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Blocked By Design # 4 - User Research Pt.1 Jan 23, 2020

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What is User Research? And why is it so important? In the debut of our 4 part series, Xuan Yue guides us through her unique journey getting involved with User research from community involvement with Livepeer in an opensource design environment. The remaining episodes will dive deeper into the UX research process when it comes to utilizing qualitative and quantitative research, the cognitive biases we need to be mindful of, and how to gain in person context for real world feedback.

The Bitcoin Podcast #292- Bitwise- Hong Kim Jan 20, 2020

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Dee and Corey are joined by guest host Jon T to talk about futures trading,derivative products,Defi, and what it means for the Cryptospace. The Guest is Hong Kim of Bitwise Investment.

Dose of Ether #36-Dunking on Competition Jan 17, 2020

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Lucian and Evan talk about the tokenization of NBA guard Spencer Dinwiddie's contract that would have been a lot cooler if it wasn't stripped of potential upside like performance bonuses and extra payouts due to a 3rd season trade. StarkWare boasts of hitting 9000 tps. Viper has a new compiler implementation. And Slock.it has a new IoT light client.

Block by Design #3 - Weaponised Design Jan 15, 2020

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What if one day you woke up and realized the social impact project you worked on is now a tool for oppression? How about if that innocuous gamified app you've been using happens to also be a surveillance tool for hackers? Where do we draw the line between "ethical" and "poor" design? Find out more from Cade Diehm, the founder of the New Design Congress, who discusses the role of technology as an accelerant of social, political, and environmental problems and how design can be weaponised to harm users

The BlockChannel #67-Leigh Cuen Jan 14, 2020

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On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dr. Petty become journalists, for just this one time, as we interview a journalist from the industry who’s quickly made a name for herself, Leigh Cuen. Leigh is a reporter from Coindesk and with a colorful past as a journalist with a broad range of focuses. She walks us through her process on how she seeks to provide objective truth and value into her reporting; as well as sharing valuable insights into how you should frame your perspective with crypto media. Sit down and enjoy this one, you’ll definitely appreciate the struggles of objective media by the end of it. **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.**

The Bitcoin Podcast #291- Dee + Corey + Lucian Jan 13, 2020

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In this episode of The Bitcoin Podcast Dee, Corey, and Lucian discuss the likelihood that cryptocurrency stands to spur adoption of green or more efficient energy. Also, Lucian gives an unscripted history perspective on why Russia is the way it is and why they may be eager to adopt the POW mining community. Corey also begins to defend his stance that blockchain networks are social networks.

Hashing It Out #70-Akash Network-Greg Osuri Jan 12, 2020

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Akash is a cloud for serverless computing. Using the incentivization schemes enabled by the Cosmos Network, Akash empowers architects and builders of the internet with the ability to utilize un-utilized computing resources. Conversely, those with excess computing power can open their systems for auction, enabling them to recuperate value from those resources. Corey and I have the pleasure of speaking with CEO Greg Osuri about their engineering effort and how they built this service.

Blocked by Design #2 - Distributed Design - Sarah Mills Jan 09, 2020

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Aqeel and Sarah Mills the Head of Design @ Consensys sit down to do a deep-dive on the nuances of approaching design & creative for decentralized technologies while working with a distributed team. The Web3 / Blockchain eco-system is leading the way for the adoption and acceptance of remote-first work environments, facing new challenges and opportunities for disruption in how we view the role of design. The episode covers a breadth of topics ranging from role of design, design related hiring decisions, education, collaboration tools, challenges in decentralized organizations, managing opportunities, business of design, ROI, team retreats, conflict resolution, and burn-out.

DoE # 35 - 2019's Greatest Hits in Ethereum Jan 08, 2020

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Lucian and Evan cover highlights from Ethereum related news and inadvertently created a list of the top projects of 2019. We cover GitCoin Matching Grants program, Tornado Cash, and MolochDAO. Then we talk about the recent FileCoin testnet launch and we dwell on the system requirements, which are unreasonably high, and how that will impact decentralization by excluding potential participants like us.

The Bitcoin Podcast #290 - The Recap Of The Year 2019 Jan 06, 2020

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Corey and Dee bring back the classic drunken show format for the end of the year 2019 recap. This recap included discussions about Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang, Digital Signatures, a 2019 Prediction coming true, Jamie Bartlett of The Missing Crypto Queen, and more .......

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