From the Front Page - Bitcoin Magazine Podcast
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Bitcoin Audible - The Human Rights Foundation Funds Bitcoin Privacy Development [Aaron Van Wirdum]
June 10th, 2020 by
BTCMedia Another great piece by Aaron Van Wirdum made available at BitcoinMagazine.com, today it was announced that the Human Rights Foundation, a great force for liberty and privacy across the globe, has turned its focus toward directly funding Bitcoin privacy projects thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. Starting with funding an implementation of an awesome privacy development called coinswap, and with another grant soon to be announced, the future of Bitcoin privacy is yet again, just a little bit brighter! Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Read - The King of Blockchains, How Bitcoin Can Become the Foundation of Web 3.0
April 22nd, 2020 by BTCMedia "As the crypto industry makes progress toward Web 3.0, we’ll come to realize that it’s hard to beat the security and network effects of Bitcoin." - Muneeb Ali Another great article from Bitcoin Magazine, this one by the founder of Blockstack, Muneeb Ali, on the superior security and foundation that Bitcoin can provide to Web 3.0. How its perceived "limitations," may be what makes it the best foundation we could have. It also sparks a long Guy's Rant on the value of on-chain vs off-chain contracts, the doubts on the "tokenization of everything," & why smart contracts are only as good as the token they contract in (not the other way round). Read More -
Bitcoin & Co. - Andreas M. Antonopoulos: Bitcoin Removes Power From the Few and Gives It to the Many
April 30th, 2020 by BTCMedia Today's guest is one of my favourite people in the space Andreas M. Antonopoulos. We are going to talk about the adoption of Bitcoin, censorship and fake news, the use of Bitcoin in Zimbabwe, corporate and nation state digital currencies, why he does not believe in Austrian economics, why the so-called "left" does not embrace Bitcoin and more. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Read - What is Happening to Money
April 3rd, 2020 by BTCMedia “In the wake of the enormous money tsunami unleashed onto economies and societies, people have begun (rightfully) to start asking the question: What has become of money? Is money even worth anything any longer?” - Pascal Read More -
Amir Taaki on What Drives Bitcoin's Dissident Narrative
March 16th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Taaki, who after years spent working with the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and helping build their society, is now contributing to multiple cryptocurrency and privacy projects not yet revealed to the public. Read More -
Lebanon's Financial Crisis & Bitcoin (Part 1): A Central Bank Ponzi Scheme
January 27th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this two-part series, Dave Hollerith interviews members of Lebanon's diaspora migrant population to understand the country's current financial crisis and why Bitcoin is both an important asset for mitigating the risks of a financial crisis as well as how it could play a roll in helping those who live in Lebanon today. In part one, Mike Azar, a financial consultant and lecturer, explains how the Lebanese financial crisis started and what it could mean for the countries future. Read More -
Being John McAfee
July 3rd, 2019 by
DSholla On today's episode, Dave and Grahm chat with the one and only John McAfee, currently living in exile in Cuba. They talk about freedom, Bitcoin, McAfee's 2020 Presidential run, the McAfee movie starring Michael Keaton, death threats and more! Read More -
The Bitcoin Magazine Podcast feat. Jameson Lopp
April 15th, 2019 by DSholla **It's very, very easy to go from being a low profile, your average person who's just going about their life, to becoming a very high profile person who might get targeted by various bad actors. - Jameson Lopp** Welcome to The Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, the source for all the news, commentary and thought leadership driving the financial revolution that is Bitcoin. In today's episode, hosts Dave and Grahm get you caught up on the SEC, China's proposed ban on crypto mining, the QuadrigaCX... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Read - Explained; 0% interest, Limitless Repo, QE4
March 26th, 2020 by BTCMedia "The Federal Reserve’s market operations are ramping up by the day, and it’s using more tools simultaneously to “fix” markets than ever before. So what are these tools and how is the Fed using them?" - Colin Harper Wondering what is happening in the hurricane that is finance and finding it difficult to piece together all of the puzzle. You aren't alone. Colin Harper has a great new addition to Bitcoin Magazine to help make sense of all the jargon of Repo markets, interest rates, zero reserve, QE4 to infinity, and the rest. Don't miss it! Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Mr. Pseu on Getting A Bitcoin Education
January 20th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, we talk with A Boy Named Pseu (Phil Gibson). He is a libertarian writer and podcaster whose journey in understanding Bitcoin is more recent and rooted by a longterm interest in Austrian economics and agorism. Pseu recently wrote a Medium post, "Bitcoin Is Dead." In it, he argues why Bitcoin's growth stands out as uniquely different from how it has been portrayed by mainstream media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal. Read More -
Bullish on Bitcoin | Bearish on Trade Relations feat. Jeffrey Tucker
May 28th, 2019 by DSholla **"It's extremely terrifying because it will absolutely impoverish us, it really well, if [Trump] gets his full agenda through, it's going to be a catastrophe. We've not seen anything remotely like this since 1930." - Jeffrey Tucker** Dave and Grahm are back with news and price narratives around 2019’s top performing financial asset. This episode's stories include mainstream media's Bitcoin FOMO, the real story of Laszlo Hanyecz — the guy behind Bitcoin’s pizza day, Dutch authoriti... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Yassine Elmandjra on Whether Bitcoin Should Correlate
March 9th, 2020 by BTCMedia What is Bitcoin? This question is constantly posed to us at Bitcoin Magazine. The truth is that the answer varies depending on who you ask. With the recent economic shock from the global spread of COVID19, now feels like the right time to revisit it. In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Yassine Elmandjra, crypto analyst at Ark Invest about whether or not Bitcoin does and should correlate to the stock market and global economy more broadly. Read More -
A Conversation with Joel Comm and Gary Leland at Bitcoin 2019
July 12th, 2019 by DSholla In this episode, recorded at the Bitcoin2019 Conference, Dave and Grahm are joined by Joel Comm of the Bad Crypto Podcast and Gary Leland of Crypto Cousins to discuss everything from Bitcoin, podcasting, regulations, Facebook's Libra and even a little about the great scooter debate. Enjoy! Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Read - Bitcoin, Fungibility & the Limits of Privacy
March 19th, 2020 by BTCMedia An article from Bitcoin Magazine diving into the difficult and often onerous regulations around money transmission and both the potential consequences for the entire industry, and the dangers it presents for individual privacy. An excellent op-ed from Sasha Hodder, and Rafael Yakobi. Read More -
The Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Quantum Narratives with Dan Held
May 20th, 2019 by DSholla **"Look, I believe in freedom. That's the core root of everything that I believe in, whether that be social freedom, or monetary freedom. And I think Bitcoin is our best shot at enabling both." - Dan Held** Dave and Grahm are back with the latest on news and narratives in the Bitcoin community. News includes Bitcoin's recent price spike, Blockstream's Liquid Securities launch, Microsoft's plan to build on the Bitcoin blockchain, CFTC's crypto whistleblowing rewards and how mainstream reta... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Brian Merchant on The Darknet's Fake Murder-For-Hire Marketplace
March 2nd, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, Dave Hollerith interviews journalist and author, Brian Merchant, on a recent story he wrote about a darknet website that offers murder-for-hire services. Part hoax and part reality, Merchant's investigation into this scam marketplace led him into a world of white hat hackers, fake hitmen, murderous spouses and real-world victims. Read More -
Proof of Wrongs: Debunking Faketoshi feat. Jameson Lopp
June 3rd, 2019 by DSholla In today's episode, Dave and Grahm sit down with Jameson Lopp to discuss his recent Op-Ed "How Many Wrongs Make a Wright", a comprehensive investigation into Craig Wright and his questionable claims of being Satoshi Nakamoto — the creator of Bitcoin. **Interview Resources:** [Op Ed:How Many Wrongs Make A Wright?](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-how-many-wrongs-make-wright/) [Lopp and Craig Wright Meeting in 2015](https://twitter.com/lopp/status/883331069617078272) **... Read More -
FATF Guidelines and What They Get Wrong About Bitcoin feat. Simon Lelieveldt
July 5th, 2019 by DSholla In this episode, Dave discusses the new Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines with Amsterdam-based regulatory consultant Simon Lelieveldt, who argues that these guidelines have gone way too far and are disproportionate, technically unsound and uneconomic. At the crux of this topic is the difference between how Facebook's Libra will accept regulation versus advocacy for online privacy by many in the Bitcoin community. **Resources:** **News:** [Despite Industry Pushback, G20 M... Read More -
The Bitcoin Magazine Podcast feat. Kyle Torpey
May 14th, 2019 by DSholla Welcome back to The Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, your source for all the news, commentary and analysis driving the financial revolution that is Bitcoin. In today's episode, hosts Dave and Grahm get you caught up on Fidelity and E-Trade's plan to launch crypto trading platforms, the growing number of CoinJoin transactions, the Binance hack and the latest on Bitfinex. After that, they're joined by longtime Bitcoin writer Kyle Torpey to discuss some of his recent articles and what the heck is g... Read More -
Weekly Bits #19: Quarantined
March 18th, 2020 by BTCMedia We're all quarantined! But don't worry, we're still bringing you the content you need in these critical (often boring) times. Sit back, relax, and enjoy our first quarantine episode. Colin Harper fills in for Peter Chawaga and is joined by Flip -- computer mastermind behind all things dot com over at Bitcoin Magazine. They discuss being quarantined, prepping, coin-mixing, the value of gold and other precious metals, and even their favorite quarantine recipes. Enjoy! Read More
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