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Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)A Final DiscussionIn this final discussion with Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine, the hosts discuss the present moment and look towards the future.
This episode was recorded several months before release.
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2022-08-201h 07
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #502 When the Referees Play Favorites (Part 1)Join "Speaking of Bitcoin" hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy for a look at a recent move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to "clarify" the responsibilities of publicly traded crypto companies.
This episode tackles the new custody rules that aim to solve market volatility. The hosts share their thoughts on how superficial and abetting conversation of custody rules can be used to mask adverse decisions and therefore create conditions for enhanced market volatility. They state their concerns that the hypocritical nature of embellished rules may be bypassed without an explanation if...
2022-05-0724 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #500 Three Rules to Remember After Mailchimp BreachAs crypto holdings grow in value, criminals are becoming ever-more creative and audacious in their attempts to steal coins.
Join "Speaking of Bitcoin" hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy for a look at a recent insider compromise at Mailchimp that put crypto holders in the crosshairs. In this episode, we discuss what happened, what the scam was and three simple rules that, if followed, will help protect you from similar breaches.
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This episode featured Stephanie Murphy, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Adam B. Levine. It featured music by Jared...
2022-05-0419 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #503 The Check Engine Light and the Space ShuttleThe most shocking and surprising tragedies of the modern era were actually the predictable consequences of obviously bad decisions. There are far fewer surprises and unforeseen twists than we would like to believe, and most disasters stem from known issues and small, obviously terrible choices.
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This episode was written by George Ettinger with editorial assistance by Adam B. Levine and Adrian Blust. The music is by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats. Album art for the episode uses an image by Jean-Philippe Delberghe on Unsplash, while the front page artwork is in the public domain.
2022-05-0225 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #499 New Lessons From the Island of Stone BitcoinsIn examining one of the earliest pre-bitcoin examples of a very bitcoin-like technology, "Speaking of Bitcoin" correspondent George Frankly learns some valuable lessons about where convenience, belief and control collide.
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This episode was written by George Frankly with editorial assistance by Adam B. Levine and music by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats.
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2022-05-0213 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #498 Rights Versus Privileges in a Global Financial SystemThis episode was recorded earlier in 2022...
Two critical questions about financial freedom and responsibility
As the second week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine begins, questions continue to arise surrounding crypto’s complexities in a wartime environment alongside broader questions about the future of money.
On this episode of “Speaking of Bitcoin,” hosts Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan dive into two critical questions about financial freedom and responsibility.
The first question surrounds an emerging narrative of sanction evasion. Could bitcoin (BTC) even be an effective tool for a nation-s...
2022-04-3028 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Quick SOB Update (More frequent episodes coming... now)Hey folks,
Adam B Levine here,
sorry for the lack of recent updates, we've got a backlog of episodes to bring you which we'll be releasing every two days until we're caught up. Things are once again shifting in the background, I'll have a larger update on that later. Until then, we appreciate your patience and hope you enjoy these shows.
Thanks for listening!
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2022-04-3000 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #496 The Ups and Downs of Crypto LoansOn this episode of "Speaking of Bitcoin", join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion about loans in the world of crypto.
HODL. It's crypto-land philosophy for not selling your preferred token even when things look their most bleak. But where philosophy intersects with real-world concerns like shelter, food and the niceties of life, tactics have emerged offering both opportunities and risks. From smart contracts to bitcoin collateralized mortgages, the hosts discuss their experiences with loans in the world of crypto.
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Today’s show fe...
2022-02-1324 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #497 A Brief Look at Bitcoin MaximalismOn this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion about the origins and evolution of Bitcoin maximalism.
Bitcoin maximalists – the self-described pro-Bitcoin, anti-altcoin faithful – have been around for longer than most modern crypto projects. The term was coined by Vitalik Buterin prior to Ethereum's release. Buterin intended the term to be a direct criticism of individuals with an unwavering view that Bitcoin was the only true option for cryptographic token use-cases.
In this episode as we explore the phenomenon's' motivation and root...
2022-02-1328 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB # 495 First Practices Aren’t Best PracticesOn this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion about crypto cycles and consequences.
As 2022 kicks into gear many of us are wondering what's in store for bitcoin and the broader crypto markets. Our lives, although our own, are driven by cycles which are often outside of our control. These cycles create the environment in which we each try to find happiness and success. But we can't see the cycles, at least not until they've come to pass and so we can't tell i...
2022-01-2327 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #494 Bitcoin Security and a Rogue Power PlantBitcoin's energy usage has long been controversial but this time it's not what you'd expect, a story about a rogue power plant kicks off a wide ranging discussion between the hosts, touching on key issues like game theory, network security and more.
Links from this episode:
Bitcoin Miner Facing $5.6M Fine for Starting Rogue Power Plant
Issue #1138: The network is very secure
Bitcoin network graphs
Billionaire Investor Bill Miller Now Has 50% of His Personal Wealth in Bitcoin
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Today’s show featured Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Jonathan Mohan, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine, wi...
2022-01-1836 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #493 The Endowment Effect, HODLing and the Impossible Self-AppraisalThis time on Speaking of Bitcoin, correspondent George Frankly shares another surprising look at glitches in human behavior and what we can learn from them.
In this episode we explore the endowment effect, the phenomenon of collectible cryptocurrency wallets and more.
This episode was written, edited and performed by George Frankly with additional production assistance from Adam B. Levine. Music for this episode was provided by Gurty Beats and Jared Rubens. Art for this episode was created by Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai
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2022-01-0910 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #492 Can Stablecoins Survive?Join hosts Adam B. Levine and Stephanie Murphy along with special guest Josh Scigala, CEO of Vaultoro, for a wide-ranging exploration of the growing asset class of "Stablecoins."
On this episode we discuss:
The possibility of central banks or regulators banning private 1:1 stablecoins.
The challenges faced by early, decentralized, overcollateralized stablecoins.
How negative interest rates will drive 1:1 stablecoins into fractional reserve.
The potential weaponization of unlimited money printing to take control of limited resources.
The scenario where governments freeze bank accounts connected to 1:1 backed coins in an attempt to destroy the wider crypto e...
2021-12-2257 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #491 The Jokes Wear Thin as Inflation Becomes Normal“We’re in the upside-down world. The time value of money is negative. Debts are assets and revenue streams are liabilities.”
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Andreas M. Antonopoulos for a wide-ranging conversation about the current realities of inflation. They discuss the challenge inflation presents to policymakers, the growing likelihood of major disruption and what you can do to prepare.
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Today’s show featured Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Jonathan Mohan, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine, with editing by Jonas. Music for this episode was provided by Jared Rubens a...
2021-12-1934 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #490 Checking in on Bitcoin’s Lightning NetworkThe Lightning Network is arguably the most anticipated scaling solution for Bitcoin to date. Why isn’t everyone using it?
“Speaking of Bitcoin” hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy are joined by Rene Pickhardt, Bitcoin and Lightning Network Developer. The four lead a conversation on the still in development yet rapidly growing Lightning Network. It’s a second-layer network that enables fast, secure, private and inexpensive payments that don’t make sense to store on bitcoin’s base layer. But while that might sound ideal, it’s not simple in practice. A scrappy community of c...
2021-12-0551 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #489 Big Gaming Signals NFTS Are Closer to MainstreamWith NFTs continuing their rapid advance into mainstream cultural awareness, how much is FOMO (fear of missing out) and how much is real? This time Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine discuss the evolving battle lines in the nascent world of triple-A gaming NFTs and whether these early announcements are a signal or just noise.
Electronic Arts
Ubisoft
Epic Games
Steam
Xbox
Later, the hosts explore the still-to-come moment when the behemoths of game publishing select which blockchain or blockchains will be their native NFT layer. Are we in for a repeat o...
2021-11-2837 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #487 If Facebook Can't Run A Global Currency, Who Could?A recent letter addressed to the social media giant from five democratic senators laid it out clearly; There's simply no way Meta (formerly Facebook) will be allowed, much less trusted, to run a supra-national stablecoin. It's a stance many agree with but it brings up a larger and much more controversial question. If one of the biggest, most successful consumer-facing companies in the world can't do it, who could?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Andreas M. Antonopoulos for this wide-ranging conversation as they dig into the thorny issues of power, currency, trust a...
2021-11-0740 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #486 Why Is the IMF Afraid of Cryptozation?The IMF has outlined yet another set of concerns it holds about crypto. Is crypto really the problem, or is the IMF just afraid of the things it cannot control?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Andreas M. Antonopoulos as they dissect the October global financial stability report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) subtitled “COVID-19, Crypto and Climate: Navigating Challenging Transitions.” An entire chapter of the report is dedicated to destabilization factors crypto poses, at least as identified by the IMF. It even coined a new term, “cryptoization,” to refer to the introduction and/or subst...
2021-10-2431 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #485 The Sure Thing, the Force Multiplier, and the UnderdogeWhy did a joke cryptocurrency with zero ambition find massive success, yet a calculated military campaign with plenty of ambition turned into a massive failure? With the right leverage, ten men can fight like one hundred, and one coin can spend like a million.
(Was planning to do a bonus episode on Sunday but ran out of time, sorry!)
Today’s show was written, performed and edited by George Frankly with additional production support from Adam B. Levine. Our episode art was created by Speaking of Bitcoin
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2021-10-1614 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #484 A Brief History of Bitcoin Tipping (and Where Twitter Fits in it)This time on Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for a look at bitcoin tipping through the ages. From the dogecoin-like fun and fervor of the early days to the game-changing bridges that first brought it to twitter, the hosts dig into Youtube, Changetip, TechCrunch and more.
But what happened to tipping? What was once the raison d'être of the early cryptocurrency experience faded away, as what was thought of as money turned out to be gold: Too precious to just toss around... Or was it?
In th...
2021-10-0938 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #481 On National Adoption of BitcoinEl Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin legal tender shocked the world. Earlier this week the rapidly-developed and adopted bitcoin law went live, kicking off what seems primed to be an era of accelerated change unlike anything seen in our lifetimes.
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy for a quick three part discussion on the launch challenges, implications and listener comments from our previous show on the topic.
First, the launch: It was messy, but it happened. Alex Gladstein had an insightful twitter thread in the days leading up to it...
2021-09-1137 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #480 Is Axie Infinity's Play-to-Earn Economic Empowerment or Exploitation?Has decentralized gaming just created virtual menial labor?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Andreas M. Antonopoulos as they dive into the world of Axie Infinity and the growing global meta economy. Axie Infinity, a Pokémon-esc play-to-earn game on the Ethereum blockchain, has exploded in popularity around the world. The primary user-base has remained grounded in the Philippines as Filipinos from all walks of life buy, borrow, breed, trade and fight in-game NFT characters called “Axies.”
These fighting cartoon pets have earned players legitimate money – in some cases, enough to sway workers to quit...
2021-09-0443 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #479 Ethereum, Bitcoin; Hard Fork, Soft Fork: How Decentralized Change Is MadeEthereum’s London hard fork, also known as EIP 1559, took place on Aug. 5. The backwards-incompatible upgrade reignited community debate over hard forks, soft forks and the best methods – most foolproof, least polarizing – to bring about change to a network.
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Andreas M. Antonopoulos as they explore the various ways in which consensus has been reached recently across the two largest protocols. The differences in technology and underlying philosophy means some solutions are more enticing to Ethereum and others to Bitcoin.
Ethereum maintains a so-called “difficulty bomb,” whose fuse is lengthe...
2021-08-2133 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #478 The Expert Incentive, or ‘God Save the King of Kong'On today's episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, correspondent George Frankly explores the expertise paradox through the lens of two very different historical figures.
What do 18th century physician Ignaz Semmelweis and professional Donkey Kong player Billy J. Mitchell have in common? The experts were wrong.
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This episode was written, performed and edited by George Frankly with additional production support by Adam B. Levine. Our theme song comes courtesy of Jared Rubens and this episodes album art features a photograph provided by Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash, modified by Speaking of Bi...
2021-08-1412 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #477 Stoner Cats Chaos and the Mainstreaming of NFTsNFTs are emerging as the path from insular crypto community to a breakthrough in mainstream culture. Blockchain technology and pop culture collide to produce new possibilities for the future of art and beyond.
The question is, will NFTs prove to be valuable enough to endure beyond the hype?
“Stoner Cats,” a new animated series featuring top Hollywood talent (and Ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin) successfully used a non-fungible token (NFT) sale to leapfrog the financial gatekeepers in Hollywood. With a cast list including Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Chris Rock and Seth MacFarlane, it is no wonder the...
2021-08-0727 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #476 - Digging Into El Salvador's Bitcoin BillEl Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin legal tender shocked the world. Soon, the dust will settle and catchy headlines will become real, lived experiences for Salvadorans.
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy for a read-through and thoughtful conversation of El Salvador’s bitcoin legislation in full. The hosts discuss the highs and lows of the bill and potential risks to the country, its citizens and bitcoin globally.
Though many had predicted governmental adoption of bitcoin would come, none had predicted it would happen so soon. The rest of the worl...
2021-07-3149 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #475 Emergent Complexity and Building Systems We Don’t UnderstandIf you landed in medieval times, could you build a phone? Or something even simpler, a pencil?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for a deep dive into the wildly empowering, complex and terrifyingly automated world we live in. This wide ranging, philosophical discussion touches on such topics as the Suez Canal, Douglas Adams, combat drones, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and more.
The world’s complexity exponentially increases by the decade. A gradual systemization has led to the automation of specialized tasks, affording people free time to perform other, eve...
2021-07-2438 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #473 - The New RenaissanceSix years ago Adam B. Levine and Arthur S. Falls started a discussion on what they called The New Renaissance. It's a conversation about disruption, open source and the individual.
On today's episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, we're flashing back to 2015 for a look at where we're going through understanding where we've come from.
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2021-07-1051 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #471 How and Why Governments Lie About InflationThis time on Speaking of Bitcoin, the hosts are joined by John Williams, rogue economist and long-time Editor of ShadowStats.com, a data source that tracks everything from inflation to GDP, money supply to unemployment using the original government defined methodologies. Over time, the government has changed how they measure all of these things and Johns work reveals that these changes all result in better looking statistics from the same, often terrifying numbers.
In this wide ranging conversation we talk about how and why this happened, plus what we can do about it. If this is a...
2021-06-2655 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #469 - Precursors to a Mainstream Moment in El Salvador?This week on Speaking of Bitcoin, Adam B. Levine presents three perspectives on El Salvador as a bitcoin-as-legal-tender bill was announced, introduced and quickly passed into law.
In segment one, Adam presents his opinion piece written for CoinDesk early in the week.
(https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-el-salvadors-legal-tender)
In segment two, we read the full text of the bill as passed into law in El Salvador
(https://www.scribd.com/document/511099248/El-Salvador-Bitcoin-Bill-Draft)
In segment three, a local, skeptical perspective on the government potential ulterior motives and intentions around the bill c...
2021-06-1222 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #468 - Leapfrogging to Bitcoin's Third LayerOn today's episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Stephanie Murphy as they explore the idea of users jumping straight into bitcoin's third layer (That's Bitcoin - Layer 1, Lightning Network - Layer 2, Applications built on top of Lightning Network that go beyond payments - Layer 3). We also get into the very cool and growing trend of using the Lightning Network to stream messages and money to podcasts that are streaming content back to you.
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2021-06-0527 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #468 - Official Cowards, Financial Scatology & Precursors to HyperinflationOn today's episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Stephanie Murphy as they dive into the growing topic of inflation. Our modern world is increasingly divided; The currently dominant narrative asserts that Modern Monetary Theory (MMT, or "Financial Scatology" as Jonathan likes to call it) is a free ticket to a better tomorrow... On the other hand, there are those who believe that money is just one of many measurements of reality. And increasingly those metrics have been corrupted to keep the party going and avoid at all costs blame...
2021-05-2935 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #466 Modern Mania 2: Musk Madness and Derivative MemesOn this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine as we dive into two new stories perfectly illustrating the oppressive, silly, modern mania that surrounds us all. First we dig into the intense fervor surrounding recent comments by the always controversial Elon Musk. After the break we dig into the recent explosion of Dogeclones and how Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin probably picked the least-worst option available.
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2021-05-1531 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #465 - Power Dynamics & Taproot RevisitedThis time on Speaking of Bitcoin, hosts Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine revisit Bitcoin's upcoming multi-part "taproot" upgrade. We discuss the speedy trial required for activation, the power dynamics making change challenging for the seemingly popular upgrade.
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2021-05-0820 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #463 - Dogecoin, Crack-up Booms and the Modern ManiaOn this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin we’re digging into the growing sense of mania. Across all asset and social classes money is on everybody’s mind: Whether you’ve got a lot of it and don’t know where to put it or you need a lot of it and can’t get access to it, times are strange and it’s no accident.
This time hosts Stephanie Murphy, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine discuss the modern manias and what they could mean for our future.
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2021-04-2529 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #462 The Past, Present & Potential of Blockchain CollectiblesThis is both the first and the last episode in our series on NFTs - Recorded on March 11th, the day of the Beeple sale (which we learned was a 'signaling event' during our conversation with MetaKovan,) you'll hear the hosts react and explore recent events in real time.
Link to the story Adam mentioned:
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/tokens-and-the-family-car
This episode features Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine.
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2021-04-1837 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #457 I Can’t Afford One Bitcoin! What Can I Do?Special Note: Check out Speaking of Bitcoin’s very first collectible NFT.
https://app.rarible.com/token/0x60f80121c31a0d46b5279700f9df786054aa5ee5:308859:0x86ce5d50015a54c9d7fd044212ed6f243f73802b
For this first one, only a single token is available in a no-reserve auction format which will end sometime between March 13th and 14th.
This week on Speaking of Bitcoin, we’re digging into a good question you’ll often hear from new users. In this wide ranging discussion, hosts Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Andreas M. Ant...
2021-03-0724 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #456 Bitcoin Is Power and Power Is EverythingSimply by existing, Bitcoin provides an unstoppable alternative to regional currency monopolies.
In this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join Stephanie Murphy, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for a look at the most important aspects of bitcoin, it’s relationship to power and how that power has influenced every corner of our lives.
Image credit: James Adamsl/Unsplash modified by Speaking of Bitcoin
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2021-02-2831 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #455 Privacy & Scale - Everything You Need To Know About Bitcoin’s TaprootIn this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin (originally recorded in early January, 2021), join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan as they dig into the much discussed but often poorly understood ‘Taproot’ improvement.
This long-in-the-works, multi-part bitcoin improvement proposal is nearing deployment but will likely take years to fully manifest in the wallets and applications we use. Even so, taproot is set to impact the protocol significantly in the areas of scale, privacy and the ability to create and execute more complex ‘smart contracts’ on bitcoins’ native layer.
In this episode, we dig int...
2021-02-2123 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #451 - Is This The AOL Moment?On today's episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for a new take on an old conversation: Is this the AOL moment (where Bitcoin goes "mainstream" and begins to succeed in popular culture while at the same time losing most of it's early principles) we've been talking about for the last 8 years?
This episode was recorded on January 9th, 2021 and features music by Jared Rubens with editing by Jonas.
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2021-01-2432 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #450 - Let's Talk About Transaction Fees!In this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin (originally recorded in October, 2020 before our hiatus), join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan as they dig into the critically important topic of transaction fees, the game theory that makes them work, eccentricities from one chain to another and more.
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2021-01-1751 min
Benefit of the DoudDecrypting Cryptocurrency With Adam B. Levine of CoindeskI don't know a darn thing about crypto currency. Fortunately, I have a friend who does. His name is Adam B. Levine and he's been podcasting about cryptocurrency for a long time. He runs the CoinDesk podcast network and podcasts on his own crypto show as well. Bottom line, he knows his stuff. Plus we take a look at Apple's new M1 chip and the reviews that dropped this week. It's a screamer folks! Links to News of the week available at benefitofthedoud.com Patreon bonus for this episode: ~15 minutes of bonus audio with Adam...
2020-11-2358 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB Update Nov 14A quick update from Adam B. Levine on what's causing delays and when to expect new episodes.
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2020-11-1401 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #449 Scary Stories of Cryptoween Live SpecialOn this special live episode of Speaking of Bitcoin Adam, Stephanie and Jonathan join Andreas on his youtube channel for an extended episode plus Q&A.
You can watch the video version and see the hosts in all their costumed glory here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoirqYveaOs
This episode is uncut and uncensored with a very small amount of exclamatory language plus a little awkwardness that we'd usually cut is present. Happy Halloween!
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2020-11-012h 08Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Halloween Livestream Today 10am P/ 1pm EAdam B. Levine invites listeners to sit-in on our Halloween livestream taking place today (October 31st, 2020
Tune in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoirqYveaOs
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2020-10-3101 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Upcoming Halloween Livestream ShowAdam B. Levine provides a brief update on our upcoming halloween livestream episode and how you can participate or watch live.
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2020-10-2501 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #448 Where Does Bitcoin Fit in the Global Reserve Currency Game?On this “Speaking of Bitcoin” episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, and Jonathan Mohan for a look at the past, present and future of global reserve currencies
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic
In the beginning (way back in 2009) there was the global reserve currency (U.S. dollars,) national currencies like the Japanese Yen, alternative currencies like Ithaca hours and just one cryptocurrency, Bitcoin.
But what a difference a decade can make, today there are thousands of cryptocurrencies, many created by enthusiasts who have ideas...
2020-10-1837 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #447 Signal, Noise and the Coming Era of AI CurationOn this “Speaking of Bitcoin” episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and special guest Martin Rerak, creator of AllYourFeeds.com, for a look at how “AI curation” is being used to figure out what’s useful information and what’s just fluff.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic
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In the early days of Bitcoin, there were just a few places you might go to read news and stay informed, but over the years things have changed dramatically. Today there are thousands of projects and hu...
2020-10-1238 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)2 Minute Update from The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin ShowAdam provides an update on an upcoming series of retrospective episodes on The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show
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2020-10-0402 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SOB #446 The 51% Attack Nightmare Scenario (Isn't That Bad)On this Speaking of Bitcoin episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for an in-depth discussion about what’s really at risk when blockchains suffer the dreaded 51% attack.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
On today’s show we’re talking 51% attacks, the much discussed, infrequently seen and fairly misunderstood doomsday scenarios. It’s recently re-emerged as a topic of discussion as Ethereum plans its transition to Proof-of-Stake and fork Ethereum Classic is hit by its third in less than a month.
Although the n...
2020-09-2843 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)SoB #445 How Does Kraken's New Crypto Bank Work?This week Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming's Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. Join CEO David Kinitsky for a look at what it all means and how it'll work with hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
In the early days of Bitcoin, there were no rules, or at least none that people understood. The first batch of companies were focused entirely on functionality; Simply making things possible that before crypto had been impo...
2020-09-2029 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)New Episodes Releasing as "Speaking of Bitcoin" for a whileAdam B. Levine provides an update on why the show is temporarily changing its name while sorting out trademark confusion.
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2020-09-1901 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)OLTB #444 - The Remedy to ICOs w/ Kevin OwockiIn this episode of the Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show, open source developer and Gitcoin creator Kevin Owocki joins Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for an in-depth discussion on modern fundraising.
Find Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owocki
GitCoin project page: https://gitcoin.co/
(This episode was recorded in late July)
OLTB #444 features music by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats, with editing by Jonas.
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2020-09-1345 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)OLTB 443 Improving Privacy on the Bitcoin BlockchainOn today's episode of The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show, we're talking privacy on the bitcoin blockchain with special guest developer Chris Belcher, inventor of JoinMarket and Electrum Personal Server.
You can find Chris Belcher...
at twitter.com/chris_belcher_
and github.com/chris-belcher
Today's episode featured Chris Belcher, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine with music by Jared Rubens and FromEther. This episode was edited by Jonas and if you have any questions or comments, email adam@ltbshow.com
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2020-08-3041 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)OLTB 442 Lessons From Zimbabwe's Latest HyperinflationOn today's episode of The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show, hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan sit down for another wide-ranging discussion.
In this episode we'll discuss the philosophical differences behind recent turmoil over the supply of ETH, lessons to be learned from Zimbabwe's most recent bout of Hyperinflation and how the prevalence of Mobile Money impacts things this time around and more.
This episode is running without sponsors and features a special update for long time listeners about the show's new name (The Original Let's Talk Bitcoin Show) and...
2020-08-161h 08Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB E441 Paypal, Banks and Real Life Infrastructure InversionJoin Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for another wide-ranging discussion on the messy reality in which bitcoin and blockchains intersect real life.
For those of you who haven't already taken the time, please subscribe to the new show feed at ltbshow.com.
We're changing up our distribution as the show gets ready for our next marathon of growth and we want to make sure you don't miss any episodes.
On this episode we discuss the significance of a recent, seemingly innocuous letter released by the Office of...
2020-08-0950 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB! E440 Bitcoin, Decentralization and the TwitpocolypseIn the aftermath of a major Twitter compromise that impacted a broad swathe of the largest, most influential accounts, join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine for a dive into the crazy series of events, what impact it has on bitcoin, decentralization and more.
This episode is sponsored by eToro.com and The Internet of Money Volume 3.
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2020-07-1948 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Let's Talk Bitcoin! Update July 2020We've been recording new episodes, but you haven't seen them yet. In this special update, Let's Talk Bitcoin! creator Adam B. Levine reveals what's up and when to expect new episodes.
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2020-07-1201 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #438 Bootstrapping Mobile Mesh Networks with Bitcoin LightningOn today’s episode of Let’s Talk Bitcoin! you’re invited to join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murpy and special guest Richard Myers for an in-depth look at the past, present and future of ‘Mobile Mesh Networking’ technology and the open source LOT49 protocol built on top of lightning.
Just as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin don’t rely on static infrastructure and professional providers, mobile mesh networking allows the creation of inexpensive, high range, low bandwidth and power consumption ad-hoc networks that’ll let your phone send text messages or even bitcoin lightning network micro-transact...
2020-06-1450 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Let's talk Bitcoin! #437 Be Your Own Bank and the Luxury of ApathyThe episode is sponsored by eToro.com and The Internet of Money Vol. 3
On today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! you're invited to join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Stephanie Murpy for an in-depth discussion about the ups and downs, the good and the bad about being your own bank in the modern world of Bitcoin.
The powerful idea and meme at the core of Bitcoin self-sovereignty is incredibly empowering but has an unspoken element that requires persistent competence and at least for some makes it more trouble than it's worth.
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2020-06-0749 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #436 'We Need 30 Different Words for Different Kinds of Censorship'The rallying cry of the totalitarian is "He farted first", but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference? Inspired by a recent article in the Atlantic, in today's wide-ranging discussion the hosts of Let's Talk Bitcoin! dig deeply into the questions of censorship, propaganda and how things are both better and worse than in years past.
The episode is sponsored by eToro.com and The Internet of Money Vol. 3
Shownotes:
Who are they censoring from and how do we unpack this manipulation?
The rallying cry of the totalitarian is a...
2020-05-3136 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB! #345: Bitcoin Miners, US Energy Producers and Moores LawAlthough some believe bitcoin mining is a wasteful activity, on today's show we dig into the relative world of constant fuel production, lumpy demand and bitcoin based load balancing.
After years of bitcoin mining domination by china-based miners, some US power producers, both professional and incidental, are beginning to get into the game as a way to be more green. It's a narrative reversal if ever we've seen one and if proven successful by the early players could change the bitcoin mining landscape as we know it.
But even without a "Green Bitcoin" narrative in...
2020-05-1030 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #434: Lightning Network Messaging, Political Expediency and What Crisis Has RevealedIn a time of increasing censorship aimed towards protecting us, is truly private messaging possible? Why are we using "data driven" approaches when we know the data is wrong? Juggernaut's John Cantrell and HRF's Alex Gladstein help us see what the crisis has revealed.
On today's show we've got a pair of interviews for you. First we speak with John Cantrell, the author of Juggernaut, a new messaging layer 3 application being built on top of layer 2 lightning network, which is itself built on top of layer one bitcoin. It's a lot of layers, but as a technological con...
2020-04-2649 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Let's Talk Bitcoin! #433 Coronavirus Second Order Effects and Improving on Bitcoin With BitTorrent Creator Bram CohenIn Today's discussion we'll briefly talk about some of the knock-on, or second order affects which the coronavirus disruption is having on our world today, and which may continue into the future. Then for the meat of the show we'll dig into specific areas where bitcoin could, or perhaps is being improved with the creator of one of the most impactful peer to peer technologies in the world today.
This episode was sponsored by eToro.com, with music by Jared Rubens, Gurty Beats and Adam B. Levine. Today's show featured Bram Cohen, Andreas M. A...
2020-04-051h 03
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Let's Talk Bitcoin! #432 How MakerDAO’s Stablecoin Survived the Crash, Smart Contract Bugs and Full DecentralizationIn the aftermath of the so-called "Black Thursday" crash from several weeks ago, MakerDAO's "DAI" ethereum backed dollar pegged stablecoin came untethered and was, for a time at least, functionally insolvent. In the aftermath, holders of the MKR token which allows holders to participate in governance decisions opted to do a couple of things, including adding the centralized stablecoin USDC to the list of acceptable collateral, which drew both condemnations mostly around centralized risk being added to the system and praise for making the system more robust against sudden ETH collateral price crashes.
And now most recently...
2020-03-2948 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #431 Bailouts, Bitcoin, Disruption, Failures and HopeFrom Boeing to bitcoin in this week's discussion we're talking about our disrupted reality, the politically expedient path forward, why it almost certainly won't work, the alternatives to it, what this means for bitcoin and what you can do to help.
This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin is sponsored by eToro.com. If you're a skilled audio editor with deep crypto knowledge consider applying for CoinDesk's Deputy Podcasts Editor role
This week on Let's Talk Bitcoin we're discussing the coming bailout-everything regime in a topic that's both extremely timely but is also what originally forced...
2020-03-221h 05Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #430 ‘Anything That Can Be Decentralized Will Be Decentralized’ 6 Years LaterOn today's podcast we're joined by early investor and entrepreneur David Johnston to discuss:
A new "consensus based" alternative to "reserve based", "game theory based", or trusted oracle based Stablecoins
The growing relevance of DeFi even for those who aren't using it
Johnston's Law six years later, how far we've come and real reasons for optimism on the decentralized evolution of everything.
Further listening: The original panel where Johnston's Law was introduced in 2014
Credits for LTB#430 - Anything that can be decentralized will be decentralized 6 years later
This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! i...
2020-03-1534 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #429 Coronavirus Impacts on Bitcoin (And the IRS's Dumb Singularity)Earlier this week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss Coronavirus and its potential impacts or disruptions to the decentralized world of bitcoin.
On today's podcast we discuss Coronavirus and:
The bitcoin mining industry and the slowing rate of hash-rate increases in the run-up to the 2020 halving
Safe haven, uncorrelated and risk asset narratives as the price of bitcoin bounces defies expectations
The potential for shifts in how society thinks about money in the wake of a highly transmissible global disease
Plus a brief primer on virus families (skip to 13 minutes for blockchain only content...
2020-03-0153 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB # 428 Decentralization Philosophy – Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts?The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss catalysts and CEOS in the world of blockchain projects, the organizational and organic structures of decentralization and to wonder whether crypto even needs Satoshi-like catalysts now that the fire of blockchain burns bright.
Episode Sponsors: Brave.com and eToro.com
On today's podcast we continue the discussion, applying concepts and stories from "The Spider and the Starfish: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations", a formational book on pre-blockchain decentralization written in the early 2000's, as the...
2020-02-2353 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #427 Mainstream Moments and the CompuServe of CryptoWith the price of bitcoin headed up again, the idea of blockchains and digital currencies has never been more palatable to the mainstream. We've seen this cycle before, but could this time be different?
This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by Brave.com and eToro.com.
Today's discussion features:
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Stephanie Murphy
Adam B. Levine
Music for today's episode was provided by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats.
Today's episode features audio clips from CNBC, C-SPAN and Figure.com
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2020-02-1655 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #426 Bitcoin Taxes and Real World Scams!This week the hosts of LTB! discuss the US tax treatment of "Virtual Currencies" and how scams find a home wherever opportunity exists, at least for a while.
This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by Brave.com, eToro.com and Purse.io.
During our first segment, we'll discuss:
Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020: The proposed legislation would exempt capital gains taxes if any individual transaction results in a capital gain of $200 or less. Previous versions of the bill proposed a $600 cap. If passed, it would take effect in the 2020 tax y...
2020-02-0953 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #425 Libre Not Libra – Thinking Critically About Facebook’s Blockchain ProjectIn “Libre Not Libra: Facebook’s Blockchain Project,” Andreas answers the burning question… Has he tried haggis? Just kidding… He shares his thoughts on the recently released Libra whitepaper, as part of a permissioned blockchain project spearheaded by Facebook.
This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by Brave.com and eToro.com
Years of jokes about “FaceCoin” and “ZuckBucks” have finally come to life – sort of. In a previous episode, he talked about how some venture capitalists are monkeying around by downplaying the killer applications of open blockchains in favor of… bananas. Now he makes us wonder whether L...
2020-02-0247 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #423 Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the ConquistadorsThe best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects, the historical context of decentralized organizations, the robustness it conveys but also the difficulties it engenders.
On today's podcast we apply concepts and stories from "The Spider and the Starfish: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations", a formational book on pre-blockchain decentralization written in the early 2000's, as the centralized US military struggled to effectively dispatch a much smaller decentralized force in Afghanistan. While the battlefield is different, the insight is perhaps...
2020-01-1940 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #422 ‘The Internet Was Illegal’ and Other Early Stories With Zooko WilcoxEarlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show enlisted CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen and early cypherpunk Zooko Wilcox for a conversation on the history, challenges and long term development path of early, formative technologies. which we often hear modern blockchain movements compared against.
From the pre-internet days, through the free/open-source movement, Linux successes, and challenges on the desktop, the peer-to-peer movement, cypherpunks, Linux maximalism, fundamentalism as a concept as well as some brief excursions through some history and politics of the time... Later, we'll discuss how AI and lawyers have more in common than you'd think...
2020-01-1255 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB 2020 Update (Looking for Jr. Producers!)Hey folks,
Adam B. Levine here with a brief update on LTB!. With 2020 dawning, we're coming up on year 8 of the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show, and, frankly, we've done a lot of talking in that time. In the early days we did a lot of interviews, but with the commercialization of the space, then ICOs, and now a world where there are literally thousands of blockchain projects hoping to strike it rich, we quickly became uncomfortable as the original nerd-money with its idealists became the world of pitches and marketers.
Without many interviews, as the ye...
2020-01-0501 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)How can public blockchains have privacy? | LTB #420 Dec 8, 2019 On today's show, we discuss the idea of true privacy on public, transparent blockchains and some of the ways it's working (or not) in Bitcoin or related projects right now.
Select Shownotes:
How can public blockchains have privacy?
The decreasing cost of passive surveillance
MimbleWimble research Attack, Developer Response, and Alternative Implementation Response
Gossip Protocols and The Stasi Model
Skin in the game with Proof of Work
The moving target and the arms race
Obscuring origins and game theory security
Breaking links with lightning and other layer-2s
Adversarial relationships are economic in nature
Attacks in th...
2019-12-0831 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #419 Altcoins and Ancient History with Charlie LeeOn this week's episode….
The hosts are talking “Altcoins and Ancient History" with Early Bitcoin Developer and Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee
Selected Topics:
Token Age and Network Effect
Testnet game theory
Founder Anonymity, then and now
Ad-hoc audits in the wake of MtGox's Collapse
Schnorr signatures, Tapscript and Taproot intentions at Litecoin
A "Coinbase mafia?"
and more...
Let’s Talk Bitcoin! is a long-running independent podcast on the ideas, people and projects powering the cryptocurrency narrative. On this show, we basically talk about everything other than the price.
Since we started this con...
2019-12-0137 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB#418 Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet MoneyOn this week's episode….
Segment 1
“Long Bitcoin, Short the World? Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money”
CoinDesks’ Nolan hosts a fascinating Discussion with Eric Weinstein at Invest2019(https://www.coindesk.com/events/invest-2019)
They talk about embedded growth obligations and the sociopathic companies they engender…
...and Tuur Demeester’s (https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester) Reformation of Bitcoin (https://docsend.com/view/ijd8qrs)
Is everything fine, or are we already experiencing a low grade revolution?
The big value of blockchains is that they replicate real world “It just works”, if imperfectly.
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2019-11-241h 08Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB! Update (Season 2 Coming Soon!)LTB! editor-in-chief Adam B. Levine provides a brief update.
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2019-11-0301 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB#416 Why?“It just keeps getting kicked up to the next level and at some point it'll be the dollar. That's the last thing that got us out of the last emergency and then people will finally realize they got nothing left.” Dr. Robert Murphy, LTB#416
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!
Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan are joined by Dr. Robert Murphy for an in-depth conversation about reserve currency transitions, statistics, economics, and why things are the way they are.
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2019-10-131h 02
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #415 A Domino EffectOn Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!
Adam B. Levine sits down with William K. Santiago to discuss Blockchains, Reserve Assets, Regional Central Banks and more.
Credits
Thanks for listening to this episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Today's episode featured William K. Santiago and Adam B. Levine, with music by Jared Rubens. This episode was too short for me to want to add sponsor time, but a big thanks to Purse.io and Edge.app for generally sponsoring the show. Any questions or comments? Email adam@ltbshow.com
Tune in next week...
2019-10-0620 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #414 Let's Talk Bitcoin! Live Q&AOn Today's Episode, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine are back with part two of our recent live show recorded at BTC2019 in front of a live studio audience. This time, we've got nearly an hour of audience Q&A. Enjoy the show!
This episode was sponsored by https://edge.app
Curated Excerpts by ProfessorMeo_w
Stephanie Murphy: “Do you think Bitcoin will be able to shift from block rewards to transaction fees to maintain security as the block reward approaches zero?”
Andreas M. Antonopoulos: “This is one of...
2019-09-2957 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #413 Origin Stories and Earned Experience###On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!
We'll meet Jason, Chris, and Nicholas, all relatively new bitcoin users for a look at the value proposition and paths in for more recent converts.
After the break, Edge.app's Paul Puey and I sit down to discuss what's changed with time in Cryptocurrency, what we've learned or at least think we have...
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Original Album Art: https://pixabay.com/photos/iceberg-ice-cold-sea-winter-sky-4089866/
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2019-09-2242 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #411c Growing to FitWe recently returned from the Blockchain Training Conference, where aside from teaching classes and doing a couple of live shows, we set up a Let's Talk Bitcoin! Recording Booth! Over three days, we interviewed about a dozen people, some new to Cryptocurrency and some who have been around longer in a hunt for "What's Interesting" to those newer users and "What's Changed" for those who have been around for multiple cycles.
This episode is sponsored by www.edge.app
Segment 1: Trixie - Newer User (http://www.trishatrixie.com/)
Segment 2: Jameson Lopp - Long...
2019-09-0843 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #410 Before the FloodHey folks,
Adam B. Levine here, just returned from the Blockchain Training Conference in Aurora Colorado. For the first time since spring of last year, the other hosts and I found ourselves face to face for three days of classes, shows and interviews which we'll be sharing with you over the month of September as segments on the LTB show or as bonus content on the new, free subscriber feed at LTBshow.com
You can expect the flood to start with the release of next weeks episode, But today, I've just got a taste for yo...
2019-09-0106 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #409 Another Perspective on IndiaThis week Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan are joined by Vignesh for a more local perspective on the realities in India and the recently proposed Indian Cryptocurrency Ban. This is a follow-up episode to our India's Catch-22 segment from LTB#407
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2019-08-2538 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #408 Bitcoin Game Theory for CountriesOn Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!
Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for a discussion on China, and recent signs of official sentiments thawing towards Bitcoin. We talk incentives, possible end-games and coffee.
This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by Edge.app
Content for LTB#408 was provided by Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Adam B. Levine. This episode was edited by Steven and featured music by Jared Rubens and General Fuzz
Any questions or comments? email adam@ltbshow.com
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2019-08-1825 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #407 India's Catch-22 & How to Work With Money when Money Doesn't WorkOn Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a first-look at a particularly draconian law that's been proposed in India.
Later, HRF.org director Alex Gladstein joins Adam B. Levine for the latest in the Global Voices series. This week we're talking practical applications in Venezuela with returning guest Alejandro Machado.
Thanks to Purse.io for sponsoring this episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!
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2019-08-1053 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)Thailand, FATF and the US Treasury's Concerns - Token Rumors Pilot EpisodeThis is the pilot episode of Token Rumors, a daily, 5-minute-show concept from the creator of Let's Talk Bitcoin! focused on demystifying and connecting the dots between the best and most interesting journalism in cryptocurrency.
This is NOT a daily show yet, if you'd like it to be please let us know via email adam@letstalkbitcoin.com
Episode Links:
https://www.coindesk.com/thailand-to-bring-cryptocurrency-under-anti-money-laundering-rules
https://www.coindesk.com/fatf-crypto-travel-rule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDmhT9UZPIk
https://static.coindesk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Embargo-Virtual-Asset-Guidance.pdf
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2019-08-0605 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB#406 Hyperinflation, Official, and HODL Currencies (or, "Incentives are Destiny")"If ever those two facts diverge, where the agreement is still that it's a reserve currency but the market truth is that it's no longer a good HODL currency... If those diverge... it doesn't matter if you keep calling it a reserve currency, people aren't willing to HODL it. " - Andreas Antonopoulos - LTB E406
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!...
One of the early stories we discussed, at great length, was the sort of long-term play that Bitcoin and related technologies are making as unstoppable competition for global, regional and national currencies.
2019-08-041h 00
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #405 It's All BitcoinOn Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!...
Adam B. Levine and LTB Global Voices segment host Alex Gladstein are talking Bitcoin in the Philippines with Luis Buenaventura.
Later, having now heard perspectives from bitcoin users in Iran, India, Shanghai, Nigeria, the Philippines and with Venezuela still to air Adam and Alex take a measured look back at the interview series so far.
This episode is sponsored by Purse.io and BlockchainTraining.org
Today's show featured content by Alex Gladstein, Luis Buenaventura, and Adam B. Levine. This episode was edited by Ste...
2019-07-2852 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #404 Crypto Plastic & Bitcoin's 90/10 in IndiaOn Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
In our first segment, we'll join Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, and Adam B. Levine for a look at the varied approaches being used to connect your Bitcoin to credit card style ease-of-use.
After the break, guest host Alex Gladstein and Adam B. Levine sit down once again for another installment of LTB Global Voices. This time we talk with Aparna Krishnan about the unique situation brewing in India today.
Today's episode was sponsored by Edge.app and BlockchainTraining.org
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2019-07-2049 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #403 Efficiency and TimingOn Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for an early look at the newly proposed "Erlay" and "Dandelion" transaction relay protocols.
Later, Adam and HRF.org's Alex Gladstein sit down with Hong Kong Bitcoin Users Christina and Leo, in the third of our interview series focused on international perspectives.
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2019-06-3045 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #402 The Whole Crypto Game Just ChangedOn Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for an in-depth discussion on the realities, implications and possible speculative motive behind Facebook's recently revealed Libra Protocol.
Bonus Episode: Stephanie and Adam read "How Will Facebook's Libra Blockchain Really Work? An Expert Guide to the Social Media Company's Foray into Cryptocurrency" by Jameson Lopp
Shownotes:
High Level (Lightpaper) : https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/#introduction
Stablecoin Reserve Whitepaper: https://libra.org/en-US/about-currency-reserve/#the_reserve
Libra Association Whitepaper...
2019-06-2357 minSpeaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)How Will Facebook's Libra Blockchain Really Work? An Expert Guide to the Social Media Company's Foray Into Cryptocurrency by Jameson Lopp, Read by Stephanie Murphy & Adam B. Levine As part of our prep for discussing the new Libra project from Facebook, we read and really enjoyed a line-by-line call early analysis of the Libra Protocol Technical Paper by Jameson Lopp and with his permission are pleased to provide it to you today in audio format.
Stephanie Murphy reads from the Libra Protocol technical document and Adam B. Levine reads Jameson’s commentary or analysis or each perceived point.
Read the Original Article:
https://onezero.medium.com/thoughts-on-libra-blockchain-49b8f6c26372
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2019-06-2320 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB#401 The Tools and the Work (Part 2)On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for part two of our two-part discussion ([listen to part 1 here](https://anchor.fm/letstalkbitcoin/episodes/LTB400-The-Tools-and-the-Work-e49o42)) with bitcoin developers Sipa (Dr. Pieter Wuille) and Jonas Nick on Tapscript, batch verifiability, signature aggregation, OPSUCCESS, and more.
Later, Adam and HRF.org's Alex Gladstein sit down with Nigerian Bitcoin User Timi in the first of a new interview series focused on international perspectives, and what really matters.
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2019-06-1652 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB#400 The Tools and the WorkOn Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...
Join Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Andreas M. Antonopoulos for part one of our two-part discussion with bitcoin developers Sipa (Dr. Pieter Wuille) and Jonas Nick on Schnorr Signatures, Tapscript, Taproot and more.
Later, Adam and HRF.org's Alex Gladstein sit down with Iranian Bitcoin User Ziya in the first of a new interview series focused on international perspectives, and what really matters.
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2019-06-0950 min
Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Let's Talk Bitcoin!)LTB #399 A Few Billion BitcoinsJoin Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Andreas M. Antonopoulos for a deep dive into what it would take, both in theory and in practice, adversarially or with full community consensus, to pull off a bitcoin blockchain rollback.
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