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Bitcoin & Co. - Afriblocks, Lightning Network, COVID-19 & Answering Questions – Bitcoin in Africa
April 16th, 2020 by
BTCMedia In this episode you will get to know a young man from Zimbabwe, Tongayi Choto, who is a software developer, entrepreneur and a bitcoin maximalist. He has founded Afriblocks, a Global Pan-African Freelance platform that connects professionals across the world. We talk about the problems young Zimbabweans are facing and his approach to make lives better. In the second part of this episode, I will answer listeners questions about the current use of bitcoin and other methods of payment in Zimbabwe. If you have a question, feel free to press the appropriate button on the episode page and record your question. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Read - Dont be Misled by Red Herrings - Treatise on Bitcoin & Privacy Part 2
April 15th, 2020 by BTCMedia A great closing to Giacomo's Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy at Bitcoin Magazine. What are the Red herrings we have to navigate to determine the truth of privacy on Bitcoin, and the many (non)alternatives? Is there a perfect privacy option, or do they all come with numerous costs and trade-offs? Read More -
The Honey Badger Diaries - Marcel Pechman, Campo Grande (Brazil)
April 12th, 2020 by BTCMedia Marcel Pechman (@noshitcoins) is a former equities trader turned Bitcoin Maximalist who writes for CoinTelegraph and several other publications. He lives in Campo Grande, Brazil. I chat with Marcel about the coronacrisis in Brazil, and the expected economic consequences from the crisis in his homecountry and abroad. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Read - Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy Part 1: a Match Made in the Whitepaper
April 11th, 2020 by BTCMedia "Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin as a tool for privacy. The entire cypherpunk quest, which Satoshi was an active part of and which the Bitcoin experiment is the coronation of, was all about personal and financial privacy." - Giacomo Zucco A great piece from Giacomo, published with Bitcoin Magazine, on the concepts and origins of privacy behind Bitcoin. Why it's needed, what it means, and all the ways we will secure it. A Treatise on Bitcoin & Privacy Part 1. Let's dive in! Read More -
Bitcoin & Co. - Bitcoin in Africa Part 4: If Bitcoin Works in Zimbabwe, It Works Everywhere
April 9th, 2020 by BTCMedia The fourth part of the six-part series about Bitcoin in Africa is an interview with a young woman from Harare. She calls herself a Digipreneur and is working as a teacher, too. With her organization that is focused on the digitalization of Africa, she aims to bring Zimbabwe forward. As the use of Bitcoin is outlawed and the state of human rights and free speech is rather poor in Zimbabwe, we agreed to not mention her name. We are talking about: Read More -
Bitcoin & Co. - Using Bitcoin in Zimbabwe – Bitcoin in Africa - Part 3.
April 3rd, 2020 by BTCMedia In the third part of the six-part series about Bitcoin in Africa you will hear from two early bitcoin adopters based in Harare. We speak about Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin - Ben and Collin: WTF Happened in 1971?
April 2nd, 2020 by BTCMedia Ben and Collin are the creators of wtfhappenedin1971.com. They have dedicated a lot of time to studying monetary history, Austrian economics and bitcoin. Collin hosts the Bitcoin Echo Chamber podcast, a bitcoin pod I listen to and very much respect, and Ben has made many popular appearances on bitcoin pods, including here on this podcast last summer. Read More -
The Honey Badger Diaries - Shinobi Chicago USA
April 2nd, 2020 by BTCMedia Shinobi is the cohost of the Block Digest podcast, and a well-known Twitter troll. He was the first person that I knew that was prepping and warning others to prep. I ask him why, which brings us to a conversation about the potential shift in geopolitics that the coronacrisis might just result in. Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin - Dan Tapiero: Macro in the Time of Corona
March 27th, 2020 by BTCMedia Dan brings his considerable experience in the macro markets and his deepening understanding of Bitcoin to the podcast at a critical time for the global economy. Read More -
Bitcoin & Co. - Part 2 Zimbabwe: Living in a Multi-Currency World – Bitcoin in Africa: The Ubuntu Way
March 26th, 2020 by BTCMedia This is the 2nd episode of a six-part series about Bitcoin in Africa. In February 2020, right before the start of quarantine and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, I travelled Zimbabwe and Botswana to get a picture from the ground about the usage of bitcoin in these countries. Zimbabwe and Venezuela are very ofted named as countries where bitcoin could be making a difference, in supporting people’s economic situation. I wanted to see by myself, if this is true and in how far bitcoin is known and used there. Read More -
Bitcoin & Co. - Ep. 050 Bitcoin in Africa: The Ubuntu Way – Part 1 Zimbabwe: Ideal Conditions for Bitcoin?
March 20th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this 1st part of the “Bitcoin in Africa” podcast documentary you get an insight about the current living situation of Zimbabweans and the countrys political history, which paints a picture about why things are how they are, as well as the state of human rights and free speech. Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin - Giacomo Zucco and Parker Lewis on Swan Signal Live
March 19th, 2020 by BTCMedia Today I want to share with you an episode of a new content series I’m making for Swan Bitcoin. Every week I host a conversation with Bitcoiners live on the Swan Twitter account and YouTube channel. We call these sessions Swan Signal Live - a group of Bitcoiners hanging out and talking about the latest bitcoin news and musings about a Bitcoin future. Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin: Christian Keroles on Bitcoin in Uncertain Times
March 13th, 2020 by BTCMedia This week we chill with Christian Keroles of BTC Media. We recorded this episode just after Trump delivered his address on the Coronavirus pandemic and we talk about Bitcoin in uncertain times such as these. We also, get into some other stuff that Christian is interested in - like cooking for yourself. Christian is the Bitcoiner on the POV Crypto pod, that he cohosts with his Etherean friend David Hoffman and riff on Eth and altcoins for a bit. Read More -
Bitcoin & Co. — Will Central Banks Be Obsolete Within This Century?
March 12th, 2020 by BTCMedia Live recording of a panel the “Value of Bitcoin Symposium” in Vienna, March 5th 2020. We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of digital scarcity and a hard capped supply versus fiat money, the impact of new players in the money game like Facebook’s Libra, the topic of central bank digital currencies and how that all relates to bitcoin. Participants were Rahim Taghizadegan – Austrian economist, Arthur Stadler – a lawyer with blockchain expertise, Beat Weber – Austrian Central Bank and Aurel Schubert – former director-general at the European Central Bank. Read More -
Read_364 - Bitcoin, The Technology of Dissent [Nozomi Hayase]
March 12th, 2020 by BTCMedia Bitcoin isn't merely a new money, it's a radical departure from the systems of trust. It founds a new system where incentives align in a beautiful design to enforce cooperation through the independent self-interest of opposing parties. As a technology of dissent, it doesn't allow us merely to protest the old system's of control, but instead gives us an avenue to opt out altogether. Read More -
Read_362 - How Lightning Can Improve Encrypted Messaging [Colin Harper]
March 6th, 2020 by BTCMedia As part of Bitcoin Magazine's excellent set of articles on "The Technology of Dissent," we get a great piece by Colin Harper on the state of encrypted messaging over the Lightning Network. With both Shpinx and Whatsat using separate mechanisms for establishing a private, censorship-resistant, decentralized messaging platform, could the combination of encrypted messaging and payments be a killer app for Lightning? Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin - John Vallis: Bitcoin + Psychadelics = Hypercosmic
March 5th, 2020 by BTCMedia John Vallis is one of my very favorite Bitcoin podcasters. I just love his style and his broad knowledge base. I had a great time chatting with John on his podcast, Bitcoin Rapid Fire, last year. I knew this was going to be a fun one and it didn’t disappoint. We talk about John’s background, get his rabbit hole story and we dive down the psychedelics rabbit hole - LSD, mushrooms and DMT - then we bring it back to bitcoin for a hyper cosmic conclusion to the ep. Read More -
Bitcoin & Co. — Connie Gallippi, A Pioneer Bridging the Gap Between Bitcoin and Non-Profits
March 5th, 2020 by BTCMedia This episode features an interview with Connie Gallippi is the Founder and Executive Director of BitGive. Connie is a well-known industry spokesperson for the social impact of Bitcoin and advocating for more diversity and equal opportunity in the digital currency community. She speaks internationally on the social impact of Bitcoin and Blockchain. Read More -
CryptoQuikRead_359 - Microsoft's ION Bets on Bitcoin [Colin Harper]
February 28th, 2020 by BTCMedia Microsoft has a history of funding and developing with open source systems, and has started a new project called ION, trying to make a universal, decentralized system secured by Bitcoin, for managing and proving identities available to the globe. What are the goals and mindset behind this project, and how is Microsoft planning for its future, and the future of the Bitcoin ecosystem? Find out in today's article by Colin Harper discussing the ION system with Daniel Buchner, the project lead! Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin - Alex Gladstein: The Orwellian Future that Wasn't
February 28th, 2020 by BTCMedia Alex Gladstein joins me to discuss the Orwellian future that wasn't - because bitcoin exists. We take a deep dive into the state of privacy in the world today, what it would look like in an Orwellian future without bitcoin and how bitcoin is changing the privacy game in favor of the individual. Read More
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