Dan Romero isn’t just a must follow on Twitter, he’s also in charge of Coinbase’s customer apps. I chat with him about his journey into the blockchain industry, how sales boosted his career, and what he’s excited about right now in crypto.
Apr 26, 2018•51 min
Today we talk with Mike Misiti and Teddy Haggerty of Quarteria.io Quateria is building an international directory for real estate. Most search platforms are small in nature, limited to counties or states, and sometimes countries. Exhorbitant fees are paid by brokers and sellers for prime positions on these sites. We aim to produce a worldwide listings service, using an open source algorithm and giving equal opportunity to all properties, brokers and sellers. Enjoy! Link: https://www.quarteria.io...
Apr 25, 2018•34 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee blatantly outvote that BTC is better than Gold...but we're biased. We also go into how we've positioned ourselves in this market, how we build our crypto portfolios. We also touch on how to secure yourself in this crypto world. If you are in DC and would like to swing by the DC Crypto Club this Saturday, check out this event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cybersecurity-workshop-secure-your-crypto-tickets-45281648630
Apr 25, 2018•45 min
Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform has recently introduced its Blockchain framework for Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric allowing users to build and manage their own Blockchain. According to the statement, users will be able to create their own Blockchain applications via the AWS CloudFormation Templates tool to avoid the time-consuming manual setup of their Blockchain network. We dive into this news headfirst. Then, Ubitquity LLC, the first blockchain-secured platform for real estate recor...
Apr 22, 2018•1 hr 43 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee discuss the big movements in the markets and they make Bitcoin price prediction. What is triakonta? It is the Greek cardinal number for a 30-tuple. And, JJ explains how the price of the entire cryptomarket could triankotuple to 10 trillion US dollars. Please joins us for a live trading session this Saturday! Here is the link and you must register: If you liked this show you should subscribe to The Bitcoin Podcast Network! Also, JJ gives excellent...
Apr 20, 2018•47 min
In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future Rhys interviews Primavera De Filippi, the co-author of Blockchain and the Law, an advisor for DAOStack, a faculty associate at Harvard’s Berkman-Klein Center, and a permanent researcher at Paris’ National Center of Scientific Research. They chat about her new book, apply internet regulation to crypto, explore her Plantoid project, and chat about why she advises DAOStack. Enjoy and let him know if you have any feedback!
Apr 20, 2018•50 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee discuss Christine Lagarde's statements regarding cryptocurrency regulation. Also, they touch on how Kraken is having to move from Japan. JJ goes into the major market movements and as always, gives some key pointers as to what is likely to happen in the markets.
Apr 18, 2018•35 min
We interview a very important man addressing many important topics this episode. You see, Yaya Fanusie spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA, where he regularly briefed White House-level policy makers, U.S. military personnel, and federal law enforcement. In 2008, he personally briefed President George W. Bush on terrorism threats, and in 2009, he spent three months in Afghanistan providing analytic support to senior military officials. WIth an interest in...
Apr 15, 2018•1 hr 42 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee discuss the movement of the rhino in the China Shop that is Bitcon. A 10% move in the week is also opening up other opportunities and as always, the perfect opportunity to take the W's.
Apr 14, 2018•41 min
Our guest this week is Carolyn Reckhow, a Blockchain Enthusiast and Director of Operations at ConsenSys. Her mind is a necessary part of the “blockchain 2.0”/Ethereum industry as it has grown from a research project into helping Fortune 500 companies build production blockchain applications. We chat about remedying some of the social and economic inequity issues facing the developing world. With blockchain identity solutions (like uPort for example) there are fascinating possibilities for new...
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 10 min
In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future Rhys interviews Kim-Mai Cutler and Garry Tan, partners at Initialized Capital, the first seed investor in Coinbase. We chat about techno-utopianism vs. skepticism, venture capital as a system, why people are leaving SF, and #BUIDL as a powerful meme. Enjoy and let him know if you have any feedback!
Apr 11, 2018•46 min
Vitalik nerd rages out at a conference! Plus, Kora is building a more inclusive financial system on the blockchain, through infrastructure for community-owned financial services ecosystems. The goal is to provide low-cost, universal access financial services for everyone. We feature Maomao Hu from Kora on todays episode because it is absolutely crucial in bringing financial services to outcasts markets. Providing accessible technology clears the path to literacy and inclusion in terms of financi...
Apr 08, 2018•1 hr 23 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Noah Marconi discuss tips to surviving the bear market and general realities that blockchain technology may allow. Noah and Alec go a little bit into detail on the 0x protocol and what it will allow. They also talk about what the Rhythm Network will allow and what we are looking to develop.
Apr 06, 2018•46 min
In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future I interview Sandra Ro, the COO and Managing Parter of UWINCorp. We dive into her social impact work with UWINCorp, why they’re using a blockchain, and her experience with the institutionalization of Wall St. Enjoy, and as always, let me know if you have any feedback!
Apr 05, 2018•46 min
n this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee discuss the possiblities of decentralized exchanges and what they have to offer. What would markets behave like when the order book was global? Also, is the proposed ETH cap an April Fool's joke by Vitalik, or actually just a good idea? Also, we go into a bit of detail about our new publication, The Distributed Post. A publication that aims to provide gripping articles from all aspects of the crypto community. You can find the twitter here: https:...
Apr 03, 2018•44 min
After over a year of intense development and over three months in a limited release beta, Paul's highly anticipated multi-asset wallet is now available for all to use! The Edge Wallet is an integration of three core offerings: a hyper-secure and private personal vault, a friendly usable interface for blockchain networks and services, and an encrypted single sign-on solution for decentralized applications. All three capabilities will interact to allow behaviors that were inconceivable before Sato...
Apr 01, 2018•1 hr 29 min
Welcome to Announcements with Host No. 2, Demetrick Ferguson, 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. Horizon Communications (Horizon) is a technology driven company that will use next generation, fixed wireless LTE to de...
Mar 29, 2018•30 min
Let's get technical! Two of the smartest minds working in blockchain technology today: the Bitfury Group’s Alex Petrov and Emercoin’s Oleg Khovayko join us in the studio. Alex, the Chief Information Officer at Bitfury, has more than 35 years of experience in information technology. He also serves as an advisor to Emercoin, an emerging leader in secure, distributed blockchain business services. The interoperability of blockchain technologies provides us a holistic view that can effectively be use...
Mar 29, 2018•1 hr 5 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, Dee, and Chinmay bring the new hotness that is the DAICO into the topic of conversation. Chinmay is the Chief Technical Officer of the Rhythm Network, and he is excited about the future where DAICOs are the new norm. We define it, and explore what it could offer to markets as an investment vehicle. We shortly discus how entrenched players are losing their talent to the crypto world, and, we play a game where we each guess what Coinbase will add next. Wha...
Mar 28, 2018•59 min
In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future I do my first live interview! At University of Colorado, I interviewed Ryan Martens, the co-founder and CTO of Rally Technologies. We dive into his work with ImpactHub, TheoryU, and Communities for Change. Then we explore my macro phase shift work with ETHCommons and GameB. Enjoy, and as always, let me know if you have any feedback!
Mar 26, 2018•1 hr 8 min
The projects that integrate offline, off-chain and traditional financial industry into the crypto-world will become giants in the future. One of the most important things now is Plasma protocol. This technology is easily accessible to the mass market and can potentially reach 100,000 transactions per second. Our guest this week Igor believes that the hype surrounding cryptocurrencies in 2017 is over, and 2018 is a time for blockchain-based companies to move forward, from slogans to actions. Toda...
Mar 25, 2018•1 hr 32 min
Today we talk with Luke Lombe from Cryptyk. Cryptyk is building Decentralized Cloud Storage with Blockchain Security with the goal of becoming the complete decentralized solution for Cyber-Security and Cloud Storage that protects against all major security threats to the cloud. Cryptyk replaces 3 - 4 existing cloud vendors by utilizing the Vault, a decentralized multi-cloud storage platform with sub-file level encryption and sharding that dramatically reduces the potential attack surface for hac...
Mar 23, 2018•33 min
Everyone hates insurance companies. Can we decentralize them while bringing down premiums and making the claims process more fair and efficient? Stephan and Etherisc have been working on one way of doing that. To learn more visit Etherisc. Also find them on Twitter at @etherisc and Stephan at @kpi.
Mar 21, 2018•53 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee present the pertenant information from the recent Joint Economics Report. The conclusion, and the recommendations that the report makes to Congress and The President. We also discuss the "long tail" of bitcoin and all Proof-of-Work secured coins. What happens decades from now? We attempt to visualize this world. And, as always, market movement and audible analysis from JJ himself. If you liked this show you should subscribe to The Bitcoin Podcast...
Mar 20, 2018•41 min
TONY SWISH! The man that on-ramped me to Ethereum two years back has come back from a much needed break from Crypto. He discusses his withdrawal from the industry and what he likes and dislikes about its current state. He was a marketer in this space before being a marketer in this space was cool. Such a hipster. T-Swish...we missed ya!
Mar 19, 2018•52 min
It’s #BlockchainBeardGuy time! On this episode we talk about the critical roles non-developers play in the blockchain world, amongst a bunch of other current event topics. Don't know who our guest is today? It's almost the perfect personality type for joining our show. He is a passionate decentralized architect and blockchain technologist in Denver, CO. In addition to working with Web 3.0 tech, he loves educating, speaking, and writing about the massive transformative change that's coming our wa...
Mar 18, 2018•1 hr 21 min
In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future, Rhys interviews Robin Hanson, the author of Elephant in the Brain and the creator of Futarchy. We dive into Elephant in the Brain and explore norms, motives, signaling, Ribbon Farm’s “Weaponized Sacredness” and mechanism design. Enjoy, and as always, let me know if you have any feedback!
Mar 17, 2018•1 hr 6 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee discuss the possible swing in bullish confidence due to some key tech advancements brought on buy the announcement of the Lightning Beta that is in the wild! Atomic swaps, sidechains, and pegs...oh my! And, as always, JJ touches on some market action on BTC. Short episode today, but if you want more of JJs analysis, check out his live Q&As on YouTube, just search "Jason Jenkins".
Mar 16, 2018•25 min
Special episode of The Bitcoin Podcast where we air Corey Petty's talk at the Bitcoin Super Conference in Dallas on Feb. 16th. The talk discusses a different viewpoint of why blockchain matters, and what effects it may have on our lives. Dee and Cello talk about the current news of the week and go off the rails on The Matrix films.
Mar 16, 2018•59 min
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ and Dee discuss the announcement made by Binance that they are going to create their own blockchain. Big moves. Also, JJ explains why some people just prefer to have a proxy to invest in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency rather than investing in it by buying it on an exchange. As always, JJ discusses the charts of the majors and we have a good time doing it. If you liked this show you should subscribe to The Bitcoin Podcast Network! Also, JJ gives excellent trading ad...
Mar 14, 2018•40 min