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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #439 Bitcoin Only Matters Because the Game Is Rigged
June 21st, 2020 by
adam The reason Bitcoin is likely to be important to the future isn't about the technology, it's about the modern world where money is abused for the benefit of the few and to the detriment of the many.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #438 Bootstrapping Mobile Mesh Networks with Bitcoin Lightning
June 14th, 2020 by adam On today’s episode of Let’s Talk Bitcoin! you’re invited to join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murpy and special guest Richard Myers for an in-depth look at the past, present and future of ‘Mobile Mesh Networking’ technology and the open source LOT49 protocol built on top of lightning.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #435 Bitcoin Miners, US Energy Producers and Moore’s Law
May 10th, 2020 by adam Mining bitcoin as a greener alternative? Inside the relative world of constant fuel production, lumpy demand and bitcoin-based load balancing.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #437 Be Your Own Bank and the Luxury of Apathy
June 7th, 2020 by adam The powerful idea and meme at the core of Bitcoin self-sovereignty is incredibly empowering but has an unspoken element that requires persistent competence and at least for some makes it more trouble than it's worth.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #436 'We Need 30 Different Words for Different Kinds of Censorship'
May 31st, 2020 by adam The rallying cry of the totalitarian is "He farted first", but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference? Today's wide-ranging discussion features Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Adam B. Levine and Andreas M. Antonopoulos
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #434 Lightning Network Messaging, Political Expediency and What Crisis Has Revealed
April 26th, 2020 by adam In a time of increasing censorship aimed towards protecting us, is truly private messaging possible? Why are we using "data driven" approaches when we know the data is wrong? Juggernaut's John Cantrell and HRF's Alex Gladstein help us see what the crisis has revealed.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show Summer Break
July 2nd, 2018 by adam ###The Let's Talk Bitcoin! show will return in late July / early August 2018. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #246 Smart Contracts with Nick Szabo
September 12th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [**Adam**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/adam), [**Stephanie**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/stephanie) and [**Andreas**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/andreas) spend an hour with crypto-scholar of note [Nick Szabo](https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4) in a wide ranging discussion covering Smart Contracts, Bitcoin and Blockchains. You can find more of Nicks perspective at his [homepage](http://szabo.best.vwh.net/) or [blog](http://unenumerated.b... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #387 POW, POS and Self Fulfilling Counter Prophecies
February 10th, 2019 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy join Adam B. Levine for an in-depth discussion on the ups and downs of consensus reality and the two "big" methods (Proof of Work and Proof of Stake) which we use to define it. Topic 1: Proof of Stake and Proof of Work Discussion Topic 2: Ethereum Update and Upgrade Path Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #247 Understanding the New Economy Movement
September 15th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [Matthew Zipkin](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/pinheadmz) speaks with the Core Development team behind the [New Economy Movement (NEM)](http://nem.io/). ---- #Sponsors: ###[Tokenly](http://tokenly.com) ###[**KeepKey Hardware Wallet**](http://getkeepkey.com) (*Available Q3 2015*) --- ##Credits for Episode 247 Image Credit: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/uk-university-it-staff-being-excluded-from-transnational-education-delivery-finds-joint-sector... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #242 - Ride The Lightning Network
August 29th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show [Matthew Zipkin](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/pinheadmz) speaks with **Rusty Russell** of Blockstream about his work on the Lightning Network. They talk what it is, what it does, how it does it, why it matters and when it'll be something you're actually using. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #235 Grown Up Conversations
August 1st, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [Marc Hochstein](http://www.americanbanker.com/authors/marc-hochstein-34.html) speaks out in favor of Bitcoin (and not **just** the blockchain) * [Blythe Masters](http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/blockchain-technology-can-transform-banking-blythe-masters-1075707-1.html)'s Keynote at the American Banker Digital Currencies and the Blockchain Conference Audio provided by [Chris Derose](https://www.chrisderose.com/) ###Subscribe to the [**LTBn All Podcas... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #237 The Stars that Shine
August 11th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [**Stephanie**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/stephanie), [**Andreas**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/andreas) and [**Adam**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/adam) engage in a wide ranging discussion about bitcoin's role in the world of cryptocurrency and whether we're still calling the plays in a game whose outcome has already been determined. --- ###Subscribe to the [**LTBn All Podcasts feed**](http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDailyBitcoi... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #240 As They See It
August 22nd, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [John Ratcliff](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/jratcliff63367) reads his recent article Confessions of an R/Bitcoin Moderator which talks about the "is BitcoinXT an Altcoin" controversy that was used to justify banning discussion of the proposed fork from several prominent community hubs. * Adam reads a recent article from the [Wallstreet Technologist](http://wallstreettechnologist.com/2015/08/19/bitcoin-xt-vs-core-blocksize-limit-the-schism-that-divides-us-all)... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #234 Doublespends!
July 28th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show [**Andreas**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/andreas) and [**Adam**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/adam) talk all about Doublespends in the bitcoin network. ###Subscribe to the [**LTBn All Podcasts feed**](http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDailyBitcoinShow) or the [**Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed**](http://feeds.feedburner.com/ltb/ltb) and never miss an episode again. --- ##Credits for Episode 234 Image Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #239 Solving Problems
August 18th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [**Adam**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/adam), [**Stephanie**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/stephanie) and [**Andreas**](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/andreas) dig into the **Tokenly** project discussing use-cases and implications. Contact [email protected] with questions or comments ##Relevant Links: * [Get Tokenly Pockets Multi-Token Wallet](http://pockets.tokenly.com) * [Get Your Own Swapbot](https://tokenly.letstalkbitcoin.co... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #241 - The 'Big Blockist' Perspective
August 25th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [Adam](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/profile/user/adam) shares [an extensive forum post by BitcoinTalk user DeathAndTaxes](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=946236.0) from February of this year that does a good job of exploring the mind of one who sees the logic and necessity of bigger blocks for the good of Bitcoin. ###Subscribe to the [**LTBn All Podcasts feed**](http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDailyBitcoinShow) or the [**Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed**](http://... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #238 - Law and Code
August 15th, 2015 by adam ##On Todays Show * [Jerry Brito](https://coincenter.org/2015/08/effs-opposition-to-california-bill-unwittingly-endangers-bitcoin-innovators/), Executive Director of [Coin Center] speaks about the in-development "California Bitlicense" and responds to [issues raised by the EFF last week](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/license-kill-innovation-why-ab-1326-californias-bitcoin-license-bad-business) * Notable Futurist [Cory Doctorow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J_9EFGFR-Y) presents a ... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! Presents: The Start Up #1
August 4th, 2015 by adam ##The Start Up Show Notes * The Start Up is a show featuring the founders of new companies. We want to discover how they took an idea and transformed it into a marketable product or service. Starting a business is challenging and rewarding. Our goal is gain insight into the minds of entrepreneurs on their journey to success. * Our first guest is Adam B. Levine, the founder of The Let's Talk Bitcoin Network and Tokenly.com. **** ##Credits for The Start Up #1 * Content was p... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #433 Coronavirus Impacts and Improving on Bitcoin With BitTorrent Creator Bram Cohen
April 5th, 2020 by adam BitTorrent creator and Chia CEO Bram Cohen joins the hosts of Let's Talk Bitcoin! To discuss the limitations of Satoshi's approach to Nakamoto consensus, how he believes it can be improved and the lasting impacts of coronavirus lockdowns.
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