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POV Crypto - tBTC with James Prestwich
September 10th, 2019 by
BTCMedia The new gold standard for bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum, tBTC is a new trust-minimized protocol for creating an ERC20 on Ethereum that has the value of Bitcoin. Lead developer James Prestwich comes to POV to discuss the protocol and the long-term implications for both chains. Read More -
Interview with Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang on BlockChannel
September 9th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this less recent episode of BlockChannel, Steven Mckie and Demetrick Ferguson interview they discuss Yang's platform running as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. 2020 Presidential election, Universal Basic Income (UBI), and his vision to help America and how it aligns with crypto. Read More -
POV Crypto - In Search of Sovereignty with Jake Yocom-Piatt
September 5th, 2019 by BTCMedia In episode 76 of POV Crypto Jake Yocom-Piatt, CEO of Project Zero and the Decred Project Lead comes on for an interview. This interview seeks to understand why Decred. We dive into Jake’s history, Decred’s foundation in fairness, Decred’s path to decentralization, and the new Decred mixing protocol. Please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Jake Yocom-Pratt! Read More -
POV Crypto: Fight Night VII - Blockchains and Time Preference
September 4th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this week's installment of POV Crypto Fight Night, the boys debate the following: * How to Maker and other crypto networks are trying to bootstrap scarcity. * The contentious ProgPoW proposal for Ethereum * Long-time preference and the Bitcoin Standard * The Compound Finance audit by Open Zeppelin. Read More -
Bill Barhydt on Libra: The Dawn of Corporate Money - WBD143
September 3rd, 2019 by BTCMedia Facebook announced in June that they would be launching Libra, with the mission of enabling a "simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people". Libra proposes a permissioned blockchain, meaning that unlike Bitcoin it isn't a decentralised project as control over the network is governed by the Libra Association. With these unique properties, Libra doesn't fit into the government-issued fiat financial model or the decentralised and trustless Bitcoin model instead. Libra is the dawn of a new type of money, the dawn of corporate money. Read More -
POV Crypto: Rebuilding the Web, Restructuring Social Organizations with Dan Finlay
September 3rd, 2019 by
DSholla Dan Finlay is one of the Big Brains behind MetaMask, a browser extension that represents the core interface for interacting with Ethereum and Web 3.0. Dan has a lot of great thoughts to share, about how the web experience should be turned inside out, in order to produce a user-centric experience. Read More -
POV Crypto - On Mass Adoption with Evan Bayless
August 27th, 2019 by BTCMedia Evan Bayless, Growth Marketer for Kraken’s Cryptowatch comes on to POV Crypto to discuss the trends, narratives, and macroeconomic events necessary for mass adoption of Bitcoin and Crypto. Evan discusses the challenges with DeFi and why “Number go up” is such an important meme. Please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Evan Bayless! Read More -
POV Crypto - Ethereum 2.0 Progress with Alex Stokes
August 22nd, 2019 by BTCMedia Alex Stokes (@ralexstokes) comes to PoV to discuss progress in ETH 2 developments, mechanisms and tradeoffs for its design choices. Read More -
POV Crypto - Fight Night VII: Dramatic Memes
August 20th, 2019 by DSholla Bitcoiners and Ethereans are fighting on Crypto-twitter again. Bitcoiners claiming scam and fraud is apart of Ethereum's DNA. Ethereans claim double-standard, for a blockchain that requires perpetually growing BTC price... Read More -
POV Crypto: DAOs, & ETH v. BTC with Ameen Soleimani
August 15th, 2019 by DSholla Topics: MolochDAO Update, Summary of Moloch productions, Lessons of Gen-1 DAOs, forecasting Gen-2 DAOs, Moloch nimbleness with decision-making vs a legacy alternative, Metacartel DAO, YangDAO, Trustless BTC on Ethereum and more! Read More -
POV Crypto: Argentine Peso Loses 15% with Mariano Conti
August 13th, 2019 by DSholla Friend of the Podcast, and all-around good guy, Mariano Conti comes to POV to provide his perspective about the drop in value of the Argentine Peso. Today, we pause and remember why we are in crypto, as 45 Million people lose 15% of their buying power overnight, due to the consequences of government-controlled money. Read More -
POV Crypto: Fight Night VI
August 7th, 2019 by DSholla Topics Include: Macroeconomic events being reflected in Bitcoin, The Bitcoin Standard book, what David likes about it, Fiat things in society, Christians bet that the beacon chain wont ship on time, Our first 4-star review :( Read More -
Chain Reaction - Ryan Zurrer: Response To Tom's Polkadot Report, Web3 and Lessons Learned In China
August 5th, 2019 by DSholla This was an awesome episode where we discuss everything from how the Web3 foundation is ushering in the decentralized web where users control their data to Polkadot, a high profile interoperability project. I recently wrote a post on Polkadot exploring my concerns, so it was great to discuss them with Ryan. The post is linked in the show notes below. Read More -
POV Crypto - The Bargain of Block Reward Funding with Andrew Yang
August 2nd, 2019 by DSholla Andrew Yang (not the presidential candidate) comes to POV Crypto to discuss the faustian bargain that is block-reward funding. WIth EIP 2025 in the rear-view mirror, and Zooko of Z-Cash proposing a second dev-fund, POV Crypto goes through the pros and cons of on-chain funding. Read More -
POV Crypto - Chatting Ethereum and Bitcoin, with Colin Harper
July 30th, 2019 by DSholla Colin Harper, journalist for BTC Media, and a "softcore" Bitcoin maximalist, comes to POV to discuss a wide variety of subjects. Enjoy a laid back episode of general chatter and discussion of Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Libra topics! Read More -
POV Crypto - Ether: The Triple-Point Asset with Ryan Sean Adams
July 25th, 2019 by DSholla There are 3 asset superclasses, as defined by Robert Greer in his 1997 paper “What is an Asset Class, Anyway?”. Ether fills nicely into all 3 asset superclasses, and is the only asset to ever do this. Ryan Sean Adams comes to POV to walk through each category, and talk about how Ether’s value proposition fits each one. Read More -
POV Crypto: Decred — Splitting the Difference Between Bitcoin and Ethereum with Luke Powell
July 22nd, 2019 by DSholla Luke Powell, a developer on the Decred project, comes to POV Crypto to provide the Decred Perspective! Decred is a unique project in the space, with an enthusiastic developer community, and a well-defined value proposition. David and Christian interview Luke, and find out what it's like to be in the Decred community, while testing Luke's beliefs and assumptions about the way Decred is designed. Read More -
4 Minute Crypto - Top 5 Cheapest Countries to Mine Bitcoin
July 19th, 2019 by DSholla Mining Bitcoin can be a profitable business, and there are a handful of countries where it can be even more profitable due to their low cost of electricity. Here are the five cheapest places on the planet to mine Bitcoin. Read More -
POV Crypto: Ethereum vs. Bitcoin with Matt Odell
July 17th, 2019 by DSholla Matt Odell, Host of Tales from the Crypt, comes to POV Crypto to test his sparring skills! Matt is a long-time Bitcoiner, and orginator of the famous meme "stacking sats". Christian and David ask Matt about his views on Memes and memetic influence. They discuss how memes have developed in crypto history, and the power of memes at large! Then Matt and David go an a gamut of topics, generally Matt attacking Ethereum and David defending. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Delphi Digital's Kevin Kelly: The Perfect Storm for Bitcoin
July 16th, 2019 by DSholla Kevin offers his take on the global backdrop, everything from underfunded pensions to global monetary policy and even the eventual potential dethroning of king dollar. We go on to where Kevin believes crypto and the global economy will co-exist in the future and what would happen to crypto if a recession hits. Read More
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