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You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinKeto With Ice Cream - YMB Podcast E291Video, MP3, and More: http://ymb.tc/e291This is episode 291 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Bitcoiners love meat and keto. We first covered the diet way back in episode 40 (http://ymb.tc/e40).Tim claims his diet is keto but he eats ice cream every day. Wat? Let's dive in.Your hosts this week are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Don't forget to visit http://ymb.tc/e291 so you can share your thoughts in the comments.We'd also like to thank today's sponsor, eT...
2019-11-0852 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinWhat Are the Odds? - YMB Podcast E287Video, MP3, and More: http://ymb.tc/e287This is episode 287 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.This week's chat is a deep dive into an article Daniel wrote recently (http://ymb.tc/?p=7010). It's all about gambling and the risks we take every day.Tune in now! And don't forget to visit http://ymb.tc/e287 so you can share your thoughts in the comments.We'd also like to thank our new sponsor, eToro (http://ymb.tc/trade). Sign up in minutes and practice trading the top cr...
2019-09-2043 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinIran Cracks Down on Crypto - YMB Podcast E249MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e249This is episode 249 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.A few weeks back, we covered several aspects of Signal censorship (http://ymb.tc/e240). Many governments (Iran is particularly egregious) block apps and services they don’t like. And lots of them dislike Signal because it lets people stay private.It appears that Iran now has similar concerns about cryptocurrency. Over the past few months, authorities began cutting off access to crypto exchanges like Binance. Theoretically, they’re concerned that cryptocurrency will enable...
2018-07-061h 05
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinSamourai Wallet Beefs Up Privacy, Amazon Enables Signal Censorship, & More - YMB Podcast E240MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e240This is episode 240 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Did you read all of that last paragraph? We’re not just a Bitcoin podcast. We’re also a *liberty* podcast. So in addition to Bitcoin, we take serious interest in privacy (http://ymb.tc/e17), security, censorship resistance (http://ymb.tc/e48), free trade, and numerous other liberty-oriented topics. We’ve covered all that since the beginning.This week we have some good news and some bad news on those fronts. First up...
2018-05-041h 04You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinSamourai Wallet Beefs Up Privacy, Amazon Enables Signal Censorship, & More - YMB Podcast E240MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e240This is episode 240 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Did you read all of that last paragraph? We’re not just a Bitcoin podcast. We’re also a *liberty* podcast. So in addition to Bitcoin, we take serious interest in privacy (http://ymb.tc/e17), security, censorship resistance (http://ymb.tc/e48), free trade, and numerous other liberty-oriented topics. We’ve covered all that since the beginning.This week we have some good news and some bad news on those fronts. First up...
2018-05-041h 04
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinMining Ban, Illegal Data on Blockchain, Facebook Data Wreckage, & More - YMB Podcast E234MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e234This is episode 234 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.It’s been an absolutely crazy week. For starters, a city in New York banned Bitcoin mining. How can we tolerate this? Isn’t computer code supposed to be free speech? How did authoritarian policies make this possible? Tune in for all the details and our opinions.A few days ago, we found out that if you keep a copy of the blockchain, you also have links to kiddie porn on your comput...
2018-03-2358 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinRegulators Say Nice Things About Bitcoin. Do We Care? - YMB Podcast E226MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e226This is episode 226 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are some scary groups. They probably have the power to decimate parts of Bitcoin with the stroke of a pen. Of course, they don’t legitimately have that power, but we sheeple concede that power to them in our imaginations.Fortunately, those regulators had some nice things to say about Bitcoin at their hearing the other day. And in resp...
2018-02-0958 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinRIP BTC - YMB Podcast E224MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e224This is episode 224 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.She’s dead, Jim. The Bitcoin price is well below $10,000 now and there’s no way she’s coming back.LOL. JK.Look, we’ve covered Bitcoin ups and downs countless times before. You know the deal. We love it when the price goes up but Bitcoin is about way more than just dollars. We’ll try not to repeat that too much tonight, but we do want to spend a few minute...
2018-02-021h 00You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinRIP BTC - YMB Podcast E224MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e224This is episode 224 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.She’s dead, Jim. The Bitcoin price is well below $10,000 now and there’s no way she’s coming back.LOL. JK.Look, we’ve covered Bitcoin ups and downs countless times before. You know the deal. We love it when the price goes up but Bitcoin is about way more than just dollars. We’ll try not to repeat that too much tonight, but we do want to spend a few minute...
2018-02-021h 00
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinEXCLUSIVE: We Have the REAL Leaked Whitepaper for Venezuela's Petro Crypto - YMB Podcast E222MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e222This is episode 222 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Listen. If there’s only one episode of YMB that you ever listen to, let it be this one. It’s gonna be an absolute doozie because we have the scoopiest scoop on the planet. We literally have the whitepaper for Venezuala’s future cryptocurrency and no one else has seen it yet.As you may know, Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela’s president) recently announced his plans for this oil-backed cryptocurrency called the “petro...
2018-01-261h 02You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinEXCLUSIVE: We Have the REAL Leaked Whitepaper for Venezuela's Petro Crypto - YMB Podcast E222MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e222This is episode 222 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Listen. If there’s only one episode of YMB that you ever listen to, let it be this one. It’s gonna be an absolute doozie because we have the scoopiest scoop on the planet. We literally have the whitepaper for Venezuala’s future cryptocurrency and no one else has seen it yet.As you may know, Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela’s president) recently announced his plans for this oil-backed cryptocurrency called the “petro...
2018-01-261h 02
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinAll About Us (and Some Scam Talk) - YMB Podcast E216MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e216This is episode 216 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.First of all, he’s BAAAAAACK! After a few weeks of running around the country, Daniel Brown is back in the hotseat and ready to talk Bitcoin. Don’t miss the big return!For today’s show, we’ll do something a little different. We decided it might be fun to share all kinds of tidbits about ourselves, the history of YMB, and how we run things around here.There’s no particu...
2018-01-0556 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinAll About Us (and Some Scam Talk) - YMB Podcast E216MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e216This is episode 216 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.First of all, he’s BAAAAAACK! After a few weeks of running around the country, Daniel Brown is back in the hotseat and ready to talk Bitcoin. Don’t miss the big return!For today’s show, we’ll do something a little different. We decided it might be fun to share all kinds of tidbits about ourselves, the history of YMB, and how we run things around here.There’s no particu...
2018-01-0556 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinEduardo Knows Firsthand: Bitcoin Is Necessary to Survive in Venezuela - YMB Podcast E209MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e209This is episode 209 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Today’s show is an absolutely special interview with Purse.io‘s Eduardo Gomez (http://ymb.tc/e148). Zack Voell sat down with him to chat about the importance of Bitcoin in places where fiat currency blatantly fails. And as a Venezuelan native, Eduardo knows exactly how dangerous bad monetary policy can be.He said that Venezuela prints money so fast that inflation amounts to a whopping 2-3% per DAY (http://ymb.tc/e151...
2017-12-1232 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinEduardo Knows Firsthand: Bitcoin Is Necessary to Survive in Venezuela - YMB Podcast E209MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e209This is episode 209 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Today’s show is an absolutely special interview with Purse.io‘s Eduardo Gomez (http://ymb.tc/e148). Zack Voell sat down with him to chat about the importance of Bitcoin in places where fiat currency blatantly fails. And as a Venezuelan native, Eduardo knows exactly how dangerous bad monetary policy can be.He said that Venezuela prints money so fast that inflation amounts to a whopping 2-3% per DAY (http://ymb.tc/e151...
2017-12-1232 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThese Are the 5 Absolute Dumbest Things People Say About Bitcoin Right Now - YMB Podcast E206MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e206This is episode 206 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.We’ve heard all kinds of Bitcoin slurs over the years. Bitcoin is useless. Evil. Too volatile. Overvalued. It’s magic internet money. (Okay, that last one is basically a compliment.) But frankly, most people who insult Bitcoin are just plain wrong.What are the worst things people say about Bitcoin? YMB’s own Zack Voell knows. He compiled a list of the top 5 dumbest things you can say about Bitcoin, posted it on Fa...
2017-12-011h 05You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThese Are the 5 Absolute Dumbest Things People Say About Bitcoin Right Now - YMB Podcast E206MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e206This is episode 206 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.We’ve heard all kinds of Bitcoin slurs over the years. Bitcoin is useless. Evil. Too volatile. Overvalued. It’s magic internet money. (Okay, that last one is basically a compliment.) But frankly, most people who insult Bitcoin are just plain wrong.What are the worst things people say about Bitcoin? YMB’s own Zack Voell knows. He compiled a list of the top 5 dumbest things you can say about Bitcoin, posted it on Fa...
2017-12-011h 05
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinLegal Pressures Continue. Will ICO Madness Finally End? - YMB Podcast E204MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e204This is episode 204 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast. We know it’s not Thursday, but we’re making up for the episode we skipped on Thanksgiving.ICOs are (still) going hard. Fundraisers dump loads of cash into marketing so they can attempt to grab our attention on Facebook, Twitter, and everywhere else (including here on YMB). Some campaigns have successfully raised hundreds of millions of dollars, only to accomplish virtually nothing.But lawyers and legislators are also ramping up their games...
2017-11-271h 03
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin2X Hits the Bricks… Or Does It? - YMB Podcast E200MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e200This is episode 200 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast. That’s right, we added one to our hundreds digit so tonight, we celebrate!But before we get around to partying, we have to cover this week’s absolutely shocking news. The headlines blindsided us all yesterday. Just admit it. You had no idea this one was coming. The 2X half of SegWit2X was called off – for now.And this sudden change of heart begs a very important question: Is there an ulter...
2017-11-101h 51You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin2X Hits the Bricks… Or Does It? - YMB Podcast E200MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e200This is episode 200 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast. That’s right, we added one to our hundreds digit so tonight, we celebrate!But before we get around to partying, we have to cover this week’s absolutely shocking news. The headlines blindsided us all yesterday. Just admit it. You had no idea this one was coming. The 2X half of SegWit2X was called off – for now.And this sudden change of heart begs a very important question: Is there an ulter...
2017-11-101h 51
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin Price Soars but a Different Record Bitcoin Stat Makes Headlines - YMB Podcast E199MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e199This is episode 199 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.The Bitcoin price is filthy high these days. And sure, we want to celebrate that. But some people recently pointed out another record Bitcoin high that’s way less exciting. According to some, this stat indicates that crypto is in deep doo-doo.The number is related to Bitcoin transaction fees, but it’s a little different. (Although transaction fees are also rising and worth talking about tonight.) Rather, this stat is the actual...
2017-11-031h 00
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinSeriously, Is Bitcoin Gold Even a Thing? - YMB Podcast E198MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e198This is episode 198 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.I literally haven’t seen a single bit of working Bitcoin Gold infrastructure. Everyone’s been talking about it and some speculators are trading it, but ultimately the new Bitcoin fork is not usable yet. Some wallets and exchanges and pools have committed to supporting it when it’s ready, but it’s still literally not a thing.And the Bitcoin Gold price is plummeting to boot. So what does this all mean? What do we...
2017-10-2747 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinIn-the-Know Bitcoiner Says Price Will Definitely Moon, Then Issues Desperate Plea - YMB Podcast E197MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e197This is episode 197 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.People constantly try to predict the Bitcoin price (and every other price, for that matter). But of course, no one actually knows what the markets will do. Or does someone?…It turns out, there might be one person who literally does know the future of Bitcoin. And a few years back, he had a severe warning and a desperate plea for us.He said the Bitcoin price will soar to heig...
2017-10-2056 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & Bitcoin2X Is Not the Only Impending Bitcoin Fork - YMB Podcast E196MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e196This is episode 196 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.We all know SegWit2x is a hot topic these days and may lead to another Bitcoin chain split. But what about the other possible fork, Bitcoin Gold? Could it possibly have any success? Should we expect forks on forks on forks to come soon?Bcash’s price never came close to Bitcoin’s but it certainly had (and has) some value. Could future splits generate any more free money for OG Bitcoi...
2017-10-131h 01
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinWorld-Renowned Banker Is Dead Right On 1 Important Bitcoin Detail - YMB Podcast E195MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e195This is episode 195 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.The International Monetary Fund. It sounds like a paradise program for ultra-leftists and progressives. Let’s just pool a bunch of money together, pay big bucks for “executives” to manage it, and give it to people that “need” it!And hell, maybe the IMF really is nothing more than a large, centralized organization funded by governments, for governments. But the fund’s director, Christine Lagarde, recently said some things about Bitcoin that seem dead righ...
2017-10-061h 04
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinWe Need Moar Bitcoin Lolz so We'll Explore the Perfect Place - YMB Podcast E193MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e193This is episode 193 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Dank memes. Obnoxious sarcasm. Inspiring art. Surprising advice. All that and more is available on the good ol’ Tweeter. Some people say Bitcoin is digital gold, but tweets might be just as good.So what better way to run an episode than to scroll through some of our favorite nuggets of 140-character gold? Get ready for an outstanding stream, because that’s exactly what’s about to go down.We already...
2017-09-221h 01
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinEmo Bitcoin: Does the Universe Suck? Is Anything Good?- YMB Podcast E192MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e192This is episode 192 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Harvey wrecked Houston. Irma wrecked Florida. Bad stuff happens. But at the same time, it seems there are plenty of people that try to do good.Some Bitcoiners recently rallied to raise money for hurricane victims. Lots of money was (and is still) raised to help free Ross Ulbricht (http://ymb.tc/tag/ross-ulbricht). Many people recently donated a nice chunk of change to support a hot dog vendor who was harassed by...
2017-09-1559 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinEmo Bitcoin: Does the Universe Suck? Is Anything Good?- YMB Podcast E192MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e192This is episode 192 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Harvey wrecked Houston. Irma wrecked Florida. Bad stuff happens. But at the same time, it seems there are plenty of people that try to do good.Some Bitcoiners recently rallied to raise money for hurricane victims. Lots of money was (and is still) raised to help free Ross Ulbricht (http://ymb.tc/tag/ross-ulbricht). Many people recently donated a nice chunk of change to support a hot dog vendor who was harassed by...
2017-09-1559 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinYou're Literally a Slave. Now What? - YMB Podcast E191MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e191This is episode 191 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Every man learns the truth at some point in his life."In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."There’s a criminal gang out there that will literally cage you or kill you if you don’t fork over your money. This mafia claims to condemn abuse, theft, and murder while practicing every one of those behaviors daily. But it’s okay because all my f...
2017-09-0849 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinKim Dotcom’s Grand Bitcoin Vision Nears Launch, Fingerprinting Satoshi, & More - YMB Podcast E190MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e190This is episode 190 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.It seems that even the threat of extradition can’t stop Kim Dotcom. He’s been facing piracy charges from the FBI for years and yet continues to develop ways to sling files across the web.About a year ago, we shared the entrepreneur’s plans for a revolutionary, Bitcoin-based micropayments and file sharing platform (http://ymb.tc/e137). The project was dubbed K.im and currently approaches completion. Dotcom released a demo this wee...
2017-09-011h 05You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinKim Dotcom’s Grand Bitcoin Vision Nears Launch, Fingerprinting Satoshi, & More - YMB Podcast E190MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e190This is episode 190 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.It seems that even the threat of extradition can’t stop Kim Dotcom. He’s been facing piracy charges from the FBI for years and yet continues to develop ways to sling files across the web.About a year ago, we shared the entrepreneur’s plans for a revolutionary, Bitcoin-based micropayments and file sharing platform (http://ymb.tc/e137). The project was dubbed K.im and currently approaches completion. Dotcom released a demo this wee...
2017-09-011h 05
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinHow to Silence the Idiots Who Disagree With You (And Why Tim Says You Should) - YMB Podcast E189MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e189This is episode 189 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Censorship is a real thing. If you don’t agree with me, I’ll delete your comments and ban you. But what happens when “censorship” is totally private? To what extent can/should I silence people on my own property or my own website?This is an incredibly important concept for Bitcoin too. What happens if a bunch of users, miners, or nodes decide not to allow transactions from certain addresses? What if parts o...
2017-08-2556 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinHow to Silence the Idiots Who Disagree With You (And Why Tim Says You Should) - YMB Podcast E189MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e189This is episode 189 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Censorship is a real thing. If you don’t agree with me, I’ll delete your comments and ban you. But what happens when “censorship” is totally private? To what extent can/should I silence people on my own property or my own website?This is an incredibly important concept for Bitcoin too. What happens if a bunch of users, miners, or nodes decide not to allow transactions from certain addresses? What if parts o...
2017-08-2556 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinDan Was Sexually Assaulted Twice This Week - YMB Podcast E188MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e188This is episode 188 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.It’s dead true. I (Daniel Brown) got felt up by the TSA twice this week. They called it an “enhanced pat down” but the term “sexual assault” is far more fitting. They also went through all my belongings and physically opened up one of my phones. Tonight I need to share my story and explain how it concerns you and your Bitcoins.I tried to remain calm during the assault, but the experien...
2017-08-181h 09
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinFork Aftermath, SegWit Lock-In, Dan Evangelizes, & More - YMB Podcast E187MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e187This is episode 187 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.TRIGGER WARNING: In the post below, I refer to the Bitcoin with more hashing power as the original Bitcoin. It’s the one that adopted SegWit and currently trades at over $3,000. I hope that triggers you.So. We’ve been forked for a week and (the original) Bitcoin has done nothing but soar. Now what?Have we finally emerged from the fiery furnaces of debate and conflict? Has Bitcoin walked the ho...
2017-08-111h 00
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinYou, Me, and BCH? We're Forked. – YMB Podcast E186MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e186This is episode 186 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Ladies and gentlemen, history has been made. At long last, Bitcoin has forked (or copied, or split, or whatever you want to call it). We anticipated this event for months, but as the saying goes, hindsight is always 20/20.So now that the event has passed, what does it mean? What really went down and what does it say about the Bitcoin ecosystem? What do we expect for the future of Bitcoin Cash?
2017-08-041h 04
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThe SEC Sounds Like My High School Principal - YMB Podcast E185MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e185This is episode 185 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Principal: “Do NOT bring your cellular devices to school.”Class: “roflul kk good luck.”That’s exactly how the SEC sounded to us this week when they declared that ICOs may be subject to their securities laws. It’s hilarious enough that the SEC claims authority to write stuff on paper and expect the entire globe to obey. It’s even funnier when the agency issues a stern “investigative report” in an effort to rega...
2017-07-281h 07
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBIP 91 Locked In, Coinbase Refuses Split, Gub'ments, & More - YMB Podcast E184MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e184This is episode 184 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Today’s show is one of our most unique ones ever. For the first time, we recorded a show with our hosts in the same location, using a single camera and a single microphone. This is YMB history.This episode is super casual. We simply let our thoughts flow and everything is completely uncut. We also had some good smokes and good drinks.First up, we’ll share some thoughts about this w...
2017-07-221h 21
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinDrivechains, Mt. Gox CEO Karpeles Pleads Not Guilty, & More - YMB Podcast E183MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e183This is episode 183 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Scaling, scaling, scaling. Everything is about scaling these days. Do we want SegWit2x? UASF? No changes? Something else?To be honest, we’re kinda sick of talking about scaling, so tonight we’re gonna dive into something related but different: sidechains. Or more specifically, drivechains.The concept of sidechains has been around for awhile, but according to Kyle Torpey, it appears that a protocol called drivechain will soon become the le...
2017-07-151h 03
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinPodcast Pending - YMB Podcast E182MP3 and More: http://ymb.tc/e182This is episode 182 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Today’s show was largely unplanned and off the cuff. We’re releasing it a day late and with minimal shownotes for reasons that we’ll explain if you tune in.Tim Baker will kick things off with a discussion about Independence Day. Daniel Brown and Zack Voell will join in later to share some opinions about the chain split that may be coming for Bitcoin.Enjoy this special episode and don’t forget t...
2017-07-081h 12
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinNSA Crashes US Hospital Networks, Delays Surgery - YMB Podcast E181MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e181This is episode 181 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.If the title of today’s show threw you for a loop, good. It might shock some people, but it’s dead true. The NSA’s policies promoted the spread of a ransomware computer virus that wreaked havoc on US hospitals this week.The virus uses a Windows exploit called EternalBlue to propagate itself across networks. The technique was supposedly developed by the NSA and kept secret so that it could be used off...
2017-06-301h 03
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinETH Traders Forced to Sell Near $0, SegWit2x via NYA, & More - YMB Podcast E180MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e180This is episode 180 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.“Just lost 3k in the blink of an eye.”That’s the depressing sentiment shared by a royally screwed Ethereum trader this week. Network congestion (probably) led to a significant ETH selloff, which led to cascading stop orders on the exchanges, which led to automatic ETH trades at extremely low prices. Everything functioned exactly as intended, according to GDAX.How (and why) on earth did all this go down? Is Ethereum...
2017-06-231h 06
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinUAHF & BitmainCoin: Will Bitcoin’s Civil War (Finally) End in Secession? – YMB Podcast E179MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e179This is episode 179 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.In case you somehow missed it: Bitmain announced that they’ll execute a hard fork this August to combat the scheduled user activated soft fork (UASF). They’re calling it a user activated hard fork (UAHF), but many people consider it a miner activated hard fork. Bitmain will essentially create their own altcoin and some exchanges are already planning to list it as BitmainCoin.Will this finally end Bitcoin’s civil war? We certa...
2017-06-161h 04
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinExperienced Investor Spills His Crypto Plan – YMB Podcast E178MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e178This is episode 178 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.First up today, we’ll share an investment strategy revealed by a well-known investor, David Siegel. This is certainly not investment advice – we can’t and won’t provide that. Rather, this is the actual plan that Spiegel says he’ll use for his own money. His goal is to beat today’s bubbly crypto environment.Are bubbles even a thing? How hard should we look for bottoms or tops when everything climbs so high...
2017-06-0956 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinFour Factors Driving Bitcoin, GOP Defends Coinbase, & More - YMB Podcast E177MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e177This is episode 177 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.To kick off today’s show, we’ll list four major factors driving Bitcoin’s recent record prices. It seems like we’ve constantly celebrated new all-time highs over the past few weeks. And naturally, we want to know what’s causing the spike, so we’ll share some of the leading theories during our stream.Then later in the show, we’ll cover a new development in the Coinbase vs. IRS saga (http://ymb...
2017-06-0257 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinFour Factors Driving Bitcoin, GOP Defends Coinbase, & More - YMB Podcast E177MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e177This is episode 177 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.To kick off today’s show, we’ll list four major factors driving Bitcoin’s recent record prices. It seems like we’ve constantly celebrated new all-time highs over the past few weeks. And naturally, we want to know what’s causing the spike, so we’ll share some of the leading theories during our stream.Then later in the show, we’ll cover a new development in the Coinbase vs. IRS saga (http://ymb...
2017-06-0257 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinWhat’s With This New Scaling Bitcoin Agreement? - YMB Podcast E176MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e176This is episode 176 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Daniel is out of town this week and doesn’t have much time for shownotes, so we’ll keep this short. Tonight’s show is all about the new scaling Bitcoin agreement signed by numerous Bitcoin bigshots at Consensus 2017. It includes a smaller SegWit activation threshold and a 2 MB hard fork timeline.Tune in tonight for more details and opinions and check the list below for some of the specific stories we’ll cover!
2017-05-3058 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinWhat’s With This New Scaling Bitcoin Agreement? - YMB Podcast E176MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e176This is episode 176 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.Daniel is out of town this week and doesn’t have much time for shownotes, so we’ll keep this short. Tonight’s show is all about the new scaling Bitcoin agreement signed by numerous Bitcoin bigshots at Consensus 2017. It includes a smaller SegWit activation threshold and a 2 MB hard fork timeline.Tune in tonight for more details and opinions and check the list below for some of the specific stories we’ll cover!
2017-05-3058 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinAll About ICOs, Ethereum's Decentralized Exchange, & More - YMB Podcast E175MP3, Poll, Links, & More: http://ymb.tc/e175This is episode 175 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.How much do you know about ICOs? Do you even know what ICO stands for? I had some friends asking about altcoins lately and “initial coin offerings” came up. I decided it would be an important thing to chat about on the air, so that’s where we’ll kick things off tonight. We’ll use a new ICO quiz from Cointelegraph to test our knowledge (and yours!) during the stream.Then after that, we’ll...
2017-05-1952 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinLitecoin Gets SegWit, Tax-Free Bitcoin, & More - YMB Podcast E174MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e174This is episode 174 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.SegWit is finally here! Err, at least it’s here for Litecoin. As of yesterday, the altcoin had enough SegWit support for enough time to turn on the feature. It will still take awhile for wallets and other Litecoin infrastructure to really make use of the new feature, but it’s a start.What does this mean for Bitcoin? Will Litecoin suddenly take on some of Bitcoin’s excess transaction volume? What’s the next...
2017-05-1256 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin Bubbles, Crashes, and Then… - YMB Podcast E173MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e173This is episode 173 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.First up today, we definitely have to cover the Bitcoin price. We celebrated a new all-time high last week and this week we’re even higher. Then again, we crashed $100 in just one hour today. So what the heck is going on? Should we buy? Sell? We have no clue, but we’re gonna tell you what we think anyway.Then later in the show, we’ll cover a story about a Phoenix...
2017-05-0557 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinAntbleed: Srsly? More Friggen Bitcoin Mining Drama? – YMB Podcast E172MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e172This is episode 172 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast.So apparently Antminers have a backdoor that allows the manufacturer to remotely shut down the devices? And apparently the security surrounding the feature is not very strong? With an estimated 70% of existing hash power coming from Antminers, this could be a huge vulnerability for Bitcoin. We’ll cover the details and speculate during the first half of our livestream tonight.Then later in the show, we have to spend some time celebrating Bitc...
2017-04-281h 02
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinIt's 4/20 and Bitcoin Is Done - YMB Podcast E171MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e171This is episode 171 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast. Happy 420! Today’s show is all about weed and the end of Bitcoin. Unfortunately, most of us are unable to stream this week, so your host is just Tim Baker.First up, weed. It’s April 20 and for whatever reason, that means it’s time to get high, celebrate life, and run from the cops. Tim is on the scene to share what Bitcoin means for drugs and vice versa.And the absolute best par...
2017-04-2557 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinIt's 4/20 and Bitcoin Is Done - YMB Podcast E171MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e171This is episode 171 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast. Happy 420! Today’s show is all about weed and the end of Bitcoin. Unfortunately, most of us are unable to stream this week, so your host is just Tim Baker.First up, weed. It’s April 20 and for whatever reason, that means it’s time to get high, celebrate life, and run from the cops. Tim is on the scene to share what Bitcoin means for drugs and vice versa.And the absolute best par...
2017-04-2557 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinASICBOOST Covertly Exploits Bitcoin Mining, Litecoin Embraces SegWit, & More - YMB Podcast E169MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e169This is episode 169 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!To kick things off today, we’ll dive into a discussion about a Bitcoin mining method called ASICBOOST. The concept makes Bitcoin miners as much as 30% more efficient, which could generate an estimated $100 million in additional annual revenue for a large mining operation. Efficiency is usually a good thing, but ASICBOOST comes with extra baggage that has been causing drama in the Bitcoin space.First of all, the idea is patented. That migh...
2017-04-0755 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinMulti-Currency Trading With Heleum: Big Profits? - YMB Podcast E168MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e168This is episode 168 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast! This week we have two main topics lined up: Heleum and Amir Taaki.To kick things off, we have a fantastic guest with us, Pace Ellsworth, the creator of Heleum. The upcoming service will automatically and algorithmically trade your money between several world currencies and cryptocurrencies. Rather than trying to game a single exchange pair (like BTC/USD), the program regularly checks numerous currencies for gains and moves into the best one.Ca...
2017-03-311h 01
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinChain Split Tokens, Closed Source Bitcoin Unlimited, & More - YMB Podcast E167MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e167This is episode 167 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Bitcoin Unlimited drama continues. This week, one popular Bitcoin exchange, Bitfinex, announced an interesting new feature called Chain Split Tokens. No one knows if or when Bitcoin Unlimited will become a thing, but CSTs allow traders to get involved early. One (current) Bitcoin equals one Bitcoin Core plus one Bitcoin Unlimited, which reflects the way things would work in a real hard fork. We’ll share more details and plenty of opinion during tonight’s stre...
2017-03-241h 07
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin Fees, Hard Forks, & Unlimited Crashes - YMB Podcast E166MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e166This is episode 166 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Bitcoin’s had a crazy few weeks. The mempool is flooded, fees are soaring, and the community is buzzing about a hard fork. One of Bitcoin’s largest mining pools made switch to Bitcoin Unlimited. Then Unlimited nodes started crashing because of a bug in the code.What does all of this mean? We like to remain calm at YMB and try not to worry about much, but maybe this should be a seri...
2017-03-1759 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin Fees, Hard Forks, & Unlimited Crashes - YMB Podcast E166MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e166This is episode 166 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Bitcoin’s had a crazy few weeks. The mempool is flooded, fees are soaring, and the community is buzzing about a hard fork. One of Bitcoin’s largest mining pools made switch to Bitcoin Unlimited. Then Unlimited nodes started crashing because of a bug in the code.What does all of this mean? We like to remain calm at YMB and try not to worry about much, but maybe this should be a seri...
2017-03-1759 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBlockchain Could Solve a Massive Equity Problem – YMB Podcast E163MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e163This is episode 163 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up this week, we’ll investigate a convoluted story about phantom stock.A few years back, Dole Food’s CEO decided to go private by buying up all of his company’s publicly owned shares. Then months later, a court ruled that he didn’t pay a fair price for each share. This meant that he owed a few extra bucks per share to everyone who owned stock during the buyout. But as people...
2017-02-2459 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinChina and Japan Make Big Bitcoin Moves - YMB Podcast E161MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e161This is episode 161 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Almost two years ago, we produced a live Bitcoin news show every week for a whole summer. We called it #YMBLive and it was awesome. We haven’t done much live work since then, but we decided it’s time to relive our glory days.So tune in right now for our comeback episode! We’ll cover China’s recent warning to Bitcoin exchanges, Japan’s attitude toward Bitcoin usage in general, and much more. C...
2017-02-101h 05
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThe Real Reasons We Distrust the Government - YMB Podcast E160MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e160This is episode 160 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Today’s episode is all about an absolutely amazing message we received from one of our biggest fans. We called for feedback last week (http://ymb.tc/e159), and Mathew O’Keefe came in clutch. He asked three specific questions that will guide this entire episode.First up, we’ll chat about Satoshi Nakamoto. Way, way back in episode 98 (http://ymb.tc/e98), we considered the possibility that Satoshi could win a Nobel Prize in...
2017-02-0352 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThe Real Reasons We Distrust the Government - YMB Podcast E160MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e160This is episode 160 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Today’s episode is all about an absolutely amazing message we received from one of our biggest fans. We called for feedback last week (http://ymb.tc/e159), and Mathew O’Keefe came in clutch. He asked three specific questions that will guide this entire episode.First up, we’ll chat about Satoshi Nakamoto. Way, way back in episode 98 (http://ymb.tc/e98), we considered the possibility that Satoshi could win a Nobel Prize in...
2017-02-0352 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinYMB's Official Stance on Bitcoin vs. Gold - YMB Podcast E159MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e159This is episode 159 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We have all kinds of fun planned for today’s show. First up, we’ll reconsider the age-old debate, Bitcoin vs. gold. We’ve covered this topic numerous times (originally way back in http://ymb.tc/e10), but today we’ll specifically refer to an article from Zerohedge. The piece claims that the Bitcoin price cannot be compared to the gold price. That might be true in some ways, but we’ll also cover some serious poin...
2017-01-2746 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinYMB's Official Stance on Bitcoin vs. Gold - YMB Podcast E159MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e159This is episode 159 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We have all kinds of fun planned for today’s show. First up, we’ll reconsider the age-old debate, Bitcoin vs. gold. We’ve covered this topic numerous times (originally way back in http://ymb.tc/e10), but today we’ll specifically refer to an article from Zerohedge. The piece claims that the Bitcoin price cannot be compared to the gold price. That might be true in some ways, but we’ll also cover some serious poin...
2017-01-2746 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinDemolish Bitcoin. We Dare You. #BitcoinWreckingBall - YMB Podcast E157MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e157This is episode 157 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we’ll cover Bitcoin’s giant crash over the past few days. According to one report, Bitcoin is getting demolished. That may be true on paper (if you just look at recent weeks), but we wouldn’t have recorded 157 episodes of YMB if we really thought that Bitcoin could be demolished.Most people say the crash happened because Chinese officials announced that they were going to investigate some Bitcoin exchanges. We’re no...
2017-01-1340 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinDemolish Bitcoin. We Dare You. #BitcoinWreckingBall - YMB Podcast E157MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e157This is episode 157 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we’ll cover Bitcoin’s giant crash over the past few days. According to one report, Bitcoin is getting demolished. That may be true on paper (if you just look at recent weeks), but we wouldn’t have recorded 157 episodes of YMB if we really thought that Bitcoin could be demolished.Most people say the crash happened because Chinese officials announced that they were going to investigate some Bitcoin exchanges. We’re no...
2017-01-1340 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinIf You Keep Saying The Bitcoin Is Heading to the Moon, Shut Up - YMB Podcast E156MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e156This is episode 156 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Some people just have to complain about everything, and Bitcoin is certainly an easy target. So today’s show is all about Bitcoin haters.It all started with a tweet about how Bitcoin naysayers will have to change their strategy in 2017. It’s becoming harder and harder for them to say that Bitcoin is dead, so they’ll have to find other ways to harass us. The Bitcoin Rat outlined some possible attack vectors...
2017-01-0646 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin's Rockin' New Year - YMB Podcast E155MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e155This is episode 155 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Happy New Year, Bitcoiners! Despite the expectations of countless media and so-called economists, Bitcoin survived 2016. In fact, it seems like it did far more than just survive. So as we often do this time of year, we’ll take an episode to assess the past year in Bitcoin and predict the future.To recap 2016, we’ll consider Mike Hearn’s exit (http://ymb.tc/e108), SegWit (http://ymb.tc/e142), the presidential election (http://y...
2016-12-3053 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin's Rockin' New Year - YMB Podcast E155MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e155This is episode 155 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Happy New Year, Bitcoiners! Despite the expectations of countless media and so-called economists, Bitcoin survived 2016. In fact, it seems like it did far more than just survive. So as we often do this time of year, we’ll take an episode to assess the past year in Bitcoin and predict the future.To recap 2016, we’ll consider Mike Hearn’s exit (http://ymb.tc/e108), SegWit (http://ymb.tc/e142), the presidential election (http://y...
2016-12-3053 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThe Crazy Crap That Everyone Freaks Out Every Day - YMB Podcast E154MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e154This is episode 154 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!You’re about to hear us try something we’ve never recorded before. In today’s episode, we’ll dial up another radio show, Free Talk Live (http://ymb.tc/e132), during their live broadcast. That’s right. On a whim, we’ll call in to national radio and ask about Bitcoin. The hosts do like Bitcoin and will share their thoughts on its recent rally.Then after that, we’ll discuss some of the crazy thi...
2016-12-2344 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThree Simple Ways to Tank an Economy - YMB Podcast E151 RumMP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e151This is episode 151 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Today’s show is all about three economies struggling to maintain their fiat currencies. We covered one, Zimbabwe, a few weeks ago (http://ymb.tc/e149), where they use foreign currency. The other two are India and Venezuela.In India, the government recently banned 500 and 1,000 rupee bills. This caused a huge cash shortage and significant interest in Bitcoin. In Venezuela, the government is printing so much money that it’s easier for merchants to wei...
2016-12-0236 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinZimbabwe Doesn't Want to Be Another Hyperinflation Lesson. Enter Bitcoin. - YMB Podcast E149MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e149This is episode 149 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we cover one economist’s serious theory that Bitcoin could save Zimbabwe from another currency disaster. The country has used a variety of foreign cash for several years and now has a shortage. Apparently, it’s not so easy to stay afloat when you can’t just print more of your own money.We’ll dive into the details and share some thoughts on the news. Why do people even need a nat...
2016-11-1854 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinZimbabwe Doesn't Want to Be Another Hyperinflation Lesson. Enter Bitcoin. - YMB Podcast E149MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e149This is episode 149 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we cover one economist’s serious theory that Bitcoin could save Zimbabwe from another currency disaster. The country has used a variety of foreign cash for several years and now has a shortage. Apparently, it’s not so easy to stay afloat when you can’t just print more of your own money.We’ll dive into the details and share some thoughts on the news. Why do people even need a nat...
2016-11-1854 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinPurse CEO Andrew Lee Explains How Bcoin Could Take Over Bitcoin - YMB Podcast E148MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e148This is episode 148 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Could Bitcoin Core really go away some day? Andrew Lee, the CEO of Purse (http://ymb.tc/purse-savings), joins us today to help answer that question. We first interviewed him ages ago (http://ymb.tc/e18) to ask how Purse saves Bitcoiners money on Amazon, and now he’s back with a new project, BCoin.BCoin is quite new, but it’s already one of the most popular fullnode implementations of Bitcoin. That means...
2016-11-1136 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinPurse CEO Andrew Lee Explains How Bcoin Could Take Over Bitcoin - YMB Podcast E148MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e148This is episode 148 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Could Bitcoin Core really go away some day? Andrew Lee, the CEO of Purse (http://ymb.tc/purse-savings), joins us today to help answer that question. We first interviewed him ages ago (http://ymb.tc/e18) to ask how Purse saves Bitcoiners money on Amazon, and now he’s back with a new project, BCoin.BCoin is quite new, but it’s already one of the most popular fullnode implementations of Bitcoin. That means...
2016-11-1136 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinAirbitz's Paul Puey Has Ambitious Plans For Crypto Security & Privacy - YMB Podcast E147MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e147This is episode 147 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, Daniel sits down with Paul Puey, the CEO and Co-founder of Airbitz. We had him on the show (http://ymb.tc/e40) two years ago to chat about his user-friendly Bitcoin wallet, and now he’s back to reveal his new plans for the project.One essential part of Airbitz’s future is their equity crowdfunding campaign that is currently running on Wefunder. The platform allows anyone to invest in the co...
2016-11-0445 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThis Browser Takes Anonymous Surfing to the Next Level. But Is It Enough? - YMB Podcast E146MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e146This is episode 146 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We all know Tor is cool for anonymous browsing. Adblock is cool for, well, blocking ads. And ProTip is cool for tipping our favorite publishers with Bitcoin. But what if we could have all of the above in one fast, safe, and secure browser? Supposedly, such a product is in the works over at Brave.So today’s show is all about that browser, which uses a protocol called Anonize. It seems like a gr...
2016-10-2839 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & Bitcoin21 APIs & Bcoin: Are They Bitcoin's Next Killer Apps? - YMB Podcast E145MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e145This is episode 145 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we’re chatting about The 21 Marketplace. 21 Inc. made waves awhile back (http://ymb.tc/e73) when they announced their Bitcoin Computer, but at the time no one really knew what they were up to. Turns out one of their main projects was this API marketplace, which allows people to buy and sell computing power (API calls) with Bitcoin. Could something like this be a killer app for Bitcoin?We’ll also s...
2016-10-2147 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & Bitcoin21 APIs & Bcoin: Are They Bitcoin's Next Killer Apps? - YMB Podcast E145MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e145This is episode 145 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we’re chatting about The 21 Marketplace. 21 Inc. made waves awhile back (http://ymb.tc/e73) when they announced their Bitcoin Computer, but at the time no one really knew what they were up to. Turns out one of their main projects was this API marketplace, which allows people to buy and sell computing power (API calls) with Bitcoin. Could something like this be a killer app for Bitcoin?We’ll also s...
2016-10-2147 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinComing Out of the Bitcoin Closet - YMB Podcast E144MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e144This is episode 144 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Happy National Coming Out Day! In celebration of this magnificent holiday, today’s show is all about coming out. It’s never easy to tell your friends and family that you love Bitcoin, but we believe in you and we know you can do it.But seriously, how has coming out as a Bitcoin user changed over the years? Bitcoiners used to get all kinds of slack for using this crazy magic Internet money...
2016-10-1437 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinTrump vs. Hillary: The Race to Tank the Economy & Boost Bitcoin - YMB Podcast E143MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e143This is episode 143 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Sheeple waste countless hours these days arguing about which presidential candidate will create more jobs or protect us from the evil Muslims and Mexicans. Slightly smarter sheeple argue instead about which candidate is less crooked than the other. But you and I know much better.This is a liberty podcast for Pete’s sake. We all know that neither Trump nor Hillary will do anything better than the last 44 presidents. So we’re asking...
2016-10-0638 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinTrump vs. Hillary: The Race to Tank the Economy & Boost Bitcoin - YMB Podcast E143MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e143This is episode 143 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Sheeple waste countless hours these days arguing about which presidential candidate will create more jobs or protect us from the evil Muslims and Mexicans. Slightly smarter sheeple argue instead about which candidate is less crooked than the other. But you and I know much better.This is a liberty podcast for Pete’s sake. We all know that neither Trump nor Hillary will do anything better than the last 44 presidents. So we’re asking...
2016-10-0638 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin Price Alert: These 4 Events Could Send Us to the Moon - YMB Podcast E142MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e142This is episode 142 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!True Bitcoiners know all about price spikes. We were there for all the bubbles and we’ve seen the price move tens of percentage points in a matter of hours. But over the past several months, Bitcoin has actually been relatively stable. It made some sudden shifts during the halvening (http://ymb.tc/e131) and Brexit (http://ymb.tc/e129), but those were tiny compared to the old days.So what’s going on? Wh...
2016-09-3045 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin Price Alert: These 4 Events Could Send Us to the Moon - YMB Podcast E142MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e142This is episode 142 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!True Bitcoiners know all about price spikes. We were there for all the bubbles and we’ve seen the price move tens of percentage points in a matter of hours. But over the past several months, Bitcoin has actually been relatively stable. It made some sudden shifts during the halvening (http://ymb.tc/e131) and Brexit (http://ymb.tc/e129), but those were tiny compared to the old days.So what’s going on? Wh...
2016-09-3045 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinCryptopias Compete in Mr. Roboto - YMB Podcast E141MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e141This is episode 141 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!A recent episode of USA’s Mr. Robot featured a tense battle between two dystopian crypto theologies. On one side, there was Bitcoin, with its privacy- and freedom-loving followers. And on the other side, corporate tycoons aimed to create a predatory cryptocurrency, eCoin.The TV show is fictional, of course, but could this scenario really happen? Today’s podcast is all about that possibility.We already know that giant corporations like Google...
2016-09-2345 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinCryptopias Compete in Mr. Roboto - YMB Podcast E141MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e141This is episode 141 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!A recent episode of USA’s Mr. Robot featured a tense battle between two dystopian crypto theologies. On one side, there was Bitcoin, with its privacy- and freedom-loving followers. And on the other side, corporate tycoons aimed to create a predatory cryptocurrency, eCoin.The TV show is fictional, of course, but could this scenario really happen? Today’s podcast is all about that possibility.We already know that giant corporations like Google...
2016-09-2345 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinInflation: Slave, Save, Retire, & Sob - YMB Podcast E138MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e138This is episode 138 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We don’t think about it very much, but inflation is a serious killer. I recently had some retirement plans running through my head and wanted to see how much value my savings might lose throughout my career. A quick check informed me that the US Dollar has lost a whopping 75% of it’s buying power over the past four decades.We barely think about inflation from day to day, but over time, that r...
2016-09-0254 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinWe Learned This After Countless Failed Bitcoin Ventures - YMB Podcast E136MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e136This is episode 136 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We’ve invested tons of time, sweat, money, and tears into numerous Bitcoin ventures over the years. We tried Bitcoin mining (http://ymb.tc/BFL), selling physical Bitcoins, day trading, hosting live Bitcoin news shows (http://ymb.tc/live), and more. And the truth is, many of those Bitcoin ventures completely flopped – at least in a way. But we haven’t given up.The great IP thief Thomas Edison once said something like this: “I...
2016-08-2353 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinWe Learned This After Countless Failed Bitcoin Ventures - YMB Podcast E136MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e136This is episode 136 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We’ve invested tons of time, sweat, money, and tears into numerous Bitcoin ventures over the years. We tried Bitcoin mining (http://ymb.tc/BFL), selling physical Bitcoins, day trading, hosting live Bitcoin news shows (http://ymb.tc/live), and more. And the truth is, many of those Bitcoin ventures completely flopped – at least in a way. But we haven’t given up.The great IP thief Thomas Edison once said something like this: “I...
2016-08-2353 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinTrolley Problems: Philosophy Is a Joke - YMB Podcast E135MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e135This is episode 135 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!If you’ve listened to our show before, you know that we have a love-hate relationship with philosophy. In many ways, it’s fascinating, but it can also feel incredibly pointless because professional thinkers rarely agree. This episode is all about trolley problems – some of the toughest philosophical questions in history.In the original problem, a trolley is about to slaughter five people tied to its tracks and we are given the option to direc...
2016-08-1544 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinYet Another Bitcoin Hack & Ryan the Newbie - YMB Podcast E134MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e134This is episode 134 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!To kick off today’s show, we’re covering yet another Bitcoin exchange hack. Last Tuesday, Bitfinex was taken for at least $60 million worth of Bitcoin. The Bitcoin price subsequently fell as much as 20%. Although we’ve said this countless times before, we can’t stress enough the importance of safely storing your coin, since events like this are far too common. (http://ymb.tc/e54)Then later in the show, a special guest join...
2016-08-0857 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinHard Forks: Trusting the Bitcoin Network - YMB Podcast E133MP3, Link, and More: http://ymb.tc/e133This is episode 133 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!This week’s show is all about the Ethereum hard fork and what it might mean for Bitcoin. With the help of a hard fork, the Ethereum community has now officially erased The Dao Hack (http://ymb.tc/e128) from their blockchain. They now have two versions of their cryptocurrency. The old chain respects the original rules of the network and lets the hacker keep his money. The new one respects the decisions of the comm...
2016-07-2950 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinIan Freeman on LRN.FM's Fundraiser & Tim's Terror Talk - YMB Podcast E132MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e132This is episode 132 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, Daniel sits down with The Liberty Radio Network‘s Ian Freeman to chat about his 2016 satellite fundraiser. LRN.FM hosts a number of liberty-oriented shows including Ian’s own show, Free Talk Live, and of course, You, Me, and BTC.The network already broadcasts 24/7 on numerous AM and FM radio stations and on two satellites covering North America, Central America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, but Ian knows the world can always use mo...
2016-07-2241 minYou, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinIan Freeman on LRN.FM's Fundraiser & Tim's Terror Talk - YMB Podcast E132MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e132This is episode 132 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, Daniel sits down with The Liberty Radio Network‘s Ian Freeman to chat about his 2016 satellite fundraiser. LRN.FM hosts a number of liberty-oriented shows including Ian’s own show, Free Talk Live, and of course, You, Me, and BTC.The network already broadcasts 24/7 on numerous AM and FM radio stations and on two satellites covering North America, Central America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, but Ian knows the world can always use mo...
2016-07-2241 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinThe All-Seeing Facebook - YMB Podcast E130MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e130This is episode 130 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!As much as some people hate it, Facebook really can see just about everything. The social media giant knows your deepest secrets – at least it thinks it does.We recently discovered Facebook’s ad preferences page, where it lists the criteria that is uses to target ads to us. It covers categories like “Hobbies and Activities” and “Shopping and Fashion” and even explains why it chose each interest. It knew I was in a long distanc...
2016-07-0845 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinBitcoin Journalist Kyle Torpey on All the Big Stories - YMB Podcast E126Main Page: http://ymb.tc/e126This is episode 126 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!This week’s incredibly special guest is Kyle Torpey, a Bitcoin writer/researcher who has covered a number of Bitcoin’s biggest stories. He’s here today to weigh in on all sorts of important Bitcoin topics, old and new.Seriously, you name it, and we’ll cover it today. Is Craig Wright (http://ymb.tc/e123) likely to be the real Satoshi? How can segregated witness (http://ymb.tc/e106) improve Bitcoin? What’s up with the...
2016-06-1036 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinExpect to Be Watched - YMB Podcast E124Main Page: http://ymb.tc/e124This is episode 124 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that the FBI could obtain a warrant to access and monitor any device running Tor (http://ymb.tc/e46) or other anonymity software. At first, this sounds awful. People certainly don’t want to be watched without cause, especially if they might not even know that they’re under investigation.But today, we’ll challenge this reaction. Sure, it sucks that they can watch us all the time and for...
2016-05-1744 min
You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinYMB Christmas Day 11: YMB Live!Download Podcast | Subscribe This is day eleven the Twelve Days of YMB Christmas! For a few months in 2014, we did a weekly live edition of the YMB podcast. The station we used no longer operates, but we wanted to revisit some of that excitement, so for today's special, we're sharing some clips from ...The post YMB Christmas Day 11: YMB Live! appeared first on You, Me, and BTC. Keep up on Twitter and Facebook!
2014-12-251h 26You, Me, and BTC: Liberty & BitcoinYMB Christmas Day 11: YMB Live!Download Podcast | Subscribe This is day eleven the Twelve Days of YMB Christmas! For a few months in 2014, we did a weekly live edition of the YMB podcast. The station we used no longer operates, but we wanted to revisit some of that excitement, so for today's special, we're sharing some clips from ...The post YMB Christmas Day 11: YMB Live! appeared first on You, Me, and BTC. Keep up on Twitter and Facebook!
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