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Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #47: Mathew Bivins Bitcoin Renaissance Man!

On today’s who I’m very happy to be speaking with Matthew Bivins of Chicago, Illinois. Mathew is Web Developer, an Actor and a former member of the totally Crypto band, “Jump, Little Children”. Mathew and I talk about everything under the sun including traffic in Chicago, helping kids learn how to read better, tipping content creators using Bitcoin and his career as a rock and roll star who was right there when the music industry started falling apart. 

CREDITS & CONTACT INFO:  

twitter: @matthewbivins , @bivinsbrothers (more tech related stuff)
facebook: /matthewbivins

the band: Jump, Little Children (the website is 10 years old, so no new info (http://jumphq.com), but there is plenty about us in a good Google search and the music is on Spotify and iTunes and such.

the company (that helps kids learn how to read): 

Innovations for Learning (innovationsforlearning.org) and the app that connects tutors to kids: http://tutormate.org

Ode To Satoshi

Ode to Satoshi lyrics & melody by John Barrett
Copyright 2014 RJM Publishing - BMI Nashville. 

Lead Vocal, Harmony Vocals, Harmonica, Snare Drum: John Barrett
Harmony vocals: John Barrett, Connie Sinclair and Lij Shaw
Guitar: Jonathan Brown
Mandolin: Ben Miller
Bass Guitar: Michael Rinne

Initial tracks recorded by Mark Thornton of Sidekick Sound Studios, Madison, TN.  All other tracks Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at The Toy Box Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Engineer: Lij Shaw. Assistant to engineer: Don “The Don” Bates
Produced by John Barrett & Elijah “Lij” Shaw
 
Special thanks to Alex Munoz Guijarro for his excellent pedal steel playing on many of our shows.

Interviews for this episode were edited and produced by John Barrett at The Tree House Studio - East Nashville, Tennessee.

Theme song “Gravy” by the band, Eleanor Roosevelt with Lij on fiddle.

And a big thank you to my sponsor The Tennessee Bitcoin Alliance:
TennesseeBitcoin.org
 
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Bitcoins and Gravy #47: Matthew Bivins Bitcoin Renaissance Man!

Bitcoin quickly made its way from a whitepaper to a production network, which is pretty amazing when you think about it. But its scripting/ programming language was initially, intentionally, limited  for a few reasons, which meant that building new apps on bitcoin wasn't always easy.

Enter ethereum in 2014 -- a public blockchain platform that moved away from the "Swiss-army knife" approach to a more general protocol approach. This would in turn allow endless (and entirely new) use cases to be built on top of the blockchain, whether smart contracts or "app coins" that allow decentralized crowdfunding and decentralized business models. The results, at first glance, may seem just like a new way of financing a company. But it actually goes much deeper than that: They're really software protocols that are almost replacing centralized companies or what those companies would do. The possibilities are endless...

In this episode of the a16z Podcast, Ethereum inventor and co-creator Vitalik Buterin joins Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase (an a16z portfolio company) in conversation with Chris Dixon. The conversation covers everything from the politics of open source (and value of network effects even when those networks split) to the challenges of mainstreaming and scaling tech. And what happens next?

a16z Podcast: Ethereum, App Coins, and Beyond

On today’s show I am thrilled to have back with me here in the studio author Max Hernandez. Max was kind enough to drop by to see me here at the Tree House Studio in Nashville for yet another rockin good discussion about freedom and government, darknets and drones and of course about his very popular novel Thieves Emporium. Listeners if you have not read Thieves Emporium yet, please do yourself a favor and head over to Amazon right now and order yourself a copy. 

MAGIC WORD:
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TRANSCRIPTIONS:
The professional transcriptions found on my website are provided by one of our fans who can be found at:
http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com

CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS:

Author Max Hernandez
Thieves Emporium
2012 Badlands Publishing


https://www.amazon.com/Thieves-Emporium-Max-Hernandez-ebook/dp/B00CWWWRK0

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21818365-thieves-emporium





Let It Grow
To the tune of: 
Let It Snow 
1945 Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

Lyrics by John Barrett
Copyright 2015 RJM Publishing
BMI – Nashville, Tennessee

Oh the currencies they’re all crashing
While my bitcoin friends are stashing
Deflation is all we know - so
Let It Grow, Let It Grow, Let It Grow

Some people say not to I hoard it
But if you can afford it
Find a place where it’s safe to stow - and
Let It Grow, Let It Grow, Let It Grow!

   And if I ever cash it in
   For the Gold and the Silver and tin
   I’ll be living in Waikiki
   MaryAnne, Ginger and me

While the bankers are busy cryin
And the Wall Street crooks are fryin
My stash will be building - so
Let It Grow, Let It Grow, Let It Grow

   And if I ever cash it in
   For the Gold and the Silver and tin
   I’ll be living in Waikiki
   Stephanie, Ginger and me

Some people say not to I hoard it
But if you can afford it
Find a place where it’s safe to stow - and
Let It Grow, Let It Grow, Let It Grow!


Ode To Satoshi

Ode to Satoshi lyrics & melody by John Barrett
Copyright 2014 RJM Publishing - BMI Nashville. 

Lead Vocal, Harmony Vocals, Harmonica, Snare Drum: John Barrett
Harmony vocals: John Barrett, Connie Sinclair and Lij Shaw
Guitar: Jonathan Brown
Mandolin: Ben Miller
Bass Guitar: Michael Rinne

Initial tracks recorded by Mark Thornton of Sidekick Sound Studios, Madison, TN.  All other tracks Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at The Toy Box Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Engineer: Lij Shaw. Assistant to engineer: Don “The Don” Bates
Produced by John Barrett & Elijah “Lij” Shaw

Special thanks to Alan Baird for his dobro, guitar and mandolin playing on many of the shows. Now that’s some pickin man! Thanks also to Alex Munoz Guijarro for his excellent pedal steel playing on many of our shows.

Interviews for this episode were recorded and edited by John Barrett at The Tree House Studio - Nashville, Tennessee. All shows are produced by John Barrett with the moral support of his trusty sidekick Maxwell Rascalnikov CoyoTe Rex, aka Max.
 
Questions or Comments?

Email me to say Howdy! howdy@bitcoinsandgravy.com

Visit theWebsite: BitcoinsAndGravy.com

Bitcoins and Gravy Tipping Addresses:

Bitcoin: 14RbXduu2sXKNHtKtRVAx8xQyGAubjY1dA

Litecoin: LgqYgxLTBPgr8C1JGLLJVLK4ZN1fveprAp


If you feel like contacting me for any reason, I’d love to hear from you!
In the mean time, please just kick back, relax and enjoy the show.

I hope you enjoy listening to my guests as much as I enjoy talking with them!

: )
John Barrett
Nashville, Tennessee

Let It Grow

Episode #87 Thieves Emporium & Max Hernandez!

This episode is from an interview with genome scientist Kevin McKernan from Episode #73, August 2015.  Enjoy!

Episode #73: Distributed Consensus on Cannabis Genetics

On today’s show I interview Kevin McKernan the Chief Scientist at Medicinal Genomics and Courtagen Lifesciences. Kevin talks to us about everything from the Human genome project gone bad to free market regulations and testing in the Cannabis field. We discuss families moving to Colorado to help their children get relief from epileptic seizures, the opiate crisis in America and how Bitcoin blockchain technology is helping us move toward personalized medicine and away from the dangers inherent in one size fits all herd medicine. Could this be a bright moment in pharmaceutical history? Let’s hope so.


CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS:

Sequencing of Australian Bastard (A potentially novel cannabis species discussed in the ICRS talk)

To Learn more about Kannapedia
http://www.medicinalgenomics.com/kannapedia/

Kannapedia credits 
Christian Saucier
David MacFadzean
Medicinal Genomics Team

To learn more about Cannabis Microbiomes and the ICRS (International Cannabinoid Research Society)
http://www.medicinalgenomics.com/product-literature/

John Goodmans Book: Priceless
http://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=99

PDUFA Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescription_Drug_User_Fee_Act

FDAReview.com at the Independent Institute
http://www.fdareview.org

Courtagen Life Sciences
http://www.courtagen.com

Variants associated with Chronic Pain
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26022780

Videos about Genetic testing in Chronic Pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSAfRM24kvs
http://youtu.be/RoH-ujJPRMk


Methods to weaken Gene Patents
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/full/nbt.2703.html

Two papers that highlight how whole plant therapies are inherently better and different than single molecule drugs from the FDA.
BCP is the most common terpene in Cannabis and it tickles the Cannabinoid 2 receptor like Cannabidiol (CBD). 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306452214007210
cbdresearchinstitute.com/app/download/7452625/Whole+Plant+vs.+Epid...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3165946/pdf/bph0163-1344.pdf

I spend a lot of time on the Medicinal Genomics Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/FreeCBD

For Memorial Day, our Team etched something into the blockchain that will never be forgotten. This is Kannapedia at its most nascent alpha state. The QR-Codes are links to websites that contain the sequencing data and the proof of existence SHA-256 hash digest of the sequencing file. An editorial wiki can be built around this for community commenting and support and anyone can redraw the phylogenetic tree as they see fit from the open source data. The blockchain transaction however is immutable.

http://kannapedia.info/v/wiki/fa170fbf/Kannapedia

Episode #88.5: Distributed Consensus on Cannabis Genetics

with Chris Dixon and Fred Ehrsam

We’ve already talked about why bitcoin matters. But as the set of cryptocurrencies — and networks and “tokens” enabled by the underlying blockchain — grow (Ethereum being one of the fastest-growing ones), where do we go from here? How do we tease apart the signal from the noise, given all the buzz and critiques out there?

In this episode of the a16z Podcast, general partner Chris Dixon and Fred Ehrsam (former Goldman Sachs trader and a co-founder of Coinbase) break down the fundamentals of it all — from incentives, developer communities, and protocols, to new models of governance and the tradeoffs between centralized and decentralized systems (including central planning vs. letting a thousand experiments bloom). And then, given all the hype out there right now around crypto tokens and “ICOs”, how do we tell the difference between what’s promising/legitimate vs. a red flag? How could we value tokens? And what does it mean for incumbents when all the value that was created in the previous paradigm is being commoditized by the new one, and that value creation now has to happen at some new layer?

At the end of the day, the key word through it all is incentives. And it’s a testament to the power of getting incentive structures right that someone pseudonymously dropping a 9-page whitepaper onto the internet led to a $70 billion cryptocurrency, a whole ecosystem of companies and users, and the largest supercomputer network in the world. Then again… isn’t that how innovation happens?

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This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investors or prospective investors, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by a16z. (An offering to invest in an a16z fund will be made only by the private placement memorandum, subscription agreement, and other relevant documentation of any such fund and should be read in their entirety.) Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z, and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results. A list of investments made by funds managed by Andreessen Horowitz (excluding investments and certain publicly traded cryptocurrencies/ digital assets for which the issuer has not provided permission for a16z to disclose publicly) is available at https://a16z.com/investments/.

Charts and graphs provided within are for informational purposes solely and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Please see https://a16z.com/disclosures for additional important information.

a16z Podcast: Why Crypto Tokens Matter

Bitcoin The Musical
Written & Directed by John Barrett

Act IV, Scene II – Put Your Money In The ICO!

Scene II opens with Stanley and Loretta at the state fair. While Loretta is having the time of her life, Stanley is secretly nursing the worst and only hangover of his life. The couple is drawn to a traveling troubadour and his band who have attracted the attention of a large crowd. This troubadour proceeds to tell the people how to make  a lot of money investing in his ICO.  This number is a real show stopper!

Bitcoin The Musical: Put Your Money In The ICO!

This episode of the a16z Podcast goes deep on various trends in cryptocurrencies -- from mental models for understanding tokens and what may give them long-term value; to the role of stablecoins in the ecosystem; to scaling, on-chain and off-chain protocols, forks, and more.

The discussion features general partner Chris Dixon in conversation with Nick Tomaino, the founder of early-stage crypto venture fund 1confirmation, editor of The Control, and former business development at Coinbase. (He is also an investor in Basecoin, Cosmos, Ethereum, and MakerDAO.) You can also check out past episodes in this series, covering everything from investing in cryptocurrencies and protocols to accelerating research and practical applications to why crypto tokens matter -- as well as a video covering the building blocks of all things crypto -- at a16z.com/crypto.

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The views expressed here are those of the individual AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (“a16z”) personnel quoted and are not the views of a16z or its affiliates. Certain information contained in here has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by a16z. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, a16z has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation.
 
This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investors or prospective investors, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by a16z. (An offering to invest in an a16z fund will be made only by the private placement memorandum, subscription agreement, and other relevant documentation of any such fund and should be read in their entirety.) Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z, and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results. A list of investments made by funds managed by Andreessen Horowitz (excluding investments and certain publicly traded cryptocurrencies/ digital assets for which the issuer has not provided permission for a16z to disclose publicly) is available at https://a16z.com/investments/.

Charts and graphs provided within are for informational purposes solely and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Please see https://a16z.com/disclosures for additional important information.

a16z Podcast: Mental Models for Understanding Crypto Tokens

with Tina Bhatnagar (@tinab), Preethi Kasireddy (@iam_preethi), Lily Liu (@calilyliu), and Kim Milosevich (@kimbatronic)

Whether it’s sharing the decision-making behind joining a crypto company to the perspectives of a passionate early adopter (or relative latecomer), this episode of the a16z Podcast -- based on a panel from the “Intro to Crypto” event that Andreessen Horowitz and #Angels put on in April 2018 -- covers what it takes to build companies in crypto, from people to code. You can find other sessions from the event, covering the building blocks of crypto to decentralization to the regulatory landscape, here.

Why crypto? What was the biggest surprise in the space? Do the same skills from other domains apply? This discussion, moderated by Kim Milosevich, explores these questions with Coinbase VP of Operations Tina Bhatnagar; CEO and founder of TruStory Preethi Kasireddy; and Lily Liu, co-founder at Earn.com.

photo credit: Erin Brethauer

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The views expressed here are those of the individual AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (“a16z”) personnel quoted and are not the views of a16z or its affiliates. Certain information contained in here has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by a16z. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, a16z has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation.
 
This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investors or prospective investors, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by a16z. (An offering to invest in an a16z fund will be made only by the private placement memorandum, subscription agreement, and other relevant documentation of any such fund and should be read in their entirety.) Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z, and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results. A list of investments made by funds managed by Andreessen Horowitz (excluding investments and certain publicly traded cryptocurrencies/ digital assets for which the issuer has not provided permission for a16z to disclose publicly) is available at https://a16z.com/investments/.

Charts and graphs provided within are for informational purposes solely and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Please see https://a16z.com/disclosures for additional important information.

a16z Podcast: Building Companies in Crypto, from People to Code

with Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Ali Yahya (@ali01), and Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel)

“Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcomes.”

At the end of the day, observes a16z crypto general partner Chris Dixon, Satoshi's whitepaper [the original bitcoin paper outlining a peer-to-peer decentralized network and blockchain sans centralized third parties] is nine pages of incentives. It's the kind of incentive design that you can use to build many other things on the internet (which itself is driven by very simple core protocols and could even upgrade itself as a result). But only with the right incentives (and alignment of those incentives among different entities), of course. Which is where cryptonetworks come in -- especially since they don't rely on hardware buildout (as with earlier generations of internet deployment), but rather on software (which is essentially just logic, the kind of building block you can use to build countless other things). The breadth of possibilities is endless.

This means that platforms and networks (and operating systems, for that matter) can spend less time, energy, money, and frankly, suffering due to fighting -- thanks to distorted business models that lead them to extract value from users and compete among complements (vs. substitutes/better alternatives). The internet-native business models baked into crypto, however, could lead to greater competition and better options for users.

But what are the missing building blocks, that can help make such networks more iterated games vs. one-off prisoner's dilemmas? And what will it take for these networks to truly reach web-scale, as it's still just the beginning? Because decentralization is the means to an end -- not the end in and itself -- observes a16z crypto partner Ali Yahya, so what do we need to build next to get there? In this episode of the a16z Podcast (guest hosted by freelance software engineer and writer Devon Zuegel), Dixon and Yahya share their thoughts on where we've been, and where we're going with the internet.



Please note that the a16z crypto fund is a separate legal entity managed by CNK Capital Management, L.L.C. (“CNK”), a registered investor advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission. a16z crypto is legally independent and operationally separate from the Andreessen Horowitz family of fund and AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (“AHCM”). 

In any case, the content provided here is for informational purposes only, and does NOT constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase any investment solution or a recommendation to buy or sell a security; nor it is to be taken as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. In fact, none of the information in this or other content on a16zcrypto.com should be relied on in any manner as advice. You should consult your own advisers as to legal, business, tax and other related matters concerning any investment.

Furthermore, the content is not directed to any investor or potential investor, and may not be used or relied upon in evaluating the merits of any investment and must not be taken as a basis for any investment decision. No investment in any fund advised by CNK or AHCM may be made prior to receipt of definitive offering documentation and due diligence materials. Finally, views expressed are those of the individual a16z crypto personnel quoted therein and are not the views of CNK, AHCM, or their respective affiliates. 

Please see https://a16zcrypto.com/disclosures/ and https://a16zcrypto.com/disclaimers/ for further information.

a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Decentralization -- Building Blocks

Get Yourself a Little Bit of Bitcoin
Lyrics by John Barrett
Copyright 2018 RJM Publishing – BMI Nashville
[To the tune of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]

Get Yourself a Little Bit of Bitcoin
Let your heart be light
And in time the value will be out of sight

Get Yourself a Little Bit of Bitcoin
Make your Yuletide cool
Those who hesitate will be the only fools

	Here we are with the markets down
	Don’t you wear a frown my friend
	For in time yes it’s coming soon
	We’ll go to the Moon again

Through the years we’ve hodled and we’ve traded
Kept our dream somehow
Here's to all developers you should be proud!

So Get Yourself a Little Bit of Bitcoin now.

Merry Christmas Crypto Community!
From John & Max

Get Yourself a Little Bit of Bitcoin

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Bitcoins and Gravy #47: Matthew Bivins Bitcoin Renaissance Man!

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