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Coworking on the Blockchain Dec 05, 2018

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For less than 1 Euro, Blake booked a coworking hot desk for 1 day in Berlin. He used crypto and purchased through a blockchain coworking startup. Could this be a thing?

Invented in 2005 by Brad Neuberg, coworking is a worldwide phenomenon.

Many are familiar with WeWork, the largest coworking operation in the world with a multi billion dollar play.

It can be a fantastic real estate play and a valuable service for startups and freelancers.

We do a deep dive on coworking and two blockchain industry startups.

00:42 - BCH Hard Fork.

02:26 - What is coworking?

04:00 - How Brad Neuberg changed the way humans interact.

5:55 - Why should I go to the office?

07:20 - Pros and cons of coworking.

09:38 - Coworking and Real Estate

10:50 - How Blockchain can help coworking spaces?

11:35 - Tokenization of coworking Space

12:34 - What is Primalbase?

13:54 - Coffee shops vs coworking spaces.

17:06 - Is Primalbase sustainable as a business model?

19:05 - rent24: A global coworking operation.

19:40 - Coliving: Taking coworking to the next level.

23:45 - Regulations and hacking, the biggest risk of coworking tokenization.

24:58 - Matt asks Blake to book a Hot Desk for one day in Berlin.

Decentralized Internet (Everything) - Tron Nov 28, 2018

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Led by Jack Ma's protege, Justin Sun, Tron is going big.

Social media, decentralized exchange, prediction markets, anything you can think of that we have covered on Blockchain 2025, they plan to have on their platform.

Like ANY project in this space, you have to have some skepticism. And there are a few areas of concern.

But they have done two things that most projects have not:

A) They bought a real company - BitTorrent.

B) Tron has live a dApps and an exchange for tokens bulit on top of their blockchain.

We explore this fascinating project.

Adult Entertainment - SpankChain Nov 21, 2018

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Roughly a 3 billion dollar industry in the United States alone. An industry that many people are part of as a producer or consumer, but few talk about.

Blake and Matt analyzed the many problems that plague the adult entertainment industry and found many opportunities for crypto and public blockchains to help.

Plus we do a deep dive on SpankChain, a blockchain ecosystem for the adult entertainment industry built on Ethereum.

Timestamps:

3:14 - What happens to your brain on porn?

6:02 - The power of the industry

8:05 - Use cases for blockchain - privacy, censorship resistance

11:03 - The difficulties of working and running a business in the adult industry

14:01 - Brenna Sparks and gentleman's club

16:14 - Cutting out middlemen

17:30 - SpankChain

Stablecoin Mania Part 2 - A Bridge or a Roadblock? Nov 14, 2018

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In Part 2, Blake and Matt debate whether stablecoins will be a contribution or detriment to the cryptocurrency space.

They seem to be a hot VC investment, but whether it is good for the ecosystem remains to be seen.

Timestamps:

1:35 - Are stablecoins helping? 5:00 - Legal compliance 6:31 - Bitfinexed 9:42 - Deep dive into USDT 11:15 - Are stablecoins even a cryptocurrency? And much more!

Stablecoin Mania - Part 1 Nov 07, 2018

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As the first of a two part episode, Matt and Blake take an in depth look at Stablecoins, their use and comparison within the cryptocurrency universe.

Stablecoins have raised over $350m in investment. There are over 45 projects fighting to knock down Tether and become the stablecoin of choice.

Mining on the Blockchain Oct 31, 2018

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Matt Aaron and new co-host Blake Moore go over the sometimes underlooked importance of mining, exchange tokens, their use within the mining spectrum, and finally take and in-depth look at VIAT Tokens, fresh off a 30 million dollar ICO.

During our discussion, you'll discover:

0:41 - Presenting new co-host Blake Moore
2:55 - What does peer to peer electronic cash for the world mean?
3:58 - Mining and how it is often overlooked. Why is it so important?
6:16 - Kevin Zhang - The Tibet story - Cleaner energy used for Mining
9:30 - American Express and the payment of anti-mining propaganda
10:58 - Viat mining token and Binance exchange token
15:09 - A clearer imagery on B&B tokens
17:17 - A sum-up and the "burn" of tokens
18:30 - Back to ViaBTC and payouts within the mining pool
22:02 - Lowering supply of tokens within the long term payout scheme

Trust Machine by Alex Winter (Part 1) Oct 17, 2018

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Matt and Kelso examine the new documentary yet to be released, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain. It's from Alex Winter, who produced popular documentaries Downloaded and Deep Web, covering outlier aspects of the digital space.

He's back to take on blockchain, and if the press release and trailer are any guide, it too looks pretty compelling. Narrated by Rosario Dawson with Ethereum's Joe Lubin as exec producer.

The Los Angeles screening happens in less than 48 hours. And guess who will be in attendance ...

State of Blockchain Q4 2018 - Are ICO's dead? Oct 10, 2018

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Matt and Kelso examine crazy amounts of money thrown at blockchain projects.

Warranted or not, blockchain is officially a multi billion dollar industry, and it has achieved that status during what's now known as the extended Crypto Winter -- a bear market closing in on a year long.

And estimates by industry insiders claim 2018 is on pace to break investing even during the bull run of late last year.

Timestamps: 1:30 - Elon Musk vs. the SEC 5:28 - The ecosystem health outside of tokens (Coinbase, Bitcoin.com) 7:09 - The bear market 9:04 - Wealth transfer and ICOs 11:26 - Are token sales for the people? 13:37 - Major investments outside of ICO's, Dow Jones, and Fundamentals 15:18 - Gearing up for the next bull run 17:56 - Going back to Bitcoin in 2013 to provide perspective for today

Mentioned in the show:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/20/with-at-least-1-3-billion-invested-globally-in-2018-vc-funding-for-blockchain-blows-past-2017-totals/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-08/crypto-growth-nears-ceiling-ethereum-co-founder-buterin-says

https://elementus.io/blog/ico-market-august-2018/

https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-2013-to-draw-1000-and-the-winklevii-to-san-jose-this-weekend/

Credit Scores - Goodbye to Equifax and FICO? - Bloom.co Oct 03, 2018

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The current state of credit scores worldwide is miserable.

In each country, the system is flawed and subjective in how you are evaluated.

Move to a new country? You have to start over. No credit card? you may not have credit in the United States. Not registered to vote? This will hurt your score in the U.K.

Then there is the lack of privacy. Centralized agencies like Equifax cannot keep your info safe.

So we discuss how blockchain could fundamentally change it. And a group of bright, young minds is working on just that at Bloom.

Timestamps 3:05 - The current credit score structure in the United States 6:00 - Access to the financial system 7:28 - Centralized data interpretation across the world 9:04 - The Equifax hack 11:32 - Hypocrisy in the current financial system 14:22 - Blockchain disrpuption / free market competition 15:49 - Examples of credit score limitations 17:21 - Can Bloom take down the powers that be?

Eye Health (Stupidest ICO Series) - EyeGlob.net Sep 26, 2018

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At listeners request, we will periodically highlight some of the world's goofiest ICOs. Like a really bad episode of Shark Tank. EyeGlob.net is using blockchain to make healthier eyes. Yeah, that's right!

They are pro eyes; pro vision, and so are we!

EyeGlob.net is in their ICO looking for 33 million dollars for 40% of their company, meaning a valuation of 82.5 million. That is quite a lot of money for a company with no working product.

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