Bitcoin Brief

Darren Eggenschwiler•soundcloud.com

Bitcoin Brief aims to update people who already know about Bitcoin, by summarising news from Bitcoin related subreddits, news articles and forum posts. The views are from a UK perspective, as there are many American podcasters talking about Bitcoin, but few British. Occasionally there will also be episodes which attempt to explain the political and philosophical sides of Bitcoin in simple terms, in an attempt to encourage more people to become Bitcoin users.

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How To Buy Bitcoin

How to buy and sell bitcoin, bitcoin cash, bitcoin gold and other crypto currencies. This is not investment advice, but rather a guideline on how to do these things correctly. Storage: (Private - Hardware) https://trezor.io (Mixed - Phone) https://airbitz.co (Custodial - Web, App) https://www.coinbase.com (Private - Desktop) https://electrum.org (Private - Cold paper) https://www.bitaddress.org Buy and Sell: (Bank Transfer, Decentralised) https://bisq.network (Bank Transfer, Custodial) https://b...

Nov 19, 2017•16 min

UK Banking Vs. Bitcoin An - Cap System

If you're new to Bitcoin, this is another attempt to explain what's wrong with British money in the first place, why bother with something like Bitcoin, and an explanation about how each of the systems work in some detail. References for these ramblings: Bank of England, about QE (So you know it's true, because these are the people responsible for doing it!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9wRq6C2fgo Positive Money, about UK banking system (They have a socialist agenda to do QE for the people, ...

Jul 10, 2016•34 min

The Halvening - Buy Or Hell?

Bitcoin's block reward is about to perform a scheduled drop from 25BTC to 12.5BTC which will mark the protocol's four year cycle. Last time this happened - bitcoin doubled in price within a four month period. Related? I think so. Can't prove it. Lets see what happens this time! Check out twitter #halvening to follow the news and http://www.thehalvening.com/ to watch the count down and https://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/bit... to watch the price action. Happy Halvening Bitcoiners!

Jul 09, 2016•9 min

Move Your Value Into The Bitcoin Economy

By accepting your local fiat currency you are condoning the continuation of the actions of your government, Bitcoin presents a new option for those who disagree with the actions of their government. Accept bitcoin for your products and services, and you will then transfer your value into an economy based entirely on voluntary transactions, without taxation, without bombs. Lead the way.

May 01, 2016•3 min

Why You Should Accept Bitcoin Right Now

You can join the peaceful revolution by accepting bitcoin for your own products and services, or simply transferring some of your wealth into the bitcoin economy by purchasing some on an exchange or from a bitcoin atm near you. I believe in a world where money cannot be printed or typed into existence; it must be earned. I believe that one day there will be no war. The initiation of force will cease, as there will be no incentive. I believe there is a fundamental flaw in the way our monetary sys...

Sep 27, 2015•3 min

Scotpound - how to waste £3.71M and kill the economy

A summary of the Scotpound proposal, and why bitcoin adoption is the smarter option for Scotland's future. The New Economics Foundation and Common Weal have just released a proposal to create a new digital currency for Scotland - the Scotpound. Having read the 64 page document and attended the launch event with one of the authors, I’d like to summarise the content for you: Firstly, there’s some fantastic information on the current UK monetary system in there, and it echoes a lot of the informati...

Sep 18, 2015•6 min

Coinbase UK Card Payments

The big news for UK bitcoiners this week is that Coinbase - a San Francisco based bitcoin exchange, has just started accepting 3D secure card payments. What that means is that you can now buy bitcoin with your debit or credit card online instantly, just like you would buy pizza. It take about 5 minutes to set up your account, and then it’s a case of plugging in the amount you want to spend, selecting your card as payment method, and pressing the buy button. Personally I then prefer to send my bi...

Sep 06, 2015•4 min

Bitcoin Primer

This introduction to Bitcoin Brief aims to prime non-bitcoiners for the rest of the content on the channel.

Sep 04, 2015•5 min

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