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My Fascination with Daniel Krawisz and His Negative Stance on Altcoins
November 10th, 2014 by
TheBitMom Daniel Krawisz has made a name for himself as the philosophical opponent to competing currencies. He takes issue specifically with competing cryptocurrencies such as Litecoin, Dogecoin, and other alternatives to Bitcoin. Read More -
Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #41: Andreas Antonopoulos The Teacher
November 9th, 2014 by
johnbarrett Today I feel so very fortunate to have on the show my good friend Mr. Andreas Antonopoulos. Mr. Antonpoulos is a passionate teacher who talks to us today about the University of Nicosia in Cypress and the exciting news that they have launched the very first Master of Science degree in Digital Currency. This Masters Degree is now offered to students worldwide through an online format. Listeners dont bother pinching yourselves - you're not asleep and youre not dreaming - it IS true - you can now... Read More -
The Bitcoin Game #3 - Joseph VaughnPerling
November 7th, 2014 by
Rob Welcome to episode number three of The Bitcoin Game. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell. In this episode I talk to Joseph VaughnPerling at his alpaca ranch. We discuss Monero, the Crypto Kingdom game, Bitcoin's maximum block size proposal, the Bitcoin Specie Project, Sidechains, and a few tangents. Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim your share of the weekly distribution of LTBcoin. The magic word must be submitted within four days of this epis... Read More -
Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #40: Get Paid in Bitcoin with BitWages!
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Cryptoween
October 31st, 2014 by
MikeJohnson Bitcoin was born on Halloween, six years ago. On a crisp fall morning much like today, Satoshi Nakamoto made a post to [the Cryptography mailing list](http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography). The post announced the Bitcoin white paper to the world. Read More -
Decentralized Internet Update
October 31st, 2014 by
mdw There is considerable activity going on behind the scenes, so I figured I'd offer a survey of current events, instead of taking an in-depth look at various topics individually.
The Huffington Post carried an article recently about domain name thefts. The main point was that domain thefts happen, and there is often little recourse for the domain registrants. As long as we rely on registrars to safeguard our domain names, instead of controlling our own, thefts will happen.
This week I came across an altcoin called EmerCoin. They allow people to register .emc and .coin domains. Now is the preregistration period. Domains will be allocated, for free, to registrants of existing domains in other extensions.
okTurtles announced this week that they are hiring! The team is expanding in order to better pursue development efforts around its flagship products—DNSChain and okTurtles software. Node.js developers are wanted, as well as fundraisers. Also, the OpenBazaar team has begun their DNSChain integration effort.
ICANN 51 took place in Los Angeles last week, with hundreds of participants falling asleep during the proceedings. The main item on the agenda was, of course, the IANA Stewardship transition, but we also take a look at proposed changes to WHOIS.
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Permacredits Episode 2: Sangeeta in Bangalore
October 29th, 2014 by
permacredits This is the second in a series of short stories highlighting what life is like in Colony Earth Corp, a member-owned lifestyle corporation that builds exquisite living environments running on Permacredits. Read More -
The Bitcoin Game #2 - Factom
October 27th, 2014 by Rob Welcome to episode number two of The Bitcoin Game. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell. In this episode I talk to Peter Kirby about Factom, a distributed application that functions as a scalable permanent system of record. We also talk about the Texas Bitcoin Conference, and finally, discuss the price and value of Bitcoin. Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim your share of the weekly distribution of LTBcoin. The magic word must be submitted within fo... Read More -
Everything I Need to Know About Bitcoin Trading, I Learned from Game of Thrones
October 25th, 2014 by
helloluis Trading on Bitcoin order-book exchanges can be a daunting task, a Meereenese knot of technical jargon, complex user interfaces, and more graphs than you can shake a Greyjoy sausage at. Read More
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