From the Front Page - Let's Talk Bitcoin!
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #423 Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the Conquistadors
January 19th, 2020 by
adam In today's episode, we apply concepts and stories from "The Spider and the Starfish: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations", a formational book on pre-blockchain decentralization written in the early 2000s, as the centralized US military struggled to effectively dispatch a much smaller decentralized force in Afghanistan.
While the battlefield is different, the insight is perhaps even more relevant to the world of blockchain projects, their decentralized origins, and ambitions.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #422 ‘The Internet Was Illegal’ and Other Early Stories With Zooko Wilcox
January 12th, 2020 by adam #On Today's Show: In this wide-ranging conversation, CoinDesk Reporter Leigh Cuen and early cypherpunk Zooko Wilcox discuss what crypto can learn from technology successes and failures in the '80s and '90s, and how in the future your personal AI will be a lot like lawyers today. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #421 Stone Money and Echoes of the Past
December 15th, 2019 by adam ##On Today's Show... We're listening to echoes of the past. In the midst of the biggest bubble yet, finding ourselves in the "then they laugh at you" phase, and with the china narrative rising for the first time as trade volumes overtook the rest of the world, I was joined by Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos in early 2014 for a conversation that is very different, yet somehow the same as we reacted in real time to all-time high prices of $220, But first, In the nearly seven years since we started talking Bitcoin, my favorite segment from my favorite writer is without question, the island of stone bitcoins by then-LTB managing editor George Ettinger. Bitingly funny and still one of the easiest ways to accurately explain how blockchains and tokens work without the need for technology at all, even if you know this story you'll learn a thing or two, at least I did. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #420 How Can Public Blockchains Have Real Privacy?
December 8th, 2019 by adam On today's show, we discuss the idea of true privacy on public, transparent blockchains and some of the ways it's working (or not) in Bitcoin or related projects right now.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #419 Altcoins and Ancient History with Charlie Lee
December 1st, 2019 by adam On this week's episode….
Read MoreThe hosts are talking network effects, ad-hoc audits and more with early Bitcoin developer and Litecoin creator Charlie Lee.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #418 Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money
November 24th, 2019 by adam On today's episode, we hear from Eric Weinstein on the realities of modern times, and the hosts of Let's Talk Bitcoin! discuss upcoming scaling proposal "Statechains" with innovator Ruben Somsen.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #417 Adoption and Mimicry on the Blockchain
November 17th, 2019 by adam On today's episode of **Let's Talk Bitcoin!**, we’re jumping back into the deep end with a wide-ranging conversation on Mass Adoption, Cargo Cults, Synthetic Shorts and more... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show Update
November 3rd, 2019 by adam Adam B. Levine provides a brief update on the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #416 - Why?
October 13th, 2019 by adam *“It just keeps getting kicked up to the next level and at some point it'll be the dollar. That's the last thing that got us out of the last emergency and then people will finally realize they got nothing left.” **[Dr. Robert Murphy, LTB#416](https://anchor.fm/letstalkbitcoin/episodes/LTB416-Why-e7j28g)*** ###On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan are joined by [Dr. Robert Murphy]() for an in-depth conversation about reserve currency transitions, statistics, economics, and why things are the way they are. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #415 A Domino Effect
October 6th, 2019 by adam ###On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Adam B. Levine sits down with William K. Santiago to discuss Blockchains, Reserve Assets, Regional Central Banks and more. Read More -
LTB #414 Let's Talk Bitcoin! Live Q&A
September 29th, 2019 by adam _...the panopticon works both ways. If you surveil people, they can surveil you back. Blockchains give you a really important thing, which is immutability. So, for example, the next set of leaks of Panama papers, what you do is you embed them in the blockchain so they cannot be erased from history. - **Andreas M. Antonopoulos, LTB #414**_ ###On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, and Adam B. Levine are back with part two of our recent live show recorded at BTC2019 in front of a studio audience. This time, we've got nearly an hour of audience Q&A. Enjoy the show! Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #413 Origin Stories and Earned Experience
September 22nd, 2019 by adam ###On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! We'll meet Jason, Chris, and Nicholas, all relatively new bitcoin users for a look at the value proposition and paths in for more recent converts. After the break, Edge.app's Paul Puey and I sit down to discuss what's changed with time in Cryptocurrency, what we've learned or at least think we have... Read More -
LTB #412 Let's Talk Bitcoin Live!
September 15th, 2019 by adam ###On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! On today's episode, we're jumping into a mostly un-edited live show, which we recorded on-stage in Aurora Colorado, during the Blockchain Training Conference a few weeks ago... After the break, we go boldly towards a conversation about the intersection, if there is one, of cryptocurrency and star trek money with an on-stage conversation between Jonathan Mohan and Davi Barker, moderated by Stephanie Murphy. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #411 Grow to Fit
September 8th, 2019 by adam ###On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! We recently returned from the Blockchain Training Conference, where aside from teaching classes and doing a couple of live shows, we set up a Let's Talk Bitcoin! Recording Booth! Over three days, we interviewed about a dozen people, some new to Cryptocurrency and some who have been around longer in a hunt for "What's Interesting" to those newer users and "What's Changed" for those who have been around for multiple cycles. Segment 1: Trixie - Newer User Segment 2: Jameson Lopp - Long Time Bitcoin Developer - Casa CTO Segment 3: Darrin - Long Time Bitcoin Miner Segment 4: Davi Barker - Long Time Bitcoin User - Bitcoins Not Bombs & Pirates Without Borders Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #410 Before the Flood
September 1st, 2019 by adam Hey folks, Adam B. Levine here, just returned from the Blockchain Training Conference in Aurora Colorado. For the first time since spring of last year, the other hosts and I found ourselves face to face for three days of classes, shows, and interviews which we'll be sharing with you over the month of September as segments on the LTB show or as bonus content on the new, free subscriber feed at [LTBshow.com](http://ltbshow.com) You can expect the flood to start with the release of next weeks episode, But today, I've just got a taste for you as I sit down live, and in-person with Jonathan Mohan to discuss our experience... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #409 Another Perspective on India
August 25th, 2019 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan are joined by [Vignesh Sundaresan](https://twitter.com/vigsun) for a more local perspective on the realities in India and the recently proposed Indian Cryptocurrency Ban. This is a follow-up episode to our [India's Catch-22 segment from LTB#407](https://anchor.fm/letstalkbitcoin/episodes/LTB-407-Indias-Catch-22--How-to-Work-With-Money-when-Money-Doesnt-Work-e4t9e6) Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #408 Bitcoin Game Theory for Countries
August 18th, 2019 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for a discussion on China, and recent signs of official sentiments thawing towards Bitcoin. We talk incentives, possible end-games, and coffee. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #407 India's Catch-22 & How to Work With Money when Money Doesn't Work
August 11th, 2019 by adam [](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-bitcoin/id1463398832?uo=4) *[Subscribe to Let's Talk Bitcoin!'s new podcast feed for early releases & bonus episodes](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-bitcoin/id1463398832?uo=4)* ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a first-look at a particularly draconian law that's been proposed in India. Later, HRF.org director Alex Gladstein joins Adam B. Levine for the latest in the Global Voices series. This week we're talking practical applications in Venezuela with returning guest Alejandro Machado. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #406 Hyperinflation, Official, and HODL Currencies (or,
August 4th, 2019 by adam *"If ever those two facts diverge, where the agreement is still that it's a reserve currency but the market truth is that it's no longer a good HODL currency... If those diverge... it doesn't matter if you keep calling it a reserve currency, people aren't willing to HODL it. **Andreas Antonopoulos - LTB E406*** ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!... One of the early stories we discussed, at great length, was the sort of long-term play that Bitcoin and related technologies are making as unstoppable competition for global, regional and national currencies. On today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!, we'll join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, and Jonathan Mohan for an in-depth discussion on Hyperinflation, Reserve Currencies, Incentives, Bitcoin, and more... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #405 It's All Bitcoin
July 28th, 2019 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!... Adam B. Levine and LTB Global Voices segment host Alex Gladstein are talking Bitcoin in the Philippines with Luis Buenaventura. Later, having now heard perspectives from bitcoin users in [Iran](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-400-the-tools-and-the-work), [India](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-404-crypto-plastic-bitcoins-90-10-in-india), [Shanghai](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-403-efficiency-and-timing), [Nigeria](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-401-the-tools-and-the-work-part-2), the Philippines and with Venezuela still to air Adam and Alex take a measured look back at the interview series so far. Read More
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