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Last October, I wrote an article about "Why Bitcoin Is Perfect for Libya." Nothing has changed since then. My country doesn't offer much support when it comes to online payments. We don't have Paypal (legally at least) and getting credit cards is hard, banking Is nightmare, etc.

Now I found a better option for shopping online with bitcoin.

Earlier this month, one of the most anticipated Bitcoin services was released.

Openbazaar is a decentralized marketplace where anyone can open their own shop and sell anything for Bitcoin, without middlemen or fees.

I'm Ahmad Al-Hemmally, known on the Internet as @ahmadmanga. Bitcoiner and hobbyist game developer. I always look for ways to earn bitcoin, and since I became temporarily unable to use ChangeTip, I started playing with bitcoin faucets.

Faucets

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A couple days ago, I watched a video of Amir Taaki rise to the top of the Bitcoin subreddit. Many people said they missed the kind of spirit that Taaki brought to the table, along with others like him. Whether we like to admit it or not, we think Bitcoin is going through an identity crisis.

This week, Tatiana and Josh welcome John Light. John is a co-founder of Bitseed, author of Bitcoin: Be Your Own Bank, writer at the okTurtles Foundation, and advisor to cryptocurrency startups and investors. We discuss his projects, IP, and the importance of securing the network.

In the first half hour, we talk with Jonathan Rumion and Dustin Trammell about Bitcoin Classic.
Dustin is thought to be the second person to use the Bitcoin network, and he finishes out the last 30 minutes of the show solo, discussing an upcoming event in Austin called bodyhacking.

The Crypto Show goes on air during one of three Austin Bitcoin meetups, providing access to several interesting people in Bitcoin.

Later, Jeff Berwick joins the show, followed by Nathan Freeman, Adam Kokesh, and Anam Paiseanta, all of whom will be speaking or presenting at the upcoming Anarchapulco conference on February 17–22.

Alex Van de Sande is the lead designer for the Ethereum Foundation and Eth Dev. Originally working on the Mist browser, Alex more recently has been focused on developing the Ethereum wallet. The exercise tutorials he published on the official Ethereum Blog were a blast to work through, and examining them makes up much of the content of this episode.

After reading Mike Hearn's farewell letter to the community, I've decided to finally draft my thoughts on the block size debate, but first a few things about Mike.

The team at Dream Bitcoin Foundation (DBF) is grateful to everyone who donated to the Dream Bitcoin Holiday Fund. In the month of December 2015, the DBF team set out to feed the poor and homeless during the holidays. We set up a fund to receive donations for our planned project. We are happy to inform the community that we received quite a number of donations, which we used to distribute food in Kumasi.

Joining me today is Stephen Tual, a one-time member of the Ethereum team and one of the founders of Slock.it, a project that aims to be Ethereum’s bridge to the Internet of Things. Their Devcon 1 presentation was lauded as one of the most stark illustrations of the power of Ethereum.