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In der Region Interlaken soll in fünf Gemeinden über eine Airbnb-Regulierung abgestimmt werden. Doch in Interlaken regt sich gegen die eingereichte Initiative grosser Widerstand: Es sind 39 Beschwerden eingegangen. Weiter in der Sendung: · Die Freiburger Regierung lehnt die Mindestlohn-Initiative ab. · Der Kanton Bern lanciert ein neues Klimaprogramm für die Gemeinden. · Der BSV Bern spielt ab Sonntag um den Handball-Meistertitel. An der Seitenlinie steht David Staudenmann. Sein Vater, Geri Staudenmann, führte den BSV zum bisher letzten Meistertitel vor 40 Jahren.
Heute mal wieder nach langer Zeit eine Folge mit einem Gast zu dritt :) Wir sprechen mit Jonas der beim Bremer SV (und auch als Podcaster) tätig ist über das Spiel beim BSV und wir er die Leistung und das Spiel einschätzt im Vergleich zu unser Einschätzung. Dazu sprechen wir über ein paar allgemeine Dinge über den SVM mit Ausblick auf die Erwartungshaltung eines SVM in der Regionalliga Nord Dazu sprechen wir noch über den Heimsieg der A-Jugend gegen den Tabellenführer Berliner AK und die Heimniederlage der Frauen gegen den Favoriten Union Berlin
In 2014, Daniel Krawisz was one of the most prolific Bitcoin writers: he published some excellent articles with the Nakamoto Institute, and most of them are still relevant. Today, he prefers BSV and believes that Craig Wright is Satoshi. What changed? Time stamps: Time stamps: 00:00:50 - Introducing Daniel Krawisz 00:02:40 - Bitcoin Takeover 00:05:30 - Scaling Bitcoin 00:09:30 - Soft Forks vs. Hard Forks 00:14:10 - Running a Bitcoin Node and Privacy 00:18:10 - Verifying Transactions 00:20:00 - Miner Centralization 00:24:40 - Bitcoin Core Ideology 00:29:00 - Fungibility 00:30:30 - Ross Ulbricht 00:38:55 - Bitcoin's Competitive Advantage 00:44:00 - Bitcoin and Legality 00:48:50 - Sound Money and Friendship 00:50:40 - Satoshi Nakamoto's Identity 00:57:20 - Craig Wright's Teachings 01:00:40 - Leaving the Nakamoto Institute 01:03:40 - Investors vs. Entrepreneurs 01:06:00 - The Nature of Bitcoin 01:12:15 - Bitcoin's Value 01:14:40 - Market Efficiency 01:16:20 - Bitcoin vs. Gold 01:21:15 - BSV Adoption 01:24:00 - BSV's Success Metrics 01:28:20 - Hash Rate and Miner Incentives 01:30:30 - Market Efficiency and Truth 01:33:55 - BSV's Future 01:37:00 - BSV vs. BCH 01:40:10 - Mempool 01:42:40 - BSV Mining and Jurisdictions 01:46:45 - BSV vs. CBDC 01:52:35 - Privacy and Mixing in BSV 02:00:03 - Security and Probabilistic Thinking 02:01:21 - Capitalism, Monopoly, and BSV 02:05:01 - Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and BSV 02:07:28 - BSV's Role and Traceability 02:08:14 - Traceable vs. Non-Traceable Money 02:08:54 - Anarcho-Capitalism and Private Services 02:15:07 - Cypherpunk Literature and Privacy vs. Compliance 02:18:12 - Anonymity, Privacy, and Traceability in BSV 02:24:49 - Layer 2 Solutions and Scalability 02:32:35 - Narcissism 02:42:46 - Narcissism and Financial Scammers 02:48:14 - Avoiding Cults and Narcissistic Relationships 02:52:23 - Benefiting from Narcissistic Relationships 02:53:13 - Narcissists in Bitcoin/Crypto 02:54:37 - Relationship with Nakamoto Institute 03:00:14 - Appreciation and Book Recommendations 03:00:48 - Hayao Miyazaki and Narcissism 03:04:40 - Current Reading List 03:39:20 - Stance on 2017 Block Size Wars 03:40:45 - Book Project Idea 03:47:04 - Plato, Socrates, and Propaganda 03:53:07 - Diogenes and Libertarianism 03:55:15 - Final Book Recommendations 04:00:01 - Narcissism and Self-Awareness 04:00:40 - Denouncement of Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Ethereum 04:01:17 - Competition Between Monies 04:02:55 - Changes in the Bitcoin Space 04:04:40 - New Altcoins and Tokens 04:04:54 - Bitcoin Year One Manga 04:05:29 - Podcast Invitation and Appreciation 04:09:08 - Sponsors
Can people make millions with AI?Dr. Milos Bujisic is a Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing and Statistics at NYU School of Professional Studies (SPS), where he also serves as Co-Director for Faculty Research. Before joining NYU, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Consumer Sciences at The Ohio State University.Dr. Bujisic is the founder of MADintel and Brand Social Value (BSV), an AI start-up that provides marketers and PR professionals with real-time data to craft impactful brand and social media strategies. BSV utilizes a proprietary 8-minute survey to build brand personas and employs a predictive algorithm to match brands with customers. It also measures how branded social media content influences the relationship between brands and their audiences.On this episode of Some Future Day, Dr. Bujisic joins me to evaluate the most integral and practical mechanisms between AI brands and consumers from ChatGPT's impending disruption of Google's dominance in search to customizing and streamlining the shopping experience with brands like Lululemon and… toilet paper. (We cover a lot of ground here, folks!).Pay close attention to Milos's unnerving hypothesis about DeepSeek's nefarious strategy to earn billions by shorting NVIDIA. It's one of a kind, and actually possible.Tune in now for a conversation that challenges the hype and reveals where the real money in AI might be hiding.Order Marc's new book, "Some Future Day: How AI Is Going to Change Everything"Sign up for the Some Future Day Newsletter here: https://marcbeckman.substack.com/Episode Links:Milos on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milosbujisic/MADIntel: https://www.madintel.com/To join the conversation, follow Marc Beckman here: YoutubeLinkedInTwitterInstagramTikTok
Inflation and fiat currencies have made slaves of everyone but a very few insanely rich people.Satoshi Nakamoto's vision as laid out in the whitepaperBitcoin : A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Systemwas designed to create true economic freedom for everyone on the planet by a radical opening of access to economic opportunity and by providing each individual with the ability to own their own wealth, as opposed to having it "lent" to them by an all-powerful, centralizing set of intermediaries.The dollar, euro, yen and every other fiat currency are not money. Each of those is a promissory note, a debt instrument. Only gold is money - it is scarce, fixed in quantity and hard to extract from the earth.Similarly,real Bitcoin is money because it costs time and effort to extract via cryptographic puzzle solving.Greg Chew and I bring good news to all mankind, and to whatever additional species we may meet as we fling ourselves ever outward into the inky black futility (pace Kurt Vonnegut) of interstellar space.TheGajumaru is the peer-to-peer interplanetary electronic cash system for the next 5,000 years.When one is free to trust The Message (Gajus as cash) without having to trust The Messenger (banks, governments and commercial platforms), money is non-corruptible and free of anyone's control.Bitcoin 1.0 (BTC) was a wonderful proof of concept, but it has failed as money because it became functionally useless and a Ponzi scheme.Bitcoin 2.0 (BSV) was an improvement but is still not a fully functional blockchain.Bitcoin 3.0 (Gajumaru) is the final and actual implementation of an actual blockchain that actually works.You're welcome, everyone.
Ryan joins the show to talk EBX, Bitcoin history, how to reunite bitcoiners, BCH in 2025, and more. Ryan is a cryptocurrency engineer, EBX creator and founder of Identellica: a privacy-first identity verification service & social network; formerly at BitPay, Reddit, Yours, and MoneyButton. Enjoy the discussion, and please share your thoughts in the comments section.Links:Ryan X Charles on Twitter: https://x.com/ryan_x_charlesRyan's website / blog: https://ryanxcharles.com/Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dJjQbce1pkCQf1MR2WCI9qKYM1wf_0Ng/Donations:bitcoincash:qzumkx4rsdmxhzswrleleq9sq952pt7xsyfm9cp6uxSponsors:Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/18General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.comSocials:Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.comTimestamps:00:00 Podcast starts00:37 Intro03:24 Ryan's intro08:33 BitPay & Jason Dreyzehner13:35 Reddit16:52 Blockstream & Greg Maxwell21:16 Satoshi & blocksize limit26:09 "Hijacking Bitcoin"29:24 Bitcoin history: BCH35:05 BSV & "living in a cult"51:20 Community comment: Thierry Baudet1:04:16 Earth Bucks1:25:21 How is Earth Bucks doing?1:32:56 BCH in 20251:40:22 What would it take for Ryan to join BCH?1:49:00 Rehabilitating bitcoiners1:56:26 Meme of the week2:01:00 Crypto, SOL & ETH2:05:30 Message to the community2:10:06 Podcast supporter appreciation2:12:00 Shoutouts and outro
In dieser Folge spreche ich mit Theresa Eckart, Generalsekretärin des Österr. Betriebssport Verbandes, über ihr Herzensthema "Es ist okay, lost zu sein“. Du erfährst in dieser Folge, wieso du dich lost fühlen darfst. Außerdem sprechen wir über ihre Erfahrungen rund um die Reise zu ihr selbst und vieles mehr. Zu meiner Gesprächspartnerin: Theresa sorgt gemeinsam mit ihrem Team des ÖBSV dafür, Bewegung in den Arbeitsalltag zu integrieren. Geboren und aufgewachsen in Österreich, ist sie ein echter Familienmensch. Schon früh lernte sie als älteste Enkeltochter in einer großen Familie, wie wichtig Gesellschaft, Gemeinschaft und Zusammenhalt für Zufriedenheit und Gesundheit sind. Ihr Lebensweg hat sie bestens auf die Herausforderungen in der betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung vorbereitet. Sie weiß, dass Bewegung allein kein Allheilmittel ist und dass Gesundheit von vielen Faktoren abhängt – von sozialen Bindungen über mentale Stärke bis hin zur richtigen Balance im Leben. Die Werte, die sie seit jeher begleiten – Verantwortung, Verlässlichkeit, Authentizität, Humor und stabile Beziehungen – helfen ihr, diese ganzheitliche Sicht auf Gesundheit in ihrer Arbeit umzusetzen. Wenn du mehr wissen willst: Web: www.firmensport.at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-eckart-73271a168/ & https://www.linkedin.com/company/18140385 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firmensport.at/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firmensport.at/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO6Dl3aNzLePnNcsXE4a09A Buchtipp der Woche: Mark Manson: The Subtle Art of not giving a f*** Du möchtest endlich Schluss machen mit "Kein Geld am Ende des Monats" UND lernen, wie du sparst und dein Geld sinnvoll vermehrst? Dann habe ich hier 3 Angebote für dich: 1. Hol dir für € 1,- den Videokurs "Mehr Geld Academy": Hier klicken* 2. Lies das Buch "CASH" und setze das Gelesene um: Sichere dir dein Buch* 3. Komm in die CashClubAcademy: Sei dabei und werde finanziell frei* Zu deinem Host: IG: @nikkleemann WWW: https://nikkleemann.com Schreib mir gerne: Du hast Feedback, Themenideen oder Lust, selbst mal Gast zu sein und über dein Herzensthema zu sprechen? Sende eine Mail an aguademischung@gmail.com. Wir sehen uns, dein Nik * Die mit Sternchen gekennzeichneten Links sind Provisions-Links, auch Affiliate-Links genannt. Wenn du auf einen solchen Link klickst und auf der Zielseite etwas kaufst, bekommen wir vom betreffenden Anbieter eine Vermittlungsprovision. Für dich ändert sich nichts, uns hilft es gleichzeitig.
Trumps Real Bitcoin Agenda Exposed! We are joined by fellow bitcoin, pleb and film maker BitcoinShooter to talk his new project which will be going live November 21st, We also dive into some controversial takes regarding the new trump presidency and its ties to bitcoin and the us dollar. ✔ Special Guest/Fireside Chat: ► @BitcoinShooter ► https://nomoreinflation.com/ ► https://x.com/bitcoinshooter/status/1852007873691422875?s=46&t=CKH2brGypO5fEYTgQ-EFhQ ✔ For Complete show notes: https://youtu.be/dl3fyoc7Ojg ✔ Twitter Handles: @coinicarus @AEHW1 ✔ ShoutOuts: ► @BitkoYinowsky - our PlebUnderground Logo ► @WorldofRusty - Our YT backgrounds and segment transitions ► @luckyredfish - Outro Graphic ► @plebsTaverne - Intro video ► @robbieP808x - Outro music ✔ Links Mentioned: ► https://timechaincalendar.com/en ► https://timechainstats.com/ ✔ Check out our Sponsor, support Bitcoin ONLY Businesses: ► https://cyphersafe.io/ We offer a full line of physical stainless steel and brass products to help you protect your bitcoin from various modes of failure. CypherSafe creates metal BIP39 / SLIP39 bitcoin seed word storage devices that backup your bitcoin wallet and protect them from physical disaster ► https://thunderfunder.com/ Thunder Funder is a funding portal registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Their mission is to provide retail investors access to investments while supporting the growth of open-source projects. ► https://nohhue.com/ NOHhue is a community of Bitcoiners dedicated to building solutions and services with their own talent and work. Through NOHhue and Bitcoin we want to give global space and voice to talent within our community. For Awesome pleb content daily http://plebunderground.com/ GM #Bitcoin (mon-fri 10:00 am ET) and The #Bitcoin Council of Autism Spaces on twitter Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Waltons Rap 2:05 - The Numbers 4:23 - Newest hodlers already selling? 8:30 - Is Ron Paul Going to Audit the FED? 10:59 - The Fireside Chat: Shooter 12:41 - Shooters origin story 16:01 - How to create Story telling that resonates with people 17:28 - How do you finance a bitcoin movie? 20:38 - No more inflation film Trailer 23:33 - Can Bitcoin actually help put a stop to kinetic wars? 27:15 - The double edge sword of better tech 31:18 - The woke mind virus in social media 36:40 - What's the next project on the horizon? 36:51 - The movie No More Inflation release date 42:07 - CZ to speak at the bitcoin conference in dubai 42:38 - Shooter contact details 44:07 - REKT 45:23 - BSV bag holders REKT 50:14 - MAGAA token buyers down over 90% 50:43 - CryptoCloaks Christmas giveaway! 51:25 - Is trump actually the bitcoin president? 55:58 - The Hopium 57:27 - Bitcoins Trump Bitcoin Pump! 59:57 - Is Trump Going to shake things up like he claims? 1:04:38 - Trumps Bitcoin Agenda 1:08:35 - There's 2 sides to every story #Bitcoin #crypto #cryptocurrency #weekly The information provided by Pleb Underground ("we," "us," or "our") on Youtube.com (the "Site") our show is for general informational purposes only. All information on the show is provided in good faith, however we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness of any information on the Site. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SHOW OR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SHOW. YOUR USE OF THE SHOW AND YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION ON THE SHOW IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Eigentlich würde man meinen, dass technologische Innovationen wie Sprachausgabe und Künstliche Intelligenz die Bedienung von Geräten erleichtern. Die Realität ist aber eine andere: Menschen mit Behinderungen können Haushaltsgeräte häufig nur eingeschränkt oder gar nicht nutzen. Zum Beispiel weil sie keinen guten Tastsinn haben oder ihre motorischen Fähigkeiten eingeschränkt sind. Susanne Buchner-Sabathy (Expertin im Bereich der digitalen Barrierefreiheit) und Iris Gassenbauer (Leiterin des PR-Referats des BSVÖ) sprechen mit Redakteurin Hannah Jutz in der aktuellen Ausgabe von Alles Inklusive über die Barrierefreiheit von Haushaltsgeräten.
Amaury Séchet: engineer, former BCH “benevolent dictator” and XEC lead developer, discusses history of Bitcoin splits, how BCH is doing these days, the battle for global reserve currency, and more. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.Links:Amaury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadalnixIf interested in XEC: https://e.cash/Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vpA8JiUtyaGMX1ILTNX9s3snhU2ip6U/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4Donations:bitcoincash:qpxxc3etrqyxfe66z7s8369ue25wtlhl4y53zdnkawSponsors:Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors. FundMe.Cash campaign is LIVE: https://fundme.cash/campaign/7General Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.comSocials:Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.comOthers linked from websiteTimestamps:00:00 Podcast starts00:38 Intro, FundMe.Cash & listener survey01:42 Amaury's intro & Bitcoin backstory07:51 Big blockers15:22 Market update16:30 Tech, branding & price34:30 Benevolent dictator37:56 BTC/BCH split history53:51 BSV split, hash war59:43 BCH 2019-20211:03:34 Bitcoin ABC funding1:11:59 Cost of split1:18:26 Amaury's thoughts on BCH today1:22:39 Avalanche vs. POW consensus on XEC1:35:21 What would convince Amaury BCH has won?1:46:00 CashTokens1:49:22 BCH: phase shift or feature creep?1:59:15 On ABLA2:04:07 XEC roadmap2:11:18 Where does he look for technical inspiration?2:14:34 How does he feel about XEC?2:22:42 Amaury's message to the BCH community2:24:32 Podcast supporter appreciation2:25:37 Vlad Costea2:27:55 Amaury's shoutouts / Devon Eriksen2:30:15 Jett and Jeremy's shoutouts2:32:12 Outro
Any donation is greatly appreciated! 47e6GvjL4in5Zy5vVHMb9PQtGXQAcFvWSCQn2fuwDYZoZRk3oFjefr51WBNDGG9EjF1YDavg7pwGDFSAVWC5K42CBcLLv5U OR DONATE HERE: https://www.monerotalk.live/donate TODAY'S SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Rafael Laverde of the Crypto Vigilante to discuss Monero's role in the evolving crypto landscape. They dive into Bitcoin's loss of fungibility and the increasing programmability that makes it less private, contrasting it with Monero's strong privacy features. The conversation explores how Monero is not only essential for anonymous transactions but also positioned as a better store of value. They also highlight Monero's potential to drive a parallel economy, free from state surveillance, and predict its growing importance for businesses. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:54) Introduction: Opening remarks about Monero and its value as a store of value in the crypto world, featuring sponsors Cake Wallet and Stealth EX. (00:02:18) Crypto Vigilante Origins: Rafael shares how Monero inspired the formation of the Crypto Vigilante to educate people about crypto, focusing on privacy and the importance of Monero. (00:03:17) Bitcoin's Fungibility Issues: Discussion about Bitcoin losing its fungibility, contrasting it with Monero's private, fungible nature as digital cash. (00:04:35) Monero's Superior Privacy: The conversation dives into how Bitcoin cannot achieve the same level of privacy as Monero, and how Monero was built from scratch for privacy. (00:07:24) Bitcoin's Evolution: The Rafael explains how Bitcoin has diverged into four camps: BTC, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, and BSV, each addressing privacy and scalability differently. (00:16:09) Monero as Store of Value: Debate over Monero being not just a privacy coin but also a legitimate store of value, stronger than Bitcoin in this regard. (00:34:07) Building a Parallel Economy: Discussion about Monero's critical role in creating a parallel economy outside state surveillance, with businesses increasingly adopting Monero for private transactions. (00:47:43) Future Outlook: The Rafael predicts that companies will adopt a “Monero strategy,” realizing that Monero's privacy and security features make it the best choice for protecting wealth. LINKS: https://x.com/vamosvigilante https://x.com/VigilanteCrypto Purchase Cafe & tip the farmers w/ XMR! https://gratuitas.org/ Purchase a plug & play Monero node at https://moneronodo.com SPONSORS: Cakewallet.com, the first open-source Monero wallet for iOS. You can even exchange between XMR, BTC, LTC & more in the app! Monero.com by Cake Wallet - ONLY Monero wallet (https://monero.com/) StealthEX, an instant exchange. Go to (https://stealthex.io) to instantly exchange between Monero and 450 plus assets, w/o having to create an account or register & with no limits. WEBSITE: https://www.monerotopia.com CONTACT: monerotalk@protonmail.com ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastuman INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotalk TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social MASTODON: @Monerotalk@mastodon.social MONERO.TOWN: https://monero.town/u/monerotalk
We've got a mixed bag of news for y'all in this week's news roundup, including public miner operational updates from August, Japan's largest power company mining bitcoin, Fractal Bitcoin's rip-roaring first week, and the intersection of alternative history and shitcoinery (yes really). Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Will and Colin hop on for another duo pod this week for one of the most eclectic roundups yet. The numbers are in for August for the public bitcoin mining world, and these companies are slowly (but steadily) expanding their hashrate, while also collectively selling more than 1,200 BTC over the month. In a testament to bitcoin mining's utility for utilities, Japan's largest power company, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), is mining bitcoin with a portion of its renewable energy assets. Finally, the lads breakdown the juicy details of sidechain Fractal Bitcoin's first week. And in this week's cry corne – in which Darryl Cooper (Martyr Made) gets BSV-pilled – they touch on the irony of an alternative historian storing his podcasts on a blockchain launched by a man who tried rewriting the history of Bitcoin.Timestamps:00:00 Start02:05 Difficulty update05:03 August miner updates11:29 Tokyo mining BTC!17:49 Fractal Bitcoin update25:12 Cry Corner: Darryl Cooper BSV pilledPublished twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Will and Colin hop on for another duo pod this week for one of the most eclectic roundups yet. The numbers are in for August for the public bitcoin mining world, and these companies are slowly (but steadily) expanding their hashrate, while also collectively selling more than 1,200 BTC over the month. In a testament to bitcoin mining's utility for utilities, Japan's largest power company, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), is mining bitcoin with a portion of its renewable energy assets. Finally, the lads breakdown the juicy details of sidechain Fractal Bitcoin's first week. And in this week's cry corne – in which Darryl Cooper (Martyr Made) gets BSV-pilled – they touch on the irony of an alternative historian storing his podcasts on a blockchain launched by a man who tried rewriting the history of Bitcoin. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:05 Difficulty update 05:03 August miner updates 11:29 Tokyo mining BTC! 17:49 Fractal Bitcoin update 25:12 Cry Corner: Darryl Cooper BSV pilled Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!
Tune in to this episode of the Security Token Show where this week Herwig Konings covers the industry leading headlines and market movements, including State Street, Franklin Templeton, and BlackRock's Big Moves in RWAs This Week. This week Jason Barraza had a chance to sit down with Julian Kwan from IX Swap, covering their new staking rewards program on Base. Full Interview Available on YouTube. Company of the Week - Herwig: State Street = Stay in touch via our Social Media = Kyle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylesonlin/ Herwig: https://www.linkedin.com/in/herwigkonings/ Nico: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicopantelis/ Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbarraza/ Opinion articles, interviews, and more: https://medium.com/security-token-group Find the video edition of this episode on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@stmtvofficial The Token Debrief 1. Franklin Templeton's BENJI Expands to Avalanche: https://www.theblock.co/post/312502/franklin-templeton-tokenized-money-market-fund-avalanche 2. Komainu Now Offers Custody for BUIDL: https://komainu.com/resources/komainu-expands-custody-support-to-include-blackrocks-buidl-token 3. Particula Releases Report: Same Asset, Different Tokens: https://particula.io/comparative-analysis-of-buidl-usdm-and-ousg-tokens/ 4. USDM Whitelists Superstate for USDM Reserves Allocation: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mountain-protocol_usdm-activity-7231316772245630976-4B0f 5. State Street Taps Taurus for Custody and Tokenization Offerings: https://www.theblock.co/post/312183/state-street-taurus-team-digital-asset-custody-tokenization-services 6. Island Sky Investments and Colorado Church Launch Offerings on REtokens: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/island-sky-investments-llc_tokenizedrealestate-blockchainrealestate-activity-7232040702191230976-81Mk and https://cointelegraph.com/news/colorado-church-group-tokenizes-2-5m-chapel 7. RealT Launches RealToken Bridge for Ethereum to Gnosis: https://x.com/RealTPlatform/status/1825971074657296561 8. Estate Protocol Partners with SmartCrowd for MENA Real Estate Tokenization, First Offering Live: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/estate-protocol_hey-fam-to-enhance-our-service-offerings-activity-7231337555021938688-uCGD 9. Sygnum Issues $50M Syndicated Loan to Ledn, Backed by Bitcoin: https://www.sygnum.com/news/sygnum-issues-industry-first-50m-bitcoin-backed-syndicated-loan-to-ledn/ 10. Liquid Noble to Launch Tokenized Precious Metals on BSV: https://coingeek.com/tokenized-precious-metals-on-bsv-coming-this-month-as-liquid-noble-prepares-for-launch/ 11. LATAM's Mercado Libre Issues US Dollar-Tied Stablecoin “Meli Dollar”: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/21/latin-american-e-commerce-giant-mercado-libre-launches-us-dollar-tied-stablecoin/ 12. Tether to Launch UAE Stablecoin Pegged to Dirham https://www.theblock.co/post/312340/tether-aed-stablecoin 13. Clearpool Launches L2 Blockchain “Ozean” for RWAs: https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/clearpool-unveils-rwa-focused-layer-2 14. Chronicle to Tap M^0 for RWA Oracle: https://www.theblock.co/post/312448/makerdao-chronicle-rwa-oracle 15. ProvLabs and Figure Markets Partner with NAV Lend for Fund Issuance, Trading, Admin, and Lending Solution: https://www.provenance.io/newsroom/posts/Complete-Fund-Solution/ 16: StegX and Realiz Partner for European Real Estate Tokenization: https://www.stegx.finance/blog-posts/stegx-and-realiz-forge-strategic-partnership-to-revolutionize-rwa-adoption-in-europe 17. Programmable IP (PIP) Labs Raises $80M Series B for Story Protocol, Led by A16z: https://www.theblock.co/post/312349/a16z-crypto-story-protocol-series-b-layer-1-ip-blockchain 18. RWA World and VanEck Subsidiary SegMint Partner for Tokenized Collectibles: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240816017184/en/RWA-World-announces-collaboration-with-SegMint-GmbH-a-wholly-owned-entity-of-VanEck-Europe-bringing-Transparency-to-Tokenized-Collectibles = Check out our Companies = Security Token Group: http://securitytokengroup.com/ Security Token Advisors: http://www.securitytokenadvisors.com/ Security Token Market: https://stm.co InvestReady: https://www.investready.com ⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰ 0:16 Introduction 0:47 Special Report: STM in Asia 2:25 STS Interviews: IX Swap 14:03 The Token Debrief 23:17 Company of The Week: State Street
Jedoch dauerte es danach nochmals bis Mitte Juli, bis das BSV die dafür zuständige Bundesrätin Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, informierte. Nun läuft eine Admistrativ-Untersuchung in Bern, um herauszufinden, wie dieser grobe Fehler in der Prognosen-Berechnung geschehen konnte.Der Fehler hat zur Folge, dass die AHV nun einiges besser dasteht, als angenommen: bis 2033 ist das Defizit 14 Milliarden Franken kleiner, als bisher angenommen. Nur was bedeutet das nun konkret?Muss jetzt nochmals über das höhere Rentenalter für Frauen abgestimmt werden? Und was für Konsequenzen hat das alles auf die Finanzierung der 13. AHV-Rente? Diese und weitere Fragen beantwortet Bundeshauskorrespondentin Charlotte Walser, welche zu Gast ist in einer neuen Folge «Apropos».Host: Philipp LoserProduzent: Tobias HolzerArtikel zum Thema: Bund hat sich bei der AHV um Milliarden verrechnet – die wichtigsten Fragen und AntwortenDie AHV-Probleme bleiben – trotz RechenfehlerGrüne reichen Beschwerde zum Frauenrentenalter einBund soll AHV-Daten offenlegen, um Fehler frühzeitig zu finden Unser Tagi-Spezialangebot für Podcast-Hörer:innen: tagiabo.chHabt ihr Feedback, Ideen oder Kritik zu «Apropos»? Schreibt uns an podcasts@tamedia.ch
Unlock bonus episodes and more benefits at drbitcoinpod.com. We head back to September 2022 to remember the origins of the £9.9 billion BSV class action lawsuit, which enters a critical stage this week. Follow us on Twitter at: @drbitcoinpod (the podcast) @twentynothing00 (Mark) @arthur_van_pelt (Arthur) You can find Arthur's in-depth Craig Wright pieces at mylegacykit.medium.com.
Aaron Day, an entrepreneur, author, and pro-freedom anti-CBDC political activist, discusses coordinated CBDC threat, rollout, and response. We also talk about BCH halvening, “Hijacking Bitcoin” book reception, Reddit censorship, and many other topics.Enjoy the chat!Links:Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronRDayAaron Day's website: https://day2024.com/BCH Bliss: https://www.bliss.cash“Who Killed Bitcoin?” documentary: https://youtu.be/eafzIW52Rgc?si=nGuK17O7VujuhZauPresentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kkIyprI2ZAjmmmZzU8Y79IZ64D0k3vV7/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4Donations:bitcoincash:qplap7tsjrcqxr05aunnk75t6rcr9p9wd54gm5ux0jSponsors:Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://flipstarter.bitcoincashpodcast.com/enGeneral Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.comSocials:Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrDsJnHFnkMnJhEslofyPQTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheBCHPodcastTimestamps:00:00 Podcast starts00:41 Intro01:29 Aaron Day's intro03:26 Free State Project, New Hampshire19:53 Market update: BCH ranking up23:00 BSV and CSW27:52 BCH and BTC halvening29:35 Halvening miner profitability35:41 Central Bank Digital Currencies38:57 Project Hamilton, Joi Ito, SegWit, Jeffrey Epstein51:00 CBDC threat is real1:05:55 BCH is the best shot we have1:23:39 "The final countdown"1:29:20 You don't go back in a Ponzi scheme1:37:19 Response and action plan1:41:28 On surveillance, airports, and banks1:48:09 Gen Z, "Bank run now", and censorship1:58:55 Shoutout to Charlie from Resist CBDC2:01:38 BSV, CSW, and COPA trial2:04:29 “Hijacking Bitcoin” book release2:18:00 The market has spoken!2:31:22 Reddit censorship falling apart2:32:40 Adam Back gaslighting again2:34:19 Meme of the week2:35:42 Aaron's message to the community2:38:28 Podcast supporter appreciation2:39:19 Shoutouts and outro
Corbin, Bitcoin.com's new interim CEO, discusses Bitcoin.com, being CEO, Bitcoin Cash history and its comeback, BCH Bliss conference, and many other topics. Enjoy the conversation!Links:Corbin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maplesyrupsuckrBCH Bliss: https://www.bliss.cashPresentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qYyXnj6N7rnToG9Wo8U5hvPIHweazjfe/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4Donations:bitcoincash:qzscvjfrgvufcwuq987rkrth0lm2hldp4gxht2tzhuSponsors:Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://flipstarter.bitcoincashpodcast.com/enGeneral Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.comSocials:Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.comTimestamps:00:00 Podcast starts00:37 Intro01:22 Corbin's intro12:22 Joining Bitcoin.com17:28 BSV split, CSW26:00 BCH funding, "Where is my bag?"33:45 BCH low, Pickles high41:06 Bitcoin Cash on the comeback46:32 Market update, BCHG premium50:26 Vlad's interview with Roger Ver53:28 BTC split threats1:01:08 Bitcoin.com1:04:56 Why not "BCH only" at Bitcoin.com?1:15:12 Nobody should rely on one company1:19:41 CashTokens in Bitcoin.com wallet1:31:55 Corbin's Bitcoin.com vision1:37:06 BCH Bliss1:43:14 One way bridge!1:46:04 Community comment of the week: Mathieu Geukens1:51:06 Corbin's message to the community1:57:54 Podcast supporter appreciation1:58:47 Shoutouts and outro
In Moonsettler's second landing on the show, we spend first half with a deep dive on Chaumian eCash (NOT XEC!), ZK rollups on BTC, with second half switching to collapse of BSV post COPA verdict, latest Blockstream propaganda, and other topics.Moonsettler is a BTC developer and a self-described “stubborn self-sovereign money maximalist and aspiring cypherpunk”.Enjoy the discussion!Links:Moonsettler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4moonsettlerHis previous appearance on the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mgxFmC_g0Presentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HVscrdL9wgmk4iV35dldZu05J4q9eWM8/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4Donations:bitcoincash:qzgt2lnv7h9u70k7xvc8shy343zfc4grjudv6jlusaSponsors:Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors: https://flipstarter.bitcoincashpodcast.com/enGeneral Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.comSocials:Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.comTimestamps:00:00 Podcast starts00:38 Intro01:18 Moonsettler's intro07:15 Uneuphoric fail on BTC ATHs19:01 Chaumian eCash47:02 Its value proposition1:03:14 Is Moonsettler bullish on it being a scaling solution?1:18:25 Is it an alternative to LN? Can it handle billions of users?1:29:19 ZK Rollups and BitVM1:38:20 Fraudtoshi1:41:48 Calvin flees the scene1:58:04 Ryan X. Charles: "Craig Wright is a scammer"2:05:42 Community comment of the week2:14:32 Nexa2:24:36 Bitcoin community consolidating?2:27:30 BTC ossifiers2:33:17 “Ministry Of Truth” broadcast2:48:43 Samson's prediction and Blockstream psyops2:58:36 Moonsettler's message to the community3:00:42 Podcast supporter appreciation3:01:37 Shoutouts and outro
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Alex (@_minisatoshi), a prominent BCH community contributor, joins us to discuss rising BCH on-chain transactions, CHIP process, COPA vs. CSW trial, Coinbase custody, Biden's economic propaganda, and more. Enjoy!Links:minisatoshi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/minisatoshiJessica promo video competition rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qC_0WdT-Psqk-a5fa1m0EL4fAN6hGld8OQIo9q51PE4/edit#heading=h.yda0rd1q6pzxPresentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16VYigoWZW9u2RVA1IEhRPQmkfsfIXVKx/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4Donations:bitcoincash:qpa78p3c85wh5xe97fegv0fkmsmn2yk2ngmvnykzxuSponsors:Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors! NEW flipstarter running: https://flipstarter.bitcoincashpodcast.com/enGeneral Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.comSocials:Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.comTimestamps:00:00 Podcast starts00:37 Intro01:46 Minisatoshi's intro05:07 Reflections on BSV and eCash splits07:06 SmartBCH08:31 Alex's current activities10:50 Win Bliss tickets!18:17 Bitcoin Cash moving up21:30 BCH ETF pump?29:45 Rising transactions31:28 Emergent Coding project37:32 Community comment of the week44:35 CHIP: upgrades on Saturdays1:02:31 BIP vs. CHIP: the social aspect1:15:48 Question of the week1:24:56 Custodybase!1:32:08 BCH putting in the work1:47:59 Bidenomics1:59:11 COPA vs. CSW2:09:58 Meme of the week2:10:45 Message to the community2:12:44 Podcast supporter appreciation2:14:06 Shoutouts and outro
What's up, Vigilantes! I just wrapped up an amazing 3rd interview with Jack Liu! We delved into the scaling prowess of BSV, the clash of Big Tech versus decentralized innovation, and the captivating journey through BTC, BSV, Ordinals, Ordi, BRC-20, and Bitmaps. If you missed the first two interviews of this epic trilogy, be sure… The post Unveiling the Secrets of Scaling, Tech Clashes, and the On-Chain Horizon with Jack Liu [VIDEO] appeared first on The Crypto Vigilante.
Setting a festive mood with a holiday shirt to boot, Charles Miller kicks off the CoinGeek Conversations Christmas Special this year, sharing a bubbly toast with his guests: CoinGeek Reporter, Becky Liggero, and Osmin Callis, the Founder and CEO of Mode 8. The two battled it out to the end in an exciting quiz covering topics, such as Bitcoin SV (BSV) companies, Bitcoin terminologies, entertainment, science, and a final odd one out round. Formulating the questions using ChatGPT, Charles marveled at how the language model came up with its responses, as well as abstract images for BSV companies, based on the very little information he gave. The first round focused on Bitcoin SV companies, with Charles asking participants to identify BSV their names based on AI images. The next round shifted to general knowledge, covering topics such as the Olympic Games in London, planets, Komodo dragons, and Taylor Swift albums. The third round took a unique turn, presenting descriptions from Robin Kohze, CEO and Co-founder of Vaionex, with participants tasked to identify Bitcoin-related terms based on these descriptions. In the final, odd one out, round, participants had to pick the word or phrase that didn't belong among four choices. The competition was fierce as Osmin and Becky vied to answer questions, earning points for correct answers. At the end of the quiz, the scores were tallied, ultimately revealing the winner, with prizes, like the bubbly, ‘magically' passed across the online connections! To find out who won, you'll need to watch the show and perhaps test your knowledge by attempting some of the questions! Best of luck, and may you have a joyful holiday season from the CoinGeek Conversations team!
Unlock bonus episodes and more benefits at drbitcoinpod.com. Mark and Arthur discuss the origins of what might be the season finale of the Craig Wright Show: the COPA trial. In this first part they cover how the COPA vs. Craig Wright case got started, how Wright failed to get critical evidence thrown out, and how the BSV community twisted the case into a battle for nChain's patents. Follow us on Twitter at: @drbitcoinpod (the podcast) @twentynothing00 (Mark) @arthur_van_pelt (Arthur) You can find Arthur's in-depth Craig Wright pieces at mylegacykit.medium.com.
Steve Banks is the Founder and President of Banks Sports Ventures., a sports management company which represents and guides the careers of professional athletes. Go to www.thejasoncavnessexperience.com for the full episode and other episodes of The Jason Cavness Experience on your favorite platforms. Steve's Bio Steve Banks is the Founder and President of Banks Sports Ventures., a sports management company which represents and guides the careers of professional athletes. Prior to re-establishing BSV, he served as CEO of ShotTek Inc., a sports technology wearables company and the creators of Peace Shooter, the world's first smart shot trainer (or real-time-feedback shot trainer) for basketball players. As a consultant with ShotTek, “I saw the long-term goal and the vision of Larry Peterson, Founder and President of ShotTek”. Having served in several roles as Steve's professional career has continued to evolve, Eli Lilly was a welcomed break from the hustle and bustle of the sports world. Steve worked for Eli Lilly in the Diabetes Unit facilitating presentations for Endocrinologist's, Primary Care Physicians, and clinic staff, bringing awareness to all of the benefits our diabetic medications provide. In 2015 while working at New York Life his first child was born, in which the decision was made to take a couple of years off after a two-year stint as a Life Insurance Executive. “My time there was an amazing ride, having been recognized as the Top Performer in the African American Unit, 2014 “Rookie of the Year”, and the culmination of it all was receiving the Ben Feldman “Life Excellence Award” which is considered the Heisman Trophy of the life insurance industry.” Before joining New York Life, Steve was a successful sports agent having worked with the likes of Gary Payton, Rodney Stuckey, Kevin Durant, Jamal Crawford, Dwight Howard, DeMar DeRozan, and Isaiah Thomas to name a few. His main reason for wanting to be in the Sports Management industry was he saw a need that was not being met by most agents, and that was a lack of education & empowerment of African American athletes. In representing athletes, it was important for Steve to make an IMPACT off the court. If you were to speak with any of the athletes that he's worked with, they would tell you that Steve always promoted LEGACY and using your platform to create an eco-system of business minded individuals!!! “Legacy is powerful, and more often than not, it is easily overlooked and as a sports agent, I have an obligation to look out for not only their best-interest, but also their families.” In life, sometimes there is a higher calling, and I was always taught that when called upon, you must be obedient. As a sports agent, it was hard to be in a world where you often need to keep your inner circle small, not knowing who was looking out for you, so I made the decision to walk away. The beauty of this story is that Steve Banks is back where he belongs and will make an IMPACT in the lives of the athletes that have a desire to be great. “Being able to incorporate my values, standards, morals into my work are what truly drives me to lead.” In his free time, Steve serves on the Board of Trustee's for The Bush School. He volunteers with members of his fraternity – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. Steve also serves on the board of Baseball Beyond Borders, a non-profit organization that uses baseball as a platform to engage inner-city youth, while developing a passion for education and developing life skills. As a Black man, it is critical that he dedicates time to mentoring and supporting the upcoming generation of young people. Steve received his Bachelor of Science from Eastern Oregon University, where he was a student athlete. He is also a graduate of Georgetown University where he received his Masters of Sports Industry Management. Steve, his wife Maryjane and their two sons live in the Central District area of Seattle. We talked about the following and other items The Bush School Becoming a sports agent Legacy The power of visualization Making an impact Banks Sports Ventures Steve's Social Media Steve's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bankssports/ Steve's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bankssportsventures/ Steve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BSportsVentures Steve's Advice I've recently been talking to some people about investments. This is the one thing I will share with entrepreneurs. Don't be so fixated on the product, as you're thinking about if you want to be an entrepreneur, if you want to step out of your comfort zone. The one thing that I've learned is that people often times get fixated on the product. What I've learned traditionally is that people invest in people, right? The product okay, that I get it. But I want to know about you.
The latest group of entrepreneurs to graduate from Block Dojo, the London incubator programme for startups building on the BSV blockchain, are sharing their ambitions on CoinGeek Conversations over the next three weeks.In the first show, two founders describe their business plans. First, Ash Yarro's Trackr HR is designed to bring technology, particularly AI, to bear on the inefficiencies of the highly-lucrative recruitment business. Ash was already an experienced entrepreneur. But when he talked to his girlfriend about her work in recruitment, he was astonished at what he heard: “it became apparent that there were just so many complexities and long, laborious processes within being a recruiter.”Ash realised he had found his next project. He contacted friends who work in recruitment and HR and asked to spend time with them at work to learn about their business. He says he discovered “so many problems in terms of fragmented systems, outdated practices and just so many spaces for top candidates to slip between the cracks”. Unlike in the working practices of lawyers and accountants for instance, he said, new technology was rarely being used.So how is Trackr HR going to fix that? Ash says it will be a “multipronged solution”. AI will be deployed right from the first contact between the recruiter and their client, to analyse conversations that describe the role the client wants to fill and the kind of candidate they're looking for. From that, AI will generate a brief. Then throughout the process, AI will continue to improve efficiency by analysing applications and video responses by candidates, saving the recruiter time and allowing a more systematic approach. Ash believes the business is ready for innovation. AI is also an important component of Kofo Are's Thier idea. She describes it as “a mobile platform for the prevention of obesity and type two diabetes”. Her customers will be big businesses who want to improve the health of their staff - not least, Kofo says, because obesity costs companies $3,000 to $15,000 per employee per year. The first part of the idea is to give users an app that will track the exercise they take and their food and drink consumption. This information will then be used to recommend interventions - anything from changing your diet to something more ambitious: “We will match you with a health care practitioner who will offer interventions tailored to your specific needs. We'll also match you to groups on the platform because we plan to have communities where we group people based upon their risk. The purpose of the communities is because we believe in the power of peers: when you're in groups and you know you're suffering from the same type of disease, we tend to encourage one another to make the right choices around food, around exercise, around the hours of sleep.”One of the benefits of Thier, in the UK at least, is that it would take some of the pressure off the National Health Service. Kofo agrees that would be a “great thing”. But of course, working with businesses, she knows she also has to incentivise them financially, by pointing to the benefits they'd enjoy with fewer staff absences and by slowing the growth of ever-increasing health insurance premiums. Don't miss next week's CoinGeek Conversations, to meet more Block Dojo entrepreneurs.
In the latest episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Jack Pitts, founder of Slictionary, Brendan Lee, founder of Elas Digital and CoinGeek's Charles Miller delve into Zeke Faux's new book, Number Go Up. Faux, a journalist from Bloomberg Businessweek, takes readers on a journey through the crypto world, focusing on characters like Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX, the cultural phenomenon of Bored Apes, and the mysteries of Tether's $68 billion valuation. The book's format, a first-person narrative, fascinated Jack, who said he enjoyed the informal style. Faux's approach reflected the author's personal experience as he became a character in the story. Brendan found the storytelling engaging, describing it as an adventure that kept him hooked: “the author managed to get into the offices of several of these really high flying crypto executives. And I mean, it kind of reads like a bit of an adventure.” Charles discussed the evolution of Faux's perspective from a seemingly innocent article about Sam Bankman-Fried to a more critical stance, especially regarding FTX's legitimacy. The conversation touched on the author's initial portrayal of FTX as a “thought experiment”, later questioning its potential scam-like nature. A discussion on Tether's central role in the crypto world surfaced, with Brendan raising concerns about Tether's backing and its potential impact on the overall economy. He emphasized that Tether's $68 billion valuation should have corresponding funds in a bank account. They discussed the suspicions surrounding Tether's operations, with concerns about its actual reserves and its role in market manipulation. “I suspect and a lot of people in the BSV community as well, that Tether, there's not much money there at all,” Brendan asserted. Jack meanwhile argued that regulators should focus on auditing the trading practices of platforms like Binance and Bitfinex rather than questioning Tether's reserves. “What they need to audit is not what's backing the treasure chest. They need to audit how the treasure chest was obtained, which means they need an audit of Binance. They need an audit of Bitfinex and an audit of Tether to find out what trades were being made, how they were being made, and what dirty people they were trading with, and how they were manipulating prices to basically make themselves all that money.” The conversation turned to the NFT craze, with Jack criticizing the quality of the digital assets. “I think the funniest thing about the NFT craze is the levels of ideocracy behind it. So first of all, the pictures themselves aren't even on the Ethereum blockchain. And yet the funny thing about these NFTs is they have to be really low 1980s quality pictures.” Brendan brought up the exploitative nature of some artists profiting from NFTs. “I was reading about these people who were creating NFTs and they were paying the artists, like $10 to create all of this material and then going and making $10 million from selling them. It's not just lazy, but it's exploitative.” They proceeded to discuss a section of Faux's book, which delves into the bizarre world of Bored Apes and how Faux risked $20,000 of his own money to purchase an Ape, with the goal of gaining access to an exclusive party and later selling the digital asset. The Bored Ape phenomenon represents the broader NFT craze, as discussed by the participants. They critiqued the low-quality, pixelated images of these digital assets. “I find the whole Bored Ape kind of hype cycle which I think really has largely ended now seems to be one of the strangest things that's happened in crypto,” Brendan noted. A significant part of the book explor
Our guest is BSV YouTuber and CoinGeek writer Joshua Henslee. We discuss big blocker vindication, the narrative fallout of Ordinals, Hodlocker, the state of BSV from inside, and more. Enjoy the chat!Links:Joshua Henslee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptoAcornsJoshua Henslee on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC0aRGlWxBDkEZXS5IPOBhXwPresentation slides of this episode: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/119Fo9paoW_PfFE9bsSgnT8cCT7uyRrZa/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4Donations:bitcoincash:qqh6763nrx32k5lh0agtzhwqts4grp7qdsetp3k929Sponsors:Thank you very much to our flipstarter contributors (NEW Flipstarter for ep. 96-105): https://flipstarter.bitcoincashpodcast.com/enGeneral Protocols: https://generalprotocols.com and https://bchbull.comSocials:Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.comTimestamps:00:00 Podcast starts00:37 Intro02:43 Joshua's intro and Bitcoin journey09:38 Year of the Bitcoin forks15:47 2023 year of Ordinals vindication21:21 Will there be a new BTC fork?30:03 More on replay protection34:27 Inertia is a powerful thing37:48 Hodlocker48:53 Question of the week1:02:29 State of BSV1:21:26 Whale Tank1:31:04 Meme of the week1:42:03 Community comment of the week1:46:52 Joshua's message to the community1:48:57 Podcast supporter appreciation1:49:37 Shoutouts and outro
VX Technologies Executive Director of Global Partnerships, Catherine Lephoto, is no stranger to the world of blockchain and digital innovation. In 2022, she sat down with Charles Miller on the sidelines of the BSV Global Blockchain Convention in Dubai to discuss VX Technologies and its blockchain-based solutions on CoinGeek Conversations. This time, Catherine is back to shed light on Alpha DAPP, the flagship product of VX Technologies, which has the potential to be a game-changer not only for Africa but for countries worldwide.Alpha DAPP, as the name suggests, marks the start of decentralized applications (DAPP). As Catherine explains, Alpha DAPP which operates on the BSV blockchain aims to harness the power of blockchain technology. However, what makes Alpha DAPP truly exciting is that it offers a user-friendly experience. “On the face of it, does not look like it's blockchain. It still looks very much like what people are currently accustomed to. So when they interact with the platform, they would not even know that they are actually working on a blockchain platform,” she notes. Catherine recalls the challenges of explaining the concept of blockchain, especially the process of managing a 12-word seed phrase to access a blockchain account. As she points out, people are accustomed to creating an email account with a simple password that can be easily retrieved if forgotten. Alpha DAPP has addressed this by making blockchain technology accessible to any average person. “When I interact with it, it's like I'm interacting with any other app on my phone or on my computer. It's simple,” she says. Catherine is keen to point out that VX Technologies is committed to upholding data sovereignty, ensuring that users maintain privacy and ownership of their data. “Our company is all about data sovereignty,” she asserts. Unlike traditional centralized platforms where data is often controlled by third parties, Alpha DAPP users have control over their data. . Alpha DAPP has made the whole process user-friendly and familiar. Users can log in using a simple email address, eliminating the need to download wallets or remember complex seed phrases. A blockchain wallet will be assigned to each user, and in the event of a data loss, Alpha DAPP provides an option to retrieve the 12-word seed phrase. “The idea is the privacy still remains yours, the sovereignty of the data, the ownership is still yours. But now what we have done is we have created the interaction, essentially the bridge to the blockchain in a manner that is familiar, which is using a simple email address to log in,” Catherine explained. Catherine also discussed Alpha DAPP's potential impact on education and employment recruitment and the role it can possibly play in these sectors. With academic records stored on Alpha DAPP, graduates can present a QR code during virtual interviews, enabling employers to verify their credentials instantly. This streamlined process eliminates the need for graduates to travel long distances for interviews, especially in remote areas, reducing the financial burden and enhancing the efficiency of the recruitment process. According to Catherin, this approach can significantly address high unemployment rates in countries like South Africa. Catherine also stressed that records must be issued by a credentialed authority to ensure trustworthiness. “With everything that we do, the record has to be issued by a credentialed authority,” she asserted. Students cannot simply create their own records, as this would risk compromising the integrity of the system. Instead, universities and educational institutions have a critical role to play in the issuance of records, which Alpha DAPP securely records on the blockchain. Catherine highlighted the importance of the first customer and the value of reference
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Darren Kellenschwiler's long BSV history runs from the tumultuous days of the BCH-BSV split to his current role as a technical lead at the BSV Blockchain Association.On this week's CoinGeek Conversations, Darren takes a trip down memory lane with Charles Miller, recalling the end of 2018 when he hosted Bitcoin meet-ups in London. It was during this period that the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin SV (BSV) split occurred, resulting in heated debates and ideological divisions within the community. Darren recalled the atmosphere, when "everything was a little tumultuous, and people were taking different ideological stances. There were very strong arguments - over a beer! That's the sort of atmosphere at that time. It was the hash wars era." Darren was on the Bitcoin SV side of the divide, firmly believing in Dr Craig Wright as the inventor of Bitcoin. As he explained, "I had made my mind up years before that this chap, Dr Wright is the inventor of Bitcoin. So I didn't really waste my time with the crowd that were somehow rebelling against him." As Bitcoin SV emerged, Darren took “a leap of faith” despite the ongoing debates about Dr Craig Wright. As he says, “there wasn't a lot of public detail with respect to the evidence for Dr Craig Wright having invented Bitcoin." This period also marked the birth of the "Bitcoin protocol is set in stone" campaign. One of Darren's notable contributions to the BSV community was Baemail, an email application integrated with micropayments. He explained his motivation behind it: "I don't like spam. I hate reading emails that are not relevant to me. So I thought, attach some value to it. We'll create ‘inbox economics', where the highest in the inbox is the person who paid you the most for you to read it." While Baemail gained quick adoption within the BSV community, it faced challenges in achieving widespread usage due to limitations in BSV wallet adoption. Darren's journey continued when he met Brendan Lee from ELAS Digital at a conference in London. Brendan bought Baemail and hired Darren, making him a co-founder of the company. Together, they delved into building Metanet applications and experimenting with hosting entire websites on the Metanet, a concept that was both groundbreaking and esoteric at the time. Today, Darren serves as the technical lead of the utilization value stream at the BSV Blockchain Association. He described his role as multifaceted, involving contributions to various aspects of the BSV ecosystem. He also emphasized the Association's responsibility to ensure that the user experience and businesses built on BSV remain intact and thrive. Darren also highlighted his passion for tackling complex challenges and his role in documenting, analyzing, and improving wallet architectures within the BSV ecosystem. He mentioned the importance of effective communication and collaboration with developers, including discussions with Dr Craig Wright, to advance the ecosystem's growth and development. Darren Kellenschwiler's journey in the Bitcoin SV ecosystem exemplifies the resilience and dedication of individuals committed to the vision of a stable, scalable, and innovative blockchain. As Bitcoin SV continues to evolve, Darren and others like him play a pivotal role in shaping its future.
Swiss entrepreneur Bernhard Müller's app, Centi, built on the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain, is a platform that offers financial services which combine the revolutionary capabilities of digital money with the trust and security of traditional banks. Centi's creation of the Centi Franc Stablecoin (CCHF), a stablecoin connected to the Swiss franc is a significant achievement for the BSV blockchain. According to Bernhard, the Centi Franc is a "stablecoin of a new category, which is fiat guaranteed". He stressed that this guarantee provides peace of mind, saying, "you know exactly how you can get your money as it is backed by a Swiss bank guarantee." On this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Bernhard details the process behind the Centi franc, explaining that for every token issued, the bank provides an equivalent amount of money as a guarantee in the event that Centi defaults. He outlined the steps involved, from contacting the bankruptcy trustee to the bank's role in collecting data and distributing funds. Bernhard emphasized, "you have this guarantee, which is quite unique". Bernhard also points to the Centi Franc's capability to handle micropayments, not just for trading between cryptocurrencies. "It's a direct-to-consumer stablecoin," meaning that users don't need to have large amounts of money to interact with it. Bernhard aims to get more people, including developers and businesses, to use Centi Franc. Presenter Charles Miller suggested that the Centi Franc represents "genuine digital cash." Bernhard agreed and pointed out that when you use cash, you don't have to share your ID or leave behind any digital traces, as opposed to other financial transactions, such as with banks, where you need to share all sorts of personal information. Centi does not rely on loans from banks, instead, it front-loads the money. This not only minimizes the bank's risk but also ensures Centi maintains sufficient reserves. The Centi Franc's real power is in its versatility. As Bernhard points out, "If you want to have a Swiss franc that's ultra-versatile and can be used for micropayments...that's not something you can do with money in a bank account because it's not cash." Bernhard also unveiled Centi's merchant list, highlighting its growth. He explained that consumers can directly pay merchants, and Centi's competitive pricing is one of the reasons merchants choose to accept it. It's also good to note that the absence of chargebacks and faster access to funds is an added advantage to merchants of Centi. Furthermore, Centi has partnered with Centbee, a wallet provider based in South Africa focused on facilitating cash payments and remittances within Africa. Bernhard described their partnership as an opportunity to create a remittance product that fits well with Switzerland's unique remittance landscape. Switzerland is a significant source of remittance payments, surpassing even the entire United Kingdom, despite its smaller size. This is due to Switzerland's diverse society, comprised of both locals and international workers, including refugees. Centbee, on the other hand, offers cash, bank payments, and mobile money services in sub-Saharan Africa, and now expanding to countries like Brazil. Combining Centi's infrastructure in Switzerland with Centbee's offerings, the collaboration aims to create a remittance product that can meet the demands of the current remittance market. Bernhard Müller's Centi combines the best of traditional finance with the possibilities of the digital age. As he notes, Centi offers its users the convenience of web3 technology while maintaining the familiarity of web2, making it an exciting prospect in the world of digital finance.
Musician-turned-tech-entrepreneur Shem Booth-Spain demonstrates his passion for revolutionizing the music industry through Blarecast, a music platform poised to empower artists and content creators by enabling them to own and monetize their data using the power of Bitcoin SV. Shem's journey began in the world of music. From a young age, he immersed himself in creating music, from traditional rock and roll to electronic sounds. His experience as an independent, unsigned musician in London made him aware of the challenges musicians face in self-distribution. As he points out, blockchain's potential in the arts is still largely untapped, and he is passionate about leveraging technology to empower content creators. Shem believes that Bitcoin can play a significant role in this transformation. As he says, "Bitcoin is a medium, and our understanding is growing of what we conceive Bitcoin to be able to do." His initial encounter with blockchain came when he and his band inscribed a message onto the BTC blockchain. He thought of storing more substantial data on the blockchain, however, as he points out, BTC had its limitations. It wasn't until the restoration of the original Bitcoin protocol on Bitcoin SV in 2019 that Shem and his team embarked on the "Data blast" operation, where they stored various data types on the BSV blockchain. This led Shem to realize that Bitcoin's potential goes way beyond data inscriptions. "I think that's actually a very interesting story of how we now understand Bitcoin in a lot bigger viewpoint than just inscribing little bits of information," he says. Funded by venture capitalist firm Ayre Ventures, Blarecast is developing both iOS and Android apps, with a focus on ensuring a seamless and enjoyable user experience. Blarecast facilitates instant payments for music consumption, eliminating the lengthy delays often associated with traditional music distribution systems. As Shem puts it, "Bitcoin is a technology of empowerment," and Blarecast aims to simplify and streamline the payment process for both artists and listeners. When asked about approaching big record companies, Shem says that the key lies in conveying the usefulness and applicability of blockchain technology rather than delving into its technicalities. The music industry has experienced challenges, from piracy to the emergence of streaming platforms like Spotify. Now, with Web 3 technologies and the introduction of peer-to-peer payments and NFTs, more business opportunities are coming to light. As he states, "it's about why this technology is useful and important to a prospective partner or a client." Blarecast will allow users to make micropayments using a BSV wallet. However, Shem acknowledges the need for user-friendly payment options, "multiple tokens, multiple currencies, any fiat currency, so that whatever the consumer wants to pay, there's a seamless choice to do that." Blarecast will ensure a seamless payment experience for a global audience. Currently living in Japan, Shem is optimistic about blockchain adoption in the country. He notes that past crypto speculative bubbles have tainted perceptions of blockchain technology, leading businesses and individuals to be more cautious. However, he believes that once a few businesses experience the speed and efficiency of blockchain technology, more will follow. Blarecast's goal is to build a stable business that benefits artists worldwide, and Shem envisions a modular ecosystem that can adapt and evolve with emerging technologies. He stresses, "we're trying to build something that's got longevity."
In a recent episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller sat down with Rafal Gelner, the co-founder and CEO of Zetly Fueling Sports, to delve into the exciting world of merging real and virtual experiences for sports enthusiasts, with a particular focus on football. Zetly Fueling Sports is exploring various avenues to create immersive experiences for sports fans, incorporating elements like NFT gating and NFC (Near Field Communication), a wireless technology that enables devices like smartphones and contactless cards to exchange data when close together. As Rafal explained: "let's say a user has a favorite jersey or sports jacket, that will be connected to the NFT. When the user goes into a match or an area where this can be scanned, you can have access to the areas to take part in reward programs". He emphasized the endless potential of this approach, comparing it to a ‘golden ticket' that provides access to VIP areas and other club offerings. Zetly is gearing up to launch a pilot sports metaverse in collaboration with Robert Rice's Transmira and Omniscape. Transmira is creating digital replicas of entire stadiums through photography, allowing users to virtually explore these venues. Zetly wants to make sports experiences more accessible to everyone. As Rafal noted, "Zetly gives access to the people that cannot afford to go to the real match or real stadium." Furthermore, users in the virtual realm will have the unique ability to interact with those attending the real event, and vice versa. This bridging of the physical and digital worlds enhances the sense of community for sports enthusiasts” and "if you've got a family member or a friend who's actually at the game, you can sort of be there with them - or at least see them." Rafal envisions the metaverse expanding not only within the stadium but also encompassing an entire city, making the digital twin concept a tourism attraction. As he explained, Zetly's all-in-one platform will include NFT gating, utilities, sports quizzes, and support for sports clubs to tokenize and engage their fans. BSV (Bitcoin SV) is Zetly's blockchain of choice. For Rafal, BSV's enterprise-level capability and ability to scale exceptionally allows for fast and cost-effective transactions. This choice to build on BSV not only guarantees streamlined transaction handling but also positions Zetly to easily accommodate substantial growth and adoption. Rafal was enthusiastic to share news that Zetly will showcase their innovative solutions and pilot program in Seville, Spain, this month. This opportunity will give them substantial exposure to some of the world's largest and most renowned sports clubs. However, Rafal acknowledged a challenge in blockchain education. "People like the idea but they don't understand blockchain," he noted. To bridge this knowledge gap, he emphasized the need for education and awareness, especially within the sports community. Rafal Gelner's vision for Zetly Fueling Sports aims to engage sports fans through tokenization while giving a full-on immersive experience to users in the real and virtual worlds. With a focus on BSV's capabilities and a commitment to user-friendly subscription models, Zetly aims to revolutionize the way sports enthusiasts experience their favorite events. As Rafal says, "the sky's the limit," and Zetly is well on its way to soaring high in the world of sports technology.
Blockchain technology promises innovative solutions to long-standing problems across various industries. To learn about the work of a blockchain consultant, Charles Miller sat down with IBM blockchain specialist Agata Slater in this weeki's CoinGeek Conversations. In the interview, Agata talks about her role, IBM's approach to blockchain and the implications for Web3 technology. As a blockchain consultant at IBM, Agata focuses on helping enterprise clients design and implement blockchain solutions. This includes everything from identifying use cases and architectural design to the actual implementation and ongoing technical support. According to Agata, IBM assists a diverse range of clients with varying levels of blockchain knowledge. Some approach IBM with a vision for implementing blockchain while others have specific problems they need to solve, with blockchain potentially being just one piece of the solution. Agata emphasizes that the primary goal should always be addressing the client's problems effectively, even if it means advising against blockchain when it's not the right fit. Agata's department, IBM Consulting, remains technology agnostic. This means they can propose solutions from IBM's software portfolio but are not limited to them. They can leverage existing solutions from the market or partner with technology providers to best address the client's needs. For Agata, this flexibility allows them to serve and support clients in the most effective way possible. When it comes to selecting the right blockchain solution, Agata points out that many enterprise clients prefer permissioned blockchains like Hyperledger Fabric due to their focus on privacy, control, and compliance. She acknowledges that while permissionless blockchains have their place, enterprises often require a high degree of control and stability, which permissioned blockchains can provide. Agata also discusses the concept of Web3 what she sees as its four pillars: identity, tokenization, traceability, and payments. She sees Web3 as a promise of what the internet could become and believes these pillars are essential enablers for realizing that promise. While solutions for these aspects already exist, she believes that Web3 can bring them together in a decentralized ecosystem. Interestingly, Agata holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh, where she studied the language of the Caribbean. She explains how her academic background focused on language and identity, which involved ethnographic research and the analysis of grammatical features in vernacular speech. While her academic journey may seem unrelated to blockchain, she points out that understanding cultural nuances and effective communication are essential skills when dealing with diverse clients and communities in the blockchain ecosystem. While Agata acknowledges the passion around the different blockchain technologies and protocols, she says she refrains from getting caught up in debates over which blockchain is superior. As for her thoughts on Bitcoin SV's capabilities, she acknowledges its potential in terms of scalability. She anticipates that only when more enterprises with substantial scale requirements enter the ecosystem will BSV's full potential be realized.
On this weeks' show, Kurt takes a trip down memory lane, looking at some interesting clips from previous shows and interviews he has done.Kurt talks with Luke Rohenaz about their time at BTC Miami 2021, having been turned away at BTC Miami 2023, the two reminisce on the discussion Kurt had with Tim Draper and Lightning Network. Kurt took a question from the audience in his ask me anything show this April explaining what is Proof of Work and why it is important. Kurt looks at the #BSV price, but from 2 years ago and what some of the reasons are for price movements with BSV. Finally looking back on some clips from his coverage of the Kleiman vs Wright trial, answering a question from none other than Greg Maxwell, followed by his discussions with Craig Wright's legal team Andres Rivero and the late Amanda McGovern. ► Hit #Subscribe & #HitTheBell so you don't miss out on any new videos!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------► Our Links:Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/realcoingeek/Twitter ► https://twitter.com/realcoingeekInstagram ► ...
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From BSV entrepreneur to start-up enabler, Kirsty Barany-Gibson is no stranger to the Bitcoin SV community. Prior to taking on a position at global investment firm Scale Facilitation, she was known to the BSV community as the founder of Clear Sparrow, an online dating app that utilizes Bitcoin SV technology. Today, Kristy heads Access New York, a program by Scale Facilitation, offering start-ups and small-medium enterprises access to New York City resources. On this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller catches up with the BSV entrepreneur who passionately shares her thoughts on Blockchain technology, its most promising use cases and how she enables innovative start-ups and SMEs through Access New York. “We have a very much diversified portfolio. We're looking into companies in biotechnology, healthcare, obviously blockchain, so essentially anything that is a high disruptor in established industries,” she says. As an entrepreneur in the blockchain space, Kristy firmly attests to the countless benefits blockchain technology brings to a business. “You need it, otherwise you are going to be at a massive disadvantage,” she asserts. She points to blockchain's ability to enhance process efficiencies through transparency while allowing companies to reduce liability and cost. Thanks to Clear Sparrow, Kirsty speaks from experience. Her platform is unusual among dating apps in that it uses blockchain technology to store users' information. It verifies a user's background through checking government records as a precondition to the access of potential partners. Kirsty is also keen to point out the superior power of BSV's technology saying “the only blockchain that is able to handle the speed and the volume is BSV”. As head of Access New York, Kirsty is enthusiastic about onboarding companies that utilize blockchain technology. As she explains, “I see the BSV blockchain as a way of future proofing the companies that we invest in” she says. Kirsty believes that the most successful companies of the future will be those that integrate blockchain technology at an early stage. As for companies planning to integrate blockchain later on, she says it is viable, but more expensive. “If you're able to capture real live data, immutable, you are sitting on a goldmine, that is where the value is, so if you would talk to me and say, well, we can do it today, make a small investment and build it versus well, we'll see in five years, then you're losing five years of these amazing value that you could have been tracking since the beginning,” she explains. Furthermore, Kirsty alludes to the fact that there is an abundance of talents in the BSV community that can help companies integrate blockchain: “there's a group of amazing developers within the BSV community that have been devoting years to building the building blocks, so they are there - you only have to literally bring them into your business and open a whole new dimension to it.” Kristy's background in technology goes back to her childhood years. Her father was in one of the largest information technology distributor companies in South America. Kirsty also worked at a cybersecurity firm in the United States that serviced some of the largest brands in various industries. “I protected the oil industry, central banks. I was never the builder, but I always understood exactly how it worked so I could implement it in a very successful way,” she says. With a deep appreciation for blockchain technology, Kristy continues her journey, hoping to find more use cases that can truly unlock the value of this technology. As she says, “there's a lot of very profitable business models out there that have never been touched just because there's never been that transparency in
Times are changing, literally. The Nowatch wearable looks like a watch but doesn't function like one. Instead of telling the time, the device's main use is to register its owners' biometrics. As MintBlue CEO, Niels van den Bergh points out, the watch allows its users to be ‘in the now': “It doesn't tell you the time, it only gives you time,” he says. The BSV blockchain helps Nowatch to track a person's vitals, breathing, heartbeat, steps, sleep cycle among many other measures. Similar to other smart wearable brands, the information collected from its user used to be stored in the cloud. But as Niels points out, “Nowatch really wants to pioneer and push boundaries in this field.” And so the brand aims to take smart watches to the next level by offering its customers the opportunity to own and monetize their own data with the use of blockchain technology. As Niels tells Charles Miller on this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, every Nowatch user will own their own data. “You can do things with it that you can do when you are an owner: you can share it, you can sell it, you can rent it, you own it, you decide,” Niels says. There are benefits to sharing your Nowatch data to your service providers. For instance, your doctor can access and monitor your sleep cycle after prescribing you new sleep medication or your gym trainer will be able to access your vitals and see how your body reacts to an exercise routine. With the data-sharing capability of Nowatch, people can receive better service. As for monetizing from your data on the Nowatch, Niels says it's possible, for instance, for a research organization to track hundreds or thousands of people's heart rates during a football match. “That's cool information that research labs can use well, and imagine the machine learning algorithms that also can be fed with this information, it's truly authentic information that you buy from an owner,” he says. Nowatch is one of the many clients of MintBlue, a company that offers blockchain services to businesses. MintBlue's vision is to create a public protocol spec, not only for Nowatch but for competitor smart wearables that want to integrate the technology as well. As Niels says, “we are like the Yoda to the heroes, we help organizations reap the benefits of Web3, we make it very easy for organizations to just plug and play our SDK and APIs into their backend systems.” MintBlue also wants to have all its use cases collaborate using BSV technology saying “the BSV blockchain is one global ledger for everything, for all use cases, so all of the clients that we sign up can interoperate.” From a business perspective, Niels says it's all about finding the right use cases, as well as focusing on marketing and sales. He believes personal connection is everything. As he points out, “business is still people talking to each other and trusting each other.” For Niels, at the end of the day, business boils down to people having a relationship.
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For more than two decades, Giovanni Franzese has been working for the telecoms giant Ericsson where he served most recently as Head of Blockchain Business Development. As an engineer, Giovanni liked to experiment with different types of technologies, but it wasn't until six years ago that he decided to use blockchain technology to develop a product solution.The product, Ericsson Customer Acceptance is a big win for Ericsson. As he explains, “it's a big product, it's very successful, and we have we have a very vast adoption.” As he tells Charles Miller on this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, innovation from within a corporation is extremely complex. “Innovation comes through acquisition, it's much easier: you buy a company which has a brilliant idea,” he says. In Giovanni's case, his idea to use blockchain didn't happen overnight. He admits that transforming his idea into a viable product was a struggle at first, but he worked ‘under the radar' and step by step: “it's like Lego bricks buildings, the first one and then the second, and then it was a good building at the end,” he says. It also helped that he found an internal stakeholder to sponsor his idea.Ericsson Customer Acceptance is backed by Hyperledger Fabric, a private blockchain technology. While building the product, Giovanni wasn't aware of any public blockchain with secured scalability and high transaction rates per second. On top of that, he was wary of proposing the use of public blockchain which he colleagues might fear would potentially expose corporate data. As Giovanni explains, the challenge continued as there was resistance to a product that had the word blockchain associated to it. As he points out, “at the very beginning nobody wanted it because it's not a secret that blockchain is still a little bit controversial, especially when we have such scandals like FDX.” Despite the roadblocks, Giovanni's blockchain-based solution was deployed to several Ericsson customers. At the end, he says “the benefits were so evident.”Giovanni left his position at Ericsson to join nChain where he plans to expand the BSV-supporting global tech company into a consultant service company. Only a few weeks after taking on the role of nChain executive partner, Giovanni had the opportunity to speak at the recent London Blockchain Conference. He highlighted his experience in developing, implementing, and eventually providing blockchain solutions to big corporates. In his talk, he shared a significant career-lesson to his audience: “I don't regret what I did and the decisions I took six years ago when I decided to embrace blockchain and use private, but my message to the audience today was, if you have to start now, then don't do it in the way I did with the use of public, use Bitcoin SV, because that is the right choice today.”Giovanni is impressed with BSV's capability to do 50,000 transactions per second and compares it to Ethereum which can only do an average of seven transactions per second, he says. He then compares the two blockchains to modes of transport saying BSV is like a Ferrari while Ethereum is like a little bike. As for discussions on using private vs public blockchain, Giovanni says, “now is the time to go public.” He supports public blockchain by saying that private blockchains are for the most part centralized, costly and it don't exploit the full capabilities of blockchain technology.
Former iOS developer Kevin Healy first found fame when he released a video on YouTube called “What is Ethereum?” Published in 2016, in the video, Kevin shows developers how to build on the Ethereum blockchain. Despite thousands of views and some revenue he received from the video, Kevin removed it from his YouTube channel as he was worried about some of the dodgy ads that appeared alongside it. It is now back on the channel, clearly labelled as out of date and “posted for historical purposes”. Kevin is now part of the education team at the Bitcoin Association, a non-profit organization that aims to advocate and support the adoption of BSV blockchain technology worldwide. As he tells Charles Miller on this week's episode of CoinGeek Conversations, his more general concerns about Ethereum grew after the spat between Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin and Dr. Craig Wright broke out in 2018 at the Deconomy Conference. In the midst of the controversy, Kevin felt the need to “pick a side”. Then he release another successful video. Again, it received thousands of views. But this time, Kevin explains why he believes Dr Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite anticipating some negative responses, Kevin went on to defend the man he believes to be the inventor of Bitcoin. At the start of his developer career, Kevin created apps for Apple's App Store. His exposure to investments and technology while growing up led him to a career in technology: “My dad is a wealth advisor - a portfolio manager - and so I've always been comfortable trading stocks. Part of the reason I was obsessed with Apple is because we bought a lot of Apple stock when I was young,” he says. Kevin remembers owning his very first iPhone in high school and thinking “how do I learn to program this thing?” This thought process eventually led him to focus his studies on computer science. Kevin says that his early obsession to Silicon Valley success stories drove him to use the same business model as Facebook and Snapchat while building apps. Looking back, he says “it was a silly thing to do.”As the app industry evolved, Kevin realized the chances of making millions as a single developer became slim to none. As he explains, “in those early days there were people that were making millions as a single developer but as the app platform matured, then it was more companies and you needed venture capital, and the labor for building apps became really expensive.”At present, Kevin speaks of the advantages of Bitcoin technology based on what is written in the Bitcoin White Paper. At the recent London Blockchain Conference, Kevin focused on how to solve problems using Bitcoin. As he points out, the ability of Bitcoin to do micropayments solves many issues we encounter on the Internet today: “If you want to do small casual payments, then you can't do that with a trusted third party because they have to be able to reverse the transactions and they have fees. It's just too expensive to do it that way. If we want to do micropayments, then we need to get rid of it [third-party involvement] or we need a model without them.” Kevin refers to a valuable takeaway he got from one of Dr Wright's interviews where the nChain Chief Scientist spoke about mercantilism. After watching the interview several times, Kevin says he realized that “money comes second, it's the goods and services that really is the wealth of society.” He relates this form of economic policy to the Bitcoin economy saying “money gets people's attention and the fact that the other tokens have gotten so much money, they've gotten so much attention and there's something sad about that, but at the same time too, it's also been a great filtering mechanism because now everybody inte
You can't escape debates about AI at the moment. BSV entrepreneurs are as fascinated as anyone else - perhaps more so if they have experienced previous tech revolutions. Jerry Chan has gone public with his cautious scepticism about the much-publicised dangers of AI, but in this week's CoinGeek Conversations, the former blockchain infrastructure developer and Wall Street technologist says he also sees the potential of AI, and that it could have a role in his forthcoming Frobots game. “I am impressed,” he says of his experience with ChatGPT, “it is effectively like Google search on steroids …But it doesn't know if what it's saying is true or false.”It's been suggested that what's unique about generative AI (that is, AI which creates its own content in its responses) is the existence of emergent properties - higher order functions which weren't written into the software but somehow appear, if not of their own accord then at least to the surprise of its programmers.Jerry believes that these kinds of property don't mean we need to attribute sentience to AI or to worry that it's acquiring human abilities. You can think of AI as the “equivalent of saying somebody's brain has massive breadth but very shallow depth - they can know much more about many more topics than any one human brain and sort of overlay layers of meaning and see which layer of meaning makes the most sense. But at the end of the day, the thing that makes humans humans is we have our own internal volition - we don't have a program we're going by.”To try to define what is unique about human beings, Chan points to Richard Dawkins' book, The Extended Phenotype, which talks about how our genes are responsible not only for the physical manifestation of our bodies - the phenotype - but also for the ways in which we affect our environment too. That starts with the genes producing cells which act together, each cell ‘knowing' whether it should be, say, a skin cell or muscle cell. When the cells lose this ability to act together and can only behave independently, they become cancer cells, no longer a useful part of the being in which they live. So, says Chan, “we as humans have innately - down to our cellular structure - a notion of self, even cellular self, which aggregates …and AIs are nothing like that”.Despite his mild scepticism about the dangers of AI, Chan isn't saying that its developers should be left to do entirely as they please, because there are also potential dangers: “Regulation would be good because if something comes out of regulation that says ‘let's put some checks and balances for whatever AI you create …Let's not plug it up into the nuclear launch code system, let's agree not to do that'. That would be a good regulation.”More immediately, Chan is interested in AI as a part of the STEM education game, Frobots, which he is developing. The idea is to teach players computer programming, but AI gives another dimension to the idea: “humans could write programs to fight and AIs could write programs, and I'm not exactly clear whether it's certain that AI would win, because compared to chess or Go, which we know AI wins …the game is not well-defined. It's an open ended game”.
Unlock bonus episodes and more benefits at drbitcoinpod.com. Mark and Arthur go through the first arguments from the pineapple hack defendants, including some exclusive filings, as well as examining the fallout from the continuing saga of the 1.977 debtors form. They also look at the reasons behind the BSV price pump (and retracement) and a very telling literary slip from Calvin Ayre. Follow us on Twitter at: @drbitcoinpod (the podcast) @twentynothing00 (Mark) @arthur_van_pelt (Arthur) @tuftythecat (David Pearce) You can find Arthur's in-depth Craig Wright pieces at mylegacykit.medium.com.
Calvin Ayre: Blockchain can make governments look good to their citizens The London Blockchain Conference next week will be held at a prestigious venue in Parliament Square - no coincidence because its tagline is “Bringing government and enterprise onto the blockchain”. As conference creator Calvin Ayre explained in this week's CoinGeek Conversations, the use of blockchain could benefit both governments and citizens: “Governments can use this technology to manage data in a way that makes them look really good to their citizens. They're saving costs. They're being able to provide unique services that weren't possible before.” But the “honesty and truthfulness” of a government will also become more transparent to its citizens, which may not always be welcome, Ayre believes: “it's going to be interesting to see how this unfolds because we do know that a lot of governments don't like things that force them to be honest”. The conference is “about solving big data challenges in a unique way with blockchains”. And although Ayre is a big supporter of the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain - partly through his Ayre Ventures, which invests exclusively in BSV businesses -, he insists that the conference is not a BSV event: “BSV is just a tool. If someone else has another tool that wants to compete in that space, then the conference is open to them.” Indeed, the conference advertised for participation by supporters of any other blockchain that had what Ayre considers essential to serve this market - unbounded scaling, the ability to make nano payments and a readiness to follow all existing laws - but nobody applied: “nothing came back. Not one person. And I found that shocking actually”. Ayre draws a complete distinction between the work he supports and the rest of the ‘crypto' market. He sees no future for crypto and backs the suggestion of a Select Committee of British MPs who recently recommended that crypto should be regulated under gambling laws rather than financial - as it currently is under the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) in the UK. “Innovation on blockchains will happen after the crypto nonsense is cleared of the way,” he says. And as a former entrepreneur in the world of online gaming he believes that crypto is “like gambling - only it's like illegal, unregulated gambling”. On the current media focus on AI, Ayre believes that more important technological developments will be centred on the implementation of BSV and IPV6 - an internet protocol that allows greater scaling of IP addresses than the currently more common IPV4. “You're not going to solve the challenges that the Internet has with artificial intelligence. You need what BSV does to make the Internet work better, for artificial intelligence to work better. They are things that will actually work together”. The BSV blockchain could provide a record of the provenance of data used in AI - an essential additional component to make its results more trustworthy. On the question of Dr Craig Wright's many ongoing court cases, closely followed in BSV circles, Ayre is a huge supporter of Dr Wright on social media, but admits “I'm not a fan of all his court cases. I actually wish that there was a lot less of that and a lot more focus on business.” Nevertheless, Ayre has no doubts about Dr Wright's claims - “of course I support him because he's right. I just don't think that all that stuff needs to be proven right now”. He jokes that “everything looks like a nail to Craig and he's got a couple of hammers in his hands”. The London conference will be the first of a regular annual event, Ayre says. From next year, he wants to expand it from this year's two stages - focussing on business and technology - to three, and to extend th
Unlock bonus episodes and more benefits at drbitcoinpod.com. This month, Craig Wright tests Judge Reinhart's patience by continually dodging the $143 million payment to W&K, but manages to escape a breach of embargo charge in the Peter McCormack case. Elsewhere, Joshua Henslee has a moment of clarity over the state of BSV and we recall the impact of the death of Dave Kleiman 10 years ago this month. Follow us on Twitter at: @drbitcoinpod (the podcast) @twentynothing00 (Mark) @arthur_van_pelt (Arthur) You can find Arthur's in-depth Craig Wright pieces at mylegacykit.medium.com.
Joe De Pinto was born and raised in Los Angeles, and was drafted to play professional baseball in the minors for the White Sox. He's always had an active lifestyle, and now lives at the beach and surfs regularly. In 2015, he and his current co-founder started a company called Barpay, which makes it easier to get drinks at busy bars.In January 2021, Joe and his co-founder are sitting in their office, frustrated that no one was getting what Bitcoin - that is BSV, not BTC - was originally created for. They asked themselves, what could we build to illustrate the utility of blockchain?This is the creation story of Haste Arcade.SponsorsAirbyteDopplerHost.ioIPInfomablSupportZebraLinksWebsite: https://www.hastearcade.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-de-pinto/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Matt and Nic are back for another week of deals and news. In this episode: Full time crypto haters What's the deal with the nocoiner think tank? Eric Wall and Udi vs Bitcoiners Did Bitcoin put all of its eggs in the LN basket? Scaling isn't LN versus big blocks any more Is there just one scaling solution for blockchains? What are the prospects for ZK Rollups on Bitcoin? Spam attacks on BSV and Zcash Bitcoin Miners are going bankrupt How did the Ethereum merge affect Bitcoin miners What's the deal with Bitcoin's hashrate spike? Are non-economic Bitcoin miners killing the free market for mining? What's the deal with miner lenders? Synthetic Bitcoin stablecoins Is Twitter fairly priced at the deal price? Matt Levine's 40k word article on crypto Is the pivot finally in? Sponsor notes: Talos powers institutional access to the entire digital assets ecosystem via a single-point of entry. Connect directly to your preferred prime brokers, lenders, investors, custodians, exchanges, OTC desks and more, or meet them on Talos. Get started at Talos.com Subscribe to the Coin Metrics State of the Network newsletter
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