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On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie continues his conversation series with members from the Connext/Ethereum adjacent commmunities. Steven has a conversation with Francisco Renzi, to discuss monetary streaming protocols for subscriptions, payments, salaries, vesting and more. Superfluid is making it easy for crypto native firms to enable a new way to do traditional payouts from the legacy world, but with the added advantages of innovations that have emerged from Ethereum the last few years. This episode will prime you more for the next stage in DeFi's evolution. Show Link(s): SuperFluid: https://www.superfluid.finance/ Intro/Outro Music "I BEEN UP!" by Aaron Childs: https://soundcloud.com/aaronchilds17/i-been-up Show Supporter(s): Amentum: https://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie continues his journey of solo hosting and brings back an old favorite on the show, Cameron Hejazi of the Cent Network. Cent has been a pioneer in the Ethereum ecosystem since 2017 with the launch of their micropayments focused social network. Since their inception, they were one of the first to introduce NFTs into a social platform; even introducing the ability to turn tweets into NFTs (famously used by Jack Dorsey to sell his first tweet for $2.9mill). As we ramp up for the next stage of innovation in crypto, Cameron is back to give us insights into what comes next. Show Link(s): Cent Network: https://www.cent.co Intro/Outro Music “Sunlight” by Grady: https://soundcloud.com/whoinvitedgrady/sunlight Show Supporter(s): Amentum: http://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology. BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie sits down with Auryn Macmillan from Gnosis who's been spearheading publicly the Zodiac suite of contracts that enable a comprehensive and composable stack for DAO governance tools. Creating a DAO can be complex, and with the tooling and contracts necessary to run one efficiently are still becoming best standardized with best practices. Show Link(s): Zodiac Github: https://github.com/gnosis/zodiac Intro/Outro Music "Rebuke" by Amine: https://soundcloud.com/heyamine/rebuke Show Supporter(s): Amentum: http://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology. BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie sits down solo with Mark Anstead and Daigaro Cota of Fuji Finance. Mark and Daigaro are veterans in the Ethereum development space, and they see the vision for decentralized liquidity networks. Building on top of the multi-chain asset routing network Connext is building, Fuji is experimenting with money markets. Welcome back to the show, and enjoy a casual conversation not on Twitter spaces. Show Link(s): Fuji Finance: https://fuji.finance Connext: http://connext.academy Intro/Outro Music "Say The Word" by Matz: https://soundcloud.com/mleotacom210/say-the-word-matz Show Supporter(s): Amentum: https://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie has a discussion with Mike Carson, one of the project developers behind Impervious. Impervious is a developer outfit trying to merge the bitcoin cypherpunk development ethos more deeply into the Handshake community. By supporting the adoption of Handshake through Beacon Browser, the Impervious Registry, and funding core development, Mike has done a lot for the community. We give him and the Impervious team the love they deserve, and discuss Mike's perspective on the HNS community. Show Link(s): Impervious Registry: http://registry.impervious.com Beacon Browser: http://impervious.com/beacon Intro/Outro Music "NAPKINS" by Riz La Vie: https://soundcloud.com/thankyouriz/napkins Show Supporter(s): Amentum: https://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie heads down to Texas to talk to Nole Oppermann, right from the comfort of his downstairs office. With Handshake growing in popularity in various regions of the world, it would only make sense for Texas to have its own unique TLD. And, Nole is the proud owner/manager of .TX, and one of the main pioneers for Handshake in the Austin region. He gives us insights into building his community from scratch, and what he thinks about the greater HNS ecosystem. Show Link(s): .TX Domains: https://heytx.io/ Intro/Outro Music "Balance" by PineappleCiti: https://soundcloud.com/pineappleciti/balance Show Supporter(s): Amentum: Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie is joined by Zach Brown, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Shake. The Shake has become one of the most crucial repositories in the Handshake community for current network statistics, news, and educational resources. Zach lays down why he started The Shake, and we go in-depth on what's he's excited about in the greater Handshake community.  Show Link(s): The Shake: http://theshake.xyz Intro/Outro Music "Beauty Rains" by DWLLRS: https://soundcloud.com/user-362825310/beauty-rains Show Supporter(s): Amentum: http://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie sits down with Kiba Gateaux, another Handshake OG, developer, and longtime supporter. Kiba has worked on cross-chain initiatives, and was one of the first in the community to spearhead such efforts. Various aspects of the Handshake community are discussed, and we get a more personal understanding of who Kiba from the HNS community really is. Show Link(s): Handshake: https://Handshake.org Intro/Outro Music "Grateful" by Stevie Ray: https://soundcloud.com/connorpricemusic/grateful-callmestevieray-connor-price Show Supporter:(s): Amentum: https://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie is back for his first ever solo show. With Demetrick and Petty busier than ever with their families, work, and other commitments, Steven is taking the reins over completely (they'll be back from time to time, though). Steven takes a seat with Clay Collins of crypto data providing platform Nomics, and the owner of the .C domain name. We discuss his firm, Handshake, and what his views are on the decentralized web. Show Link(s): Nomics: http://nomics.com Intro/Outro Music "Self Love (Freestyle)" by Kingsley:: https://soundcloud.com/kingsley_feddi/selflove-insecure-freestyle Show Supporter(s): Amentum: http://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee are ditching the hand sanitizer and masks, and shaking hands again with our guest, Jordan Koch. Jordan is a self-taught IRC developer turned crypto-preneur works on HNSChat. HNSChat is a Handshake-native chat applications that allows TLD and SLD owner to join digital chat communities; enabling the ability to send HNS payments and engage directly with other owners of Handshake TLDs across the globe. Listen as the BlockChannel hosts dig out the full story from Jordan, and how you can join in on the conversation. Show Link(s): HNSChat: https://HNS.Chat On HNS: http://HNSChat/ Intro/Outro Music "Third Man" by Breax II: https://soundcloud.com/prodbybreaux/third-man Show Supporter(s): Amentum: http://Amentum.org

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dr. Petty are back, even though this episode was filmed in December before Christmas. We finally go in-depth with HandyOSS, the all-in-one suite for building on a cohesive DWeb enable stack. Alex Smith breaks down the HandyOSS teams motivations for building HandyHost (of which Steven McKie is also a part of), and details how and why these abstractions were necessary to bridge crypto to the future. Alex Smith is an ex-NASA/JPL engineer, "computational physicist", and all around brilliant polymath who is ensnared by the ethos of equality and self-soverignty. They also discuss future plans for building systems that will hybridize the emerging decentralized web with permaculture and food sustainablity. Show Link(s): HandyHost: https://HandyHost.Computer HandyOSS Twitter: https://twitter.com/HNSOSS Intro/Outro Music "Back From the Grave" by Mowgli Morris: https://soundcloud.com/lilmo2407/back-from-the-grave-prod-by-chxse-bank Show Supporter(s): Amentum: Amentum.org

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee return after almost an entire years hiatus. Life happens, but so does crypto. We return to our story with a hero and heroine by the names of Matthew Prewitt and Divya Siddarth, respectfully. They are policy and ethics researchers and practitioners working to implement democracy expanding technologies at scale with the help of crypto. Seemingly humanists at heart, these two explain their work at RadXChange, and some of their focuses while advising at Amentum Capital. Show Link(s): RadicalXChange: https://www.radicalxchange.org Divya Siddarth's Twitter: http://twitter.com/divyasiddarth Matt Prewitt's Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_t_prewitt Intro/Outro Music “Ingenuity” by Brockbeats: https://soundcloud.com/brock1112/ingenuity Show Supporters(s): Amentum: https://Amentum.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

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.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Petty and Demetrick finally sit down with our first female guest on the show, Kristen Stone from Coinbase. Don't judge us, we're gonna ensure she's not the last, not to worry. Kristen took time in her busy day working hard behind the scenes to help build and scale Coinbase, to discuss with us her past, insights on Coinbase's day-to-day culture, and how our rapidly evolving industry can work to empower, involve, and create an inviting environment for more brilliant women such as herself. It's a very enlightening episode into what it's like at Coinbase, as well as how we all can be advocates to create a more diverse mind-share as we all continue to scale socially. Show Links: Coinbase: Coinbase.com Women in Blockchain: www.meetup.com/Women-in-Blockchain/ Intro/Outro Music “HBH” by Meech: Ovaeastmeech — Hbh-prod-by-mic-lee Show Sponsor(s): Bitcoin Cash: bitcoincash.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Petty sit down with John Pacific and Michael Egorov of the NuCypher project to learn more about their upcoming protocol token for encryption services. Their platform enables users to create key-based authentication to create permissioned access to platforms and services that are created by other DApp developers by utilizing Ethereum smart contracts. Think of it like Keybase…but for enterprise and developers looking to more easily shield and protect their personal data. It's a great project with a lot of potential and these guys really know their stuff — so we dove in to get to the bottom of their vision. Show Links: NuCypher Site: https://www.nucypher.com/ Intro/Outro Music “Part Two” by Meech: https://soundcloud.com/ovaeastmeech/part-two?in=ovaeastmeech/sets/truecolours Show Sponsor(s): Bitcoin Cash: https://bitcoincash.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Petty sit down with Mahesh Murthy, CEO and Founder of Zastrin.com. If you've ever used Code Academy or Udemy to get up to speed on a technical topic, then you'll love Zastrin. His platform has been bootstrapped, designed, built, and managed from the ground up, solo dolo. Mahesh is a gift to the Ethereum community; his dedication has created many new novice and intermediate developers, on-boarding them into this exciting new way to build applications that are globally accessible. Come learn how you can join the fun and become an Ethereum developer yourself. Show Links: Zastrin: Zastrin.com Promo: Use code “BlockChannel” to save 50% off all courses. Intro/Outro music “If You Leave” by Dee Lilly: Deelilly — If-you-leave-ft-quez-xone-white Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/ Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee sit down with tech veteran Adi Sideman, as we discuss his latest project “Props” by the existing company “YouNow”. Props plans to be a live streaming video platform/social network with built in rewards and incentives powered by their ERC20 “Props” token. Listen as we dig in and try to figure out whats got Union Square Ventures and Comcast Ventures excited; while getting the lowdown on the technical aspirations behind the platform. Show Links: Props Website: www.propsproject.com Props Telegram: t.me/propsproject Intro/Outro music “Tempo” by Zip K: Iamzipk — Zip-k-tempo-prod-by-l3no Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/ Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Petty sit down with the Founder and CEO of Spankchain, Ameen Soleimani. Spankchain is a platform for monetized webcam streaming; utilizing what are called Ethereum “state channels” to facilitate realtime payments over live-streaming adult video content. Spankchain also plans to debut the first ever “state-channel ICO” which will enable them to more precisely price their token before it reaches market, alleviate congestion on the Ethereum network, and hopefully invite others to adopt similar strategies as the ecosystem works to scale ICO's accordingly. A very insightful episode, on a taboo topic. But hey, that's what makes it fun; also there are a lot of puns this episode, so yeah be ready. Show Links: Spankchain: spankchain.com/ Spankchain State Channel ICO Contract: github.com/SpankChain/sc_aucti…5feaad72c28fe7d3317 Intro/Outro Music “Window” by Abhi the Nomad: Abhithenomad — Window Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/ Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of CoinScore, McKie and Dee are joined by Aram Barnett of Alluminate/CoinScore. Aram's company have a multiple strategic business units, and one we're really excited about it CoinScore. Their platform will be a Bloomberg like solution for analyzing crypto coins/tokens, providing information and tools for institutional investors, private investors, and more. A platform this robust deserves a discussion (we got a sneak peak). CoinScore launches late-October, this should get you excited for it — and show you just how hard some of us hustle in this industry. Show Link(s): CoinScore: www.alluminate.io/coinscore Alluminate: www.alluminate.io Intro/Outro Music “Prosper” by Russ: Russ — Prosper-prod-scott-storch Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/ Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Corey Petty, and Dee sit down with Jonathan Chou from Bee Token. Jon is working with a word-class team of Silicon Valley engineers and designers on a AirBnB-esque service for the Ethereum public blockchain; complete with its own token, of course! We discuss his background, vision for the platform, and what lead up to its creation. At some point, McKie copies the voice of the pervert from Family Guy, the moviephone guys voice, and Dee pretends he's DMX. It's a fun candid discussion on a great use-case for Ethereum, one with a solid pedigree. Is this where finally token sales become Silicon Valley-ized? Let's find out. Show Links: Official Website: http://thebeetoken.com Intro/Outro Music “Chucky Brown” By Woody Allen:https://soundcloud.com/wk1812/chuck-brown Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Petty sit down with the founders of Cent.co, Max Brody and Cameron Hejazi. Cent, presently, is a Quora-like Q&A platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. Their service allows you to post questions with monetary bounties via Ethereum smart-contracts. By being a member of Cent, you can then answer questions, and in return received Ether for your valuable insights/contributions. Members of the site then vote on the various answers posted to each question bounty, and depending on your overall number of votes, you'll receive a proportional share of the bounty. It's a very straight-forward and simple platform that allows anyone to quickly start earning ETH with just a few clicks. Full disclosure: McKie is also an advisor for the Cent team. Show Links: Cent: http://cent.co Cent Twitter: http://twitter.com/Cent Sign-up for Cent: http://beta.cent.co Intro/Outro Music “Sheep” by G Yamazawa: https://soundcloud.com/gyamazawa/sheep-feat-city-james?in=gyamazawa/sets/shouts-to-durham Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie, Dee, and Petty take a trip into the crazy world of Ethereum + VR. Yeah that's right, 2017 is lit, and Decentraland is about to combine two very pivotal, innovative technologies to create a completely free, sovereign virtual reality where we can truly express ourselves; free from centralized control or potential corruption. VR is about to take over the world in a big way, what better than to blend that with another world-changing technology like Ethereum. This is powerful episode, it'll make you think. Hop on. Show Links: Decentraland Website: decentraland.org Decentraland Crowdsale: decentraland.org/#token-sale-terms Intro/Outro Music "1990" by G Yamazawa: Gyamazawa – 1990-interlude Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee sit down with Tyler and Max from the Poet team. Poet aims to solve the problem content attribution, by utilizing blockchain technology (bitcoin), their service allows you to submit timestamped metadata to create an immutable timestamp of original written work/media. This will prove authenticity of a piece of written work online, and allow content creators to more effectively get credit for their hard work online. Show Link(s) Poet Website:po.et Intro/Outro Music "One Crown" by G Yamazawa: Gyamazawa – One-crown-feat-junoflo Show Sponsor(s): Status Messaging Client: status.im Status Developer Documentation: wiki.status.im/contributing/deve…ent/introduction/

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie & Petty enter a mental handicap cage match in our first ever triple-header with some of the team behind Grid+. Their project aims to create P2P decentralized markets for sharing and selling energy using Ethereum-based smart contracts. Their project seeks to tap into the sustainability movement as a way to assist in bootstrapping the Ethereum network; in similar ways to how AOL trojan-horsed dial-up internet use and the internet with the use of mailable CDs. By utilizing energy usage and consumption, Grid+ believes we can hasten the pace of Ethereum adoption, while creating novel and compelling use-cases for the future. Show Links: Grid+ Website: gridplus.io Grid + Whitepaper: drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz90riPG…SVROODJMWk0/view Intro/Outro Music “Guacamole” by Abhi the Nomad: Abhithenomad — Guacamole-prod-aso Show Sponsor(s) ZCash: z.cash TokenData ICO Analysis & Data: tokendata.io Learn Ethereum Software Development: Zastrin.com, use code “BlockChannel” to save 50% off.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Petty sit down with Joe Urgo and Matus Lestan of the District0x team. What originally started as a few Ethereum-based token contracts for creating a service for freelancing, has now evolved into an upcoming system for creating and managing digital communities and decentralized markets called “Districts”. McKie and Petty dive in and ask questions about their vision, current partnerships for interoperable functionality (i.e. with Aragon), in order to gain more insight into all the exciting possibilities they store for the future. The team also shares with us tips for potential Ethereum developers and entrepreneurs in the space curious to get in on all the fun. Show Links: District0x Website: http://Distrixt0x.com District0x Slack: https://district0x-slack.herokuapp.com/ Intro/Outro Music: “Proud of Us” by Bugus https://soundcloud.com/bugus1/proud-of-us-prod-russ Show Sponsor(s): ZCash: https://z.cash ZCash Foundation: https://z.cash/blog/announcing-the-zcash-foundation.html TokenData ICO Analysis & Data: http://tokendata.io Learn Ethereum Software Development: http://Zastrin.com, use code “BlockChannel” to save 50% off.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dee sit down with motivational speaker, rapper, YouTube star, Prince EA. Prince EA is known for being a lyrical poet of the spoken word, previously a rapper that performed with Grammy award winning artists like Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, DJ Khaled…he once even hugged Oprah. Amazing. So, we had to introduce him to crypto and have him help us on our mission to bringing crypto to the masses. We talk about crypto investing, societal impacts, how multiple implementations work for protocols, and more. You won't want to miss this one! And yeah, we got Prince EA into crypto — YOU'RE WELCOME. Show Links(s): Prince EA: princeea.com Prince EA YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/thamagicsho2003 Intro/Outro Music “Fortune” by G Yamazawa: Gyamazawa — Fortune Show Sponsor(s): ZCash: zcash.co

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee, and Dr. Petty are joined by Dan Finlay from the Metamask team. Metamask is a chrome extension that enables you to access a variety of different ethereum related tokens in order to transact and interact with the web — with the additional capabilities of interfacing with the Ethereum public chain. Their plugin and service has exploded in popularity, and developers are using it to embed Ethereum related functionality into traditional webpages. These sorts of services are pivotal in bringing more adoption in the crypto space by simplifying interacting with these new complex networks of trust online; thankfully we picked Dan's head accordingly and got the scoop on their vision and background. We also discuss ICOs, and potential alternative methods for raising that may be coming around the corner in the future to alleviate congestion on the network. Show Links(s): Metamask: http://metasmask.io Intro/Outro Music “Coins” by Aubrey Gouch:https://soundcloud.com/aubreygouch/coin Show Sponsor(s): ZCash: http://zcash.co ZCash Foundation: https://z.cash/blog/announcing-the-zcash-foundation.html

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie is completely solo; he sits down with Stephen and Russel from REX. REX is seeking to cater to the real estate market, using Ethereum and smart contracts to connect home buyers, vendors, and agents from all over the world. Real estate listings and buying homes can be a fairly complex process; their project aims to simplify this process, from listings, to escrow, to closing. These gentleman believe the real estate industry is ripe for a product like theirs. We agree. Show Link(s): REX: www.rexmls.com/ REX Blog: blog.rexmls.com/ Intro/Outro Music “#FinesseLove” by The Outsiders (prod. by Faruhdey): Outsidersox — Finesselove Show Sponsor(s): ZCash Co: z.cash ZCash Foundation: https://z.cash/tag/foundation.html

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dee sit down and chat with Luis Cuende of Aragon. Luis discusses his many tech-related accomplishments leading up to the creation of Aragon, as well as his vision for future of the platform. He gives us opinions on a few other Ethereum projects he has his eyes on, as provides us with advice to share with other budding developer/entrepreneur hybrids like himself. Show Links: Aragon Project: aragon.one/ Intro/Outro Music "Na'Wow" by Umai: Thebaygerian – Nawow-prod-by-trapmoneybenny Show Sponsor(s): ZCash ZCash Blog:z.cash/blog/ ZCash Foundation:z.cash/blog/announcing-the-zcash-foundation.html

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Dr. Petty are joined by John Lilic of ConsenSys. John's role has been busy working to proliferate their vision for Ethereum everywhere, all over the globe across various enterprise sectors. They've been very successful thus far (have you seen the price of ETH? lol jk); so John fills us in our their vision for ensuring as the Ethereum ecosystem matures, no one is left behind. Very eye opening discussion on just how far ConsenSys is going to embed Ethereum, everywhere. Show Links(s): ConsenSys: consensys.com Intro/Outro Music “Coffee” by Masego/Medasin: Officialmedasin — Coffee-ft-masego Show Sponsor(s): Gnosis Prediction Market: gnosis.pm

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Dr. Petty put on their hella skeptical caps, and sit down with Galen and Curtis from the Urbit project. Urbit claims/seeks to be a “virtual land in the clouds” that will enable siloed, encapsulated computing environments for users. They believe in a new type of digital freedom; and even the mere mention of freedom gets out American blood boiling with excitement

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Dr. Petty finally get a chance to have a chat with Jarrad Hope and Carl Bennetts of Status. After many reschedules due to their non-stop hustling the past few months since the announcement of their project — we got the scoop. We get an inside look into how Jarrad and Carl met, insights on the projects, and their vision for the platform in the future. Messaging applications are all the rage lately, and by embedding decentralization applications (DApps) into the heart of the experience, you get whole new type of platform — and we think that's going to game changing for Ethereum. Support the Show! ETH Donation Address: 0xa368e33E927D825F5FD05463E6A781414672251c Show Links: Status.im: status.im Status Blog: blog.status.im/ Status Slack: slack.status.im/ Into/Outro Music “You Really Helped Me” by Faruhdey: Faruhdey — You-really-helped-me Show Sponsor(s):  Gnosis Prediction Market: gnosis.pm

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dee & Dr. Petty are joined by Jake Brukhman of Coinfund. Jake is a crypto nerd (an honorable title) with a mission to bring sound investment practices to interested investors/technologists/tech junkies like yourself. He walks us through his credentials, then breaks down his plans for CoinFund going forward into the picture; as well as his personal perspectives for the future of the crypto space. Support the Show! ETH Donation Address: 0xa368e33E927D825F5FD05463E6A781414672251c Show Links: CoinFund Website: http://coinfund.io CoinFund Medium: https://medium.com/@coinfund_io Intro/Outro Music “Have to Go” by Faruhdey: https://soundcloud.com/faruhdey/have-to-go?in=faruhdey/sets/shirley Show Sponsor(s): Gnosis Prediction Market: http://gnosis.pm

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Dr. Petty sit down with Shawn Wilkinson of Storj. Storj is a decentralized cloud storage provider that was created back in 2014. Since its inception, Storj has been hard at work on creating “cloud farms” of user submitted disk storage, where individuals who “rent' out their additional disk space can receive monetary incentives for supporting the network. Originally built on XCP (Counterparty), Storj now plans to make a migration away from the now abandoned project (XCP is platform created originally on the bitcoin blockchain), and move their token and service over to Ethereum, to leverage its smart contracting capabilities, and reduced fees. Support the Show! ETH Donation Address: 0xa368e33E927D825F5FD05463E6A781414672251c Show Link(s): Storj: storj.io Ethereum: ethereum.org CounterParty: counterparty.io/ Swarm: swarm-gateways.net/bzz:/theswarm.eth/ Intro/Outro Music “Wait Luther by Faruhdey: Faruhdey — Wait-luther-outro Show Sponsor(s): Gnosis PM: gnosis.pm

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Dr. Petty are joined by Richard Craib. Richard is the mind behind “Numerai”; an AI-based hedge fund that feeds off of data science and machine-learning modeling. Models that are used on Numerai for algorithmic trading are submitted by users (Data Scientists) on the platform, where they are rewarded “Numeraire” tokens for successful modeling. Numeraire is not a currency in itself; the tokens are used for Data Scientists to essentially “bet” on their own machine learning models and how well they'd actually perform on a live market with real money. This form of “staking” allows the scientist to essentially receive a dividend of sorts for their successful modeling. As the success of Numerai grows, so will the overall proportion of funds being paid off to data scientists. This project is made possible my utilizing the Ethereum public chain; we believe it's a ground-breaking concept, one that hopefully is replicated across other hard sciences. Dive in and keep an open-mind! Support the Show! ETH Donation Address: 0xa368e33E927D825F5FD05463E6A781414672251c Show Links: Numerai: numer.ai/about Numeraire Token Info: numer.ai/whitepaper.pdf www.wired.com/2017/02/ai-hedge-f…-like-open-source/ Augur: augur.net Intro/Outro Music “Comeback” by Umai: Thebaygerian – Comeback-1 Show Sponsor(s): Cryptodex: www.cryptodex.io

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee, and Dr. Petty sit down with Vlad Zamfir in their studio (not really, but if ETH keeps going up, maybe). The topic of the show revolves around Vlad Zamfir, his background, brief history -- and discussions around his research for the Ethereum Foundation for Proof of Stake. Vlad also shares his thoughts on the current scaling debate occurring in Bitcoin, and his opinions on PoW (spoilers: he doesn't like). Show Links: Ethereum Foundation: www.ethereum.org/foundation Vlad's Blog: https://medium.com/@Vlad_Zamfir Vlad's Twitter: twitter.com/VladZamfir Intro/Outro Music "C'est La Via" by Umai Show Sponsor(s): CryptoDex: www.cryptodex.io/

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Petty interview Ryan Shea, Co-Founder of Blockstack. Blockstack is a decentralized web browsing experience brought to you by the power of blockchain technology. Ryan and his other Co-Founder, Muneeb Ali, both share a vision of a decentralized web; one where individuals control the data that encapsulates their private identities. Learn how they plan to create this system with Blockstack, and how they grew to begin this great venture. Show Links: Blockstack: blockstack.org Blockstack Slack: chat.blockstack.org/ Ethereum Name Service (ENS): ens.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html Intro/Outro Music by Umai: Thebaygerian – 002-chief-umeh-x-typicalshit Show Sponsor(s): Cryptodex: cryptodex.io

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee, and Petty speak with George Li and Patrick Long of WeTrust.io in this jam packed double-header. George and Patrick fill us in on their impressive educational backgrounds, where their idea for WeTrust originated from, their upcoming token launch, P2P lending, and much more. If you're curious how P2P technologies like Ethereum can enable next generation low-cost financial services, this is the episode for you. And, if it's not, it should be. Show Links: WeTrust: WeTrust.io WeTrust ROSCA Product Demo: rosca.wetrust.io/ Colu: www.colu.com/ MetaMask: metamask.io/ Intro/Outro Music "Forecast" by Umai: Thebaygerian – Forecast-prod-by-ayok-kids Show Sponsor(s): Cryptodex: cryptodex.io

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dee sit down with Vaughn McKenzie of Jaak.io. Jaak is an upcoming content and media rights management platform built on top of various Ethereum technologies. Vaughn believes technology to more adeptly get creators paid for the digital works is a major need for the entertainment industry. Listen as he tells us his first ventures in entrepreneurship, his vision for smart content, and Jaak.io in the future. Show Links: Jaak.io Newsletter: jaak.io Swarm: blog.ethereum.org/2016/12/15/swarm…ot-basics-swarm/ Jaak META: cointelegraph.com/news/jaak-announ…hereum-and-swarm Colony: colony.io/ Show Sponsor(s): CryptoDex: www.cryptodex.io/

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee sit down with James Wo, President of Huiyin Blockchain Ventures (HBV). HBV is a venture capital firm under their China based parent company, Huiyin Group. They've secured $80million to begin investing in bitcoin, ethereum, and other blockchain-based technologies, with hopes to accelerate bitcoin adoption in and outside of China. James gives us insights into HBV's vision for companies they wish to invest in, investments they've made thus far, and his thoughts on bitcoin in general. There are some great insights on the Chinese perspective of bitcoin, a very educational episode. Show Links: Huiyin Blockchain Venture: http://venture.huiyin.com Bcoin: http://bcoin.io Popchest: http://popchest.com Brave Browser: http://brave.com Show Sponsor(s): Bcoin Hackathon: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-for-your-thoughts-a-blockchain-hackathon-tickets-31053781697 Purse Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.purse.app

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Dr. Petty hangout and chat with Marco Cuesta of FirstBlood.io. FirstBlood is a P2P betting platform for e-sports that is built on Ethereum smart contracts. Marco and his team are looking to bring e-sports straight to the 22nd century, and make it easy to bet (legally) with your friends in your favorite games like DOTA and Counter-Strike. Hangout with us as we learn the ins and out on bringing more diverse communities to the Ethereum ecosystem. Links: FirstBlood: https://firstblood.io/ FirstBlood Careers: https://firstblood.io/careers/ Monolith Ventures: http://monolith.ventures/ Intro/Outro music "Brunch" by Faruhdey: https://soundcloud.com/faruhdey/brunch Purse Bcoin Hackathon: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-for-your-thoughts-a-blockchain-hackathon-tickets-31053781697 Purse Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.purse.app

On this episode of BlockChannel, hosts Steven McKie and Dr. Corey Petty interview 21.co Founder/CEO, a16z partner, Trump's rumored pick as the next Head of the FDA, and Indian American, Balaji Srinivasan. Balaji educates us on his education/work history, current initiatives at 21.co, Gartner Hype Cycles and their effects on Bitcoin and Ethereum, ZCash, and much much more. So, sit down, grab some tea, and get ready to learn as we are #blessed to have Balaji take time out of his day to educate us and our viewers. Links: 21: https://21.co 21 Tasks App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/21-earn-bitcoin/id1170661423?mt=8 Ethereum: https://ethereum.org ZCash: https://Z.cash Intro/Outro Music "Good Money" by Faruhdey: https://soundcloud.com/faruhdey/good-money Purse/Bcoin HackReactor Hackathon: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-for-your-thoughts-a-blockchain-hackathon-tickets-31053781697 Purse Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.purse.app  

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee, and Petty sit down with Andy Milenius and Kenny Rowe of Maker. Maker is a company working to create decentralized markets for exchanging digital assets, as well as a "stablecoin", a fixed asset pegged to a particular store of value. They give us the lowdown on how stablecoins, and Maker, can help assist to improve the Ethereum DAPP (Decentralized Application) ecosystem. Links: MakerDao: makerdao.com Maker Market: mkr.market/#trade/W-ETH/MKR Gnosis: gnosis.pm Augur: augur.org Intro/Outro Music "In the Cut" by Aaron London (feat. Masego): Aaron_london – Inthecut Show Sponsor: Purse.io Purse Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.purse.app

On this episode of BlockChannel, hosts McKie and Dee are joined by Matt Liston, Chief Strategist of Gnosis. Gnosis is a decentralized prediction market that can be used to make money by predicting the outcome of future events. Sound futuristic? Impossible? It's not. Join the boys as they share the ins and outs of Gnosis, the implications of prediction markets on society, their TO plans Token Offering, and how Matt believes Ethereum will grow and mature in 2017. You won't want to miss these knowledge bombs. So, sit back, relax -- we're bout to drop something fierce. Links: Gnosis: gnosis.pm Augur: augur.org uPort: uport.me WeTrust: wetrust.io Maker: makerdao.com Intro/Outro Music by Faruhdey:@faruhdey Show Sponsor: Purse.io

On this episode of BlockChannel, Hosts McKie and Dr. Petty sit down with bitcoin OG, and all-around optimistic technologist, Charlie Shrem. Shrem shares with us details on his upcoming projects Intellisys/Mainstreet; and shares with us how difficult it was adjusting back to being a free man after being released from prison. He shares his views on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Steem/Yours Network. Sit down, and learn from Shrem his lessons on avoiding legal repercussions in early crypto ventures.   Show Links IntelliSys: http://www.intellisys.ai/ MainStreet: http://mainstreet.ky/ Changelly: https://changelly.com/ YellowCard Financial: https://yellowcard.io/ Intro/Outro Music "Brothers Keeper" by Umai:https://soundcloud.com/thebaygerian/brothers-keeper-prod-by-john-doe Purse: Purse.io

On this episode of BlockChannel, the boys (McKie, Dee, and Petty) sit down and chat with Joey Krug, Thiel Fellow and one of the main brains behind the Ethereum based prediction marketing, Augur. Don't know what Augur or Prediction Market's are? Come join us as we talk about Joey's vision for Augur use cases, Ethereum, and the Ethereum based eSports betting platform, FirstBlood.io. If you're big into Finance or Wall St trading, this episode will likely get you salivating to give Augur a try this Summer.

On this weeks episode of BlockChannel, host McKie and Dee interview creator of ZCash and cryptopgraphy legend, Zooko Wilcox. Dr. Corey Petty, host of The Bitcoin Podcast joins us as well in this interview as a guest host as we dive into use cases for zero-knowledge proofs, and encrypted messaging. Zooko even shares tips for "young, hip and fresh developers" to join the ZCash developer community. This episode is a must listen for anyone whose knowledge of ZCash is...zero. ZCash Official Site: https://Z.Cash Zcash RPC API documentation: https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/doc/payment-api.md Zero-Knowledge Messaging (Encrypted Memo Field): https://github.com/whyrusleeping/zmsg/ Intro/Outro: "Wednesday Interlude" by Umai Listen on Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/4dxrz5i766MZP8FibvqpeI?play=true Listen on Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cheap-sunglasses/id1175146156?i=1175147116 The Bitcoin Podcast: https://thebitcoinpodcast.com

On this week's episode, your boys McKie and Demetrick are hanging out with the creator of Javascript, former leader of the pack at Mozilla (ever used Firefox?), and now the CEO and Founder of our new favorite web browser, Brave, Brendan Eich (no big deal, I think we're on a roll - anyways). Enjoy some soulful jams from our friend Faruhdey, relax, kick back, and learn you something. Brave Website: http://brave.com. Twitter: @Brave Coinbase: http://coinbase.com Bcoin: http://bcoin.io StandardJs: http://standardjs.com/rules.html Intro/Outro Music: https://soundcloud.com/faruhdey/there-are-monsters

In the first installment of BlockChannel, hosts Steven McKie and Demetrick Ferguson embark on a journey of epic crypto proportions. First show debuts with an interview with Ethereum Co-Founder and Founder of ConsenSys, Joseph Lubin. Listen as Joe imbues your brain with Ethereum knowledge bombs, and info on various projects he's involved in. Plus, some dope jams by Faruhdey from his upcoming album "SO(u)L.  

Steven McKie is basically a UI designing, marijuana card havin', business and technical professional with a broad skill set who is committed to any growing, or established business. We talk about a variety of topics such as Datt, Yours, Blockchannel, and E-40. OK, maybe not that last one. He has a BSBA in Information Systems Engineering and Technology, and a masters in thuganomics as Crypto alter-ego Lil' Buterin spits hot blockchains at us…because he spits hot fire.