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The Ether Review #12: Stephan Tual, Slock.it
January 16th, 2016 byLegendface66
Joining me today is Stephen Tual, a one-time member of the Ethereum team and one of the founders of Slock.it, a project that aims to be Ethereum’s bridge to the Internet of Things. Their Devcon 1 presentation was lauded as one of the most stark illustrations of the power of Ethereum. Read More -
MTM Music - Two Producer Releases of "Born to Roam"
January 15th, 2016 byadam
Name: **Born To Roam** First Release: **January 10, 2016** (Producer Only) Public Release: TBA (probably EP #2) Read More -
The Bitcoin Game #32: Brock Pierce
January 15th, 2016 byRob
Hello, welcome to episode 32 of *The Bitcoin Game.* I'm Rob Mitchell. Today's interview is with Brock Pierce, chairman of the board of The Bitcoin Foundation, and a highly-accomplished VC in digital currency. Brock got involved in digital token entrepreneurship at a very young age, with a focus on gaming, an activity he excelled at. As he reached his mid-twenties, Brock's companies were doing $100,000,000 in business. By the time Bitcoin was released, Brock had become a veteran in the busines... Read More -
Mind to Matter Music: First Producer Release of Concentric Cycles
January 15th, 2016 byadam
Name: **Concentric Cycles** First Release: **January 15, 2016** (Producer Only) Public Release: TBA (probably EP #2) Read More -
'Ross Ulbricht: A 170-Page Appeal for Justice,' by Jamie Redman
January 15th, 2016 byJamieCrypto
It's been close to a year since a federal jury sentenced 31-year-old Ross Ulbricht [to two life prison convictions](http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/29/technology/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-prison-sentence/) for running the Silk Road website under the name Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR). This week, the Ulbricht family attorneys have filed with higher courts to appeal all seven charges against him, submitting [170 pages](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2686067-Document-22.html) of arguments. Read More -
Africoin Report: 'How Bitcoin Will Help Africa,' by Madiou Bah
January 14th, 2016 byMadiou
The continent of Africa makes up 6% of the earth’s land surface, with 30 islands. Its area covers 415,873 square kilometers (258,411 miles). With over 1.1 billion inhabitants in 2014, the 55 countries of Africa represented 16% of the world’s population. Africa's population is the [youngest in the world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa). In 2012, the median age was 19.7, compared to a worldwide median of 30.4. According to the World Bank, the [youth represent 60%](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.camer.be%2F43212%2F30%3A27%2Fle-chomage-massif-des-jeunes-en-afrique-subsaharienne-africa.html) of the country's unemployed. Here's how Bitcoin can help. Read More -
The Crypto Show with Evan Duffield of Dash, and Debating Bitcoin with Bart Simpson
January 14th, 2016 byTheCryptoShow
####First Hour: We talk with Evan Duffield about Dash Evolution, the Dash budget proposal, master nodes, X-11, and the new interface with Lamassu Bitcoin ATMs. ####Second Hour: We are somehow thrown into a debate with Bart Simpson (doh) about the validity of Bitcoin. It's like playing cards with your brother's kids. (That's a *Lampoon Vacation* reference.) Bart makes buzzword attacks on Bitcoin. The cartoon Bart and this Bart have the overuse of buzzwords very much in common. Zasha, a local bitcoiner with a more rational skepticism, brings sanity to the conversation. Read More -
Episode #75 BTC Media Now in Nashville!
January 12th, 2016 byjohnbarrett
On today's show I am thrilled to welcome to the studio the CEO of BTC Media, Mr. David Bailey. I also welcome John Riggins of BTC Media who will be heading up BTC Media's new office opening soon in Shanghai, China. In this episode we have a great conversation about how BTC Media aims to change the digital landscape here in the South with many exciting developments coming this year! BTC Media recently moved to Nashville and is now the world's preeminent Bitcoin media group, reaching millions o... Read More -
EB113 - Jae Kwon, Dustin Byington & Ethan Buchman: Tendermint - Private Modularized Blockchains
January 11th, 2016 byepicenterbitcoin
As blockchain technologies mature, new protocol specifications are emerging, which take unique approaches to software design and how consensus is achieved. We have talked about [Multchain](https://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/107/) and [OpenChain](https://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/102/) in the past, but Tendermint promises to be a viable solution for many permissioned blockchain use cases. It’s design is modular, meaning that the application layer (smart contract) and the consensus laye... Read More -
What’s at stake in the Bitcoin block size debate
January 11th, 2016 byjohn
What Bitcoin Is and How It Works First described by Satoshi Nakamoto in a whitepaper released in late 2008, Bitcoin is a “P2P electronic cash system” that enables two people on the Internet to transact with each other without having to go through a traditional payment processor such as a bank or credit card network. Bitcoin was invented by combining several previously existing technologies - including digital signatures, peer-to-peer networking, and cryptographic pr... Read More -
The Crypto Show with Doug Casey and Two Local Bitcoiners
January 11th, 2016 byTheCryptoShow
In the first forty minutes, we discuss Bitcoin with two local bitcoiners, Jered Reyes and Chris Guida. Then Doug Casey joins us for the remainder of the show to talk gold, markets, and expatriation. Read More -
The Tatiana Show - Luis Molina of Fermat
January 10th, 2016 byTatianaMoroz
Tatiana and co-host, Joshua Scigala, welcome Luis Molina, founder of Fermat and CEO of BitDubai. Fermat is a P2P financial-application framework that allows stand-alone crypto wallets to evolve into any kind of trust-less financial application, and BitDubai is a network of developers, designers, and academics building the first implementation of Fermat.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #277 Separating Signatures with Segregated Witness
January 9th, 2016 byadam
##On Episode 277... * Format Changes to LTB 2016 announced, effective immediately! * Andreas explains the upcoming Bitcoin Improvement Proposal called Segregated Witness, which allows among other things the separating of cryptographic signatures from their underlying transaction and by doing so, solve a bunch of problems. This episode is Technical but Andreas does a good job unpacking it and the other hosts are there to ask the obvious questions. Read More -
The Ether Review #11: Free My Vunk!
January 8th, 2016 byLegendface66
Free My Vunk is a movement to port game items and assets into the blockchain. The goal is to give control of hard-won, in-game rewards entirely to the players themselves. On the surface, this seems like a simple, maybe even mundane use case, but the significance a gamer may attach to a specific achievement can be a real source of economic value. We see this in phenomena like World of Warcraft gold mining and character sale. Read More -
The Africoin Report: The Financial Consequence of Centralisation
January 8th, 2016 byGoefells
South Africa is infamous for being one of the longest-running modern-day governments to legalise racial separation, called apartheid, in many facets of everyday life. Only in 1994 were black South Africans able to vote for the first time to change the leadership of the country. The African National Congress (ANC) party overwhelmingly won the election in 1994, and became the first democratically elected government South Africa had ever seen. The saddening realisation is that it has seemingly followed every other African liberation movement — it's the only post-apartheid government South Africa has ever had, and the political rot is bringing the country into ruin. Read More -
The Tatiana Show - Jonathan Chester of Bitwage and Dave Ripley of Glidera
January 8th, 2016 byTatianaMoroz
Tatiana Moroz and her handsome co-host, Joshua Scigala of Vaultoro, talk to Jonathan Chester of Bitwage and Dave Ripley of Glidera. Chester is the founder of Bitwage, a payroll payment processor, and Ripley is the CEO of Glidera, which provides a safe and easy way to obtain Bitcoin and have it sent to any wallet.
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The Crypto Show with Guests Joshua Scigala of Vaultoro and Trace Mayer
January 7th, 2016 byTheCryptoShow
####First Hour We talk with Joshua Scigala of Vaultoro about how "the bitcoin gold exchange" works and where it's going, as well as gold markets and the "Microsoft vacuum cleaner," their only product that doesn't suck. ####Second Hour Trace Mayer joins us to offer insight on wallet security and world markets. Read More -
SAFE Crossroads Podcast #29 SAFE School Class X, Graduation Review -- All Invited
January 6th, 2016 byfergish
####In this Episode#### Come one, come all, to the last planned class of the SAFE Network School. We do a high-level overview of what we know about the SAFE Network in a way that even parents, friends and family of the proud graduates will be warmed with what they learn, and be proud of those who have worked so hard to get closer to the bare metal of this elegant technology. Graduates will be reminded of all that they have learned by noting the intricate details that have been artfully... Read More -
EB112 - Casey Kuhlman: Permissioned Blockchain And Disrupting Industrial Application Design
January 6th, 2016 byepicenterbitcoin
Permissionable blockchains have gained much attention from enterprise this past year, and specifically, the traditional fiance and FinTech sectors. As new protocols emerge and the technology is matures, it is becoming apparent they are simply a new class of database, one which integrates business logic (smart contracts) and a consensus layer (PoS, PoW, etc). Casey Kuhlman is the CEO of Eris Industries, a company which specializes in building permissioned blockchain systems for enterprise... Read More -
The Tatiana Show - Kingsley Edwards of the Michael Edwards Freedom Fund
January 6th, 2016 byTatianaMoroz
Tatiana and co-host, Joshua Scigala, welcome Kingsley Edwards. Kingsley is well-known for his work with Leet, but today he’s coming on to talk about something more personal: his father’s imprisonment as a nonviolent offender in the drug war.
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