On this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion about the origins and evolution of Bitcoin maximalism.

Bitcoin maximalists – the self-described pro-Bitcoin, anti-altcoin faithful – have been around for longer than most modern crypto projects. The term was coined by Vitalik Buterin prior to Ethereum's release. Buterin intended the term to be a direct criticism of individuals with an unwavering view that Bitcoin was the only true option for cryptographic token use-cases.

In this episode as we explore the phenomenon's' motivation and roots, we also draw from Speaking of Bitcoin's extensive library. It features the very first recorded explanation of why there should only be one cryptocurrency and why should be bitcoin as explained by Hashcash inventor and bitcoin developer Adam Back . That clip is excerpted from episode 77 https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/e77-the-adam-back-interview (December 2013) before Adam became personally involved. It's a fascinating journey and one you won't want to miss.

Credits
Today’s show featured Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Jonathan Mohan, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine, with editing by Jonas and Adam B. Levine. Music for this episode was provided by Jared Rubens and Gurtybeats.com. Our episode art was created by Adam B. Levine/pixelmind.ai
Any questions or comments? Send us an email at adam@speakingofbitcoin.show

SOB #497 A Brief Look at Bitcoin Maximalism

Inwiefern ist der Fußball Kopfsache und was kann man tun, um mit dem Druck und hemmenden Faktoren im Leistungssport umzugehen? Das sind die Themen der neuesten Folge unseres FC Bayern Podcasts. In der 28. Auflage ist Team-Psychologe Dr. Maximilian Pelka zu Gast und spricht mit Moderatorin Jacqueline Belle über seinen Alltag beim deutschen Rekordmeister.

Folge 28: Dr. Maximilian Pelka - der Team-Psychologe des FC Bayern

Recorded at the 2022 Universe in Verse: theuniverseinverse.org

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/14/the-beginning-and-the-end-robinson-jeffers

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

"The Beginning and the End" by Robinson Jeffers (excerpt read by Natalie Batalha)

Food tech industry is built on intellectual property. Whether a startup builds alternative proteins, cooking technology, automation/ AI or another food tech product, a large part of its future success relies on its intellectual property. 

A big part of a startup's success relies on managing a patent portfolio. But navigating the world of patents is confusing, so why not bring in an expert to answer some of our questions?

That's exactly what we do on this episode of The Spoon podcast with Anas Alfarra. Anas managed IP for one of the world's biggest industrial equipment makers, has secured his own patent for a food cooking system, and advises startups on how to manage their IP.

Topics discussed on this podcast include:
-What are the different types of patents?
-What is a provisional patent?
-How to understand patent strategies of large companies like Amazon and Microsoft 
-The process of applying for a patent
-And much more!

If you are at all interested in intellectual property and have questions about how to manage it for your food tech startup, this is a must-listen!

The Spoon Podcast

#137: Navigating The World of Patents As a Food Tech Startup

Audio example to accompany the October 2022 Sound On Sound magazine article.

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This first volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE is unabridged and split into two parts.

Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast. 

 Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.

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Winter is coming…

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A Game of Thrones, By George R. R. Martin, Read by Roy Dotrice

Time

O’Reilly’s Mac Slocum talks with Edd Dumbbell, VP of strategy at Silicon Valley Data Science, about the data lake, the opportunities the model presents, and the driving forces behind the concept. In the second segment, O’Reilly’s big data guru Ben Lorica chats with Rajiv Maheswaran, CEO of SecondSpectrum, about spatial-temporal pattern recognition — what Maheswaran calls “the science of moving dots.”

The data lake model is a powerhouse for invention

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Dr Ramesh Mashelkar, Former Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is helping to lead the 'inclusive technology' revolution in India, with 28 honorary doctorates to his name, he told the Centre for India & Global Business how science was a changing landscape.

Where there's a will there's a way

 The beloved modern classic, released as an unabridged audiobook for the first time in 2019. 

 In the land of Ingary, where seven league boots and invisibility cloaks exist, young Sophie Hatter catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell . . .

Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls…

There Sophie meets Michael, Howl’s apprentice, and Calcifer the fire demon, with whom she agrees a pact. Her entanglements with Calcifer, Howl and Michael and her quest to break her curse come alive with Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combination of magic, humour and imagination.

Howl’s Moving Castle, By Diana Wynne Jones, Read by Kristin Atherton

O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators. At O’Reilly, a big part of our business is paying attention to what’s new and interesting in the world of technology. We have a pretty good record at having anticipated some of the big technology developments in recent history. For instance, we launched the first commercial Web site, GNN, in 1993; we organized the meeting at which the term “open source” was first adopted; we were early investors in Blogger, which helped launch the blogging revolution; and more recently, our Web 2.0 conference launched a world-wide meme. We call this predictive sense the “O’Reilly Radar.” And while we’re certainly not always right, we are, at least, good at making interesting guesses.

Our methodology is simple: we draw from the wisdom of the alpha geeks in our midst, paying attention to what’s interesting to them, amplifying these weak signals, and seeing where they fit into the innovation ecology. Add to that the original research conducted by our Research team, and you start to get a good picture of what the technology world is thinking about.

The data lake model is a powerhouse for invention

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