what differentiates what MaidSafe is developing from all other existing projects.
Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
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New MaidSafe website -- with links for Alpha 2 info. This really merits a visit for all, ...
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#202 Ari Paul: BlockTower Capital and the Cryptocurrency Opportunity
September 26th, 2017 by Epicenter Ari Paul, CIO of cryptocurrency hedge fund BlockTower Capital, joined us to discuss the cryptocurrency investment opportunity and how cryptocurrencies are on the cusp of becoming a recognized asset class.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #345 - Animals Spirits and Bitcoin Smart Contracts
September 24th, 2017 by
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The Crypto Show: Nathan Woznak, Adrianna Mendez & Marina Reznik Of Ubitquity Plus The Frost Of DD
September 21st, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Justin and Stacey Frost of Defense Distributed join us in studio to talk with Nathan Woznak, Marina, and Adrianna of Ubitquity. We discuss the legacy real estate system, its mechanics, and its problems, title record-keeping, and how Ubitquity can revolutionize title transactions and records. Danny also joined us for a segment to relate the latest stuff that he's doing on the road.
Sponsored by: Dash, [CryptoCompare](http://pcry...
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#201 Matt Kerner: Microsoft's Coco Framework - The Holy Grail for Enterprise
September 20th, 2017 by Epicenter Matt Kerner, Partner GM for Blockchains at Azure, joins us to discuss Coco Framework. Coco is an open-source system which promises to enable high scalability and offer confidentiality for enterprise blockchain consortiums. This novel framework leverages Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) to deliver blockchain networks with throughput comparable to database speeds.
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The Crypto Show: Decent.Bet Rev Nissan & Jedidiah Taylor
September 17th, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Jedidiah Taylor and Rev Nissan from Decent.bet join us to talk about their online decentralized gaming and gambling platform, its upcoming structured ICO, and the near-term alpha rollout. They also discuss the roadmap for future games to be added to the platform. They explain the charity and profit-sharing nature of the platform, the inspiration for the platform, and various other aspects of the whole project. We also wax a little philosophical and anal...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #344 Questionable Values
September 17th, 2017 by Adam B. Levine On Today's Episode
Andreas, Stephanie, Jonathan and Adam discuss...
Bitcoin Cash's Emergency Difficulty Adjustment Mechanism
China & ICOs
Major Brand Utility Token Patient Zero
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