The Bitcoin Game

Hello, welcome to episode 33 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. J. Maurice is everything you'd expect in a crypto-anarchist hacker. When I had lunch with him before our interview, Maurice kept his phone powered off and explained he wouldn't use a credit card, except maybe to pay for already-tracked air travel. After our meal, he used his Trezor to sign a Bitcoin payment on his laptop, via the cafe's Wi-Fi. There's nothing in particular Maurice is trying to hide, he simply wants to live his life free from surveillance of his location and financial activities. Also known as Wiz, J. Maurice was part of the WizSec team that performed an in-depth analysis of the Bitcoins missing from Mt. Gox. He's also been called Roger Ver's go-to guy when it comes to personal defense from hackers. Maurice has many financial clients too, but as they often turn to him after they've experienced a breach, this work is usually confidential. While Maurice calls Tokyo home, I spoke to him in Los Angeles, as he was just finishing a project here. SHOW LINKS The Missing Mt. Gox Bitcoins (WizSec's info-packed second report) WizSec's Kim Nilsson gives a thorough explanation about Mt. Gox (YouTube) How Roger Ver Got Hacked, and What He Did to Stop it (Coindesk) Zcash (Zerocash) J. Maurice @Wiz (Twitter) 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 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 12, 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 [email protected] Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game, see you next time! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 32 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Today's interview is with Brock Pierce, chairman of the board of The Bitcoin Foundation, and a highly-accomplished VC in digital currency. Brock got involved in digital token entrepreneurship at a very young age, with a focus on gaming, an activity he excelled at. As he reached his mid-twenties, Brock's companies were doing $100,000,000 in business. By the time Bitcoin was released, Brock had become a veteran in the business of digital currency. Brock was primed to recognize the innovation that Bitcoin introduced, and he quickly became one of the most involved venture capitalists in the Bitcoin space. The first half of this episode focuses on Brock's background. In the second half of my interview, I ask Brock to speak about various aspects of the Bitcoin Foundation, which has faced its share of criticism in the past several years. SHOW LINKS Mike Hearn Exits Bitcoin L.A. Bitcoin Meetup (August 21, 2013) Sanctum Ultima Online Everquest Asheron's Call IGE GoCoin Blockchain Capital Stampery Bitcoin Foundation Brock Pierce on Twitter 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 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on January 22, 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 MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com [email protected] Thanks for listening! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Hello, welcome to episode 31 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I used to run into Valerian Bennett frequently at Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetups in 2014. I thought he'd disappeared from the Bitcoin scene, only to realize how wrong I was. Valerian has taken his experience in mainstream television production, and combined it with his passion for Bitcoin, to create several online Bitcoin video services, with his partner, payment channels developer James Poole. I hope you enjoy our discussion. SHOW LINKS L.A. Bitcoin Meetup with Andreas Antonopoulos (YouTube Playlist) PopChest TheProtocol.TV James Poole: Http Based Bitcoin Micropayment Channel Demo (not very technical) James Poole: Walkthrough for bitcoinj micropayment channels (more technical) Adam Draper on TheProtocol.TV Streamium.io WatchMyBit Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It Laura Lopez – SuchWow.TV The Mental Accounting Barrier to Micropayments by Nick Szabo ProTip AutoTip ZeroClick Think Different About Bitcoin (Valerian's Winning Entry) 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 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time on December 26, 2015. SPONSOR NEED LAST-MINUTE BITCOIN STOCKING STUFFERS? If you're listening to this a few days before Christmas, there's still time to order the well-known BKeychain Bitcoin keychain, or the quirky Bitcoin Fork Pen on Amazon.com. And Amazon Prime members get free shipping! http://amzn.to/1PdCQ21 MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com [email protected] Thanks for listening! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Hello, welcome to episode 30 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. What's the oldest blockchain company you can think of? What if I told you a Blockchain company in Estonia called Guardtime was founded before the Bitcoin white paper was released? And what if I told you they are now a highly profitable company, doing large amounts of business with government, the world's largest defense contractor, and a multinational communication technology company? I only found out about Guardtime, thanks to Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen. I was blown away as I learned about the company, because it appears my understanding of the landscape and history of blockchain technology had been flawed. I immediately requested an interview, and Guardtime's founder and CEO Mike Gault responded promptly. We set up an interview with Jamie Steiner, Guardtime's director of business development. I hope you enjoy this interview. SHOW LINKS Guardtime 2007 Cyber-Attacks on Estonia e-Estonia Guardtime's KSI and Black Lantern technologies "How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden" Estonia's Electronic ID Card Linked Timestamping Wiki shows Guardtime's Blockchain Hash in 2009 Newspaper Lockheed Martin's Press Release about Guardtime Partnership "Ericsson Teams With Guardtime in $69 Billion Data-Safety Market" Guardtime's Materials on WorldBank.org Hyperledger R3 CEV 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 5:00 a.m. Pacific time on November 26, 2015. 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 holiday gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You'll find a list of retailers at Bkeychain.com. Our newest retailers are Nakamoto's and Bitcoin Not Bombs. MUSIC All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com [email protected] Thanks for listening! The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

Hello, welcome to episode 29 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I first became acquainted with Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen in mid-2014, as we were both active on the then-new Let's Talk Bitcoin platform. I saw he was doing some fairly serious Bitcoin journalism. Soon after I launched this podcast, I reached out to Brian for an interview. It took a year for us to finally connect, but I finally spoke to the man who digs up a lot of the breaking stories that make Bitcoin news. Right after our interview, Brian reached out to me to say he was remiss for not thanking the "great" editors he's worked with, in particular, Adam B. Levine, Cheryl Hulseapple, Ruben Alexander, Corinne Dashjr, Denise Levine, and Ina Steiner. 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 2:00 p.m. Pacific time on November 12, 2015. 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 new Bitcoin Fork Pen. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com SHOW LINKS All articles authored by Brian Cohen Journalism portal for Brian Cohen Brian's first article on a Bitcoin media platform: "User's Bitcoins Seized by DEA" The PayPal Wars, by Eric M. Jackson Chronicling America Library of Congress United States Patent and Trademark Office - PAIR "US Government Bans Professor for Mining Bitcoin with A Supercomputer" "Bank of America's and Coinbase's Bitcoin Patents Revealed" "PayPal Proposes Reputation Cryptocurrency & Blacklist in Patent Applications" Coin Fire MUSIC Music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me, except the piece with yodeling and guitar, which Rick Marshall and I created while fooling around at a party. That's the way we roll. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com [email protected] Thanks for listening! Bitcoin tip Address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos. Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 133qWZE3FJRDEA7tUTfycYZUNyg87sSeFs

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! 7/19/16 UPDATE: For the sake of being informative, the gains in my CoinCube-traded account to date are about 50% of the gains had I simply bought and hold Bitcoin in this account. CoinCube's Wave algorithm attempts to avoid bear markets by selling BTC, but my sense is it frequently misses price spikes this way. So, this first experimentation with a Bitcoin trading bot has been a disappontment so far. Of course, past performance is never a guarantee of future results (or everyone would be rich). 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 3:00 p.m. Pacific time on October 29, 2015. 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 new Bitcoin Fork Pen. http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com 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. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com [email protected] Thanks for listening! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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 Bitcoins and Gravy stand out as something a bit different. Even after spending time with John 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. John in Turicato, Mexico, circa 1993 (photo courtesy of John Barrett) The rejected Bitcoins and Gravy cover art Rob designed back in January 2014 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 9:50am Pacific Time on October 16, 2015. SHOW LINKS Bitcoins and Gravy http://bitcoinsandgravy.com The Toy Box Studio http://www.thetoyboxstudio.com Nashville Bitcoin Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Bitcoin-Meetup KCAA-AM Loma Linda http://www.kcaaradio.com Andreas Antonopoulos on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher Patrick Byrne on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoins-and-gravy-53-patrick-byrne-speaks Andreas Antonopoulos speaks to the L.A. Bitcoin Meetup https://youtu.be/bTPQKyAq-DM Mad Money Machine http://madmoneymachine.com Ed & Ethan http://edandethan.com Bitcoins and Gravy Song Archives http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive Bitcoin Keychain http://bkeychain.com Casascius Physical Bitcoin https://www.casascius.com Satoshi Roundtable http://satoshiroundtable.org Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Bitcoin Foundation http://bitcoinfoundation.org Four Horsemen (documentary on YouTube) https://youtu.be/5fbvquHSPJU Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It (the documentary John voiced) https://theendofmoneyasweknowit.wordpress.com East Nashville Now (John's new podcast) http://eastnashvillenow.com Lipscomb University Institute for Conflict Management http://www.lipscomb.edu/icm Bread and Circuses (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses Pamela Morgan on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/ep-66-pamela-morgan-third-key-solutions-is-here Mad Bitcoins http://www.madbitcoins.com Purse https://purse.io Contact John Barrett [email protected] 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! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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 2am 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 whitepaper https://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf Rusty Russell on Lightning Network http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=450 Here's the link to the YouTube video of Jeff's presentation at The State Of Digital Money 2015: https://youtu.be/oRG0nzSUpSU The videographer who captured this content 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. 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! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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 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 September 17, 2015. 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 Uncoveredhttps://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 Here's a YouTube video of Marco's presentation at the The State Of Digital Money 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAXtTftPTkI The videographer who captured this content 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. 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! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Hello, welcome to episode 24 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. 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 pictured below). So follow me at this URL: https://twitter.com/theBTCgame 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 September 2, 2015. 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 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! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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 below! 7/19/16 Update: For anyone who bought GBTC (Bitcoin Investment Trust) back when this episode aired, the gains have substantially surpassed a 100% investment in Bitcoin. I will go on a limb and say this is because the demand for GBTC has been a lot greater than the supply (probably due to mainstream and retirement investors wanting Bitcoin exposure). So the market price of GBTC is way above the net asset value of the Bitcoin that the trust holds. With two new Bitcoin ETFs expected in coming months/years, it's possible that new Bitcoin investment vehicles will cool off the demand for GBTC, so I'm not sure if buying GBTC on the open market is wise at current values. However, if you're a "qualified investor" who is up for a large initial investment and year waiting period, you can buy GBTC at par with the current price of Bitcoin, so that may be a smarter investment (if you believe in Bitcoin, and don't think we'll have a financial/societal "reset" before then). Of course, anything could happen to Bitcoin and/or GBTC. And be very aware, I'm definitely not an investment advisor, this is just my amateur read of the situation. 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 1:00 pm Pacific Time on August 21, 2015. 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 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 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. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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 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 8:45pm Pacific Time on August 6, 2015. 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 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 Here's a link to the YouTube video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sZu-HIFys The videographer who recorded videos from this conference 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. 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. STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com Thanks for listening! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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. 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 8:00am Pacific Time on July 24, 2015. SHOW LINKS Alt-Options http://alt-options.com The Crypto Castle https://www.facebook.com/thecryptocastle College Cryptocurrency Network http://collegecrypto.org Augur http://www.augur.net 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. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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. 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 8:00am Pacific Time on July 9, 2015. 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 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 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. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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. 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 submit a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 6:00pm Pacific Time on June 19, 2015. SHOW LINKS New York Bitcoin Center bitcoincenternyc.com Blockchain Tech Corp blockchaintechcorp.com CommonCollection commoncollection.com CryptoArt cryptoart.com Texas Coinitiative texascoinitiative.com Kimberly Morgan's Twitter twitter.com/kymmer7691 Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D. consultingbyrpm.com Understanding Bitcoin understandingbitcoin.us Brave New Books bravenewbooks.myshopify.com Uncoinventional Tour uncoinventional.com B Libre (Andy Gonzales' new Bitcoin podcast) @b-libre Infinity Algorithms www.infinityalgorithms.com Oregon Mines www.oregonmines.com Tether tether.to Omni www.omnilayer.org Factom factom.org Bitfinex www.bitfinex.com Poloniex poloniex.com GoCoin gocoin.com 9/11 The Road to Tyranny - A Film by Alex Jones youtu.be/OVMyH8eOHKs Murray Rothbard Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard John Bush's podcast on Freedom Cells letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/uncoi…ual-aid-society Miner Edge mineredge.com HOPE Gold Coin www.hopegoldcoin.org Comstock Mining's press release on HOPE Gold Coin comstockmining.com/news/press-rele…january-15-2015 BitMugs bitmugs.com Mycelium mycelium.com ShapeShift shapeshift.io Erik Voorhees moneyandstate.com Texas Bitcoin Conference texasbitcoinconference.com MaidSafe 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. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH Twitter.com/TheBTCGame TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

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. Note that some audience questions aren't audible. 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 1:00pm Pacific Time on June 5, 2015. 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 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 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! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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. 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 4:00am Pacific Time on May 21, 2015. 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 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 MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me (except the earthquake public service announcement music). Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin.

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

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 elected 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. UPDATE: Scott ended up changing his video titles from "Bitcoin" to "Bitcoin Cash" in 2017. 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 exhibitor'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. The photo of Scott Rose and Steve Jobs is courtesy of Scott Rose. 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 6:00am Pacific Time on April 29, 2015. 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 Nite 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 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 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! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin.

Welcome to episode 15 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. While I usually try to be extremely professional on my podcast, this episode from the Friday night Kickoff Party for the Texas Bitcoin Conference may expose a slightly different side of me. I went straight from Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Maria's Taco Express, where the party was held. I arrived to the sound of live music and a large patio area completely packed with Bitcoiners. I made my way through the crowd and checked in with the very nice Linda Snow. She handed me drink tickets and offered to keep an eye on my bags, which I appreciated. I went to the outdoor bar and ordered a beer and a shot of tequila. Hey, this was a party, and I was ready to have fun! But because only drinks were available at the outdoor register, and I was in a hurry to join the party, I skipped going inside to order food. I didn't think about how long it had been since I had eaten, or how much an empty stomach might intensify the effects of the alcohol I was consuming. Lesson learned! Before I knew it, I had my phone out and I started interviewing every friendly face I bumped into. That ended up being a team from A.I. Coin, Texas-based Sheldon Weisfeld from CoinVault ATM, the Swiss-based team behind ShapeShift, and finally I spoke with Joey Krug from Augur. It was quite a lot of fun! I hope you'll tune in for upcoming episodes of The Bitcoin Game that will include interviews with Bruce Fenton, Erik Vorhees, Shawn Wilkinson, John Bush, Scott Rose, and many many more. Don't worry, the rest of my interviews were executed in a totally sober state, and with first-rate sound quality. Though I may have felt some intoxication from being around so many impressive Bitcoiners! 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 8:00pm Pacific Time on April 22, 2015. SHOW LINKS Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Maria's Taco Express http://tacoxpress.com A.I. Coin (New cryptocurrency based on Artificial Intelligence) http://www.ai-coin.org PayCoin https://paycoin.com Coinfire's first piece implicating Josh Garza https://coinfire.cf/2015/01/19/sec-investigation-of-gaw-miners-underway ShapeShift (Easy way to exchange cryptocurrency) https://shapeshift.io Epicenter Bitcoin (Podcasters who recently joined the LTBn, early ShapeShift users) http://epicenterbitcoin.com CoinVault ATM (World's largest bidirectional ATM network) http://www.coinvaultatm.com/ Augur (Decentralized prediction market) http://www.augur.net SPONSOR The State of Digital Money (The first real Los Angeles Bitcoin Conference!) http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney https://stateofdigitalmoney.eventbrite.com/?discount=bitcoingame Get 20% off with Discount Code: bitcoingame Note that I'll be on stage MCing this event 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! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com And if you want to try tipping with any altcoin supported by Shapeshift, try pushing the easy-to-implement Shifty Button below (no amount too small -- I'm just considering this a test). And if you try it, please let me know how using the Shifty Button worked for you. Note that your altcoin tip will be converted to Bitcoin and sent to the tipping address associated with this episode (so you can check the blockchain to verify the tip was converted and sent accurately). function shapeshift_click(a,e){e.preventDefault();var link=a.href;window.open(link,'1418115287605','width=700,height=500,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,status=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=0,left=0,top=0');return false;}

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 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 8:00pm Pacific Time on April 14, 2015. SHOW LINKS Texas Bitcoin Conference texasbitcoinconference.com BSA - Bank Secrecy Act www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/bsa OFAC - Office of Foreign Assets Control www.treasury.gov/resource-center/…ges/default.aspx AML - Anti-Money Laundering www.finra.org/industry/issues/an…i-money-laundering en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering www.fincen.gov/news_room/aml_history.html KYC - Know Your Customer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer www.irs.gov/Businesses/Internat…-Approved-KYC-Rules UDAP- Unfair & Deceptive Acts & Practices www.nclc.org/issues/unfair-a-de…s-a-practices.html MSB - Money Services Business www.fincen.gov/financial_institu…s/msb/amimsb.html 18 U.S.C. 1345 - Injunctions Against Fraud www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOD…artI-chap63-sec1345 Stealth Of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307279987 ProTip project from Chris Ellis protip.is SPONSOR The State Of Digital Money (The first real Los Angeles Bitcoin Conference!) www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney stateofdigitalmoney.eventbrite.com/?discou…oingame Get 20% off with Discount Code: bitcoingame UPDATE: I'll be MCing this event! 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! STAY IN TOUCH Twitter.com/TheBTCGame TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin Tips Accepted: 151h7LvbbJpFrX6Z2Muurd6c28yqMJUQWi

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 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 9:00am Pacific Time on April 2, 2015. SHOW LINKS Rivetz rivetz.com Wave Systems www.wave.com Trusted Execution Environment en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_exe…tion_environment Trustonic www.trustonic.com Twilio www.twilio.com Omni Foundation www.omni.foundation Apple's Secure Enclave (and other info) www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf Mobile World Congress www.mobileworldcongress.com Steven Sprague on Kaiser Report (Steven is on 15 minutes in) rt.com/shows/keiser-report/2…isode-732-max-keiser/ Texas Bitcoin Conference texasbitcoinconference.com/conferences/austin2015 SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain 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! STAY IN TOUCH Twitter.com/TheBTCGame TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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. We talk about her background, and get her take on personal information security. 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 are now given a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 7:49am (7:49 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on March 22. 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 Sponsor Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain I'll be giving away three of these keychains, one to a new Twitter follower, one to someone who tweets me at TheBTCGame, and one to someone comments on this page. http://bkeychain.com Music 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. Thanks for listening! Stay in touch https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com The Bitcoin Game box artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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 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 are now given a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 7:15am (7:15 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on March 8. 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 Payment Channels give at the San Francisco Bitcoin Devs. 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 Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain 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! Stay in touch https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com New podcast artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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 Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by noon (12:00 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on February 19th. SHOW LINKS LibraTax www.libratax.com Digital Currency Council (DCC) www.digitalcurrencycouncil.com LibraTax YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASzhAU…X1cj0nIpog/videos Article on Bitcoin Accounting (not referenced, has different views) findaccountingsoftware.com/expert-advi…-accounting Article on Bitcoin Accounting (not referenced, has different views) findaccountingsoftware.com/expert-advi…-accounting New Bitcoin Accounting article by Ryan "Two-Bit Idiot" Selkis www.investopedia.com/university/def…t-irs-snow-you BitcoinTaxes (another Bitcoin accounting site) bitcoin.tax SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain 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! STAY IN TOUCH Twitter.com/TheBTCGame TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com New podcast artwork created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Welcome to The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In December of 2014, I went to visit Gray Bright, an Australian currently living in Los Angeles. He's been a maker all his life, and he graduated with an advanced degree in Robotic and Mechatronic Engineering. Gray has notable experience in product development, but what he enjoys making most are hardware / software creations that simply make him smile. Gray is also involved at mixing entertainment and comedy with tech and science. He shares two of his Bitcoin-related creations, and we chat about other cryptocurrency subjects. 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. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by 8:00am (8:00 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on February 6th. Show links Gray Bright's site http://graybright.com Gray at the L.A. Bitcoin Meetup Show & Tell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hptT0R2vlp0 Gray's Bitcoin Ticker Page http://graybright.com/bitcoin-ticker/index.html Mining Energy Talk on BitcoinTalk.org https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=897878.msg9882760#msg9882760 Dogecar Pit Crew LA Party http://spelunk.in/2014/05/07/shibes-celebrate-dogecoin-in-los-angeles-at-the-dogecar-pit-crew-la-party Bitcoin Specie https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=269535.0 The Tomorrow Show (hopefully video will be here soon) http://TheTomorrowShow.io Gray Bright's New "Groupie Stick" http://www.groupiestick.co Sponsor Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain 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.

Welcome to The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. 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 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. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by 2:00pm (14:00 Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on January 22th. 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 Sponsor Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain 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.

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. Jochen talks about a call he recently received from Coinbase, as well as the trade-offs of Coinbase vs. Blockchain.info wallets. 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. If you haven't set up an account yet, what are you waiting for? The magic word must be submitted by 11:40pm (Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on December 24th. Show links Jochen first addresses repeating R value issue due to 2013 Android RNG bughttps://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 Blockchain.info Wallet https://blockchain.info/wallet Coinbase https://www.coinbase.com Counterparty Wallet https://counterwallet.io April 11, 2015 UPDATE: Johoe discovered a security issue with the Trezor, which has now been patched http://johoe.mooo.com/trezor-power-analysis Sponsor Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain 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! Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5 Stay in touch with the show https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com

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 by 2pm (Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on December 12. Referenced Audio Adam's first Bitcoin podcast Stephanie Murphy introduces the first episode with guest Andreas Antonopoulos Adam explains the necessary change to The Daily Bitcoin (relaunches as Let's Talk Bitcoin) 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 Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain 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 Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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. 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 by 5am (Pacific Time / GMT-8:00) on November 27. 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 ownstock? 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 Sponsor Bitcoin Keychains (two-sided) 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 Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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. 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. 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 Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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. 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. 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. Stay in touch with the show https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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 Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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 All music is either my own, or recorded at jams with my friends. Bitcoin tip address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5