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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #322 Hard Changes
January 29th, 2017 by
adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Recorded on January 12th, 2017 - Andreas, Stephanie and Adam discuss Circle's business model pivot, the cycle of violence occuring on the fringes of opportunity, the release of the first Lightning Network Daemon and the difficulties Segregated Witness has run into on its way to activation. **Links:** [Lightning Network Daemon](github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd) Segregated Witness Activation: [segwit.co](http://segwit.co) Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #321 Around the Loop Again
January 15th, 2017 by adam ##On Todays Show *Recorded on January 5th, 2017* Andreas, Stephanie and Adam discuss the recent bitcoin price swing, what's different this time compared to 2013 and what's still the same? Then the hosts discuss the topic first explained during episode 320 - The Cell Phone Sim Card Hustle. [Kraken's In-Depth Walkthrough of How to Safely Not Use Your Phone](http://blog.kraken.com/post/153209105847/security-advisory-mobile-phones) Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #320 A Dangerous Dependency
January 1st, 2017 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam talks about a recent social engineering attack that's putting cell phone users at risk. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #319 Barnacles of Consensus
December 25th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie, Andreas and Adam are joined by JJ, lead developer of the Bcoin.io javascript library for an in-depth conversation. _Send your favorite Let's Talk Bitcoin! host a holiday tip and message! Details inside_ Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #318 We Didn't Start the Fire
December 11th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... As the year 2017 approaches, we're surrounded by an increasingly disrupted world. Not much of this disruption actually has to do directly with cryptocurrency, and yet these chaotic conditions fundamentally drive Bitcoins path forward in the most profound of ways. In early December, Andreas spoke about the tumultuous times we find ourselves in and how it's changed and continues to change the system we're all part of. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #317 - Questions & Answers
December 4th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... A collection of Audience Questions & Answers from the last few months of Andreas's recent speaking engagements. *Note: No Magic Word today!* Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #316 - Another Way
November 27th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie and Adam sit down with Roger Ver to discuss the similar yet sometimes-suppressed viewpoint of onchain & offchain bitcoin scaling. This is the second half of our hour long conversation ([catch up on part 1 here](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-315-biting-through)) Disclosure: Roger Ver's BitcoinStore.com sponsored Let's Talk Bitcoin! in 2013 *Note: New Let's Talk Bitcoin! episodes will be released on Sundays instead of Saturdays!* Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #315 - Biting Through
November 20th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie and Adam sit down with Roger Ver to discuss the similar yet sometimes-suppressed viewpoint of onchain & offchain bitcoin scaling. Disclosure: Roger Ver's BitcoinStore.com sponsored Let's Talk Bitcoin! in 2013 *Note: New Let's Talk Bitcoin! episodes will be released on Sundays instead of Saturdays!* Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #314 - The Social Impact of Blockchain
November 13th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Three brief talks from the recent New Context Conference (www.dg717.com/ncc/en/) Brief History of Smart Contracts: Elizabeth Stark, Lightning Building a Decentralized Web: Ryan Shea, Blockstack How Blockchains Help Cryptography: Kazue Sako, NEC **Apologies about the audio recording quality - I'm working on getting a better copy** *Note: New Let's Talk Bitcoin! episodes will be released on Sundays instead of Saturdays!* Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #313 - Does It Matter How We Scale?
October 30th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie and Adam continue the conversation about Scaling Bitcoin/Lightning Network/Sidechains. The question is, does it matter how we scale? *Note: New Let's Talk Bitcoin! episodes will be released on Sundays instead of Saturdays!* Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #312 The Buffet of Possibilities
October 23rd, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas and Adam discuss the ongoing Antonopoulos World Tour, then dig into the Scaling Bitcoin/Lightning Network / Sidechains conversation from [episode 309 with John Ratcliff and Stephanie Murphy](/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-309-risk-intolerance-and-scaling-bitcoin-with-core). Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #311 Anti-Fragility and Evolving Expectations
October 15th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas and Adam discuss the recent batch of Ethereum network attacks, then Stephanie joins Adam in the aftermath of the recent [episode with John Ratcliff](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-309-risk-intolerance-and-scaling-bitcoin-with-core) to discuss how the experiance so far and how our expectations have changed over time. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #310 - Proof of Work and the Monument of Immutability
October 2nd, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas recently spoke to the Silicon Valley Bitcoin Meetup group about the power of proof of work, and how although the way we do it with Bitcoin is new, the concept itself is very old. The first part of this episode is Andreas's talk, followed by audience Q&A Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #309 - Risk Intolerance: Scaling Bitcoin with Core
September 24th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam and Stephanie are joined by past guest John Ratcliff to learn about and discuss the current trajectory of Bitcoin Scaling as envisioned by the Core Development Team. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #308 - Better than Bitcoin?
September 17th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam and Stephanie are joined by Zach Doty of the Bitcoin.com podcast to discuss a "cryptocurrency" craze sweeping the world. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #307 - Bitcoin Vaults Part 2!
September 4th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas, Stephanie and Adam are joined by Emin Gün Sirer of [HackingDistributed.com](https://hackingdistributed.com) for part two of our discussion about Bitcoin Security, Covenants and fixing the bitcoin theft problem by [creating reversible on-chain vaults](http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/08/03/how-bitfinex-heist-could-have-been-avoided/). --- Links from the conversation [Bitcoin Covenants Whitepaper](http://fc16.ifca.ai/bitcoin/papers... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #306 - Bitcoin Vaults and Selective Reversibility as a Virtue
August 27th, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas, Stephanie and Adam are joined by Emin Gün Sirer of [HackingDistributed.com](https://hackingdistributed.com) to discuss Bitcoin Security, Covenants and fixing the bitcoin theft problem by [creating reversible on-chain vaults](http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/08/03/how-bitfinex-heist-could-have-been-avoided/). Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #305 Private Truths Public Knowledge
August 20th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 305 On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, Adam is joined by Martin and Matt of [Gnosis.pm](http://gnosis.pm) to dig into their prediction market platform and what comes next. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin #304 LIVE! Immutability vs Consensus Ethereum Debate Recorded August 4th
August 6th, 2016 by adam #The Ethereum Immutability vs Consensus Debate ##On this special LIVE episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Join Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos, Martin Köppelmann ([Gnosis](http://gnosis.pm)), Anthony Di Iorio ([Jaxx](http://jaxx.io)) and Charles Hoskinson ([IOHK](http://iohk.io)) for a discussion and moderated debate about the future of Ethereum. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin LIVE! #303 The Title and the Token
July 30th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 303 On this special Live episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!, Adam Levine and Pamela Morgan sit down with Ragnar Lifthrasir of the [International Blockchain Real Estate Association](http://ibtcrea.org) and Chris Bates of the [Bitland Ghana project](http://bitland.world) at the [D10E](http://d10e.org) Conference which took place on July 20th, 2016 in San Francisco. Read More
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