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Aaron Van Wirdum tells epic BTC journalism tales.

Jan 22, 201925 min
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<div class="powerpress_player"> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://media.blubrry.com/bitcoinruntogold/p/www.satoshisdeposition.com/podcast/BTCK-249-2019-01-22.mp3" /><a href="http://media.blubrry.com/bitcoinruntogold/p/www.satoshisdeposition.com/podcast/BTCK-249-2019-01-22.mp3">http://media.blubrry.com/bitcoinruntogold/p/www.satoshisdeposition.com/podcast/BTCK-249-2019-01-22.mp3</a></audio> </div> <p class="powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links"> Subscribe: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=301670981&mt=2&ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bitcoin.kn%2F%3Fp%3D1887" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes" title="Subscribe on Apple Podcasts" rel="nofollow">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://subscribeonandroid.com/www.bitcoin.kn/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android" title="Subscribe on Android" rel="nofollow">Android</a> | <a href="https://www.bitcoin.kn/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss" title="Subscribe via RSS" rel="nofollow">RSS</a> </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/AaronvanW">Aaron Van Wirdum</a>, technical editor for the <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/">Bitcoin Magazine</a>, regales us with bitcoin journalism stories.</p> <p>About the episode. <p><h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/">Bitcoin Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/AaronvanW">Aaron Van Wirdum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/printing-press">History of the printing press</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Onion_routing">Onion Routing</a></li> <li><a href="https://lightning.network/">Lightning Network</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cryptocompare.com/wallets/guides/how-do-digital-signatures-in-bitcoin-work/">Bitcoin signatures</a></li> </ul> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <ul> <li>00:01:14 - How Aaron became interested in learning and writing about bitcoin.</li> <li>00:03:30 - How are bitcoin and free speech interconnected?</li> <li>00:04:40 - Aaron tells how he reconciles his bitcoin positivity with the overwhelmingly negative mainstream press.</li> <li>00:07:35 - How is bitcoin like the printing press and how can we learn from the past to predict the future?</li> <li>00:12:45 - Aaron uses the example of the evolution of the bicycle to explain that we may not understand how bitcoin will develop.</li> <li>00:15:50 - Aaron shares a few major misconceptions about bitcoin that he would love to fix.</li> <li>00:17:12 - Aaron tells some journalism war stories.</li> <li>00:22:55 - Aaron lists the names of other bitcoin journalists that he trusts.</li> <li>00:23:39 - Aaron’s advice for listeners.</li> </ul> </p></p>
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