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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! #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! 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! 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! #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! #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! #392 “That’s Not a Blockchain, that’s a Sequence of Poor Engineering Decisions!”
March 24th, 2019 by adam On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a look at the latest Coinbase privacy kerfluffle, JPM's tepid jump into the Stablecoin market, and the still unannounced but inevitably coming "Facebook Coin" and what it means to... Banks?
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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! #390 Revisiting Lightning (Part 2)
March 3rd, 2019 by adam Adam B. Levine: Do you think this [collaboratively signing with someone else] solution is becoming more prevalent? You're effectively using coin-join as a way to create composite transactions for a purpose that goes beyond privacy.
Andreas Antonopolous: Yes absolutely. I believe in the long term we're going to see the vast majority of transactions migrate to Lightning channels. Therefore every transaction you do on-chain, you're using the opportunity to bootstrap a channel, fund a channel, increase the funding of a channel, rebalance a channel, whatever you’re doing. We're going to see a lot more complex transactions that involve multiple different steps...
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos, and Adam B. Levine sit down for part two of our fresh look at the nascent but rapidly improving Lightning Network...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #391Exploring California's Crypto-Legislation
March 10th, 2019 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine explores [AB1489](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1489) or "The California Bitlicense" and [AB953](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB953), or what we're calling "The California Stablecoin Cannabis Taxation Bill" through a series of short interviews on various sides of the issues. First, we speak to Colin Gallagher, a longtime community member in California who shares his concerns about the process and substance of both the bills we're discussing today. Next, Peter Van Valkenburgh joins us from Coincenter.org for his perspective on why the California Bitlicense is a de-regulating bill, why they help craft good legislation for those states who want it, and more. We close today's show with Alexandra Medina, Mayor of Emeryville, California, executive director of BlockAdvocacy.org and a relative newcomer to Bitcoin. Ally tells us what AB953 and the option to remit taxes in stablecoins could mean to the cash-rich but unbankable California Cannabis industry. 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 -
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! #389 Revisiting Lightning (Part 1)
February 24th, 2019 by adam ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... *"This allows you to send Bitcoin into a Lightning channel, send Bitcoin from Lightning out onto the Bitcoin network (make an on-chain Bitcoin payment or traditional on-chain Bitcoin payment), close the channel, and open a channel. All four things in one transaction simultaneously." **- Andreas M. Antonopoulos*** Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos, Jonathan Mohan, and Adam B. Levine sit down for the first of our two-part discussion on the nascent but rapidly improving Lightning Network. Just want the highlights? Read more for selected, transcribed excerpts from the show! 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! #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! #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! #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
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