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What are Altcoins? [Episode 6] Feb 24, 2018

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In this episode I talked about altcoins. I discussed the prominent altcoins and the issues in Bitcoin, real or imagined, that they attempt to solve.
Market Minute:
BTC price: $9,728
Finney(0.00001 BTC): $0.97
24 hour volume: $7.2B / 752k BTC
Market cap: $164 billion
@tipmayermultiple: 200dma – $8510, mayer multiple=1.14x
Transaction fees: 57.86 sats/Byte(24) 36.5 sats/Byte(7d)
Suggested fees (sats/B): 106 next block, 101 next hour, 2.4 same day
Coin.Dance was running maintenance and I was unable to get info on Bisq or Localbitcoins
AltCoins:
LiteCoin
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h4Ethereum/h4
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li* a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3djwj/ethereum-wallet-parity-knew-about-critical-flaw-that-let-user-devops199-lock-up-millions"Parity Wallet hack/a – Turns out it was worse than what I said in the episode, $150M!/li
li* a href=https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/critique-of-buterins-a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-49fc9ebb36c6">Critique of Ethereum’s Proof of Stake Model
Doge
* Main site
* Wiki
Monero
* Main site
* Ring Signatures
Zcash
* Main site
* Technical Paper for zkSNARKS
DASH
* Main Site
Donate
Patreon
Donation page
Tuttle Twins – Great kids books and a great way to support the show!
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Music Credits:
Morning Ritual by L’Indecis
Chillhop Records
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Fatherhood by Joakim Karud
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Who controls bitcoin? [Episode 5] Feb 17, 2018

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In this episode I talked about who controls Bitcoin, who writes the code for the Bitcoin protocol and how improvements and updates are made. Follow the links below for more information on open-source projects, Github, and Bitcoin’s process specifically.
Show Notes:
Market Minute:
BTC price: $10,872
Finney(0.00001 BTC): $1.08
24 hour volume: $8.2B / 792k BTC
Market cap: $183 billion
Coins in Circulation: 16.8M
@tipmayermultiple: 200dma – $8244.77, mayer multiple=1.29x
Transaction fees: 36 sats/Byte(24) 39.6 sats/Byte(7d)
Suggested fees (sats/B): 5.0 next block, 3 next hour, 2.4 same day
localbitcoins – $53.9M(global)/ $6.7M(USA) last 7 days
bisq – $90k(global)/ $15.9k(USA) last 7 days
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GitHub
What is git and Github?
Github
Bitcoin’s process
Bitcoin github repsitory
Noded episode with John Newbery
Visualization of Bitcoin Development
Other stuff
Michael Phelps photo
Codecademy
Donate
Patreon
Donation page
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Music Credits:
Morning Ritual by L’Indecis
Chillhop Records
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Thank You by Joakim Karud
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Fatherhood by Joakim Karud
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How do I keep my bitcoins safe? [Episode 4] Feb 11, 2018

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Today we’re talking about keeping your bitcoins safe. Get your bitcoins off of exchanges as soon as possible and move them in to some mix of software wallets and cold storage. I discussed various wallets and risk versus convenience.
Show Notes
Market Minute:
BTC price: $8457
Finney(0.00001 BTC): $0.84
24 hour volume: $7.5B / 905k BTC
Market cap: $142 billion
Coins in Circulation: 16.8M
@tipmayermultiple: 200dma – 8021.15, mayer multiple=1.05x
Transaction fees: 69sats/Byte(24) 74.5sats/Byte(7d)
Suggested fees (sats/B): 91.3next block, 10 next hour, 4.9 same day
localbitcoins – $102.8M(global)/ $7.1M(USA) last 7 days
bisq – $272k(global)/ $24.5k(USA) last 7 days
Software Wallets:
Bitcoin Core
Electrum
Samourai
Bread
Hardware Wallets:
Trezor
Ledger
Opendime
Coldcard
Paper Wallets:
Infographic on Paper Wallets
Paper wallets video
Other Links:
Blockstream Satellite Secure your wallet from Bitcoin.org
Paper Wallets
Glacier Protocol
Bitfinex redistributes coins after losses
Mt.Gox – worst exchange hacking
BTC-e users caught in limbo
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Music Credits:
Morning Ritual by L’Indecis
Chillhop Records
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Thank You by Joakim Karud
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Fatherhood by Joakim Karud
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Where do I buy Bitcoin? [Episode 3] Jan 27, 2018

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Today we’re discussing the three main avenues of buying bitcoin, buying in person, centralized exchanges, and decentralized exchanges. There are risks and benefits of each as we discuss in today’s show.
Show Notes:
Market Minute
BTC price: $11044
Finney(0.00001 BTC): $1.10
24 hour volume: $7.8 billion
Market cap: $186 billion
@tipmayermultiple: 200dma – 7547.29, mayer multiple=1.47x
Transaction fees: 109sats/Byte(24) 150sats/Byte(7d)
localbitcoins – $80.2M(global)/ $7.9M(USA) last 7 days
bisq – $234,440(global)/ $20,570(USA) last 7 days
Buying in person
* LocalBitcoins
* Paxful
* Clark Moody’s Street Price Indicator
Centralized Exchanges
* Gemini
* Bitstamp
* Kraken
* Bitfinex
Exchange Comparisons
* Clark Moody’s Exchange Tickers – uncheck ‘all’, then add back the ones you want to compare
* Cryptowatch
Decentralized
* Bisq
* Hodl Hodl – not yet active
Articles
* Article about batching
* KYC/AML forum thread
* Wikipedia articles on KYC and AML
* Bitcoin.org’s list of SegWit Adoption
Hardware Wallets
* Trezor
* OpenDime and ColdCard
* Ledger
Other:
* Sorry the images on twitter about Coinbase outages have been taken down since 🙁
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Music Credits:
Morning Ritual by L’Indecis
Chillhop Records
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Thank You by Joakim Karud
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Fatherhood by Joakim Karud
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What is the Blockchain? [Episode 2] Jan 22, 2018

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Today we’re talking about the blockchain and how it keeps bitcoin transactions honest and secure. If you missed Episode 1, we talked about what Bitcoin is and why you should care.
Show Notes:
* Explain Bitcoin Like I’m Five
* Mining and Blockchain
* DASH school – first three videos
* BitcoinCore – can serve as both node and wallet software
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What is Bitcoin (and why should you care) ? [Episode 1] Jan 13, 2018

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Today we’re discussing the fundamentals of what Bitcoin is, and what it can do for you.
Show Notes:
* Andreas Antonopoulos Youtube
* Bitcoin & Markets Podcast
* Bitcoin & Markets Resources
* Explain Bitcoin Like I’m Five
* You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
* A good basic explanation of money
* Money Supply in the United States
Sorry I couldn’t find the reddit story about the credit card thief.
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Music Credits:
Morning Ritual by L’Indecis
Chillhop Records
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Fatherhood by Joakim Karud
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