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Bitcoin Audible - Two Taproot Activation Clients! [Aaron Van Wirdum]
April 19th, 2021 by
BTCMedia With a short introduction to taproot and all the mess around the True/False activation dilemma, we cover another great piece from Aaron Van Wirdum at BitcoinMagazine breaking down why we have 2 different clients, what the conflict is exactly and what it might mean for Bitcoin over the next year. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - Conclusion of the Long-Term Debt Cycle [Dylan Leclair]
April 19th, 2021 by BTCMedia We are at the precipice of the greatest change in our monetary system in nearly the past century. The long term debt cycle is in its endgame. What has led us here, and what future does Bitcoin make possible with its emergence coinciding with the conclusion of the legacy monetary regime. Taking a deeo dive on this topic with this new article at Bitcoin Magazine, written by Dylan Leclair. Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - One Night in Laser Eyes
April 18th, 2021 by BTCMedia On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast, it's tabloid time! To help detox from Ruben and Eric Wall's technical deep dive last week, we take things easy by chatting about the latest cryptocurrency news from Snoop Dog, Paris Hilton, and John McAfee. We do get back to bitcoin again to talk tainted coins, the sale of bitcoindotcom, what constitutes a double-spend, the future relevancy of "not your keys, not your coins", and details about hashrate and mining. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Franco Amati: Bitcoin in Argentina
April 15th, 2021 by BTCMedia My guest is Franco Amati, founder of Bitcoin Argentina and member of laBitconf - the biggest Bitcoin conference in Latin America, the Bitcoin embassy Buenos Aires, and Bitcoin Iberoamérica foundation. We are discussing the importance of Bitcoin for the people of Argentina, who have to deal with harsh capital controls that allow them to only buy foreign currency up to 200 USD per month with 65% tax and an inflation of 50%. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - Bitcoin is Not What You Think it Is
April 13th, 2021 by BTCMedia Money is not what you think it is and so much more in today’s Guy’s Take! Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin - Rodolfo Novak: Keeping Bitcoin Time
April 11th, 2021 by BTCMedia Rodolfo Novak, is founder of Coinkite, of the longest running Bitcoin-only companies in the world and makers of beloved products ColdCard, OpenDime and BLOCKCLOCK. We get into Rodolfo's background, the early days of Coinkite and the lastest on Coinkite, entrepreneurship, economics and bitcoin's relationship to time. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Shermin Voshmgir: The Web 3 and Token Revolution
April 8th, 2021 by BTCMedia I sat down with Shermin Voshmgir, a researcher and author of "Token Economy" to discuss the hype around NFTs and how in the future every part of the economy will be merged into crypto. Shermin is the founder of Token Kitchen and BlockchainHub Berlin. On a personal sidenote: in early 2017 Shermin's keynote about Bitcoin and open blockchains spurred my attention and deepened my interest to work in that field. Read More -
Block Crunch - Why UMA is a Gamechanger in DeFi - Hart Lambur
April 4th, 2021 by BTCMedia UMA is one of the most ambitious projects in DeFi. From "KPI Options" to novel synthetic assets, UMA is keen to push the envelope on what is possible in DeFi. Former Goldman Sachs trader and UMA founder Hart Lambur (@hal2001) joins us in breaking down: Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Jonathan Chester: Get Paid in Bitcoin
April 2nd, 2021 by BTCMedia My guest is Jonathan Chester, he is the CEO and Founder of Bitwage, a company that enables employees and remote workers worldwide to get paid in Bitcoin. We discuss how individuals can earn their wage in bitcoin, what the advantages are, the details of their 401k retirement plans, and when public adoption of Bitcoin could feasibly take place. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - Bitcoin Will Save Our Earth [Evan Bayless]
April 2nd, 2021 by BTCMedia With the constant flood of ignorance and incredible mental laziness in the conversation of Bitcoin's energy consumption, its always good to have another perspective and more knowledge on not only why its not nearly as simple as portrayed, but that its extremely likely to be the exact opposite of what the detractors claim. A great piece from Evan Bayless on Bitcoin Magazine... Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - L2 scaling in Ethereum and Bitcoin (w/ Eric Wall & Somsen)
March 31st, 2021 by BTCMedia This week we're airing an epic two-hour conversation on L2 scaling between Somsen and Eric Wall. They cover the philosophical difference between Ethereum and Bitcoin, tBTC, zkrollups, the definition of sidechains, the role of SNARKs in blockchains, drivechains, statechains, spacechains, softchains, and whether burned bitcoins can act as collateral. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Edan Yago: Sovereignty Through Bitcoin
March 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia Edan Yago is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur who turned his career around to focus on Bitcoin. He has been pivotal in establishing Sovryn one of the first Bitcoin-native DeFi platforms. We're talking about how a decentralized bitcoin trading and lending platform like Sovryn will create a new, open economic system that empowers individuals globally. Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - Hanging Tacos and Convex Plates
March 24th, 2021 by BTCMedia On this (tangent-heavy) episode of the Unhashed Podcast, Colin and Mario talk Aker's dive into bitcoin, Filecoin's not-a-double-spend hack on Binance, Morgan Stanley gatekeeping its upcoming bitcoin support, and which of the Nic(k) Carters has the better Cardano take. Also, is it OK to buy a circle of land around someone's property and charge them exorbitant prices to leave? Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - Trust, That we Need More of [Karo Zarogus]
March 24th, 2021 by BTCMedia “We can already observe some faint light at the end of the tunnel. Savings have been reintroduced into the hands of society. You can save money and the State is unable to influence your funds on the Bitcoin blockchain. Nobody can take your money away, and this creates economic stability that positively influences mental wellbeing. When you know that you have savings, and that you will be able to pay any and all unexpected expenses that might arise and that you have built the foundations of a prosperous future, things change.” - Karo Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Abe Cambridge: Invest in Solar Powered Bitcoin
March 18th, 2021 by BTCMedia My guest is Abe Cambridge, the founder and CEO of Sun Exchange, the world’s first peer-to-peer solar leasing platform. We're discussing how to transition the world away from fossil fuels and towards solar power, the most deployable, affordable and accessible type of renewable energy. In combination with a decentralized money like Bitcoin it is possible to open up owning solar cells and earning from it to anyone for as little as 5 USD. Abraham Cambridge has an academic background in climate change science. Through his studies, it became alarmingly clear that climate change presents the most imminent threat to humanity. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - The Separation of Money & State [Knut Svanholm]
March 17th, 2021 by BTCMedia The world became vastly more free when we separated our religious morals and authority from the apparatus of the state. The separation of church and state is one of the most important developments for freedom in history. But the state retained an unjust, unequal level of control & limitation on the freedom of expression, by monopolizing the very tool we use to express value. Money. Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - Softchains with Somsen and More on Block Digest
March 16th, 2021 by BTCMedia This week we're airing an episode of the Block Digest where Somsen talks about his new 2-way peg proposal called softchains, as well as interesting use cases for spacechains, how Ripple Pay (or 'hawala') could be enabled for Lightning, and a new method to split up a 24-word seed. We'll be back next week with a regular show. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Sébastien Gouspillou: Bitcoin Mining Funds Green Energy
March 15th, 2021 by BTCMedia My guest is Sébastien Gouspillou, he is the Co-Founder and CEO of BigBlock Datacenter a Bitcoin mining company based in France. BigBlock Datacenter is running several mining farms in Russia, Central Asia, and Africa. His mission is to qualify France in the world competition of proof-of-work. We are going deep into the business and the ecological effects of Bitcoin mining. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - LOT true or false? The Last Hurdle for Taproot [Aaron Van Wirdum]
March 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia Today's read is from Aaron Van Wirdum at Bitcoin Magazine, an excellent writer who has so many brilliant breakdowns of the technical and historical elements of Bitcoin. Taproot is SO close, but there is a final debate, a final hurdle to tackle before we get to see it activated on the network, and that’s over how and when to turn on the switch. LOT=true or LOT=false? This is the Last Hurdle Before Taproot Activation: Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - King of the Jade Empire (w/ Lawrence Nahum)
March 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast we welcome Lawrence Nahum, founder of GreenAddress and Chief Architect at Blockstream, to do a deep dive on Blockstream Jade and Blockstream Green. We cover hardware security including secure elements and their alternatives, open-source supply chains, the nuances of airgappedness, and Blockstream's recent anti-exfil security mechanism. Digging into Blockstream Green, we go over the nature of deterministic wallets, private keys & recovery, 'instant confirmation' transactions, and the recent 'encrypted blob' for enhanced user privacy. Read More
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