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Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly known as Let’s Talk Bitcoin!) is the longest-running English language talk show on the ideas, people and projects surrounding the Bitcoin movement and Cryptocurrency phenomenon.
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On this Speaking of Bitcoin episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for an in-depth discussion about what’s really at risk when blockchains suffer the dreaded 51% attack.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
On today’s show we’re talking 51% attacks, the much discussed, infrequently seen and fairly misunderstood doomsday scenarios. It’s recently re-emerged as a topic of discussion as Ethereum plans its transition to Proof-of-Stake and fork Ethereum Classic is hit by its third in less than a month.
Although the numbers may change, basically any blockchain you can imagine is vulnerable to some form of the so-called 51% attack. By distributing the power within a protocol, say to miners instead of a corporate board, blockchains and other decentralized systems create and maintain a “Consensus Reality”, where what most of the network believes to be true is true, or becomes true for the entirety of the network.
See also: How Does Kraken’s New Crypto Bank Work?
If you think about it, this makes sense. Each blockchain creates a game with a distinct set of rules that need to be followed for the thing to work. It requires lots of people who don’t know each other to individually follow those rules and get rewarded by the system for doing so. The assumption underlying all of these systems is that most of the people are going to be compelled by the offered rewards to follow the rules. Even if a lot of people aren’t following the rules, they’re probably breaking them in different ways rather than working together.
In a 51% attack, that assumption is broken as most, or at least enough of the network is overcome by bad actors who aim to rewrite reality in their favor.
It’s a real problem, one of the biggest blockchains face, especially less popular ones… But even if you could pull one off, the outcome might not be as bad as many fear.
But what is actually at risk? What’s possible and what’s safe? Tune in to find out.
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This week Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming's Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. Join CEO David Kinitsky for a look at what it all means and how it'll work with hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
In the early days of Bitcoin, there were no rules, or at least none that people understood. The first batch of companies were focused entirely on functionality; Simply making things possible that before crypto had been impossible.
In the aftermath of the collapse of first MTGox and then later TheDAO, it became obvious that rules did apply, or at least would moving forward. But what wasn't very clear was how they'd apply as different regulatory bodies claimed authority in confusing and often conflicting ways.
As law, if not order, came to the industry, much of crypto's first wave of US based exchanges were crushed as they struggled to get legal, a challenging task with different rules and unique compliance burdens for each state and territory they'd operate in. New York famously introduced the Bitlicense, which in the five years since it's introduction has approved just 25 companies to operate in the U.S. financial hub.
On today's show Kraken Financial CEO David Kinitsky joins the discussion of just how much things have changed as Kraken becomes the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming's Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. And more importantly, what happens next.
Episode Art by Doran Erickson on Unsplash
Adam B. Levine provides an update on why the show is temporarily changing its name while sorting out trademark confusion.
In this episode of the Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show, open source developer and Gitcoin creator Kevin Owocki joins Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for an in-depth discussion on modern fundraising.
Find Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owocki
GitCoin project page: https://gitcoin.co/
(This episode was recorded in late July)
OLTB #444 features music by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats, with editing by Jonas.
On today's episode of The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show, we're talking privacy on the bitcoin blockchain with special guest developer Chris Belcher, inventor of JoinMarket and Electrum Personal Server.
You can find Chris Belcher...
at twitter.com/chris_belcher_
and github.com/chris-belcher
Today's episode featured Chris Belcher, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine with music by Jared Rubens and FromEther. This episode was edited by Jonas and if you have any questions or comments, email adam@ltbshow.com
On today's episode of The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show, hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan sit down for another wide-ranging discussion.
In this episode we'll discuss the philosophical differences behind recent turmoil over the supply of ETH, lessons to be learned from Zimbabwe's most recent bout of Hyperinflation and how the prevalence of Mobile Money impacts things this time around and more.
This episode is running without sponsors and features a special update for long time listeners about the show's new name (The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show) and how you can help us orient for our next 8 years.
Bitcoin In Zimbabwe Series
https://bitcoinundco.com/en/bitcoin-zimbabwe/
Today's episode features Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan with music by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats. This episode is edited by Jonas and the album art features modified images from Jeremy Pagden and Alex Steyn, both of whom can be found on Unsplash.com
If you have any questions or comments, send us an email at adam@ltbshow.com
And we'll be back next week with more episodes of The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show
Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for another wide-ranging discussion on the messy reality in which bitcoin and blockchains intersect real life.
For those of you who haven't already taken the time, please subscribe to the new show feed at ltbshow.com.
We're changing up our distribution as the show gets ready for our next marathon of growth and we want to make sure you don't miss any episodes.
On this episode we discuss the significance of a recent, seemingly innocuous letter released by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency... The now-completed cycle of corporate adoption as a differentiator to the biggest countries and companies in the world getting involved out of fear their competitors will steal a march on them and more.
Shownotes:
Caitlin's twitter thread
twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status…1286226852244160512
Preston's twitter thread
twitter.com/prestonjbyrne/statu…1285984029154648064
Andreas's talk on Infrastructure Inversion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ca70mCCf2M
Original PayPal article
www.coindesk.com/paypal-venmo-to-…ying-and-selling
Now-Deleted Twitter Thread on PayPal internal decisionmaking re: Bitcoin buy/sell
webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=…lnk&gl=us
Credits:
This episode featured Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine with editing by Jonas and music by Jared Rubens.
In the aftermath of a major Twitter compromise that impacted a broad swathe of the largest, most influential accounts, join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine for a dive into the crazy series of events, what impact it has on bitcoin, decentralization and more.
This episode is sponsored by eToro.com and The Internet of Money Volume 3.
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We've been recording new episodes, but you haven't seen them yet. In this special update, Let's Talk Bitcoin! creator Adam B. Levine reveals what's up and when to expect new episodes.
On today’s show we’re going back to basics. While bitcoin and digital bearer assets in general are an incredibly important technology, the reason they’re likely to be important to the future has little to do with the token and everything to do with the context surrounding them: The world we live in every day, where government-controlled money is abused for the benefit of the few and to the detriment of the many.
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