Welcome to the first episode of The Bitcoin Game. I was fortunate that Dan Roseman of the Bitcoin job board Coinality.com, decided to bring his Bitcoin Job Fair to Southern California on October 4th, 2014. The event was held at the Plug And Play Tech Center in Santa Monica.

In this podcast you'll hear interviews with principal members of four Bitcoin businesses that were hiring at the job fair (there were many more than just these four!). I started with a quick chat with ExpressCoin CEO Will Wheeler, then talked to BitWage founder and CSO Jonathan Chester. Next I had a chat with Micah Winkelspecht, founder and CEO of Gem (not to be confused with Gems), and finally, I spoke with Jacob Norte, Founder & CEO of Malibu Bitcoin.

More info at:

http://expresscoin.com
https://www.bitwage.co
https://gem.co
http://malibubitcoin.com
&
https://coinality.com
http://bitcoinjobfair.com
http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com

Music: Rob Mitchell, Ganesh Painting Company

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The Bitcoin Game #1 - Southern California Bitcoin Job Fair

Welcome to episode number two of The Bitcoin Game. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell. In this episode I talk to Peter Kirby about Factom, a distributed application that functions as a scalable permanent system of record. We also talk about the Texas Bitcoin Conference, and finally, discuss the price and value of Bitcoin.  

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim your share of the weekly distribution of LTBcoin. The magic word must be submitted within four days of this episode's release.  

There's another part of this show, but you'll just have to listen to find out what that's about (you'll want to move quickly).
  
More info about the interview at:  
  
http://factom.org  
http://texasbitcoinconference.com  
  
To be able to receive special tokens, you'll need to have a Counterparty wallet and/or a Dogeparty wallet set up:  
  
https://counterwallet.io  
https://wallet.dogeparty.io  
  
Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and Family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.  
  
Stay in touch with the show: 
  
https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame  
http://TheBitcoinGame.com  

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http://LetsTalkBitcoin.com

The Bitcoin Game #2 - Peter Kirby - Factom, Texas Bitcoin Conference

Welcome to episode number three of The Bitcoin Game. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell. In this episode I talk to Joseph VaughnPerling at his alpaca ranch. We discuss Monero, the Crypto Kingdom game, Bitcoin's maximum block size proposal, the Bitcoin Specie Project, Sidechains, and a few tangents.  

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Show links:  
 
Malibu Alpaca Ranch 
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2337951

My first Bitcoin Meetup - June 5, 2013
http://spelunk.in/2013/06/07/los-angeles-bitcoin-meetup-2

XBT Card
http://xbt-card.com

Monero
http://monero.cc

Crypto Kingdom
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=819073.0

Joseph's Max Block Size Article 
http://www.bizforum.org/Journal/www_journalJVP018.htm
 
Bitcoin Specie
http://coldhardca.sh  
  
Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.   
  
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http://TheBitcoinGame.com  
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The Bitcoin Game #3 -  Joseph VaughnPerling

Welcome to episode number four of The Bitcoin Game. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell. In this episode I talk to serial entrepreneur and angel investor David Johnston. We discuss the distributed app projects he's involved in, his impressive business background, how he went all in on Bitcoin several years ago, and much more. David is a real champion of decentralization open source projects.

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**Show links** 
 
Ethereum
https://www.ethereum.org

David's Crowdsale Best Practices White Paper on GitHub   
https://github.com/DavidJohnstonCEO/CrowdsaleBestPractices

DApps Fund  
http://www.dappsfund.com
  
Andreas Antonopoulos speaks with the Canadian Senates' Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce  
http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-152-towards-innovation-and-progress

La`Zooz -  Decentralized Transportation & RideSharing Platform  
http://www.lazooz.net

Factom (white paper due November 17, 2014)  
http://www.factom.org

Storj  
http://storj.io

Maidsafe  
http://maidsafe.net

BlockAuth  
https://blockauth.com

Blockstream - Sidechains White Paper  
http://www.blockstream.com

**Music** 

Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. The last song features vocals by Angelo Spyropoulos. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. 
  
  
**Stay in touch with the show** 
  
https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame  
http://TheBitcoinGame.com  
Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

The Bitcoin Game #4 - David A. Johnston

Welcome to episode five of The Bitcoin Game. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell. In this episode I present an uncut "fireside chat" between Bitcoin Foundation board member and longtime digital currency entrepreneur Brock Pierce, and Gem CEO/founder Micah Winkelspecht. Their conversation is followed by an audience Q&A (apologies for the sound quality of the audience questions).

This was a Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup event held at the beautiful new Gem headquarters in Venice Beach, California on November 13, 2014. Andreas Antonopoulos had been scheduled to speak that evening, but his flight from the East Coast was canceled, and as hard as he tried (including piloting a Cessna to a nearby airport), he was unable to make it. Fortunately, both Brock and Micah are amazing and knowledgeable Bitcoin speakers, so I believe everyone who attended felt extremely satisfied. There were too many topics covered to list, but below are relevant links from the discussion.

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SHOW LINKS
Brock Pierce on Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brockpierce

Micah Winkelspecht on Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/winkelspecht

Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup Group
http://LosAngelesBitcoin.org

Gem
https://gem.co

Tether (formerly RealCoin)
https://tether.to

Stephanie Murphy talks to Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne about the upcoming Medici Platform. Next listen to Patrick Byrnes' Keynote speech from October's Inside Bitcoins conference. Think you own stock? Patrick explains the worrisome reason you do not.
http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-153-medici-and-the-pretense-of-law

Blockstream (sidechains white paper)
http://www.blockstream.com

Tatiana Coin
http://www.tatianacoin.com

Swarm
http://swarm.fund

Coinbase
https://www.coinbase.com


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MUSIC
Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!


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Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

The Bitcoin Game #5 - L.A. Bitcoin Meetup with Brock Pierce & Micah Winkelspecht

Hello, welcome to The Bitcoin Game #6. I'm your host, Rob Mitchell.

I spoke to Adam B. Levine a few weeks ago. We talked about his original Bitcoin podcast, The Daily Bitcoin, and why it morphed into Let's Talk Bitcoin, with Andreas Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy. In this interview, I found out how insanely early Adam wakes up each day, his takes on crypto crowd-funding platforms, as well as some of his grave concerns about potential U.S. governmental actions against crypto-projects that have benefitted from crowd-funding. Adam talked a bit about Tokenly, his newest entrepreneurial venture, while also letting me know about his newest technological passion (our conversation left me wondering if Adam might ever consider leaving the Bitcoin space for a fertile technology space that isn't being threatened by any governments). And as a fairly new podcaster on Adam's network, I got to ask Adam questions about my position, and the Let's Talk Bitcoin network in general. If you're a fan of Adam B. Levine, I think this will be an interesting show for you.

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim your share of the weekly distribution of LTBcoin. The magic word must be submitted within four days of the release of this episode.

SHOW LINKS
Adam's first Bitcoin podcast
https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/the-daily-bitcoin-episode-1

Stephanie Murphy introduces the first episode with guest Andreas Antonopoulos
https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/the-daily-bitcoin-feature

Adam explains the necessary change to The Daily Bitcoin (relaunches as Let's Talk Bitcoin)
https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/inside-the-bubble-the-daily

Oculus Rift DK2
https://www.oculus.com/dk2/

MyPowers (gives a 403 error, hmmmm…)
http://mypowers.com

Swarm
http://swarm.fund

Koinify
http://koinify.com

SPONSOR
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http://bkeychain.com

MUSIC
Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

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http://TheBitcoinGame.com
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The Bitcoin Game #6 - Adam B. Levine of Let's Talk Bitcoin

Welcome to episode #7 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

The white hat hacker known as Johoe ("Yo-ho") rescued over 870 Bitcoins recently from addresses compromised by a temporary bug in Blockchain.info's web wallet. Today I'm honored to introduce  Jochen ("Yo-Hen"), who works as a computer science researcher at a university in Germany, and is known on BitcoinTalk.org as Johoe. Bitcoin is a hobby Jochen took up in early 2013, as he first discovered the repeated R value issue, due to a 2013 bug in Android's random number generator that affected the security of some Bitcoin wallet apps.

Jochen has literally raced against other hackers to grab Bitcoin in compromised addresses, knowing his opponents have no intention of returning any Bitcoin they grab first.

Aside from this being the first audio interview of Jochen aka Johoe, this is also the first time he tells the Bitcoin world that it was he who returned 17 Bitcoins to Counterparty, after their Counterwallet had a temporary bug earlier this year that also produced repeating R values.

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Show links
Jochen first addresses repeating R value issue due to 2013 Android RNG bug https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=251743.msg2890179#msg2890179

Counterparty Bug first addressed by Jochen on BitcoinTalk.org
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg6354731#msg6354731

Jochen discovers the recently compromised Blockchain.info addresses
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg9774894#msg9774894

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Music
Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

Stay in touch with the show
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http://TheBitcoinGame.com
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The Bitcoin Game #7 - Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe

Welcome to The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode's page on Let's Talk Bitcoin is:
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-8-danno-ferrin-bitstamp-visualization

Danno Ferrin's current day job is working on Java for the Oracle Corporation. But for fun, Danno uses his programming skills to create visualization software for the BItcoin blockchain. In the wake of the large Bitstamp theft, Danno has been able to analyze some of the Bitcoin movements, using his software. Danno might be one of the most knowledgeable people about the loss, other than insiders like Bitstamp employees and the actual hacker (I have not been able to secure an interview with these parties). He speculates on what happened, and we also discuss a few other topics.

I hope you enjoy this interview with Danno Ferrin.

January 20, 2015 Update: Danno has seen more transactions since this postcast was released, check out his blog for the most recent observations and analyses.
http://blog.cryptocrumb.com/2015/01/bitstamp-theft-two-weeks-later.html

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Magic Word
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Show links
Coinbase BitHack (Bitcoin Hackathon)
http://blog.coinbase.com/post/80997000003/announcing-the-coinbase-bithack-winners

Danno Ferrin's Bitcoin Visualizing App (due in March 2015)
http://numisight.com

About University of California-San Diego researcher Sarah Meiklejohn
http://www.coindesk.com/researcher-tracks-bitcoin-movements-anonymity

CoinDesk article about Bitstamp featuring blockchain analysis by Danno Ferrin
http://www.coindesk.com/analysis-bitstamp-hacker-stolen-additional-1-75-million

Bitstamp's Reopening Announcement
https://www.bitstamp.net/article/bitstamp-is-open-for-business-better-than-ever

Bitstamp Cold Wallet Address 1JoktQJhCzuCQkt3GnQ8Xddcq4mUgNyXEa
https://blockchain.info/address/1JoktQJhCzuCQkt3GnQ8Xddcq4mUgNyXEa

Theft Address 1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf

BitGo
http://bitgoinc.com

Peter Todd tweet about Bitstamp on servers hosted by Amazon Web Services
https://twitter.com/petertoddbtc/status/554005770493521920

Danno Ferrin Blog
http://blog.cryptocrumb.com

Danno Ferrin Twitter (Bitcoin Account): @Numisight
https://twitter.com/Numisight

Danno Ferrin Twitter (Java/Groovy Account): @Shemnon
https://twitter.com/shemnon

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http://bkeychain.com

Music
Music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Michael Goldstein. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

Stay in touch with the show
https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

New podcast artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game #8 - Danno Ferrin, Bitstamp & Visualization

Welcome to episode 10 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I wanted to really have fun and celebrate this 10th episode. I never knew if I'd be able to get ten episodes out, so this is quite an achievement for me. With that in mind, I decided to focus on something the entire cryptocurrency community loves to talk about… Taxes!

While cryptocurrency taxes may not be a favorite topic, I actually had a lot more fun than I expected, speaking to Jake Benson, CEO and founder of LibraTax. This was my opportunity to ask every tax accounting question I could think of related to cryptocurrency.

I also spent a little time with LibraTax, and I wasn’t convinced it had the features I needed. But after getting some tips from Jake on hidden capabilities and techniques, I think I’ll be using LibraTax to help with my accounting this year. So if you think you might want to give LibraTax a spin, listen to the entire episode, and you'll get some specific tips towards the end.

While Jake certainly seems like a tax expert to me, please do not use this podcast for personal tax advice. Consult with a tax professional, or do your own research to make sure you file your taxes correctly. There certainly are gray areas when it comes to tax regulation, especially with new financial technologies. So there's often an aggressive and a conservative approach that can be taken.

I apologize that the content discussed in this episode may not be of any bearing to some listeners. I didn't bury the magic word too deep this time, so give the episode a chance, and maybe you'll find the discussion is more interesting than you expect. Or maybe not.

I'll be attending the Texas Bitcoin Conference in March (not April), please say "hi" to me if you'll be there too.

MAGIC WORD
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SHOW LINKS
LibraTax
http://www.libratax.com

Digital Currency Council (DCC)
http://www.digitalcurrencycouncil.com

LibraTax YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASzhAU1sZXtX1cj0nIpog/videos

Article on Bitcoin Accounting (not referenced, has different views)
http://findaccountingsoftware.com/expert-advice/the-cfos-guide-to-bitcoin-part-2-taxes-and-accounting

Article on Bitcoin Accounting (not referenced, has different views)  
http://findaccountingsoftware.com/expert-advice/the-cfos-guide-to-bitcoin-part-2-taxes-and-accounting

New Bitcoin Accounting article by Ryan "Two-Bit Idiot" Selkis  
http://www.investopedia.com/university/definitive-bitcoin-tax-guide-dont-let-irs-snow-you

BitcoinTaxes (another Bitcoin accounting site)  
https://bitcoin.tax

SPONSOR
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http://bkeychain.com

MUSIC
All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

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The Bitcoin Game #10 - Talking Taxes With Jake Benson

Welcome to episode 11 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

It's great to live in a big city such as Los Angeles because of the opportunity to network with people doing amazing things in the Bitcoin space. While Paul Puey founded Airbitz from San Diego, he still has managed to attend enough Los Angeles Bitcoin meetups that he seems like a local. In January of this year, Airbitz was selected by Plug and Play to take part in their Startup Camp Accelerator in Silicon Valley. Paul still had no problem trekking back to another Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup, this time to present a compelling view of Bitcoin's place in the future of mobile payments. Paul also talks about the Airbitz mobile wallet, an app for Android and iOS that is aimed squarely at making Bitcoin as easy to use for mobile payments as possible.

MAGIC WORD
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SHOW LINKS
Presentation Slide Show (slick, requires Adobe Flash or special app to view)
https://prezi.com/nyeeozca95pw/how-bitcoin-will-revolutionize-mobile-payments-la

Presentation Slide Show (simple Flickr gallery of slides)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/btckeychain/sets/72157648781096203

AirBitz
https://airbitz.co

Gyft
https://www.gyft.com

eGifter
https://www.egifter.com

Fold App
https://foldapp.com

Purse
https://purse.io

Plug and Play
http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com


Perhaps the first well-attended Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup  
http://spelunk.in/2013/06/07/los-angeles-bitcoin-meetup-2

**UPDATE:** Paul referred to a presentation about Lightning Network (a payment channel technology) given at the San Francisco Bitcoin Devs Meetup. The name of the presentation he referred to is "Scaling Bitcoin to Billions of Transactions Per Day" and it can be seen here:  
https://youtu.be/8zVzw912wPo 

SPONSOR
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http://bkeychain.com

MUSIC
All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing in the band are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

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The Bitcoin Game #11 - Paul Puey - How Bitcoin Will Revolutionize Mobile Payments

Welcome to episode 12 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

My interview today is with Jaime Cochran, who’s been very involved the hacking community, having been a hacker since her youth. Currently, Jaime works at Bitcoin company Gem as a security engineer.


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SHOW LINKS
Gem
https://gem.co

AOL
http://www.aol.com

IRC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat

Raspberry Pi
http://www.raspberrypi.org

The Grugq
https://twitter.com/thegrugq

P.O.R.T.A.L. (Personal Onion Router To Assure Liberty)
https://github.com/grugq/portal

Chronicle.su
http://chronicle.su

Jaime Cochran on Twitter
https://twitter.com/asshurtACKFlags


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Please let me know how you like the new intro music. All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game #12 - Hacking And Security - Jaime Cochran

Welcome to episode 13 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

For today’s episode I spoke with Steven Sprague, an expert in an under-utilized technology called the Trusted Execution Environment that exists in chips inside many of our devices. Steven leveraged his extensive knowledge in this field to launch Rivetz, a company dedicated to bringing personal security to Bitcoin transactions, and more. The capabilities of this technology give me hope that there will soon be a migration past the current broken security paradigm. And perhaps Bitcoin’s need for ultimate security will be a catalyst to expand the use of this technology.

MAGIC WORD
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SHOW LINKS
Rivetz
https://rivetz.com

Wave Systems
https://www.wave.com

Trusted Execution Environment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_execution_environment

Trustonic
http://www.trustonic.com

Twilio
https://www.twilio.com

Omni Foundation
http://www.omni.foundation

Apple's Secure Enclave (and other info)
http://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf

Mobile World Congress
http://www.mobileworldcongress.com

Steven Sprague on Kaiser Report (Steven is on 15 minutes in)
http://rt.com/shows/keiser-report/241189-episode-732-max-keiser/

Texas Bitcoin Conference
http://texasbitcoinconference.com/conferences/austin2015

SPONSOR
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http://bkeychain.com

MUSIC
All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

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The Bitcoin Game 13 - Rivetz And Trusted Computing With Steven Sprague

Welcome to episode 14 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I recently attended the Texas Bitcoin Conference, and had an amazing time. I got to meet fellow LTB podcasters John Barrett and John Bush, people I listened to well before I started this podcast. I also got to meet some Bitcoin heroes of mine, as well as listeners to this show.

To kick off my content from the conference, I bring you this informative but somewhat scary talk about Cryptocurrency Regulation, delivered by the very knowledgeable Carol Van Cleef. The presentation is followed by a panel discussion, and ends with questions from the audience.

Cryptocurrency Regulation Panel

Carol Van Cleef, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Joel Aud, Texas Department of Public Safety, Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Division

Timothy L. Evans, Sr. Council, Enforcement, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Helena Margarido, Partner at HMO Advogados and Cofounder of the Brazilian Bitcoin Foundation

Perianne Boring, Chamber of Digital Commerce

Paul Snow, CEO, Factom and the Texas Bitcoin Conference

I hope you'll tune in for upcoming episodes of The Bitcoin Game that will include details on what it was like for me to attend my first major Bitcoin conference, and you'll also get to hear my interviews with Bitcoiners including Erik Vorhees, Bruce Fenton, Shawn Wilkinson, John Bush, and many many more.

So let's go back to Sunday morning, March 29, 2015, at the Texas Bitcoin Conference at the Moody Theater in Downtown Austin...

MAGIC WORD

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SHOW LINKS

Texas Bitcoin Conference 
http://texasbitcoinconference.com

BSA - Bank Secrecy Act
http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/bsa

OFAC - Office of Foreign Assets Control
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Pages/default.aspx

AML - Anti-Money Laundering
https://www.finra.org/industry/issues/anti-money-laundering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering
http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/aml_history.html

KYC - Know Your Customer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer
http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/List-of-Approved-KYC-Rules

UDAP- Unfair & Deceptive Acts & Practices
http://www.nclc.org/issues/unfair-a-deceptive-acts-a-practices.html

MSB - Money Services Business
http://www.fincen.gov/financial_institutions/msb/amimsb.html

18 U.S.C. 1345 - Injunctions Against Fraud
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title18/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap63-sec1345

Stealth Of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307279987

ProTip project from Chris Ellis
http://protip.is

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(The first real Los Angeles Bitcoin Conference!)
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The Bitcoin Game 14 - Cryptocurrency Regulation Talk - Texas Bitcoin Conference

Welcome to episode 16 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I was excited to talk to Bruce Fenton at the recent Texas Bitcoin Conference. It was a fun conversation, and I think it gives a good sense of Bruce as a person. He answered my questions about the exclusive Satoshi Roundtable Bitcoin retreat he organized, and filled me in about his impressive background in financial management. Our interview concluded with passionate exposition by Bruce. Note that we spoke before Bruce was voted in by the Bitcoin Foundation Board as their new Executive Director.

I also spoke with Scott Rose, who I was familiar with from his popular comedic video series, "Shit Bitcoin Fanatics Say." Scott's background as an actor and a hired speaker for Apple, combined with his passion for Bitcoin, makes him a great cryptocurrency proponent. This is demonstrated in his recent Austin Nerd Night presentation called "Bitcoin 101: What Happens When We Decentralize Money?". I often think Bitcoin needs better P.R., and Scott did his part with this presentation.

If you wonder why you hear traffic in the background, most of my interviews from this conference took place in the patio area outside of the Moody Theater. This is where the exhibiter's booths were located, and also where most people congregated when they weren't watching presentations.

Thanks to Christian Burns (https://twitter.com/ChristianBurns) for the photo taken while I was interviewing Bruce Fenton.

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SHOW LINKS
Texas Bitcoin Conference
http://texasbitcoinconference.com

Bitcoin Association
http://bitcoinassociation.org

Bitcoin Foundation Welcomes Bruce Fenton
http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/the-bitcoin-foundation-welcomes-bruce-fenton-as-executive-director

Circle
https://www.circle.com

ChangeTip
https://www.changetip.com

Scott Rose on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/scotty321

Nerd Night
http://nerdnite.com

Scott's Work Site
http://scottworld.com

Bitcoin Core (was called Bitcoin-Qt)
https://bitcoin.org/en/download

Shawn Wilkinson's Twitter
https://twitter.com/super3

Scott's Twitter
https://twitter.com/scotty321

Carrie's Twitter
https://twitter.com/starcarrie9

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MUSIC
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The Bitcoin Game 16 - Meeting Bruce Fenton And Scott Rose

P.S.A. Red Cross and Changetip help Nepal Earthquake Relief

Hello, welcome to episode 17 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

In this episode I speak with Yoshi Goto of BitMain (maker of the AntMiner), outspoken cryptographer Nicolas Courtois, and Storj creator Shawn Wilkinson. These interviews took place at the 2015 Texas Bitcoin conference. Nicholas Courtois and Shawn Wilkinson were both speakers at this conference, while Yoshi Goto has presented at other Bitcoin events.

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SHOW LINKS
BitMain
https://www.bitmaintech.com

AntPool
https://antpool.com

Nicolas Courtois
http://nicolascourtois.com

Ethereum
https://www.ethereum.org

Ralph Merkle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merkle

Neal Koblitz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Koblitz

RFC 6979
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6979

Johoe interviewed on The Bitcoin Game
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe

Storj
http://storj.io

Shawn Wilkinson's Site
http://super3.org

Challenge-Response Authentication
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge%E2%80%93response_authentication

Factom
http://factom.org

Maidsafe
http://maidsafe.net

Texas Bitcoin Conference
http://texasbitcoinconference.com

Send Small Donations to Red Cross for Nepal Earthquake Recovery
https://blog.changetip.com/donations-red-cross-nepal-earthquake

SPONSOR
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You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for?
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MUSIC
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The Bitcoin Game 17 - Yoshi Goto - Nicolas Courtois - Shawn Wilkinson

Hello, welcome to episode 18 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

In today's show we start with a presentation by Jeremy Gardner, who co-founded the College Cryptocurrency Network and is Director of Operations at Augur. In his talk, Creating a Sustainable Blockchain Ecosystem, Jeremy gives his views on blockchains now and into the future.

Then we turn to experienced market trader and economist Adam Hayes, who presents What Factors Give Cryptocurrencies Their Value: An Empirical Analysis.

Hope you enjoy these two short presentations. Note that there are some audio rough patches in these recordings, as some audience questions aren't audible.

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SHOW LINKS
College Crypto Network
http://collegecrypto.org

Augur
http://www.augur.net

Adam Hayes' Cryptocurrency Papers
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2372041

Texas Bitcoin Conference
http://texasbitcoinconference.com

Send Small Donations to Red Cross for Nepal Earthquake Recovery
https://blog.changetip.com/donations-red-cross-nepal-earthquake

SPONSOR
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You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for?
http://Bkeychain.com

MUSIC
All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

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The Bitcoin Game 18 - Jeremy Gardner & Adam Hayes

Welcome to The Bitcoin Game #19, the Mega Interview Episode! I’m Rob Mitchell, and in today’s episode you’ll hear 17, yes 17, never-before heard interviews from the Texas Bitcoin conference.

In order of appearance:

Nick Spanos – New York Bitcoin Center
Elisabeth Grothe-Møller – CommonCollection
Troy Fearnow – CryptoArt
Kimberly Morgan – Texas Coinitiative
Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D. – Economic Consultant
Catherine Bleish – The Bit Mom
Andy Gonzalez – San Antonio Crypto Network
Bradley Rotter – Infinity Algorithms
Matthew Carson – Oregon Mines
Reeve Collins – Tether
John Bush – SovereignBTC
Nathan Ho – Miner Edge
Jeff Lee – HOPE Gold Coin Charitable Trust
AC – BitMugs
Dmitri "Rassah" Murashchik – Mycelium
Erik Voorhees – ShapeShift
John Ferguson – Maidsafe
Make sure you catch my longer interviews and talks from the Texas Bitcoin Conference that were released on previous episodes of The Bitcoin Game. And believe it or not, I still have a few longer interviews from the conference that have not been released yet.

Special thanks to John Barrett (Bitcoins and Gravy), Christian Burns (Blockparty.XYZ), Micah Winkelspecht (Gem), Michael Terpin (BitAngeles) and Martin Stein (Transform.PR) for your help and support related to the Texas Bitcoin Conference. Thanks to David Johnson, Paul & Linda Snow, Peter Kirby, and everyone else at the Texas Bitcoin Conference for the hospitality, and for putting on a great event.

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SHOW LINKS
New York Bitcoin Center
http://bitcoincenternyc.com

Blockchain Tech Corp
http://blockchaintechcorp.com

CommonCollection
http://commoncollection.com

CryptoArt
http://cryptoart.com

Texas Coinitiative
http://texascoinitiative.com

Kimberly Morgan's Twitter
https://twitter.com/kymmer7691

Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D.
http://consultingbyrpm.com

Understanding Bitcoin
http://understandingbitcoin.us

Brave New Books
http://bravenewbooks.myshopify.com

Uncoinventional Tour
http://uncoinventional.com

B Libre (Andy Gonzales' new Bitcoin podcast)
https://soundcloud.com/b-libre

Infinity Algorithms
http://www.infinityalgorithms.com

Oregon Mines
https://www.oregonmines.com

Tether
https://tether.to

Omni
http://www.omnilayer.org

Factom
http://factom.org

Bitfinex
https://www.bitfinex.com

Poloniex
https://poloniex.com

GoCoin
http://gocoin.com

9/11 The Road to Tyranny - A Film by Alex Jones
https://youtu.be/OVMyH8eOHKs

Murray Rothbard Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard

John Bush's podcast on Freedom Cells
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/uncoinventional-living-tour-west-day-7-podcast-john-bush-libertopia-speech-freedom-cells-mutual-aid-society

Miner Edge
http://mineredge.com

HOPE Gold Coin
http://www.hopegoldcoin.org

Comstock Mining's press release on HOPE Gold Coin http://comstockmining.com/news/press-releases/444-thursday-january-15-2015

BitMugs
http://bitmugs.com

Mycelium
https://mycelium.com

ShapeShift
https://shapeshift.io

Erik Voorhees
http://moneyandstate.com

Texas Bitcoin Conference
http://texasbitcoinconference.com

MaidSafe
http://maidsafe.net

MUSIC
All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, Steve Lunn, Michael Goldstein, and Mark Denham. Love it? Hate it? Let me know how you feel about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 19 - The Mega Interview Episode

Hello, welcome to episode 20 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

On April 18th, 2015, Los Angeles Bitcoiners were treated to our city’s first Bitcoin conference, called The State Of Digital Money 2015 (or SODM15). I recorded a lot of great content at this conference, and in today’s episode, I bring you the first of these recordings.


Presentation: The Transformation of Global Commerce
by
Steve Beauregard, CEO & Founder at GoCoin
@GoCoinCEO | @GoCoin
https://www.gocoin.com


Panel: Merchant & Mass Adoption of Digital Currency
Moderated by Steve Beauregard

with

Justin Newton, CEO of Netki
@NetkiCorp
https://www.netki.com

Paul Puey, CEO and Co-Founder of Airbitz
@paullinator | @Airbitz
https://airbitz.co

Nick Sullivan, Founder and CEO of ChangeTip
@gorillamania | @ChangeTip
https://www.changetip.com

Andrew Lee, CEO of Purse
@2drewlee | @PurseIO
https://purse.io

Connie Chung, Senior Payments Product Manager at Expedia
@Expedia
http://www.expedia.com

Below are YouTube videos of both the presentation and the panel.

The videographer who recorded these videos works relentlessly on the front lines, recording cryptocurrency and P2P content from all over the country. Check out all his videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw/feed?activity_view=3.

 
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SHOW LINKS

State Of Digital Money
http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney

500 Startups
http://500.co

Plug And Play Tech Center
http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com

Bitcoin Syndicates
https://angel.co/bitcoin/syndicates

Amazon Mechanical Turk
https://www.mturk.com

UnoCoin
https://www.unocoin.com

Zero To One by Peter Thiel
http://zerotoonebook.com

Primer on the Greek financial crisis
http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/anil.kashyap/research/papers/A-Primer-on-the-Greek-Crisis_june29.pdf

SPONSOR

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http://Bkeychain.com

MUSIC

All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 20 - Transforming To Digital Currency

Hello, welcome to episode 21 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This podcast is my opportunity to learn from all types of people involved in cryptocurrency.

For today’s episode I spoke to Marco Cuesta of Alt-Options. This company is aiming to bring a high-end option trading platform to Bitcoin. Alt-Options earned 2nd place at the startup pitch competition at Inside Bitcoins in Chicago shortly after this interview took place, and the company is planning to go live with Bitcoin option trading by the end of summer. In the meantime, you can sign up for a beta account and test your option leveraging skills on paper.

We also talk a bit about the College Crypto Network and the Crypto Castle in San Francisco.

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SHOW LINKS

Alt-Options
http://alt-options.com

The Crypto Castle
https://www.facebook.com/thecryptocastle

College Cryptocurrency Network
http://collegecrypto.org

BitGive Foundation
http://bitgivefoundation.org

BitGive's 2nd Anniversary Auction (ends July 22, 2015)
https://bitgive.betterworldcollective.com/auction

BitGive Auction for an ad on The Bitcoin Game
https://bitgive.betterworldcollective.com/item/ad-bitcoin-game-let-talk-bitcoin

SPONSOR

Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain
You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency. So what are you waiting for?
http://Bkeychain.com


BitGive Auction for Bitcoin "Blockchain" Necklace (20 Bitcoin Keychains)
https://bitgive.betterworldcollective.com/item/chain-bitcoin-keychains

MUSIC

All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 21 - Bitcoin Option Trading

Hello, welcome to episode 22 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

In today’s podcast you’ll hear the Blockchain Tech panel from the State Of Digital Money conference, which took place earlier this year in Los Angeles. I thought it was a very fun panel that was filled with many insights. You might say the panel was stacked a bit on the side of blockchain tech over Bitcoin, and Bitcoin maximalists (amongst others) may not agree with some of the points made. But hopefully everyone can still appreciate hearing ideas and discussion from very bright people in the field.

Some interesting tidbits: It’s Jeff Garzik you’ll hear yell “not true” from his seat in the audience, and Connie Gallippi also speaks from the crowd. I was surprised to learn the source of inspiration for Medici (the blockchain-based stock exchange being pioneered by Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne).

On the panel, you’ll hear (in order of appearance):

Moderator:
Alex Rozman
Senior Manager in the Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP
@rozman7

Craig Sellars
Co-Founder and CTO for Tether
@Tether_to

Eric Benz
VP of Payments at BitReserve
@EricBenz84

Judd Bagley
Director of Communications at Overstock.com
@WriterJudd

Alyse Killeen
Associate Venture Capital Investor at March Capital Partners
@AlyseKilleen


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SHOW LINKS
State Of Digital Money
http://www.cureativ.com/sodm#digitalmoney

Deloitte
http://deloitte.com

Tether
https://tether.to

BitReserve
https://bitreserve.org

Overstock.com
http://www.overstock.com

March Capital Partners
http://www.marchcp.com

Patrick Byrne's Reddit AMA
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24kbc0/im_patrick_byrne_a_profreedom_supporter_of

CounterParty
http://counterparty.io

Perkins Coie
https://www.perkinscoie.com

BitGive Foundation
http://bitgivefoundation.org

SPONSOR
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You’ve seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it’s about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, and several support Bitcoin so much, they don’t even accept fiat currency.
http://Bkeychain.com

MUSIC
All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 22 - Blockchain Technology Panel from SODM15

Hello, welcome to episode 23 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I decided to experiment with buying Bitcoin a new way; I bought shares of the Bitcoin Investment Trust. The trust is the first, and I believe the only current way a U.S. citizen can add an investment in Bitcoin to a recognized retirement account. You can buy shares of the Bitcoin Investment Trust with symbol GBTC using a standard brokerage account, just like buying a stock or ETF. You could argue that one doesn't actually own Bitcoin with these shares, since a third party holds the private keys, and there are inherent risks — just ask Patrick Byrne. But the fund, and this episode, are likely skewed slightly towards people interested in investing in Bitcoin for the long term, using an investing platform they are already familiar with, while shielding themselves from the learning curve still required to hold Bitcoin securely.

In today’s episode I speak with Michael Sonnenshein, director of Sales & Business Development for Grayscale, one of several companies founded by Barry Silbert. Based on Grayscale's first quarter financials, the total number of Bitcoin Investment Trust shares sold was approximately 1.41 million, which has a value of over $37 million dollars (at the current rate of $265/Bitcoin).

Potential fund buyers need to make sure they understand the risks associated with Bitcoin, investing in Bitcoin using a fund, as well as the fees and premiums that are associated with buying this fund.

Would you ever buy shares of the Bitcoin Investment Trust, or recommend it? Please let me know your thoughts by commenting on the show notes page:
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-23-mainstream-investing-with-the-bitcoin-investment-trust

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//SHOW LINKS//

Keynote 2015
http://www.keynote2015.com

Patrick Byrne on "owning" stock, via Reason
http://reason.com/archives/2015/04/09/patrick-byrne/4

Bitcoin Investment Trust
http://grayscale.co/bitcoin-investment-trust

Michael Sonnenshein’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/sonnenshein

Barry Silbert’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/barrysilbert

DCG (Digital Currency Group)
http://dcg.co

Genesis (Over The Counter Bitcoin Trading)
http://genesistrading.com

Grayscale
http://grayscale.co

Xapo  
https://xapo.com

Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) Price Chart
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gbtc/stock-chart

What’s an Accredited Investor?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accredited_investor

//SPONSOR//

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http://Bkeychain.com

//MUSIC//

All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, Steve Lunn and Mark Denham. Some music loops you hear were created using Animoog (by Moog Music) and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

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The Bitcoin Game 23 - Mainstream Investing With Grayscale's Bitcoin Investment Trust

Hello, welcome to episode 24 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. You can also find this podcast on the Let's Talk Bitcoin site:
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-24-exploring-purse-with-andrew-lee

Earlier this month I got to speak with Andrew Lee from Purse, a company that allows people to use Bitcoin to buy stuff on Amazon, and at pretty large discounts. My own first thought about Purse was that it was some strange company trying to shoehorn its way between Bitcoiners and Amazon. But after talking to Andrew, I now see Purse as a company that is helping to spread the use and adoption of Bitcoin throughout the world. There’s a lot more to Purse than I realized! Hope you enjoy this interview.

---TWITTER GIVEAWAY---
I will be posting a question or two about the podcast on Twitter. First to tweet back the correct answer will win either a Bitcoin Keychain or the brand new Bitcoin Fork Pen (both in the picture below). Follow me at this URL: https://twitter.com/theBTCgame

---MAGIC WORD---
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---SHOW LINKS---
Purse
https://purse.io

LG
http://www.lg.com

Mad Bitcoins
http://www.madbitcoins.com

Stripe
https://stripe.com

Lids
http://www.lids.com

Merrill Lynch
https://www.ml.com

Dwolla
https://www.dwolla.com

Mt. Gox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com

Plug & Play
http://plugandplaytechcenter.com

Andreas Antonopoulos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Antonopoulos

Blog post on Purse's new Non-Custodial Multisig Wallet
https://blog.purse.io/new-multisignature-wallets-to-improve-security-and-privacy

Coinbase
https://www.coinbase.com

Amazon Mechanical Turk
https://www.mturk.com

Roger Ver
http://rogerver.com

Reddit Discussion about Purse Pros & Cons
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3f36s5

---SPONSOR---
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---MUSIC---
All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

---STAY IN TOUCH---
https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

Thanks for listening!

The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 24 - Exploring Purse with Andrew Lee

Hello, welcome to episode 25 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

If I were to meet Marco Streng on the street, I’d never guess he hands-on controls perhaps the largest amount of hashing power in the world. Marco is the CEO and cofounder of Genesis mining, a company that mines for profit, and also offers cloud mining. I met Marco back at the State Of Digital Money conference in Los Angeles earlier this year, as he was one of the speakers.

I've always been skeptical about cloud mining. At worst, you're simply putting money into a ponzi scheme. At best, you have to trust that even a legit company doesn’t get hacked, go broke, or have another issue that can beset any company. Yet Marco was able to restore my trust that there are legitimate companies providing cloud-mining services. Of course, there’s always the unknown variables of future price and future difficulty, which can render a net loss, to even the best-laid cloud-mining plans.

Stepping back from profitability concerns, cloud-mining services enable smaller players to help secure the network. So I think anyone who supports the security of Bitcoin can see the benefit of legitimate cloud-mining services, which reduces the friction for eager miners to contribute hash power to the network.

== TWITTER GIVEAWAY ==
I will be posting a question or two about the podcast on Twitter. First to tweet back the correct answer will win either a Bitcoin Keychain or the brand new Bitcoin Fork Pen (both pictured below). So follow me at this URL: https://twitter.com/theBTCgame

Order the brand-new Bitcoin Fork Pen and the well-known Bitcoin Keychain together, for only $12 (includes shipping within USA). http://BitcoinForks.com/deal


== MAGIC WORD ==
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== SHOW LINKS ==
Genesis Mining
https://www.genesis-mining.com

New York's BitLicense
http://www.dfs.ny.gov/legal/regulations/adoptions/dfsp200t.pdf

BitcoinXT
https://bitcoinxt.software/#sec-hardfork

SideChains White Paper
https://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf

Lightning Network
https://lightning.network

BIP-100
https://github.com/jgarzik/bip100/blob/master/bip-0100.mediawiki#Abstract

BIP-101
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0101.mediawiki#Abstract

BIP-102
https://github.com/jgarzik/bips/blob/2015_2mb_blocksize/bip-0102.mediawiki#Abstract

Bitcoin Wisdom - Mining Calculator
https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator

Bitcoin Wisdom - Difficulty
https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Bitcoin Magazine - Possible $500,000 Bitcoin Cloud Mining Ponzi Scheme Uncovered https://bitcoinmagazine.com/20702/exclusive-possible-500000-bitcoin-cloud-mining-ponzi-scheme-uncovered

Life Inside A Bitcoin Mine (streaming video from Genesis Mining's Iceland facility)
http://www.lifeinsideabitcoinmine.com

Video of Marco's presentation at State Of Digital Money 2015  
https://youtu.be/oAXtTftPTkI




== MUSIC ==
All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

== STAY IN TOUCH ==
https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

Thanks for listening!

The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 25 - Mining At Scale With Marco Streng

Hello, welcome to episode 26 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

Back some months ago, Los Angeles had its first Bitcoin conference called The State Of Digital Money. Jeff Garzik (Bitcoin Core Developer for BitPay and CEO of Dunvegan Space Systems) was the featured speaker, and he gave a presentation called The Future of Bitcoin. I originally believed the presentation needed the accompanying visual slides, but after giving the audio of Jeff's presentation a fresh listen, I realized the audio is really good on its own. I even found it refreshing to hear a core developer speak on a variety of Bitcoin topics, without having to weigh in on the current contentious block size debate. So relax and enjoy this presentation by Jeff Garzik.

Jeff's The Future of Bitcoin slides
http://www.slideshare.net/jgarzik/the-future-of-bitcoin-state-of-digital-money-2015-conference

== TWITTER GIVEAWAY ==

Follow me on twitter at theBTCgame, because I’ll be asking questions related to this episode. The first person to tweet the correct answer wins their choice of either a classic Bitcoin keychain or a Bitcoin Fork Pen. I just ask that you follow me, and if you win, you’re not allowed to enter another giveaway for 90 days.

For more information about the Bitcoin Fork Pen, go to BitcoinForks.com
For more information about the classic Bitcoin Keychain, go to Bkeychain.com

Note: I will send a Bitcoin Fork Pen to Core Devs upon request. Offer valid while supplies last.

== MAGIC WORD ==

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 5am Pacific Time on October 1, 2015.

== SHOW LINKS ==

Dunvegan Space Systems
http://www.dunveganspace.com

BitPay
https://bitpay.com

State Of Digital Money
http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney

Linux projects by Jeff Garzik
http://linux.yyz.us/projects.html

Headers First Synchronization
https://bitcoin.org/en/glossary/headers-first-sync

Pay to script hash (P2SH)
https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Pay_to_script_hash

Payment Channels in BitcoinJ
https://bitcoinj.github.io/working-with-micropayments

Lightning Network (implementation of Payment Channels)
https://lightning.network

Impulse Protocol (implementation of Payment Channels)
http://impulse.is

BIP 65 - CheckLockTimeVerify
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki

Mike Hearn - Turing Festival 2013 - Tradenet (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/Pu4PAMFPo5Y

BitPay's ChainDB whitepaper
https://bitpay.com/chaindb.pdf

Sidechains white paper
https://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf

Rusty Russell on Lightning Network
http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=450

Jeff's presentation on YouTube
https://youtu.be/oRG0nzSUpSU



== MUSIC ==

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me, with some funky vocal noises on one clip by Michael Coleman.

== STAY IN TOUCH ==

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

Thanks for listening!

The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Publicly published on September 24th, 2015

The Bitcoin Game 26 - Jeff Garzik The Future of Bitcoin

(See full show notes at TheBitcoinGame.com, episode 27)

Hello, welcome to episode 27 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I’ve been a podcast listener for many years now, so when I got interested in Bitcoin, listening to Bitcoin podcasts was a natural. I think Adam B. Levine launched The Daily Bitcoin the same day I first searched for Bitcoin podcasts. And I've been hooked on Bitcoin podcasts ever since.

Bitcoins and Gravy has always been a hugely influential show for me. In a sea of podcasts with poor audio quality and barely existent production values, Bitcoins and Gravy sounded as well-produced as any podcast I'd ever heard. Even the short musical pieces between segments were done to perfection. John also experimented with characters and fictional entertainment on some episodes, which really helped it stand out as something a bit different.

Even after spending time with John Barrett at the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference, I still find he reverts back to a larger-than-life persona when I listen to him podcast. When I realized John Barrett missed releasing the August 9, 2015, episode of Bitcoins and Gravy, I really took notice. I checked in with John, wanting to make sure he was okay. He said he was, but that he was moving to every other week. But then a couple more weeks went by, and still no new episodes appeared. It was clear something was up, and I was happy he agreed to be on my show.

We spoke for almost two and a half hours, everything from light-hearted talk to John’s very strong views about various subjects. While I thought we’d be bantering more, John really takes a subject and runs with it. Fans of John Barrett and Bitcoins and Gravy won’t want to miss this episode.

MAGIC WORD
Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 7am Pacific Time on October 16, 2015.


Bitcoins And Gravy
http://bitcoinsandgravy.com


MUSIC
I created the intro and outro music, but the rest is by John Barrett. Be sure to check out John's complete songs, along with lyrics and more at the Bitcoins and Gravy song archives: http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive

STAY IN TOUCH
https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

Thanks for listening!

The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 27 - John Barrett of Bitcoins and Gravy

Hello, welcome to episode 28 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

When I scheduled an interview with CoinCube CEO Robert Allen, I felt pretty skeptical. My gut told me a cloud-based Bitcoin-trading-bot would be something like a cloud-mining Ponzi-scheme on steroids. I wondered, would this interview be my first exposé? Would my "gotcha" questions be too difficult for Robert to field? Listen to find out!

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to magic word claim credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 1:00pm Pacific Time on October 29, 2015.

SPONSOR

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http://bkeychain.com
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SHOW LINKS

CoinCube
http://coincube.io

CoinCube Performance History Chart
https://coincube.io/performance

Gold Rehypothecation (article)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-24/rehypothecation-gold-and-why-it-matters

Naked Shorting (Naked Short Selling)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_short_selling

Trend Following
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trend_following

Moving Average
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average

Whipsaw Effect
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/whipsaw.asp

Efficient-Market Hypothesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hypothesis

Edward Thorp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp

Market Maker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_maker

Fooled By Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
http://amzn.to/1Mc9suV

Monte Carlo Simulator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

Thanks for listening!

Tipping address for this episode:
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The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

The Bitcoin Game 28 - Would You Trust A Bitcoin Trading Bot?

Hello, welcome to episode 34 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest is Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd.

Peter was really open in this interview, and we talked about everything from his relationship with Gavin Andresen, to mistakes he made in his early days working with Bitcoin Core, and a dozen topics in between. A lot of Peter’s focus was on explaining what he feels are the differences between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Classic, and why he believes Core is the path to follow at this juncture. Additionally, we touch on Peter's Coinbase double-spend, perceived issues with Replace By Fee, and private blockchains.

== SHOW LINKS ==

Freenet
https://freenetproject.org

Distributed hash table
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table

Hash Cash, by Adam Back
http://www.hashcash.org

Peter Todd communicating with Adam Back and Hal Finney in 2001
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/bluesky/2001-March.txt

Bitcoin Core
https://bitcoincore.org

Bitcoin Classic
https://bitcoinclassic.com

Segregated Witnesses (hey, Peter says it this way!)
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/01/26/segwit-benefits

IBLTs (Invertible Bloom Lookup Tables)
http://popeller.io/index.php/2015/10/09/bitcoin-block-propagation-with-iblt-infographic

Bitcoinocracy.com
http://bitcoinocracy.com

Replace-By-Fee
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-developer-jonas-schnelli-explains-controversial-transaction-replace-by-fee-feature-1454343556

Mastercoin (now Omni)
http://www.omnilayer.org

Tree Chains
https://www.mail-archive.com/bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04388.html

Proof Chains
https://github.com/proofchains/python-proofchains

21
https://21.co

PeterTodd.org
https://petertodd.org

== MAGIC WORD ==

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 24, 2016.

== SPONSOR ==

While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own your own Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

http://bkeychain.com
http://bitcoinforks.com

== BITCOIN HISTORIC PRICE LOOKUP ==

Sometimes I'm doing accounting and I wish there was a quick tool to help look up the U.S. dollar value of a past Bitcoin transaction. So I asked Joe Looney to build it for me, and I'm sharing this tool with listeners. Nothing amazing here, it just looks up a historic Bitcoin price (in USD) then multiplies that rate by the Bitcoin amount you enter. Please let me know if you have any feedback on this price lookup tool.
BitcoinHistoricPrice.com

== MUSIC ==

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me.

== STAY IN TOUCH ==

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin tipping address for this episode:
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Thanks for listening!

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network / LTB Network on February 17, 2016.
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The Bitcoin Game #34: Bitcoin Core Dev Peter Todd

Hello, welcome to episode 52 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode I speak with Mike In Space, longtime creator of Bitcoin memes, and more recently, the host of the comedy series, Bitcoin Car Talk. I’ve never heard Mike interviewed, so I thought it would be fun to learn a bit more about him. I enjoy Mike’s unique sense of humor enough that you'll hear me laugh just hearing his voice at the beginning of our conversation.


== SHOW LINKS ==

Bitcoin Car Talk
http://bitcoincartalk.com

Mike In Space on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mikeinspace

Info on Mike's older Twitter Avatar
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/botched-restoration-of-jesus-fresco-miraculously-saves-spanish-town-197057

Brian Hoffman's comedic YouTube playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZZFJLp77OHDlyxQSqov89Qko_hBYpU8

Bitcoin Uncensored, early podcasts, Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

Bitcoin Uncensored / Chris Derose, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/cderose36/videos


== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Should I make 50 more episodes, or was 50 enough? Let me know!

Twitter: @TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
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Litecoin tipping address:
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Bitcoin Cash tipping address:
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Ethereum tipping address:
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== SPONSOR ==

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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, except the Bitcoin Car Talk theme, which was covered by Brian Hoffman.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network / LTB Network on February 28, 2018.
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The Bitcoin Game (an LTB Network podcast)

The Bitcoin Game #52: Mike In Space

Welcome to episode 56 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I met Peter Kroll at a Bitcoin conference about a year ago. When I asked Peter what his involvement was with Bitcoin, he told me he created the original Bitcoin paper wallet at BitAddress.org. I was pretty impressed, having used his tool often! Peter had kept it a secret that he was behind BitAddress.org until late 2014, and even since then, he's kept a pretty low profile. We cover a ton of topics in this exclusive interview, including Peter's introduction to Bitcoin, his paper wallet system, Bitcoin's division, and much more.

Note: We've recently migrated our primary content host from Soundcloud to Libsyn, so that’s why our Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently.

== EPISODE LINKS ==

CHECK OUT THIS EPISODE’S SHOW NOTES PAGE FOR MORE LINKS, INFO, ETC.:
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-56-paper-wallet-inventor-peter-kroll

The First Bitcoin Paper Wallet
https://BitAddress.org

Peter's SlashDot introduction to Bitcoin
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0149234/mint-it-yourself-with-a-browser-based-bitcoin-miner

Curaçao
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curaçao

Peter "PointBiz" Kroll on BitcoinTalk
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=17857

First BitAddress.org thread on BitcoinTalk
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43496

BitcoinTalk BitAddress.org art contest posted by Mike "Casascius" Caldwell https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92969

BitAddress.org on GitHub
https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org

BitAddress Changelog
https://www.bitaddress.org/CHANGELOG.txt.asc

Entropy (Hackaday article)
https://hackaday.com/2017/11/02/what-is-entropy-and-how-do-i-get-more-of-it

BitcoinJS
https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bitcoinjs-lib

Tom Wu's JSBN Library
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/jsbn/

Live USB Linux
https://www.linuxliveusb.com

BitKey (bootable USB image for cold wallets)
https://bitkey.io

Tails
https://tails.boum.org

Canton Becker's Bitcoin Paper Wallet
https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com

Ian Coleman’s BIP39 Mnemonic Converter Tool
https://iancoleman.io/bip39/

Coldlar (new hardware wallet)
https://www.coldlar.com

Coinbin (offline transaction signing library, uses QR codes)
https://coinb.in

Estonia - National ID Card RNG Flaw
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/security_flaw_i.html

Generating private keys with dice
http://kiararobles.com/blog/generating-private-keys-with-bitcoin-dice.html

Monero
https://getmonero.org

Decred
https://www.decred.org

Counterparty
https://counterparty.io

Peter Kroll - Private Key Custody - Crypto Mexico - Ethereum Devcon 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLaVk-3pDk

Peter on Twitter
https://twitter.com/pointbiz1

Peter on Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/user/pointbiz

== SPONSOR ==

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== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Twitter: @TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
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Litecoin tipping address:
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Bitcoin Cash tipping address:
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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on July 4, 2018.
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The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll

Welcome to episode 59 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part one of an interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. Dr. Back talks about topics such as his first computers, his early privacy-oriented work, Hashcash vs. other proof-of-work, various early electronic money systems, and his work on Bitcoin Confidential Transactions. Get ready to soak in some history from one of the people whose "work" became an integral part of Bitcoin.

== EPISODE LINKS ==

Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter
https://twitter.com/adam3us

Dr. Back's Info Page
http://www.cypherspace.org/adam

Blockstream
https://blockstream.com

Malta (Crypto-friendly)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/how-malta-became-a-hub-of-the-cryptocurrency-world-quicktake

Dr. Back's First Computers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

PGP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

Cypherpunks Mailing List
https://cryptoanarchy.wiki/getting-started/what-is-the-cypherpunks-mailing-list

Adam's Credential Library for Ecash & DigiCash
http://cypherspace.org/credlib

David Chaum's Ecash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecash

Stefan Brands' DigiCash
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash

Adam Back's Eternity
http://www.cypherspace.org/eternity

Usenet News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

Pseudonymous Remailers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonymous_remailer

Hal Finney (integrated PGP into remailers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)

Adam Back's Hashcash
http://www.hashcash.org

Spam Assassin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_SpamAssassin

Microsoft Digital Postmarks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Postmarks

SYN Cookies, by Dan Bernstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYN_cookies

Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail (PDF)
http://www.hashcash.org/papers/pvp.pdf

Old communication between Peter Todd, Adam Back and Hal Finney
https://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/bluesky/2001-March.txt

Wei Dai's B-Money
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/B-money

Nick Szabo's Bit Gold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo#Bit_gold

Hal Finney's RPOW - Reusable Proof of Work
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html

TPM - Trusted Platform Module
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module

Confidential Transactions
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/confidential-transactions-how-hiding-transaction-amounts-increases-bitcoin-privacy-1464892525

Elements (Sidechain)
https://elementsproject.org

Liquid (Sidechain)
https://blockstream.com/liquid

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== STAY IN TOUCH ==

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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on October 24, 2018.
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Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #59: Dr. Adam Back

Welcome to episode 68 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I introduced myself to Paul Sztorc at Bitcoin 2019 (bitcoin2019conference.com) and asked him if he'd be up for an interview. I was thrilled that he gave me an unqualified "yes." This ended up being, by far, my longest interview of the conference, and I appreciate that Paul was willing to hang out with me for a big chunk of the second day of the event. I really feel like I got to know Paul in this longest episode I've released in awhile. Hope you enjoy it!


== EPISODE LINKS ==

Paul Sztorc on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Truthcoin

Truthcoin
https://www.truthcoin.info

Bitcoin Hivemind
http://bitcoinhivemind.com

Drivechain
https://www.drivechain.info

Link to Paul's Bitcoin 2019 Panel
https://youtu.be/gCtwg7Qecc4

Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, and Liquid on Let's Talk Bitcoin
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store

Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193004

Bill Nordhaus
https://economics.yale.edu/people/william-d-nordhaus

Buzzfeed's Intrade Article
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrice/the-fall-of-intrade-and-the-business-of-betting-on-real-life

Howard Dean's Yell
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/17/the-battle-cry-that-backfired

Election Betting Odds
https://electionbettingodds.com

Cassandra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

R
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)

My episode with Adam Back focusing on Liquid (we discuss Paul Sztorc at 50:47)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-60-dr-adam-back-part-2-liquid

Futarchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarchy

The Wisdom of Crowds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds

My 2015 Interview with Joey Krug (starts at 32:40)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-15-fun-interviews-at-the-texas-bitcoin-conference-kickoff-party

Augur
https://www.augur.net


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== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! 

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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on July 18, 2019.
TheBitcoinGame.com
LetsTalkBitcoin.com

Note: We've migrated the RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #68: Paul Sztorc

Welcome to episode 69 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I attended Bitcoin 2019 in June and recorded a bunch of great interviews. But only one interview was with someone I kind of knew, and that was Doug Scribner. He's been in the scene a long time, and recalls buying Bitcoin at Porcfest from Charlie Shrem, Erik Voorhees, and Roger Ver. His first major project, WatchMyBit, was a bit ahead of its time (pun unintended). Now he's focused on Vault Logic, a multi-purpose, Bitcoin-capable, "Smart ATM" hardware and software platform.


== EPISODE LINKS ==

Doug Scribner on Twitter
https://twitter.com/dougscrib

VaultLogic
https://vaultlogic.com

VaultLogic on Twitter
https://twitter.com/realvaultlogic

Early article on Robocoin (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/2013/10/bitcoin-atm-gallery

Quorum (JP Morgan)
https://www.goquorum.com

Cryptospace
https://www.cryptospaceus.com

Article on Overstock's Patrick Byrne and Ravencoin
https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/06/ravencoin-rvn-overstock-ceos-favorite-altcoin-is-up-497-year-to-date

Medici Ventures (subsidiary of Overstock)
https://www.mediciventures.com


== SPONSOR ==

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

BTCKeychain.com


== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! 

Twitter: @TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
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Lightning Network tipping:
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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on August 5, 2019.
TheBitcoinGame.com
LetsTalkBitcoin.com

Note: We've migrated the RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #69: Doug Scribner's Smart ATM

Welcome to episode 70 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm always wanting to learn things via my podcast, and hopefully it helps others learn too. So when I heard Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera's podcast, I thought he was such a compelling guest that I just had to have him on The Bitcoin Game. In this episode we dive into details about Bitcoin, security, and multisig.


== EPISODE LINKS ==

Michael Flaxman on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mflaxman

Michael Flaxman's Website
https://www.michaelflaxman.com

Michael Flaxman's Bitcoin Multisig Hardware Wallet Comparison
https://bitcoin-hardware-wallet.github.io

Michael's In-Depth Article on Multisig
Coming Soon!

Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera Podcast (Hardware Wallets)
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97

Mt. Gox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

2014 Proof of Reserves article
https://www.coindesk.com/krakens-audit-proves-holds-100-bitcoins-reserve

PyCoin (Open Source Library)
https://pypi.org/project/pycoin/0.51/

Shamir's Shared Secret
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Coldcard Hardware Wallet
https://coldcardwallet.com

Trezor Hardware Wallet
https://trezor.io

Ledger Hardware Wallet
https://www.ledger.com

Hardware Wallet Passphrase (Trezor guide)
https://blog.trezor.io/passphrase-the-ultimate-protection-for-your-accounts-3a311990925b

Hardware Wallet Mnemonic Seed Phrase / BIP 39
https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Mnemonic_phrase

Ian Coleman's BIP 39 Tool
https://iancoleman.io/bip39

BIP 174 / Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) Github
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0174.mediawiki

Crypto Steel (One of several Seed Backup Solutions)
https://cryptosteel.com

Multisig
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature
 Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
https://electrum.org

Electrum Personal Server Github
https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server

Secure Element (Gemalto site - supplier to Ledger)
https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-is-a-secure-element/

Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet)
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deterministic_wallet

Random Number Generator (RNG)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation

Segwit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit

Bitcoin Core
https://bitcoin.org/en/download

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface

Bitcoin Testnet
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet

Nonce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce

Tails OS
https://tails.boum.org


== RECOMMENDED EPISODES ==

If you liked this episode, I bet you'll like my fairly exclusive interviews with Peter Kroll, the creator of the paper wallet, and white-hat hacker Johoe, who recovered Bitcoin during the 2013 Android RNG issue.

The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-56-paper-wallet-inventor-peter-kroll

The Bitcoin Game #7: Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe


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BTCKeychain.com


== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! 

Twitter: @TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
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Lightning Network tipping:
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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on September 7, 2019.

Note: We've migrated the RSS feed to Libsyn, in case you're wondering why our Soundcloud numbers aren't what they used to be.

The Bitcoin Game #70: Michael Flaxman, Securing Bitcoin

Welcome to episode 71 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I met Brian Lockhart while having lunch at Bitcoin 2019 this summer. Brian recently joined the team at Casa, which happened to have just released details on the Node 2. So this seemed like the perfect time to have Brian as a guest.

I learned a lot from Brian, including how Bitcoin got on his radar (hint: it's the tech), his five-year Bitcoin Rip Van Winkle experience, and the Casa Node 2. We even review some recently highlighted security trade-offs with the Node, as well as my own case of Lightning fever.

If you've ever wanted to know more about Brian Lockhart or the Casa Node, this episode is for you!


== EPISODE LINKS ==

Brian on Twitter
https://twitter.com/BrianLockhart

Casa on Twitter
https://twitter.com/casahodl

Casa
https://keys.casa

Bitcoin 2019
https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/bitcoin-2019

BitBlockBoom!
https://bitblockboom.com

Latin American Bitcoin Conference
https://www.labitconf.com

Quant
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financialcareers/08/quants-quantitative-analyst.asp

Black–Scholes Model
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Scholes_model

Trace Mayer on Stephan Livera Podcast
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/115

Microsoft Xbox
https://www.xbox.com

Bitcoin White Paper
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Tableau Software
https://www.tableau.com

Altcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/what-altcoin

Ethereum
https://www.ethereum.org

Seattle Bitcoin Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/seabtc

ICO
https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-ico

Lightning Network
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network

Michael Flaxman on The Bitcoin Game
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-70-michael-flaxman-securing-bitcoin

Bryan Bishop on Stephan Livera Podcast
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/108

Casa Keymaster
https://keys.casa/keymaster

Casa Node 2
https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-casa-node-2

Casa Gold
https://blog.keys.casa/casa-gold-membership-overview-casa-node

Nodl
https://www.nodl.it

Lightning in a Box
https://lightninginabox.co

RaspiBlitz
https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz

My Node
http://mynodebtc.com

BTCPay
https://btcpayserver.org

Electrum
https://electrum.org

Block Explorer
https://wiki.trezor.io/Blockchain_explorer

Addressing Security Concerns about Casa Node
https://blog.keys.casa/addressing-security-concerns-about-casa-node/

Electrum Will Support Lightning Payments (coded in Python)
https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-590 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5192855.0

Lightning Labs
https://lightning.engineering

Lightning Network Trust Torch
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightning-torchs-bitcoin-payment-is-running-a-worldwide-marathon

Zap Wallet
https://zap.jackmallers.com

Casa Sats App
https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback

What are “Sats”?
https://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/what-are-sats

Peter Todd on The Bitcoin Game
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-34-bitcoin-core-dev-peter-todd

Dr. Adam Back on The Bitcoin Game (Part 1)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on October 25, 2019.
TheBitcoinGame.com
LetsTalkBitcoin.com

Note: We've migrated the RSS feed  from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #71: Brian Lockhart

Welcome to episode 72 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode came about in an unexpected way. I had the opportunity to speak with Guy Hirsch (USA Managing Director for eToro) at the CIS conference in Los Angeles. My plan was to grab some sound bites from Guy to use in podcast episodes as part of eToro's sponsorship. But I'm such a curious person that I couldn't help but ask a bunch of genuine questions I had about the platform. Turned out, the brief interview was interesting and informative enough that I decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. So, if you've wondered about eToro after seeing them practically everywhere in the crypto space (not to mention the snazzy eToro commercial with Alec Baldwin), this episode will get you up to speed!


== EPISODE LINKS ==

Guy Hirsch on Twitter
https://twitter.com/GuyHirsch

Alec Baldwin's eToro ad
https://youtu.be/GBBuFuHAxoY


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BTCKeychain.com


== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! 

Twitter: @TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
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Lightning Network tipping:
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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on November 27, 2019.
TheBitcoinGame.com
LetsTalkBitcoin.com

Note: We've migrated the RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

The Bitcoin Game #72: eToro's Guy Hirsch

Welcome to episode 73 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. When I started paying attention to Bitcoin Twitter in 2013, I noticed a guy named Tim Pastoor, who seemed pretty well-respected by the Bitcoin Twitter community. He and I eventually became good friends on Twitter, so much so that we hung out for a long afternoon when I visited Amsterdam a few years ago. Tim has been focused on peer-to-peer identity and reputation systems for the past five years, supporting Martti Malmi's work in the space (Martti was the first coder to work with Satoshi on Bitcoin). Twitter's Jack Dorsey recently garnered a ton of attention promoting the goal of decentralized social media, and P2P identity may well be the base layer for such projects. Hope you enjoy our talk!

Oh, and a correction Tim gave me after our interview - Microsoft's Distributed ID project is now called Ion.



== EPISODE LINKS ==

Tim Pastoor on Twitter
https://twitter.com/timpastoor

Jack Dorsey's Tweet about Decentralized Social Media
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

Complementary Currencies (LETS, Brixton Pound, etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency

Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

Martti Malmi (article)
https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/10/8751933/the-shy-college-student-who-helped-build-bitcoin-into-a-global

Identifi (now Iris)
https://identifi.github.io/

Microsoft Decentralized Identity
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/technology/own-your-identity

W3C Decentralized Identifiers
https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core

Carsten Keutmann's Digital Trust Protocol
https://medium.com/@carstenkeutmann_96497/digital-trust-protocol-c37e17eeca20

Sovrin
https://sovrin.org

Urbit ID
https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/urbit-id

Sockpuppet Account
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)

Sybil Swarm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

Six Degrees of Separation Principle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

Metcalfe's Law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law

Network Effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

Microsoft's Ion (Decentralized Identity)
https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ion

Anchoring into the Blockchain
https://medium.com/@edhonour/how-anchors-help-ensure-authenticity-on-the-blockchain-3359051a181

TJ Miller on The Adam Carolla Show (see part two)
https://adamcarolla.com/tj-miller-and-mark-geragos

Switchboard Operator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchboard_operator

Bell Labs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs

Iris GitHub
https://github.com/irislib

Iris Proof-of-Concept
https://iris.to


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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on December 26, 2019.
TheBitcoinGame.com
LetsTalkBitcoin.com

Note: We've migrated the RSS feed from Soundcloud to Libsyn. That's why our Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be.

The Bitcoin Game #73: Tim Pastoor, P2P Identity

Welcome to episode 74 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. The Bitcoin Game has been a featured podcast on the LTB Network since 2014!

A few facts about David Jevans: In the late '90s, David attended monthly Cypherpunk meetups in Palo Alto. David hired Nick Szabo to help with IronKey (David's previous business, a secure USB product). And David is currently the founder and CEO of CipherTrace, one of the big three "blockchain analysis" companies.

David's past and present positions give him a uniquely informed perspective, and I was fascinated to hear his takes. We discuss a wide range of topics, from details about CipherTrace's work, to hardware wallets, supply-chain security, CryptoCapital, Quadriga, BTC-E, CoinJoin, OPSEC, and tons more.


== EPISODE LINKS ==

CipherTrace
https://ciphertrace.com

David on Twitter
https://twitter.com/davejevans

Cypherpunk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk

Nick Szabo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo

IronKey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronKey

ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography

2000 Financial Cryptography Conference
https://ifca.ai/fc00/program.html

David Chaum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chaum

DigiCash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash

Mt. Gox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

CoinJoin
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CoinJoin

Wasabi Wallet
https://wasabiwallet.io

OPSEC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s "Travel Rule"
https://ciphertrace.com/fatf-crypto-travel-rule


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Join now at b.tc/etorogame.


== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! 

Twitter: @TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (SegWit) tipping address:
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Lightning Network tipping:
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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on January 31, 2020.
TheBitcoinGame.com
LetsTalkBitcoin.com

Note: We migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) to Libsyn; SoundCloud is just a legacy feed.

The Bitcoin Game #74: David Jevans of CipherTrace

Welcome to episode 75 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell.

I started podcasting in late 2014, and one of the greatest things to happen in those early episodes was landing an exclusive longform interview with Dr. Jochen "Johoe" Hoenicke, the 2014 Bitcoin Hero. Badass white hat Bitcoin hacker Johoe (at least that's what I call him) rescued insecure Bitcoin UTXOs from Blockchain.info wallets before they could be taken by less-scrupulous hackers. This was after his contributions to understanding the RNG issues with Android Bitcoin wallets in 2013. He also rescued insecure Bitcoin from one other platform, which he admits for the first time in this interview. Some months after this interview, Johoe responsibly published a side-channel attack on a TREZOR, which eventually led to Satoshi Labs hiring him as a TREZOR Cryptographer. Johoe's Bitcoin mempool stats site is yet another contribution he's made to the space.

This is the only audio (or video) interview with Johoe that I'm aware of, and it's worth a listen if you didn't catch it the first time. It's even educational, as Johoe explains concepts like how Bitcoin signatures work and what specifically went wrong with various wallets, in a way that's accessible for non-technical people like myself.

Hope you enjoy my first "rebroadcast" to celebrate 75!


== EPISODE LINKS ==

Johoe first addresses repeating R value issue due to 2013 Android RNG bug https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=251743.msg2890179#msg2890179

Counterparty Bug first addressed by Johoe on BitcoinTalk.org
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg6354731#msg6354731

Johoe discovers the recently compromised Blockchain.info addresses
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg9774894#msg9774894

Blockchain.info Wallet
https://blockchain.info/wallet

Coinbase
https://www.coinbase.com

Counterparty Wallet
https://counterwallet.io

Johoe demonstrates TREZOR side channel attack (April 2015)
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/crypto/trezor-power-analysis

Satoshi Labs announces hiring Johoe as TREZOR Cryptographer
https://blog.trezor.io/ethical-hacker-and-bitcoin-hero-johoe-joins-satoshilabs-as-trezor-cryptographer-36c9a6b10d52

Johoe's Bitcoin Mempool Statistics site
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#0,all


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== STAY IN TOUCH ==

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== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on February 28, 2020.
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The Bitcoin Game #75: 2014 Interview with Dr. Jochen "Johoe" Hoenicke

Welcome to episode 76 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell.

Today's interview is with Andrew Tierney, otherwise known online as Cybergibbons. Andrew hacks everything from oil rigs at his day job, to Cryptocurrency hardware wallets and smart locks in his free time. We conducted this interview a bit before COVID-19 had taken over the planet, back in the good old days (a few weeks ago), when we were more worried about malware than going to the grocery store without an N95 mask. Andrew and I discuss hacking hardware wallets, general security, IoT devices, home routers, his day job as a hacker for hire, and other stuff too. I hope you enjoy!


== EPISODE LINKS ==

EPISODE LINKS
Andrew's Twitter
https://twitter.com/cybergibbons

Andrew's Blog
https://cybergibbons.com

Pen Test Partners
https://www.pentestpartners.com

Bitfi Hardware Wallet Hack Article
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/30/john-mcafees-unhackable-bitfi-wallet-got-hacked-again

Abe Snowman
https://twitter.com/AbeSnowman

Oversoft
https://twitter.com/oversoftnl

Saleem
https://twitter.com/saleemrash1d

Shadow Ops
https://twitter.com/Shadow0pz

Trezor
https://trezor.io

Ledger
https://www.ledger.com

BC Vault
https://bc-vault.com/shop/bc-vault

Multisig
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature

Shamir's Secret Sharing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Secure Element (blog post)
https://www.intrinsic-id.com/pros-cons-secure-elements

Pen Test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetration_test

Caravan Multisig (Unchained Capital)
https://unchained-capital.com/blog/the-caravan-arrives

Rubber Ducky
https://latesthackingnews.com/2017/06/16/20456

OpenWrt
https://openwrt.org

Tomato
https://advancedtomato.com

Ubiquiti Routers
https://www.ui.com/products/#edgemax


== THE BITCOIN GAME IS SPONSORED BY ETORO ==

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Join now at b.tc/etorogame.


== STAY IN TOUCH ==

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! 

Twitter: @TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

Bitcoin (SegWit) tipping address:
34MB6Lj1e2X7rHof7A8r1gHbYL3zNRJH2N

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame


== CREDITS ==

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Published to the LTB Network on March 30, 2020.
TheBitcoinGame.com
LetsTalkBitcoin.com

Note: We migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) to Libsyn; SoundCloud is just a legacy feed.

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