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A brilliant fact about crypto-economic blockchains is that they enable the construction of naming systems that transcend limits imposed by Zooko's triangle. Traditional naming systems such as human names, Domain Name System (DNS) and Facebook profile names are subject to Zooko's triangle and cannot be secure, human memorable and decentralised at once. For instance human names such as Meher Roy are human-memorable and decentralised but not secure (nothing prevents hundreds of people being called Meher Roy). Domain Names like https://epicenterbitcoin.com are secure and human-memorable but require a central authority to hand out names.

OneName leverages Bitcoin to build a Global Identification system called blockchain ID. Blockchain IDs for users can be associated with real world identity data such as social media profiles, government issued papers etc. In this episode we converse with Ryan Shea and Muneeb Ali, co-founders and leaders of OneName, Blockstore and BlockStack. They explain the rationale and vision behind their push for a Global Decentralised Identification and Verification system.

Topics covered include:

- Zooko's triangle and how Bitcoin breaks the triangle
- The general idea behind blockchain ID, how it works and its component transactions
- Why OneName migrated their blockchain ID system from the Namecoin to the Bitcoin blockchain
- Technical design of Blockstore and how it enables decentralised storage and association of large datasets to blockchain IDs
- Vision and use cases for Decentralised Identity, authentication and identity verification.
- The notion of Probabilistic Identity

Links mentioned in this episode: 

- Intentional Naming System: http://bit.ly/1MxxtXP
- Zooko's triangle: http://bit.ly/1khi2wg
- Why Onename is Migrating to the Bitcoin Blockchain: http://bit.ly/1Lw8Zy5
- Blockchain ID: http://bit.ly/1Nj9OgC
- Organization of Schemas: http://bit.ly/1y6szdQ
- Blockstack: http://bit.ly/1LiRfsf
- BlockStore: http://bit.ly/1Mxxx9V

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EB101 – Ryan Shea & Muneeb Ali: Bringing Decentralization to Identity with Blockchain ID and Onename

A great podcast with the co-Founder of Blockstack Labs, Ryan Shea.

Ryan Shea, co-Founder of Blockstack Labs - Interview

Hello, welcome to episode 44 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, Blockstack co-founder Ryan Shea helps me understand what Blockstack is doing to create a decentralized web with local apps, secure DNS, identity anchored to the Blockchain, and more.

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The Bitcoin Game #44: Ryan Shea, Blockstack for Beginners

Now that ethereum has a market cap of more than $18 billion, the network is facing immense technical challenges. Can it scale to serve millions of users? To discuss, we spoke with Michael Freedman, a professor of computer science at Princeton who, starting in the late '90s, worked on an earlier wave of peer-to-peer computing technologies. In 2011, Freedman co-authored a paper about a technique called "sharding" that ethereum developers are currently working to integrate into their network. Today, he's the co-founder and chief technology officer of the database company TimeScale. He's also serves an advisor to the decentralized computing platform Blockstack, which we discuss in the interview

Can Ethereum Overcome Its Immense Technical Problems?

Ryan Shea and Muneeb Ali, the cofounders of Blockstack, on how their tools enable users to control their own data, why the internet should have universal usernames but no company should control that, and why Blockstack’s storage system still allows users to choose centralized options &nbsp;like Google Drive and Dropbox. They also talk about how other blockchain systems are thinking about scaling wrong, why they launched a developer fund, and why a developer would choose Blockstack over Ethereum. Show notes:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/09/05/blockstack-on-how-to-take-control-from-google-facebook-and-amazon/ BlockStack: https://blockstack.org/

Blockstack On Getting Independence From Google, Facebook And Amazon

The executive chairman of AngelList and partner at crypto hedge fund MetaStable explains how blockchains are changing the entrepreneurship model, his philosophy for crypto investing, and what kind of threat crypto could someday pose to governments. We also dive into why blockchains represent a new form of governance, his philosophy for investing in tokens and why he believes there will only be five or fewer winners among the money-like tokens. Show notes:&nbsp;http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/11/28/naval-ravikant-on-how-crypto-is-squeezing-vcs-hindering-regulators-and-bringing-users-choice/ AngelList:&nbsp;https://angel.co/ MetaStable:&nbsp;http://metastablecapital.com/ CoinList:&nbsp;https://coinlist.co/  https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/05/18/want-to-hold-an-ico-coinlist-makes-it-easy-and-legal/ Zcash:&nbsp;https://z.cash/ BlockStack:&nbsp;https://blockstack.org/  https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/09/05/blockstack-on-how-to-take-control-from-google-facebook-and-amazon/ Bitwise Hold 10:&nbsp;https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/10/02/new-crypto-index-fund-to-launch-with-backing-from-naval-ravikant/ &nbsp; &nbsp;

Naval Ravikant On How Crypto Is Squeezing VCs, Hindering Regulators And Bringing Users Choice

Can Bitcoin Replace the State? Fresh from the stage at Blockstack Berlin and Fast Forward's AccelerateGood in the Bay Area, Santi Siri talks cryptopolitics through the geopolitical lens of Venezuela, Ed Snowden's warning, with a side node about the Democracy Earth vote token, and what it means to be a governance technology nonprofit holding a token sale [coming up in Q2018.]

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In this brief introduction to self sovereign identity, we will talk about how we build identity systems to create trust.  Trust was something that was local and useful for establishing trust in a single domain.  The only issue with existing identity systems is that they are not trust worthy.  Still there is no good way to prove that you are a certain age, you have an account with a certain bank, etc.  It is very difficult for someone else to vouch for you.

Initially identity was siloed, then came federated identity, and now it is time for user centric identity, this is what self-sovereign identity is.

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Brief Introduction To Self - Sovereign Identity

Think Bitcoin and crypto assets are just vehicles for speculation? They're already having both a positive impact and negative impact when it comes to human rights, says Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer for the Human Rights Foundation. Gladstein talks about how he first became enamored with Bitcoin because of its potential to solve hyperinflation, and why he believes Venezuela is the site of the world's first crypto war. He also covers why repressive governments are excited by centralized cryptocurrencies, why impact investing focused on the UN sustainable goals will not address human rights issues, and why blockchain-based elections, which many believe could be fair and transparent, could instead be terribly corrupt. https://twitter.com/gladstein https://oslofreedomforum.com/ https://www.hrf.org Blockstack on Unchained:  http://unchainedpodcast.co/blockstack-on-getting-independence-from-google-facebook-and-amazon Stablecoins and MakerDAO on Unchained:  http://unchainedpodcast.co/why-its-so-hard-to-keep-stablecoins-stable Roya Mahboob on Unchained:  http://unchainedpodcast.co/how-bitcoin-solved-this-serial-entrepreneurs-problems Bitcoin in Venezuela:  https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/04/03/why-are-venezuelans-mining-so-much-bitcoin  https://www.wired.com/story/where-could-bitcoin-succeed-as-a-currency-in-a-failed-state/  https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2018/04/11/localbitcoins-com-replaces-dolartoday-as-standard-reference/&nbsp; Data showing that Venezuela, at the time of this recording, accounts for 8.1% of all LocalBitcoins transactions:&nbsp;https://anacoinda.github.io/localbitcoins/all.html The North Korean government using cryptocurrency:  https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/28/17055762/north-korea-sanctions-bitcoin-nuclear-weapons  https://qz.com/1199400/north-korea-is-suspected-in-the-530-million-coincheck-cryptocurrency-heist/ Thank you to our sponsor! Element Group: http://elementgroup.com/unconfirmed

Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation on the First Crypto War - Ep.021

This recording is of Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State, a series of talks and a panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum put on by the Human Rights Foundation. In this session, hear presentations from Ryan Shea of decentralized technology platform Blockstack; Galia Benartzi of smart token platform Bancor; Steve Waterhouse of surveillance-free internet project Orchid; and Arthur Breitman from smart contract platform Tezos. Afterward, I moderate a panel among the four speakers that touches on the ways in which blockchains can be used to curb human rights abuses -- but also how bad actors can also use them for nefarious purposes. Oslo Freedom Forum: https://oslofreedomforum.com Human Rights Foundation: https://www.hrf.org The four presentations: Ryan Shea https://twitter.com/ryaneshea of Blockstack: https://blockstack.org (Also check out his interview with cofounder Muneeb Ali on Unchained:  http://unchainedpodcast.co/blockstack-on-getting-independence-from-google-facebook-and-amazon) Galia Benartzi https://twitter.com/galiabenartzi of Bancor https://www.bancor.network/discover Steve Waterhouse https://twitter.com/deseventral of https://orchid.com Arthur Breitman https://twitter.com/arthurb of https://tezos.com Be sure also to listen to the Unconfirmed podcast episode with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation -- not to be missed if you're interested in the topics discussed during Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State!  http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-first-crypto-war-ep021 Thank you to our sponsors! Blockchain Warehouse: https://www.blockchainwarehouse.com Keepkey: https://www.keepkey.com

From the Oslo Freedom Forum: Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State - Ep.64

Abadesi and Michael are back with episode 31. 

This episode they talk:

- One founder or two? [1:34]
- Soulja boy's new games console [9:08]
- Fyre Festival documentaries [Recorded before the Netflix documentary was released]  [12:06]
- Tidal accused of false streaming numbers[24:49]
- Jeff Bezo's divorce [27:23]
- Gillette/Woke Brands [32:48]
- Slack's new Logo [42:58]
- Kenyan Excellence [47:47]

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/10/mackenzie-bezos-jeff-amazon-divorce-worlds-richest-woman
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/fyre-review-netflix-doomed-festival-hulu-fyre-fraud/580678/
https://www.blackenterprise.com/kenyan-engineer-creates-high-tech-gloves-sign-language-into-speech/
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/2-founders-are-not-always-better-1
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/slack-new-logo
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Ep 31: Two Founders Or One? Soulja boy, Fyre Festival, Woke Brands & New Slack Logo

Abadesi and Michael are back with something different. 

This episode isn’t their usual round of up of the week's news, but instead a heart to heart on the struggles of being a founder, and all the stuff they had to learn the hard way over the last 3-4 years. 

This was recorded a few weeks ago, as Abadesi is currently in SF working on her new startup Elpha! 

We cover: 

- What we wish we knew before we started
- Keeping yourself mentally okay, [7:40]
- Controlling your ego, 
- Spotting talent [10:37]
- The value of patience, [12:00]
- Black millennial burnout [16:10]

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Ep 33: Founder Struggles, Being Unapologetic, Patience, Self Care & Black Millennial Burnout

In this episode, Nick Grossman, GM for Special Projects and blockchain investor at Union Square Ventures, the OG in crypto investments, spoke to Click Ventures' Carman Chan about where and what he looks for in blockchain projects, and decentralization properties of the blockchain. Credits to Blockstack Conference for arranging the interview.

The What is and What isn't about Blockchain- Nick Grossman, GM for Special Projects at USV

A conversation between Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One, and Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Maker Mag. Talking about passion vs pragmatism, growth vs sustainability, connecting with customers at scale vs personal touches, and more. Sponsored by Blockstack.

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BITCOIN FLASH CRASH WikiLeaks Julian Assange - Bakkt New Hire - Crypto Stripe Flexa - EOS

Zachary Fallon, a former SEC staffer and author of the Reg A JOBS Act crowdfunding rules and a principal at Blakemore Fallon, discusses Blockstack's filing for a token offering under Reg A+, what that means for the security status of the tokens and what types of investors the company can raise from. We also talk about several of the particulars of the Blockstack filing, such as the time-lock on the tokens, the ability to raise money in bitcoin and ether, and the cap on the dollar amount of tokens any single investor can purchase. Zach also covers how much they must have worked with the SEC until this point, how long it might take the SEC to offer a response and what the filing means for token offerings going forward. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode Links Zach Fallon: https://twitter.com/ZacharyFallon &nbsp; Blakemore Fallon: https://blakemorefallon.com Blockstack: https://blockstack.org Stackstoken: https://www.stackstoken.com App mining for Stacks: https://app.co/mining Blockstack's Reg A+ filing:  https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719379/000110465919020748/a18-15736_1partiiandiii.htm Wired story on the filing:  https://www.wired.com/story/startup-sell-you-crypto-tokens-with-sec-backing/

Blockstack's Reg A+ Filing and the Future of Token Offerings - Ep.069

This episode is a conversation between George Gilder (@ScandalOfMoney), author, investor, writer and economist, Patrick Stanley (@PatrickWStanley), head of growth at Blockstack, and Erik Torenberg, partner and co-founder of Village. It was originally released on The Stacks Podcast presented by Blockstack.

They talk about:

- Gilder’s Information Theory, and why it is central to everything, including the world economy and biology.

- Why Gilder says that “wealth is really knowledge,” why money is not wealth, and why using money as anything other than a measuring stick is one of the biggest economic problems of the past and future.

- The problem with the “morbid financialization of the world” and the fact that share buybacks financed by near-zero interest loans from the government have driven economic growth for the last several years.

- Why prices are just measures of time.

- The importance of community and how to measure it in a society and economy, as well as Gilder’s thoughts on the scourge of materialism. 

- Why Gilder is skeptical of the potential world-dominating effects of AI and isn’t as concerned about privacy as others are.

- Gilder’s critique of the Bitcoin framework.

- What Gilder looks for in companies when he “puts his VC hat on.”

- The role of the fed, China’s unique economy, trade wars, debt, and the charter cities movement, and much more. 

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The Past and Future of the World Economy with George Gilder and Patrick Stanley

Lawson Baker, head of operations and general counsel at TokenSoft (disclosure: a previous sponsor of the podcast), explains the significance of this week's SEC statement on broker-dealer custody if digital asset securities, what issues it outlines, what problems remain to be resolved, what impact it could have on the overall industry — and why this, and other regulatory guidance, could push the industry in a more cypherpunk direction. Plus, we discuss Blockstack's Reg A+ initial coin offering, which was finally approved by the SEC, whether it's too onerous for startups and how this will affect the initial coin offering phenomenon. And finally, we talk about what we'll be watching out for in next week's Senate and House hearings on Facebook's Libra, and what the odds are that the regulators quash the project. Don't forget about the Crypto weekend retreat at Omega Institute: Sign up here! &nbsp;https://www.eomega.org/workshops/virtues-of-the-crypto-revolution Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Lawson Baker: https://twitter.com/lwsnbaker TokenSoft: https://www.tokensoft.io/ SEC statement on broker-dealer custody of digital asset securities:  https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/joint-staff-statement-broker-dealer-custody-digital-asset-securities Blockstack's Reg A+ offering approved:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-clears-blockstack-to-hold-first-regulated-token-offering-11562794848 Details on Blockstack's token sale:  https://blog.blockstack.org/blockstack-sec-qualified-token-sale-open/ Fed raises concerns about Libra:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/technology/fed-chair-facebook-cryptocurrency-libra.html Unconfirmed episode with Dante Disparte, head of policy and communications for Libra:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/ Unconfirmed episode with Michael Casey on why it would be good if Libra rivaled the US dollar:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-it-would-be-good-if-libra-rivaled-the-us-dollar/

Why Crypto Regulation Is Surprisingly Cypherpunk - Ep.81

Diving into the First Digital Asset Regulation A Offering by the SEC!
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#4 - SEC Approved First Reg A Digital Asset Offering

Jake Chervinsky, general counsel at Compound, goes over a plethora of crypto regulatory issues, such as those related to securities law such as the SEC vs. Kik case, Ripple, stablecoins, no-action letters, Blockstack and more. We also discuss whether there should be one regulator for crypto matters in the US, whether it makes sense to create a new category for digital assets instead of applying laws for securities, commodities, etc., to digital tokens, and why he thinks Libra will likely not launch in its proposed form. He also gives his odds on a Bitcoin ETF being approved soon, talks about the tension between privacy and financial regulation and&nbsp; reveals what he thinks is the biggest regulatory issue in DeFi that no one's talking about. Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links:&nbsp; Jake Chervinsky: https://twitter.com/jchervinsky Compound: https://compound.finance/ Unchained interview with Compound CEO Robert Leshner:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-youll-earn-interest-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep-82/&nbsp; Unchained with Ted Livingston of Kik about its intention to fight the SEC in court:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/kin-sets-up-5-million-defendcrypto-org-to-take-on-the-sec/ Kik's Wells response: https://www.kin.org/wells_response.pdf&nbsp; SEC no-action letter to Quarters:  https://www.coindesk.com/sec-clears-blockchain-gaming-startup-to-sell-quarters-tokens&nbsp; SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on the first no-action letter for a token:  https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/peirce-how-we-howey-050919&nbsp; Unconfirmed episode on Blockstack’s Reg A+ filing:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/blockstacks-reg-a-filing-and-the-future-of-token-offerings%e2%80%8b/&nbsp;&nbsp; Decrypt article on issues with issuing a token under Reg A+:  https://decrypt.co/7839/blockstack-token-offering-historic-but-dance-with-sec-far-from-over&nbsp; How much Ripple has sold recently:  https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1154276254775947264?s=20 Jake’s tweet storm on the Libra hearings in Congress:  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1151875713903005697?s=20 Jeremy Allaire’s testimony to Congress:  https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Allaire%20Testimony%207-30-19.pdf Unchained interview with Jeremy Allaire on regulations:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/jeremy-allaire-on-why-the-us-government-needs-a-new-category-for-digital-assets/ Push for new crypto regulations:&nbsp;  https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-push-for-new-bitcoin-rules-11562405401 Tax issues:  https://fortune.com/2019/07/29/here-comes-the-irs-the-ledger/ Bitcoin ETF:  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1111734963798458369?s=20&nbsp; Jake’s tweet storm on Bakkt:  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1059828623471972354?fbclid=IwAR259I8Q2NSNmQ_PEb6l__XatWhmqj9U8gocHRoeb-JXizviI9T62rMuQC8 The latest on Bakkt:  https://www.coindesk.com/bakkt-is-supposed-to-start-testing-its-bitcoin-futures-contracts-today Sanctions coming to crypto:  https://www.coindesk.com/get-ready-for-crypto-sanctions-enforcement&nbsp;

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