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Quant https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financialcareers/08/quants-quantitative-analyst.asp

Counterparty Wallet https://counterwallet.io

Johoe demonstrates TREZOR side channel attack (April 2015) https://jochen-hoenicke.de/crypto/trezor-power-analysis

Satoshi Labs announces hiring Johoe as TREZOR Cryptographer https://blog.trezor.io/ethical-hacker-and-bitcoin-hero-johoe-joins-satoshilabs-as-trezor-cryptographer-36c9a6b10d52

Johoe's Bitcoin Mempool Statistics site https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#0,all

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Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Lightning Network tips: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Bitcoin tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Note: We migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) to Libsyn; SoundCloud is just a legacy feed.

The Bitcoin Game #74: David Jevans of CipherTrace Feb 01, 2020

Welcome to episode 74 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. The Bitcoin Game has been a featured podcast on the LTB Network since 2014!

A few facts about David Jevans: In the late '90s, David attended monthly Cypherpunk meetups in Palo Alto. David hired Nick Szabo to help with IronKey (David's previous business, a secure USB product). And David is currently the founder and CEO of CipherTrace, one of the big three "blockchain analysis" companies.

David's past and present positions give him a uniquely informed perspective, and I was fascinated to hear his takes. We discuss a wide range of topics, from details about CipherTrace's work, to hardware wallets, supply-chain security, CryptoCapital, Quadriga, BTC-E, CoinJoin, OPSEC, and tons more.

EPISODE LINKS

CipherTrace https://ciphertrace.com

David on Twitter https://twitter.com/davejevans

Cypherpunk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk

Nick Szabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo

IronKey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronKey

ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography

2000 Financial Cryptography Conference https://ifca.ai/fc00/program.html

David Chaum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chaum

DigiCash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash

Mt. Gox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

CoinJoin https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CoinJoin

Wasabi Wallet https://wasabiwallet.io

OPSEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s "Travel Rule" https://ciphertrace.com/fatf-crypto-travel-rule

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Lightning Network tips: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) to Libsyn; SoundCloud is just a legacy feed.

The Bitcoin Game #73: Tim Pastoor, P2P Identity Dec 25, 2019

Welcome to episode 73 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. When I started paying attention to Bitcoin Twitter in 2013, I noticed a guy named Tim Pastoor, who seemed pretty well-respected by the Bitcoin Twitter community. He and I eventually became good friends on Twitter, so much so that we hung out for a long afternoon when I visited Amsterdam a few years ago. Tim has been focused on peer-to-peer identity and reputation systems for the past five years, supporting Martti Malmi's work in the space (Martti was the first coder to work with Satoshi on Bitcoin). Twitter's Jack Dorsey recently garnered a ton of attention promoting the goal of decentralized social media, and P2P identity may well be the base layer for such projects. Hope you enjoy our talk!

Oh, and a correction Tim gave me after our interview - Microsoft's Distributed ID project is now called Ion.

EPISODE LINKS

Tim Pastoor on Twitter https://twitter.com/timpastoor

Jack Dorsey's Tweet about Decentralized Social Media https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

Complementary Currencies (LETS, Brixton Pound, etc.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

Martti Malmi (article) https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/10/8751933/the-shy-college-student-who-helped-build-bitcoin-into-a-global

Identifi (now Iris) https://identifi.github.io/

Microsoft Decentralized Identity https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/technology/own-your-identity

W3C Decentralized Identifiers https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core

Carsten Keutmann's Digital Trust Protocol https://medium.com/@carstenkeutmann_96497/digital-trust-protocol-c37e17eeca20

Sovrin https://sovrin.org

Urbit ID https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/urbit-id

Sockpuppet Account https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)

Sybil Swarm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

Six Degrees of Separation Principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

Metcalfe's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law

Network Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

Microsoft's Ion (Decentralized Identity) https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ion

Anchoring into the Blockchain https://medium.com/@edhonour/how-anchors-help-ensure-authenticity-on-the-blockchain-3359051a181

TJ Miller on The Adam Carolla Show (see part two) https://adamcarolla.com/tj-miller-and-mark-geragos

Switchboard Operator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchboard_operator

Bell Labs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs

Iris GitHub https://github.com/irislib

Iris Proof-of-Concept https://iris.to

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (SegWit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #72: eToro's Guy Hirsch Nov 28, 2019

Welcome to episode 72 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode came about in an unexpected way. I had the opportunity to speak with Guy Hirsch (USA Managing Director for eToro) at the CIS conference in Los Angeles. My plan was to grab some sound bites from Guy to use in podcast episodes as part of eToro's sponsorship. But I'm such a curious person that I couldn't help but ask a bunch of genuine questions I had about the platform. Turned out, the brief interview was interesting and informative enough that I decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. So, if you've wondered about eToro after seeing them practically everywhere in the crypto space (not to mention the snazzy eToro commercial with Alec Baldwin), this episode will get you up to speed!

EPISODE LINKS

Guy Hirsch on Twitter https://twitter.com/GuyHirsch

Alec Baldwin's eToro ad https://youtu.be/GBBuFuHAxoY

Our eToro Affiliate Link https://b.tc/etorogame

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Join now at b.tc/etorogame.

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #71: Brian Lockhart Oct 25, 2019

Welcome to episode 71 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I met Brian Lockhart while having lunch at Bitcoin 2019 this summer. Brian recently joined the team at Casa, which happened to have just released details on the Node 2. So this seemed like the perfect time to have Brian as a guest.

I learned a lot from Brian, including how Bitcoin got on his radar (hint: it's the tech), his five-year Bitcoin Rip Van Winkle experience, and the Casa Node 2. We even review some recently highlighted security trade-offs with the Node, as well as my own case of Lightning fever.

If you've ever wanted to know more about Brian Lockhart or the Casa Node, this episode is for you!

LINKS

Brian on Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianLockhart

Casa on Twitter https://twitter.com/casahodl

Casa https://keys.casa

Bitcoin 2019 https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/bitcoin-2019

BitBlockBoom! https://bitblockboom.com

Latin American Bitcoin Conference https://www.labitconf.com

Black–Scholes Model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Scholes_model

Trace Mayer on Stephan Livera Podcast https://stephanlivera.com/episode/115

Microsoft Xbox https://www.xbox.com

Bitcoin White Paper https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Tableau Software https://www.tableau.com

Altcoin https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/what-altcoin

Ethereum https://www.ethereum.org

Seattle Bitcoin Meetup https://www.meetup.com/seabtc

ICO https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-ico

Lightning Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network

Michael Flaxman on The Bitcoin Game https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-70-michael-flaxman-securing-bitcoin

Bryan Bishop on Stephan Livera Podcast https://stephanlivera.com/episode/108

Casa Keymaster https://keys.casa/keymaster

Casa Node 2 https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-casa-node-2

Casa Gold https://blog.keys.casa/casa-gold-membership-overview-casa-node

Nodl https://www.nodl.it

Lightning in a Box https://lightninginabox.co

RaspiBlitz https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz

My Node http://mynodebtc.com

BTCPay https://btcpayserver.org

Electrum https://electrum.org

Block Explorer https://wiki.trezor.io/Blockchain_explorer

Addressing Security Concerns about Casa Node https://blog.keys.casa/addressing-security-concerns-about-casa-node/

Electrum Will Support Lightning Payments (coded in Python) https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-590 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5192855.0

Lightning Labs https://lightning.engineering

Lightning Network Trust Torch https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightning-torchs-bitcoin-payment-is-running-a-worldwide-marathon

Zap Wallet https://zap.jackmallers.com

Casa Sats App https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback

What are “Sats”? https://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/what-are-sats

Peter Todd on The Bitcoin Game https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-34-bitcoin-core-dev-peter-todd

Dr. Adam Back on The Bitcoin Game (Part 1) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or from a jam.

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #70: Michael Flaxman, Securing Bitcoin Sep 08, 2019

Welcome to episode 70 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm always wanting to learn things via my podcast, and hopefully it helps others learn too. So when I heard Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera's podcast, I thought he was such a compelling guest that I just had to have him on The Bitcoin Game. In this episode we dive into details about Bitcoin, security, and multisig.

LINKS

Michael Flaxman on Twitter https://twitter.com/mflaxman

Michael Flaxman's Website https://www.michaelflaxman.com

Michael Flaxman's Bitcoin Multisig Hardware Wallet Comparison https://bitcoin-hardware-wallet.github.io

Michael's In-Depth Article on Multisig Coming Soon!

Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera Podcast (Hardware Wallets) https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97

Mt. Gox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

2014 Proof of Reserves article https://www.coindesk.com/krakens-audit-proves-holds-100-bitcoins-reserve

PyCoin (Open Source Library) https://pypi.org/project/pycoin/0.51

Shamir's Shared Secret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Coldcard Hardware Wallet https://coldcardwallet.com

Trezor Hardware Wallet https://trezor.io

Ledger Hardware Wallet https://www.ledger.com

Hardware Wallet Passphrase (Trezor guide) https://blog.trezor.io/passphrase-the-ultimate-protection-for-your-accounts-3a311990925b

Hardware Wallet Mnemonic Seed Phrase / BIP 39 https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Mnemonic_phrase

Ian Coleman's BIP 39 Tool https://iancoleman.io/bip39

BIP 174 / Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0174.mediawiki

Crypto Steel (One of several Seed Backup Solutions) https://cryptosteel.com

Multisig https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature

 Electrum Bitcoin Wallet https://electrum.org

Electrum Personal Server Github https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server

Secure Element (Gemalto site - supplier to Ledger) https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-is-a-secure-element

HD Wallet Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deterministic_wallet

Random Number Generator (RNG) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation

Segwit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org/en/download

Graphical User Interface (GUI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface

Bitcoin Testnet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet

Nonce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce

Tails OS https://tails.boum.org

If you liked this episode, I bet you'll like my fairly exclusive interviews with Peter Kroll, the creator of the paper wallet, and white-hat hacker Johoe, who recovered Bitcoin during the 2013 Android RNG issue.

The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-56-paper-wallet-inventor-peter-kroll

The Bitcoin Game #7: Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #69: Doug Scribner's Smart ATM Aug 05, 2019

Welcome to episode 69 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I attended Bitcoin 2019 in June and recorded a bunch of great interviews. But only one interview was with someone I kind of knew, and that was Doug Scribner. He's been in the scene a long time, and recalls buying Bitcoin at Porcfest from Charlie Shrem, Erik Voorhees, and Roger Ver. His first major project, WatchMyBit, was a bit ahead of its time (pun unintended). Now he's focused on Vault Logic, a multi-purpose, Bitcoin-capable, "Smart ATM" hardware and software platform.

EPISODE LINKS

Doug Scribner on Twitter https://twitter.com/dougscrib

VaultLogic https://vaultlogic.com

VaultLogic on Twitter https://twitter.com/realvaultlogic

Early article on Robocoin (Wired) https://www.wired.com/2013/10/bitcoin-atm-gallery

Quorum (JP Morgan) https://www.goquorum.com

Cryptospace https://www.cryptospaceus.com

Article on Overstock's Patrick Byrne and Ravencoin https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/06/ravencoin-rvn-overstock-ceos-favorite-altcoin-is-up-497-year-to-date

Medici Ventures (subsidiary of Overstock) https://www.mediciventures.com

The Bitcoin Game #68: Paul Sztorc Jul 18, 2019

Welcome to episode 68 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I introduced myself to Paul Sztorc at Bitcoin 2019and asked him if he'd be up for an interview. I was thrilled that he gave me an unqualified "yes." This ended up being, by far, my longest interview of the conference, and I appreciate that Paul was willing to hang out with me for a big chunk of the second day of the event. I really feel like I got to know Paul in this longest episode I've released in awhile. Hope you enjoy it!

EPISODE LINKS

Paul Sztorc on Twitter https://twitter.com/Truthcoin

Truthcoin https://www.truthcoin.info

Bitcoin Hivemind http://bitcoinhivemind.com

Drivechain https://www.drivechain.info

Link to Paul's Bitcoin 2019 Panel https://youtu.be/gCtwg7Qecc4

Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, and Liquid on Let's Talk Bitcoin https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store

Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193004

Bill Nordhaus https://economics.yale.edu/people/william-d-nordhaus

Buzzfeed's Intrade Article https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrice/the-fall-of-intrade-and-the-business-of-betting-on-real-life

Howard Dean's Yell https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/17/the-battle-cry-that-backfired

Election Betting Odds https://electionbettingodds.com

Cassandra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

R https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)

My episode with Adam Back focusing on Liquid (we discuss Paul Sztorc at 50:47) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-60-dr-adam-back-part-2-liquid

Futarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarchy

The Wisdom of Crowds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds

My 2015 Interview with Joey Krug (starts at 32:40) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-15-fun-interviews-at-the-texas-bitcoin-conference-kickoff-party

Augur https://www.augur.net

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #67: Eric Martindale and Fabric Jul 12, 2019

Welcome to episode 67 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Eric Martindale is a hardcore cypherpunk hacker. We get some details about Eric's past and present, including the well-known Bitcoin companies Eric has worked for, and Fabric, a decentralized, peer-to-peer protocol, created with the goal of replacing our current broken internet. EPISODE LINKS

Eric on Twitter https://twitter.com/martindale

Fabric https://fabric.pub

Fabric on Twitter https://twitter.com/FabricProtocol

BitPay (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitPay

Schildbach Wallet (Github) https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet

Airbitz (Wiki) https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Airbitz

Blockstream (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockstream

Adam Back (The Bitcoin Game) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

Elements Sidechain https://elementsproject.org

Liquid Sidechain https://blockstream.com/liquid

The Halting Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem

Byzantine Generals Problem (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault

Homomorphic Encryption (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption

RPG games https://www.roleplaygateway.com

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #66: Jeremy Rubin Jul 02, 2019

Welcome to episode 66 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. My second interview at the recent Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco was with Jeremy Rubin, a fascinating guy who has contributed a ton to Bitcoin. We review Jeremy's background, discuss his current project (a BIP intended to aid with scaling pressures), and we revisit his controversial idea of a Bitcoin reorg in the wake of the recent Binance hack. And a lot more! Jeremy provides some pretty compelling content; I bet you'll enjoy this interview.

EPISODE LINKS

Jeremy's Website https://rubin.io

Jeremy on Twitter https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin

Tidbit Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidbit

Coinhive (similar to Tidbit, more recent) https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive

MIT Bitcoin $100 Giveaway (Coindesk article) https://www.coindesk.com/time-we-gave-500000-bitcoin-college-kids

Period of Exclusivity Encourages Early Adopters, by Christian Catalini http://news.mit.edu/2017/bitcoin-study-period-exclusivity-encourages-early-adopters-0713

MIT Digital Currency Initiative https://dci.mit.edu

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org

OP_SECURETHEBAG https://github.com/JeremyRubin/bips/blob/op-secure-the-bag/bip-secure-the-bag.mediawiki

Article on Jeremy's BIP from The Block https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/05/24/proof-of-work-a-bitcoin-covenant-proposal

BIP - Bitcoin Improvement Proposal https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters

HTLC - Hash Time Locked Contracts Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hash_Time_Locked_Contracts

Jeremy's Initial Tweet about Binance Hack Reorg https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin/status/1125919526485254144

STAY IN TOUCH

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SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #65: Jimmy Song Jun 29, 2019

Welcome to episode 65 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and I just got back from the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. I'm really glad I decided to attend after taking a long break from conferences, as I had a great time and got some really good interviews. I'm going to release them in the order I recorded them, so up first is Jimmy Song.

Oh, I also want listener feedback. This interview is unedited, whereas my typical episodes are heavily edited, with the goal of delivering the most listenable and content-dense experience possible. And I really love editing out dumb things I say! But all that editing takes a lot of time, and it really reduces the amount of content I release. Just comment on this episode's show notes page, or I'm theBTCgame on Twitter. I've got some cool Bitcoin stuff to give away to a few people who give me feedback, in case you need additional incentive.

EPISODE LINKS

Jimmy's Website https://programmingbitcoin.com

Jimmy on Twitter https://twitter.com/@JimmySong

Colored Coins Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Colored_Coins

Monetas http://opentransactions.org/wiki/Monetas

Amory Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Armory

Paxos Wiki https://en.everybodywiki.com/Paxos_(company)

Jimmy's Early 2017 Blog Post https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-bitcoin-will-get-scaling-without-segwit-or-large-blocks-772799fab021

RubenSomsen's Blind Statechains presentation at Breaking Bitcoin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhxPWsJFZE&t=17935s

Statechains White Paper https://github.com/RubenSomsen/rubensomsen.github.io/blob/master/img/statechains.pdf

The Bitcoin spinner I designed, 3D-printed, and gave to Jimmy. You might win one if you give feedback on this episode!

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #64: Farbood Nivi of Coinmine Jun 15, 2019

The other day, an interesting post crossed my path on "Crypto Twitter." This guy was super excited about receiving his Coinmine, a device I was not familiar with. It appeared to be a plug-and-play multi-purpose GPU miner and Bitcoin/Lightning Network full node. And it looked pretty. I was intrigued. I started investigating the product, and quickly discovered that Coinminer's headquarters is right here in Los Angeles. And that's how my interview with Farbood Nivi, CEO and co-founder of Coinmine, was conceived.

I hadn't really considered multi-purpose devices such as a Coinmine, which currently can mine Ethereum, Monero, Zcash and Grin. It's not hard to imagine that future incarnations of this product could bring full Bitcoin/Lightning nodes and speculative Cryptocurrency mining to many new mainstream people who are willing to pay a premium for this level of simplicity. Could cloud-controlled plug-and-play devices theoretically give a centralized party too much control over a lot of miners? Please comment below if you have thoughts!

After arranging this interview, Coinmine offered me a $50 discount for listeners, which can be claimed using the discount code BitcoinGame at checkout, or going to this URL: https://coinmine.com/bitcoingame. The Bitcoin Game will receive a referral fee for purchases using this code, however, that did not influence the content of this episode. Before purchasing, please consider electricity usage in addition to the cost of the miner itself, and note that Bitcoin and Lightning Network features are not active yet.

EPISODE LINKS

Coinmine https://coinmine.com

Farbood on Twitter https://twitter.com/farbood

Coinmine co-founder Justin Lambert http://www.justlambert.com

Radeon RX580 https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-580

Casa Node https://keys.casa/lightning-bitcoin-node

Grin https://grin-tech.org

Handshake https://handshake.org

Monero https://www.getmonero.org

Farb's mining article on Hacker Noon https://hackernoon.com/how-at-home-crypto-mining-outperforms-buying-crypto-8f30d87d2348

Compound Finance https://compound.finance

STAY IN TOUCH

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SPONSOR

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #63: John Carvalho May 03, 2019

Welcome to episode 63 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. John Carvalho has been making waves in Bitcoin for a number of years, never afraid to mix it up regarding cryptocurrency topics. From content creator to entrepreneur to chief communications officer at Bitrefill, John is a very active player in the world of Bitcoin. We cover a wide range of topics in this interview.

EPISODE LINKS

John on Twitter https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog

Bitrefill https://www.bitrefill.com

John's BTC Merch (includes #LNTrustchain & #WeAreAllHodlonaut) https://bitcointel.pro

John's (Old) Blog http://bitcoinerrorlog.com

Bitcoin Uncensored https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

John Carvalho debates Roger Ver https://youtu.be/OJT2CbfHTpo

John's CV Tweet https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1062108829142388737

Bitrefill's Thor Turbo https://www.bitrefill.com/thor-turbo-channels

Bitrefill: 2% Discount on Lightning Payments https://blog.bitrefill.com/lightning-network-discounts-at-bitrefill-a3a0e94c4f48

Lightning Network Wiki https://bitcoin.it/wiki/Lightning_Network

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSORS

The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25.

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #62: Michel Rauchs of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Apr 12, 2019

Welcome to episode 62 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Michel Rauchs is the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain lead at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). For the past few years, Michel has devoted his life to studying the space, and he's been a big part of several comprehensive studies that dig into many aspects of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You'll see Michel and his reports cited in tons of articles, particularly those that focus on Bitcoin's energy use. I hope you enjoy Michel as my guest on today's episode.

EPISODE LINKS

Michel Rauchs on Twitter https://twitter.com/mrauchs

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/ccaf

CCAF (2017) - Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/global-cryptocurrency

CCAF (December 2018) - 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study (Section 7 has mining stats and map) https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/2nd-global-cryptoasset-benchmark-study

CCAF (August 2018) - Distributed Ledger Technology Systems https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems

Marc Bevand (2017) - Electricity consumption of Bitcoin https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems

Michel's 2018 Blog post, "A note on censorship resistance" https://mrauchs.com/2018/10/a-note-on-censorship-resistance

Michel Rauchs, Xmas Lecture (December 2017) https://youtu.be/BTp3o60xcEI

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSORS

The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25.

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #61: Journalist Leigh Cuen Mar 04, 2019

Welcome to episode 61 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In less than two years in the space, Leigh Cuen has become a mainstay in cryptocurrency journalism, as well as a highly elite user of GIFs on Crypto-Twitter. It was interesting to learn more about this prolific writer's background, thoughts about cryptocurrency, and even some basics about the business of journalism.

EPISODE LINKS

Leigh on Twitter https://twitter.com/la__cuen

Leigh's Coindesk Articles https://www.coindesk.com/author/lcuen

Poet takes revolution from Facebook to the world, by Leigh Cuen https://www.salon.com/2013/06/30/poet_takes_revolution_from_facebook_to_the_world

A 'new poetry' emerges from Syria's civil war, by Leigh Cuenhttps://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/20139784442125773.html

How Fintech Plays Into The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by Leigh Cuen https://www.ibtimes.com/how-fintech-plays-israeli-palestinian-conflict-2592984

How Iranian Women Became the Queens of Online Shopping, by Leigh Cuen https://www.racked.com/2017/5/10/15450318/iran-online-shopping-women-tech

Trump Lies About the Status of the Economy, by Leigh Cuen https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-lies-about-the-status-of-the-economy

Pete Rizzo https://twitter.com/pete_rizzo_

Marc Hochstein https://twitter.com/MarcHochstein

Zack Seward https://twitter.com/zackseward

The Bitcoin Standard, by Saifedean Ammous https://amzn.to/2EGjGV9

There’s No Crypto Winter in Argentina..., by Leigh Cuen https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-startups-in-argentina-inflation-bitcoin

Bitcoin’s Warrior Queen: Lightning’s Elizabeth Stark..., by Leigh Cuen https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-most-influential-blockchain-2018-elizabeth-stark

KPI (key performance indicator) https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-popular-KPIs-for-the-online-media-industry

Mastering Bitcoin, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos https://bitcoinbook.info

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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SPONSORS

The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25 percent discount with promo code BG25.

UTXO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unspent_transaction_output

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #60: Dr. Adam Back Part 2 - Liquid Nov 04, 2018

Welcome to episode 60 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part two of my interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. In this episode, we take a deep dive into Liquid, Blockstream's new federated sidechain. There's a lot more to Liquid than I realized, and it's fascinating to hear tons of details about the protocol. I lead us astray with some of my questions, but Dr. Back never fails to drop tons of crypto-knowledge.

And if you missed the first part of my interview, give episode 59 a listen to hear a great Cypherpunk history lesson.

EPISODE LINKS

First half of our interview (The Bitcoin Game #59) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter https://twitter.com/adam3us

Dr. Back's Info Page http://www.cypherspace.org/adam

Blockstream https://blockstream.com

Lightning Network White Paper by Joseph Poon & Thaddeus Dryja https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf

Duplex Micropayment Channels by Christian Decker & Roger Wattenhofer https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/716b955c130e6c703fac336ea17b1670/duplex-micropayment-channels.pdf

ETHZ (where Christian Decker earned his Bitcoin PhD) https://www.ethz.ch/de.html

Rusty Russell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Russell

C-Lightning https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning

Liquid https://blockstream.com/liquid

Liquid Assets https://blockstream.com/2018/07/02/liquid-issued-assets

Confidential Transactions https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/confidential-transactions-how-hiding-transaction-amounts-increases-bitcoin-privacy-1464892525

ERC-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERC-20

Counterparty https://counterparty.io/docs/faq-xcp

Bulletproofs https://crypto.stanford.edu/bulletproofs https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1066.pdf

Tether https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_(cryptocurrency)

Proof of Burn https://www.coinbureau.com/education/proof-of-burn-explained

Public Key vs. Public Address https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3filud/whats_the_difference_between_public_key_and

Lamport Signatures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamport_signature

The Byzantine Generals Problem https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~luca/cs174/byzantine.pdf

Schnorr Signatures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorr_signature

ECDSA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm

Denial-of-Service Attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Tor https://www.torproject.org

Liquid Block Explorer https://blockstream.com/2018/08/02/accelerating-liquid-adoption-liquid-block-explorer

NBitcoin by Nicolas Dorier https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/768412/NBitcoin-The-most-complete-Bitcoin-port-Part-Crypt

Green Address Wallet https://greenaddress.it

KYC Compliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer

Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, Liquid https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store

RootStock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RootStock

Spark Lightning Wallet by Nadav Ivgi https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/spark-new-gui-lightning-wallet-bitcoin-now-available-download

Lightning Splice-In, Splice Out (and more) https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/day-2-of-the-chaincode-labs-lightning-residency-669aecab5f16

SPV Wallet https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Simplified_Payment_Verification

Neutrino Lite Bitcoin Client https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino/blob/master/README.md

Lightning Watchtower https://www.coindesk.com/laolu-building-watchtower-fight-bitcoin-lightning-fraud/

ABCore by Lawrence Nahum (BTC full node on Android) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenaddress.abcore

Hardware Wallet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardware_wallet

STAY IN TOUCH

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SPONSORS

BTC Inc is excited to announce its upcoming conference, Distributed Health, November 5 & 6 in Nashville, TN. This is the first conference to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and the healthcare industry. Now in its third year, this two-day event is an opportunity for all members of the ecosystem, including payers, providers, law makers, retailers, investors and innovators, to reshape the future of healthcare.

For more information, visit: health.distributed.com and use the promo code: BTCGAME20 to secure a 20% discount!

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #59: Dr. Adam Back Oct 25, 2018

Welcome to episode 59 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part one of an interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. Dr. Back talks about topics such as his first computers, his early privacy-oriented work, Hashcash vs. other proof-of-work, various early electronic money systems, and his work on Bitcoin Confidential Transactions. Get ready to soak in some history from one of the people whose "work" became an integral part of Bitcoin.

EPISODE LINKS

Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter https://twitter.com/adam3us

Dr. Back's Info Page http://www.cypherspace.org/adam

Blockstream https://blockstream.com

Malta (Crypto-friendly) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/how-malta-became-a-hub-of-the-cryptocurrency-world-quicktake

Dr. Back's First Computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

PGP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

Cypherpunks Mailing List https://cryptoanarchy.wiki/getting-started/what-is-the-cypherpunks-mailing-list

Adam's Credential Library for Ecash & DigiCash http://cypherspace.org/credlib

David Chaum's Ecash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecash

Stefan Brands' DigiCash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash

Adam Back's Eternity http://www.cypherspace.org/eternity

Usenet News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

Pseudonymous Remailers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonymous_remailer

Hal Finney (integrated PGP into remailers) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)

Adam Back's Hashcash http://www.hashcash.org

Spam Assassin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_SpamAssassin

Microsoft Digital Postmarks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Postmarks

SYN Cookies, by Dan Bernstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYN_cookies

Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail (PDF) http://www.hashcash.org/papers/pvp.pdf

Old communication between Peter Todd, Adam Back and Hal Finney https://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/bluesky/2001-March.txt

Wei Dai's B-Money https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/B-money

Nick Szabo's Bit Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo#Bit_gold

Hal Finney's RPOW - Reusable Proof of Work https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html

TPM - Trusted Platform Module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module

Confidential Transactions https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/confidential-transactions-how-hiding-transaction-amounts-increases-bitcoin-privacy-1464892525

Elements (Sidechain) https://elementsproject.org

Liquid (Sidechain) https://blockstream.com/liquid

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSORS

BTC Inc is excited to announce its upcoming conference, Distributed Health, November 5 & 6 in Nashville, TN. This is the first conference to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and the healthcare industry. Now in its third year, this two-day event is an opportunity for all members of the ecosystem, including payers, providers, law makers, retailers, investors and innovators, to reshape the future of healthcare.

For more information, visit: health.distributed.com and use the promo code: BTCGAME20 to secure a 20% discount!

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #58: Jennifer Zhu Scott Sep 12, 2018

Welcome to episode 58 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In January of this year, I saw lots of talk about the World Economic Forum’s speeches and panels in Davos. Even Donald Trump spoke at this event. But the panel I was most interested in was called The Crypto Asset Bubble, and it featured Nobel Prize Laureate Robert Shiller. I didn’t know any of the other panelists, but the one who stuck out to me the most was Jennifer Zhu Scott. She seemed very pro-Bitcoin and was a very eloquent speaker. I wondered why I'd never heard of her before. I immediately invited Jen to be a guest on my podcast, and we finally connected just a bit ago, thanks to Twitter. We cover many topics including the World Economic Forum, her favorite project, China, and her involvement in the hit HBO series, Silicon Valley.

EPISODE LINKS

“The Crypto-Asset Bubble” - Davos 2018, World Economic Forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZv9fLLfa4

World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org

Radian Partners http://www.radian.partners

Otoy Octane https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render

Viral Fake Robot Video https://youtu.be/bA21AhgYwHM

Adam Series https://youtu.be/GXI0l3yqBrA

Render Token https://rendertoken.com

HBO's Silicon Valley - "Initial Coin Offering" https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley/season-5/7-initial-coin-offering/synopsis

Jen Zhu Scott on Twitter https://twitter.com/jenzhuscott

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!)

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #57: BCH Lead Dev Amaury Séchet Aug 02, 2018

Welcome to episode 57 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I’m someone who feels a bit like a Bitcoin Maximalist, yet I still really wanted to learn about Amaury Séchet, lead developer of Bitcoin Cash (EDIT: note it's been pointed out that Amaury is the lead dev of Bitcoin ABC, the main client used for BCH, but he isn't technically the lead dev for BCH - apologies for the inaccurate wording). I like that many of Amaury's opinions seem fairly independent, rather than sticking to a party line. In this long-form interview, we talk about Amaury's initial interest in Bitcoin, why he started Bitcoin ABC, the software behind Bitcoin Cash, and what he saw as three critical mistakes he believed would prevent a big block fork from becoming the majority chain at launch. So BCH haters, put down the pitchforks for a second and give this a listen to better understand the French Bitcoiner known as Deadalnix.

EPISODE LINKS

Amaury on Twitter https://twitter.com/deadalnix

Thomson M05 (School Computer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_MO5

HACK (Facebook Programming Langauge) https://hacklang.org/

D (Programming Language) https://dlang.org

Cypress Financial Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Cypriot_financial_crisis

Bitcoin ABC https://www.bitcoinabc.org

Extension Blocks https://www.coindesk.com/purse-proposal-touts-extension-blocks-bitcoin-scaling-solution

ViaBTC https://www.viabtc.com

Segwit Is Not Great, by Amaury Séchet https://www.deadalnix.me/2016/10/17/segwit-is-not-great

Emergency Difficulty Adjustment (EDA) https://news.bitcoin.com/the-bitcoin-cash-community-debates-future-difficulty-adjustments

Free Trader’s Github Blog https://ftrader.github.io

Emergent Consensus https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-bitcoin-unlimiteds-emergent-consensus-gamble

The Cathedral and the Bazaar (musings on Linux and Open Source...)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar

Tokens on Bitcoin Cash https://www.yours.org/content/overview-of-tokens-for-bitcoin-cash--bch--d2f928455dca

Cash Shuffle (BCH mixing protocol for fungibility) https://cashshuffle.com

Grin (Nimble Wimble implementation) https://grin-tech.org

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!)

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll Jul 04, 2018

Welcome to episode 56 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I met Peter Kroll at a Bitcoin conference about a year ago. When I asked Peter what his involvement was with Bitcoin, he told me he created the original Bitcoin paper wallet at BitAddress.org. I was pretty impressed, having used his tool often! Peter had kept it a secret that he was behind BitAddress.org until late 2014, and even since then, he's kept a pretty low profile. We cover a ton of topics in this exclusive interview, including Peter's introduction to Bitcoin, his paper wallet system, Bitcoin's division, and much more.

EPISODE LINKS

The First Bitcoin Paper Wallet https://BitAddress.org

Peter's SlashDot introduction to Bitcoin https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0149234/mint-it-yourself-with-a-browser-based-bitcoin-miner

Curaçao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curaçao

Peter "PointBiz" Kroll on BitcoinTalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=17857

First BitAddress.org thread on BitcoinTalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43496

BitcoinTalk BitAddress.org art contest posted by Mike "Casascius" Caldwellhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92969

BitAddress.org on GitHub https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org

BitAddress Changelog https://www.bitaddress.org/CHANGELOG.txt.asc

Entropy (Hackaday article) https://hackaday.com/2017/11/02/what-is-entropy-and-how-do-i-get-more-of-it

BitcoinJS https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bitcoinjs-lib

Tom Wu's JSBN Library http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/jsbn/

Live USB Linux https://www.linuxliveusb.com

BitKey (bootable USB image for cold wallets) https://bitkey.io

Tails https://tails.boum.org

Canton Becker's Bitcoin Paper Wallet https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com

Ian Coleman’s BIP39 Mnemonic Converter Tool https://iancoleman.io/bip39/

Coldlar (new hardware wallet) https://www.coldlar.com

Coinbin (offline transaction signing library, uses QR codes) https://coinb.in

My interview with Jochen “Johoe” Hoenicke, who discovered Android RNG issues related to insecure Bitcoin wallets https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe

Estonia - National ID Card RNG Flaw https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/security_flaw_i.html

Generating private keys with dice http://kiararobles.com/blog/generating-private-keys-with-bitcoin-dice.html

Monero https://getmonero.org

Decred https://www.decred.org

The Future Of Bitcoin - Peter Kroll asks Craig Wright some questions @ 1:15:50 https://youtu.be/v1_gxvx_QGo?t=1h15m50s

Counterparty https://counterparty.io

ERC20 https://support.exodus.io/article/108-what-is-an-erc20-token-and-does-exodus-support-it

Peter Kroll - Private Key Custody - Crypto Mexico - Ethereum Devcon 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLaVk-3pDk

Peter on Twitter https://twitter.com/pointbiz1

Peter on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/user/pointbiz

STAY IN TOUCH

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SPONSORS

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!)

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #55: Cryptograffiti Jun 16, 2018

Welcome to episode 55 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, I'm happy to present an interview with one of the most well-known fine artists in the cryptocurrency space, Cryptograffiti. I'm a huge fan of his work, and was happy to get to learn a bit more about him. Check out his art in the links below.

SHOW LINKS

Cryptograffiti’s Site https://cryptograffiti.com

Twitter @Cryptograffiti https://twitter.com/cryptograffiti

Instagram @Cryptograffiti https://www.instagram.com/cryptograffiti

Nakamoto https://cryptograffiti.com/collections/fine-art/products/nakamoto-2014

Wired: The Rise And Fall of Bitcoin https://www.wired.com/2011/11/mf_bitcoin

Casascius Coins https://www.casascius.com

Silk Road https://cryptograffiti.com/collections/fine-art/products/silk-road

Art Show - Proof of Art https://twitter.com/cryptograffiti/status/1000060654990999553

Cryptograffiti’s work featured in the Wall Street Journal https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/12/11/microsoft-to-allow-bitcoin-payments-for-games-apps-other-content

Cryptograffiti T-shirts https://cryptograffiti.com/collections/mens-shirts

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!)

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or some funky jam Rob was involved in.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #54: The Current State of Cryptocurrency Panel from SODM18 May 16, 2018

Welcome to episode 54 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Back in 2015, I had been waiting and waiting for a Bitcoin conference to be held here in Los Angeles. I finally gave up and booked a trip to the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference. Of course, shortly after making arrangements to go to Austin, LA’s first Bitcoin conference, The State of Digital Money, was announced. 2018 marks the third year I've participated in SODM, this time moderating a diverse panel of guests speaking on the broad topic of The Current State of Cryptocurrency.

I'll be giving away a Bitcoin Keychain to someone who comments on this show notes page! The winner can opt to receive a Counterparty token, redeemable for a Bitcoin keychain.

SHOW LINKS

State of Digital Money https://stateofdigitalmoney.com

Danny Aranda https://stateofdigitalmoney.com/speakers/danny-aranda

Ryan Singer https://stateofdigitalmoney.com/speakers/1241

John Mercurio https://stateofdigitalmoney.com/speakers/john-mercurio

Ripple https://www.ripple.com

Chia Network https://chia.net

Bitfury http://bitfury.com

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!)

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or some funky jam Rob was involved in.

Photo courtesy Sam Onat Yilmaz, via Twitter.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #53: Advanced Crypto Taxes with Zac McClure Mar 24, 2018

Hello, welcome to episode 53 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In this episode I speak to Zac McClure of TokenTax, in what I feel is one of the most in-depth cryptocurrency tax discussions I’ve ever heard on a podcast. We discuss everything from like-kind cryptocurrency exchanges to the idea of selecting specific cost-basis cryptocurrency when giving a gift. We also cover some of the features of TokenTax, a new service to help people manage cryptocurrency taxes.

If you decide to give TokenTax.usa try, use the discount code BTCGAME for 10% off!

SHOW LINKS

TokenTax https://tokentax.us

Zac McClure on Twitter https://twitter.com/ZacharyMcClure

TokenTax on Twitter https://twitter.com/tokentax

My Intro Tax Talk, Episode #10 with Jake Benson of Libra Tax https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-10-talking-taxes-with-jake-benson

Zac's Tax Talk on Blockchannel https://soundcloud.com/blockchannelshow/episode-38-crypto-taxes-made-easy-with-tokentax

STAY IN TOUCH

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Here are some tipping addresses (taxable event, anyone?):

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On The Guardian• TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Inforwars• Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat PRI• CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, or some funky jam Rob was involved in.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #52: Mike In Space Feb 28, 2018

Hello, welcome to episode 52 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode I speak with Mike In Space, longtime creator of Bitcoin memes, and more recently, the host of the comedy series, Bitcoin Car Talk. I’ve never heard Mike interviewed, so I thought it would be fun to learn a bit more about him. I enjoy Mike’s unique sense of humor enough that you'll hear me laugh just hearing his voice at the beginning of our conversation.

SHOW LINKS

Bitcoin Car Talk http://bitcoincartalk.com

Mike In Space on Twitter https://twitter.com/mikeinspace

Info on Mike's older Twitter Avatar https://news.artnet.com/art-world/botched-restoration-of-jesus-fresco-miraculously-saves-spanish-town-197057

Brian Hoffman's comedic YouTube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZZFJLp77OHDlyxQSqov89Qko_hBYpU8

Bitcoin Uncensored, early podcasts https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

Bitcoin Uncensored, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/cderose36/videos

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, except the Bitcoin Car Talktheme was covered by Brian Hoffman.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #51: Jonas Schnelli, The Bitcoin Core Project Explained Nov 13, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 51 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Since my last episode, we’ve seen the Bitcoin 2X fork called off, and just when it seemed everyone could relax for five minutes, the Bitcoin Cash fork went on a full scale blitz. Bitcoin never disappoints in providing interesting times.

In October, the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup featured a talk with Bitcoin Core developer Jonas Schnelli. Jonas gave a presentation called The Bitcoin Core project explained: What is Bitcoin Core and who is behind it. I learned a lot, hope you do too.

Photo courtesy BitcoinMom.

SHOW LINKS

Los Angeles BItcoin Meetup with Jonas Schnelli https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Bitcoin/events/244021004

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org

Chaincode Labs http://chaincode.com

Blockstream https://blockstream.com

Bitmain https://www.bitmain.com

MIT Digital Currency Initiative http://dci.mit.edu

Digital Bitbox https://digitalbitbox.com

Jonas Twitter https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli

Jonas GitHub https://github.com/jonasschnelli

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #50: Jeremy Allaire Oct 06, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 50 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode also marks three years since I started this podcast.

Back in 2013, when I was first getting into Bitcoin, Jeremy Allaire's interest in the space was a big validation of Bitcoin's importance as a disruptive technology. So I was pretty excited when Brian Cohen introduced me to Jeremy to arrange this interview. In today's podcast, you'll hear Jeremy talk about his early days exploring the Internet, then building companies based on innovative content delivery tools, and eventually, his decision to create Circle, a payment company built on Bitcoin. Jeremy also talks about his brand new open-source project, CENTRE.

How many billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency did Circle trade in August? Listen and find out!

SHOW LINKS

Circle https://circle.com

Three years of Circle blog posts https://blog.circle.com

Macromedia Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia

Brightcove https://www.brightcove.com

Circle's OTC Trade Desk https://circletrading.com

The new CENTRE project https://CENTRE.io

STAY IN TOUCH

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Should I make 50 more episodes, or was 50 enough? Let me know!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #49: Digging Deeper (Part Two) - Eric Lombrozo Aug 25, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 49 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

After moderating a Bitcoin scaling panel at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles, I followed up by arranging back-to-back interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo. I wanted to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. Last episode was my interview with Ryan, and now the yin to Ryan’s yang, Eric Lombrozo.

SHOW LINKS

The Bitcoin Game #48: Digging Deeper (Part One) - Ryan X. Charleshttps://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-48-digging-deeper-part-one-ryan-x-charles

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org

Bitcoin Cash https://www.bitcoincash.org

SegWit2x https://segwit2x.github.io

Ciphrex https://ciphrex.com

Eric on Twitter https://twitter.com/eric_lombrozo

Eric on Medium https://medium.com/@elombrozo

Bitcoin Core's Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin

Scaling Bitcoin panel with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-47-scaling-bitcoin-with-paul-puey-tone-vays-ryan-x-charles-eric-lombrozo

Hanging with Eric after the Scaling Bitcoin panel at SODM 2017

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #48: Digging Deeper (Part One) - Ryan X. Charles Aug 22, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 48 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

In episode 47 you heard the Bitcoin Scaling panel I moderated at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles. While I loved being part of that panel, I really didn’t get to ask many questions. The time allotted to that panel went by so quickly that I really wanted more! So, I was able to arrange interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. In this episode I talk to Ryan; you’ll hear Eric in episode 49.

UPDATE: Things move fast in Bitcoin! Five days after this interview, Ryan announced Yours will be moving to Bitcoin Cash: https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles/status/900083785726910465

SHOW LINKS

The Bitcoin Game #47: Scaling Bitcoin with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-47-scaling-bitcoin-with-paul-puey-tone-vays-ryan-x-charles-eric-lombrozo

Ryan X. Charles Twitter https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles

Yours https://www.yours.org

Bitcoin Cash https://www.bitcoincash.org

SegWit2x https://segwit2x.github.io

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org

Ryan X. Charles: Could Yours adopt Bitcoin Cash? https://www.yours.org/content/80d01701980a5490bd1984f589b82c2bf92b95e045634b6b35bf87f3c48b3d90

The Original “Ripple” company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(company)

That time I met Ryan X. Charles in The Netherlands (The Future Of Bitcoin presentation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhJxZ6VHDkU

Hanging with the Big Blockers in The Netherlands

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Paul Puey Twitter Airbitz

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, except “Entry of the Gladiators” was written by Julius Fucik, and performed by an unknown midi transcriber, via Garageband.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #47: Scaling Bitcoin with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo Aug 03, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 47 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. We recently had the State Of Digital Money, the first big Bitcoin conference in Los Angeles since 2015. Actually, I'm unsure if I should call it a Bitcoin conference, since the majority of the presentations were not directly related to Bitcoin. Luckily for me, I got to moderate a panel on scaling Bitcoin with notable Bitcoiners: Core developer Eric Lombrozo, longtime Bitcoin developer Ryan X. Charles, vocal trader and personality Tone Vays, and Airbitz Wallet’s Paul Puey. You'll hear the discussion in its entirety on this episode.

SHOW LINKS

State Of Digital Money

Tone Vays Twitter Liberty-Life-Trail

Ryan X. Charles Twitter Yours

Eric Lombrozo Twitter Ciphrex

Periscope live stream from audience member Vivek Kasarabada

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The Future Of Bitcoin A Cypherpunk's Manifesto BitGo Jameson Lopp on Twitter

CREDITS

Episode photo courtesy of Valerian Bennett.

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #46: Jameson Lopp - The Benefits of Coopetition in Adversarial Environments Jul 08, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 46 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In these times of uncertainty and division, Bitcoin could use some fence menders. Especially if they have technical chops and experience in the space. Jameson Lopp is just that kind of person. This episode contains his entire talk from The Future Of Bitcoin, the recent Bitcoin conference held in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The conference audio includes an extended intro from me as the MC of this event, and you'll hear just a bit of my perspective.

Keep scrolling down for an embedded YouTube video of Jameson's talk, photos from the event, and more. Note I received that shirt at a meetup, I am not associated with BitPay beyond being a user.

Post a comment on this page and you'll be entered to win a free Bitcoin keychain!You're welcome to ask me questions about the event, but please listen to the episode first (or watch the embedded video).

SHOW LINKS

Video of Jameson Lopp's Presentation

The Future Of Bitcoin - YouTube Channel

I will be moderating a Scaling Bitcoin panel at State Of Digital Moneywith Eric Lombrozo, Paul Puey, Ryan X Charles, and Tone Vays on July 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. stateofdigitalmoney.com

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Empowered Law Third Key Solutions Estate Planning for Crypto in 7 Steps Trezor Bitcoin Wallet Letter to Loved Ones: a template for your crypto estate planning (New!) Bitgive's GiveTrack Pamela on Twitter

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or was recorded at a jam, with the likes of Michael "Squidman" Coleman.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #45: Pamela Morgan, Crypto Estate Planning & Key Management Jun 06, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 45 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Sometimes it’s pretty cool being a Bitcoin podcaster. For instance, I was really curious about estate planning in terms of cryptocurrency and key management. So I reached out to expert Pamela Morgan, and she agreed to come on the show. Pamela has a law practice called Empowered Law, and she’s the CEO of Third Key Solutions. If you've pondered about best practices in key management and estate planning, please give this a listen. You might want to ask your lawyer to listen, too!

For those who love free stuff, listen to the entire episode to learn how you can enter to win one of three free Bitcoin Keychains.

SHOW LINKS

I will be Master of Ceremonies at The Future Of Bitcoin. June 30 - July 1, 2017 / Arnhem, The Netherlands www.thefutureofbitcoin.com

I will be moderating a Scaling Bitcoin panel at State Of Digital Money. July 22, 2017 / Los Angeles, California stateofdigitalmoney.com

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #44: Ryan Shea, Blockstack for Beginners Apr 24, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 44 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, Blockstack co-founder Ryan Shea helps me understand what Blockstack is doing to create a decentralized web with local apps, secure DNS, identity anchored to the Blockchain, and more.

SHOW LINKS

Blockstack - blockstack.org Ryan on Twitter - @ryaneshea Blockstack on GitHub - Github.com/blockstack Ryan on GitHub - shea256 Ryan's Blog posts - medium.com/@ryanshea

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #43: Monero's 'FluffyPony' Part 2 Mar 29, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 43 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. This is part two of my interview with Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero. In part one, we focused on Riccardo's past and the early days of Monero. In today's episode, Riccardo gives his views on topics like Ethereum, Proof of Work, Monero's regular hard forks, Barry Silbert's love of Ethereum Classic, tinfoil hat theories about Gavin Andresen, Riccardo's CEO title, and much more.

SHOW LINKS

Monero - getmonero.org Monero Contributors - openhub.net/p/monero Sia vs. Storj vs. Maidsafe - forum.sia.tech/topic/21/sia-vs-storj-vs-maidsafe Riccardo on Twitter - @FluffyPonyZA

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I set up a Monero wallet, if you prefer tipping that way:4AKF3sqUsLvLPXH6KEVHb6QYV2pQWfnkyJwnTYBZUcHA36iFHJgvhEr6X2yo6aysGTMpMwWmK2fWhjXsiQmfenpzPDPjNFP

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, or recorded at jams with friends (like Mike Coleman).

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #42: Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni Feb 25, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 42 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. My guest today is Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero, a cryptocurrency focusing on user privacy.

Perhaps the best way to keep an eye on Riccardo (and his trolling antics) is to follow him on Twitter at @FluffyPonyZA. Learn more about Monero at getmonero.org.

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I set up a Monero wallet, if you prefer tipping that way:4AKF3sqUsLvLPXH6KEVHb6QYV2pQWfnkyJwnTYBZUcHA36iFHJgvhEr6X2yo6aysGTMpMwWmK2fWhjXsiQmfenpzPDPjNFP

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Did you notice a lot less show notes than usual? In an effort to decrease the number of hours put into each episode, I decided to drop the in-depth show notes.

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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Charlie Shrem's BitcoinTalk Profile

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #41 - Charlie Shrem Jan 14, 2017

Hello, welcome to episode 41 of The Bitcoin Game.I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest today is Charlie Shrem.

When I got into Bitcoin, the two ways I was most familiar with to buy Bitcoin were to wire money to Mt. Gox in Japan, or go to the local 7-Eleven to send cash to BitInstant. It's not hard to see why BitInstant became one of the biggest Bitcoin companies in the U.S., until it stopped doing business in 2013.

Charlie Shrem was BitInstant's CEO and Co-Founder, he was very active in the community, and I would guess most Bitcoiners see him as someone who took one for the team. Charlie served a two-year sentence for activities related to money laundering, lack of proper licensing, and not filing suspicious activity reports. Of course, many feel he was doing nothing morally wrong, and some argue the legal case wasn't that strong. Surely his prison sentence was an early warning shot to those running Bitcoin businesses.

Now that Charlie Shrem has served his time, he's become active in the community again. In today's episode, Charlie and I discuss his early days in Bitcoin, BitInstant, his new Mainstreet.ky venture, Steemit.com, the People's Bank of China's effect on Bitcoin, and more.

SHOW LINKS

Charlie Shrem's Site

BitInstant Wiki

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 1

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 2

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 3

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 4

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 5

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 6

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 7

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 8

Mainstreet.ky

Rootstock

Needham & Co.

People's Bank of China

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from each episode's release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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@TheCryptoShow TheCryptoShow.com

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #40: 2016 Year End Special! Dec 30, 2016

My name is Rob Mitchell, and it's hard to believe this is my 40th episode of The Bitcoin Game. I was a fan of Let's Talk Bitcoinfrom day one, since it launched right after I got into Bitcoin. I reached out to Adam B. Levine early on, and worked with the LTB Network in various capacities. During that time, I recorded a number of interviews that weren't quite publishable, for one reason or another. But after attending a Bitcoin Job Fair, I eventually collected enough solid content to release my first episode of The Bitcoin Game on October 15, 2014. A bit under 20 episodes per year isn't so bad, is it?

Regular listeners are aware that my releases have been less frequent in 2016. So I felt extra pressure to do something special for my year-end, 40th episode. I sent messages to over 100 cryptocurrency enthusiasts, inviting them to record a holiday or new year greeting. I made suggestions, such as reviewing 2016 or making predictions for 2017, but I tried to make it open-ended. I ended up with submissions from 26 people who in some cases represent very divergent viewpoints. It’s a jam packed, ad-free show; I hope you enjoy!

Oh, before I forget…

I want to propose that on January 3rd, the 8th anniversary of Bitcoin's genesis block, every cryptocurrency aficionado take a day to chill on the arguing, so we get a sense of what it's like to be a huge, cohesive group. Can you go so far as to find someone you typically take issue with, and compliment them on something you genuinely value about that person? I’m just asking for one day a year. Who's with me?

Guest Order Of Appearance

Greetings are in order from shortest to longest. Each guest's Twitter handle and relevant website are listed below.

Charlie Shrem

@CharlieShrem intellisys.ai

Matt Corallo

@TheBlueMatt bluematt.bitcoin.ninja

Emin Gün Sirer

@el33th4xor HackingDistributed.com

Jonas Schnelli

@jonasschnelli github.com/jonasschnelli

Marc Hochstein

@MarcHochstein AmericanBanker.com

Rodolfo Novak

@nvk opendime.com

John Light

@lightcoin lightco.in

The Crypto Show

Tatiana Moroz

@tatianacoin TatianaMoroz.com

Amanda B. Johnson

@DASHdetailed youtube.com/dashorg

Brian Cohen

@inthepixels BitOfThis.com

Riccardo Spagni

@fluffyponyza getmonero.org

David Bailey

@HardBTC evinceit.com

Zooko Wilcox

@zooko z.cash

Paul Boyer

@MadMoneyMachine MadMoneyMachine.com

Bruce Fenton

@brucefenton facebook.com/bruce.fenton.page

Joseph VaughnPerling

@haq4good coldhardca.sh

Tuur Demeester

@TuurDemeester AdamantResearch.com

Pepe Cash (forwarded courtesy Joe Looney)

@myrarepepe rarepepedirectory.com

Bitcoin Uncensored

@junseth soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

Kyle Torpey

@kyletorpey kyletorpey.neocities.org

Tim Tayshun

@ezcoinaccess ezCoinAccess.com

John Ferguson

@SAFEcrossroads SafeCrossroads.net

Pamela Morgan

@pamelawjd thirdkey.solutions

Arthur Falls

@ArthurFalls etherreview.info

John Barrett

@BitcoinsNGravy bitcoinsandgravy.com

"It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin" by John Barrett

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

All participants in this episode are hereby offered their choice of a Bitcoin Keychainor a Bitcoin Fork Pen. In lieu of taking physical possession, a Counterparty token, redeemable for either product, may be requested. Simply contact Rob with a physical mailing address or Counterparty address.

Roger's first post on Steemit

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

CREDITS

The Bitcoin Gamebox art is based on an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Non-holiday music by Rob Mitchell

Holiday Music Credits:

"It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin" by John Barrett

"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies", "We Wish you a Merry Christmas", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Angels We Have Heard on High (Piano)", "Jingle Bells (Calm)", and "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Silent Night Piano" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" courtesy of www.freexmasmp3.com

The Bitcoin Game #39: Roger Ver Sep 05, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 39 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

Odds are, if you are into Bitcoin, then you know Roger Ver, a.k.a. Bitcoin Jesus. And you possibly are aware that Roger is a huge proponent of increasing Bitcoin's maximum block size as soon as possible. But he's not just talking about it, he's taking action, as you'll hear.

Roger is certainly a doer, and besides all the Bitcoin companies Roger is involved with, he's done things like donate over $150,000 to Ross Ulbrect’s legal defense fund, and offer $250,000 to the charity of Bernie Sanders’ choosing, in exchange for debating Adam Kokesh (for the ultimate socialist vs. voluntaryist debate). Aside from hearing Roger’s take on scaling Bitcoin, we cover a number of subjects, including how much Roger earned from his first Steemit post (it's a lot!). Roger even lets us in on his Bitcoin gut check a few weeks ago, when he sold some of his Bitcoin and bought a prominent privacy-oriented cryptocurrency (listen to find out which one). It was a real treat to have him on the show.

Stay tuned to the very end of the podcast for a blessing from Bitcoin Jesus.

I will be giving away a Bitcoin Keychain to someone who comments on the show notes page for this episode: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-39-roger-ver

SHOW LINKS

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Opendime.com Coinkite.com Beautyon on Opendime Opendime Review (posted after our interview) @Opendime on Twitter

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #38: Rodolfo Novak of Coinkite & Opendime Aug 21, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 38 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

It's always great interviewing a knowledgeable person who's not afraid to give an opinion, and Rodolfo Novak is that sort of guest. In this interview, we discuss Coinkite's early days, which started with a Blockchain explorer, custom Bitcoin payment terminals, a widely-used wallet hosting service, and a backend that utilizes hardware security modules of Coinkite's own design. And now, with Opendime, they've moved on to a fascinating new type of Bitcoin hardware that's best use cases are still to be determined.

Rodolfo was also happy to give his opinions on the $70 million Bitfinex theft, the Ethereum fork, the scaling debate, and more. Note that Coinkite's co-founder and CTO is Peter D. Gray (and Peter Todd serves as an advisor to Coinkite).

SHOW LINKS

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Christopher Camp on Internet Voting – YouTube

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #37: Back In The Saddle With Christopher Camp Jul 15, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 37 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

Everyone has a unique story. When I started this podcast, I really wanted to talk to Bitcoiners who hadn’t been exposed in Bitcoin media. There are a couple of really interesting local Bitcoin traders I've tried to interview, but surprisingly, sometimes it's easier to get a Bitcoin core developer on the show, than many of the lesser-known people who also have Bitcoin-centric lives.

I met Christopher Camp at my first Bitcoin meetup, but I'd only spoken to him for a few minutes. Now, over three years later, I finally got to sit down with Chris and find out a bit more about him and his interest in Bitcoin. Christoper started an organization called Restart Democracy, he worked for Coinbase, and he currently works for Blockchain.info. For perspective, this was recorded a few weeks ago, before the halving, and when the price of Bitcoin was on a strong upward trajectory, breaching 52-week highs.

SHOW LINKS

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain.

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #36: The Ethereum Perspective With Arthur Falls Mar 25, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 36 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

I have to admit, as cool as Ethereum has always sounded to me, I haven’t kept up on it. Then, earlier this month, the market cap of Ether surpassed one billion dollars, about a sixth of Bitcoin’s market cap. The price has come down a bit since then, but seeing the high valuation made me realize I’d better get caught up on Ethereum, now that it’s the second biggest cryptocurrency. And who better to help me than Ethereum’s golden-voiced Podcaster, Arthur Falls.

SHOW LINKS

Beyond Bitcoin

An Architecture For The Internet Of Money by Meher Roy

Beyond Bitcoin #28, The Final Episode

Consensys

EtherReview on Twitter

Arthur Falls on Twitter

Media on Consensys

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Dramatic Reading Of Samson Mow's Tweets Mar 06, 2016

This is an excerpt from episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game with Samson Mow and Joseph VaughnPerling: The-bitcoin-game – The-bitcoin-game-035-tales-from-two-roundtables

== LINKS ==

Bitcoin Roundtable medium.com/@bitcoinroundtable

Samson's Dramatic Tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable twitter.com/Excellion/status/700855910269214720

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The Bitcoin Game #35: Tales from Two Roundtables Mar 06, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

In today's episode I speak with BTCC's COO Samson Mow, who attended the Bitcoin Roundtable in Hong Kong. Then I speak with Joseph VaughnPerling, who attended the 2016 Satoshi Roundtable.

And at the end of the show, I put together a little something based on Samson's dramatic tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable. Please let me know if you enjoy it.

SHOW LINKS

BTCC

Bitcoin Roundtable

Samson's Dramatic Tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable

Joseph VaughnPerling on The Bitcoin Game #3

Joseph's 2014 Max Block Size Article

Bitcoin Specie Project

MAGIC WORD

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As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Peter Todd communicating with Adam Back and Hal Finney in 2001

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell (yep, that Rob Mitchell).

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #34: Bitcoin Core Dev Peter Todd Feb 18, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 34 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest is Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd.

Peter was really open in this interview, and we talked about everything from his relationship with Gavin Andresen, to mistakes he made in his early days working with Bitcoin Core, and a dozen topics in between. A lot of Peter’s focus was on explaining what he feels are the differences between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Classic, and why he believes Core is the path to follow at this juncture. Additionally, we touch on Peter's Coinbase double-spend, perceived issues with Replace By Fee, and private blockchains.

SHOW LINKS

Freenet

Distributed hash table

Hash Cash, by Adam Back

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Classic

Segregated Witnesses (hey, Peter says it this way!)

IBLTs (Invertible Bloom Lookup Tables)

Bitcoinocracy.com

Replace-By-Fee

Mastercoin (now Omni)

MAGIC WORD

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SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

The Missing Mt. Gox Bitcoins (WizSec's info-packed second report)

BITCOIN HISTORIC PRICE LOOKUP

Sometimes I'm doing accounting and I wish there was a quick tool to help look up the U.S. dollar value of a past Bitcoin transaction. So I asked Joe Looney to build it for me, and I'm sharing this tool with listeners. Nothing amazing here, it just looks up a historic Bitcoin price (in USD) then multiplies that rate by the Bitcoin amount you enter. Please let me know if you have any feedback on this price lookup tool. BitcoinHistoricPrice.com

MUSIC

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me.

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The Bitcoin Game 33 - Hacker J. Maurice (Wiz) Feb 05, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 33 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

J. Maurice is everything you’d expect in a crypto-anarchist hacker. When I had lunch with him before our interview, Maurice kept his phone powered off and explained he wouldn’t use a credit card, except maybe to pay for already-tracked air travel. After our meal, he used his Trezor to sign a Bitcoin payment on his laptop, via the cafe's Wi-Fi. There's nothing in particular Maurice is trying to hide, he simply wants to live his life free from surveillance of his location and financial activities.

Also known as Wiz, J. Maurice was part of the WizSec team that performed an in-depth analysis of the Bitcoins missing from Mt. Gox. He's also been called Roger Ver's go-to guy when it comes to personal defense from hackers. Maurice has many financial clients too, but as they often turn to him after they've experienced a breach, this work is usually confidential. While Maurice calls Tokyo home, I spoke to him in Los Angeles, as he was just finishing a project here.

SHOW LINKS

WizSec's Kim Nilsson gives a thorough explanation about Mt. Gox (YouTube)

How Roger Ver Got Hacked, and What He Did to Stop it (Coindesk)

Zcash (Zerocash)

J. Maurice @Wiz (Twitter)

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 12, 2016.

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

L.A. Bitcoin Meetup (August 21, 2013)

BITCOIN HISTORIC PRICE LOOKUP

Sometimes I'm doing accounting and I wish there was a quick tool to help look up the U.S. dollar value of a past Bitcoin transaction. So I asked Joe Looney to build it for me, and I'm sharing this tool with listeners. Nothing amazing here, it just looks up a historic Bitcoin price (in USD) then multiplies that rate by the Bitcoin amount you enter. Please let me know if you have any feedback on this price lookup tool. BitcoinHistoricPrice.com

MUSIC

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me.

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game, see you next time!

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 32 - Brock Pierce Jan 12, 2016

Hello, welcome to episode 32 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

Today's interview is with Brock Pierce, chairman of the board of The Bitcoin Foundation, and a highly-accomplished VC in digital currency. Brock got involved in digital token entrepreneurship at a very young age, with a focus on gaming, an activity he excelled at. As he reached his mid-twenties, Brock's companies were doing $100,000,000 in business. By the time Bitcoin was released, Brock had become a veteran in the business of digital currency. Brock was primed to recognize the innovation that Bitcoin introduced, and he quickly became one of the most involved venture capitalists in the Bitcoin space. The first half of this episode focuses on Brock's background.

In the second half of my interview, I ask Brock to speak about various aspects of the Bitcoin Foundation, which has faced its share of criticism in the past several years.

SHOW LINKS

Mike Hearn Exits Bitcoin

Brock Pierce on Twitter

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on January 22, 2016.

SPONSOR

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

MUSIC

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me.

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The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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The Bitcoin Game 31 - Bitcoin Micropayments Action With Vallerian - Bennett Dec 20, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 31 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

I used to run into Valerian Bennett frequently at Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetups in 2014. I thought he’d disappeared from the Bitcoin scene, only to realize how wrong I was. Valerian has taken his experience in mainstream television production, and combined it with his passion for Bitcoin, to create several online Bitcoin video services, with his partner, payment channels developer James Poole. I hope you enjoy our discussion.

SHOW LINKS

MAGIC WORD

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MUSIC

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The Bitcoin Game 30 - The Biggest Blockchain Company You've Never Heard Of Nov 17, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 30 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

What’s the oldest blockchain company you can think of? What if I told you a Blockchain company in Estonia called Guardtime was founded before the Bitcoin white paper was released? And what if I told you they are now a highly profitable company, doing large amounts of business with government, the world’s largest defense contractor, and a multinational communication technology company?

I only found out about Guardtime, thanks to Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen. I was blown away as I learned about the company, because it appears my understanding of the landscape and history of blockchain technology had been flawed.

I immediately requested an interview, and Guardtime’s founder and CEO Mike Gault responded promptly. We set up an interview with Jamie Steiner, Guardtime’s director of business development. I hope you enjoy this interview.

SHOW LINKS

MAGIC WORD

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MUSIC

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The Bitcoin Game 29 - Bitcoin Journalist Brian Cohen Nov 05, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 29 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

I first became acquainted with Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen in mid-2014, as we were both active on the then-new Let’s Talk Bitcoin platform. I saw he was doing some fairly serious Bitcoin journalism. Soon after I launched this podcast, I reached out to Brian for an interview. It took a year for us to finally connect, but I finally spoke to the man who digs up a lot of the breaking stories that make Bitcoin news.

Right after our interview, Brian reached out to me to say he was remiss for not thanking the "great" editors he's worked with, in particular, Adam B. Levine, Cheryl Hulseapple, Ruben Alexander, Corinne Dashjr, Denise Levine, and Ina Steiner.

MAGIC WORD

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All articles authored by Brian Cohen

SHOW LINKS

Journalism portal for Brian Cohen

Brian's first article on a Bitcoin media platform: "User's Bitcoins Seized by DEA"

The PayPal Wars, by Eric M. Jackson

Chronicling America

Library of Congress

United States Patent and Trademark Office - PAIR

"US Government Bans Professor for Mining Bitcoin with A Supercomputer"

"Bank of America’s and Coinbase’s Bitcoin Patents Revealed"

"PayPal Proposes Reputation Cryptocurrency & Blacklist in Patent Applications"

Coin Fire

MUSIC

Music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me, except the piece with yodeling and guitar, which Rick Marshall and I created while fooling around at a party. That's the way we roll.

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The Bitcoin Game 28 - Would You Trust A Bitcoin Trading Bot? Oct 22, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 28 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

When I scheduled an interview with CoinCube CEO Robert Allen, I felt pretty skeptical. My gut told me a cloud-based Bitcoin-trading-bot would be something like a cloud-mining Ponzi-scheme on steroids. I wondered, would this interview be my first exposé? Would my "gotcha" questions be too difficult for Robert to field? Listen to find out!

7/19/16 UPDATE: For the sake of being informative, the gains in my CoinCube-traded account to date are about 50% of the gains had I simply bought and hold Bitcoin in this account. CoinCube's Wave algorithm attempts to avoid bear markets by selling BTC, but my sense is it frequently misses price spikes this way. So, this first experimentation with a Bitcoin trading bot has been a disappontment so far. Of course, past performance is never a guarantee of future results (or everyone would be rich).

MAGIC WORD

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BIP-100 https://github.com/jgarzik/bip100/blob/master/bip-0100.mediawiki#Abstract

SHOW LINKS

CoinCube http://coincube.io

CoinCube Performance History Chart https://coincube.io/performance

Gold Rehypothecation (article) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-24/rehypothecation-gold-and-why-it-matters

Naked Shorting (Naked Short Selling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_short_selling

Trend Following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trend_following

Moving Average https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average

Whipsaw Effect http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/whipsaw.asp

Efficient-Market Hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hypothesis

Edward Thorp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp

Market Maker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_maker

Fooled By Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb http://amzn.to/1Mc9suV

Monte Carlo Simulator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 27 - John Barrett of Bitcoins and Gravy Oct 09, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 27 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I’ve been a podcast listener for many years now, so when I got interested in Bitcoin, listening to Bitcoin podcasts was a natural. I think Adam B. Levine launched The Daily Bitcoin the same day I first searched for Bitcoin podcasts. And I've been hooked on Bitcoin podcasts ever since.

Bitcoins and Gravy has always been a hugely influential show for me. In a sea of podcasts with poor audio quality and barely existent production values, Bitcoins and Gravy sounded as well-produced as any podcast I'd ever heard. Even the short musical pieces between segments were done to perfection. John also experimented with characters and fictional entertainment on some episodes, which really helped Bitcoins and Gravy stand out as something a bit different.

Even after spending time with John at the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference, I still find he reverts back to a larger-than-life persona when I listen to him podcast. When I realized John Barrett missed releasing the August 9, 2015, episode of Bitcoins and Gravy, I really took notice. I checked in with John, wanting to make sure he was okay. He said he was, but that he was moving to every other week. But then a couple more weeks went by, and still no new episodes appeared. It was clear something was up, and I was happy he agreed to be on my show.

We spoke for almost two and a half hours, everything from light-hearted talk to John’s very strong views about various subjects. While I thought we’d be bantering more, John really takes a subject and runs with it. Fans of John Barrett and Bitcoins and Gravy won’t want to miss this episode.

John in Turicato, Mexico, circa 1993 (photo courtesy of John Barrett)

The rejected Bitcoins and Gravy cover art Rob designed back in January 2014

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SHOW LINKS

Bitcoins and Gravy http://bitcoinsandgravy.com

The Toy Box Studio http://www.thetoyboxstudio.com

Nashville Bitcoin Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Bitcoin-Meetup

KCAA-AM Loma Linda http://www.kcaaradio.com

Andreas Antonopoulos on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher

Patrick Byrne on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoins-and-gravy-53-patrick-byrne-speaks

Andreas Antonopoulos speaks to the L.A. Bitcoin Meetup https://youtu.be/bTPQKyAq-DM

Mad Money Machine http://madmoneymachine.com

Ed & Ethan http://edandethan.com

Bitcoins and Gravy Song Archives http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive

Bitcoin Keychain http://bkeychain.com

Casascius Physical Bitcoin https://www.casascius.com

Satoshi Roundtable http://satoshiroundtable.org

Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com

Bitcoin Foundation http://bitcoinfoundation.org

Four Horsemen (documentary on YouTube) https://youtu.be/5fbvquHSPJU

Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It (the documentary John voiced) https://theendofmoneyasweknowit.wordpress.com

East Nashville Now (John's new podcast) http://eastnashvillenow.com

Lipscomb University Institute for Conflict Management http://www.lipscomb.edu/icm

Bread and Circuses (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

Pamela Morgan on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/ep-66-pamela-morgan-third-key-solutions-is-here

Mad Bitcoins http://www.madbitcoins.com

Purse https://purse.io

Contact John Barrett howdy@bitcoinsandgravy.com

MUSIC

I created the intro and outro music, but the rest is by John Barrett. Be sure to check out John's complete songs, along with lyrics and more at the Bitcoins and Gravy song archives: http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive

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The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 26 - Jeff Garzik The Future of Bitcoin Sep 24, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 26 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

Back some months ago, Los Angeles had its first Bitcoin conference called The State Of Digital Money. Jeff Garzik (Bitcoin Core Developer for BitPay and CEO of Dunvegan Space Systems) was the featured speaker, and he gave a presentation called The Future of Bitcoin. I originally believed the presentation needed the accompanying visual slides, but after giving the audio of Jeff's presentation a fresh listen, I realized the audio is really good on its own. I even found it refreshing to hear a core developer speak on a variety of Bitcoin topics, without having to weigh in on the current contentious block size debate. So relax and enjoy this presentation by Jeff Garzik.

Jeff's The Future of Bitcoin slides http://www.slideshare.net/jgarzik/the-future-of-bitcoin-state-of-digital-money-2015-conference

TWITTER GIVEAWAY

Follow me on twitter at theBTCgame, because I’ll be asking questions related to this episode. The first person to tweet the correct answer wins their choice of either a classic Bitcoin keychain or a Bitcoin Fork Pen. I just ask that you follow me, and if you win, you’re not allowed to enter another giveaway for 90 days.

For more information about the Bitcoin Fork Pen, go to BitcoinForks.com For more information about the classic Bitcoin Keychain, go to Bkeychain.com

Note: I will send a Bitcoin Fork Pen to Core Devs upon request. Offer valid while supplies last.

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SHOW LINKS

Dunvegan Space Systems http://www.dunveganspace.com

BitPay https://bitpay.com

State Of Digital Money http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney

Linux projects by Jeff Garzik http://linux.yyz.us/projects.html

Headers First Synchronization https://bitcoin.org/en/glossary/headers-first-sync

Pay to script hash (P2SH) https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Pay_to_script_hash

Payment Channels in BitcoinJ https://bitcoinj.github.io/working-with-micropayments

Lightning Network (implementation of Payment Channels) https://lightning.network

Impulse Protocol (implementation of Payment Channels) http://impulse.is

BIP 65 - CheckLockTimeVerify https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki

Mike Hearn - Turing Festival 2013 - Tradenet (YouTube) https://youtu.be/Pu4PAMFPo5Y

BitPay's ChainDB whitepaper https://bitpay.com/chaindb.pdf

Sidechains whitepaper https://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf

Rusty Russell on Lightning Network http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=450

Here's the link to the YouTube video of Jeff's presentation at The State Of Digital Money 2015: https://youtu.be/oRG0nzSUpSU

The videographer who captured this content works relentlessly on the front lines, recording cryptocurrency and P2P content from all over the country. Check out all his videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw/feed?activity_view=3.

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me, with some funky vocal noises on one clip by Michael Coleman.

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The Bitcoin Game 25 - Mining At Scale With Marco Streng Sep 10, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 25 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

If I were to meet Marco Streng on the street, I’d never guess he hands-on controls perhaps the largest amount of hashing power in the world. Marco is the CEO and cofounder of Genesis mining, a company that mines for profit, and also offers cloud mining. I met Marco back at the State Of Digital Money conference in Los Angeles earlier this year, as he was one of the speakers.

I've always been skeptical about cloud mining. At worst, you're simply putting money into a ponzi scheme. At best, you have to trust that even a legit company doesn’t get hacked, go broke, or have another issue that can beset any company. Yet Marco was able to restore my trust that there are legitimate companies providing cloud-mining services. Of course, there’s always the unknown variables of future price and future difficulty, which can render a net loss, to even the best-laid cloud-mining plans.

Stepping back from profitability concerns, cloud-mining services enable smaller players to help secure the network. So I think anyone who supports the security of Bitcoin can see the benefit of legitimate cloud-mining services, which reduces the friction for eager miners to contribute hash power to the network.

TWITTER GIVEAWAY

I will be posting a question or two about the podcast on Twitter. First to tweet back the correct answer will win either a Bitcoin Keychain or the brand-new Bitcoin Fork Pen (both pictured below). So follow me at this URL: https://twitter.com/theBTCgame

Order the brand new Bitcoin Fork Pen and the well-known Bitcoin Keychain together, for only $12 (includes shipping within USA). http://BitcoinForks.com/deal

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SHOW LINKS

Genesis Mining https://www.genesis-mining.com

New York's BitLicense http://www.dfs.ny.gov/legal/regulations/adoptions/dfsp200t.pdf

BitcoinXT https://bitcoinxt.software/#sec-hardfork

SideChains White Paper https://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf

Lightning Network https://lightning.network

BIP-101 https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0101.mediawiki#Abstract

BIP-102 https://github.com/jgarzik/bips/blob/2015_2mb_blocksize/bip-0102.mediawiki#Abstract

Bitcoin Wisdom - Mining Calculator https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator

Bitcoin Wisdom - Difficulty https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Bitcoin Magazine - Possible $500,000 Bitcoin Cloud Mining Ponzi Scheme Uncoveredhttps://bitcoinmagazine.com/20702/exclusive-possible-500000-bitcoin-cloud-mining-ponzi-scheme-uncovered

Life Inside A Bitcoin Mine (streaming video from Genesis Mining's Iceland facility) http://www.lifeinsideabitcoinmine.com

Here's a YouTube video of Marco's presentation at the The State Of Digital Money 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAXtTftPTkI

The videographer who captured this content works relentlessly on the front lines, recording cryptocurrency and P2P content from all over the country. Check out all his videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw/feed?activity_view=3.

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 24 - Exploring Purse with Andrew Lee Aug 27, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 24 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

Earlier this month I got to speak with Andrew Lee from Purse, a company that allows people to use Bitcoin to buy stuff on Amazon, and at pretty large discounts. My own first thought about Purse was that it was some strange company trying to shoehorn its way between Bitcoiners and Amazon. But after talking to Andrew, I now see Purse as a company that is helping to spread the use and adoption of Bitcoin throughout the world. There’s a lot more to Purse than I realized! Hope you enjoy this interview.

TWITTER GIVEAWAY

I will be posting a question or two about the podcast on Twitter. First to tweet back the correct answer will win either a Bitcoin Keychain or the brand new Bitcoin Fork Pen (both pictured below). So follow me at this URL: https://twitter.com/theBTCgame

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SHOW LINKS

Purse https://purse.io

LG http://www.lg.com

Mad Bitcoins http://www.madbitcoins.com

Stripe https://stripe.com

Lids http://www.lids.com

Merrill Lynch https://www.ml.com

Dwolla https://www.dwolla.com

Mt. Gox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

Amazon http://www.amazon.com

Plug & Play http://plugandplaytechcenter.com

Andreas Antonopoulos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Antonopoulos

Blog post on Purse's new Non-Custodial Multisig Wallet https://blog.purse.io/new-multisignature-wallets-to-improve-security-and-privacy

Amazon Mechanical Turk https://www.mturk.com

Roger Ver http://rogerver.com

Reddit Discussion about Purse Pros & Cons https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3f36s5

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 23 - Mainstream Investing With The Bitcoin Investment Trust Aug 14, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 23 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I decided to experiment with buying Bitcoin a new way; I bought shares of the Bitcoin Investment Trust. The trust is the first, and I believe the only current way a U.S. citizen can add an investment in Bitcoin to a recognized retirement account. You can buy shares of the Bitcoin Investment Trust with symbol GBTC using a standard brokerage account, just like buying a stock or ETF. You could argue that one doesn't actually own Bitcoin with these shares, since a third party holds the private keys, and there are inherent risks — just ask Patrick Byrne. But the fund, and this episode, are likely skewed slightly towards people interested in investing in Bitcoin for the long term, using an investing platform they are already familiar with, while shielding themselves from the learning curve still required to hold Bitcoin securely.

In today’s episode I speak with Michael Sonnenshein, director of Sales & Business Development for Grayscale, one of several companies founded by Barry Silbert. Based on Grayscale's first quarter financials, the total number of Bitcoin Investment Trust shares sold was approximately 1.41 million, which has a value of over $37 million dollars (at the current rate of $265/Bitcoin).

Potential fund buyers need to make sure they understand the risks associated with Bitcoin, investing in Bitcoin using a fund, as well as the fees and premiums that are associated with buying this fund.

Would you ever buy shares of the Bitcoin Investment Trust, or recommend it? Please let me know your thoughts by commenting below!

7/19/16 Update: For anyone who bought GBTC (Bitcoin Investment Trust) back when this episode aired, the gains have substantially surpassed a 100% investment in Bitcoin. I will go on a limb and say this is because the demand for GBTC has been a lot greater than the supply (probably due to mainstream and retirement investors wanting Bitcoin exposure). So the market price of GBTC is way above the net asset value of the Bitcoin that the trust holds. With two new Bitcoin ETFs expected in coming months/years, it's possible that new Bitcoin investment vehicles will cool off the demand for GBTC, so I'm not sure if buying GBTC on the open market is wise at current values. However, if you're a "qualified investor" who is up for a large initial investment and year waiting period, you can buy GBTC at par with the current price of Bitcoin, so that may be a smarter investment (if you believe in Bitcoin, and don't think we'll have a financial/societal "reset" before then). Of course, anything could happen to Bitcoin and/or GBTC. And be very aware, I'm definitely not an investment advisor, this is just my amateur read of the situation.

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SHOW LINKS

Keynote 2015 http://www.keynote2015.com

Patrick Byrne on "owning" stock, via Reason http://reason.com/archives/2015/04/09/patrick-byrne/4

Bitcoin Investment Trust http://grayscale.co/bitcoin-investment-trust

Michael Sonnenshein’s Twitter https://twitter.com/sonnenshein

Barry Silbert’s Twitter https://twitter.com/barrysilbert

DCG (Digital Currency Group) http://dcg.co

Genesis (Over The Counter Bitcoin Trading) http://genesistrading.com

Grayscale http://grayscale.co

Xapo https://xapo.com

Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) Price Chart http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gbtc/stock-chart

What’s an Accredited Investor? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accredited_investor

SPONSOR

Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com

MUSIC

All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, Steve Lunn and Mark Denham. Some music loops you hear were created using Animoog (by Moog Music) and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 22 - Blockchain Technology Panel from SODM15 Jul 31, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 22 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

In today’s podcast you’ll hear the Blockchain Tech panel from the State Of Digital Money conference, which took place earlier this year in Los Angeles. I thought it was a very fun panel that was filled with many insights. You might say the panel was stacked a bit on the side of blockchain tech over Bitcoin, and Bitcoin maximalists (amongst others) may not agree with some of the points made. But hopefully everyone can still appreciate hearing ideas and discussion from very bright people in the field.

Some interesting tidbits: It’s Jeff Garzik you’ll hear yell “not true” from his seat in the audience, and Connie Gallippi also speaks from the crowd. I was surprised to learn the source of inspiration for Medici (the blockchain-based stock exchange being pioneered by Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne).

On the panel, you’ll hear (in order of appearance):

Moderator: Alex Rozman Senior Manager in the Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP @rozman7

Craig Sellars Co-Founder and CTO for Tether @Tether_to

Eric Benz VP of Payments at BitReserve @EricBenz84

Judd Bagley Director of Communications at Overstock.com @WriterJudd

Alyse Killeen Associate Venture Capital Investor at March Capital Partners @AlyseKilleen

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SHOW LINKS

State Of Digital Money http://www.cureativ.com/sodm#digitalmoney

Deloitte http://deloitte.com

Tether https://tether.to

BitReserve https://bitreserve.org

Overstock.com http://www.overstock.com

March Capital Partners http://www.marchcp.com

Patrick Byrne's Reddit AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24kbc0/im_patrick_byrne_a_profreedom_supporter_of

CounterParty http://counterparty.io

Perkins Coie https://www.perkinscoie.com

BitGive Foundation http://bitgivefoundation.org

SPONSOR

Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com

Here's a link to the YouTube video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sZu-HIFys

The videographer who recorded videos from this conference works relentlessly on the front lines, recording cryptocurrency and P2P content from all over the country. Check out all his videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw/feed?activity_view=3.

MUSIC

All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 21 - Bitcoin Option Trading Jul 17, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 21 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This podcast is my opportunity to learn from all types of people involved in cryptocurrency. For today’s episode I spoke to Marco Cuesta of Alt-Options. This company is aiming to bring a high-end option trading platform to Bitcoin. Alt-Options earned 2nd place at the startup pitch competition at Inside Bitcoins in Chicago shortly after this interview took place, and the company is planning to go live with Bitcoin option trading by the end of summer. In the meantime, you can sign up for a beta account and test your option leveraging skills on paper. We also talk a bit about the College Crypto Network and the Crypto Castle in San Francisco. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 8:00am Pacific Time on July 24, 2015. SHOW LINKS Alt-Options http://alt-options.com The Crypto Castle https://www.facebook.com/thecryptocastle College Cryptocurrency Network http://collegecrypto.org BitGive Foundation http://bitgivefoundation.org BitGive's 2nd Anniversary Auction (ends July 22, 2015) https://bitgive.betterworldcollective.com/auction BitGive Auction for an ad on The Bitcoin Game https://bitgive.betterworldcollective.com/item/ad-bitcoin-game-let-talk-bitcoin SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com BitGive Auction for Bitcoin "Blockchain" Necklace (20 Bitcoin Keychains) https://bitgive.betterworldcollective.com/item/chain-bitcoin-keychains MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 20 - Transforming To Digital Currency Jul 02, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 20 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. On April 18th, 2015, Los Angeles Bitcoiners were treated to our city’s first Bitcoin conference, called The State Of Digital Money 2015 (or SODM15). I recorded a lot of great content at this conference, and in today’s episode, I bring you the first of these recordings. Presentation: The Transformation of Global Commerce by Steve Beauregard, CEO & Founder at GoCoin @GoCoinCEO | @GoCoin https://www.gocoin.com Panel: Merchant & Mass Adoption of Digital Currency Moderated by Steve Beauregard with Justin Newton, CEO of Netki @NetkiCorp https://www.netki.com Paul Puey, CEO and Co-Founder of Airbitz @paullinator | @Airbitz https://airbitz.co Nick Sullivan, Founder and CEO of ChangeTip @gorillamania | @ChangeTip https://www.changetip.com Andrew Lee, CEO of Purse @2drewlee | @PurseIO https://purse.io Connie Chung, Senior Payments Product Manager at Expedia @Expedia http://www.expedia.com Below are YouTube videos of both the presentation and the panel. The videographer who recorded these videos works relentlessly on the front lines, recording cryptocurrency and P2P content from all over the country. Check out all his videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw/feed?activity_view=3. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 8:00am Pacific Time on July 9, 2015. SHOW LINKS State Of Digital Money http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney 500 Startups http://500.co Plug And Play Tech Center http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com Bitcoin Syndicates https://angel.co/bitcoin/syndicates Amazon Mechanical Turk https://www.mturk.com UnoCoin https://www.unocoin.com Zero To One by Peter Thiel http://zerotoonebook.com Primer on the Greek financial crisis http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/anil.kashyap/research/papers/A-Primer-on-the-Greek-Crisis_june29.pdf SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 19 - The Mega Interview Episode Jun 13, 2015

Welcome to The Bitcoin Game #19, the Mega Interview Episode! I’m Rob Mitchell, and in today’s episode you’ll hear 17, yes 17, never-before heard interviews from the Texas Bitcoin conference. In order of appearance: Nick Spanos – New York Bitcoin Center Elisabeth Grothe-Møller – CommonCollection Troy Fearnow – CryptoArt Kimberly Morgan – Texas Coinitiative Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D. – Economic Consultant Catherine Bleish – The Bit Mom Andy Gonzalez – San Antonio Crypto Network Bradley Rotter – Infinity Algorithms Matthew Carson – Oregon Mines Reeve Collins – Tether John Bush – SovereignBTC Nathan Ho – Miner Edge Jeff Lee – HOPE Gold Coin Charitable Trust AC – BitMugs Dmitri "Rassah" Murashchik – Mycelium Erik Voorhees – ShapeShift John Ferguson – Maidsafe Make sure you catch my longer interviews and talks from the Texas Bitcoin Conference that were released on previous episodes of The Bitcoin Game. And believe it or not, I still have a few longer interviews from the conference that have not been released yet. Special thanks to John Barrett (Bitcoins and Gravy), Christian Burns (Blockparty.XYZ), Micah Winkelspecht (Gem), Michael Terpin (BitAngeles) and Martin Stein (Transform.PR) for your help and support related to the Texas Bitcoin Conference. Thanks to David Johnson, Paul & Linda Snow, Peter Kirby, and everyone else at the Texas Bitcoin Conference for the hospitality, and for putting on a great event. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to submit a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 6:00pm Pacific Time on June 19, 2015. SHOW LINKS New York Bitcoin Center http://bitcoincenternyc.com Blockchain Tech Corp http://blockchaintechcorp.com CommonCollection http://commoncollection.com CryptoArt http://cryptoart.com Texas Coinitiative http://texascoinitiative.com Kimberly Morgan's Twitter https://twitter.com/kymmer7691 Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D. http://consultingbyrpm.com Understanding Bitcoin http://understandingbitcoin.us Brave New Books http://bravenewbooks.myshopify.com Uncoinventional Tour http://uncoinventional.com B Libre (Andy Gonzales' new Bitcoin podcast) https://soundcloud.com/b-libre Infinity Algorithms http://www.infinityalgorithms.com Oregon Mines https://www.oregonmines.com Tether https://tether.to Omni http://www.omnilayer.org Factom http://factom.org Bitfinex https://www.bitfinex.com Poloniex https://poloniex.com GoCoin http://gocoin.com 9/11 The Road to Tyranny - A Film by Alex Jones https://youtu.be/OVMyH8eOHKs Murray Rothbard Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard John Bush's podcast on Freedom Cells https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/uncoinventional-living-tour-west-day-7-podcast-john-bush-libertopia-speech-freedom-cells-mutual-aid-society Miner Edge http://mineredge.com HOPE Gold Coin http://www.hopegoldcoin.org Comstock Mining's press release on HOPE Gold Coin http://comstockmining.com/news/press-releases/444-thursday-january-15-2015 BitMugs http://bitmugs.com Mycelium https://mycelium.com ShapeShift https://shapeshift.io Erik Voorhees http://moneyandstate.com Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com MaidSafe http://maidsafe.net MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, Steve Lunn, Michael Goldstein, and Mark Denham. Love it? Hate it? Let me know how you feel about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

The Bitcoin Game 18 - Jeremy Gardner & Adam Hayes May 29, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 18 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's show we start with a presentation by Jeremy Gardner, who co-founded the College Cryptocurrency Network and is Director of Operations at Augur. In his talk, Creating a Sustainable Blockchain Ecosystem, Jeremy gives his views on blockchains now and into the future. Then we turn to experienced market trader and economist Adam Hayes, who presents What Factors Give Cryptocurrencies Their Value: An Empirical Analysis. Hope you enjoy these two short presentations. Note that there are some audio rough patches in these recordings, as some audience questions aren't audible. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 1:00pm Pacific Time on June 5, 2015. SHOW LINKS College Crypto Network http://collegecrypto.org Augur http://www.augur.net Adam Hayes' Cryptocurrency Papers http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2372041 Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Send Small Donations to Red Cross for Nepal Earthquake Recovery https://blog.changetip.com/donations-red-cross-nepal-earthquake SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 17 - Yoshi Goto - Nicolas Courtois - Shawn Wilkinson May 14, 2015

Hello, welcome to episode 17 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In this episode I speak with Yoshi Goto of BitMain (maker of the AntMiner), outspoken cryptographer Nicolas Courtois, and Storj creator Shawn Wilkinson. These interviews took place at the 2015 Texas Bitcoin conference. Nicholas Courtois and Shawn Wilkinson were both speakers at this conference, while Yoshi Goto has presented at other Bitcoin events. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 5:00am Pacific Time on May 21, 2015. SHOW LINKS BitMain https://www.bitmaintech.com AntPool https://antpool.com Nicolas Courtois http://nicolascourtois.com Ethereum https://www.ethereum.org Ralph Merkle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merkle Neal Koblitz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Koblitz RFC 6979 http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6979 Johoe interviewed on The Bitcoin Game https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe Storj http://storj.io Shawn Wilkinson's Site http://super3.org Challenge-Response Authentication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge%E2%80%93response_authentication Factom http://factom.org Maidsafe http://maidsafe.net Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Send Small Donations to Red Cross for Nepal Earthquake Recovery https://blog.changetip.com/donations-red-cross-nepal-earthquake SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

P.S.A. Red Cross and Changetip help Nepal Earthquake Relief May 04, 2015

P.S.A. Red Cross and Changetip help Nepal Earthquake Relief by Rob Mitchell

The Bitcoin Game 16 - Meeting Bruce Fenton And Scott Rose Apr 22, 2015

Welcome to episode 16 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I was excited to talk to Bruce Fenton at the recent Texas Bitcoin Conference. It was a fun conversation, and I think it gives a good sense of Bruce as a person. He answered my questions about the exclusive Satoshi Roundtable Bitcoin retreat he organized, and filled me in about his impressive background in financial management. Our interview concluded with passionate exposition by Bruce. Note that we spoke before Bruce was voted in by the Bitcoin Foundation Board as their new Executive Director. I also spoke with Scott Rose, who I was familiar with from his popular comedic video series, "Shit Bitcoin Fanatics Say." Scott's background as an actor and a hired speaker for Apple, combined with his passion for Bitcoin, makes him a great cryptocurrency proponent. This is demonstrated in his recent Austin Nerd Night presentation called "Bitcoin 101: What Happens When We Decentralize Money?". I often think Bitcoin needs better P.R., and Scott did his part with this presentation. If you wonder why you hear traffic in the background, most of my interviews from this conference took place in the patio area outside of the Moody Theater. This is where the exhibiter's booths were located, and also where most people congregated when they weren't watching presentations. Thanks to Christian Burns (https://twitter.com/ChristianBurns) for the photo taken while I was interviewing Bruce Fenton. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 6:00am Pacific Time on April 27, 2015. SHOW LINKS Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Bitcoin Association http://bitcoinassociation.org Bitcoin Foundation Welcomes Bruce Fenton http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/the-bitcoin-foundation-welcomes-bruce-fenton-as-executive-director Circle https://www.circle.com ChangeTip https://www.changetip.com Scott Rose on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/scotty321 Nerd Night http://nerdnite.com Scott's Work Site http://scottworld.com Bitcoin Core (was called Bitcoin-Qt) https://bitcoin.org/en/download Shawn Wilkinson's Twitter https://twitter.com/super3 Scott's Twitter https://twitter.com/scotty321 Carrie's Twitter https://twitter.com/starcarrie9 SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, several of whom support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. And of course, you’ll get the best deals from these retailers. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. Bitcoin Tipping Address for this episode 191LZb7oFuGWrMzKL3QWmNDupHMUJh69xY Use ShapeShift to tip with any cryptocurrency they support https://shapeshift.io/shifty.html?destination=191LZb7oFuGWrMzKL3QWmNDupHMUJh69xY&apiKey=&amount=

The Bitcoin Game 15 - Fun & Interviews At The Texas Bitcoin Conference Kickoff Party Apr 16, 2015

Welcome to episode 15 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. While I usually try to be extremely professional on my podcast, this episode from the Friday night Kickoff Party for the Texas Bitcoin Conference may expose a slightly different side of me. I went straight from Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Maria's Taco Express, where the party was held. I arrived to the sound of live music and a large patio area completely packed with Bitcoiners. I made my way through the crowd and checked in with the very nice Linda Snow. She handed me drink tickets and offered to keep an eye on my bags, which I appreciated. I went to the outdoor bar and ordered a beer and a shot of tequila. Hey, this was a party, and I was ready to have fun! But because only drinks were available at the outdoor register, and I was in a hurry to join the party, I skipped going inside to order food. I didn't think about how long it had been since I had eaten, or how much an empty stomach might intensify the effects of the alcohol I was consuming. Lesson learned! Before I knew it, I had my phone out and I started interviewing every friendly face I bumped into. That ended up being a team from A.I. Coin, Texas-based Sheldon Weisfeld from CoinVault ATM, the Swiss-based team behind ShapeShift, and finally I spoke with Joey Krug from Augur. It was quite a lot of fun! I hope you'll tune in for upcoming episodes of The Bitcoin Game that will include interviews with Bruce Fenton, Erik Vorhees, Shawn Wilkinson, John Bush, Scott Rose, and many many more. Don't worry, the rest of my interviews were executed in a totally sober state, and with first-rate sound quality. Though I may have felt some intoxication from being around so many impressive Bitcoiners! MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 8:00pm Pacific Time on April 22, 2015. SHOW LINKS Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Maria's Taco Express http://tacoxpress.com A.I. Coin (New cryptocurrency based on Artificial Intelligence) http://www.ai-coin.org PayCoin https://paycoin.com Coinfire's first piece implicating Josh Garza https://coinfire.cf/2015/01/19/sec-investigation-of-gaw-miners-underway ShapeShift (Easy way to exchange cryptocurrency) https://shapeshift.io Epicenter Bitcoin (Podcasters who recently joined the LTBn, early ShapeShift users) http://epicenterbitcoin.com CoinVault ATM (World's largest bidirectional ATM network) http://www.coinvaultatm.com Augur (Decentralized prediction market) http://www.augur.net SPONSOR The State of Digital Money (The first real Los Angeles Bitcoin Conference!) http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney https://stateofdigitalmoney.eventbrite.com/?discount=bitcoingame Get 20% off with Discount Code: bitcoingame Note that I'll be on stage MCing this event MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH http://TheBitcoinGame.com https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com Tipping Address: 19c7EtgdrfcSNPScBDLyVPYAiYeJKs33ZP

The Bitcoin Game 14 - Cryptocurrency Regulation Talk - Texas Bitcoin Conference Apr 07, 2015

Welcome to episode 14 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I recently attended the Texas Bitcoin Conference, and had an amazing time. I got to meet fellow LTB podcasters John Barrett and John Bush, people I listened to well before I started this podcast. I also got to meet some Bitcoin heroes of mine, as well as listeners to this show. To kick off my content from the conference, I bring you this informative but somewhat scary talk about Cryptocurrency Regulation, delivered by the very knowledgeable Carol Van Cleef. The presentation is followed by a panel discussion, and ends with questions from the audience. Cryptocurrency Regulation Panel Carol Van Cleef, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Joel Aud, Texas Department of Public Safety, Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Division Timothy L. Evans, Sr. Council, Enforcement, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Helena Margarido, Partner at HMO Advogados and Cofounder of the Brazilian Bitcoin Foundation Perianne Boring, Chamber of Digital Commerce Paul Snow, CEO, Factom and the Texas Bitcoin Conference I hope you'll tune in for upcoming episodes of The Bitcoin Game that will include details on what it was like for me to attend my first major Bitcoin conference, and you'll also get to hear my interviews with Bitcoiners including Erik Vorhees, Bruce Fenton, Shawn Wilkinson, John Bush, and many many more. So let's go back to Sunday morning, March 29, 2015, at the Texas Bitcoin Conference at the Moody Theater in Downtown Austin... MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 8:00pm Pacific Time on April 14, 2015. SHOW LINKS Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com BSA - Bank Secrecy Act http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/bsa OFAC - Office of Foreign Assets Control http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Pages/default.aspx AML - Anti-Money Laundering https://www.finra.org/industry/issues/anti-money-laundering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/aml_history.html KYC - Know Your Customer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/List-of-Approved-KYC-Rules UDAP- Unfair & Deceptive Acts & Practices http://www.nclc.org/issues/unfair-a-deceptive-acts-a-practices.html MSB - Money Services Business http://www.fincen.gov/financial_institutions/msb/amimsb.html 18 U.S.C. 1345 - Injunctions Against Fraud http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title18/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap63-sec1345 Stealth Of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307279987 ProTip project from Chris Ellis http://protip.is SPONSOR The State Of Digital Money (The first real Los Angeles Bitcoin Conference!) http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney https://stateofdigitalmoney.eventbrite.com/?discount=bitcoingame Get 20% off with Discount Code: bitcoingame UPDATE: I'll be MCing this event! MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin Tips Accepted: 151h7LvbbJpFrX6Z2Muurd6c28yqMJUQWi

The Bitcoin Game 13 - Rivetz And Trusted Computing With Steven Sprague Mar 26, 2015

Welcome to episode 13 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. For today’s episode I spoke with Steven Sprague, an expert in an under-utilized technology called the Trusted Execution Environment that exists in chips inside many of our devices. Steven leveraged his extensive knowledge in this field to launch Rivetz, a company dedicated to bringing personal security to Bitcoin transactions, and more. The capabilities of this technology give me hope that there will soon be a migration past the current broken security paradigm. And perhaps Bitcoin’s need for ultimate security will be a catalyst to expand the use of this technology. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 9:00am Pacific Time on April 2, 2015. SHOW LINKS Rivetz https://rivetz.com Wave Systems https://www.wave.com Trusted Execution Environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_execution_environment Trustonic http://www.trustonic.com Twilio https://www.twilio.com Omni Foundation http://www.omni.foundation Apple's Secure Enclave (and other info) http://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf Mobile World Congress http://www.mobileworldcongress.com Steven Sprague on Kaiser Report (Steven is on 15 minutes in) http://rt.com/shows/keiser-report/241189-episode-732-max-keiser/ Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com/conferences/austin2015 SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain http://bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #12 - Hacking And Security - Jaime Cochran Mar 15, 2015

Welcome to episode 12 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. My interview today is with Jaime Cochran, who’s been very involved the hacking community, having been a hacker since her youth. Currently, Jaime works at Bitcoin company Gem as a security engineer. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners are now given a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 7:47am (7:47 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on March 22. SHOW LINKS Gem https://gem.co AOL http://www.aol.com IRC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Raspberry Pi http://www.raspberrypi.org The Grugq https://twitter.com/thegrugq P.O.R.T.A.L. (Personal Onion Router To Assure Liberty) https://github.com/grugq/portal Chronicle.su http://chronicle.su Jaime Cochran on Twitter https://twitter.com/asshurtACKFlags SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain I’ll be giving away three of these keychains, one to a new Twitter follower, one to someone who tweets me at TheBTCGame, and one to someone comments on this page. http://bkeychain.com MUSIC Please let me know how you like the new intro music. All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin Tips: 14kr8rGgQNub3NBqdp1mAZ6AU1AgDXvJyo

The Bitcoin Game #11 - Paul Puey - How Bitcoin Will Revolutionize Mobile Payments Mar 01, 2015

Welcome to episode 11 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. It's great to live in a big city such as Los Angeles because of the opportunity to network with people doing amazing things in the Bitcoin space. While Paul Puey founded Airbitz from San Diego, he still has managed to attend enough Los Angeles Bitcoin meetups that he seems like a local. In January of this year, Airbitz was selected by Plug and Play to take part in their Startup Camp Accelerator in Silicon Valley. Paul still had no problem trekking back to another Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup, this time to present a compelling view of Bitcoin's place in the future of mobile payments. Paul also talks about the Airbitz mobile wallet, an app for Android and iOS that is aimed squarely at making Bitcoin as easy to use for mobile payments as possible. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by 8am (8:00 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on March 8. SHOW LINKS Presentation Slide Show (slick, requires Adobe Flash or special app to view) https://prezi.com/nyeeozca95pw/how-bitcoin-will-revolutionize-mobile-payments-la Presentation Slide Show (simple Flickr gallery of slides) https://www.flickr.com/photos/btckeychain/sets/72157648781096203 AirBitz https://airbitz.co Gyft https://www.gyft.com eGifter https://www.egifter.com Fold App https://foldapp.com Purse https://purse.io Plug and Play http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com Perhaps the first well-attended Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup http://spelunk.in/2013/06/07/los-angeles-bitcoin-meetup-2 **UPDATE:** Paul referred to a presentation about Lightning Network (a payment channel technology) given at the San Francisco Bitcoin Devs Meetup. The name of the presentation he referred to is "Scaling Bitcoin to Billions of Transactions Per Day" and it can be seen here: https://youtu.be/8zVzw912wPo SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain http://bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com New podcast artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Tip This Post: 1K88ugYHh4CnapHQMFQsMTghkMh26FnB3

The Bitcoin Game #10 - Talking Taxes With Jake Benson Feb 15, 2015

Welcome to episode 10 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I wanted to really have fun and celebrate this 10th episode. I never knew if I'd be able to get ten episodes out, so this is quite an achievement for me. With that in mind, I decided to focus on something the entire cryptocurrency community loves to talk about… Taxes! While cryptocurrency taxes may not be a favorite topic, I actually had a lot more fun than I expected, speaking to Jake Benson, CEO and founder of LibraTax. This was my opportunity to ask every tax accounting question I could think of related to cryptocurrency. I also spent a little time with LibraTax, and I wasn’t convinced it had the features I needed. But after getting some tips from Jake on hidden capabilities and techniques, I think I’ll be using LibraTax to help with my accounting this year. So if you think you might want to give LibraTax a spin, listen to the entire episode, and you'll get some specific tips towards the end. While Jake certainly seems like a tax expert to me, please do not use this podcast for personal tax advice. Consult with a tax professional, or do your own research to make sure you file your taxes correctly. There certainly are gray areas when it comes to tax regulation, especially with new financial technologies. So there's often an aggressive and a conservative approach that can be taken. I apologize that the content discussed in this episode may not be of any bearing to some listeners. I didn't bury the magic word too deep this time, so give the episode a chance, and maybe you'll find the discussion is more interesting than you expect. Or maybe not. I'll be attending the Texas Bitcoin Conference in March (not April), please say "hi" to me if you'll be there too. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by noon (12:00 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on February 19th. SHOW LINKS LibraTax http://www.libratax.com Digital Currency Council (DCC) http://www.digitalcurrencycouncil.com LibraTax YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASzhAU1sZXtX1cj0nIpog/videos Article on Bitcoin Accounting (not referenced, has different views) http://findaccountingsoftware.com/expert-advice/the-cfos-guide-to-bitcoin-part-2-taxes-and-accounting Article on Bitcoin Accounting (not referenced, has different views) http://findaccountingsoftware.com/expert-advice/the-cfos-guide-to-bitcoin-part-2-taxes-and-accounting New Bitcoin Accounting article by Ryan "Two-Bit Idiot" Selkis http://www.investopedia.com/university/definitive-bitcoin-tax-guide-dont-let-irs-snow-you BitcoinTaxes (another Bitcoin accounting site) https://bitcoin.tax SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain http://bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com New podcast artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #9 - Gray Bright Hardware Interfaces Feb 02, 2015

Welcome to The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In December of 2014, I went to visit Gray Bright, an Australian currently living in Los Angeles. He's been a maker all his life, and he graduated with an advanced degree in Robotic and Mechatronic Engineering. Gray has notable experience in product development, but what he enjoys making most are hardware / software creations that simply make him smile. Gray is also involved at mixing entertainment and comedy with tech and science. He shares two of his Bitcoin-related creations, and we chat about other cryptocurrency subjects. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by 10:00am (10:00 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on February 6th. SHOW LINKS Gray Bright's site http://graybright.com Gray at the L.A. Bitcoin Meetup Show & Tell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hptT0R2vlp0 Gray's Bitcoin Ticker Page http://graybright.com/bitcoin-ticker/index.html Mining Energy Talk on BitcoinTalk.org https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=897878.msg9882760#msg9882760 Dogecar Pit Crew LA Party http://spelunk.in/2014/05/07/shibes-celebrate-dogecoin-in-los-angeles-at-the-dogecar-pit-crew-la-party The Tomorrow Show (hopefully video will be here soon) http://TheTomorrowShow.io Gray Bright's New "Groupie Stick" http://www.groupiestick.co SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain http://bkeychain.com MUSIC Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! Stay in touch with the show https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com New podcast artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #8 - Danno Ferrin, Bitstamp & Visualization Jan 18, 2015

Welcome to The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode's page on Let's Talk Bitcoin is: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-8-danno-ferrin-bitstamp-visualization Danno Ferrin's current day job is working on Java for the Oracle Corporation. But for fun, Danno uses his programming skills to create visualization software for the BItcoin blockchain. In the wake of the large Bitstamp theft, Danno has been able to analyze some of the Bitcoin movements, using his software. Danno might be one of the most knowledgeable people about the loss, other than insiders like Bitstamp employees and the actual hacker (I have not been able to secure an interview with these parties). He speculates on what happened, and we also discuss a few other topics. I hope you enjoy this interview with Danno Ferrin. January 20, 2015 Update: Danno has seen more transactions since this postcast was released, check out his blog for the most recent observations and analyses. http://blog.cryptocrumb.com/2015/01/bitstamp-theft-two-weeks-later.html alt text Magic Word Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by 2:00pm (14:00 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on January 22th. Show links Coinbase BitHack (Bitcoin Hackathon) http://blog.coinbase.com/post/80997000003/announcing-the-coinbase-bithack-winners Danno Ferrin's Bitcoin Visualizing App (due in March 2015) http://numisight.com About University of California-San Diego researcher Sarah Meiklejohn http://www.coindesk.com/researcher-tracks-bitcoin-movements-anonymity CoinDesk article about Bitstamp featuring blockchain analysis by Danno Ferrin http://www.coindesk.com/analysis-bitstamp-hacker-stolen-additional-1-75-million Bitstamp's Reopening Announcement https://www.bitstamp.net/article/bitstamp-is-open-for-business-better-than-ever Bitstamp Cold Wallet Address 1JoktQJhCzuCQkt3GnQ8Xddcq4mUgNyXEa https://blockchain.info/address/1JoktQJhCzuCQkt3GnQ8Xddcq4mUgNyXEa Theft Address 1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf BitGo http://bitgoinc.com Peter Todd tweet about Bitstamp on servers hosted by Amazon Web Services https://twitter.com/petertoddbtc/status/554005770493521920 Danno Ferrin Blog http://blog.cryptocrumb.com Danno Ferrin Twitter (Bitcoin Account): @Numisight https://twitter.com/Numisight Danno Ferrin Twitter (Java/Groovy Account): @Shemnon https://twitter.com/shemnon Sponsor Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain http://bkeychain.com Music Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! Stay in touch with the show https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com New podcast artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #7 - Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe Dec 21, 2014

Welcome to episode #7 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

The white hat hacker known as Johoe ("Yo-ho") rescued over 870 Bitcoins recently from addresses compromised by a temporary bug in Blockchain.info's web wallet. Today I'm honored to introduce Jochen ("Yo-hen"), who works as a computer science researcher at a university in Germany, and is known on BitcoinTalk.org as Johoe. Bitcoin is a hobby Jochen took up in early 2013, as he first discovered the repeated R value issue, due to a 2013 bug in Android's random number generator that affected the security of some Bitcoin wallet apps.

Jochen has literally raced against other hackers to grab Bitcoin in compromised addresses, knowing his opponents have no intention of returning any Bitcoin they grab first.

Aside from this being the first audio interview of Jochen aka Johoe, this is also the first time he tells the Bitcoin world that it was he who returned 17 Bitcoins to Counterparty, after their Counterwallet had a temporary bug earlier this year that also produced repeating R values.

Jochen talks about a call he recently received from Coinbase, as well as the trade-offs of Coinbase vs. Blockchain.info wallets.

Magic Word

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by 11:40pm (Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on December 24th.

Show links

Jochen first addresses repeating R value issue due to 2013 Android RNG bughttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=251743.msg2890179#msg2890179

Counterparty Bug first addressed by Jochen on BitcoinTalk.org https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg6354731#msg6354731

Jochen discovers the recently compromised Blockchain.info addresses https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg9774894#msg9774894

Blockchain.info Wallet https://blockchain.info/wallet

Counterparty Wallet https://counterwallet.io

April 11, 2015 UPDATE: Johoe discovered a security issue with the Trezor, which has now been patched http://johoe.mooo.com/trezor-power-analysis

Sponsor

Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain http://bkeychain.com

Music

Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Stay in touch with the show

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The Bitcoin Game #6 - Adam B. Levine of Let's Talk Bitcoin Dec 06, 2014

Hello, welcome to The Bitcoin Game #6. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell.

I spoke to Adam B. Levine a few weeks ago. We talked about his original Bitcoin podcast, The Daily Bitcoin, and why it morphed into Let's Talk Bitcoin, with Andreas Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy. In this interview, I found out how insanely early Adam wakes up each day, his takes on crypto crowd-funding platforms, as well as some of his grave concerns about potential U.S. governmental actions against crypto-projects that have benefitted from crowd-funding. Adam talked a bit about Tokenly, his newest entrepreneurial venture, while also letting me know about his newest technological passion (our conversation left me wondering if Adam might ever consider leaving the Bitcoin space for a fertile technology space that isn't being threatened by any governments). And as a fairly new podcaster on Adam's network, I got to ask Adam questions about my position, and the Let's Talk Bitcoin network in general. If you're a fan of Adam B. Levine, I think this will be an interesting show for you.

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim your share of the weekly distribution of LTBcoin. The magic word must be submitted by 2pm (Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on December 12.

Referenced Audio

Adam's first Bitcoin podcast

Stephanie Murphy introduces the first episode with guest Andreas Antonopoulos

Adam explains the necessary change to The Daily Bitcoin (relaunches as Let's Talk Bitcoin)

Show links

Adam's first Bitcoin podcast https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/the-daily-bitcoin-episode-1

Stephanie Murphy introduces the first episode with guest Andreas Antonopoulos https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/the-daily-bitcoin-feature

Adam explains the necessary change to The Daily Bitcoin (relaunches as Let's Talk Bitcoin) https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/inside-the-bubble-the-daily

Oculus Rift DK2 https://www.oculus.com/dk2/

MyPowers (gives a 403 error, hmmmm…) http://mypowers.com

Swarm http://swarm.fund

Koinify http://koinify.com

Sponsor

Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain http://bkeychain.com

Music

Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game #5 - L.A. Bitcoin Meetup with Brock Pierce & Micah Winkelspecht Nov 22, 2014

Welcome to episode five of The Bitcoin Game. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell. In this episode I present an uncut "fireside chat" between Bitcoin Foundation board member and longtime digital currency entrepreneur Brock Pierce, and Gem CEO/founder Micah Winkelspecht. Their conversation is followed by an audience Q&A (apologies for the sound quality of the audience questions).

This was a Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup event held at the beautiful new Gem headquarters in Venice Beach, California, on November 13, 2014. Andreas Antonopoulos had been scheduled to speak that evening, but his flight from the East Coast was canceled, and as hard as he tried (including piloting a Cessna to a nearby airport), he was unable to make it. Fortunately, both Brock and Micah are amazing and knowledgeable Bitcoin speakers, so I believe everyone who attended felt extremely satisfied. There were too many topics covered to list, but below are relevant links from the discussion.

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim your share of the weekly distribution of LTBcoin. The magic word must be submitted by 5am (Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on November 27.

Show links

Brock Pierce on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/brockpierce

Micah Winkelspecht on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/winkelspecht

Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup Group http://LosAngelesBitcoin.org

Gem https://gem.co

Tether (formerly RealCoin) https://tether.to

Stephanie Murphy talks to Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne about the upcoming Medici Platform. Next listen to Patrick Byrnes' Keynote speech from October's Inside Bitcoins conference. Think you ownstock? Patrick explains the worrisome reason you do not. http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-153-medici-and-the-pretense-of-law

Blockstream (sidechains white paper) http://www.blockstream.com

Tatiana Coin http://www.tatianacoin.com

Swarm http://swarm.fund