TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

<p>Topics of the week: - Betty - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45889707 - Venezuela local bitcoin volume new ATHs ($25M per week) - https://twitter.com/louAboudHogben/status/1053086355100581888 - Tether follow up - https://coinmetrics.io/charts/#assets=dai,gusd,tusd,usdc,pax,usdt_log=false_roll=7_left=marketcap_zoom=1512254415194.9307,1540241462242.7358_stack=true - Unocoin routing around Indian regs - https://www.coindesk.com/unocoin-bitcoin-exchange-atm-stablecoin-central-bank-crackdown-india/ - Wasabi Wallet - https://www.wasabiwallet.io/index.php/2018/07/31/wasabi-wallet-privacy-focused-bitcoin-wallet-for-desktop/ - Ethereum Constantinople hard fork delayed - https://www.coindesk.com/ethereums-constantinople-hard-fork-is-being-delayed-until-2019/ -Ransoms - https://www.casino.org/news/5dimes-sports-book-owner-missing-in-costa-rica-possibly-kidnapped - Neutrino - https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2018/10/17/neutrino.html -Monero Bulletproofs hard fork - https://medium.com/digitalassetresearch/monero-becomes-bulletproof-f98c6408babf - Binance, Chainalysis - https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-binance-adds-compliance-tools-from-chainalysis/ -Bisq ATH volumes - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bisq-volumes-reach-all-time-highs-amid-increased-monero-demand/</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Alan Silbert, Executive Managing Director of INX Limited, to chat about the old days and his experience starting Bitpremier.com, a site where people could spend BTC to buy luxury goods. Alan explains how he got into Bitcoin, how his side hustle pushed him to leave his main hustle and what it's like to get a call from Homeland Security. Follow Alan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alansilbert Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Check out INX Limited: https://www.inx.co Thank you to our sponsors: Cash App, download the app here - https://cash.app/ HoneyMiner, enter to win a GPU here - https://twitter.com/gethoneyminer/status/1052200242781786112 Download Honeyminer here - https://honeyminer.com/referred/59rtk</p>

<p>Topics of the week: Tether + Bitfinex - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/935185540982497280?s=19 ETH Constantinople hard fork on testnet - https://twitter.com/5chdn/status/1051194779890003974 Liquid Announcement - https://blockstream.com/2018/10/10/liquid-launch.html goTenna unboxing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzZen7ajmKA&feature=youtu.be Fidelity announcement - https://medium.com/@FidelityDigitalAssets/the-evolution-of-digital-cash-da19b06aa58e Hugo fire flames - https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/work-is-timeless-stake-is-not-554c4450ce18 Lightning bike - https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1051832593082175488 Nouriel - https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1050766810348445696 Thanks to our sponsor, The Cash App. Download it here: https://cash.app/</p>

<p>In this week's episode, Marty and Matt sit down with Murad Mahmudov to discuss: - Murad's bear thesis - Swensen/Yale investments (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-05/yale-is-said-to-invest-in-crypto-fund-that-raised-400-million) - Supply chain attacks + secure hardware (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies) - Bitcoin Core v0.17.0 release (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0170-released-heres-whats-new/) - Gemini gets asset insurance (https://medium.com/gemini/digital-assets-insurance-adbfb0c44e74) - Bitfinex cut ties with Noble, now with HSBC (https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/10/06/bitfinex-moves-its-banking-relationship-to-hsbc/) - SegWit txs almost at 50% work(https://transactionfee.info/charts/payments/segwit) - Eris announces Bakkt competitor (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-03/eris-exchange-to-create-crypto-market-backed-by-drw-virtu) - Aaron van Wirdum's privacy series (https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1047116230048583685?s=19) - Murad + David Puell's MVRV Ratio (https://blog.goodaudience.com/bitcoin-market-value-to-realized-value-mvrv-ratio-3ebc914dbaee)</p>

<p>On this week's episode of Rabbit Hole Recap Matt and Marty discuss - Samourai Wallet + goTenna collab: https://mailchi.mp/1d3d0a060090/martys-bent-october-2nd-2018-issue-330 Siacoin bricks ASICs: https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/955907524317859842 Malta Prime Minister, pretty chay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzbiMmuO0k&feature=youtu.be 1Broker gets seized: https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1045433884115120129?s=19 ShapeShift: https://info.shapeshift.io/blog/2018/10/01/shining-light-on-wsjs-attack-on-shapeshift-and-crypto/ EOS collusion: https://twitter.com/MapleLeafCap/status/1044958643731533825?s=19 Thank you to our sponsors: Cash App, we don't use the other apps anymore. Download the app now - https://cash.app/ Honeyminer, start making BTC in one click - https://honeyminer.com/referred/59rtk</p>

<p>In this special edition of Tales from the Crypt, Marty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss CVE-2018-17144, the bug found in Bitcoin last week, and his efforts with the Betterhash mining pool protocol. This is a quick 15-minute conversation that touches on a lot. During the last 2/3 of the episode, Marty sits down with Hasufly, a budding star in the world of Bitcoin content to discuss the practices he used to learn about Bitcoin as quickly as possible. Hasu has an incredible way of creating mental frameworks from which to learn. Tune in to learn about the people, data sources and tools Hasu used to bootstrap his knowledge of Bitcoin in only 10 months. Follow Matt: @TheBlueMatt Follow Hasu: @Hasufl Follow Marty: @MartyBent Links: https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/ https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/outline Thank you to our sponsor, Honeyminer. Check them out here: https://honeyminer.com/referred/59rtk</p>

<p>On this week's episode of Rabbit Hole Recap Matt and Marty discuss: CVE-2018-17144: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice/ Monero bug: https://getmonero.org/2018/09/25/a-post-mortum-of-the-burning-bug.html Baltic Honey Badger Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZoGUAnY9s https://hodlhodl.com/ Argentina: https://mailchi.mp/86b9b2200711/martys-bent-september-25th-2018-issue-325 "Please stop deploying d-apps to Ethereum.": https://twitter.com/5chdn/status/1042860655114694656 B Foundation: https://twitter.com/TheB_Foundation/status/1043805473949065216 Thank you to this week's sponsor, Honeyminer. Use the ref link below for 1,000 satoshis and use one click to start mining today: honeyminer.com/referred/59rtk</p>

<p>On this week's edition of Rabbit Hole Recap Matt and Marty discuss: NY Attorney General's report - https://virtualmarkets.ag.ny.gov Jesse Powell DGAF - https://blog.kraken.com/post/1561/krakens-position-on-regulation/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Bitcoin Core bug + v0.16.3 - https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2018/09/18/ Josh Garza goes to jail - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1040300880170500097 Bancor on EOS - https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-dapp-bancor-is-expanding-to-eos-for-fast-free-transactions/ *Lightning Spotlight* LND Work - https://www.lndwork.com/ BTC volume in Venezuela - https://diar.co/volume-2-issue-37/ Salt Bae :( Laurent's last post - https://medium.com/@laurentmt/electric-money-e2cd34f78f56 Thank you to this week's sponsor, Honeyminer. Use the ref link below for 1,000 satoshis and use one click to start mining today: https://honeyminer.com/referred/59rtk</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Wall Street veteran Caitlin Long to discuss her journey to Austrian economics via Wall Street, the extent of the shadow banking system, the situation public pensions and social security find themselves in, and Caitlin's efforts to make Wyoming the most Bitcoin-friendly state in the US. Follow Caitlin on Twitter: @CaitlinLong_ Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent Check out Caitlin's website: https://caitlin-long.com/</p>

<p>In this week's episode Marty and Matt discuss: Gemini & Paxos fiat backed 'stablecoins' - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1039233025303879683?s=19 Robinhood fueled Doge pump - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1035384169357033473?s=19 Unraveling of the ICO bubble - https://www.wsj.com/articles/olaf-carlson-wee-rode-the-bitcoin-boom-to-silicon-valley-riches-can-he-survive-the-crash-1536681364?mod=e2tw & https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1025102286396243970?s=19 Laurent's new post in PoW series - https://medium.com/@laurentmt/cliffhangers-cb87ed47124e SEC ETN Suspensions https://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions/2018/34-84063.pdf & Bittrex, Malta, and Regulatory Arbitrage - https://support.bittrex.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001354486. & https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-09-11/why-the-eu-is-furious-with-</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Coinyeezy to discuss a litany of topics including; Honeyminer, the power of memes, "Bitcoin Generalists", hustling and some trippy theories about the great pyramids. Follow Coinyeezy on Twitter: @coinyeezy Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent Peep Honeyminer: www.honeyminer.com</p>

<p>In this edition of Rabbit Hole Recap Matt + Marty discuss: Emerging Market currency crises Iran give Bitcoin mining the go-ahead Ethereum FOMC meeting Infura centralization ShapeShift Casa's new plug and play all-in-one Bitcoin full node + Lightning node Discussions of a new Bitcoin testnet Links: https://twitter.com/WallSt_Dropout/status/1037004709419278336 https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1003680779535290369?s=19 https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1003680779535290369?s=19 https://mailchi.mp/08ea1d23655e/martys-bent-september-5th-2018-issue-311 https://info.shapeshift.io/blog/2018/09/04/introducing-shapeshift-membership/ https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1037339692981727233 https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2018/09/04/</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Ryan Selkis, Founder at Messari, to discuss how Ryan got into Bitcoin, how writing helped him carve out a niche in a budding industry, what it was like to work for Digital Currency Group and CoinDesk, what he learned there, how he's using those lessons while building Messari, and a deep dive into Token Curated Registries. Follow Ryan on Twitter: @twobitidiot Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent Check out Messari: https://messari.io/</p>

<p>In this episode we discuss: Vitalik Buterin's recent blog post on how to scale with layers The importance of soft forks CNBC's trash coverage WeChat and Alipay banned cryptocurrency commerce and chats The recent jump in hash rate Laurent's piece on measuring the value secured by PoW NIRP in Germany CFTF fine of German Bank for manipulating USD derivatives ETF denial then subsequent "reevaluation" Links: https://vitalik.ca/general/2018/08/26/layer_1.html https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/963086673537126400?s=19 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1019675622581391361 https://medium.com/@laurentmt/gravity-10e1a25d2ab2</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Joe Weisenthal, Editor at Bloomberg and co-host of "What'd you miss?" on BloombergTV. The two jump into the mind of a skeptic. Joe was notoriously a skeptic of Bitcoin after writing an article titled "Bitcoin is a joke" in 2013. Since then Joe has become less skeptical and he explains why in this episode. Beyond Bitcoin, Marty and Joe discuss economics, the state of the economy, Joe's journey to Bloomberg, and the mainstream media. Follow Joe: @TheStalwart Follow Marty: @MartyBent Check out WDYM?: https://www.bloomberg.com/series/whatd-you-miss Peep Joe's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/joseph-weisenthal</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt Odell for their new weekly series, Rabbit Hole Recap, in which they break down the latest news pertaining to Bitcoin. In their inaugural episode, the two discuss Bitmain's IPO and balance sheet, Bitcoin Core's impending release of v0.17, Square's Cash App gaining steam vs. Venmo, Venezuela and the Petro, and Siacoin's decision to hard fork to become ASIC resistant to certain miners. Links discussed in the show: https://twitter.com/btcven/status/1028743266739662849 https://www.greenbergglusker.com/content/uploads/2018/08/Complaint-as-Filed-3063362-1.pdf https://medium.com/mit-media-lab-digital-currency-initiative/http-coryfields-com-cash-48a99b85aad4 https://coin.dance/volume/localbitcoins/VEF/BTC</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Zac Prince, co-founder of Blockfi, to discuss using Bitcoin as collateral, Fed policy, the fulfilment one gets from working in Bitcoin, and much more. Follow Zac: @BlockfiZac Follow Brad: @BradMichelson Follow Marty: @MartyBent Link to blogpost on taxes we discussed: https://blog.blockfi.com/cryptocurrency-tax-101-intro-to-capital-gains-and-crypto-tax-treatment/</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Nic Carter, Partner at Castle Island Ventures and co-founder of Coinmetrics.io, to dive into the current state of the cryptocurrency landscape, Augur, blockchain data, the evolving narratives in Bitcoin over time, and how Nic and his team approach investing in this space. Follow Nic on Twitter: @nic__carter Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent Check out Castle Island Ventures: http://www.castleisland.vc/ Check out Coinmetrics: https://coinmetrics.io/</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Dhruv Bansal, co-founder of Unchained Capital, to discuss HODL waves, using bitcoin as collateral for loans, how the story of Merlin and Arthur in "The Once & Future King" may apply to Bitcoin, and how we may take Bitcoin to space as an intergalactic money. Follow Dhruv: @dhruvbansal Follow Marty: @MartyBent Check out Unchained: https://www.unchained-capital.com/</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with John Newbery to discuss Bitcoin Optech, a new initiative to help large economic players within Bitcoin ensure they are following best practices when it comes to using the Bitcoin blockchain efficiently. The two also dive into Schnorr signatures, Taproot, Lightning Network, and get cosmic over some heady Bitcoin theories. Follow John on Twitter: @jfnewbery Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent Check out Bitcoin Optech: www.bitcoinops.org</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Bitcoin Sign Guy to talk about the infamous day he held a "Buy Bitcoin" sign behind Janet Yellen as she gave a congressional testimony, what drives him philosophically, and what technologies like Bitcoin and 3D printers will enable in the future. *WARNING* This may be the drunkest TFTC episode to date. Enjoy!</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Murad Mahmudov, angel investor and author of two of the most prolific pieces on Bitcoin this year. The two dive deep into this conversation, discussing why dApp platform tokens shouldn't have any value, why Bitcoin's quest to become the reserve currency of the world has the biggest potential from an investment perspective, and some thoughts on anon coins and stable coins. Follow Murad: www.twitter.com/MustStopMurad Follow Marty: www.twitter.com/MartyBent</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, to discuss the history of money, why sound money is so important, and how fiat currency has caused negative externalities like fiat food. Follow Saifedean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saifedean Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Pick up The Bitcoin Standard: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/111947</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with a longtime crypto-Twitter and trading legend, Josh Olszewicz AKA @CarpeNoctom, to discuss a range of topics including TA, crypto-Twitter, how "the space" has changed and how the scams have adapted over the years. Tune in for some high qual reminiscing. Josh's Twitter: www.twitter.com/CarpeNoctem Josh's YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/carpenoctom Read his stuff: https://bravenewcoin.com/authors/josh-olszewicz/ Marty's Twitter: www.twitter.com/MartyBent</p>

<p>This conversation hits on many topics, but focuses on (de)centralization and the types of centralizing risks that exist in the realm of cryptocurrencies. Matt expounds upon his project to decentralize mining, how UASF proved that Bitcoin is decentralized, why there is a somewhat-urgent need to develop a fee market to subsidize the block reward, and calls out some scams. Follow Matt on Twitter: @TheBlueMatt Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent Check out Chaincode Labs: www.chaincode.com</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Ryan Dippmann, co-founder of Azte.co, to discuss Bitcoin on/off ramps, payments, low hanging fruit that entreprenuers can use Bitcoin to exploit, surfing, and much more. Follow Ryan on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RyanDippmann Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MartyBent Check out www.azte.co Use the code "CRYPT" at www.thecryptocandle.com for 10% of and a chance to buy a whole Bitcoin for $45!</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Jameson Lopp to discuss a range of topics including private key management, anarcho-capitalism, SWATting, and why we need to be continually optimistic about freedom enabling technologies like Bitcoin.</p> <p>Follow Jameson on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lopp">https://twitter.com/lopp</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Use the promo code "CRYPT" at <a href="http://www.thecryptocandle.com">www.thecryptocandle.com</a> for 10% off a crypto candle at checkout. Buy one and you might win some bitcoin!</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Joe Looney, Co-Founder of the Rare Pepe Foundation, to discuss digital collectibles, the history of Rare Pepes, efficiencies provided to power plants via PoW mining, and much more. Follow Joe on Twitter: @wasthatawolf Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Alejandro Machado to discuss Bitcoin and Venezuela, how Bitcoin may be able to help the struggling country, and how Venezuela got to this point. The two also venture into discussions about UX in crypto, the weird world we're living in, and how it's getting harder and harder to trust the information we receive on a day-to-day basis. Follow Alejandro on Twitter @alegw Follow Marty on Twitter @MartyBent</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Charles Hwang, Managing Partner at Lightning Capital and adjunct professor at Baruch College, to discuss what it's like teaching the subject of Bitcoin to college students, how regulators are and should classify Bitcoin, brain wallets, the introduction of a new segment "Freak Questions", and much more! Follow Charles on Twitter: @cryptocharlesh Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Patrick Stanley, Growth Partner at Blockstack, to discuss Blockstack, decentralizes applications, how Blockstack differs from Ethereum, education in America, and thinking different. Follow Patrick on Twitter: @PatrickWStanley Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano as they dive into a meandering conversation about mining, tokenized securities, memes, and the need for better UX in crypto. Follow Pomp on Twitter: @APompliano Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent</p>

<p>Join Marty as he gets off the beaten path with Dylan Curran to talk about data in today's digital world, how we are controlled by it, and how we can change our tendencies to take back some privacy + control of our data. They get a little cosmic towards the end too. Follow Dylan on Twitter: @iamdylancurran Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent</p>

<p>In the second half of their conversation, Marty and Tom dive into leadership centralization, easy money, traditional financial markets, and the ongoing brain drain into crypto.</p>

<p>Marty sits down with Tom Garrambone, co-founder of Tetras Captial in NYC, to talk about his approach to investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the differences between a medium of exchange and store of value, and Silicon Valley v. Wall Street.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Odell to talk about Bitcoin's game theory, the mining landscape, and the need for people to avoid FOMO as hard as they can. Join in on the ramblings of two shitposters who have been observing the space for many years.</p>

<p>Part II of Marty's conversation with the brothers O'Beirne gets more philosophical as the crew dives into many different topics.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with brothers James and Will O'Beirne to talk about Bitcoin and Ethereum. James is now a full-time Bitcoin Core contributor, working at Chaincode Labs. Will is a part of the MyCrypto.com team and finally gives us a peek into the mind of someone building on and around Ethereum. The conversation meanders through many topics including prediction markets, Proof-of-Work v. Proof-of-Stake, the philosophy behind these technologies, and the current state of the space.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Bobb Fogg to discuss a litany of topics including; Bitcoin Maximalism, do blockchains have to be decentralized, the concepts of Nassim Taleb, and the state of governance in blockchains and the world. Follow Bobb on Twitter: @BobbFogg Subscribe. Rate. Review. Share.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Ari Paul to discuss a wide range of topics including; the token economy, the range of disciplines that someone investing in this asset class must have (at the very least) a grasp on, how little we know, and how important (not) knowing Satoshi is. You can find out more about Ari by following him on Twitter @AriDavidPaul.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Eduardo Medina to discuss Venezuela, the country's current crisis, the Petro, and how Bitcoin may help. Zah joins us for this episode to help draw parallels between Venezuela's situation and Zimbabwe's run-in with hyperinflation. This is why we Bitcoin.</p>

<p>**Sorry for the poor sound quality on my end of the mic. Recorded on my laptop and the mic wasn't configured properly.** Join Marty as he sits down with JW Weatherman to learn about the cypherpunk movement, JW's definition of modern-day slavery, anarcho-capitalism and how they all relate to Bitcoin. Hold onto your butts, the conversation broaches some controversial topics that will make you think about the systems we've grown up within. JW is on Twitter under the handle @WeathermanIam. Follow him.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Chiefy Nduom, a man on a mission to bring Bitcoin to the balance sheets of some of Africa's Central Banks. Topics covered throughout the conversation include the current state of the global financial system, the importance of having Bitcoin in a diversified portfolio, and how Bitcoin will evolve to be the collateral of choice in the future when people take out loans. Tune in, grow your know.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down to peek into the mind of Crypto de Medici, a crypto investor and Crypto Twitter must-follow. Throughout the episode Marty and Medici touch on investment process, controlling emotions, the current landscape of crypto, and our archaic education system.</p>

<p>Join Marty and crew for the second half of their conversation with Arjun Balaji. They cover Blockstack, how the Internet is broken, and why companies like Facebook and Google may actually be bad.</p>

<p>Join Marty and crew as they sit down with Arjun Balaji, a young crypto investor with a keen sense for finding value in the budding world of cryptocurrencies. Arjun let's us know the two cryptocurrencies he would hodl if he had to lock them up for 10 years, how these nascent technologies may shape our future, how they have changed people already, and much more.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Barstool's resident Zimbabwean, Zah, to talk about the history of Zimbabwe, its political situation, what people use as money during bouts of hyperinflation, and how people are using Bitcoin in the land locked African country north of South Africa.</p>

<p>Marty and fellow Team Lightswitch member Matt Brown breakdown the crazy week that was.</p>

<p>Catch Pt. II of Marty's conversation with Matt Corallo to hear them discuss Bitcoin's chances of succeeding, how Bitcoin makes people smarter, and how everyone is ignorant when it comes to Bitcoin + blockchains. Enjoy.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Corallo, a Bitcoin Core contributor, to discuss Bitcoin, the current altcoin landscape, scaling blockchains, cryptokitties, all time highs + bubbles, and much more. Drink of choice for this Happy Hour was Brooklyn Brewery's Pilsner.</p>