Eric Kuebler at Bitcoin magazine gives us an introduction into Tari, the sidechain for digital assets and the Lightning Network built on top of Monero. Learn more in today’s Quik Read! Check out the full article and Eric's other works at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/tari-introduces-blockchain-protocol-digital-assets-built-monero/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
May 25, 2018•26 min
@StopAndDecrypt gives us an excellent breakdown of the state of the over-stressed Ethereum blockchain. Do the trends spell disaster for the smart contract platform, or is there a way out? Listen to find out and be prepared to learn! Check out the full article for all the links and graphics and dont forget to follow @StopAndDecrypt:https://medium.com/@StopAndDecrypt/the-ethereum-blockchain-size-has-exceeded-1tb-and-yes-its-an-issue-2b650b5f4f62 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spot...
May 24, 2018•1 hr 3 min
An excellent breakdown of the recent attacks and corresponding vulnerabilities in the Verge cryptocurrency. From Daniel Goldman and The Abacus Crypto Journal, listen to learn all about the time-warp vulnerability and the ongoing attack. Enjoy! Don't forget to check out Daniel Goldman's other works and follow him for his future articles:https://blog.theabacus.io/@dzack23 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
May 23, 2018•38 min
An exploration of history, anthropology, communication and evolution searching for the answers to what money is, what Bitcoin is, and why this innovation is so important. From Aleksandar Svetski, enjoy a journey through human and bitcoin nature. Link to the article, check out the graphics and many links included to dig deeper into the topic:https://hackernoon.com/homo-sapiens-evolution-money-bitcoin-33f69701deAnd The list of those to follow and subscribe to presented in the article. Looking for ...
May 22, 2018•45 min
The true disruptive potential of Bitcoin is that we can guarantee our own financial sovereignty without trusting anyone else. Don’t be a second class Bitcoin citizen, listen to Jameson Lopp’s article explaining how to be Bitcoin sovereign! Don't forget to check out the links and information for setting up your own full node:https://medium.com/@lopp/securing-your-financial-sovereignty-3af6fe834603 And of course check out the massive collection of resources and great info at Lopp.net! --- Send in ...
May 21, 2018•19 min
Building a robust, censorship resistant, and globally available financial network, reliance on centralized networking infrastructure becomes one of the most significant points of failure. GoTenna and Samurai Wallet are building the tools to make this a problem of the past. Listen to the great article by richard myers introducing TxTenna! Check out the other links and the full article at:https://inthemesh.com/archive/txtenna-decentralizing-last-mile-bitcoin/ And don't forget to check out Samourai...
May 18, 2018•23 min
Liquid is finally arriving! The sidechain that could be a game changer for scalability, custodial trust, exchange privacy, and overall speed and liquidity throughout the crypto industry. Listen to the introduction from @Billfodl_Wallet written by its founder @Colin_Aulds! Dont forget to check out the full article and the awesome products at billfodl.com!https://billfodl.com/blogs/fodl-blog/gamechanger-blockstream-liquid --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoin...
May 17, 2018•22 min
Are Bitcoin maximalists just cultist fools? Or are they realists who have yet to see a solid case for alternative blockchains? Hitting Jimmy Song's article "Why Blockchain Is Hard" we find out what blockchain is, and what it isn't. Listen for more! Dont forget to check out the full article on Cong's Medium page for numerous funny comic strips:https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-blockchain-is-hard-60416ea4c5c --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/messag...
May 16, 2018•34 min
The most entertaining panel discussion so far @Consensus2018 was between Joe Lubin, Amber Baldet, and Jimmy Song. Song met the panel with uninhibited skepticism over the "blockchain hype." We read David Floyd's article for details on what happened as a lead into the next quick read. Link to David Floyd's article at Coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/lubin-song-wager-bitcoin-blockchain-consensus/?utm_content=buffer432a3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer --- S...
May 15, 2018•8 min
This may be one of the most important articles I’ve read to date. If you think you know about the intricacies, costs, and dynamics of ASIC manufacturing and Cryptocurrency mining, this quick read might prove you wrong. David Vorick brings us this excellent piece that I consider “need-to-know” for anyone invested in POW coins. Listen for more! Link to the blog and full article:https://blog.sia.tech/the-state-of-cryptocurrency-mining-538004a37f9b?token=JSQXnyGCLkSJhiRx --- Send in a voice message:...
May 14, 2018•44 min
New ideas take the stage at the EIP:0 meeting. Governance, Inflation, Social Consensus, funds recovery and more. Reading one of Rachel O’Leary’s great articles on Ethereum development, we explore a major turning point in Ethereum’s world. Is it good, or could this spell disaster? Listen to find out more! The full article, links to Rachel's other works and the great content at Coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/new-ideas-energize-ethereum-though-true-signaling-solution-still-elusive/ --- Send in a...
May 11, 2018•27 min
[Trigger Warning!] Giacomo Zucco recently delivered an epic Twitter thread detailing why he thought bcash supporters were stupid. He may not be the most diplomatic ambassador, but he certainly made some excellent arguments! Listen to find out more. Link to the unrolled Thread:https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/991438132812943369.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
May 10, 2018•39 min
Szabo's excellent essay on the specific trade-offs that empower Satoshi's brilliant solution to the scaling of trust across human institutions. Listen if you are ready to learn.Link to his blog and the full article with lfurther links to explore the topics discussed:https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2017/02/money-blockchains-and-social-scalability.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
May 09, 2018•1 hr
With so many new features, tricks, and protocol changes, what will it be like to use lightning? What will Carol, the user, need to know? Listen to Bryan Vu's story of Carol's first day with Lightning from the Lightning Labs Blog. Link to the blog and full article:https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2018/05/02/lightning-ux.html Don't forget to check out their other links in the article and stay tuned for future posts expanding the details of the awesome work being done by Lightning Labs! ---...
May 08, 2018•22 min
Splicing Payments, Submarine Swaps, Atomic Swaps, Dual-Funded Channels, Eltoo, Channel Factories, AMPS, and More! Listen to Aaron's recent article to hear more of the awesome potential and the future of the Lightning Network. Listen to the end for a special thank you for all the increxible work at Bitcoin Magazine and the always reliable Aaron Van Wirdum!Link to read it at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/future-bitcoin-what-lightning-could-look/ --- Send in a voice message:...
May 07, 2018•30 min
The Lightning network is a new protocol layer that not only has implications for Bitcoin payments, but could hugely impact many altcoins, decentralized exchanges, and the nature of crypto payments for the entire ecosystem. Learn more about its benefits from another of Aaron van Wirdum's excellent articles with Bitcoin Magazine.Link to the article on Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/atomic-swaps-how-the-lightning-network-extends-to-altcoins-1484157052/ --- Send in a voice mes...
May 04, 2018•12 min
An introduction to Channel Factories and the concept of a new Layer 2 protocol that could shift the Lightning Network into Layer 3. Is this another piece of the puzzle to building a global payment system? From Michiel Mulders with Bitcoin Magazine, listen to learn more details. Link to the article @BitcoinMagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/new-scaling-layer-could-make-payment-channels-ten-times-more-effective/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoi...
May 02, 2018•11 min
Lightning is a fascinating protocol with enormous potential, but also many challenges. A nee mechanism for updating channel states may work to solve some of Lightning’s biggest challenges. Learn more from the announcement by Cristian decker on Blockstream.comLink to the article:https://blockstream.com/2018/04/30/eltoo-next-lightning.htmlLink to the eltoo paper:https://blockstream.com/eltoo.pdfLink to the paper describing channel factories:https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/a20a865ce40d40c8f942cf206...
May 01, 2018•19 min
Nick Szabo is undeniably one of the most influential thinkers and pioneers in the Cryptoconomy. Learn more of his history and his works in this article from unblock.netLink to the article and others on unblock.net:https://unblock.net/nick-szabo/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
Apr 30, 2018•24 min
ERC20 bugs, Forking the forked BCH fork, Will we ever get Parity coins back, and Does France want you to move your ICO to their country? This and more as we hash all the topics I couldn't get to last week. Link to the shownotes and the links to all the relevant articles on medium.com:https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/cryptoconomy-weekly-hash-april-22-28-e450497a53e9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
Apr 30, 2018•18 min
"Chaum’s work would inspire a group of cryptographers, hackers and activists, connected through a mailing list. It was this group — which included DigiCash contributors like Nick Szabo and Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn — that would come to be known as the cypherpunks."Link to the Bitcoin Magazine article by Aaron Van Wirdum:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/genesis-files-how-david-chaums-ecash-spawned-cypherpunk-dream/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible...
Apr 27, 2018•21 min
What does it mean that we are crossing the 17 millionth Bitcoin in existence? In a world where sound money has gone extinct, Bitcoin stands alone as a provable and transparent monetary guarantee. Listen to today’s episode reading David Floyd’s article on Coindesk.com to learn more. Link to the article on Coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/17-millionth-bitcoin-mined-means-matters/ Link to Flyod’s other articles:https://www.coindesk.com/author/dfloyd/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters...
Apr 26, 2018•15 min
Bitcoin mining is useless, it unnecessarily pollutes, its worse than credit cards, and its going to boil the oceans!! Are these inspired revelations, or inspired by ignorance? Listen to Peter van Valkenburgh’s article breaking apart the common myths around Bitcoin mining to learn more! From concenter.orgLink to the article:https://coincenter.org/entry/five-myths-about-bitcoin-s-energy-use Also check out another article explaining Mining in more detail:ttps://coincenter.org/entry/what-is-bitcoin-...
Apr 25, 2018•23 min
Are we likely to see another 2014 extended bear market, or have the bulls returned? Listen to the article from UnBlock.net, “Bullish Signal: The Return of the South Korean Kimchi Premium” to find out more.Link to read the article at Unblock.net:https://unblock.net/south-korean-kimchi-premium/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
Apr 24, 2018•12 min
The segwit protocol upgrade was the biggest and most controversial software change in Bitcoin's history. Listne to Aaron Van Wirdum's article at BitcoinMagazine.com to learn why it was needed, and the many twists and turns it took to get the code live on Bitcoin's mainnet.Link to the article at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/long-road-segwit-how-bitcoins-biggest-protocol-upgrade-became-reality/Link to further details on SegWit's many benefits:https://bitcoincore.org/en/201...
Apr 24, 2018•33 min
So who are the people behind Bitcoin's past improvements and who are building its future? Today we have an article from CryptoCoreMedia.com introducing the "Chuck Norris of coders," Pieter Wuille, and his enormous contributions to the bitcoin protocol. Listen to learn more!Don't forget to check out CryptoCoreMedia.com: https://cryptocoremedia.com/pieter-wuille-leading-innovate-bitcoin/Also Other works by Nuno Menezes: https://cryptocoremedia.com/author/nuno-menezes/ And of course Pieter Wuille's...
Apr 20, 2018•13 min
Is Bitcoin really decentralized if we consider the enormous market dominance and hash power of Bitmain and the largest mining pools? Listen to Jimmy Song's argument about the elements and consequences of centralized mining scenarios to find out.Don't forget to check out @jimmysong's other works on Medium: https://medium.com/@jimmysong/mining-centralization-scenarios-b74102adbd36 Also check out Jimmy's podcast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFJVYNiPp8xeIUyfaPCPQw --- Send in a voice message: h...
Apr 19, 2018•23 min
"In 3 years no one will be talking about Bitcoin." Miguel Cuneta has something to say about that claim. Listen to find out!Don't forget to check out Miguel's other works and the other writers with Decentralize.today: https://medium.com/@MiguelCuneta_21450 https://decentralize.today/ https://decentralize.today/its-too-late-nothing-can-stop-the-bitcoin-protocol-738047bb5201 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
Apr 18, 2018•18 min
We're back in action! In the follow-up to Aaron van Wirdum's excellent explanatory series, I decided to tackle 15 common claims against the Lightning Network, one by one. Only listen if you're ready to learn!Want to see all the fun memes, the other linked graphics, and links to related works? Check out my article on Medium.com:https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/dont-count-your-fud-before-the-lightning-strikes-15-claims-against-lightning-answered-9671d4a663a9Don't forget Aaron's explainer series...
Apr 17, 2018•42 min
Completing the Lightning Puzzle with Part 3 of Understanding the Lightning Network. The riveting conclusion of Aaron van Wirdum's series on the Lightning protocol from Bitcoin Magazine. Listen if you're ready to learn.Don't forget to check out Aaron's other works as well as the wealth of information at Bitcoin Magazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-completing-the-puzzle-and-closing-the-channel-1466178980/ --- Send in a voice message: https://po...
Apr 13, 2018•22 min
