Coloring Crypto

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8. The Origin of Coloring Crypto With Cousin David Oct 30, 2017

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Longform candid casual cousin conversation on cryptocurrency. If you are new and curious about bitcoin (cryptocurrency in general), and have questions, this is a comprehensive overview. Last July, our extended family gathered in Puerto Vallarta for my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. I got to talking to my cousin David and realized he is a wealth of information on cryptocurrency. He got into bitcoin enough years ago that he did well. I asked him just about every question I had. ColoringCrypto is now a weekly podcast releasing new episodes every Sunday for newbies who are curious, and experts who think they understand. Tweet us @coloring crypto and please leave us a review on iTunes. 2:00 "WHEN I GOT EXCITED IN BITCOIN" 4:00 ARE YOU INVESTED IN OTHER CRYPTO? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? 7:00 WRITING CODE; HOW DIFFICULT IS IT? 9:30 WHY IS BITCOIN AT THE TOP? 11:30 WHAT COULD DETHRONE BITCOIN? 14:00 HOW COULD I BE IDENTIFIED IN A CRYTO WORLD? 16:00 DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE VOLATILITY? 17:30 HOW IS BITCOIN PRICED? 19:30 WHAT WAS YOUR LEARNING PROCESS? 22:30 WHAT IS CRYPTO AIMING TO ACCOMPLISH BY BEING DECENTRALIZED? 25:00 WHAT'S A TYPICAL DAY FOR DAVID? 27:00 WHAT ARE YOUR CHAT TOOLS? 28:30 HOW DOES A BEGINNER GET INVOLVED? 31:30 TRUSTED RESOURCES TO LEARN ABOUT TRENDS 33:00 HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT CIVIC 35:00 LEVERAGE TRADING 38:00 FLASH CRASHES 41:00 RESOURCES & QUESTIONS FOR OTHERS - LINKS COINMARKETCAP COINCAP 42:30 WHO CAN CRYPTOCURRENCY DO THE MOST GOOD FOR? 45:00 CRYPTO SECURITY - IDENTIFY THEFT 50:00 HODL

7. What it's like to launch an Initial Coin offering (ICO) with Munchee co-founder Chelsea Lam Oct 23, 2017

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We are painting a picture of cryptocurrency by hearing voices from a full spectrum. Today we add color to the ICO part of our painting. Last episode Andrew Chapin talked about the importance of governance, of gaining trust, if one is to buy altcoins- or alternative crypto currency. We've heard from investors, fund managers, futurists who r buying, selling or holding onto cryptocurrency. Our next guest is creating a currency. We get to hear about it from Chelsea Lam, who is the co-founder of Munchee, their new cryptocurrency is called MUNtoken. The launch of their Initial Coin Offering is happening now. If I recall from Episode 6, some things to cover are "Why is this currency necessary?", "What problem are you solving?", "Why is this the best solution," or "Why is the blockchain necessary." Let me know what you think, on twitter @coloringcrypto and leave a question on our listener wallet Coloring Crypto is not investment advice nor is it an endorsement of our guests or the products mentioned. Everything you hear on Coloring Crypto is intended to illuminate cryptocurrency and the blockchain , in an artsy way. Thank you for the reviews and downloads! The numbers are growing. Go to iTunes now, if you are a fan, and give us a review.

6. Eye See Oh! Trust in ICOs and Altcoins Oct 18, 2017

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Today's guest Andrew Chapin, CEO and founder of Benja on the ICO Governance Foundation His company launched an ICO (Initial Coin Offering), Benjacoin. The timing of this interview was no accident, we've learned thus far that step one to buying cryptocurrency is buy bitcoin on coinbase. I've had multiple listeners ask me — well then what do I do next? One option is to buy some Altcoins. I've booked some people for upcoming episodes who are launching their own ICOs… and this opens up a whole new world. None of this is investment advice, it's up to you learn how to evaluate individual ICOs, which leads us to the ICO Governance Foundation, an effort to bring some stability to ICOs.

Links: ICO Governance Foundation Waves Platform Bancor

Reach Andrew

Show Notes:

(0:00 INTRO) (0:45 WHAT IS AN ICO) (1:05 ENTRY INTO ICO / BENJA INTRO) (1:45 SEC ARTICLE / STATE OF ALTCOIN WORLD / ICOS) (3:30 BENJA ICO AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR BENJA) (4:30 WHAT'S YOUR SMELL TEST; HOW TO TELL LEGITIMACY) (5:00 GOVERNMENTAL REGS & ICOS) (6:45 WHY IS AN ICO NOT AN IPO?) (7:30 ICO GOV FOUNDATION INTRO) (9:00 WHY IS THE ICO GOV FOUDNATION BETTER?) (9:40 WHAT PROBLEM IS THE ICO GOV FOUNDATION SOLVING/WHAT DEEMS IT'S SUCCESS) (11:30 COLORING CRYPTO COIN/RETIRING IN MEXICO) (12:45 WHAT PROJECTS DO YOU LOOK FOR?) (13:45 WHAT ARE YOUR FEARS/CONCERNS?) (15:00 GOVERNMENTAL REACH INTO ICO'S) (16:15 NEXT STEPS FOR A BEGINNER; TOOLS TO INVEST IN ICO'S) (18:30 RECAP/STATE OF ICO GOV FOUNDATION/WHERE TO FIND ANDREW)

5. How Crypto Looks When You Never Experienced the Dot Com Crash Oct 15, 2017

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When I was 25 years old I had just returned from a year travelling in Asia and started working in Silicon Valley, before Google existed, when the hottest company around was Netscape—in today's conversation with Usman Majeed we compare and contrast the dot com bubble of then and the valuations of cryptocurrencies.

He may have missed the boat with bitcoin, but he didn't make that same mistake with ethereum and it's landed him in great position, recently launching Mutual Coin Fund.

Reach Usman:Mutualcoin.fund admin@mutualcoin.fund (mention the colorcrypto podcast) twitter @usgoose RESOURCES DISCUSSED Email newsletters Dimitry coinsheet https://www.coinsheet.org/coin/, Crypto compare — https://www.cryptocompare.com/ news on bitcoin, technical analysis CoinDesk: newsletter and website, for guides and tutorials Desktop Cryptowat.ch : real time feed on main coins Bitscreener.com: for alt coins Trading View

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3:30 thoughts on the value and VOLATILITY of bitcoin

4:00 buying a subway sandwich with bitcoin

6:00 Bitcoin's upcoming hard fork: Segwit2X

6:20 Segwit stands for "Segregated Witness" - it alters how data is stored on the blockchain

6:40 The first Segwit resulted in Bitcoin cash

7:00 Segit2x will increase the networks block size to 2MB from 1MB per day, increasing the blocksize makes the nodes more costly.

7:45 downloading the ehteruem blockchan to my desktop to 24 hours

8:15 story of launching Mutual Coin Fund

9:00 not repeating past mistakes and Usman

"Maybe you miss the boat on bitcoin or ethereum but there is still alot of opportunities"

10:00 mentor asks for help

10:30 the problem: if you have a lot of money, and want to dive in quick, you are going to have to wait for approval

13:00 philosophy of mutual Coin Fund

16:00 where are we in the crypto bubble? If we compare to the dot com bubble, is it 1999, 2000, or 2001? If it's 2001 we are in for a huge crash.

17:00 The Banks…..

18:00 IBM, Kroger, big institutions getting involved more on the technology side than the necessarily the investment side

19:00 80% into top three coins, relatively stable, bitcoin, etherium litecon 20% into altcoins and some active trading. Should I invest in alt-coins?

20:00 IPOs vs ICOs, ICOs are unregulated, ICOs are solving a problem with a token…

20:30 ICOs are seed stages. Might not even have a Minum Viable Product.

20:50 What does an ICO have to prove to pass your smell test (1). what problem are they solving, is it worthy (2). read the white paper to understand technology and team (3). do they have a product and customers? *(4). Get warm intros

22:00 What type of "I would be shy to say anyone is a crypto expert"

what type of background or expertise make someone best equiped to get into crypto?

23:30 What tools do you use:

Email newsletters Dimitry coinsheet https://www.coinsheet.org/coin/, Crypto compare — https://www.cryptocompare.com/ news on bitcoin, technical analysis CoinDesk: newsletter and website, for guides and tutorials

Chat/social tools Slack, Telegram, Discord, Facebook, whatsapp

Mobile Apps keep up with trades Blockfolio, coinfolio, cointicker, cryptotrader

Desktop Cryptowat.ch : real time feed on main coins Bitscreener.com: for alt coins Trading View

4. Bitcoin You Old Gold So and So.... Oct 12, 2017

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In part two, our guest, Brooks Jordan, brings up Amazon, and the internet of the 1990's, as a starting point. And then picks up where he left off: If bitcoin is like gold, then what of other cryptocurrencies? And what of the blockchain?

And then what could the blockchain do for the world besides be money. What's my carbon footprint? Can we record that in the blockchain? Does Carbon X require self reporting?

Send us questions @coloringcrypto

3. If Money is Like Color Could Bitcoin be Gold? Oct 09, 2017

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This is part one of two with our guest today, Brooks Jordan, who comes at crypto from a long lens, his current work and passion is about community. If you are new to crypto and have questions like, "How can a computer create a currency with value?", or simply "What is Money", Brooks offers a visionary perspective.

So far we've put cryptocurrency into the context of banking and opportunities and risks of making or losing money

But crypto is about much more than currency. We broke this conversation into two parts. Today, we cover the philosophical underpinnings of this whole damn thing.

In the next episode we step into the potentials of blockchain technology, covering alt-coins, and the impacts of diigital peer to peer, encrypted technology, getting with the deeper implications.

4:30 What is Fiat currency 5:15 How can a computer create code that has value? 5:40 In the same moment that the 2008 financial crisis happened, bitcoin happened 6:00 Math makes cryptocurrency unhackable 6:30 Blockahin is a distributed ledger, that defines and protects the integrity of the exchanges 7:15 How lightbulbs going off 14:00 Bitcoin could be held onto like gold

2. Dreaming of Crypto in Color Oct 04, 2017

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Episode 2: Dreaming of Crypto in Color. Before we begin, quick shout out to Maui, Hawaii family, Hey Levi- this episode has got the answer to that question you had on faceboook — the Hawaii crypto conundrum Welcome to coloring crypto, our journey to illuminate cryptocurrency. Thanks for joining, I'm your host Gabe Colors. 2008, bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency materialized, I was on artist on Maui, discovering color for the first time. It's been almost a decade and still, I'm in awe of color. Why? Because a color seems obvious, yet infinitely eludes any and all effort to make it clearly one thing. I'm beginning to wonder if cryptocurrency is the same. On our exploration, these conversations I am sharing with you, to color in crypto, It's starting to feel like it. In the last episode, Josh told us this is something the world has never seen, he illustrates the sharp contrast between our familiar banking system, the only banking system we have ever known, and how cryptocurrency and is totally different. He's a professional expert in this space. Today, we flip perspectives and hear from Anna Ariel, who bought her first crypto coin just six months ago. And guess what? It's the same, but different. This came in a dream. Anna drops SERIOUS knowledge — on wallets, exchanges, passcodes, seeds, alt coins she hands out beautifully painted explanations of key terms. If you are starting from zero, and are ready to dive in deep, this is the podcast for you. Let me know what you think! Hit me up on twitter @ColoringCrypto! Support our Sponsor: http://tinycables.com/color Tiny Cables makes short charging cables perfect for your desk. eight inches eight dollars free shipping and a lifetime guarantee the perfect size for decluttering your desk.

1. From the Medici's to Modern Banking, What is so Special About Cryptocurrency Oct 02, 2017

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"Banking has basically been the same since the 1400s, until now."

We cover definitions of cryptocurrency and the blockchain. Josh helps explain from a banking perspective what makes this so different than traditional banking. Enjoy our deep dives into security and postal carrier metaphors and discussion on ICOs and alt coins like Ripple and Tezos.

Reach this weeks guest: https://www.cryptolotus.com/ https://medium.com/@cryptolotus

Reach me: https://twitter.com/ColoringCrypto

Or leave a question on our listener wallet: 925 238 3724

Episode 00 Sep 29, 2017

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When I first heard of Bitcoin, of cryptocurrency in general, I didn't get it. I was intrigued, but also confused. That was in 2011, when I could have spent $500 for 250 bitcoins and today could have sold it for $1,000,000. In a recent week, in September 2017, the week bitcoin dropped from $4600 to $3500, a friend made more money with cryptocurrency in that week than he ever had before. When I first heard about it, I just figured if people wanted to agree that something had value, then, well, if enough people agreed, then it did. I didn't get it. The idea that money can be created from code on a computer is hard enough to believe. But then add to that fiends who claimed this technology was more than just about money. This layer called the blockchain will change the world, it could be more distruptive to our lives than the internet. It's about a lot more than just money. Intriguing. And still … confusing. I need to be stepped through this. Put it in layman's terms, but don't sacrifice the details.

Where did it come from? What does it mean?
Why does it matter? Does it matter?
And what steps do I take if I want to get in?

I have so many questions. To figure anything out this day and age, what else do you do? Start a podcast. Welcome to Coloring Crypto. The podcast that sheds light into the corners of the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. With light comes color. With color so you can see and understand better. Join me, your host Gabe Colors as we take a deep dive into the risks, opportunities and mysteries of this technology. Since around the time bitcoin launched I've explored color and perception. I know color, yet to this day, I'm still in awe of how color reveals that things are rarely what they appear to be. I see our perceptions and beliefs as interdependent to what's around us, and at the same time completely unique. Call it a color commentary on cryptocurrency, coloring in the nuances with vivid pictures of the risks and opportunities. In each episode I'll host a crypto enthusiast. Could be an expert mathemitician. Could be a rich investor, a scientist, a prognosticator, or even an artist. There's a lot of hype around cryptocurrency, and the truth is we really don't know right now what this will become or how its impact it will look. I'm curious. Let's add a little color to crypto and enlighten this picture. The Coloring Crypto podcast launches October 1, 2017. The Coloring Crypto podcast is intended to explain, explore and give tips. God forbid do not take any investment advice from this podcast. I'm an artist! Is that enough of a disclaimer? Anything you hear on Coloring Crypto are just opinions, we don't know the future.

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