The Bitcoin Podcast #270:Bit Block Boom and Coinbase Custody
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We read Cryptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.
This is On-Ramping with Dee. Demetrick has been in cryptocurrency for so long he feels a slight duty to educate as many curious minds as possible. This show is his attempt to inform all those that are interested about Bitcoin but not sure where and how to start learning.
This episode, Corey brings on Vinay Gupta from the Mattereum project. This was spawned from a tweet thread from Vinay about people and their stuff that excited Corey, and the following conversation does not dissapoint. Today, we dive into the fundamentals about the transaction costs associated with the lifecycle management of physical goods. What does that mean? Why do you care about your stuff, and why do you hold onto it? Enjoy!
Welcome to Announcements, hosted by Lucian, a show that provides you details on current events, upcoming projects in the blockchain space, and token offering details. Today we have Energi! Being the world’s leading cryptocurrency with the unification of Smart Contracts, Governance & Self-funding Treasury to ensure longevity and enable rapid growth. Energi will adopt all of Ethereum’s existing capabilities, but will also be imbued with their finely tuned Treasury and Governance model to drast...
Corey and Dee discuss the merits of Proof of Work and Proof of Stake. They also bid farewell to Cello. After 4.5 years of podcasting together, the 3 amigos of crypto have decided to go separate ways.
We read Cryptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.
Date of Publish: 5/01/17 Guest: Charlie Lee Daily Price of BTC: $1,348.30 Corey goes philosophical and Cello keeps it 100, as our guest Charlie Lee keeps his composure answering every question like a boss. Since we take nothing for granted, we took full advantage and picked Charlies brain about SegWit, the Token app, ICOs and much more. This is probably our most intellectual episode to date, you won’t wanna miss this educational masterpiece. Charlie explains why he fought so passionately to sign...
Lucian is joined by Giuseppe Littera, the Co-Founder of Sardex. Sardex is a mutual credit agency that allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to trade local goods and services with one another using their centralized platform to keep a ledger of transactions. After over 10 years of operation there are 4,000 SMEs participating in the network with over 1,000 employees of these companies being partly compensated in Sardex. They've successfully done the community building that many crypto c...
Today's episode brings on Steve Marx from ConsenSys Diligence. Steve only talks with Corey this episode as Collin has to move across the states. Together, they chat about the what the "Diligence" section of ConsenSys is, how it got started, and where it's going. From there, Corey and Steve discuss the very concept of security and how it pertains to Ethereum. Don't miss this episode, as you'll walk surely walk away with a new, useful view of how to stay safe in the blockchain world!
This episode of TBP is best listened to in a dorm room at 3AM with your buddies and some edible snacks . The 3 Amigos of Crypto (minus Dee) are joined by Ray Redacted. When Ray stops by the show he always brings in tow a mountain of information about any new security breaches, any new security tips, any new cryptocurrency best practices. Today, he discusses the origins of why bitcoin was invented and what it is good for to this day. This gets spun into a deeper discussion about the 'whys' around...
We read Cryptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.
Lucian and Jessie are joined by son and father co-founders George and CEO Dr. Michael Weiksner from Pocketful of Quarters. They've built a way to transfer the in-game currencies between games. They also just became the first ERC-20 token to receive an SEC No-Action letter, meaning that if they meet the requirements set forth they will be recognized as a utility token. Will this be a precedent that other projects follow?
Welcome to Announcements, hosted by Lucian, a show that provides you details on current events, upcoming projects in the blockchain space, and token offering details. We are attempting to provide you with details and information from the people who are creating projects, and we are not giving advice. Please do proper due diligence when considering investments. Today we have PBSA president Jonathan Baha'i and since launching a few years ago, The Peerplays Blockchain Standards Association (PBSA) t...
In this episode The 3 Amigos of Crypto talk about the value of time, and how streaming money can fundamentally change the employee--employer relationship. We also interview Sam Radoccia, the author of The Bitcoin Pizza Book. She presents a precedent that there is a lot of "bullshit" in crypto and her book and poise aims to identify, isolate and remove the bullshit to provide a clearer representation of what crypto has to offer. Also...is Justin Timberlake a good actor? We find out in this episod...
We read Cryptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.
We are very privileged to present Péter Szilágyi and Martin Swende of Ethereum to discuss the 1.9.0 release of the Geth Ethereum client. This release is chocked full of huge quality of life improvements as well as new features. We delve deep into the process for producing this release, what these features are, what they mean going forward,, and speak about the impact of Ethereum 2.0 on the Geth client. It's a great honor having them donate their time to discuss their work, and it's a fantastic c...
Lucian and Collin Cusce discuss the latest release of Geth, the Go implementation of Ethereum and its cool new features. Performance, reduced footprint, GraphQL, hardware wallet integration, and more. Thanks to everyone who put in the hard work to implement these improvements!
In this episode, the three Amigos of Crypto bring back Bitcoin Zay to discuss his new book, "Bitcoin and Black America." They also take a stroll down memory lane and recall some past trading stories from Dee. Again, Libra is a topic of discussion as it is currently unavoidable. Also, a special 4th host this week, Jessie "The Man" Broke, swings by the show to offer up some of his opinions and what he gleans from the crypto ecosystem.
We read Cryptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.
Dan Guido, CEO of Trail of Bits, comes on the air with us to talk about how tooling is evolving in smart contract security, the landscape of security auditing today, and we have the opportunity to congratulate him on being named a leader in Forrester Research's Midsize Cybersecurity Consulting Services, Q2 2019 report. We go over advancements in fuzzing, static analysis, formal verification, and some interesting and unexpected problems found in smart contracts.
Lucian and Dr. Corey Petty are joined today by Alex Miller and Dr. Karl Kreder from Grid+. We discuss a new layer 2 solution that is unlike anything else that has been attempted, a p2p digital cash equivalent that derives its security from the physical properties of smart cards. This network doesn't need a third party relayer to keep track of state and the only transactions that go on chain are the deposit and the withdraw with privacy for all intermediate transactions.
In this episode the Three Amigos of Crypto have a roundtable discussion about the viral Trump tweets about Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency. Wayne joins us as we open up the phone lines and Cello discusses Trumps take on Bitcoin and Libra. Also, Dee has a message for the half-assed crypto enthusiast. Dr. Corey Petty also gives everyone the results of a Twitter poll that was designed to separate the knows and the know-nots when it comes to the subtlety of how this blockchain technology works.
We read Cryptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.
Blockstack is releasing their decentralized computing platform next year, and we have Aaron Blankstein on to talk about their whitepaper and what it means for decentralized applications in the future. Using their identity management system, Blockstack ID, their file storage system, Gaia, and their formally verifiable and non-Turing Complete smart contract language, Clarity, Blockstack will make it easier to build dapps on the Bitcoin network.
This week Lucian and Collin discuss various news worthy topics in the Ethereum space. Since DeFi applications are dependent on one another, can their interactions lead to contagion? Hopper is a zero knowledge mixer, we look at some other attempts at bringing privacy to Ethereum and how they compare. Grid+ released a layer 2 solution using their 'SafeCards.'
We read Cyrptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.
The Three Amigos of Crypto return after a week off to bring you an amazing interview with the one and only, Andreas M. Antonopoulos. We discuss the effect of a long term commitment to the PoW consensus algorithm. We also discuss the most recent experiences from his never-ending tour to educate the world on all things crypto. Corey and Dee get in a lively debate about what will or what wont be in the world of digital currency. And, you get a new opportunity to buy a t-shirt that can support if yo...
Welcome to Announcements, hosted by Lucian, a show that provides you details on current events, upcoming projects in the blockchain space, and token offering details. We are attempting to provide you with details and information from the people who are creating projects, and we are not giving advice. Please do proper due diligence when considering investments. Today we have Matthew Botell, co-founder at TradeCloud, where they believe a web-based solution can be highly beneficial to the commoditi...
Today's episode Corey and Collin bring on Andrew Poelstra, a mathematician and Director of Research at Blockstream. The guys dive straight into ECDSA vs Schnorr signatures, its history, and their future in crypto systems. They talk about Mimble Wimble, and how it bled into upcoming massive improvements of the Bitcoin protocol. Lots of great stuff to sink your teeth into this episode so we go a bit longer than usual. Enjoy the show!