#8: Interview w/ Adrian Chen, the first journalist to write about Silk Road and Bitcoin
Adrian Chen wrote the first article about the darknet marketplace Silk Road and Bitcoin, causing the price of BTC to go from $10 to $14. Aaron & Jay ask Adrian why he never bought a single Bitcoin, discuss his investigation into Satoshi's identity, and try to understand why Bitcoin is not anonymous, despite most people thinking it is.
CoinTalk™️ · Aaron Lammer & Jay Kang
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Show Notes
Adrian Chen wrote the first article about the darknet marketplace Silk Road and Bitcoin, causing the price of BTC to go from $10 to $14. Adrian discusses:
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why he never has owned a single Bitcoin
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his investigation into Satoshi Nakamoto's identity
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the misperception that Bitcoin is anonymous
*whether crypto has scrambled Jay’s brain
Plus, Aaron shills his bags HARD.
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