The Bitcoin Game

Welcome to episode 76 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell. Today's interview is with Andrew Tierney, otherwise known online as Cybergibbons. Andrew hacks everything from oil rigs at his day job, to Cryptocurrency hardware wallets and smart locks in his free time. We conducted this interview a bit before COVID-19 had taken over the planet, back in the good old days (a few weeks ago), when we were more worried about malware than going to the grocery store without an N95 mask. Andrew and I discuss hacking hardware wallets, general security, IoT devices, home routers, his day job as a hacker for hire, and other stuff too. I hope you enjoy! EPISODE LINKS Andrew's Twitter https://twitter.com/cybergibbons Andrew's Blog https://cybergibbons.com Pen Test Partners https://www.pentestpartners.com Bitfi Hardware Wallet Hack Article https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/30/john-mcafees-unhackable-bitfi-wallet-got-hacked-again Abe Snowman https://twitter.com/AbeSnowman Oversoft https://twitter.com/oversoftnl Saleem https://twitter.com/saleemrash1d Shadow Ops https://twitter.com/Shadow0pz Trezor https://trezor.io Ledger https://www.ledger.com BC Vault https://bc-vault.com/shop/bc-vault Multisig https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature Shamir's Secret Sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing Secure Element (blog post) https://www.intrinsic-id.com/pros-cons-secure-elements Pen Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetration_test Caravan Multisig (Unchained Capital) https://unchained-capital.com/blog/the-caravan-arrives Rubber Ducky https://latesthackingnews.com/2017/06/16/20456 OpenWrt https://openwrt.org Tomato https://advancedtomato.com Ubiquiti Routers https://www.ui.com/products/#edgemax THE BITCOIN GAME IS SPONSORED BY ETORO Are you interested in getting into the cryptocurrency markets but don't know where to start building your portfolio? eToro has the answer for you. It's called CopyTrader. With CopyTrader, you can automatically copy every trade of eToro's top crypto traders at the exact price in real time. No need to study up on markets or develop your own strategies. Simply sign up and copy the trader of your choice. Any profits they make, you do too (proportional to your investment). With eToro, you get access to the world's most popular cryptocurrencies, with transparent trading fees, all in one easy-to-use app. Join now at b.tc/etorogame. While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Lightning Network tips: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Bitcoin tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Note: We migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) to Libsyn; SoundCloud is just a legacy feed.

Welcome to episode 75 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell. I started podcasting in late 2014, and one of the greatest things to happen in those early episodes was landing an exclusive longform interview with Dr. Jochen "Johoe" Hoenicke, the 2014 Bitcoin Hero. Badass white hat Bitcoin hacker Johoe (at least that's what I call him) rescued insecure Bitcoin UTXOs from Blockchain.info wallets before they could be taken by less-scrupulous hackers. This was after his contributions to understanding the RNG issues with Android Bitcoin wallets in 2013. He also rescued insecure Bitcoin from one other platform, which he admits for the first time in this interview. Some months after this interview, Johoe responsibly published a side-channel attack on a TREZOR, which eventually led to Satoshi Labs hiring him as a TREZOR Cryptographer. Johoe's Bitcoin mempool stats site is yet another contribution he's made to the space. This is the only audio (or video) interview with Johoe that I'm aware of, and it's worth a listen if you didn't catch it the first time. It's even educational, as Johoe explains concepts like how Bitcoin signatures work and what specifically went wrong with various wallets, in a way that's accessible for non-technical people like myself. Hope you enjoy my first "rebroadcast" to celebrate 75! EPISODE LINKS Johoe first addresses repeating R value issue due to 2013 Android RNG bug https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=251743.msg2890179#msg2890179 Counterparty Bug first addressed by Johoe on BitcoinTalk.org https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg6354731#msg6354731 Johoe discovers the recently compromised Blockchain.info addresses https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg9774894#msg9774894 Blockchain.info Wallet https://blockchain.info/wallet Coinbase https://www.coinbase.com Counterparty Wallet https://counterwallet.io Johoe demonstrates TREZOR side channel attack (April 2015) https://jochen-hoenicke.de/crypto/trezor-power-analysis Satoshi Labs announces hiring Johoe as TREZOR Cryptographer https://blog.trezor.io/ethical-hacker-and-bitcoin-hero-johoe-joins-satoshilabs-as-trezor-cryptographer-36c9a6b10d52 Johoe's Bitcoin Mempool Statistics site https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#0,all THE BITCOIN GAME IS SPONSORED BY ETORO Are you interested in getting into the cryptocurrency markets but don't know where to start building your portfolio? eToro has the answer for you. It's called CopyTrader. With CopyTrader, you can automatically copy every trade of eToro's top crypto traders at the exact price in real time. No need to study up on markets or develop your own strategies. Simply sign up and copy the trader of your choice. Any profits they make, you do too (proportional to your investment). With eToro, you get access to the world's most popular cryptocurrencies, with transparent trading fees, all in one easy-to-use app. Join now at b.tc/etorogame. While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Lightning Network tips: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Bitcoin tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Note: We migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) to Libsyn; SoundCloud is just a legacy feed.

Welcome to episode 74 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. The Bitcoin Game has been a featured podcast on the LTB Network since 2014! A few facts about David Jevans: In the late '90s, David attended monthly Cypherpunk meetups in Palo Alto. David hired Nick Szabo to help with IronKey (David's previous business, a secure USB product). And David is currently the founder and CEO of CipherTrace, one of the big three "blockchain analysis" companies. David's past and present positions give him a uniquely informed perspective, and I was fascinated to hear his takes. We discuss a wide range of topics, from details about CipherTrace's work, to hardware wallets, supply-chain security, CryptoCapital, Quadriga, BTC-E, CoinJoin, OPSEC, and tons more. EPISODE LINKS CipherTrace https://ciphertrace.com David on Twitter https://twitter.com/davejevans Cypherpunk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk Nick Szabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo IronKey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronKey ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography 2000 Financial Cryptography Conference https://ifca.ai/fc00/program.html David Chaum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chaum DigiCash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash Mt. Gox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox CoinJoin https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CoinJoin Wasabi Wallet https://wasabiwallet.io OPSEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s "Travel Rule" https://ciphertrace.com/fatf-crypto-travel-rule THE BITCOIN GAME IS SPONSORED BY Are you interested in getting into the cryptocurrency markets but don't know where to start building your portfolio? eToro has the answer for you. It's called CopyTrader. With CopyTrader, you can automatically copy every trade of eToro's top crypto traders at the exact price in real time. No need to study up on markets or develop your own strategies. Simply sign up and copy the trader of your choice. Any profits they make, you do too (proportional to your investment). With eToro, you get access to the world's most popular cryptocurrencies, with transparent trading fees, all in one easy-to-use app. Join now at b.tc/etorogame. While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Lightning Network tips: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) to Libsyn; SoundCloud is just a legacy feed.

Welcome to episode 73 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. When I started paying attention to Bitcoin Twitter in 2013, I noticed a guy named Tim Pastoor, who seemed pretty well-respected by the Bitcoin Twitter community. He and I eventually became good friends on Twitter, so much so that we hung out for a long afternoon when I visited Amsterdam a few years ago. Tim has been focused on peer-to-peer identity and reputation systems for the past five years, supporting Martti Malmi's work in the space (Martti was the first coder to work with Satoshi on Bitcoin). Twitter's Jack Dorsey recently garnered a ton of attention promoting the goal of decentralized social media, and P2P identity may well be the base layer for such projects. Hope you enjoy our talk! Oh, and a correction Tim gave me after our interview - Microsoft's Distributed ID project is now called Ion. EPISODE LINKS Tim Pastoor on Twitter https://twitter.com/timpastoor Jack Dorsey's Tweet about Decentralized Social Media https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106 Complementary Currencies (LETS, Brixton Pound, etc.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency Peer-to-Peer (P2P) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer Martti Malmi (article) https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/10/8751933/the-shy-college-student-who-helped-build-bitcoin-into-a-global Identifi (now Iris) https://identifi.github.io/ Microsoft Decentralized Identity https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/technology/own-your-identity W3C Decentralized Identifiers https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core Carsten Keutmann's Digital Trust Protocol https://medium.com/@carstenkeutmann_96497/digital-trust-protocol-c37e17eeca20 Sovrin https://sovrin.org Urbit ID https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/urbit-id Sockpuppet Account https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet) Sybil Swarm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack Six Degrees of Separation Principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation Metcalfe's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law Network Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect Microsoft's Ion (Decentralized Identity) https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ion Anchoring into the Blockchain https://medium.com/@edhonour/how-anchors-help-ensure-authenticity-on-the-blockchain-3359051a181 TJ Miller on The Adam Carolla Show (see part two) https://adamcarolla.com/tj-miller-and-mark-geragos Switchboard Operator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchboard_operator Bell Labs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs Iris GitHub https://github.com/irislib Iris Proof-of-Concept https://iris.to THE BITCOIN GAME IS SPONSORED BY Are you interested in getting into the cryptocurrency markets but don't know where to start building your portfolio? eToro has the answer for you. It's called CopyTrader. With CopyTrader, you can automatically copy every trade of eToro's top crypto traders at the exact price in real time. No need to study up on markets or develop your own strategies. Simply sign up and copy the trader of your choice. Any profits they make, you do too (proportional to your investment). With eToro, you get access to the world's most popular cryptocurrencies, with transparent trading fees, all in one easy-to-use app. Join now at b.tc/etorogame. While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (SegWit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 72 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode came about in an unexpected way. I had the opportunity to speak with Guy Hirsch (USA Managing Director for eToro) at the CIS conference in Los Angeles. My plan was to grab some sound bites from Guy to use in podcast episodes as part of eToro's sponsorship. But I'm such a curious person that I couldn't help but ask a bunch of genuine questions I had about the platform. Turned out, the brief interview was interesting and informative enough that I decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. So, if you've wondered about eToro after seeing them practically everywhere in the crypto space (not to mention the snazzy eToro commercial with Alec Baldwin), this episode will get you up to speed! EPISODE LINKS Guy Hirsch on Twitter https://twitter.com/GuyHirsch Alec Baldwin's eToro ad https://youtu.be/GBBuFuHAxoY Our eToro Affiliate Link https://b.tc/etorogame THE BITCOIN GAME IS SPONSORED BY Are you interested in getting into the cryptocurrency markets but don't know where to start building your portfolio? The answer is CopyTrader, by eToro. With CopyTrader, you can automatically copy every trade of eToro's top crypto traders at the exact price in real time. No need to study up on markets or develop your own strategies. Simply sign up and copy the trader of your choice. Any profits they make, you do too (proportional to your investment). With eToro, you get access to the world's most popular cryptocurrencies, with transparent trading fees, all in one easy-to-use app. Join now at b.tc/etorogame. While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 71 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I met Brian Lockhart while having lunch at Bitcoin 2019 this summer. Brian recently joined the team at Casa, which happened to have just released details on the Node 2. So this seemed like the perfect time to have Brian as a guest. I learned a lot from Brian, including how Bitcoin got on his radar (hint: it's the tech), his five-year Bitcoin Rip Van Winkle experience, and the Casa Node 2. We even review some recently highlighted security trade-offs with the Node, as well as my own case of Lightning fever. If you've ever wanted to know more about Brian Lockhart or the Casa Node, this episode is for you! LINKS Brian on Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianLockhart Casa on Twitter https://twitter.com/casahodl Casa https://keys.casa Bitcoin 2019 https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/bitcoin-2019 BitBlockBoom! https://bitblockboom.com Latin American Bitcoin Conference https://www.labitconf.com Quant https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financialcareers/08/quants-quantitative-analyst.asp Black–Scholes Model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Scholes_model Trace Mayer on Stephan Livera Podcast https://stephanlivera.com/episode/115 Microsoft Xbox https://www.xbox.com Bitcoin White Paper https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Tableau Software https://www.tableau.com Altcoin https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/what-altcoin Ethereum https://www.ethereum.org Seattle Bitcoin Meetup https://www.meetup.com/seabtc ICO https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-ico Lightning Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network Michael Flaxman on The Bitcoin Game https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-70-michael-flaxman-securing-bitcoin Bryan Bishop on Stephan Livera Podcast https://stephanlivera.com/episode/108 Casa Keymaster https://keys.casa/keymaster Casa Node 2 https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-casa-node-2 Casa Gold https://blog.keys.casa/casa-gold-membership-overview-casa-node Nodl https://www.nodl.it Lightning in a Box https://lightninginabox.co RaspiBlitz https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz My Node http://mynodebtc.com BTCPay https://btcpayserver.org Electrum https://electrum.org Block Explorer https://wiki.trezor.io/Blockchain_explorer Addressing Security Concerns about Casa Node https://blog.keys.casa/addressing-security-concerns-about-casa-node/ Electrum Will Support Lightning Payments (coded in Python) https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-590 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5192855.0 Lightning Labs https://lightning.engineering Lightning Network Trust Torch https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightning-torchs-bitcoin-payment-is-running-a-worldwide-marathon Zap Wallet https://zap.jackmallers.com Casa Sats App https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback What are “Sats”? https://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/what-are-sats Peter Todd on The Bitcoin Game https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-34-bitcoin-core-dev-peter-todd Dr. Adam Back on The Bitcoin Game (Part 1) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back THE BITCOIN GAME IS SPONSORED BY The best way to be smart about trading crypto is to use the smartest trading platform. That's why you should check out eToro. eToro is one of the largest trading platforms in the world, with over $1 Trillion in trading volume on the platform per year. US customers can trade the most popular cryptoassets with extraordinarily low and transparent fees. And, if you're not ready to trade yet, you can practice building your portfolio with the eToro virtual trading feature. Best of all, you can connect with 11 million other eToro traders around the world to discuss trading, charts, and all things Bitcoin. Create an account today at b.tc/etorogame. Build your crypto portfolio the smart way. eToro is crypto trading made easy. While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or from a jam. All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 70 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm always wanting to learn things via my podcast, and hopefully it helps others learn too. So when I heard Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera's podcast, I thought he was such a compelling guest that I just had to have him on The Bitcoin Game. In this episode we dive into details about Bitcoin, security, and multisig. LINKS Michael Flaxman on Twitter https://twitter.com/mflaxman Michael Flaxman's Website https://www.michaelflaxman.com Michael Flaxman's Bitcoin Multisig Hardware Wallet Comparison https://bitcoin-hardware-wallet.github.io Michael's In-Depth Article on Multisig Coming Soon! Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera Podcast (Hardware Wallets) https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97 Mt. Gox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox 2014 Proof of Reserves article https://www.coindesk.com/krakens-audit-proves-holds-100-bitcoins-reserve PyCoin (Open Source Library) https://pypi.org/project/pycoin/0.51 Shamir's Shared Secret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing Coldcard Hardware Wallet https://coldcardwallet.com Trezor Hardware Wallet https://trezor.io Ledger Hardware Wallet https://www.ledger.com Hardware Wallet Passphrase (Trezor guide) https://blog.trezor.io/passphrase-the-ultimate-protection-for-your-accounts-3a311990925b Hardware Wallet Mnemonic Seed Phrase / BIP 39 https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Mnemonic_phrase Ian Coleman's BIP 39 Tool https://iancoleman.io/bip39 BIP 174 / Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0174.mediawiki Crypto Steel (One of several Seed Backup Solutions) https://cryptosteel.com Multisig https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature 
Electrum Bitcoin Wallet https://electrum.org Electrum Personal Server Github https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server Secure Element (Gemalto site - supplier to Ledger) https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-is-a-secure-element HD Wallet Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deterministic_wallet Random Number Generator (RNG) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation Segwit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org/en/download Graphical User Interface (GUI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface Bitcoin Testnet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet Nonce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce Tails OS https://tails.boum.org If you liked this episode, I bet you'll like my fairly exclusive interviews with Peter Kroll, the creator of the paper wallet, and white-hat hacker Johoe, who recovered Bitcoin during the 2013 Android RNG issue. The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-56-paper-wallet-inventor-peter-kroll The Bitcoin Game #7: Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

  Welcome to episode 69 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I attended Bitcoin 2019 in June and recorded a bunch of great interviews. But only one interview was with someone I kind of knew, and that was Doug Scribner. He's been in the scene a long time, and recalls buying Bitcoin at Porcfest from Charlie Shrem, Erik Voorhees, and Roger Ver. His first major project, WatchMyBit, was a bit ahead of its time (pun unintended). Now he's focused on Vault Logic, a multi-purpose, Bitcoin-capable, "Smart ATM" hardware and software platform. EPISODE LINKS Doug Scribner on Twitter https://twitter.com/dougscrib VaultLogic https://vaultlogic.com VaultLogic on Twitter https://twitter.com/realvaultlogic Early article on Robocoin (Wired) https://www.wired.com/2013/10/bitcoin-atm-gallery Quorum (JP Morgan) https://www.goquorum.com Cryptospace https://www.cryptospaceus.com Article on Overstock's Patrick Byrne and Ravencoin https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/06/ravencoin-rvn-overstock-ceos-favorite-altcoin-is-up-497-year-to-date Medici Ventures (subsidiary of Overstock) https://www.mediciventures.com

Welcome to episode 68 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I introduced myself to Paul Sztorc at Bitcoin 2019and asked him if he'd be up for an interview. I was thrilled that he gave me an unqualified "yes." This ended up being, by far, my longest interview of the conference, and I appreciate that Paul was willing to hang out with me for a big chunk of the second day of the event. I really feel like I got to know Paul in this longest episode I've released in awhile. Hope you enjoy it! EPISODE LINKS Paul Sztorc on Twitter https://twitter.com/Truthcoin Truthcoin https://www.truthcoin.info Bitcoin Hivemind http://bitcoinhivemind.com Drivechain https://www.drivechain.info Link to Paul's Bitcoin 2019 Panel https://youtu.be/gCtwg7Qecc4 Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, and Liquid on Let's Talk Bitcoin https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193004 Bill Nordhaus https://economics.yale.edu/people/william-d-nordhaus Buzzfeed's Intrade Article https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrice/the-fall-of-intrade-and-the-business-of-betting-on-real-life Howard Dean's Yell https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/17/the-battle-cry-that-backfired Election Betting Odds https://electionbettingodds.com Cassandra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra R https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language) My episode with Adam Back focusing on Liquid (we discuss Paul Sztorc at 50:47) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-60-dr-adam-back-part-2-liquid Futarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarchy The Wisdom of Crowds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds My 2015 Interview with Joey Krug (starts at 32:40) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-15-fun-interviews-at-the-texas-bitcoin-conference-kickoff-party Augur https://www.augur.net STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.  

Welcome to episode 67 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Eric Martindale is a hardcore cypherpunk hacker. We get some details about Eric's past and present, including the well-known Bitcoin companies Eric has worked for, and Fabric, a decentralized, peer-to-peer protocol, created with the goal of replacing our current broken internet. EPISODE LINKS Eric on Twitter https://twitter.com/martindale Fabric https://fabric.pub Fabric on Twitter https://twitter.com/FabricProtocol  BitPay (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitPay Schildbach Wallet (Github) https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet Airbitz (Wiki) https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Airbitz Blockstream (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockstream Adam Back (The Bitcoin Game) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back Elements Sidechain https://elementsproject.org Liquid Sidechain https://blockstream.com/liquid The Halting Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem Byzantine Generals Problem (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault Homomorphic Encryption (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption RPG games https://www.roleplaygateway.com STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 66 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. My second interview at the recent Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco was with Jeremy Rubin, a fascinating guy who has contributed a ton to Bitcoin. We review Jeremy's background, discuss his current project (a BIP intended to aid with scaling pressures), and we revisit his controversial idea of a Bitcoin reorg in the wake of the recent Binance hack. And a lot more! Jeremy provides some pretty compelling content; I bet you'll enjoy this interview. EPISODE LINKS Jeremy's Website https://rubin.io Jeremy on Twitter https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin Tidbit Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidbit Coinhive (similar to Tidbit, more recent) https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive MIT Bitcoin $100 Giveaway (Coindesk article) https://www.coindesk.com/time-we-gave-500000-bitcoin-college-kids Period of Exclusivity Encourages Early Adopters, by Christian Catalini http://news.mit.edu/2017/bitcoin-study-period-exclusivity-encourages-early-adopters-0713 MIT Digital Currency Initiative https://dci.mit.edu Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org OP_SECURETHEBAG https://github.com/JeremyRubin/bips/blob/op-secure-the-bag/bip-secure-the-bag.mediawiki Article on Jeremy's BIP from The Block https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/05/24/proof-of-work-a-bitcoin-covenant-proposal BIP - Bitcoin Improvement Proposal https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals Bitcoin Optech Newsletter https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters HTLC - Hash Time Locked Contracts Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hash_Time_Locked_Contracts Jeremy's Initial Tweet about Binance Hack Reorg https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin/status/1125919526485254144 STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 65 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and I just got back from the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. I'm really glad I decided to attend after taking a long break from conferences, as I had a great time and got some really good interviews. I'm going to release them in the order I recorded them, so up first is Jimmy Song. Oh, I also want listener feedback. This interview is unedited, whereas my typical episodes are heavily edited, with the goal of delivering the most listenable and content-dense experience possible. And I really love editing out dumb things I say! But all that editing takes a lot of time, and it really reduces the amount of content I release. Just comment on this episode's show notes page, or I'm theBTCgame on Twitter. I've got some cool Bitcoin stuff to give away to a few people who give me feedback, in case you need additional incentive. EPISODE LINKS Jimmy's Website https://programmingbitcoin.com Jimmy on Twitter https://twitter.com/@JimmySong Colored Coins Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Colored_Coins Monetas http://opentransactions.org/wiki/Monetas Amory Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Armory Paxos Wiki https://en.everybodywiki.com/Paxos_(company) Jimmy's Early 2017 Blog Post https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-bitcoin-will-get-scaling-without-segwit-or-large-blocks-772799fab021 RubenSomsen's Blind Statechains presentation at Breaking Bitcoin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhxPWsJFZE&t=17935s Statechains White Paper https://github.com/RubenSomsen/rubensomsen.github.io/blob/master/img/statechains.pdf The Bitcoin spinner I designed, 3D-printed, and gave to Jimmy. You might win one if you give feedback on this episode! STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The other day, an interesting post crossed my path on "Crypto Twitter." This guy was super excited about receiving his Coinmine, a device I was not familiar with. It appeared to be a plug-and-play multi-purpose GPU miner and Bitcoin/Lightning Network full node. And it looked pretty. I was intrigued. I started investigating the product, and quickly discovered that Coinminer's headquarters is right here in Los Angeles. And that's how my interview with Farbood Nivi, CEO and co-founder of Coinmine, was conceived. I hadn't really considered multi-purpose devices such as a Coinmine, which currently can mine Ethereum, Monero, Zcash and Grin. It's not hard to imagine that future incarnations of this product could bring full Bitcoin/Lightning nodes and speculative Cryptocurrency mining to many new mainstream people who are willing to pay a premium for this level of simplicity. Could cloud-controlled plug-and-play devices theoretically give a centralized party too much control over a lot of miners? Please comment below if you have thoughts! After arranging this interview, Coinmine offered me a $50 discount for listeners, which can be claimed using the discount code BitcoinGame at checkout, or going to this URL: https://coinmine.com/bitcoingame. The Bitcoin Game will receive a referral fee for purchases using this code, however, that did not influence the content of this episode. Before purchasing, please consider electricity usage in addition to the cost of the miner itself, and note that Bitcoin and Lightning Network features are not active yet. EPISODE LINKS Coinmine https://coinmine.com Farbood on Twitter https://twitter.com/farbood Coinmine co-founder Justin Lambert http://www.justlambert.com Radeon RX580 https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-580 Casa Node https://keys.casa/lightning-bitcoin-node Grin https://grin-tech.org Handshake https://handshake.org Monero https://www.getmonero.org Farb's mining article on Hacker Noon https://hackernoon.com/how-at-home-crypto-mining-outperforms-buying-crypto-8f30d87d2348 Compound Finance https://compound.finance STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of, literally, some of the biggest names in Bitcoin. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25. Bitcoin2019Conference.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 63 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. John Carvalho has been making waves in Bitcoin for a number of years, never afraid to mix it up regarding cryptocurrency topics. From content creator to entrepreneur to chief communications officer at Bitrefill, John is a very active player in the world of Bitcoin. We cover a wide range of topics in this interview. EPISODE LINKS John on Twitter https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog Bitrefill https://www.bitrefill.com John's BTC Merch (includes #LNTrustchain & #WeAreAllHodlonaut) https://bitcointel.pro John's (Old) Blog http://bitcoinerrorlog.com Bitcoin Uncensored https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored John Carvalho debates Roger Ver https://youtu.be/OJT2CbfHTpo John's CV Tweet https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1062108829142388737 Bitrefill's Thor Turbo https://www.bitrefill.com/thor-turbo-channels Bitrefill: 2% Discount on Lightning Payments https://blog.bitrefill.com/lightning-network-discounts-at-bitrefill-a3a0e94c4f48 Lightning Network Wiki https://bitcoin.it/wiki/Lightning_Network STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSORS The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25. Bitcoin2019Conference.com While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 62 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Michel Rauchs is the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain lead at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). For the past few years, Michel has devoted his life to studying the space, and he's been a big part of several comprehensive studies that dig into many aspects of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You'll see Michel and his reports cited in tons of articles, particularly those that focus on Bitcoin's energy use. I hope you enjoy Michel as my guest on today's episode. EPISODE LINKS Michel Rauchs on Twitter https://twitter.com/mrauchs Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/ccaf CCAF (2017) - Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/global-cryptocurrency CCAF (December 2018) - 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study (Section 7 has mining stats and map) https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/2nd-global-cryptoasset-benchmark-study CCAF (August 2018) - Distributed Ledger Technology Systems https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems Marc Bevand (2017) - Electricity consumption of Bitcoin https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems Michel's 2018 Blog post, "A note on censorship resistance" https://mrauchs.com/2018/10/a-note-on-censorship-resistance Michel Rauchs, Xmas Lecture (December 2017) https://youtu.be/BTp3o60xcEI STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSORS The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25. Bitcoin2019Conference.com While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 61 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In less than two years in the space, Leigh Cuen has become a mainstay in cryptocurrency journalism, as well as a highly elite user of GIFs on Crypto-Twitter. It was interesting to learn more about this prolific writer's background, thoughts about cryptocurrency, and even some basics about the business of journalism. EPISODE LINKS Leigh on Twitter https://twitter.com/la__cuen Leigh's Coindesk Articles https://www.coindesk.com/author/lcuen Poet takes revolution from Facebook to the world, by Leigh Cuen https://www.salon.com/2013/06/30/poet_takes_revolution_from_facebook_to_the_world A 'new poetry' emerges from Syria's civil war, by Leigh Cuenhttps://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/20139784442125773.html How Fintech Plays Into The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by Leigh Cuen https://www.ibtimes.com/how-fintech-plays-israeli-palestinian-conflict-2592984 How Iranian Women Became the Queens of Online Shopping, by Leigh Cuen https://www.racked.com/2017/5/10/15450318/iran-online-shopping-women-tech Trump Lies About the Status of the Economy, by Leigh Cuen https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-lies-about-the-status-of-the-economy Pete Rizzo https://twitter.com/pete_rizzo_ Marc Hochstein https://twitter.com/MarcHochstein Zack Seward https://twitter.com/zackseward The Bitcoin Standard, by Saifedean Ammous https://amzn.to/2EGjGV9 There's No Crypto Winter in Argentina..., by Leigh Cuen https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-startups-in-argentina-inflation-bitcoin Bitcoin's Warrior Queen: Lightning's Elizabeth Stark..., by Leigh Cuen https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-most-influential-blockchain-2018-elizabeth-stark KPI (key performance indicator) https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-popular-KPIs-for-the-online-media-industry Mastering Bitcoin, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos https://bitcoinbook.info STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSORS The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25 percent discount with promo code BG25. Bitcoin2019Conference.com While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 60 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part two of my interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. In this episode, we take a deep dive into Liquid, Blockstream's new federated sidechain. There's a lot more to Liquid than I realized, and it's fascinating to hear tons of details about the protocol. I lead us astray with some of my questions, but Dr. Back never fails to drop tons of crypto-knowledge. And if you missed the first part of my interview, give episode 59 a listen to hear a great Cypherpunk history lesson. EPISODE LINKS First half of our interview (The Bitcoin Game #59) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter https://twitter.com/adam3us Dr. Back's Info Page http://www.cypherspace.org/adam Blockstream https://blockstream.com Lightning Network White Paper by Joseph Poon & Thaddeus Dryja https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf Duplex Micropayment Channels by Christian Decker & Roger Wattenhofer https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/716b955c130e6c703fac336ea17b1670/duplex-micropayment-channels.pdf ETHZ (where Christian Decker earned his Bitcoin PhD) https://www.ethz.ch/de.html Rusty Russell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Russell C-Lightning https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning Liquid https://blockstream.com/liquid Liquid Assets https://blockstream.com/2018/07/02/liquid-issued-assets Confidential Transactions https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/confidential-transactions-how-hiding-transaction-amounts-increases-bitcoin-privacy-1464892525 ERC-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERC-20 Counterparty https://counterparty.io/docs/faq-xcp UTXO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unspent_transaction_output Bulletproofs https://crypto.stanford.edu/bulletproofs https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1066.pdf Tether https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_(cryptocurrency) Proof of Burn https://www.coinbureau.com/education/proof-of-burn-explained Public Key vs. Public Address https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3filud/whats_the_difference_between_public_key_and Lamport Signatures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamport_signature The Byzantine Generals Problem https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~luca/cs174/byzantine.pdf Schnorr Signatures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorr_signature ECDSA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm Denial-of-Service Attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack Tor https://www.torproject.org Liquid Block Explorer https://blockstream.com/2018/08/02/accelerating-liquid-adoption-liquid-block-explorer NBitcoin by Nicolas Dorier https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/768412/NBitcoin-The-most-complete-Bitcoin-port-Part-Crypt Green Address Wallet https://greenaddress.it KYC Compliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, Liquid https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store RootStock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RootStock Spark Lightning Wallet by Nadav Ivgi https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/spark-new-gui-lightning-wallet-bitcoin-now-available-download Lightning Splice-In, Splice Out (and more) https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/day-2-of-the-chaincode-labs-lightning-residency-669aecab5f16 SPV Wallet https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Simplified_Payment_Verification Neutrino Lite Bitcoin Client https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino/blob/master/README.md Lightning Watchtower https://www.coindesk.com/laolu-building-watchtower-fight-bitcoin-lightning-fraud/ ABCore by Lawrence Nahum (BTC full node on Android) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenaddress.abcore Hardware Wallet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardware_wallet STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSORS BTC Inc is excited to announce its upcoming conference, Distributed Health, November 5 & 6 in Nashville, TN. This is the first conference to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and the healthcare industry. Now in its third year, this two-day event is an opportunity for all members of the ecosystem, including payers, providers, law makers, retailers, investors and innovators, to reshape the future of healthcare. For more information, visit: health.distributed.com and use the promo code: BTCGAME20 to secure a 20% discount! While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 59 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part one of an interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. Dr. Back talks about topics such as his first computers, his early privacy-oriented work, Hashcash vs. other proof-of-work, various early electronic money systems, and his work on Bitcoin Confidential Transactions. Get ready to soak in some history from one of the people whose "work" became an integral part of Bitcoin. EPISODE LINKS Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter https://twitter.com/adam3us Dr. Back's Info Page http://www.cypherspace.org/adam Blockstream https://blockstream.com Malta (Crypto-friendly) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/how-malta-became-a-hub-of-the-cryptocurrency-world-quicktake Dr. Back's First Computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum PGP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy Cypherpunks Mailing List https://cryptoanarchy.wiki/getting-started/what-is-the-cypherpunks-mailing-list Adam's Credential Library for Ecash & DigiCash http://cypherspace.org/credlib David Chaum's Ecash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecash Stefan Brands' DigiCash 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash Adam Back's Eternity http://www.cypherspace.org/eternity Usenet News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet Pseudonymous Remailers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonymous_remailer Hal Finney (integrated PGP into remailers) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist) Adam Back's Hashcash 
http://www.hashcash.org Spam Assassin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_SpamAssassin Microsoft Digital Postmarks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Postmarks SYN Cookies, by Dan Bernstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYN_cookies Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail (PDF) http://www.hashcash.org/papers/pvp.pdf Old communication between Peter Todd, Adam Back and Hal Finney https://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/bluesky/2001-March.txt Wei Dai's B-Money https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/B-money Nick Szabo's Bit Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo#Bit_gold Hal Finney's RPOW - Reusable Proof of Work https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html TPM - Trusted Platform Module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module Confidential Transactions https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/confidential-transactions-how-hiding-transaction-amounts-increases-bitcoin-privacy-1464892525 Elements (Sidechain) https://elementsproject.org Liquid (Sidechain) https://blockstream.com/liquid STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSORS BTC Inc is excited to announce its upcoming conference, Distributed Health, November 5 & 6 in Nashville, TN. This is the first conference to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and the healthcare industry. Now in its third year, this two-day event is an opportunity for all members of the ecosystem, including payers, providers, law makers, retailers, investors and innovators, to reshape the future of healthcare. For more information, visit: health.distributed.com and use the promo code: BTCGAME20 to secure a 20% discount! While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 58 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In January of this year, I saw lots of talk about the World Economic Forum's speeches and panels in Davos. Even Donald Trump spoke at this event. But the panel I was most interested in was called The Crypto Asset Bubble, and it featured Nobel Prize Laureate Robert Shiller. I didn't know any of the other panelists, but the one who stuck out to me the most was Jennifer Zhu Scott. She seemed very pro-Bitcoin and was a very eloquent speaker. I wondered why I'd never heard of her before. I immediately invited Jen to be a guest on my podcast, and we finally connected just a bit ago, thanks to Twitter. We cover many topics including the World Economic Forum, her favorite project, China, and her involvement in the hit HBO series, Silicon Valley. EPISODE LINKS “The Crypto-Asset Bubble” - Davos 2018, World Economic Forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZv9fLLfa4 World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org Radian Partners http://www.radian.partners Otoy Octane https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render Viral Fake Robot Video https://youtu.be/bA21AhgYwHM Adam Series https://youtu.be/GXI0l3yqBrA Render Token https://rendertoken.com HBO's Silicon Valley - "Initial Coin Offering" https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley/season-5/7-initial-coin-offering/synopsis Jen Zhu Scott on Twitter https://twitter.com/jenzhuscott STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!) Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 57 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm someone who feels a bit like a Bitcoin Maximalist, yet I still really wanted to learn about Amaury Séchet, lead developer of Bitcoin Cash (EDIT: note it's been pointed out that Amaury is the lead dev of Bitcoin ABC, the main client used for BCH, but he isn't technically the lead dev for BCH - apologies for the inaccurate wording). I like that many of Amaury's opinions seem fairly independent, rather than sticking to a party line. In this long-form interview, we talk about Amaury's initial interest in Bitcoin, why he started Bitcoin ABC, the software behind Bitcoin Cash, and what he saw as three critical mistakes he believed would prevent a big block fork from becoming the majority chain at launch. So BCH haters, put down the pitchforks for a second and give this a listen to better understand the French Bitcoiner known as Deadalnix. EPISODE LINKS Amaury on Twitter https://twitter.com/deadalnix Thomson M05 (School Computer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_MO5 HACK (Facebook Programming Langauge) https://hacklang.org/ D (Programming Language) https://dlang.org Cypress Financial Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Cypriot_financial_crisis Bitcoin ABC https://www.bitcoinabc.org Extension Blocks https://www.coindesk.com/purse-proposal-touts-extension-blocks-bitcoin-scaling-solution ViaBTC https://www.viabtc.com Segwit Is Not Great, by Amaury Séchet https://www.deadalnix.me/2016/10/17/segwit-is-not-great Emergency Difficulty Adjustment (EDA) https://news.bitcoin.com/the-bitcoin-cash-community-debates-future-difficulty-adjustments Free Trader's Github Blog https://ftrader.github.io Emergent Consensus https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-bitcoin-unlimiteds-emergent-consensus-gamble The Cathedral and the Bazaar (musings on Linux and Open Source...)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar Tokens on Bitcoin Cash https://www.yours.org/content/overview-of-tokens-for-bitcoin-cash--bch--d2f928455dca Cash Shuffle (BCH mixing protocol for fungibility) https://cashshuffle.com Grin (Nimble Wimble implementation) https://grin-tech.org STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!) Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 56 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I met Peter Kroll at a Bitcoin conference about a year ago. When I asked Peter what his involvement was with Bitcoin, he told me he created the original Bitcoin paper wallet at BitAddress.org. I was pretty impressed, having used his tool often! Peter had kept it a secret that he was behind BitAddress.org until late 2014, and even since then, he's kept a pretty low profile. We cover a ton of topics in this exclusive interview, including Peter's introduction to Bitcoin, his paper wallet system, Bitcoin's division, and much more. EPISODE LINKS The First Bitcoin Paper Wallet https://BitAddress.org Peter's SlashDot introduction to Bitcoin https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0149234/mint-it-yourself-with-a-browser-based-bitcoin-miner Curaçao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curaçao Peter "PointBiz" Kroll on BitcoinTalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=17857 First BitAddress.org thread on BitcoinTalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43496 BitcoinTalk BitAddress.org art contest posted by Mike "Casascius" Caldwellhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92969 BitAddress.org on GitHub https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org BitAddress Changelog https://www.bitaddress.org/CHANGELOG.txt.asc Entropy (Hackaday article) https://hackaday.com/2017/11/02/what-is-entropy-and-how-do-i-get-more-of-it BitcoinJS https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bitcoinjs-lib Tom Wu's JSBN Library http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/jsbn/ Live USB Linux https://www.linuxliveusb.com BitKey (bootable USB image for cold wallets) https://bitkey.io Tails https://tails.boum.org Canton Becker's Bitcoin Paper Wallet https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com Ian Coleman's BIP39 Mnemonic Converter Tool https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ Coldlar (new hardware wallet) https://www.coldlar.com Coinbin (offline transaction signing library, uses QR codes) https://coinb.in My interview with Jochen “Johoe” Hoenicke, who discovered Android RNG issues related to insecure Bitcoin wallets https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe Estonia - National ID Card RNG Flaw https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/security_flaw_i.html Generating private keys with dice http://kiararobles.com/blog/generating-private-keys-with-bitcoin-dice.html Monero https://getmonero.org Decred https://www.decred.org The Future Of Bitcoin - Peter Kroll asks Craig Wright some questions @ 1:15:50 https://youtu.be/v1_gxvx_QGo?t=1h15m50s Counterparty https://counterparty.io ERC20 https://support.exodus.io/article/108-what-is-an-erc20-token-and-does-exodus-support-it Peter Kroll - Private Key Custody - Crypto Mexico - Ethereum Devcon 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLaVk-3pDk Peter on Twitter https://twitter.com/pointbiz1 Peter on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/user/pointbiz STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSORS BTC Inc. is excited to announce its conference, Distributed 2018. Distributed 2018 is the result of three industry leaders bridging the gap between the Eastern and Western blockchain initiatives and unlocking the power of a global decentralized ecosystem, the conference is the ideal space to meet and network with the people of today influencing tomorrow's technology. An opportunity to deepen your understanding of blockchain technology, gain strategic insights, and grow your network, Distributed is dedicated to bringing the best minds in blockchain together. for more information or to order tickets, visit: https://2018.distributed.com. While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!) Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 55 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, I'm happy to present an interview with one of the most well-known fine artists in the cryptocurrency space, Cryptograffiti. I'm a huge fan of his work, and was happy to get to learn a bit more about him. Check out his art in the links below. SHOW LINKS Cryptograffiti's Site https://cryptograffiti.com Twitter @Cryptograffiti https://twitter.com/cryptograffiti Instagram @Cryptograffiti https://www.instagram.com/cryptograffiti Nakamoto https://cryptograffiti.com/collections/fine-art/products/nakamoto-2014 Wired: The Rise And Fall of Bitcoin https://www.wired.com/2011/11/mf_bitcoin Casascius Coins https://www.casascius.com Silk Road https://cryptograffiti.com/collections/fine-art/products/silk-road Art Show - Proof of Art https://twitter.com/cryptograffiti/status/1000060654990999553 Cryptograffiti's work featured in the Wall Street Journal https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/12/11/microsoft-to-allow-bitcoin-payments-for-games-apps-other-content Cryptograffiti T-shirts https://cryptograffiti.com/collections/mens-shirts STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!) Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or some funky jam Rob was involved in. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

Welcome to episode 54 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Back in 2015, I had been waiting and waiting for a Bitcoin conference to be held here in Los Angeles. I finally gave up and booked a trip to the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference. Of course, shortly after making arrangements to go to Austin, LA's first Bitcoin conference, The State of Digital Money, was announced. 2018 marks the third year I've participated in SODM, this time moderating a diverse panel of guests speaking on the broad topic of The Current State of Cryptocurrency. I'll be giving away a Bitcoin Keychain to someone who comments on this show notes page! The winner can opt to receive a Counterparty token, redeemable for a Bitcoin keychain. SHOW LINKS State of Digital Money https://stateofdigitalmoney.com Danny Aranda https://stateofdigitalmoney.com/speakers/danny-aranda Ryan Singer https://stateofdigitalmoney.com/speakers/1241 John Mercurio https://stateofdigitalmoney.com/speakers/john-mercurio Ripple https://www.ripple.com Chia Network https://chia.net Bitfury http://bitfury.com STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!) Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or some funky jam Rob was involved in. Photo courtesy Sam Onat Yilmaz, via Twitter. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 53 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In this episode I speak to Zac McClure of TokenTax, in what I feel is one of the most in-depth cryptocurrency tax discussions I've ever heard on a podcast. We discuss everything from like-kind cryptocurrency exchanges to the idea of selecting specific cost-basis cryptocurrency when giving a gift. We also cover some of the features of TokenTax, a new service to help people manage cryptocurrency taxes. If you decide to give TokenTax.usa try, use the discount code BTCGAME for 10% off! SHOW LINKS TokenTax https://tokentax.us Zac McClure on Twitter https://twitter.com/ZacharyMcClure TokenTax on Twitter https://twitter.com/tokentax My Intro Tax Talk, Episode #10 with Jake Benson of Libra Tax https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-10-talking-taxes-with-jake-benson Zac's Tax Talk on Blockchannel https://soundcloud.com/blockchannelshow/episode-38-crypto-taxes-made-easy-with-tokentax STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Here are some tipping addresses (taxable event, anyone?): Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen. As Seen On The Guardian• TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Inforwars• Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat PRI• CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, or some funky jam Rob was involved in. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 52 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode I speak with Mike In Space, longtime creator of Bitcoin memes, and more recently, the host of the comedy series, Bitcoin Car Talk. I've never heard Mike interviewed, so I thought it would be fun to learn a bit more about him. I enjoy Mike's unique sense of humor enough that you'll hear me laugh just hearing his voice at the beginning of our conversation. SHOW LINKS Bitcoin Car Talk http://bitcoincartalk.com Mike In Space on Twitter https://twitter.com/mikeinspace Info on Mike's older Twitter Avatar https://news.artnet.com/art-world/botched-restoration-of-jesus-fresco-miraculously-saves-spanish-town-197057 Brian Hoffman's comedic YouTube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZZFJLp77OHDlyxQSqov89Qko_hBYpU8 Bitcoin Uncensored, early podcasts https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored Bitcoin Uncensored, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/cderose36/videos STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen. As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, except the Bitcoin Car Talktheme was covered by Brian Hoffman. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 51 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Since my last episode, we've seen the Bitcoin 2X fork called off, and just when it seemed everyone could relax for five minutes, the Bitcoin Cash fork went on a full scale blitz. Bitcoin never disappoints in providing interesting times. In October, the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup featured a talk with Bitcoin Core developer Jonas Schnelli. Jonas gave a presentation called The Bitcoin Core project explained: What is Bitcoin Core and who is behind it. I learned a lot, hope you do too. Photo courtesy BitcoinMom. SHOW LINKS Los Angeles BItcoin Meetup with Jonas Schnelli https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Bitcoin/events/244021004 Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org Chaincode Labs http://chaincode.com Blockstream https://blockstream.com Bitmain https://www.bitmain.com MIT Digital Currency Initiative http://dci.mit.edu Digital Bitbox https://digitalbitbox.com Jonas Twitter https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli Jonas GitHub https://github.com/jonasschnelli STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 50 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode also marks three years since I started this podcast. Back in 2013, when I was first getting into Bitcoin, Jeremy Allaire's interest in the space was a big validation of Bitcoin's importance as a disruptive technology. So I was pretty excited when Brian Cohen introduced me to Jeremy to arrange this interview. In today's podcast, you'll hear Jeremy talk about his early days exploring the Internet, then building companies based on innovative content delivery tools, and eventually, his decision to create Circle, a payment company built on Bitcoin. Jeremy also talks about his brand new open-source project, CENTRE. How many billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency did Circle trade in August? Listen and find out! SHOW LINKS Circle https://circle.com Three years of Circle blog posts https://blog.circle.com Macromedia Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia Brightcove https://www.brightcove.com Circle's OTC Trade Desk https://circletrading.com The new CENTRE project https://CENTRE.io STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Should I make 50 more episodes, or was 50 enough? Let me know! https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 49 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. After moderating a Bitcoin scaling panel at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles, I followed up by arranging back-to-back interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo. I wanted to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. Last episode was my interview with Ryan, and now the yin to Ryan's yang, Eric Lombrozo. SHOW LINKS The Bitcoin Game #48: Digging Deeper (Part One) - Ryan X. Charleshttps://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-48-digging-deeper-part-one-ryan-x-charles Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org Bitcoin Cash https://www.bitcoincash.org SegWit2x https://segwit2x.github.io Ciphrex https://ciphrex.com Eric on Twitter https://twitter.com/eric_lombrozo Eric on Medium https://medium.com/@elombrozo Bitcoin Core's Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin Scaling Bitcoin panel with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-47-scaling-bitcoin-with-paul-puey-tone-vays-ryan-x-charles-eric-lombrozo Hanging with Eric after the Scaling Bitcoin panel at SODM 2017 STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 48 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In episode 47 you heard the Bitcoin Scaling panel I moderated at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles. While I loved being part of that panel, I really didn't get to ask many questions. The time allotted to that panel went by so quickly that I really wanted more! So, I was able to arrange interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. In this episode I talk to Ryan; you'll hear Eric in episode 49. UPDATE: Things move fast in Bitcoin! Five days after this interview, Ryan announced Yours will be moving to Bitcoin Cash: https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles/status/900083785726910465 SHOW LINKS The Bitcoin Game #47: Scaling Bitcoin with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-47-scaling-bitcoin-with-paul-puey-tone-vays-ryan-x-charles-eric-lombrozo Ryan X. Charles Twitter https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles Yours https://www.yours.org Bitcoin Cash https://www.bitcoincash.org SegWit2x https://segwit2x.github.io Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org Ryan X. Charles: Could Yours adopt Bitcoin Cash? https://www.yours.org/content/80d01701980a5490bd1984f589b82c2bf92b95e045634b6b35bf87f3c48b3d90 The Original “Ripple” company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(company) That time I met Ryan X. Charles in The Netherlands (The Future Of Bitcoin presentation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhJxZ6VHDkU Hanging with the Big Blockers in The Netherlands STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, except “Entry of the Gladiators” was written by Julius Fucik, and performed by an unknown midi transcriber, via Garageband. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 47 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. We recently had the State Of Digital Money, the first big Bitcoin conference in Los Angeles since 2015. Actually, I'm unsure if I should call it a Bitcoin conference, since the majority of the presentations were not directly related to Bitcoin. Luckily for me, I got to moderate a panel on scaling Bitcoin with notable Bitcoiners: Core developer Eric Lombrozo, longtime Bitcoin developer Ryan X. Charles, vocal trader and personality Tone Vays, and Airbitz Wallet's Paul Puey. You'll hear the discussion in its entirety on this episode. SHOW LINKS State Of Digital Money Paul Puey Twitter Airbitz Tone Vays Twitter Liberty-Life-Trail Ryan X. Charles Twitter Yours Eric Lombrozo Twitter Ciphrex Periscope live stream from audience member Vivek Kasarabada STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com CREDITS Episode photo courtesy of Valerian Bennett. All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 46 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In these times of uncertainty and division, Bitcoin could use some fence menders. Especially if they have technical chops and experience in the space. Jameson Lopp is just that kind of person. This episode contains his entire talk from The Future Of Bitcoin, the recent Bitcoin conference held in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The conference audio includes an extended intro from me as the MC of this event, and you'll hear just a bit of my perspective. Keep scrolling down for an embedded YouTube video of Jameson's talk, photos from the event, and more. Note I received that shirt at a meetup, I am not associated with BitPay beyond being a user. Post a comment on this page and you'll be entered to win a free Bitcoin keychain!You're welcome to ask me questions about the event, but please listen to the episode first (or watch the embedded video). SHOW LINKS The Future Of Bitcoin A Cypherpunk's Manifesto BitGo Jameson Lopp on Twitter Video of Jameson Lopp's Presentation The Future Of Bitcoin - YouTube Channel I will be moderating a Scaling Bitcoin panel at State Of Digital Moneywith Eric Lombrozo, Paul Puey, Ryan X Charles, and Tone Vays on July 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. stateofdigitalmoney.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or was recorded at a jam, with the likes of Michael "Squidman" Coleman. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 45 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Sometimes it's pretty cool being a Bitcoin podcaster. For instance, I was really curious about estate planning in terms of cryptocurrency and key management. So I reached out to expert Pamela Morgan, and she agreed to come on the show. Pamela has a law practice called Empowered Law, and she's the CEO of Third Key Solutions. If you've pondered about best practices in key management and estate planning, please give this a listen. You might want to ask your lawyer to listen, too! For those who love free stuff, listen to the entire episode to learn how you can enter to win one of three free Bitcoin Keychains. SHOW LINKS Empowered Law Third Key Solutions Estate Planning for Crypto in 7 Steps Trezor Bitcoin Wallet Letter to Loved Ones: a template for your crypto estate planning (New!) Bitgive's GiveTrack Pamela on Twitter I will be Master of Ceremonies at The Future Of Bitcoin. June 30 - July 1, 2017 / Arnhem, The Netherlands www.thefutureofbitcoin.com I will be moderating a Scaling Bitcoin panel at State Of Digital Money. July 22, 2017 / Los Angeles, California stateofdigitalmoney.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 44 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, Blockstack co-founder Ryan Shea helps me understand what Blockstack is doing to create a decentralized web with local apps, secure DNS, identity anchored to the Blockchain, and more. SHOW LINKS Blockstack - blockstack.org Ryan on Twitter - @ryaneshea Blockstack on GitHub - Github.com/blockstack Ryan on GitHub - shea256 Ryan's Blog posts - medium.com/@ryanshea STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 43 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. This is part two of my interview with Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero. In part one, we focused on Riccardo's past and the early days of Monero. In today's episode, Riccardo gives his views on topics like Ethereum, Proof of Work, Monero's regular hard forks, Barry Silbert's love of Ethereum Classic, tinfoil hat theories about Gavin Andresen, Riccardo's CEO title, and much more. SHOW LINKS Monero - getmonero.org Monero Contributors - openhub.net/p/monero Sia vs. Storj vs. Maidsafe - forum.sia.tech/topic/21/sia-vs-storj-vs-maidsafe Riccardo on Twitter - @FluffyPonyZA STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 I set up a Monero wallet, if you prefer tipping that way:4AKF3sqUsLvLPXH6KEVHb6QYV2pQWfnkyJwnTYBZUcHA36iFHJgvhEr6X2yo6aysGTMpMwWmK2fWhjXsiQmfenpzPDPjNFP Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, or recorded at jams with friends (like Mike Coleman). The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 42 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. My guest today is Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero, a cryptocurrency focusing on user privacy. Perhaps the best way to keep an eye on Riccardo (and his trolling antics) is to follow him on Twitter at @FluffyPonyZA. Learn more about Monero at getmonero.org. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 I set up a Monero wallet, if you prefer tipping that way:4AKF3sqUsLvLPXH6KEVHb6QYV2pQWfnkyJwnTYBZUcHA36iFHJgvhEr6X2yo6aysGTMpMwWmK2fWhjXsiQmfenpzPDPjNFP Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Did you notice a lot less show notes than usual? In an effort to decrease the number of hours put into each episode, I decided to drop the in-depth show notes. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 41 of The Bitcoin Game.I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest today is Charlie Shrem. When I got into Bitcoin, the two ways I was most familiar with to buy Bitcoin were to wire money to Mt. Gox in Japan, or go to the local 7-Eleven to send cash to BitInstant. It's not hard to see why BitInstant became one of the biggest Bitcoin companies in the U.S., until it stopped doing business in 2013. Charlie Shrem was BitInstant's CEO and Co-Founder, he was very active in the community, and I would guess most Bitcoiners see him as someone who took one for the team. Charlie served a two-year sentence for activities related to money laundering, lack of proper licensing, and not filing suspicious activity reports. Of course, many feel he was doing nothing morally wrong, and some argue the legal case wasn't that strong. Surely his prison sentence was an early warning shot to those running Bitcoin businesses. Now that Charlie Shrem has served his time, he's become active in the community again. In today's episode, Charlie and I discuss his early days in Bitcoin, BitInstant, his new Mainstreet.ky venture, Steemit.com, the People's Bank of China's effect on Bitcoin, and more. SHOW LINKS Charlie Shrem's Site Charlie Shrem's BitcoinTalk Profile BitInstant Wiki A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 1 A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 2 A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 3 A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 4 A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 5 A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 6 A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 7 A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 8 Mainstreet.ky Rootstock Needham & Co. People's Bank of China MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from each episode's release date to claim the magic word credit. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Gamebox art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

My name is Rob Mitchell, and it's hard to believe this is my 40th episode of The Bitcoin Game. I was a fan of Let's Talk Bitcoinfrom day one, since it launched right after I got into Bitcoin. I reached out to Adam B. Levine early on, and worked with the LTB Network in various capacities. During that time, I recorded a number of interviews that weren't quite publishable, for one reason or another. But after attending a Bitcoin Job Fair, I eventually collected enough solid content to release my first episode of The Bitcoin Game on October 15, 2014. A bit under 20 episodes per year isn't so bad, is it? Regular listeners are aware that my releases have been less frequent in 2016. So I felt extra pressure to do something special for my year-end, 40th episode. I sent messages to over 100 cryptocurrency enthusiasts, inviting them to record a holiday or new year greeting. I made suggestions, such as reviewing 2016 or making predictions for 2017, but I tried to make it open-ended. I ended up with submissions from 26 people who in some cases represent very divergent viewpoints. It's a jam packed, ad-free show; I hope you enjoy! Oh, before I forget… I want to propose that on January 3rd, the 8th anniversary of Bitcoin's genesis block, every cryptocurrency aficionado take a day to chill on the arguing, so we get a sense of what it's like to be a huge, cohesive group. Can you go so far as to find someone you typically take issue with, and compliment them on something you genuinely value about that person? I'm just asking for one day a year. Who's with me? Guest Order Of Appearance Greetings are in order from shortest to longest. Each guest's Twitter handle and relevant website are listed below. Charlie Shrem @CharlieShrem intellisys.ai Matt Corallo @TheBlueMatt bluematt.bitcoin.ninja Emin Gün Sirer @el33th4xor HackingDistributed.com Jonas Schnelli @jonasschnelli github.com/jonasschnelli Marc Hochstein @MarcHochstein AmericanBanker.com Rodolfo Novak @nvk opendime.com John Light @lightcoin lightco.in The Crypto Show @TheCryptoShow TheCryptoShow.com Tatiana Moroz @tatianacoin TatianaMoroz.com Amanda B. Johnson @DASHdetailed youtube.com/dashorg Brian Cohen @inthepixels BitOfThis.com Riccardo Spagni @fluffyponyza getmonero.org David Bailey @HardBTC evinceit.com Zooko Wilcox @zooko z.cash Paul Boyer @MadMoneyMachine MadMoneyMachine.com Bruce Fenton @brucefenton facebook.com/bruce.fenton.page Joseph VaughnPerling @haq4good coldhardca.sh Tuur Demeester @TuurDemeester AdamantResearch.com Pepe Cash (forwarded courtesy Joe Looney) @myrarepepe rarepepedirectory.com Bitcoin Uncensored @junseth soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored Kyle Torpey @kyletorpey kyletorpey.neocities.org Tim Tayshun @ezcoinaccess ezCoinAccess.com John Ferguson @SAFEcrossroads SafeCrossroads.net Pamela Morgan @pamelawjd thirdkey.solutions Arthur Falls @ArthurFalls etherreview.info John Barrett @BitcoinsNGravy bitcoinsandgravy.com "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin" by John Barrett MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. SPONSOR All participants in this episode are hereby offered their choice of a Bitcoin Keychainor a Bitcoin Fork Pen. In lieu of taking physical possession, a Counterparty token, redeemable for either product, may be requested. Simply contact Rob with a physical mailing address or Counterparty address. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com As Seen On TechCrunch• Engadget• Ars Technica• Popular Mechanics Maxim• Inc.• Vice• RT• Bitcoin Magazine• VentureBeat CoinDesk• Washington Post• Forbes• Fast Company STAY IN TOUCH Twitter @theBTCgame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! CREDITS The Bitcoin Gamebox art is based on an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Non-holiday music by Rob Mitchell Holiday Music Credits: "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin" by John Barrett "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies", "We Wish you a Merry Christmas", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Angels We Have Heard on High (Piano)", "Jingle Bells (Calm)", and "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Silent Night Piano" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" courtesy of www.freexmasmp3.com

Hello, welcome to episode 39 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Odds are, if you are into Bitcoin, then you know Roger Ver, a.k.a. Bitcoin Jesus. And you possibly are aware that Roger is a huge proponent of increasing Bitcoin's maximum block size as soon as possible. But he's not just talking about it, he's taking action, as you'll hear. Roger is certainly a doer, and besides all the Bitcoin companies Roger is involved with, he's done things like donate over $150,000 to Ross Ulbrect's legal defense fund, and offer $250,000 to the charity of Bernie Sanders' choosing, in exchange for debating Adam Kokesh (for the ultimate socialist vs. voluntaryist debate). Aside from hearing Roger's take on scaling Bitcoin, we cover a number of subjects, including how much Roger earned from his first Steemit post (it's a lot!). Roger even lets us in on his Bitcoin gut check a few weeks ago, when he sold some of his Bitcoin and bought a prominent privacy-oriented cryptocurrency (listen to find out which one). It was a real treat to have him on the show. Stay tuned to the very end of the podcast for a blessing from Bitcoin Jesus. I will be giving away a Bitcoin Keychain to someone who comments on the show notes page for this episode: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-39-roger-ver SHOW LINKS Bitcoin.com Roger's Twitter RogerVer.com Free Talk Live Blockchain.info Gavin Andresen Monero Dash Zcash Roger's first post on Steemit Coincap.io Eric Voorhees Trace Mayer Ira Miller Charlie Shrem MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 38 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. It's always great interviewing a knowledgeable person who's not afraid to give an opinion, and Rodolfo Novak is that sort of guest. In this interview, we discuss Coinkite's early days, which started with a Blockchain explorer, custom Bitcoin payment terminals, a widely-used wallet hosting service, and a backend that utilizes hardware security modules of Coinkite's own design. And now, with Opendime, they've moved on to a fascinating new type of Bitcoin hardware that's best use cases are still to be determined. Rodolfo was also happy to give his opinions on the $70 million Bitfinex theft, the Ethereum fork, the scaling debate, and more. Note that Coinkite's co-founder and CTO is Peter D. Gray (and Peter Todd serves as an advisor to Coinkite). SHOW LINKS Opendime.com Coinkite.com Beautyon on Opendime Opendime Review (posted after our interview) @Opendime on Twitter MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 37 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Everyone has a unique story. When I started this podcast, I really wanted to talk to Bitcoiners who hadn't been exposed in Bitcoin media. There are a couple of really interesting local Bitcoin traders I've tried to interview, but surprisingly, sometimes it's easier to get a Bitcoin core developer on the show, than many of the lesser-known people who also have Bitcoin-centric lives. I met Christopher Camp at my first Bitcoin meetup, but I'd only spoken to him for a few minutes. Now, over three years later, I finally got to sit down with Chris and find out a bit more about him and his interest in Bitcoin. Christoper started an organization called Restart Democracy, he worked for Coinbase, and he currently works for Blockchain.info. For perspective, this was recorded a few weeks ago, before the halving, and when the price of Bitcoin was on a strong upward trajectory, breaching 52-week highs. SHOW LINKS Christopher Camp on Internet Voting – YouTube Nick Bostrom Lawrence Lessig Coinbase Blockchain.info MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain. [ As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company http://bkeychain.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell. The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 36 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I have to admit, as cool as Ethereum has always sounded to me, I haven't kept up on it. Then, earlier this month, the market cap of Ether surpassed one billion dollars, about a sixth of Bitcoin's market cap. The price has come down a bit since then, but seeing the high valuation made me realize I'd better get caught up on Ethereum, now that it's the second biggest cryptocurrency. And who better to help me than Ethereum's golden-voiced Podcaster, Arthur Falls. SHOW LINKS Beyond Bitcoin An Architecture For The Internet Of Money by Meher Roy Beyond Bitcoin #28, The Final Episode Consensys EtherReview on Twitter Arthur Falls on Twitter Media on Consensys MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 10am Pacific Time on April 1, 2016. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

This is an excerpt from episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game with Samson Mow and Joseph VaughnPerling: The-bitcoin-game – The-bitcoin-game-035-tales-from-two-roundtables == LINKS == Bitcoin Roundtable medium.com/@bitcoinroundtable Samson's Dramatic Tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable twitter.com/Excellion/status/700855910269214720 == SPONSOR == While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company bkeychain.com bitcoinforks.com == STAY IN TOUCH == Twitter.com/TheBTCGame TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 12QDFhAVyhkdbVyMYJMeGrY5RHCmvd81Z9 Thanks so much listening to The Bitcoin Game! TheBitcoinGame.com

Hello, welcome to episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode I speak with BTCC's COO Samson Mow, who attended the Bitcoin Roundtable in Hong Kong. Then I speak with Joseph VaughnPerling, who attended the 2016 Satoshi Roundtable. And at the end of the show, I put together a little something based on Samson's dramatic tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable. Please let me know if you enjoy it. SHOW LINKS BTCC Bitcoin Roundtable Samson's Dramatic Tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable Cyberport Pixelmatic BTCC's BlockPriority Great Firewall Pindar Wong Satoshi Roundtable Chatham house Rules Joseph VaughnPerling on The Bitcoin Game #3 Joseph's 2014 Max Block Size Article Bitcoin Specie Project MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 5am Pacific Time on March 13, 2016. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. As Seen On TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell (yep, that Rob Mitchell). The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 34 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest is Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd. Peter was really open in this interview, and we talked about everything from his relationship with Gavin Andresen, to mistakes he made in his early days working with Bitcoin Core, and a dozen topics in between. A lot of Peter's focus was on explaining what he feels are the differences between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Classic, and why he believes Core is the path to follow at this juncture. Additionally, we touch on Peter's Coinbase double-spend, perceived issues with Replace By Fee, and private blockchains. SHOW LINKS Freenet Distributed hash table Hash Cash, by Adam Back Peter Todd communicating with Adam Back and Hal Finney in 2001 Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Classic Segregated Witnesses (hey, Peter says it this way!) IBLTs (Invertible Bloom Lookup Tables) Bitcoinocracy.com Replace-By-Fee Mastercoin (now Omni) Tree Chains Proof Chains 21 PeterTodd.org MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 24, 2016. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com BITCOIN HISTORIC PRICE LOOKUP Sometimes I'm doing accounting and I wish there was a quick tool to help look up the U.S. dollar value of a past Bitcoin transaction. So I asked Joe Looney to build it for me, and I'm sharing this tool with listeners. Nothing amazing here, it just looks up a historic Bitcoin price (in USD) then multiplies that rate by the Bitcoin amount you enter. Please let me know if you have any feedback on this price lookup tool. BitcoinHistoricPrice.com MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game, see you next time! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Hello, welcome to episode 33 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. J. Maurice is everything you'd expect in a crypto-anarchist hacker. When I had lunch with him before our interview, Maurice kept his phone powered off and explained he wouldn't use a credit card, except maybe to pay for already-tracked air travel. After our meal, he used his Trezor to sign a Bitcoin payment on his laptop, via the cafe's Wi-Fi. There's nothing in particular Maurice is trying to hide, he simply wants to live his life free from surveillance of his location and financial activities. Also known as Wiz, J. Maurice was part of the WizSec team that performed an in-depth analysis of the Bitcoins missing from Mt. Gox. He's also been called Roger Ver's go-to guy when it comes to personal defense from hackers. Maurice has many financial clients too, but as they often turn to him after they've experienced a breach, this work is usually confidential. While Maurice calls Tokyo home, I spoke to him in Los Angeles, as he was just finishing a project here. SHOW LINKS The Missing Mt. Gox Bitcoins (WizSec's info-packed second report) WizSec's Kim Nilsson gives a thorough explanation about Mt. Gox (YouTube) How Roger Ver Got Hacked, and What He Did to Stop it (Coindesk) Zcash (Zerocash) J. Maurice @Wiz (Twitter) MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 12, 2016. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com BITCOIN HISTORIC PRICE LOOKUP Sometimes I'm doing accounting and I wish there was a quick tool to help look up the U.S. dollar value of a past Bitcoin transaction. So I asked Joe Looney to build it for me, and I'm sharing this tool with listeners. Nothing amazing here, it just looks up a historic Bitcoin price (in USD) then multiplies that rate by the Bitcoin amount you enter. Please let me know if you have any feedback on this price lookup tool. BitcoinHistoricPrice.com MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game, see you next time! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.  

Hello, welcome to episode 32 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Today's interview is with Brock Pierce, chairman of the board of The Bitcoin Foundation, and a highly-accomplished VC in digital currency. Brock got involved in digital token entrepreneurship at a very young age, with a focus on gaming, an activity he excelled at. As he reached his mid-twenties, Brock's companies were doing $100,000,000 in business. By the time Bitcoin was released, Brock had become a veteran in the business of digital currency. Brock was primed to recognize the innovation that Bitcoin introduced, and he quickly became one of the most involved venture capitalists in the Bitcoin space. The first half of this episode focuses on Brock's background. In the second half of my interview, I ask Brock to speak about various aspects of the Bitcoin Foundation, which has faced its share of criticism in the past several years. SHOW LINKS Mike Hearn Exits Bitcoin L.A. Bitcoin Meetup (August 21, 2013) Sanctum Ultima Online Everquest Asheron's Call IGE GoCoin Blockchain Capital Stampery Bitcoin Foundation Brock Pierce on Twitter MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on January 22, 2016. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Hello, welcome to episode 31 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I used to run into Valerian Bennett frequently at Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetups in 2014. I thought he'd disappeared from the Bitcoin scene, only to realize how wrong I was. Valerian has taken his experience in mainstream television production, and combined it with his passion for Bitcoin, to create several online Bitcoin video services, with his partner, payment channels developer James Poole. I hope you enjoy our discussion. SHOW LINKS L.A. Bitcoin Meetup with Andreas Antonopoulos (YouTube Playlist) PopChest TheProtocol.TV James Poole: Http Based Bitcoin Micropayment Channel Demo (not very technical) James Poole: Walkthrough for bitcoinj micropayment channels (more technical) Adam Draper on TheProtocol.TV Streamium.io WatchMyBit Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It Laura Lopez – SuchWow.TV The Mental Accounting Barrier to Micropayments by Nick Szabo ProTip AutoTip ZeroClick Think Different About Bitcoin (Valerian's Winning Entry) MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time on December 26, 2015. SPONSOR NEED LAST-MINUTE BITCOIN STOCKING STUFFERS? If you're listening to this a few days before Christmas, there's still time to order the well-known BKeychain Bitcoin keychain, or the quirky Bitcoin Fork Pen on Amazon.com. And Amazon Prime members get free shipping! http://amzn.to/1PdCQ21 MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Hello, welcome to episode 30 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. What's the oldest blockchain company you can think of? What if I told you a Blockchain company in Estonia called Guardtime was founded before the Bitcoin white paper was released? And what if I told you they are now a highly profitable company, doing large amounts of business with government, the world's largest defense contractor, and a multinational communication technology company? I only found out about Guardtime, thanks to Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen. I was blown away as I learned about the company, because it appears my understanding of the landscape and history of blockchain technology had been flawed. I immediately requested an interview, and Guardtime's founder and CEO Mike Gault responded promptly. We set up an interview with Jamie Steiner, Guardtime's director of business development. I hope you enjoy this interview. SHOW LINKS Guardtime 2007 Cyber-Attacks on Estonia e-Estonia Guardtime's KSI and Black Lantern technologies "How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden" Estonia's Electronic ID Card Linked Timestamping Wiki shows Guardtime's Blockchain Hash in 2009 Newspaper Lockheed Martin's Press Release about Guardtime Partnership "Ericsson Teams With Guardtime in $69 Billion Data-Safety Market" Guardtime's Materials on WorldBank.org Hyperledger R3 CEV MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 5:00 a.m. Pacific time on November 26, 2015. SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You've seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it's about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great holiday gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You'll find a list of retailers at Bkeychain.com. Our newest retailers are Nakamoto's and Bitcoin Not Bombs. MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Hello, welcome to episode 29 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I first became acquainted with Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen in mid-2014, as we were both active on the then-new Let's Talk Bitcoin platform. I saw he was doing some fairly serious Bitcoin journalism. Soon after I launched this podcast, I reached out to Brian for an interview. It took a year for us to finally connect, but I finally spoke to the man who digs up a lot of the breaking stories that make Bitcoin news. Right after our interview, Brian reached out to me to say he was remiss for not thanking the "great" editors he's worked with, in particular, Adam B. Levine, Cheryl Hulseapple, Ruben Alexander, Corinne Dashjr, Denise Levine, and Ina Steiner. MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 2:00 p.m. Pacific time on November 12, 2015. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the new Bitcoin Fork Pen. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com SHOW LINKS All articles authored by Brian Cohen Journalism portal for Brian Cohen Brian's first article on a Bitcoin media platform: "User's Bitcoins Seized by DEA" The PayPal Wars, by Eric M. Jackson Chronicling America Library of Congress United States Patent and Trademark Office - PAIR "US Government Bans Professor for Mining Bitcoin with A Supercomputer" "Bank of America's and Coinbase's Bitcoin Patents Revealed" "PayPal Proposes Reputation Cryptocurrency & Blacklist in Patent Applications" Coin Fire MUSIC Music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me, except the piece with yodeling and guitar, which Rick Marshall and I created while fooling around at a party. That's the way we roll. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! Bitcoin tip Address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 133qWZE3FJRDEA7tUTfycYZUNyg87sSeFs

Hello, welcome to episode 28 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. When I scheduled an interview with CoinCube CEO Robert Allen, I felt pretty skeptical. My gut told me a cloud-based Bitcoin-trading-bot would be something like a cloud-mining Ponzi-scheme on steroids. I wondered, would this interview be my first exposé? Would my "gotcha" questions be too difficult for Robert to field? Listen to find out! 7/19/16 UPDATE: For the sake of being informative, the gains in my CoinCube-traded account to date are about 50% of the gains had I simply bought and hold Bitcoin in this account. CoinCube's Wave algorithm attempts to avoid bear markets by selling BTC, but my sense is it frequently misses price spikes this way. So, this first experimentation with a Bitcoin trading bot has been a disappontment so far. Of course, past performance is never a guarantee of future results (or everyone would be rich). MAGIC WORD Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. Pacific time on October 29, 2015. SPONSOR While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the new Bitcoin Fork Pen. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com SHOW LINKS CoinCube http://coincube.io CoinCube Performance History Chart https://coincube.io/performance Gold Rehypothecation (article) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-24/rehypothecation-gold-and-why-it-matters Naked Shorting (Naked Short Selling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_short_selling Trend Following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trend_following Moving Average https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average Whipsaw Effect http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/whipsaw.asp Efficient-Market Hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hypothesis Edward Thorp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp Market Maker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_maker Fooled By Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb http://amzn.to/1Mc9suV Monte Carlo Simulator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method MUSIC All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 27 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I've been a podcast listener for many years now, so when I got interested in Bitcoin, listening to Bitcoin podcasts was a natural. I think Adam B. Levine launched The Daily Bitcoin the same day I first searched for Bitcoin podcasts. And I've been hooked on Bitcoin podcasts ever since. Bitcoins and Gravy has always been a hugely influential show for me. In a sea of podcasts with poor audio quality and barely existent production values, Bitcoins and Gravy sounded as well-produced as any podcast I'd ever heard. Even the short musical pieces between segments were done to perfection. John also experimented with characters and fictional entertainment on some episodes, which really helped Bitcoins and Gravy stand out as something a bit different. Even after spending time with John at the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference, I still find he reverts back to a larger-than-life persona when I listen to him podcast. When I realized John Barrett missed releasing the August 9, 2015, episode of Bitcoins and Gravy, I really took notice. I checked in with John, wanting to make sure he was okay. He said he was, but that he was moving to every other week. But then a couple more weeks went by, and still no new episodes appeared. It was clear something was up, and I was happy he agreed to be on my show. We spoke for almost two and a half hours, everything from light-hearted talk to John's very strong views about various subjects. While I thought we'd be bantering more, John really takes a subject and runs with it. Fans of John Barrett and Bitcoins and Gravy won't want to miss this episode. John in Turicato, Mexico, circa 1993 (photo courtesy of John Barrett) The rejected Bitcoins and Gravy cover art Rob designed back in January 2014 MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 9:50am Pacific Time on October 16, 2015. SHOW LINKS Bitcoins and Gravy http://bitcoinsandgravy.com The Toy Box Studio http://www.thetoyboxstudio.com Nashville Bitcoin Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Bitcoin-Meetup KCAA-AM Loma Linda http://www.kcaaradio.com Andreas Antonopoulos on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher Patrick Byrne on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoins-and-gravy-53-patrick-byrne-speaks Andreas Antonopoulos speaks to the L.A. Bitcoin Meetup https://youtu.be/bTPQKyAq-DM Mad Money Machine http://madmoneymachine.com Ed & Ethan http://edandethan.com Bitcoins and Gravy Song Archives http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive Bitcoin Keychain http://bkeychain.com Casascius Physical Bitcoin https://www.casascius.com Satoshi Roundtable http://satoshiroundtable.org Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Bitcoin Foundation http://bitcoinfoundation.org Four Horsemen (documentary on YouTube) https://youtu.be/5fbvquHSPJU Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It (the documentary John voiced) https://theendofmoneyasweknowit.wordpress.com East Nashville Now (John's new podcast) http://eastnashvillenow.com Lipscomb University Institute for Conflict Management http://www.lipscomb.edu/icm Bread and Circuses (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses Pamela Morgan on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/ep-66-pamela-morgan-third-key-solutions-is-here Mad Bitcoins http://www.madbitcoins.com Purse https://purse.io Contact John Barrett howdy@bitcoinsandgravy.com MUSIC I created the intro and outro music, but the rest is by John Barrett. Be sure to check out John's complete songs, along with lyrics and more at the Bitcoins and Gravy song archives: http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.