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Balaji Srinivasan Part 1 - Virtual Worlds, AI and Politics - WBD146
September 14th, 2019 by
BTCMedia In Part 1 of this interview, Balaji and I take a deep dive into the world of virtual reality and gaming, the integration of AI into our daily lives, politics and state surveillance. These are not unfamiliar subjects for the podcast, but the questions and ideas Balaji raised undoubtedly were. Read More -
Preston Byrne & Jake Chervinsky on Regulating Libra - WBD145
September 10th, 2019 by BTCMedia Shortly after Facebook announced the launch of Libra, the U.S government hauled David Marcus, the head of the proposed currency, in front of Congress. For two days, Marcus answered tough questioning from both The House and The Senate on everything from Libra’s intentions to Facebook’s previous issues such as Cambridge Analytica. Quite predictably, the creation of a new global currency was seen as a threat to the Dollar and was met with hostility by large parts of Congress, but was this part of Facebook’s plan? Are they using and audacious initial proposal as a way of shocking Congress before ‘revisiting’ the proposal and easing the regulatory path? Or, is Facebook using cryptocurrency and blockchain under the guise of ‘innovation’ as a shield against harsh regulation, well aware of the government’s fear that China controlled WeChat and Alipay could weaken the position of the Dollar? Read More -
Jameson Lopp & Peter Todd on Libra: Technical Analysis - WBD144
September 6th, 2019 by BTCMedia In the second episode of the Libra series, I discuss these issues with Jameson Lopp and Peter Todd, as we take a deep dive into the technical side of Facebook's Libra. Read More -
Brian Lockhart on Running a Bitcoin Full Node - WBD142
August 30th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I sit down with Brian Lockhart from Casa to talk about Bitcoin full nodes. We discuss why it is vital to the individual and for the Bitcoin community, and how Casa is working to make it easier for people to run a full node. Read More -
Stephan Livera on Austrian Economics, Libertarianism and Bitcoin - WBD141
August 27th, 2019 by BTCMedia The principles of Austrian Economics and Libertarianism have grown in awareness with the rise of Bitcoin. Where Austrian Economists have adopted Bitcoin as the hardest form of money, conversely, Bitcoiners have become aware of Austrian Economics as an alternative model for the economy. Read More -
Raoul Pal on Bitcoin as a Global Recession Hedge - WBD140
August 23rd, 2019 by BTCMedia **Location:** Skype **Date:** Tuesday, 20th July **Project:** Real Vision Group **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO "Chancellor on the brink of second bailout for banks" the Times headline on 3rd Jan 2009 and the now infamous words included in the Bitcoin Genesis Block. This was Satoshi Nakamoto's message to the world as the Bitcoin protocol launched. Many believe this was also a carefully chosen message to establish Bitcoin’s role. The U.K.'s Chancellor of the Exchequer was about t... Read More -
Hassan Khoshtaghaza on Operating a UK Bitcoin ATM - WBD139
August 17th, 2019 by
DSholla SatoshiPoint is the UK’s largest Bitcoin ATM business, starting out in London in 2014 and initially struggling to find locations for the ATMs SatoshiPoint has since gone on to thrive and now operates in over 40 locations across the UK. Read More -
Bitcoin ATM Regulations with Bill Repasky - WBD138
August 16th, 2019 by DSholla Regulations are have always been in front of mind for the Bitcoin industry. Ever-increasing surveillance has accompanied the evolution of technology, primarily financial surveillance. Read More -
Putting Bitcoin on Every Block with Chris Yim from LibertyX - WBD137
August 15th, 2019 by DSholla LibertyX launched the first Bitcoin ATM in the U.S. Starting out with a single machine at Boston’s South Station they have grown to operate the largest network of Bitcoin ATMs, cashiers and kiosks. Read More -
Karel Kyovsky on Manufacturing Bitcoin ATMs - WBD136
August 14th, 2019 by DSholla Since the first Bitcoin ATMs started appearing in 2013, the market has grown at a significant rate, seemingly unaffected by Bitcoin’s volatility. With a fast-paced market and strong competition, manufacturers have to keep up with a growing demand for machines and new feature requests. Read More -
Operating Bitcoin ATMs with Gil Valentine & Eric Gravengaard from Athena - WBD135
August 13th, 2019 by DSholla The Bitcoin ATM market continues to grow, and according to a recent report by Coin ATM Radar there are now over 5,000 Bitcoin ATMs worldwide. Read More -
John Newbery On Building A Bitcoin Developer Community - WBD134
August 12th, 2019 by DSholla **“If Lightning is Layer two and Bitcoin is Layer one, then Layer zero is the people using and building Bitcoin.”** -John Newbery As an open source initiative, Bitcoin does not have a central fund to pay developers. Instead, it relies on a community of committed devs and a core group of companies and Bitcoin philanthropists to fund them. One of the companies leading the way in providing a platform for these developers is Chaincode Labs. Read More -
Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole with Matt Odell & Marty Bent - WBD133
August 9th, 2019 by DSholla There are a handful of Bitcoiners who bleed orange, those with so much conviction it is hard to listen to them talk about Bitcoin and dismiss its importance. Matt Odell is one of those, and I have a little secret for you, Matt was the trigger for taking What Bitcoin Did full Bitcoin. Having wrestled with this for a while, I heard Matt on Stephan Livera’s show discussing podcasts where he said he liked some of what I was doing. “Some”. So Matt and I had a long chat about this, and it was a trigger for me to realise there is enough with Bitcoin to focus on. Read More -
Pieter Wuille on Building Bitcoin - WBD132
August 6th, 2019 by DSholla Pieter Wuille is one of the most influential, respected and prolific Bitcoin developers. While his career began at Google, the appeal of working on Bitcoin's open-source protocol was too tempting and led him to co-found Blockstream. Read More -
Silvergate's Alan Lane on Banking the Corporate Unbanked - WBD131
August 2nd, 2019 by DSholla Since Satoshi’s left the message, "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" in the genesis block, Bitcoin has been the antithesis of banks. “Be your own bank”, perhaps an overused phrase from Bitcoin proponents certainly comes under question for companies building Bitcoin-based businesses. Businesses need Fiat for operating costs: rent, wages etc. and for now, at least that is a gap that Bitcoin can't fill. Read More -
Bitcoin is More Than a Financial System with Zac Prince & Jeremy Welch - WBD130
July 31st, 2019 by DSholla In this interview, I speak with Casa Founder Jeremy Welch and BlockFi Founder Zac Prince, we discuss Bitcoin utility, non-financial and sometimes unexpected applications and why Bitcoin is more than a financial system. Read More -
Nicholas Percoco on Defending the Crypto Honeypot - WBD129
July 26th, 2019 by DSholla Exchange hacks have been a constant thorn in the side of the industry. Where a physical bank robbery of $millions will make headline news, a +$100m exchange hack will barely break out of the crypto news media. Exchange hacks are now so commonplace that a recent report from Ledger’s CEO Eric Larcheveque found that the equivalent of $2.7 million a day was stolen from exchanges last year. Read More -
Juthica Chou on The First Physically Settled Bitcoin Futures - WBD128
July 23rd, 2019 by DSholla The growth in Bitcoin derivatives has led to an increase in interest from Wall Street and institutional investors. The market is clouded by regulatory uncertainty and all current Bitcoin futures are cash-settled, which brings additional problems. The market took a significant step forward when LedgerX announced that they had received regulatory approval to launch the first regulated physically settled Bitcoin futures contracts. LedgerX also announced the launch of a new trading platform called Omni, which, for the first time, will give US retail investors access to regulated derivatives markets. Read More -
Saifedean Ammous on Understanding Bitcoin Economics - WBD127
July 22nd, 2019 by DSholla **“That is what really drew me to Bitcoin, because it had this property that means that, no matter how many people want to use Bitcoin we’re not going to make more than 21 million. Deal with it.” — Saifedean Ammous** Read More -
The Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index with Michel Rauchs - WBD126
July 21st, 2019 by DSholla Is Bitcoin power consumption something Bitcoiners should be worried about and can the criticism be written off as a way for Bitcoin naysayers to ignore it for a little longer? Read More
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