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The Blockcrunch - How Should We Build a Democracy on the Blockchain? — Chris McCoy (Storecoin)
February 18th, 2019 by
DSholla What would the three branches of the government look like...on the blockchain? This week, we continue our discussion on crypto governance with Storecoin, backed by Blocktower and Arrington XRP Capital, to find out. Founder Chris McCoy and I touch on: Why 1-coin-1-vote doesn't work How to creates a p2p democracy and its tradeoffs Whether a system of checks and balances makes sense Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi) Not finance advice. Spartan Capital and/or Jason may or may not have... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #75 Jed McCaleb on the Creation of Mt. Gox
February 18th, 2019 by DSholla **“A big part of the reason I handed it off to Mark is that the amount of effort that you need to put into security is something I didn’t want to do.” — Jed McCaleb** **Interview location:** San Francisco **Interview date:** Wednesday 30th Jan, 2019 **Company:** Stellar **Role:** Cofounder In February 2014 Mt. Gox suspended trading and filed for bankruptcy after approximately 850,000 Bitcoins were stolen, at the time, valued at more than $450m. At the time of its demis... Read More -
Let's Talk Bitcoin! #388 - Controlling Bitcoin?
February 17th, 2019 by
adam *"We're beginning to see the first steps of backlash against the assertion of cryptocurrencies... **That commerce will flow freely on the internet" - Andreas M. Antonopoulos*** ##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, and Jonathan Mohan once again join Adam B. Levine for a discussion on the theory and practice of applying international sanctions to individual bitcoin addresses. What starts as merely annoying could become much worse... or not! We talk about it. Then, in case anybody was wondering, Bitcoin is in a bear market! The cycle continues! We talk about that, too. Read More -
Distributed Dialogues EP #17 - Low Hanging Fruit
February 15th, 2019 by DSholla **"Once people become comfortable with blockchain ... Remember, blockchain is really tainted by bitcoin, which is tainted by the dark web. Healthcare is looking at it going, "Oh my God, this is a creepy space. We don't want any piece of this." Well, that's a problem if you're an entrepreneur. You want to choose something that has minimum amount of regulation, biggest upside possible, get everybody comfortable, move forward." - Dr. Alan Pitt** **** Many companies in the healthcare secto... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #74 How Bitcoin Works With Matt Corallo
February 15th, 2019 by DSholla **“Bitcoin is the culmination of 30 years of attempts at building digital money for the internet.” — Matt Corallo** **Interview location:** London **Interview date:** Thursday 7th Feb, 2019 **Company:** Chaincode Labs **Role:** CEO What is Bitcoin? Is it digital gold? Is it money? Whoever I put this question to, the answer always changes but one thing that is consistent is that it always retains to technology and value. Perhaps Bitcoin is therefore many things which... Read More -
Long Distance Dating and Dating on the Road: Proof Of Love hosted by Tatiana Moroz, Stephanie Murphy, PHD, and Lauren Kaszovitz
February 14th, 2019 by
TatianaMoroz Is this even possible? Can you sustain a meaningful relationship when there are oceans between you and the object of your affection? What makes it work, and what can ruin it? What about dating while touring the world, whether that’s as a speaker, a musician, or just a digital nomad? How do you get the guts to tell someone that you want to try for something more real, even though it’s hard to get to that place if you are only meeting people in transit? It... Read More -
Attachment Theory: Proof Of Love hosted by Tatiana Moroz, Stephanie Murphy, PHD, and Lauren Kaszovitz
February 14th, 2019 by TatianaMoroz My favorite thing I have learned on my journey into my romantic psyche has been Attachment Theory. Whenever I share it with people, it also seems to help them and really resonate. It’s nice to know we are not alone in our weird behaviors some of us have had since childhood, but never really had an explanation for. Hint: you’re not a crazy person (well, you may be, but not because of this specifically). Stephanie had some great articles we touched on, I have so... Read More -
The Premier Episode: Proof Of Love hosted by Tatiana Moroz, Stephanie Murphy, PHD, and Lauren Kaszovitz
February 14th, 2019 by TatianaMoroz Finally, the time has come. Our very first episodes are launching! Proof of Love has been a labour of love, no doubt. However, I am so excited to be able to share these first few episodes with you! This is the opener, where Lauren, Stephanie, and I go through a bit of our dating history and the reasons why we wanted to start the show. Expect a lot of different topics moving forward, and some celebrity guests, and some authorities on love, sex, personal growth, and more.
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The Tatiana Show Ep. 171 Marshall Hayner
February 13th, 2019 by TatianaMoroz On my latest episode, I interview an old friend Marshall Hayner of MetalPay. I have known Marshall for ages, so I was very excited to learn about his latest work. I love how he and his team have made an easy way to send and receive money, like PayPal or Venmo but without fees. You are even earning Metal coins every time you use it! Hear more about it on this episode, and thank you to MetalPay for being the newest sponsor of the Tatiana Show! Hope you enjoy! About the Guest Marsha... Read More -
#274 Alexey Akhunov: Ethereum 1.x - BUIDLing Things One Step at a Time
February 13th, 2019 by
epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Alexey Akhunov, an independent Ethereum researcher. Alexey leads TurboGeth and the state rent working group for the Ethereum 1.x project. Read More -
The Tatiana Show Ep. 170 Dan Spuller
February 12th, 2019 by TatianaMoroz Even though I am in Acapulco, and the sun is oh so alluring, I still found time to do an episode with Dan Spuller from the Chamber of Digital Commerce to talk about the upcoming Summit. We also got an update on the recent work being done in DC on behalf of the Blockchain community by Dan, Perianne, and their team. Co-Host Joshua Scigala was able to join, which was great as he has been tied up with fundraising and speaking publicly at a variety of conferences for Vaultoro. We mentione... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #73 How ABRA Is Building a Global Bank with Bill Barhydt
February 12th, 2019 by DSholla **“Abra uses Bitcoin tech to basically build the foundations for what really will be a global bank.” — Bill Barhydt** **Interview location:** Skype **Interview date:** Friday 8th Feb, 2019 **Company:** ABRA **Role:** CEO The dot-com bubble burst when companies were unable to deliver on the expected promise of a boom in e-commerce. Companies raised too much money and were unable to drive the sales volume which supported their ambitious infrastructure and share price. ... Read More -
The Blockcrunch - How Maker Became Ethereum's Biggest Project - Rune Christensen (Founder, MakerDao)
February 11th, 2019 by DSholla More than $240M worth of ETH are locked up in MakerDao's smart contracts, making it the largest project on Ethereum in terms of value locked up (beyond direct speculation). Founder Rune Christensen joins us on this special episode. We touch on: - The origins of Dai and its adoption so far - How will Maker scale? - Maker's stabilization mechanism and governance - How would Maker bootstrap a new synthesized asset? Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi) Rate and subscribe! **Not... 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 -
Distributed Dialogues EP #16 - Amazon, Nashville and the Future of Healthcare
February 8th, 2019 by DSholla **"I think, more likely, you're going to see, let's say, an Amazon come in and maybe partner with an HCA and figure out how to streamline some things." - Blake Farmer** Nashville has long been the center of the healthcare industry and with Amazon's announcement to establish a 5000 job branch there, it's no secret that they could potentially expand their already dominant services into the healthcare sector. Such a move would not only create more jobs but also stimulate local and state econ... Read More -
The Tatiana Show Ep. 169 Andy Steig
February 8th, 2019 by TatianaMoroz Andy Steig and I have done a lot of fun content together in the time we have known each other. It first started out with an appearance on his show “The Layman” in the Bitcoin episode. It’s quite funny and linked, so please check it out. Then I came on his Coin Boys podcast, which is a very cool show. Finally, we have come full circle to him coming on the Tatiana Show. Have a listen, and hear about how his content is being made in a funny way, that ... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #72 Truth, Lies and Blockchains with JW Weatherman
February 8th, 2019 by DSholla **“I think we underestimate how many people are getting paid to be scammers in this space.” — JW Weatherman** **Interview location:** Skype **Interview date:** Sunday 3rd Feb, 2019 What is a scam in crypto? Is it the explicit decision to defraud investors by raising funds for a project you have no intention to build? Does it include projects where the founders make claims to be developing technology which they are not sure they can create? Should it include altcoins which are ... Read More -
#273 Christian Decker: Lightning Network - The Road to Scaling Bitcoin
February 7th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We were joined by Blockstream core engineer Christian Decker to speak about the vision of the Lightning Network, how the project progressed in the last years and remaining obstacles to scaling Bitcoin. Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #71 - Update on the Political Crisis in Venezuela
February 6th, 2019 by DSholla **“Just the idea of getting paid in something you need to immediately need to get rid off is a huge problem.” — Mauricio Bartolomeo** Interview location: Skype Interview date: Wednesday 6th Feb, 2019 Following the January 3rd protests in Venezuela and Juan Guaido declaring himself as the interim president, I invited three Venezuelan nationals to discuss the current political crisis: Alejandro Machado - [Caracas Chronicles](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/author/alejandro-... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #70 Privacy and Zcash with Zooko Wilcox
February 5th, 2019 by DSholla **“If you have sufficiently weak privacy, then that causes centralisation.” — Zooko Wilcox** **Interview location:** Skype **Interview date:** Tuesday 22nd Jan, 2019 **Company:** Zcash **Role:** Founder and CEO One of the significant failings of Digicash, the David Chaum pre-Bitcoin digital currency was centralisation. Decentralisation has become one of the core components of what has made Bitcoin work and a success; shutting it down is only possible under extreme circu... Read More
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