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Crypto Voices

Matthew Mezinskiscryptovoices.com
Podcast covering diverse trends in Bitcoin and blockchain tech, decentralization, entrepreneurship, cryptoeconomics and liberty. Author note: All authors, whose content is featured on Crypto Voices, are contacted beforehand for permission, regardless of copyright or license such as Creative Commons. If you are an author whose work is reproduced here and you have not heard from Crypto Voices, it's because we couldn't find a way to contact you. However, in this situation your work was already licensed Creative Commons, and it was so great anyway that we just couldn't wait to turn it into audio and put it up! Any questions, please write info@cryptovoices.com, we'd love to hear from you.
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Episodes

Brian Kelly: Mainstream Investing in Bitcoin

Crypto Voices: Episode 24 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando discuss Bitcoin investing going mainstream with Brian Kelly of CNBC. Brian Kelly is a financial markets investor and author, an expert in global finance, macroeconomics and cryptocurrencies. He is a commentator on the popular CNBC show Fast Money. Brian has also authored the book "The Bitcoin Big Bang - How Alternative Currencies are About to Change the World." He manages a hedge fund fo...

Nov 22, 201754 minSeason 1Ep. 74

Max Keidun & Roman Snitko: Hodl Hodl

Crypto Voices: Episode 23 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando discuss Bitcoin with Max and Roman from the peer-to-peer crypto exchange Hodl Hodl. They discuss the benefits of trading bitcoins in a secure, p2p manner on their exchange, understanding multisig escrow control during trades, the importance of protecting your keys, and why to practice your trades on their testnet with testnet coins first. We move on to discuss their star-studded bitcoin ...

Nov 17, 201752 minSeason 1Ep. 73

Bitcoin Price, Valuation Charts & SegWit2X

Crypto Voices: Episode 22 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando discuss the latest price mania in Bitcoin, as well as dig into some charts available on cryptovoices.com, which help one understand, drill down on the fundamentals, look beyond the FOMO, and filter out the noise of the markets. We reflect on some of the latest public statements on Bitcoin from the financial industry. Fernando goes in-depth on his recent public statement on behalf of the ...

Nov 06, 201757 minSeason 1Ep. 72

Thiago César: Working in Bitcoin from Brazil to Switzerland

Crypto Voices: Episode 21 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Thiago César on location in New York. Thiago is the CEO of Brazilian company Bit.One. His firm allows corporate clients in Brazil buy and spend Bitcoin via online exchange and payment gateway. He is a long-time Bitcoiner and entrepreneur, with international and corporate experience beyond Brazil's borders. We discuss Thiago's thoughts on the market for bitcoin in Brazil, regula...

Nov 03, 201735 minSeason 1Ep. 71

Free the data

Crypto Voices: Article 46 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Investment Author: RexMLS.com Originally published: 9-Aug-2016 Published at: RexMLS Source: http://www.rexmls.com/blog/uncategorized/free-the-data/ Narrator: Crypto Voices https://cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios http://www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ Thanks for listening! This recording is a reproduction of author RexMLS.com's piece 'Free the data'. C...

Oct 30, 201711 minSeason 1Ep. 70

Stephen King: Rex MLS & Freeing Real Estate Data

Crypto Voices: Episode 20 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Stephen King on location in New York. Stephen is a tenured real estate professional and developer, formerly of King Realty Group in New Jersey. He is the founder of the Princeton Ethereum Meetup. We discuss his most recent venture, Rex MLS. MLS stands for Multiple Listing Service, a generic term for a networked pool of property sales info in the real estate industry, among brok...

Oct 27, 201742 minSeason 1Ep. 69

Chris Burniske: Valuing Cryptoassets

Crypto Voices: Episode 19 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Chris Burniske on location in New York. Chris is a partner at Placeholder Capital. He formerly led ARK Invest's cryptoasset efforts, making one of the first bullish calls on Bitcoin from "traditional" Wall Street in 2015. Chris has also recently co-authored a book on cryptoasset valuation, linked below. We discuss some of the variables Chris has used and applied in his analysis...

Oct 18, 201745 minSeason 1Ep. 68

Caitlin Long: Financial Standards (Decentralized)

Crypto Voices: Episode 18 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Caitlin Long on location in New York. Caitlin is a tenured Wall Street professional, with 22 years’ worth of experience at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Salomon Brothers, working as an equity analyst and eventually serving as Managing Director for 15 of those years. She is now President and Chairman of Symbiont, a blockchain smart contract platform for institutional finance...

Oct 12, 201745 minSeason 1Ep. 67

Trace Mayer: Bitcoin Investing, Economics, Humility & Integrity

Crypto Voices: Episode 17 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Trace Mayer. Trace is a longtime Bitcoin investor and advocate, investing in companies such as Kraken, BitPay and Armory. We discuss a variety of broad and interesting topics, such as Bitcoin pricing, non-cash flow asset pricing, Bitcoin's future role as a risk-free asset, the economics of crypto coin supplies and forks, network security and the scaling debate, gold bugs hating...

Sep 28, 20171 hr 18 minSeason 1Ep. 66

Solid BitCoin Consolidation Finally Bears a BitCoin Breakout

Crypto Voices: Article 45 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Investment Author: Trace Mayer Originally published: 19-Dec-2011 Published at: RunToGold (also check out Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast at bitcoin.kn) Source: http://www.runtogold.com/2011/12/solid-bitcoin-consolidation-finally-bears-a-bitcoin-breakout/ Narrator: Crypto Voices https://cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios http://www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ T...

Sep 25, 20179 minSeason 1Ep. 65

Robert Wiecko: DASH Core Team Project Manager

Crypto Voices: Episode 16 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Robert Wiecko. Robert is the Project Manager of the DASH Core team. We discuss a variety of features and functions on how the DASH currency works in the blockchain economy, including the role of the core team itself, their decentralized treasury and self-funding system, the role of masternodes, the role of miners, the autonomy of the network, incentives, and whales. Robert also invites anyon...

Sep 22, 20171 hr 9 minSeason 1Ep. 64

Rodolfo Novak: Opendime & Bitcoin Scaling

Crypto Voices: Episode 15 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Rodolfo Novak. Rodolfo is a Bitcoin entrepreneur from Brazil who has founded a variety of interesting and important projects such as BTC Look, Opendime, and Coinkite. He is based in Toronto. We discuss Opendime; after this, the majority of the discussion focuses on the various technical and economic arguments in the Bitcoin scaling debate, how Bitcoin is run, and what Bitcoin is....

Sep 13, 20171 hr 21 minSeason 1Ep. 63

Jeffrey Tucker: Theory, Practice & Optimism on Bitcoin

Crypto Voices: Episode 14 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Jeffrey Tucker. Jeffrey is an author, economist and thinker. He is director of content for the Foundation for Economic Education, Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me, research fellow at the Acton Institute, policy adviser of the Heartland Institute, founder of the CryptoCurrency Conference, and author of many books, including Bit by Bit: How P2P is Freeing the World, and also It'...

Sep 06, 20171 hrSeason 1Ep. 62

Helio Beltrão: Monetary & Investment Theory of Bitcoin

Crypto Voices: Episode 13 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Helio Beltrão, founder and president of Instituto Mises Brasil. Helio is a successful entrepreneur and investor. Helio discusses his interpretation of Bitcoin as money and as a digital good. We explore Menger, Mises, Hayek & Ferguson and classical liberal economics, such as spontaneous order versus design. He also proposes looking at Bitcoin based on the "Progression Theorem"...

Aug 24, 201759 minSeason 1Ep. 61

Governance in Blockchain Technologies & Social Contract Theories (II)

Crypto Voices: Article 44 (Part II) Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Market & political Author: Wessel Reijers, Fiachra O'Brolcháin, Paul Haynes Originally published: 21-Dec-2016 Published at: Ledger Journal Source: http://www.ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger/article/view/62 Narrator: Crypto Voices cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Thanks for listening! This recording is a rep...

Aug 21, 201735 minSeason 1Ep. 60

Erik Voorhees: Bitcoin Business & Adoption

Crypto Voices: Episode 12 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Erik Voorhees of ShapeShift.io. Erik is a serial entrepreneur in the Bitcoin and digital asset space. We discuss the changing landscapes in Bitcoin and digital assets over the years, scaling, and their potential to disrupt money (and perhaps gold) and banking as we move forward. Erik also discusses some of his latest ventures. Links to topics discussed in show: https://shapeshift...

Aug 18, 201754 minSeason 1Ep. 59

Governance in Blockchain Technologies & Social Contract Theories (I)

Crypto Voices: Article 44 (Part I) Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Market & political Author: Wessel Reijers, Fiachra O'Brolcháin, Paul Haynes Originally published: 21-Dec-2016 Published at: Ledger Journal Source: http://www.ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger/article/view/62 Narrator: Crypto Voices https://cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios http://www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ Thanks for listening! Th...

Aug 15, 201739 minSeason 1Ep. 58

George Selgin: Money, Banking & Bitcoin

Crypto Voices: Episode 11 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Dr. George Selgin of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute. Dr. Selgin relays a variety of interesting and pertinent information regarding money's origins, its use-cases, its store of value, its regulation among central banking, and how Bitcoin fits into the picture. Links to topics discussed in show: https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin ht...

Aug 09, 20171 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 57

Bitcoin Cash & Understanding True Cost per Transaction

Crypto Voices: Episode 10 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Show 10: Bitcoin Cash & Understanding True Cost per Transaction Matthew and Fernando discuss the latest on the Bitcoin Cash pending UAHF, and also explore the true cost per Bitcoin Transaction, which includes BOTH transaction fees AND inflation. Links to topics discussed in show: https://www.btcforkmonitor.info/ https://cryptovoices.com/network-cost-per-transaction/ Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulric...

Aug 01, 201740 minSeason 1Ep. 56

Segwit Pending Activation & SEC On ICOs

Crypto Voices: Episode 9 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando discuss the latest on Segwit locking in and pending activation; as well as their take on the opinions released this week from the SEC. Links to topics discussed in show: http://blog.wizsec.jp/2017/07/breaking-open-mtgox-1.html https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/ib_coinofferings Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cr...

Jul 28, 201729 minSeason 1Ep. 55

Brazilian Testimonies, Bond & Crypto Yields

Crypto Voices: Episode 8 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Fernando discusses his recent Bitcoin testimony to Brazilian government, including congressmen and regulators. We also break down government bond yields in light of typical fiscal policy, and Matthew explains the compound return analysis on cryptovoices.com. Also, Matthew sees smallest hippo in the world who was born a preemie, Fiona. It all fits together. Links to topics discussed in show: https://youtu.be/2Gx...

Jul 19, 201740 minSeason 1Ep. 54

Bitcoin Scaling Overview (III)

Crypto Voices: Episode 7 (Part III) Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando continue overview on basics of Bitcoin scaling, including some economic effects and considerations that you may have not heard elsewhere. Links to topics discussed in show: http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/measuring-decentralization/ https://coin.dance/poli Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & In...

Jul 13, 201730 minSeason 1Ep. 53

Bitcoin Scaling Overview (II)

Crypto Voices: Episode 6 (Part II) Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando continue overview on basics of Bitcoin scaling and the immediate calendar ahead this summer. A bit of the economics of all this, but more on that coming next week. Links to topics discussed in show: https://coin.dance/poli Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & Information Cryptoeconomics & Li...

Jul 05, 201747 minSeason 1Ep. 52

Bitcoin Block Size Political Economy

Crypto Voices: Article 43 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Markets & political Author: Evan Faggart Originally published: 4-May-2016 Published at: Bitcoin.com Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/konrad-graf-bitcoin-block-size-economy/ Narrator: Crypto Voices https://cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios http://www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ Thanks for listening! This recording is a reproduction of author Evan Fag...

Jul 03, 201746 minSeason 1Ep. 51

Bitcoin Scaling Overview (I)

Crypto Voices: Episode 5 (Part I) Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando discuss the basics on Bitcoin scaling, as well as latest crypto news. To be continued next week. Links to topics discussed in show: http://hackingdistributed.com/2017/06/19/bancor-is-flawed/ https://medium.com/@eduffield222/hong-kong-research-and-planning-4206e065aa9c https://github.com/dashpay/dash-roadmap/blob/master/README.md Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New ...

Jun 28, 201746 minSeason 1Ep. 50

Apple vs. Dash: The Importance of Privacy

Crypto Voices: Article 42 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Markets & political Author: Eric Sammons Originally published: 2-Sep-2016 Published at: Swimming Upstream Source: http://ericsammons.com/apple-vs-dash-importance-privacy/ Narrator: Crypto Voices https://cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios http://www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ Thanks for listening! This recording is a reproduction of author Eric Sammo...

Jun 26, 201712 minSeason 1Ep. 49

The History of the DAO and Lessons Learned

Crypto Voices: Article 41 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Market & political Author: Christoph Jentzsch Originally published: 24-Aug-2016 Published at: slock.it Source: https://blog.slock.it/the-history-of-the-dao-and-lessons-learned-d06740f8cfa5#.9uwuie2g8 Narrator: Crypto Voices https://cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios http://www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ Thanks for listening! This recording is a repr...

Jun 19, 201720 minSeason 1Ep. 48

ICOs and Crypto Investments...To the Moon???

Crypto Voices: Episode 4 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando discuss the latest craze and mania surrounding Ethereum and its ICO ventures, and how it all relates back to Bitcoin. Links to topics discussed in show: http://www.flippening.watch/ Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & Information Cryptoeconomics & Liberty Thanks for listening!

Jun 14, 201743 minSeason 1Ep. 47

Thinking About Smart Contract Security

Crypto Voices: Article 40 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Category: Technical Author: Vitalik Buterin Originally published: 19-Jun-2016 Published at: Ethereum Blog Source: https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/06/19/thinking-smart-contract-security/ Narrator: Crypto Voices https://cryptovoices.com/ Production: Mama Studios http://www.mamastudios.eu/ Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ Thanks for listening! This recording is a reproduction of author Vitalik Bu...

Jun 12, 201716 minSeason 1Ep. 46

Crypto Regulation and 1 Year After DAO

Crypto Voices: Episode 3 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando discuss regulation around the world by governments concerning cryptocurrency, and a revisit to look at what the market thinks of Ethereum 1 year after the DAO attack. Links to topics discussed in show: https://forum.daohub.org/c/theDAO Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New Friend Music http://newfriendmusic.com/ Site: https://cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & Information Crypto...

Jun 07, 201741 minSeason 1Ep. 45
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