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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! #388 - Controlling Bitcoin?
February 17th, 2019 by adam *"We're beginning to see the first steps of backlash against the assertion of cryptocurrencies... **That commerce will flow freely on the internet" - Andreas M. Antonopoulos*** ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, and Jonathan Mohan once again join Adam B. Levine for a discussion on the theory and practice of applying international sanctions to individual bitcoin addresses. What starts as merely annoying could become much worse... or not! We talk about it. Then, in case anybody was wondering, Bitcoin is in a bear market! The cycle continues! We talk about that, too. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #386 Decentralized Identity and Pairwise Identifiers
January 27th, 2019 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas M. Antonopolous, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine are joined by Daniel Buchner for a wide ranging conversation on granular, distributed identifiers, how you'll use them and why they might matter more than you'd think. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #385 Consensus Concrete
January 20th, 2019 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas M. Antonopolous, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine answer listener questions with a big focus on Code is Law vs. Political decision-making. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #384 Keys, Complexity and Community
December 23rd, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy are joined by Trace Mayer to discuss the nascent #ProofofKeys movement. Later, the hosts answer listener questions as part of the Bitcoin Clock give-away detailed on episode #383. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #382 Is Hashpower Enough?
December 2nd, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan are joined by Daniel Krawisz for an in-depth talk about the miner incentives playing a major role in Bitcoin SV's path to victory. Read more for links mentioned in the episode, bitcoin/lightning tipping info and full shownotes... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #383 Hashpower and Consensus (in the world of dust)
December 9th, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... First, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan talk about the recently lawsuit filed against many of the largest players in Bitcoin Cash. Expanding on last weeks discussion if Hashpower isn't enough, should it be enough to dictate consensus? Then, Adam is joined by one of the authors of the Crypto Caselaw Minute and returning guest Stephen Palley for a more in-depth look at the And finally, Bitcoin Clock creator and long time LTB editor Matthew Zipkin tells us how he wound up hand-making "non-boring bitcoin full nodes", which listeners of the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show have an opportunity to win. Read More -
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! #375 Blockchains are Forever (Mostly)
September 16th, 2018 by adam ###On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie, Jonathan, Andreas and Adam are back for a wide ranging conversation covering the now-defunct Bitcoin Alert system, the smart contracts arms race and a lot more. Look out on this episode for a bonus interview on the value of forever-tokens for projects other than money, with Joe Looney, one of the minds behind the Rare Pepe wallet. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #376 Stablecoins (and the Irresistible Urge to Peg)
September 23rd, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos and Adam B. Levine for an in-depth conversation on pegged, "Stablecoins". We discuss the two approaches that have been tried so far and what's different about this latest generation for better or worse. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #377 Sidechains, Drivechains and the Apple Store
September 30th, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan are joined by returning guest [Paul Sztorc](https://twitter.com/truthcoin) for a look at the past, present and future of Sidechains and the now-on-testnet "[Drivechain](http://drivechain.info)" token recovery mechanism. Read more for links mentioned during today show, plus the full replay of LTB episode 99 with Dr. Adam Back and Austin Hill on "Sidechain Innovations" Read More -
LTB #378 - The Petro inside Venezuela & Schnorr Signatures
October 7th, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... **Christian Garcia** is back with his latest correspondent from within hyperinflating Venezuela. This time he looks into controversial government "cryptocurrency": the Petro. See the full shownotes for his tipping information, the articles and links referenced during his report. After the break, **Stephanie Murphy**, **Andreas Antonopoulos** and **Adam B. Levine** talk Schnorr Signatures, a seemingly non-controversial coming upgrade which will introduce major blockchain performance optimizations and enhanced privacy features. Read More -
LTB #373 Bitcoin ETFs and the Mainstream Moment?
August 26th, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine are joined by returning guest [Caitlin Long](https://twitter.com/caitlinlong_) for an in-depth discussion of the fascination with, and implications of, bitcoin or cryptocurrency ETFs. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #379 Tether, ICOs and STOs
October 21st, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan join Adam B. Levine for an update on the shifting "Stablecoin" equilibrium, followed by an in-depth conversation about the past, present and future of Initial Coin Offerings and "Securitized Token Offerings" Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #381 Airdrops and Decentralization without Anonymity
November 11th, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Andreas Antonopoulos discuss the recent flurry of interest in Airdrops, their history and whether they actually work as advertised. Later: With smart contract based exchange EtherDelta suddenly the first decentralized exchange to settle with US regulators, the conversation turns to the place of decentralization and anonymity in truly disruptive projects. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #380 UberCoin or OpenUber?
November 4th, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos and Jonathan Mohan join Adam B. Levine for a wide ranging discussion on adaptation, mimicry and how we might eventually arrive in a truly distributed sharing economy. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #363 - Three Hitlers!
April 15th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode... Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine sit down for their last recording before they're all on-stage together in Chicago. **This week, topics include:** MtGox Back From the Dead? Joking, but not Joking, with Vitalik India's Latest Ban and what it could mean Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #374 - What have we learned from Bitcoin?
September 5th, 2018 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie, Jonathan and Adam are joined by returning guest and austrian economist Jeffrey Tucker. There's little doubt that the design of bitcoin was heavily influenced by the Austrian theories, but today we ask the question "What has Austrian Economics learned from Bitcoin?" Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #364 The Internet Of Money Five Years Later, Live & Uncut!
April 29th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan join Adam B. Levine to celebrate five years of Let's Talk Bitcoin! with a wide-ranging, in-person and uncut episode recorded live at the Music Box Theater in Chicago, IL along with 700 of our closest friends. This episode is not to be missed. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #367 Full Circle
May 27th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie and Adam sit down with Bill Barhydt, CEO of Abra. They discuss his path towards solving the hard problems of remittance in real life, and the stablecoin system you've probably never heard of. *Tip LTB via the Lightning Network! (https://tipltb.tokenly.com/)* *Tip LTB with good ol' fashioned Bitcoin - 1M7co3XSdJ1w7SibMQNXdH4QGjC2Jae7VX* Read More
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