From the Front Page - Let's Talk Bitcoin!
-
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #293 Ask The Questions, Solve The Problems
May 14th, 2016 by
adam ##On Episode 293... On Today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, we're in New York for the recent Consensus event with LTB NYC Bureau Chief Jonathan Mohan. First, he caught up with Jed McCaleb, an early bitcoin entrepreneur who catalyzed such notables as the Ripple Protocol and the infamous MT Gox. They talk Polymorphic assets, Nigeria and more. After the break, we catch up with John Edge of the ID2020 project for an in-depth look at the work they're doing to put blockchain technologies into the conversation at the United Nations. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #292 Infrastructure Inversion and the Emancipated Taxi
May 7th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 291... On today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, we join Andreas in Zurich, Switzerland on his most recent world tour for a talk that sheds a little historical context on the world in which we find ourselves today. After the break we'll rejoin Andreas for an extended Q&A. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #291 Early Days at OpenBazaar
May 1st, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 291... On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! We're joined by Brian Hoffman, one of the founders of [OpenBazaar](http://openbazaar.org) and the company leading it's development [OB1](https://twitter.com/openbazaar?lang=en). Adam and Stephanie pick Brian's brain at length about the early days of the just-released distributed commerce platform and what comes next. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #290 - The Ultimate Bitcoin Business Guide
April 23rd, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 290... On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, we're joined by Kirk Phillips, author of the [Ultimate Bitcoin Business Guide](http://www.bestbitcoinbookever.com/). After the interview we'll listen to chapter 9 of the [just-released Audiobook version](http://www.audible.com/pd/Business/The-Ultimate-Bitcoin-Business-Guide-Audiobook/B01DPS71C8/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1459814810&sr=1-1) on Credit Card Chaos narrated by Stephanie Murphy. This episode also features an update on the successful Tokenly campaign and the new roles on the Tokenly team we're looking to fill immediately. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #289 - Putting the Pieces Together with Tokenly
April 9th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 289... First, we'll hear about the basics of Tokenly for Crowdfunding. Then, we'll be joined by Stephanie for a conversation about Minimum Viable Data or MVD and the prototype Tokenly Music project. Later, we'll check in with Devon and Nick, Tokenly's two technical co-founders about Ethereum support and APIs. Then finally we'll rejoin Stephanie to talk about the two biggest problems in the way of any mainstream cryptocurrency use, and how Tokenly has solved them. Next week we'll be announcing a Tokenly integration contest - Although full details won't be announced until then, you can take a look at our various APIs in the shownotes. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #288 - Edge Security
April 2nd, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 288... Adam catches up with Paul Puey of the [Airbitz](https://airbitz.co) "Edge Security Platform" Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #287 To Your Health!
March 19th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 287... Stephanie and Adam sit down with Ryan Singer, one of the earliest bitcoin entrepreneurs to talk about his latest project [BlockchainHealth](https://blockchainhealth.co), how he feels about Bitcoin in the modern age and more. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #286 Drinks on a Lightning Network
March 12th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 286... Adam, Andreas and Stephanie are joined by returning guest John Ratcliff to talk about how "The" lightning network is really "a" lightning network, and what our future holds. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #285 - Back in the Day
March 5th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 285... Whether you're talking about the maximum size of blocks, centralization, incentives on the network or even why we mine, it feels like issues that have been simmering for a long time are coming to a head. On today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, we're going back in time to the summer of 2013, for two segments off two early episodes dealing with some of the exact same issues and many of the themes that dominate the conversation today. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #284 Tell Us What You Really Think
February 27th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 284... **Adam** is interviewed on the [Wall Street for Main Street podcast](http://wallstformainst.com/) and tells us what he really thinks on this unedited show. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #283 - The Crime and the Means
February 20th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 283... **Stephanie** and **Andreas** talk technology, neutrality and the recent high profile infections of "Bitcoin Ransomware" Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #282 - Bitcoin Classic with Gavin Andresen
February 14th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 282... Stephanie, Andreas and Adam sit down with Gavin Andresen for a wide ranging discussion about Bitcoin, Classic and more. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #281 - Control it with Bitcoin
February 6th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 281... On today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, Stephanie sits down with Dale from [UControl.TV](http://ucontrol.tv) to talk about controlling real world automation with bitcoins. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #280 - Observing the Inevitable
January 30th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 280... Andreas, Stephanie and Adam discuss bitcoin and its varied performance over the last few years as the only real outlier in a world competitively devaluing currencies. Then, we dig into a recently released report from the RAND corporation on "Virtual Currency" and specifically, the possibility of non-state organizations creating their own. Relevant Links... [Bitcoin was the best performing currency of 2015](http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-07/its-official-bitcoin-was-top-performing-currency-2015) [Bitcoin as a hedge against Azerbajian's Devaluation](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-s-role-as-hedge-against-devaluation-of-reserve-currencies-like-azerbajian-s-manat-1452276278) [Bitcoin Magazine coverage of Security Implications of Virtual Currencies](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-rand-corporation-report-national-security-implications-of-virtual-currency-1452528204) [PDF copy of full report](http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1200/RR1231/RAND_RR1231.pdf) Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #279 Understanding Bitcoin Unlimited
January 23rd, 2016 by adam ##On Todays Show [Matthew Zipkin](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/pinheadmz) sits down with Andrew Stone to dig into [Bitcoin Unlimited](http://bitcoinunlimited.info), one of several recent projects to emerge as efforts outside of Bitcoin Core to address bitcoin scalability problems. You don't need to be technical to understand this episode and even if you hate the idea of a block size increase, Andrew presents a very interesting perspective on how the bitcoin network does, and could decide things that have more than one right answer. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #278 - Doublespends and BitcoinXT
January 16th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 278... Andreas, Stephanie and Adam discuss... ###...Peter Todd's Recent double spend attack on Coinbase ###...The Future of BitcoinXT and Mike Hearn's exodus from Bitcoin Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #277 Separating Signatures with Segregated Witness
January 9th, 2016 by adam ##On Episode 277... * Format Changes to LTB 2016 announced, effective immediately! * Andreas explains the upcoming Bitcoin Improvement Proposal called Segregated Witness, which allows among other things the separating of cryptographic signatures from their underlying transaction and by doing so, solve a bunch of problems. This episode is Technical but Andreas does a good job unpacking it and the other hosts are there to ask the obvious questions. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #276 - The Time Is Now...
January 2nd, 2016 by adam #On Episode 276... ####"How Digital Currency has Saved Online Commerce," by **John McDonnell,** Co-Founder & CEO of [Bitnet](https://bitnet.io) ####"The New Token Economy: An Introduction," by **Adam B. Levine,** Co-Founder & CEO of [Tokenly](https://tokenly.com) Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #275 World Domination and What Bitcoin Should Learn from the Success of Linux
December 26th, 2015 by adam ##On Episode 275 ... This time, we're sitting in on a talk from open-source developer [Warren Togami](https://twitter.com/wtogami), one informed by his earlier and extensive work in the open-source Linux ecosystem. This talk is called "World Domination: What Bitcoin Must Learn from Linux's Success." Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #274 Starting Fires
December 19th, 2015 by adam ##On Episode 274 ... Today we're talking about two exciting projects building more functionality on top of the Bitcoin protocol. We end todays show with Ryan Shea, one of the leads at the open source [OneName.io](http://onename.io) project as he talks about the power of identity. But first, capacity is one of the biggest challenges ahead of Bitcoin, [The Lightning Network](http://lightning.network) concept is one of the more promising approaches, and this probably isn't the first time you've heard about it. We kick things off with Tadge Drydja, one of the founders behind the startup implementation of lightning network for an inside look at the possibilities and an update on their progress. Read More
15,205 views