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The Blockcrunch - Crunch Time: What's Happening in Asia for Crypto?
August 19th, 2019 by
DSholla Crunch Time is a 20 min segment summarizing key topics and things you should know in the increasingly global world of crypto. We kick off our Asia miniseries with a snapshot of what's happening in key markets such as China, Korea and India. Featuring: * Joyce Yang, Global Coin Research * Alex Shin, Hashed * Sandeep Nailwal, Matic Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #80 Reflecting on Mt. Gox with Andy Pag
February 25th, 2019 by DSholla **“It is a lot of money that could have some pretty dramatic effects on a lot of peoples lives. It would be a really lovely story to see that delivered and to see people get these windfalls that they have been waiting for, for a long time.” — Andy Pag** **Interview location:** Skype **Interview date:** Friday 22nd Feb, 2019 **Company:** Mt. Gox Legal **Role:** Creator and Elected Administrator The Mt. Gox story is incredibly complicated. The first Bitcoin exchange, crea... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #79 Reviving Mt. Gox With Brock Pierce
February 22nd, 2019 by DSholla **“If someone came to me today and said should I put my money in this or banks I’d say no, you should keep your money in the bank, banks are better than we are today.” — Brock Pierce** **Interview location:** Skype **Interview date:** Wednesday 13th Feb, 2019 Brock Pierce…hmmm… A man with a questionable history in Bitcoin and wrapped up in the Mt. Gox story. With Gox Rising Brock has a plan to help creditors but what are his incentives? The creditors I have spoken to... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #78 Kim Nilsson on His Investigation Into Mt. Gox
February 21st, 2019 by DSholla **“We expect more from this position, that is why we usually put people in these elevated positions, to be able to make the right decisions and Mark kind of ended up there more by accident.” — Kim Nilsson** **Interview Location:** Skype **Interview Date:** Wednesday 20th Feb, 2019 **Company:** WizSec **Role:** Chief Engineer Mark Karpeles has had many accusations thrown at him since the collapse of Mt. Gox, including being the architect of the theft himself. Many people ... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did #77 Daniel Kelman on the Creditors of Mt. Gox and Civil Rehabilitation
February 20th, 2019 by DSholla **“When this all happened I hated Mark, but now I don’t because I understand a lot more about what went on.” — Daniel Kelman** **Interview location:** Skype **Interview date:** Tuesday 12th Feb, 2019 **Company:** OceanEx **Role:** Chief Strategy Officer The victims of Mt. Gox are the creditors, those who lost their Bitcoin when the company entered into bankruptcy arrangements. For years they have battled for a fair civil rehabilitation plan and suffered delay after de... Read More -
Traveling On Bitcoin: Is It Getting Easier?
February 24th, 2015 by
aibit *This is part of the series I'm doing for [abitsky.com](http://www.abitsky.com/?utm_source=LTB&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=guestpost) – where bitcoins meet traveling (and can purchase cheap flights).* It's been nearly five years since [Laszlo bought two pizzas](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0) for 10,000 bitcoin – the first time anyone paid for a physical item using bitcoins. Since then, we have seen the currency's value jump to nearly $1,200 per coin before coming back to ... Read More -
Introducing LTBCOIN, our new crypto-rewards program for LTB Creators and Community
June 27th, 2014 by
adam Update: LTBCOIN Asset Drop Incoming later tonight! 6/27/2014 Hey Reader, Adam B. Levine here and happy to finally share the LTBCOIN project with you. If you’d like to dig into the more technical papers, you’ll find them here. LTBCOIN is a brand new kind of thing - a crypto-rewards system where people who help LTB to be useful are rewarded for their efforts, and it’s built on Bitcoin! Why is LTBCOIN Valuable? Effective July 1st, 2014 LetsTa... Read More -
Bitcoin or “DARPACoin” Could Save Civilization After a Nuclear Event
June 10th, 2014 by
bcohen Could Bitcoin save society after a nuclear disaster? Brian Cohen looks back at the early history of the internet Vis-à-vis ARPANET and RAND. Then he uncovers unlcassified cold war documents ("Options for Accelerating Economic Recovery After Nuclear Attack") from FEMA regarding the circulation of alternative currencies, property rights and a fractured Federal Reserve System after a nuclear strike by the Soviet Union. Finally we catch up with DARPA's latest grant for an altcoin called TorCoin (a.k.a DARPACoin). Read More -
The Ghost in the Machine at MtGox
February 27th, 2014 by adam Getting deeper into the ongoing investigation of what's going on with MtGox: more pieces are falling into place. Speculation into the mishaps are presented by Adam B. Levine and Napoleon Cole among others. Read More -
Alcatel-Lucent files Patent for Vault to Wallet Transfer System
January 28th, 2014 by bcohen The essence of the patent is a system whereby a decentralized currency such as Bitcoin is stored in a secure environment known as a Vault and a smaller unsecured portion of funds are stored in an unsecured Wallet. With cryptocurrency thefts in the news as the price hovers near $1000 each, Brian Cohen catches another patent in this LTB exclusive. Read More -
IBM Building "e-Currency Platform," including Bitcoin
December 18th, 2013 by bcohen Hot on the heels of Chase's mystery patents last month, patent documents from IBM reveal interesting plans for the digital currency market. IBM's new filing is much less vague and even less competitive, it seems; rather than outlining a whole new currency solution, it sounds like IBM plans to unite the currencies of the world to a degree we've never seen... if all goes well. Read More -
UPDATED-Call for New Shows
December 13th, 2013 by adam Ever wanted to start your own Let's Talk Bitcoin!? Now's your chance! LTB is turning into a network in addition to the twice weekly show, and we're looking for promising teams and individuals to create the next generation of Cryptocurrency content!Full details, deadlines and prizes inside! Read More
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JPMorgan Chase Building Bitcoin-Killer
December 9th, 2013 by bcohen BREAKING - Over the American Thanksgiving holiday, the US Patent and Trademark Office published the details of a patent application filed by JPMorgan Chase in August. The patent suggests Chase bank is attempting to construct a rival digital-cash network with a number of startling similarities to existing Bitcoin protocol- Brian Cohen has first details. Read More
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