From the Front Page - Let's Talk Bitcoin!
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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 -
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 -
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! #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 #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! #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! 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! #370 No Fairy Dust
June 17th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie, Adam and Jonathan are joined by [returning guest](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-137-eye-of-the-beholder) [Preston Byrne](https://twitter.com/prestonjbyrne) Correspondent **Christian Garcia** sends word from Venezuela about deals that seem to good to be true and Pinata times. Adam Stephanie and Jonathan talk about the experience so far of setting up and accepting your tips with the Lighting network. Sponsors: [Purse.io](https://purse.io) (Use code LTB) and [EasyDNS.com](https://easydns.com) 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! #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 -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #369 The Internet Of Money
June 10th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... We join Andreas Antonopoulos for his recent talk + Q&A at the sold out Internet of Money event Support the Show! Tip LTB:1FZGD64BA7B9GdwDhGGGF92amt9X6VH38K or Via the Lightning Network at https://tipltb.tokenly.com/ Tip [Andreas M. Antonopoulos](https://antonopoulos.com/donate/) directly at 1andreas3batLhQa2FawWjeyjCqyBzypd Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #368 Blockchain Week and the Cash Crisis
June 3rd, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie, Jonathan and Adam sit down to discuss the recent New York Blockchain Week and the Bitcoin Gold double-spend attack. This episode also features the second segment from Venezuelan correspondent Christian Garcia. We're planning on doing these once every two weeks. Support the Show with Bitcoin or the Lightning Network! Tip LTB: 1FZGD64BA7B9GdwDhGGGF92amt9X6VH38K or via the Lightning Network at https://tipltb.tokenly.com/ Tip Christian Garcia: 1LzDGA7Xz1CMaBnBJC8W16YXFBhT3UVruL Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #362 Not What You'd Think
April 8th, 2018 by adam On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Stephanie, Jonathan and Adam discuss stories recently in the news where the headlines don't exactly capture the significance of the underlying events. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #372 Apocalyptic Bitcoin
July 1st, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... First: Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine discuss how bitcoin could perform, and what challenges might arise in various apocalyptic or disruptive scenarios Then: The gang zeros in on BIP176, an informal and already adopted move to standardize the "Bits" unit, which represents 100 satoshis or 1/1,000,000th of a bitcoin. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #371 Do The Work
June 24th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam shares a recent [SEC speech](https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/speech-hinman-061418) which provides some context on whether Ethereum, Bitcoin or ICO tokens are securities in the eyes of the law, and why. Lawyer [Stephen Palley](https://twitter.com/stephendpalley) stops by to discuss not just the speech and Ethereum, but several other potentially precedent setting legal actions. We end todays show with a [Patreon Q&A](https://www.patreon.com/aantonop) from Andreas Antonopoulos. In this segment he provides his perspective on the Ethereum question and then helps rescue us from the pit of legal headaches with some palate cleansing technical talk on bitcoin public keys. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show Summer Break
July 8th, 2018 by adam ###The Let's Talk Bitcoin! show will return in late July / early August 2018. Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #365 El Petro and Money That Doesn't Work
May 13th, 2018 by adam On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas, Stephanie, Jonathan and Adam are joined by [Alejandro](https://twitter.com/alegw) , an outspoken native Venezuelan who has been following El Petro since the beginning. We talk about the supposedly oil backed, supposedly decentralized cryptocurrency... If and how national cryptocurrencies could be done right... And how the bitcoin community who are on the outside looking in can help by donating to a [cryptocurrency endowment](https://alumnusb.org/donate/), [keeping up with or supporting local journalism](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/) and more. New Stuff: [Tip LTB via the Lightning Network!](https://tipltb.tokenly.com/) Or if you're a well connected node, open a channel to us! 02f[email protected]tipltb.tokenly.com:9735 Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #357 Real Lightning with Elizabeth Stark
February 25th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam and Andreas are joined by Elizabeth Stark, CEO and Co-Founder of Lightning Labs for a wide ranging discussion about the current state, and future potential, of this exciting open source technology. Some topics include: Splicing, Atomic Multi Path (AMP) Transactions, Neutrino, Negative Fees, Connecting Ethereum and Bitcoin through the same Lightning Network, and more! Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #358 The Cartman Syndrome
March 5th, 2018 by adam ##On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam, Andreas, Jonathan and Stephanie discuss the SEC's recent comments, Circle's Acquisition of Poloniex and where these events indicate we are on the march towards "legitimacy". After the break, cryptocurrency conferences have come a long way... Well, not **all** of them. Read More
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